Fri 03 September, 2010

03:47 NOW can we have the plague of frogs?» Dependable Renegade
Another oil platform explodes in the Gulf, and now an oil tanker runs aground up in Canada's Northwest Passage. Drill, baby, drill.
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01:53 Revisionism» First Draft
Our old friend, faux good ole boy Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour is at it again: "The people who led the change of parties in the South ... was my generation. My generation who went to integrated schools. I went to...
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01:03 What's next? Live rounds to protest Park51?» Dependable Renegade
9/11 is going to be fucking unbearable in this neighborhood. Via Gawker. UPDATE: And FUCK YOU, TOO, Arye Sachs.
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Thu 02 September, 2010

23:39 I see what you're doing there.» Dependable Renegade
Waaaait for it... I know, I know. WTF with two cat videos in a row? But what would you rather have -- another Sarah Palin post? Via Buzzfeed.
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23:32 An Early Clue to the New Direction: Previously Unheard Stereo Mixes of the Gods Edition» PowerPop
From 1958, via the 2000 box set King of the New York Streets , here's the imcomparable Dion DiMucci , doing business with The Belmonts , and a wonderful two-channel version of perhaps the greatest of the great doo-wop hits "I Wonder Why." Actually, the above is a minute or so of session chatter. "I've got phlegm!" Here's the
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21:18 Father, I I Cannot Tell a Lie» First Draft
From Album3 To be sure, this is a pretty minor incident, political rhetoric taken to its absurd extreme, but nonetheless it fits with a pattern of, well, lying. Lying about everything from the non-trashing of the West Wing by the...
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21:08 Bolton/[fill in the blank] '12!» A Spork in the Drawer
One of the more crazed neocons just might throw his hat into the ring. Presidential timber .
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20:40 Nothing says "Opportunism" like a» Dependable Renegade
Glenn Beck/Sarah Palin "Volk-Fest" on 9/11. Palin's reps swear she's not announcing her Presidential run. Me, I'm thinking they're going to announce that she's marrying off Willow and Bristol to be Beck the Mormon's second and third wives.
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20:18 The Best Healthcare System In The World!» A Spork in the Drawer
Nickle and dimed: [Diane] Aiello, an unemployed attorney, had checked with Highmark before her physical to find out what her financial obligation would be. Under her plan with the insurer, she faced a $25.25 co-payment. On April 28, she went...
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20:18 CHRISTINE O'DONNELL, THE BAGGERS' CHOICE» RADAMISTO
Both Sean Hannity and Mark Levin are promoting her because (in my terms) she's a true conservative freakshow.
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19:53 MORE BAD NEWS FOR THE FUNDIES» RADAMISTO
Religious barbarians just can't seem to get a break these days. God did not create the universe, says Hawking By Michael Holden LONDON | Thu Sep 2, 2010 9:08am EDT LONDON (Reuters) - God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking
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19:14 Quote Of The Day» Multi Medium
From Politico’s story about the GOP’s reform plans if (when) they retake control of the House: They make clear that they plan not only to change the top-down management style of Speaker Nancy Pelosi but also to pare back the excesses and power plays that occurred during the 12 years of Republican control under [...]
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19:09 On Honor in Glenn Beck's World» ECHIDNE of the snakes
Watching the video Digby posted today from the big Becksian party in Washington D.C. reminded me that I was going to write something about its theme: Bringing back honor. What does Beck mean by honor? Here are some dictionary definitions (I took out the ones which seem unlikely): 1. honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and act
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17:24 Albuquerque Is The State's "Worst Speed Trap" City» The Well-Armed Lamb
Via the daily fishwrap, our own Abq. Urinal: Group Ranks ABQ as State's Worst Speed Trap City By Astrid Galvan Wednesday, 01 September 2010 18:15 The National Motorist Association opposes red light and speed cameras Drivers beware: Albuquerque has been named the state's worst speed trap city by the National Motorist Association. The group, wh
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16:16 Christina Romer's Farewell Speech» ECHIDNE of the snakes
She is leaving her position as chair of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. The text of the speech is here (pdf). It is fun and informative to compare the two takes in today's Washington Post , this one and this one . Don't forget to wear your feminist spectacles.
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16:05 The News-Worth, Oaf» Whiskey Fire
One of the things that has always struck me as intrinsically stupid about the Blog-O-Sphere is how it reacts to Breaking News. Like, say, the Discovery Channel nut going nuts. Why on earth is this necessary? msnbc.com: Police kill Discovery...
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15:26 The News-Worth, Oaf» Online Blogintegrity
One of the things that has always struck me as intrinsically stupid about the Blog-O-Sphere is how it reacts to Breaking News. Like, say, the Discovery Channel nut going nuts. Why on earth is this necessary? msnbc.com: Police kill Discovery...
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15:24 I feel kind of bad...» Rising Hegemon
Reading this , I think "America" has touched Tony Blair repeatedly...and certainly inappropriately. Don't sit on Uncle Sam's lap Tony.
