Archive for September, 2010
Be Still My Fluttering Heart
This will be awesome: Hillary would have gotten the public option. Just sayin’. Although these guys are setting themselves up for disaster. If my memory is correct, the Clintons are pretty good at avoiding being drafted.
September 30, 2010
· 
John Cole · 
151 Comments
Posted in: PUMA = Propping Up McCain's Ass
Open Thread: Thursday Night Menu
From our faithful correspondent TaMara: It’s been in the 90’s all week, but nights are cool enough for me to start thinking of fall menus. I’ve promised to fulfill some squash soups requests, which I’ll post over the next few weeks, but to get you started, there are a couple of Sweet Potato Soups here. [...]
September 30, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 60 Comments
Posted in: Cat Blogging, Cooking, Open Thread
Open Thread
It took three oatmeal stouts and an order of gutbomb wings, but I think I am no longer stressed out.
September 30, 2010
· John Cole · 45 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
War is over if you want it
An interesting story from yesterday’s comments: The First World War will officially end on Sunday, 92 years after the guns fell silent, when Germany pays off the last chunk of reparations imposed on it by the Allies. The final payment of £59.5 million, writes off the crippling debt that was the price for one world [...]
September 30, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 85 Comments
Posted in: Other
We approve this app
I haven’t pissed people off by making fun of the Snooze Hour in a while (via Wonkette):
September 30, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 69 Comments
Posted in: General Stupidity
My Dogs Are Driving Me Insane
I have no idea what is in the air, but my dogs are driving me damned nuts. Rosie in particular. They’ve been walked multiple times, they’ve been fed, groomed, petted, loved, and it still is not enough. Rosie is walking in between my legs pacing as I sit here trying to work, every now and [...]
September 30, 2010
· John Cole · 108 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Dog Blogging
Terrorist plot
I don’t know why this story isn’t getting more press, given how much attention other planned terrorist attacks have gotten: Intelligence officials and people familiar with an unfolding terrorist plot to target Europe tell NPR that Osama bin Laden is involved. Several months ago, source say, bin Laden used couriers to send a message to [...]
September 30, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 79 Comments
Posted in: Other
Get up, get into it, get involved
You read this blog, presumably, so you already know that I’m a misanthropic agoraphobe. I don’t like calling strangers to tell them to vote and I certainly don’t like knocking on strangers’ doors and telling them who to vote for. But I did some phone-banking last night for a nearby Democratic Congressman, Dan Maffei, who [...]
September 30, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 134 Comments
Posted in: Manic Progressive, Politics
I’d rather have a plan on the new health exchanges than McDonald’s health insurance any day of the week
So the big Wall Street Journal article today is about fast-food giant, McDonald’s, threatening that new provisions in the Affordable Care Act will mean that they may need to dump healthcare coverage for thousands of employees. Here’s a handy table of exactly what sort of insurance McDonald’s provides: Here’s the WSJ: While many restaurants don’t [...]
September 30, 2010
· E.D. Kain · 148 Comments
Posted in: Domestic Affairs
Whatever Happened to the Vaunted Celtic Tiger
More trouble overseas: In a sweeping action meant to regain the confidence of jittery investors, the Irish government said Thursday that it expected to inject billions more euros into two of its largest banks, underscoring the extent to which they continued to jeopardize the country’s fiscal condition. Brian Lenihan, the Irish finance minister, said that [...]
September 30, 2010
· John Cole · 71 Comments
Posted in: Foreign Affairs, Free Markets Solve Everything, Fuck The Poor
Alternate Reality
Not to step on Anne’s post on the same thing, but you really need to read the unabomber manifesto that Don Juan Dildo and the Love Boat Crew were following to realize how crazy our wingnuts are these days. They honestly thought this planned sexual assault was going to expose the “racism against white people [...]
September 30, 2010
· John Cole · 124 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Wingnut Event Horizon
It’s All Fun & Games Until Someone Loses An Election
... or a job. Well, to be fair, “[Isabel] Santa’s attorney, Christopher Markham, said even though Santa’s duties were taken away from her, she is still on the Project Veritas payroll.” As is James O’Keefe! And you thought the watercooler chats around your workplace were strained! Maureen O’Conner at Gawker phrased it nicely: Basically, “the [...]
September 30, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 95 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Blatant Liars and the Lies They Tell, Bring on the Brawndo!, Flash Mob of Hate, Fucked-up-edness, Vagina Outrage, We Are All Mayans Now
Crazy Carl Chronicles
Here’s the best video I could find of Carl Paladino threatening the New York Post’s State Editor, Fred Dicker, saying he’ll “take out” Dicker if Dicker sends his “goons” again to take photos of Paldino’s ten-year-old daughter, who was fathered by Paladino when he had an extramarital affair. Dicker was asking Paladino to provide some [...]
September 30, 2010
· mistermix · 46 Comments
Posted in: Teabagger Stupidity
Requiem for Net Neutrality
Unable to get support for even a watered-down version of net neutrality, Henry Waxman throws in the towel entirely. This is probably good news, since it allows the FCC to attempt some rulemaking on net neutrality, which many analysts believe they have the right to do. I’d rather see the FCC take another crack at [...]
September 30, 2010
· mistermix · 9 Comments
Posted in: DC Press Corpse, Science and Technology
Early Morning Open Thread: B&B Pet Rescue, Pt. II
From commentor Comrade Scott’s Agenda of Rage: I could write a story on Bozo himself. He was dumped along the river here (weekend homes inhabited mostly by assholes) and wandered into town. He had all 4 legs back then. The old guy uphill from us took him in. Said old guy and dog lived in [...]
September 30, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 32 Comments
Posted in: Dog Blogging, Open Thread, Pet Rescue, Uncategorized
