Archive for February, 2010

HCR Summit Thoughts

by John Cole

Why are Lieberman, Nelson, and the rest of the Senate concern trolls not at the HCR summit? Where is Bart Stupak? It is telling that the people who did the most to screw up this process and have inordinate power are not even deemed by their peers and their leadership to even be experts on [...]

February 25, 2010 · John Cole · 168 Comments
Posted in: 59-41 Senate Minority

He who fucks nuns will later join the church

by Angry DougJ

Normally, I’d be joking about Newtmentum, but Newt probably had to pay a lot of money for those two annulments and the only reason he’d want to convert would be to run for something. So I think he may really run for president in 2012: In an interview with National Journal reporters and editors this [...]

February 25, 2010 · Angry DougJ · 35 Comments
Posted in: General Stupidity, Good News For Conservatives, We Are All Mayans Now

Grumpy old man

by Angry DougJ

Steve Benen highlights a great exchange between Obama and president McCain: The tone of the exchange makes it pretty clear that McCain still hasn’t accepted the fact that he lost the election. I realize I say this over and over again, but it bears repeating: everything in Washington is about social status. McCain was a [...]

February 25, 2010 · Angry DougJ · 333 Comments
Posted in: Did You Know John McCain Was A POW?, General Stupidity, Good News For Conservatives

Summit Open Thread

by John Cole

If it is not obvious to anyone with an iq over room temperature that the Republicans want to do nothing but kill any bill, I’m not sure what more it is going to take.

February 25, 2010 · John Cole · 298 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread

The First Time Was Also A Farce

by Tim F.

Noel Coward should sue the flying spaghetti monster for stealing his shit. ***Update*** I asked a Congressional aide recently whether the House would accept a deal where they pass the Senate bill first if Max Baucus promises to man a dunk tank for charity. He laughed, but I wasn’t (completely) joking.

February 25, 2010 · Tim F. · 28 Comments
Posted in: 59-41 Senate Minority

The era of prostitution

by Angry DougJ

Armstrong Williams is on the liberal MSNBC network trashing health care reform right now.

February 25, 2010 · Angry DougJ · 41 Comments
Posted in: Good News For Conservatives

And It Is Snowing Again

by John Cole

I think I am ready to shoot that groundhog.

February 25, 2010 · John Cole · 321 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread

Early Morning Open Thread

by Anne Laurie

Here’s hoping Obama strides into the Blair House HCR conference and challenges the Repubs: If you’re not in it for love—If you’re not willing to give it all you got… Let me make it clear to you, my dears: I’m OUTA HERE! P.S. Anybody got advice on how to get Microsoft Silverlight to load on [...]

February 25, 2010 · Anne Laurie · 70 Comments
Posted in: Music, Open Thread

Drunk. As. Hell.

by John Cole

Hammered: I wish I had more to offer. But if I did, I would make you listen to Fillmore East 71. Mud shark.

February 25, 2010 · John Cole · 96 Comments
Posted in: Other, Party Like It's 1998

Turn out the lights

by Angry DougJ

The party’s over (EDIT: finally on YouTube!): Moving to the subject on the minds of all those who pay too much attention to the Washington Post, Brauchli e-mailed City Desk a statement saying the following about Quinn’s execrable column, “The Party”: “Sally and I have agreed that the column will return to what had been [...]

February 25, 2010 · Angry DougJ · 28 Comments
Posted in: Good News For Conservatives, Media

Late Night Open Thread: Olympics & Otherwise

by Anne Laurie

Props to Marshall Ramsey: Obama’s wearing the costume Lysacek took gold in, but of course Evan didn’t have to dead-lift all that Republican waste weight. (I would link directly to Lysacek’s winning video, but bloody Microsoft Silverlight won’t load for me on Firefox or IE.)

February 24, 2010 · Anne Laurie · 9 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread, Sports

Thoughts about long meetings…

by Dennis G.

There are many reasons to be curious about what happens at the HCR summit Thursday at Blair House. Speculation about who wins, who loses and ways to score the event like a sports event flood the zone. Some of this speculation might be correct—most will be wrong. What is new here is the dynamic of [...]

February 24, 2010 · Dennis G. · 89 Comments
Posted in: 59-41 Senate Minority, Good News For Conservatives, Open Thread, Politics

CITY TO FORD: DROP DEAD

by Angry DougJ

This is awesome. (via PBS)

February 24, 2010 · Angry DougJ · 58 Comments
Posted in: General Stupidity, Good News For Conservatives

If not for you

by Angry DougJ

I’m not the biggest Bob Dylan fan and this isn’t his best song, but when they played it at Starbucks this morning, it cut right through the usual Norah Jones and Sting. Anyway, it seemed appropriate on a blog that runs on fumes and comments (not in that order). Update. There was a tv show [...]

February 24, 2010 · Angry DougJ · 55 Comments
Posted in: Good News For Conservatives, Music, Open Thread

Open Thread

by John Cole

I’m out to eat and not interested in the news, so you won’t have me to kick around tonight.

February 24, 2010 · John Cole · 68 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread

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