Archive for June, 2011
Late Night Open Thread
Speaking of people who lick 9-volt batteries, or electrical outlets, I present: Senator Mitch McConnell! ETA: Book Chat Reminder—Wednesday evening, 8pm EDT. This week, “The Decline of the Double Standard“.
June 29, 2011
· 
Anne Laurie · 
44 Comments
Posted in: C.R.E.A.M., Open Thread, Republican Venality
Bernie Sanders Is My Hero
Yes, yes, of course: Reasonable people differ… shrill… not helpful to attack natural allies… coalition of one… changing government is haaaard, etc. But I’m glad there’s still one brave person standing up and yelling at the clouds floating between his fellow Congresscritters’ ears: As the debate over deficits ramped up in Washington on Monday, Sen. [...]
June 28, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 163 Comments
Posted in: All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, C.R.E.A.M., Democratic Cowardice, Republican Venality, Seriously
Woman’s Day and Summer’s Eve Tells Women To Wash Their Vaginas if They Want to Get Ahead
[This is an old post I thought I’d share with the class. -Not!ABLxx] ******** That smelly vagina is holding you back, ladies. Wow, really? REALLY? It is 2010 and some asshats at an advertising agency actually greenlit this ad campaign which suggests that a clean vagina is most important for confidence at work? Who the…?? [...]
June 28, 2011
· ABL · 99 Comments
Posted in: Humor, Vagina Outrage
Landscaping and Fence Update
Just thought I would share some pics of the changes going on at Castle Cole. Basically, we completely redid the front yard. The rhododendron that had been there for years just took a horrible beating the last few winters, and just was not faring well because it needs shade and the old shade tree that [...]
June 28, 2011
· John Cole · 79 Comments
Posted in: Domestic Affairs
Is America Too Big To Fail? Eric Cantor Doesn’t Think So.
Investing in Failure A reader pointed out this interesting bit of news, with the question “Why hasn’t this gone viral?” The answer? I don’t know: Putting his money where his mouth is? Eric Cantor, the Republican Whip in the House of Representatives, bought up to $15,000 in shares of ProShares Trust Ultrashort 20+ Year Treasury [...]
June 28, 2011
· ABL · 70 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Republican Venality, The Party of Fiscal Responsibility
Little Jon, he always tells the truth
I have nothing special against Jon Huntsman, he seems reasonable enough as Republicans go, but when the press goes all in for the son of a billionaire, it’s hard not to smell a rat. “It’s very hard to tell one of the Huntsmans ‘no,’” says Doug Foxley, a lobbyist and attorney who was a senior [...]
June 28, 2011
· Angry DougJ · 45 Comments
Posted in: WWJBD- What Would Jenna Bush Do?
Then Quit
Another troll: New York’s gay weddings victory lap has not extended to all parts of the Empire State, with a rural town clerk determined to not sign any same-sex marriage licenses. Barbara MacEwen, the town clerk in upstate Volney who is responsible for signing marriage licenses in the town, said she’s morally opposed to same-sex [...]
June 28, 2011
· John Cole · 67 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Gay Rights are Human Rights, Religion
True Patriotism
Apparently now includes cheering foreign nations to shoot your fellow citizen. Break out the foam USA #1 fingers everyone!
June 28, 2011
· John Cole · 40 Comments
Posted in: Wingnut Event Horizon
Someone Needs a Hug
Apparently, I’ve really upset Radley this time, and this time I didn’t even have to mention the glibertarians at Reason. My failure to mention them was apparently insult enough! Remember that scene in Die Hard when one of the Germans was screaming furiously, and Bonnie Bedelia smirked and said that McClane has to be alive, [...]
June 28, 2011
· John Cole · 112 Comments
Posted in: Blogospheric Navel-Gazing, Clown Shoes, Glibertarianism
Now that he’s admitted it, and he’s the secretary of state, doesn’t he have to do something to prevent it?
Finally: The Ohio state Senate was set to consider this week what critics are calling the most restrictive voter identification law in the country. The push for restrictive voter ID measures in the Buckeye state is part of a trend of similar legislation sweeping Republican-controlled legislatures across the country. But Ohio’s measure is so restrictive—it [...]
June 28, 2011
· Kay · 43 Comments
Posted in: Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2011, Election 2012, Our Failed Media Experiment, Rare Sincerity, Republican Venality, Uncategorized
Some Dog
This is cool: This is one dog whose bark is definitely worse than his bite. Loukanikos, a stray who lives on the streets of Athens, Greece, has become an unlikely celebrity… for his dedication to anti-government protests. The clearly opinionated mutt has been pictured on the front line of protests, dodging tear gas and barking [...]
June 28, 2011
· John Cole · 79 Comments
Posted in: Dog Blogging, Foreign Affairs
The Big(ger) Payback
Looks like Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, the man who took down Russ Feingold last year, has yet to answer some extremely interesting questions as to how he did it and with what money. Last week the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel started asking uncomfortable questions about $10 million in deferred compensation Johnson received from his former company, [...]
June 28, 2011
· Zandar · 85 Comments
Posted in: An Unexamined Scandal, Ever Get The Feeling You've Been Cheated?, I Can't Believe We're Losing to These People, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You
Open Thread
Started to read the NY Times and said to hell with it before I finished scanning the headlines. Not in a caring mood today. Going to go weed and mulch.
June 28, 2011
· John Cole · 77 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
“A Glimpse of a Better America Ahead”
Greg Sargent, in the Washington Post, shares some personal history: ... I grew up in the far West Village in the 1970s, about seven or eight blocks west of Stonewall Inn, where joyful crowds celebrated the news on Friday night. At the time, even though the Village was supposed to be a leading refuge for [...]
June 28, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 117 Comments
Posted in: All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, Excellent Links, Gay Rights are Human Rights
Lady sprays cops with breast milk… FROM HER OWN BREAST; is mind-numbingly awesome.
I want to shake this woman’s hand. Sometimes you read something so fantastic that it reaffirms your faith in the awesomeness of humanity: A woman faces several charges after she allegedly sprayed deputies with breast milk as they tried to detain her over the weekend. The incident occurred early Saturday morning near the Bridgewater Banquet [...]
June 28, 2011
· ABL · 117 Comments
Posted in: Seriously