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13:54 Thursday Morning News Roundup» Mercury Rising 鳯女
– Since when is yammering about “anchor babies” the mark of a liberal? Apparently when a FOX News idiot wants to claim that a twit with a gun at the Discovery Channel headquarters is a lefty terrorist. – Watch as a young man intrudes on Joe Miller’s big night. (Make that Scott McAdams‘ big night. [...]
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13:00 What Would Jesus Hit?» First Draft
I recently saw The Bronx Is Burning on DVD. It's an account of all the shit that was going down in Noo Yawk in 1977: the Koch-Cuomo-Beame-Abzug Mayoral race; the Son of Sam killings and the wild ride the New...
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12:59 It's not just in Private Eye» Best of Both Worlds
English journalism veteran Patience Wheatcroft writing from her new perch in the Wall Street Journal -- He [Tony Blair] has even established the beginning of his own potential finance house, setting up a business which has registered with the Financial Services Authority ( please check ) The WSJ sub-editor, who is probably not called a su
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12:19 It's The Economy, Stupid» cab drollery
And this story goes into the "How Unsurprising" bin: illegal immigration is down, according to DHS and a recent Pew Center study. The total number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. dropped to 11.1 million in 2009, down from a peak of 12 million in 2007, according to estimates by the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan Washington-based gro
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11:21 Drowned» First Draft
Hurricane Earl looks like a real mo-fuck, a real shit storm so I hope people on the eastern seaboard batten down their hatches and all that shit. Posting this particular tune from Quadrophenia is an attempt to put some reverse...
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11:17 Who could not have anticipated» Rising Hegemon
That Meghan "I've earned it all on merit" McCain's campaign bio would be a glory-hole of self-entitlement and vapidity filled with details of petty crimes and other's sloppy seconds?
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11:02 Honor Restored» Rising Hegemon
Glenn Beck lovers begin process of editing First Amendment. Via Jezebel (don't read story about Ken Doll -- I'm telling you DO NOT read story about the Ken Doll).
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10:36 That's nice» Rising Hegemon
Michael Bey is offering $50,000 for information about an animal abuser . However, he is not offering any kind of compensation for Transformers 2, especially for the scene featuring a robot's balls.
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10:10 You stay classy» Rising Hegemon
If there's one thing I don't want this blog to become (other than well-written, humorous and insightful of course, but that's not so much don't want, as not capable of being as long as I'm writing here) it's a liberal version of Michelle Malkin's analogy shitfest. "Oh look a liberal did this, therefore all liberals do this". Besides, I'm not an a
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10:06 They're fucking over everybody» Rising Hegemon
AmericaBlog makes a very salient point on the Koch Brothers. Not only do they fund -- and successfully control the political agenda from the Right, but they manage to emasculate the left too: One member of the DLC's executive council is none other than Koch Industries, the privately held, Kansas-based oil company whose namesake family members
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09:25 Now We Know What She's Been Trying To Do All These Yrs.: Stop Sympathetic Suicide Stories» Whiskey Fire
La Althouse (Don't! All necessary info.): 4. The man's Facebook page shows that he regarded his interests as "being mean" and "making fun of people." Does that make you less likely to scold me for being mean and making fun...
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09:09 The Tea Party Gave Us A Gift» Mercury Rising 鳯女
And it’s called ‘Joe Miller’: What had been a 44% – 39% race between GOP-Teabagger leader Joe Miller and Democratic Party nominee Scott McAdams before incumbent GOP Senator Lisa Murkowki announced her withdrawal from the race yesterday, has only improved for Miller to a 50% to 44% lead over McAdams, who is still virtually unknow
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08:28 Wednesday Why-I-Love-The-Weekly-World-News Blogging» Multi Medium
This week in history, 219 BC: Experimental surgery on a fire-breathing dragon was a roaring success – doctors successfully made it so the beast misted cool water instead of blowing burning fire. Demand for the dragon went through the roof for wedding receptions, large parties and outdoor events. Experts carried out the project during the Qin
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08:27 Charming.» Dependable Renegade
Judging from your wheels, I'm assuming there's not much to "bullow". Via Gothamist.
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08:01 Of Course, It's Also True That the Word "Duck" is 3/4 Obscene» PowerPop
An interesting and alarming postscript to last week's tribute to the artistry of Stephen Friedland, AKA Brute Force : From an Apple Corps. press release, also last week: Come and Get It: The Best Of Apple Records , a 21-track compilation of singles, ranging from the folk-rooted tunes of Mary Hopkin and James Taylor , to the energetic rock
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07:51 Like Going To Bed With A Cheese-Grater» ECHIDNE of the snakes
I thought of that, last night, all on my own*! It's a metaphor for how it feels to spend so much time every day debating on the net. It doesn't hurt much, at first. But after a few years...you are left skinless. A good thing that I wear scales, eh? ---- *Though probably someone has already thought of it. If so, how about having sex with a nutmeg
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05:22 Speaking Of Zardoz» Dohiyi Mir
To test our new highspeed Internet connection, I got a trial membership at Netflix and streamed Zardoz. So nice. And of course, photos upload wicked fast, too... What? Daddy has an NRA membership? Well, enough of that. What a fun...
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