Rather than hastily post something else I am wrong about, here is an open thread.
Busy.
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Rather than hastily post something else I am wrong about, here is an open thread.
Busy.
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Zifnab
The Barney Frank clip in this is full of awesome.
I just thought I’d share.
Englischlehrer
Beautiful weather, just wanted to give a shoutout from Germany and again say how glad I am not to be inundated with cable news. Having only internet, I only watch what I want and not just 24 hours of crap over and over. Thanks for putting important clips up.
Genine
Since there is an open thread, I will take this opportunity to request more Tunch pics. It’s been a while and I think I am starting to feel the effects of withdrawal.
Fencedude
@Zifnab:
Thats FANTASTIC
Punchy
Cole, yo ‘Rates are 2-1. In first place!
Can anyone stop the Doumit and McLouth jauggernaut? The Zach Attack? Peelin’ (Matt) Capps?
Good lord, what next? Malkin and KidSid shoehorn their way into the StanCup?
cleek
luv ya, Barack. but it’s time to quit this one, too.
Brian J
That clip of Frank was the one I was talking about last night. I thought the question was somewhat loaded but also that Frank responded well even if he was too testy. Then again, I’d be testy too if I was being unfairly blamed so many times. And notice of course that unless part of the clip cut him off, he never responded to Frank’s question of what he should have done. I wonder if he can.
srv
@Zifnab: Nobody could have foreseen any of this, and Barney should be congratulated for missing it too.
The Moar You Know
@Zifnab: I think I’m starting to like Barney Frank. Yeah, he’s in the industry’s pocket, but dammit, he’s the only Dem I’ve seen so far who is willing to fight Republicans using their language and their methods. He dishes it out, and sure enough, they can’t take it.
So far, only he and Hillary Clinton have displayed the courage to name that which cannot be named – "a vast right-wing conspiracy".
Back in the day I thought Hillary was being both a little paranoid and disingenous. Boy, was I wrong. Sorry, Ms. Clinton.
gbear
Barney Frank is my hero, but everytime I see him on TV he looks like he’s sitting in a bean bag chair. Does he have health issues or is he just incredibly slouchy by nature?
(can’t watch the clip at work)
Billy K
So is this site just going to be an unending string of open threads now?
John Cole
I just like Frank because he is funny. “No one ever says good for you, that happened on your watch.”
Heh.
Laura W
My long distance provider, CREDO (previously Working Assets) has a fantastic round-up option on my monthly bill, as well as this program I was unaware of. (They also have amazing customer service with warm and helpful people answering the phone.)
I love the voting at year’s end — I get to allocate the percentages of all contributions to a wide array of nonprofits. I just got the break out of all donations from CREDO to these groups in my bill and thought it share-worthy. Total donations for 2008 were $3,345,331. Talk about making a huge difference through literally pennies.
Edit: Interesting that Planned Parenthood and Doctors Without Borders were the only two groups to exceed $100,000. Very cool.
David
Do Wingnuts have an explanation for why, when you look at the international news, you see absolutely no mention of America’s overnight descent into Socialism and/or Fascism (depending on the day)? Apparently neither enemies nor allies care even the slightest bit.
Persia
I too love CREDO.
Also, Some asshole from RedState just accused Bristol Palin’s babydaddy of fucking his sister.
No.
Really.
What the fucking fuck? Explain to me. Someone. Please.
The Grand Panjandrum
Thanks for the clip Zif. That was full of awesome.
Barney Frank is one of the smartest people in the Congress so you better bring your "A" game if you want to get up in his grill, or he will swat you away like a bothersome
little wingnutgnat.gbear
@Persia:
Not going to click on that link or go there, but what the hell is Sully sinking into crap like that for? I know he has pet issues, but man…
gbear
@The Grand Panjandrum: wingnat? I like it.
Persia
Sully’s accusing the Palin camp of orchestrating the whole thing, I think. He’s not accusing Levi of doing anything with his sister. Because as insane as he is, he’s not that insane.
