Archive for July, 2011
Open Thread
Hot as hell today, I was on the road and stuck in construction for an hour, and my car AC is broken. I need someone to drive me around for a week so I can hang my right arm out the window and even out my tan. Making crab cakes and drinking wine in 5… [...]
July 29, 2011
· 
John Cole · 
177 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Song of the week
You can’t go wrong with Sam Cooke. ————————————- Sam Cooke, “Sugar Dumpling (Original)” (1962) Not the best week in national politics, but the weather was nice here. Gratitude for the little things. This posthumous hit from 1965 is one of my favorites by Sam Cooke. Three things to listen for: 1) the appearance of professional [...]
July 29, 2011
· Angry DougJ · 33 Comments
Posted in: Music, Other
John Boehner does not ‘have’ to do anything
If Boehner’s bill dies in utero or Harry Reid kills it, does that mean he has to forge a compromise with Democrats? Not really. He can sit on his ass and sulk. He can let default happen and then pass a bunch of sense-of-the-House bills that call Obama a worthless bloody git who caused the [...]
July 29, 2011
· Tim F. · 150 Comments
Posted in: Republican Stupidity
Murderous Police Brutality
ED Kain has put together a round up of press stories, disturbing pictures and a video of the brutal beating and death of a schizophrenic man at the hands of Fullerton, California police: “When I first walked into the hospital, I looked at what his mother described as my son … I didn’t recognize him,” [...]
July 29, 2011
· mistermix · 125 Comments
Posted in: Shitty Cops
A brief explanation
I don’t know a thing about the 14th Amendment and the debt ceiling, but this seems to make sense: Some Democrats in Congress, including Steny Hoyer, have called for President Barack Obama to invoke the 14th Amendment to resolve the debt ceiling crisis. What they don’t realize is that Obama has already invoked it in [...]
July 29, 2011
· Kay · 144 Comments
Posted in: Domestic Affairs
The Economy Stinks
GDP growth is anemic this quarter (1.3%) and revised down to terrible (0.4%) last quarter: “There’s nothing that you can look at here that is signaling some revival in growth in the second half of the year, and in fact we may see another catastrophically weak quarter next quarter if things go wrong next week,” [...]
July 29, 2011
· mistermix · 194 Comments
Posted in: Decline and Fall
Hot Potato
I know that the question of whether there’s any bill that the Republican caucus can pass that doesn’t involve naming a post office or declaring a recess is riveting, but there’s another question I want to ask: what are the Republicans going to do about their gay problem? Look at Michele Bachmann, who yesterday declared [...]
July 29, 2011
· mistermix · 84 Comments
Posted in: Election 2012, Gay Rights are Human Rights
Punishment, Pain and Cannibalism in Ohio
Commonsense solutions for the problems that face this nation: Jim Jordan’s open defiance of Speaker John Boehner’s efforts to solve the debt-ceiling crisis could cost the Urbana Republican his safe House seat in next year’s election. Two Republican sources deeply involved in configuring new Ohio congressional districts confirmed to The Dispatch today that Jordan’s disloyalty [...]
July 29, 2011
· Kay · 98 Comments
Posted in: All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, Blatant Liars and the Lies They Tell, Crazification Factor
Open Thread for John Boehner
I’m still processing last night’s epic fail, and for some reason this song popped into my head.
July 29, 2011
· mistermix · 92 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Uncomplicated
Sorry if I seem like a Kthug fanboi these days, but you know this is catnip to me: The facts of the crisis over the debt ceiling aren’t complicated. Republicans have, in effect, taken America hostage, threatening to undermine the economy and disrupt the essential business of government unless they get policy concessions they would [...]
July 28, 2011
· Angry DougJ · 142 Comments
Posted in: Decline and Fall, Our Failed Media Experiment
Open Thread: Thursday Garden Chat
From commentor Michele: Thought I’d send you pics of one of the loofah plants I’m growing this season. As you can see, it has a big yellow blossom, and behind it is what will most likely be the loofah plant. If it grows into a more recognizable loofah plant I’ll send an updated photo. I [...]
July 28, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 31 Comments
Posted in: Black Thumb, Open Thread
It’s 9 pm. Do you know where your votes are?
I wonder how late Boehner plans to run this show. On the one hand this vote will save or sink his speakership. On the other hand he probably has a morning golf date. Decisions. ***Update*** No vote tonight. Word has it that Boehner retired to redraft the bill and win some teatard votes. The worst [...]
July 28, 2011
· Tim F. · 186 Comments
Posted in: Republican Stupidity
NANCY SMASH! boehner crash :(
Oh Boehner. I’m almost starting to feel sorry for you. Almost. As I’m reading the reports of Boehner’s postponement of the debt ceiling vote (INORITE?! HOOCOODANODE?!), it occurred to me that Pelosi is probably laughing her San Francisco values ass off at Boehner’s utter incompetence. Remember the transfer of power from Pelosi to Boehner? Remember [...]
July 28, 2011
· ABL · 213 Comments
Posted in: NANCY SMASH!
Open Thread: Postapocalypticism in the Style Section
(Tom Toles via GoComics.com) The political process breaks down, things fall apart, doom hangs heavy in the air… and the NYTimes, ever sensitive to changes in the zeitgeist, moves from sharing tips on “stem-to-root cooking” (That’s Not Trash, That’s Dinner) to a primer on permaculture: As a way to save the world, digging a ditch [...]
July 28, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 19 Comments
Posted in: All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, Black Thumb, Open Thread
Electile dysfunction
Tough night for Boehner: The House vote on Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) debt limit plan has been postponed. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) office suggests they will try for a vote this evening, possibly around 7 p.m. ET. This is a developing story…
July 28, 2011
· Angry DougJ · 147 Comments
Posted in: Hoot-Smalley
