cursorial – February 6, 2011 | 1:22 pm
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What doesn’t get asked enough is what are Rupert Murdoch’s incentives here? Are Fox News ratings better covering the fairly boring squabbles of governing or the howling outrage of a disgruntled minority and their unending parade of freakshow candidates?
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Murdoch may be ideologically Republican, but he’s in the entertainment business, and when it comes to maximizing profits I think the present situation suits him just fine.
Photo courtesy commentor JPL. Couldn’t resist the juxtaposition of America’s two favorite blood sports.
hilts
Hilarious and pathetic defense of Sarah Palin’s trainwreck interview on CBN
http://sarahpalininformation.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/sarah-palin-obama-let-the-3-a-m-call-on-egypt-go-straight-to-his-answering-machine
Yutsano
Waitaminute…are you telling me that football is edible? CHOMP!!
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: It is obviously summer sausage. You need to spend more time in WI during football season.
robertdsc-PowerBook
Spam is king.
Mako
Before Christine Agulara, was that Katy Perry?
Mako
Christine Agulara is no Kate Smith.
So she’s got that going for her.
JPL
@Omnes Omnibus: OMG..I’m not a sausage fan but I have to say Wisconsin does make good sausage.
Nellcote
Processed Cheese & Novelty Meats
scav
@Yutsano: Theoretically yes, one would have to assume so◊. And people mock medieval cooking — both of those would get high rankings as illusion foods or subtleties.
And the description works both ways: Processed Cheese & Novelty Meats or Novelty Cheese & Processed Meats!
Neo-Medieval as the Post-squared Modern. mmm.
◊ OK, I’m told it’s summer sausage so am slightly reassured but that cheese is still worrying me. I know it’s only wax, but it’s green and it’s not mold. And yes, that last sounds entirely backwards but there we are.
hilts
Anne,
Wanna buy some cheese?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBuQHHKx0
Mako
Willie Stargell played for Pittsbuhrg, right? Guess I’ll root for them.
asiangrrlMN
Nom. Nom. CHOMP!
And, the other singer was Michelle Lea or Lea Michelle.
Mako
Who is Arron Rogers? Where is Brette Favre?
Violet
@Mako:
Lea Michelle. She’s on the Fox TV show “Glee.”
I’m making green chile stew. Very easy. Brown off some diced pork. Add chile stew from jar. Throw in mixed vegetables. Simmer. Yum.
PurpleGirl
@hilts: A Monty Python sketch is always welcomed.
jharp
That is some cool photo. Thanks for posting it.
Napoleon
Mako,
Sending e-mailed pics of his dick to someone most likely.
Mako
We are supposed to watch the commercials, right?
It’s like unamerican to not?
shit.
Mako
Is that the dude from House?
Mako
Pepsi commercial. Paging ABL.
Mako
wtf was that commercial? eew
wobblybits
@Mako: Why does ABL need to be page for a crappy commercial?
asiangrrlMN
That Pepsi commercial was just nasty and bad. I remember when the SB commercials used to be funny.
Mako
Lot of homo erotic images in these commercials.
That must sell
Mako
What is that actor’s neme? The bald action one with the penis shaped head? Van something?
MikeJ
Reporting in: if you need to go to Costco this week, go *now*. Nobody there. Fewer people than a weekday.
The hardware store was pretty empty too.
I have finally found a reason to appreciate the Super Bowl.
morzer
http://www.98sports.com
for free links, if anyone needs them….
p mac
GO PACK!!!!
Mako
Vin Diesel.
IMDB>Tom Hanks>Saving Private Ryan
imdb has really changed. That’s going to take some getting used to.
Martin
Wow, are the Steelers getting their asses handed to them. Go publicly owned franchise!
And did Big Ben give a block of tickets to a local girls high school simply so he’d have someone new nearby to grope?
Cermet
Bad first quarter for the steelers – their defense had better force some trurn overs or it is by-by ben.
Martin
Whoops. Wrong thread. FYWP!
I must admit to a significant conflict supporting Murdoch with some of our favorite shows, and wanting him to die destitute and begging for cat food from Glenn Becktards.
Angry Black Lady
@Mako: Yeah, what the fuck was that?!
Mako
Go Daddy is really not your best bet if you want to do the domain owning thing.
Angry Black Lady
@wobblybits: I’m Balloon Juice’s Senior Black Correspondent. You didn’t get the memo?
+3
MikeJ
@Angry Black Lady: What was the commercial like?
Angry Black Lady
@MikeJ: stupid and racist lite.
Mako
@Angry Black Lady:
I don’t know, not really paying attention, something about throwing a white girl at a black couple and then they have to run away? And I should drink a pepsi.
MikeJ
@Angry Black Lady: A stupid TV commercial? You’re shitting me. The invisible handjob of the marketplace demands that commercial speech is the extra special bestest of all speech. If you don’t like a commercial you must hate America.
scav
scarier than non-moldy-green-cheese? The non SB threads and the SB threads are indistinguishable and largely about the ads (the SB ones did talk about pants color more). Usually it’s a lot more fun following along later watching people whoop at a game I have no other information about.
Mako
The flowing locks are sexy and everything, but why offer a handhold?
Mako
Is it over?
Mako
@Violet:
Thanks. Never watched that show. It is popular.
Mako
apl.de.ap or Taboo?
Someone has to one-up Janet.
I’m betting Taboo.
Mako
This is bad.
Bring back Keith Urban.
Mako
What are we, newts?
Mako
Oh look they dragged out a guy who could be Slash.
Is anyone making new music?
That girl really looks like she needs a bath.
Don’t let me down Taboo.
Mako
Oh good Usher .
Mako
I love the vocoder
Mako
Maybe we could toss a white girl at them and they’d run off?
Mako
Do that “My Humps” song!
Mako
Glowing newts with cardboardbox heads!
Ruckus
@MikeJ:
I used to have to fly on SB sunday every year. Almost empty planes, almost all business people. One year the pilot turned on the game and I couldn’t get any more sleep because of all the chatter.
Mako
Hmm. That was sad. Doesn’t say much for the state of american popular music.
I’d suggest we don’t do that again.
Mako
this thing is still going on? Hey. its that dude from House.
Mako
Can we see a commercial now?
Mako
Gad this is boring.
Mako
thought i was supposed to see a lot of million dollar commercials. Mostly I’m seeing ads for local car dealerships. Same fucking ads i see all the time.
Mako
Nice video angles they get nowadays. Like a video game.
Uniquely american sport innit?
Mako
awesome. they got jane lynch to advertize the show Glee and Chevy. Good to see her working.
Mako
It is apparently over. Apparently it was a close entertaining game. Some team won. Roger Stawback, amazingly, is still alive. USA!
Mako
I’ve been looking forward to this for weeks. Now it is over.
Shit.
What do I do now?
4jkb4ia
Oh, shit. Radio KJGC is on the air. Maybe this will be short.