Actually, the picture of Levi gun-totin’ with his sister is kind of cute. Linky to something that’s not on RedState.
The Moar You Know
Pure, unadulterated win.
The Moar You Know
@Persia: That was posted a couple of days ago over at RedState, and the intent was pretty unmistakable.
Circular firing squad…FIRE!
The Grand Panjandrum
@gbear: Ha! I actually didn’t even think of that. Good for you that is funny as hell!
Mark S.
Well, as long as this is an open thread, can I get something off my chest? Is Kant the worst moral philosopher in the world? He says don’t look at the consequences of your actions.
My understanding of him is that if something is wrong in the general, it is always wrong. So, If I lie about the location of Anne Frank’s family to the Nazis I am wrong for lying, because we could not have a society based on lying.
It might better if society were always just, but we all know that is bullshit. My question is: Is Kantian Ethics defensible?
Roger Moore
@gbear:
Sully is a major league Palin hater. He apparently decided that he hated her after the nomination, and he’s been on a one-man anti-Palin crusade ever since. I’m sure that some of it is just a counter-reaction to winger starbursts, but he’s gone way overboard into stalker territory on the issue.
Billy K
I disagree.
cleek
good news for DougJ: New York Representative Goes After Time Warner’s Metered Broadband.
stop them before they get to Raleigh!
Corner Stone
@cleek
What do you mean "quit this one, too"? Have we mysteriously removed a significant number of troops out of Iraq while I slept last night? Last time I checked I thought we still had about 130,000 +/-. He can talk about giving it back to the Iraqis all he wants. Til that number declines I have to say I will remain sceptical.
wasabi gasp
If anything is gonna make sharing a bed awkward, finding my name tattooed on my sister is it.
Wisdom
Just like a congresspimp who supported every bill that created this mess will not be held accountable for it, we can assume the treehuggers will not be held accountable for the crappact flourescent dimbulb fiasco.
cleek
of course you’re right about that.
but at least he’s talking about a reduction in Iraq, which is quite the opposite of what he’s talking about doing in Afgh.
J.
How about some good news for a change, John Cole, or at least some really cute kitty pics? : )
The Moar You Know
@Wisdom: Somebody failed basic electronics, I see.
Bulworth
I’m wondering now that the trial is over, and that one of the writers at NRO has come out in favor of Norm Coleman’s needing to concede, and that Franken’s lead has increased in recent days, whether it’s time for the media to call again for another revote in the Minnesota U.S. Senate race.
Xanthippas
Here’s a story for you guys, about an ex-Navy SEAL who almost shot some guys who shot and killed his dog. If the name and his book sound familiar, it might be because he was profiled in this NPR story back in 2007 about a battle in Afghanistan in which which he was the only survivor.
Cris
@Xanthippas:
Damn. That’s some impressive restraint.
I mean, unlike Luttrell, I don’t own a gun, I don’t have PTSD, and I’m pretty prone to letting people take advantage of me. But if somebody killed my cat like they killed his dog, I’d be pretty ready to put a bullet in a motherfucker.
Brachiator
@Roger Moore:
Sadly, some of Sully’s anti-Palin rants seem to use the same template ("Pathological," etc) as some of his earlier anti-Hillary Clinton rants. I give him more credit than other posters here, but I think he has a problem with women.
As for Palin herself, even though conservatives try to keep her name alive and her image burnished for the benefit of the GOP base, she has become a marginal — and marginalized — figure. And with Levi’s "Busted Abstinence" Media Tour, Palin is being dragged into the infotainment end of the media pool, next to Octo-Mom and Madonna.
WereBear
Boy, that dog story blew me away.
I really think they should get a lot more than six months. It’s a sign of psychopathology, for cryin’ out loud!
Montysano (All Hail Marx & Lennon)
I’m starting to think that 8 years of Dubya has lowered the national IQ by a good 15-20 points, because everywhere I turn (co-workers, customers, family, etc.) I get blasted by Teh Stoopid.
