Eschatonians

A Sad State of Affairs... with Helmet-Haired Femmebots - Whiskey Fire
by Vacuumslayer at 27 Jan 2012 13:14
Honestly, I don't know where to begin. Oh, how about here: I may have to stop watching television

Not A Bad Week, All In All - cab drollery
by Diane at 27 Jan 2012 12:12
President Obama, now in campaign mode, had a pretty good week, all things considered. His State of the Union address struck a populist note, thereby mollifying some of his base

Obama Finally Figuring Out How To Deal With Republicans? - Mercury Rising 鳯女
by Phoenix Woman at 27 Jan 2012 11:34
Nice to see the President landing a few hard blows on right-wingers for a change: Republicans said it was unconstitutional. An overreach of executive power

And the sky is blue - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 27 Jan 2012 09:38
No wonder the modern GOP hates science.

Time to execute some people - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 27 Jan 2012 09:35
Who manage to register lower IQs than him (somehow there are some of them)Rick Perry’s dismal showing in the presidential contest has plunged his approval among Texans to its lowest level in a decade, and more than half say in a new poll that he should not seek re-election as governor.

Immediate Action Required - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 27 Jan 2012 09:30
As we know child abuse didn't seem to cause much of a reaction within the Vatican.But something things get them to act with great dispatch

HARD TIMES FOR THE NEWT - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 27 Jan 2012 08:19
First, he seems to have gotten most of the Establishment Wingnuts against him and that's no small feat for a former GOP Speaker of the House. Second, he tried to smack around Wolf Blitzer but Wolf came out the winner

Friday Cat Blogging - Mercury Rising 鳯女
by MEC at 27 Jan 2012 08:05

Civil liberties v. civil rights (by Suzie) - ECHIDNE of the snakes
by Suzie at 27 Jan 2012 05:43
What do you think when you hear the phrases "civil liberties" and "civil rights"? I hope a discussion of the differences will shed light on why Glenn Greenwald and others considered progressive have praised Ron Paul. Definitions vary, but "civil liberties" generally refers to rights guaranteed by the government for all citizens, while "civil rights" describes laws passed to remove barriers that keep certain groups from enjoying the same liberties that others have

Great Minds Think Alike. What Explains the Following, However, Remains a Mystery. - PowerPop
by steve simels at 27 Jan 2012 05:07
Long-time or attentive readers are no doubt aware that I've been an on again/off again member (currently on again) of a recording/performance rock-and-roll collective/band called The Weasels since the early 70s. Here, to refresh your memory, is the cover of our very first recorded project (circa '73 or '74), entitled The White Album, for reasons way to embarrassing to get into

Going to Be a Scream - Whiskey Fire
by Thers at 27 Jan 2012 04:42
Jim Hoft proves, yet again, that yes, it is possible to be extend the bottom reaches of awful and stupid into heretofore undiscovered abysses. This is just shooting crackers in a barrel, sure, but since when was that not fun? JIM HOFT! A Canadian professor released a study today claiming conservatives are racists and dumb

BERNIE MCGUIRK IS A RIGHTWING ASSHOLE - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 27 Jan 2012 02:41
He's the racist pig on The Imus Show and today I heard him lie about the Brewer/Obama airport interaction. McGuirk falsely claimed that Pres

I DON'T THINK "UNSTABLE" IS THE CORRECT WORD - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 27 Jan 2012 02:27
I won't go into enough details to make the person I'm talking about identifiable out of a concern for his privacy. I will say that my adviser when I was in graduate school was noted for his creativity and that really meant he had a LOT of ideas

LINUX (UBUNTU) PART II - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 27 Jan 2012 02:12
Neither of the two Windows drivers I downloaded were for the version of the wireless card I have. The good news is that I did manage to get the Ethernet connection to work

Friday Cat Blogging - BeanBagBabies - It's morning somewhere
by oldwhitelady at 27 Jan 2012 00:12
You know how some people collect "Beanie Babies"? Well, I collect BeanBagBabies, as shown in the picture. "How do you get BeanBagBabies?", you ask

Two Articles on Apple - ECHIDNE of the snakes
by echidne at 26 Jan 2012 21:25
It's an awkward juxtaposition, to say the least. First the New York Times writes about the treatment of Chinese workers who assemble the iPhones, iPads and so on:In the last decade, Apple has become one of the mightiest, richest and most successful companies in the world, in part by mastering global manufacturing

Misery Bear And Writer's Block - ECHIDNE of the snakes
by echidne at 26 Jan 2012 20:41
This applies to most any deadline, not just writer's block.

