Archive for March, 2010
A big thick slice of middle-class America
It’s been a long week, already, so I’m going to unwind by dumping some Bobo on y’all without adding any commentary of my own: I would say the typical golfer at my local course, the Falls Road Golf Course in Potomac, Md., is a 37-year-old Indian-American guy with a mid-range S.U.V. who works in I.T. [...]
March 31, 2010
· 
Angry DougJ · 
144 Comments
Posted in: Burkean bells, Good News For Conservatives
Pet Rescue Open Thread
Been a while since we had a nice rescue story, so I dug one out of the email vault: On Sunday Brad walked by that pet place on 81st and Amsterdam and asked them if they had any dogs (there were lots of cats up for adoption). Doug, the dog guy, said that he would [...]
March 31, 2010
· John Cole · 103 Comments
Posted in: Dog Blogging, Open Thread
Around the way girl
You’ve probably been following this too. It reminds me of that Twitter dispute Joe Biden had with Snoop Dogg. I’ve been suffering from Palin fatigue for some time now. But good God, she was almost vice-president, may still become president (I doubt it, but Nate Silver thinks it’s possible), and she’s now engaged in a [...]
March 31, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 122 Comments
Posted in: Good News For Conservatives, We Are All Mayans Now
Sadly, Al Gore is Still Fat, So I’m Not Sure Anyone Will Care
I’m sure the media and right wing blogs will give this the same amount of attention they gave the climate change denialists will ignore this completely: The UK scientist at the center of the “Climategate” controversy over leaked e-mails has been cleared of hiding or manipulating data by a parliamentary committee. But lawmakers who had [...]
March 31, 2010
· John Cole · 96 Comments
Posted in: Our Failed Media Experiment, Science and Technology
Whatever Happened to the Goldberg Theorem?
Remember this (from Glenn Greenwald, who, I have been reliably informed by some of you, never has a kind word for Obama nor has ever defended him): Last Thursday, when the Dow was dropping to roughly 8,600, various right-wing polemicists claimed that the stock market was plummeting because investors were realizing that Obama would likely [...]
March 31, 2010
· John Cole · 102 Comments
Posted in: Clown Shoes, I Read These Morons So You Don't Have To
The World’s Biggest Clown Show
Stung by the stories about the RNC paying for $2,000.00 binges at bondage themed strip clubs (of course this shit starts AFTER I become a Democrat), the Republicans unleash their vaunted oppo research team: The DNC spent at least $2,204,000 for luxury hotels & caterers, Including: The DNC has spent at least $423,000 at Mandarin [...]
March 31, 2010
· John Cole · 59 Comments
Posted in: Clown Shoes, Republican Stupidity
Blame The Fags!
The human cesspool you all know and love as Bill Donohoe has an awesome take on the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandals- it wasn’t pedophilia, it was faggotry! Not kidding: Roberts: Bill is good but you cannot link homosexuality to a pedophilia crisis in the Catholic Church. Bill Donohue: It’s not a pedophilia… most of [...]
March 31, 2010
· John Cole · 138 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Religion
I Thought He Was a Poker Player
I know we are all hopeless Obots here who never criticize our cult leader, but someone is going to have to explain this strategery to me before the communal bath (we do have those, no?): The Obama administration is proposing to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico [...]
March 31, 2010
· John Cole · 181 Comments
Posted in: Black Jimmy Carter, Politics
Let love rule
It’s been a pretty crazy week here, with TapperGate, AccountabilityNowGate, LouisCKGate, and RadokGate. I should probably come clean and tell you that this is all part of a pageview-maximizing scheme John took from Politico and ordered me to implement. I’m not complaining though: Anne-Laurie awakes each day at 4 am to the sound of John [...]
March 31, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 171 Comments
Posted in: Good News For Conservatives, Open Thread
Arrrrr
France has a new anti-piracy law (“Hadopi”—not to be confused with “Hutaree”) that disconnects pirates from the Internet after three strikes. A recent study showed that French Internet users are doing less of the kinds of piracy covered by the law (P2P file sharing) and instead are streaming and using download services like Rapidshare. That’s [...]
March 31, 2010
· mistermix · 274 Comments
Posted in: Movies, Music
Lighten Up, Francis
Oh for christ sakes. One post asking if the tone has changed and dozens of you start kvetching about an overdose of introspection and bitching about holding hands singing kumbaya and group hugs. The other half of you launch personal attacks at my front pagers, all of whom I think do a great job and [...]
March 31, 2010
· John Cole · 364 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Coolest Census PSA Ever!
Geek love knows no boundaries of race, color, creed, or sexual orientation! ‘Course, if Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-Batshite) and Ron Paul (R-Bugfvck) can agitate Texans into losing votes & funding for fear of OMG ZOG, that’s just the cherry on the sundae…
March 31, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 75 Comments
Posted in: Daydream Believers
Something to Think About
Here’s an email I got: John – I’ve been reading your site for a couple of years, though posting only rarely. I love: Tunch, Lily, photo’s of the two of them, Rescue stories, Thursday night menus, your openness, your interests (though I can’t say I’m a Steelers fan), your distaste of certain kinds of internet [...]
March 31, 2010
· John Cole · 385 Comments
Posted in: Site Maintenance
Another Take on Pageviews
Following up on AK DougJ’s post about the noble search for readers at Politico, I thought John Gruber at Daring Fireball got it about right: [...] Pageviews, as a metric used for directly billing advertisers, are a scam. Publishers game it with sensational link-bait articles and bullshit tricks like breaking articles into multiple “pages”. Advertisers [...]
March 31, 2010
· mistermix · 16 Comments
Posted in: Our Failed Media Experiment
Early Morning Open Thread
Half the damn Commonwealth is underwater after what may end up being the rainiest month on record. I spent my day getting the preliminary work done for three more crowns and a replacement, so both my jaw and my credit card are sore. And Andrew Sullivan has decided to defend homosexual marriage by quoting Bobo [...]
March 31, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 51 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Music, Open Thread