Years ago, I worked as a farmhand. I showed up at 7:00 AM, sack lunch in hand, drove off on a tractor, saw or spoke with no one all day, came back in at 5:00 PM, went home. That was one sweet fuckin’ job.
D-Chance.
"open threads" always trumps "hasty, wrong posts".
Why do you think that Eschaton place has a dozen or so of them every day? It’s just a matter of self-restraint.
Persia
@Xanthippas: What the fuck kind of asshole goes around killing dogs with his buddies? For fuck’s sake.
LD50
The funny thing is, tho, that may well have no effect on her ability to get the nomination in ’12.
schrodinger's cat
He is a great fan of Thatcher though.
schrodinger's cat
BTW is it possible to over furminate your cat? I think I was a little too enthusiastic with the furminator yesterday, the kitteh
loved it though. Also I have a question for people who have cats what is a good diet cat food?
gex
@Persia: Huckabee’s kid, for one.
The Moar You Know
@Xanthippas: Damn. I read that and…damn. Not fair. Poor fucker’s been through enough, and some jerkoffs do that to him? That is FUCKED.
I guess he did the right thing by not killing those men, but in a way it’s really a goddamn shame he didn’t.
Comrade Dread
Conservatives, at least those on the internets, have completely lost their minds.
I blame ACORN and their secret plan to increase precious mind controlling Fluoride in the tap water of Conservative writers.
bago
As someone who has been to wasilla and grew up in a trailer park, I can say that Sully’s criticism is right on the mark. Serious hillbilly. When the father of your grand-child is the subject of your press-staffers, you have a problem, and you are not in the least bit professional.
bago
Sweet Jesus, would you want an extra from Reno 911 anywhere near THE BUTTON?
Xanthippas
The kind of assholes that we should let ex-Navy SEALs take out, in my opinion.
Just Some Fuckhead
Cain totally punked you d00d.
JK
What day will Al Franken be formally sworn in as the next senator from Minnesota?
Why is it taking these dummies so damn long to sort this mess out?
Minnesota is starting to look like a bigger joke than Alaska.
I can’t wait for the moment when Al Franken comes face to face with Super Douchebag John Cornyn after he’s finally allowed to take his rightful place in the Senate.
canuckistani
I will smile for the rest of the day now.
Zuzu's Petals
So I clicked through on John’s Amazon link and bought a luggage lock. Thought it might somehow benefit John or the site, but nothing in the checkout process told me that.
Anyway, please let me know if there’s a way to make sure this site gets the credit … I buy a lot of stuff on Amazon.
Laura W
@Montysano (All Hail Marx & Lennon):
Not ten minutes ago I emailed a friend and wrote: "Suffice it to say that some people make the simplest, tiniest changes/requests/projects so fucking complicated and drawn out you’d think you’d asked them to stick a probe up your ass and diagnose your colon polyps."
So yeah. I feel your pain today. And every day.
(I don’t have polyps, BTW. Yay me.)
JK
Andrew Sullivan’s harsh treatment of Sarah Palin is entirely justified because Palin was far and away the DUMBEST candidate to ever run for President or Vice President from either major party.
The #1 reason McCain chose Palin as his running mate was her SEX APPEAL.
It was obvious from watching how Republican males at the GOP convention reacted to Palin. They were all dying to get into her panties.
Who can seriously doubt that National Review editor Rich Lowry was masturbating when he wrote the following comments after watching Palin debate Biden
"I’m sure I’m not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Hey, I think she just winked at me." And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can’t be learned; it’s either something you have or you don’t, and man, she’s got it."
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDYzMGFiNjQ0MWRjNmI0ZTlkYjgwZTExMjA3MWNiZTk=
robertdsc
Speaking of La Belle Palin, I don’t know if this has been covered but check out this "comic" thing from the UK:
Barack The Barbarian vs. Sarah the Ice Princess
Hawt.