What Was He Thinking? - ECHIDNE of the snakes
by echidne at 26 Jan 2012 18:17
Mark Cenedella wants one day to be a U.S

Shakespeare never wrote about a King Leo - Best of Both Worlds
by P O'Neill at 26 Jan 2012 17:45
Time Magazine, non-US editions cover, Feb 6, 2012.

In The Cross-hairs - cab drollery
by Diane at 26 Jan 2012 11:28
(Picture found here.)Yesterday, Arizona Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords made her last appearance at the House of Representatives

But David Brooks was probably excited - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 26 Jan 2012 10:33
Oh those endorsements are awesome:Nate Silver @fivethirtyeightNewt has surged negative 6 points in the Florida polls since the Fred Thompson endorsement.Requires this

Welfare Disincentivises Work – for the 1% - Ruth Calvo's myFDL diary
by Ruth Calvo at 26 Jan 2012 09:52
Out of Business (Picture courtesy of Unhindered by Talent at flickr.com

Somehow this doesn't sound like a deterrent - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 26 Jan 2012 09:44
To vote Obama.Barack Obama won't ask Timothy Geithner to stay on as Treasury Secretary if the president wins reelection, Geithner told Bloomberg TV's Trish Regan Wednesday

Fact-ish - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 26 Jan 2012 09:39
Oh what a surprise, when it comes to a Democrat, "FactCheck" manages to fuck up fact checking.

So long James Madison, hello Robert Heinlein. - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 26 Jan 2012 09:30
Newt Gingrich's political development apparently began with "Space Cadet" and ended with "Starship Troopers"Yesterday, America's self-proclaimed enemy of the deficit Newt Gingrich emphasized his latest policy plank:"We will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American," Gingrich said.And now to find the billions of dollars to build it

BREAKING EVERYONE CARES - Whiskey Fire
by Thers at 26 Jan 2012 08:01
Barack Obama got off a plane and then HOLY SHIT he SHOT someone in the FACE. Or something

Long-rumored, now at hand - Mercury Rising 鳯女
by Charles II at 26 Jan 2012 06:10
“A bravado performance.” –Eliot Spitzer talking about the State of the Union, accidentally speaking truth on Countdown Robert Fisk, London Independent: In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar

A Real Shit Movie Move - Whiskey Fire
by Thers at 26 Jan 2012 05:37
Wait, this exists? Game Change is an upcoming Jay Roach film based on the book of the same name by journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. The film will primarily track the actions of the Republican Party during the 2008 Presidential Election

Internet Misogyny For The Day - ECHIDNE of the snakes
by echidne at 26 Jan 2012 05:24
This is such fun! I somehow got on a weird site, barstoolsports.com, and found this:Remember that Saudi Chick Who Was Protesting The Fact It Was Illegal For Women To Drive

A Shouting Comes Across the Sky - PowerPop
by steve simels at 26 Jan 2012 05:03
As promised last week -- another previously unheard song from the 1981 CBS demo by genuine underground power pop legend/cult figure David Grahame.This one's called "True Believers

Amy Koch: My Dimmesdale’s No Longer A Senate Staffer - Mercury Rising 鳯女
by Phoenix Woman at 26 Jan 2012 05:01
Former Minnesota State Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, who resigned that post after admitting to an “inappropriate relationship” with a male Senate staffer widely suspected to be Michael Brodkorb, dropped a small hint earlier this week as to her Dimmesdale’s identity: She [Amy Koch] said that for legal reasons she won’t name the staffer, who has since left his job at the Capitol. Anyone care to divine how many male Senate staffers became ex-Senate staffers during the period starting December 16th, 2011 and ending January 23, the date of the interview that forms the basis for the KARE story on Senator Koch?