Archive for October, 2011

Some Belated Soccer Notes

by Randinho

My day to day life has been consuming my time a good bit, but did want to stick my head in for a few moments and address some recent events in the world’s most popular sport. I’ve been putting this post together in my head for weeks and one of the points I was about [...]

October 31, 2011 · Randinho · 35 Comments
Posted in: Sports

Busted, disgusted

by Angry DougJ

An interesting piece by Nate Silver on conservative blogosphere reaction to the Cain sexual harassment story (which is starting to interest me in terms of phenomena like this, if not in and of itself): The conservative blogs that I counted were those that had been linked to on Memorandum, an aggregation website, either Monday night [...]

October 31, 2011 · Angry DougJ · 62 Comments
Posted in: Our Failed Media Experiment

RSS reader bleg

by Angry DougJ

The new version of Google Reader is a disaster, weird colors, doesn’t size properly, red buttons everywhere for stuff you don’t want to do. Are there any decent RSS readers for Mac? I tried bloglines but it makes it a pain to migrate my Google subscriptions over. Is there anything else that’s good? Am I [...]

October 31, 2011 · Angry DougJ · 99 Comments
Posted in: Bleg

Virginia GOP Halloween-themed email featuring zombie Obama with a bullet in his head? [updated]

by ABL

Not cool, dudes. Surprise! Some Republicans somewhere did something really stupid: Virginia Republicans were in apology mode Monday over a Halloween-themed email that depicted a zombie-like President Obama with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head.

October 31, 2011 · ABL · 69 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, KMBA

Speaking of incoherent speaking

by Tim F.

ABL wrote something below that reminded me of a seemingly forgotten nugget from those sepia-toned years way back in Bush junior’s first term. Did anyone else watch shrub’s live address after the New York blackout in 2003? Completely. Shitfaced. I mean beet-red, unable to frame a sentence in common English, needs help to and from [...]

October 31, 2011 · Tim F. · 65 Comments
Posted in: Bleg, Fucked-up-edness, Seriously

Yes, we Cain

by Angry DougJ

I have no interest in this Cain sexual harassment story. Do any of you have any interest in it? There’s only one part that amuses me, and that’s the conservative claim that the librul media did this. I agree with those who say that Rove dropped a dime here. Not that there’s anything wrong with [...]

October 31, 2011 · Angry DougJ · 50 Comments
Posted in: Green Balloons, Politics

Monday Night Open Thread

by John Cole

Had about 45 kids tonight and ran out of candy with 45 minutes left, so I had to turn the front porch light off and hide. Really weird- last year was a nicer night, and I had half as many kids. This year it was drizzling, and there were kids everywhere.

October 31, 2011 · John Cole · 80 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread

Be Careful Out There: Vampire Beast-With-Two-Backs Edition

by Tom Levenson

Jumping on the CDC’s Zombie-Apocalypse-Preparedness bandwagon, Planned Parenthood offer some very sage advice: Let’s face it: vampires can rack up a lot of sexual partners over the years. Your vampire might be the same age as you, or she or he might be thousands of years old. But no matter how old you are, if [...]

October 31, 2011 · Tom Levenson · 30 Comments
Posted in: Blood Drive, Open Thread

Herman Cain’s Final Flip-Flop on Abortion [updated w/ video]

by ABL

He finally got it right! There’s no more flip for him to flop! Herman Cain really should have read his War on Women GOP Handbook before he allowed himself to be questioned on his stances on abortion. He has flip-flopped so many times, it’s hard to keep track. Luckily, Think Progress already broke it down: Abortion Is ‘Her [...]

October 31, 2011 · ABL · 51 Comments
Posted in: Vagina Outrage

The end of my “Grift-athon” is nigh!

by ABL

So listen here, y’all.  I made an off-hand joke about sending tote bags to those who donated to my fundraiser.  But then it occurred to me that I really should send a little somethin’-somethin’ to those who donate to my fundraiser.  After all, if I don’t, then you’re not going to give me the rest [...]

October 31, 2011 · ABL · 9 Comments
Posted in: C.R.E.A.M.

Was Rick Perry Hammered During His New Hampshire Speech or What?

by ABL

I’m going with “yes.” I’m not judging the man for drinking. (Hey, I loves me my scotch.) But if I were running for president, I probably wouldn’t give a speech wasted. (Probably.) Check out the clip below, which went viral this weekend.  If you don’t have the stamina to watch 8 minutes of Rick Perry [...]

October 31, 2011 · ABL · 68 Comments
Posted in: Rick Perry Presents "Rick Perry"

Get ready for your close-up

by Angry DougJ

Can’t Explain has review of one of my favorite movies of all-time, Sunset Boulevard. I saw it at the Castro in San Francisco in the 90s in a double feature with “In A Lonely Place”. That was the most fun I’ve ever had at the movies, partly because I like the movies so much (“In [...]

October 31, 2011 · Angry DougJ · 163 Comments
Posted in: Movies

Human Banner in San Francisco Reads “Tax the 1%”

by ABL

This weekend, one thousand people got together in San Francisco to create a human banner, and it was exactly awesome: From Human Banner SF: “I work hard every day,” said event organizer and Bay Area cab driver, Brad Newsham. “It isn’t right that I pay higher taxes than billionaires like Warren Buffet. And actually, Mr. [...]

October 31, 2011 · ABL · 105 Comments
Posted in: #OWS

A Little Song In Your Heart

by Zandar

So, this just happened. And I got nothin’. I’m just waiting for the credits to roll. The thread, he is open. Commence.

October 31, 2011 · Zandar · 96 Comments
Posted in: Decline and Fall, Open Thread, We Are All Mayans Now, WTF?

Social Security & the Reverse Robin Hoods

by Anne Laurie

Sometimes the headlines are almost enough. Almost. Via Charlie Pierce at Esquire, “In Which the Washington Post Pisses Off Krugman Again“: On Sunday, The Washington Post, a once-great newspaper now d/b/a Graham’s Chicken ‘n Waffles, published a “news analysis” on the state of the Social Security system that explained that it’s time for us seriously [...]

October 31, 2011 · Anne Laurie · 58 Comments
Posted in: All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, C.R.E.A.M., Excellent Links, Republican Venality

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