Archive for January, 2012
I wish I knew how to quit Newt
I’m not ready for the Republican primary to be over. I’m not ready to hear about how Romney got his mojo and Hayekian modesty back. I’m not ready to stop hearing about how the moon can apply for statehood (no, really). Tell me we’ve got a few more weeks of this, even if you don’t [...]
January 31, 2012
· 
DougJarvus Green-Ellis · 
48 Comments
Posted in: Election 2012, Open Thread
Komen for the Cure Cuts Planned Parenthood Funding for Breast Cancer Screening and Health Services
Komen for the Cure is abandoning women in need. There’s a new and ugly development in the GOP’s War on Women. The Forced Birthers have enlisted an organization—Komen for the Cure, which scores of women have relied upon both to prevent breast cancer, and as a support network when fighting breast cancer—to help undermine the [...]
January 31, 2012
· ABL 2.0 · 219 Comments
Posted in: Vagina Outrage
Twenty fucking five to one
This is a pretty remarkable statistic: Of the 1,012 spots Newt Gingrich’s campaign ran, 95% were negative. Mitt Romney’s campaign ran 3,276 ads and 99% were negative. I hope this thing goes on forever, but I doubt Newt has the stamina.
January 31, 2012
· DougJarvus Green-Ellis · 55 Comments
Posted in: Election 2012
Tuesday Evening Open Thread
(Tom Toles via GoComics.com) For those of us who can no longer bring ourselves to care about the point spread in a meaningless sub-semi-final. Somebody let me know if Santorum either drops out or throws his greasy foul-smelling endorsement to either of the two “serious” candidates, because Ron Paul ain’t going away before August. Meanwhile, [...]
January 31, 2012
· Anne Laurie · 67 Comments
Posted in: Election 2012, Open Thread, Republican Stupidity
Scott Walker’s sea of corruption may have run Captain Preibus aground
Courtesy of the We Party Patriots, we learn that Reince Priebus (and there’s a rejected Bond villain name if I’ve ever heard of one) seems to be implicated in the illegal activities that have already resulted in the arrests and indictments of several of Governor Walker’s current and former aides. Walkergate” is unfolding into a [...]
January 31, 2012
· Soonergrunt · 26 Comments
Posted in: An Unexamined Scandal, Assholes, Blatant Liars and the Lies They Tell, Election 2010, Election 2012, Grifters Gonna Grift, Kochsuckers, Republican Venality, Teabagger Stupidity
Election Results Open Thread
Is this the end of Newt?
January 31, 2012
· John Cole · 148 Comments
Posted in: Election 2012
A world I never made
One of the reasons I can’t talk about politics at work or with my family is that they look at me like I’m crazy when I tell them that David Brooks would send all of us to a re-education camp if he could, but that’s exactly what he’s getting at here: We need a program [...]
January 31, 2012
· DougJarvus Green-Ellis · 69 Comments
Posted in: David Brooks Giving A Seminar At The Aspen Institute
I Don’t Care About Your Invisible Jeebus
I used to be a lot quieter about not believing- hell, ten years ago I remember talking to people about religion and trying to believe. But it just never happened, I never saw the light or whatever, and continued to think that all this invisible Jesus stuff was just a load of crap. But I [...]
January 31, 2012
· John Cole · 426 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Get off my grass you damned kids, Religion
Open Thread
Yes, I am aware the site is loading slower than molasses. I am working on it. Other than general slowness, are there any other problems?
January 31, 2012
· John Cole · 85 Comments
Posted in: Site Maintenance
So True
Rick Perlstein, in a piece about why Romney’s Mormonism won’t matter in the general, makes a great observation: That’s the way cultural change works in America: the rest of us discard a prejudice that the right still clings to; in the fullness of time, the right comes around too, deploying clever rationalizations to forget they [...]
January 31, 2012
· John Cole · 41 Comments
Posted in: Election 2012, Excellent Links
To Whom it May Concern: Sincerely, Mitt Romney
Here’s something fun to ponder while you watch Governor Romney make his speech tonight: Seated around a conference table in a nondescript suburban Virginia office building, a dozen Republican voters shed light on one of the continued mysteries of this election season: What ails Mitt Romney? Four strong supporters of the tea party movement; a [...]
January 31, 2012
· Kay · 107 Comments
Posted in: Decline and Fall
Divorced From Reality
It’s finally happened: somebody’s managed to penetrate David Brooks’s neutronium denial shield and impress upon him that the American economy isn’t so hot for the proles at the Applebee’s salad bar, and all that manages to come tumbling out is that Both Sides Do It. Democrats claim America is threatened by the financial elite, who [...]
January 31, 2012
· Zandar · 262 Comments
Posted in: Both Sides Do It!, David Brooks is a dickhead, I Read These Morons So You Don't Have To, Our Failed Media Experiment, Somewhere a Village is Missing its Idiot
Our Watchdog Social Media
Here’s the video of President Obama’s Google+ Hangout yesterday afternoon. It featured live questions from a few pre-selected individuals, as well as questions gathered from YouTube. The difference between this event and debates featuring questions from the Internets is that Google did a decent job selecting the questions and questioners, and they were pretty good. [...]
January 31, 2012
· mistermix · 80 Comments
Posted in: DC Press Corpse
Through the Great Firewall
If you’ve ever wondered what Balloon-Juice looks like through the Great Firewall of China, reader Brian sends this screenshot (click to embiggen). Basically, the text makes it through, but YouTube is blocked. On the plus side, there doesn’t seem to be an ad for a sugar daddy matching service. Brian has more about Internet access [...]
January 31, 2012
· mistermix · 34 Comments
Posted in: Excellent Links
Poll-Axed
Well played, Mr. Axelrod.
January 31, 2012
· Betty Cracker · 89 Comments
Posted in: Dog Blogging, Election 2012, Open Thread, Politics
