February 2011
January 2011
The Fix - RNC is $23 million in debt →
section9:
evangotlib:
goodreasonnews:
The Republican National Committee has about $23 million in debt as it prepares for the 2012 election cycle, new Chairman Reince Priebus announced Monday.
They can’t run anything right…whether a country or their own internal organizations.
Maybe they should cut expenditures?
scotttfriday-deactivated2011021 asked: please describe in detail how you oddly look for a roommate. feel free to use adjectives and gerunds gratuitously.
Oh No He He Didn't...
mizjenkins:
BWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The perils of living with straight men.
iamcup:
-dane:
I’m sure this doens’t apply to living with all straight men.
The loud friends that stay over
The yelling during football games
The “leftovers” in the toilet
The beer cans that never get to the recycling bin
The dirty dishes
The mess on the counter tops
The dirty floors
The full trashcans
The inability to buy trash bags or dish soap
When they bring their girlfriends...
“Look around. Do you see anyone who should be “proud of their life so far”? Of...”
– Ken Layne, my spirit animal/rage godfather (via jasontheexploder)
“In that difference lies the racism implicit in the abortion/slavery analogy...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates (via morninggloria)
“Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire...”
– From the decision handed down by Florida Federal District Court judge ROGER VINSON essentially striking down the new healthcare reform law, ruling part of it unconstitutional.
Dear Judge Vinson: I’m not a lawyer, but tea and healthcare, with all due respect, are NOT THE SAME FUCKING THING.
(Full...
Republicans
correlationstonone:
Will declare victory if the SC rules the individual mandate unconstitutional. All those “repeal” calls will be nightmares come true. And for once, the Tea Party will have made a cogent point about the Constitution.
ha. This post is also my: I wish the legion or so of liberals I follow would stop moaning about this ruling.
The tea baggers are all talk. There will be a...
BREAKING: Judge rules entire health care reform... →
afghanibanani:
shortformblog:
From the story: “Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void. This has been a difficult decision to reach, and I am aware that it will have indeterminable implications.”
This isn’t really news, as we all know and have known the damn thing is unconstitutional since this whole ordeal started… but it is...
Watchliberalsarecool:
diegueno:
Go ahead, right wing ideologues, put the pedal to the metal; the only suitable solution is single payer, anyway.
Repealing Individual Mandate May Lead to Public Option - CBS News Video
Not liking the phrase, “the dreaded public option”, but it does make the case for the US joining the rest of the world powers in providing Universal health care.
Don't be mouthy kids or your mom will kill you →
TAMPA, Florida — The wife of a military officer shot and killed her son on the way to soccer practice, then drove to their upscale home and shot her daughter in the head while she studied at her computer, police said Friday. Afterward, the woman told detectives she killed the teens for being “mouthy.”
Julie Powers Schenecker admitted the slayings after officers found her covered...
catbus replied to your post: I was teargassed in bootcamp
Muppetpants, Samestuff and I watched Behind Enemy Lines 3 last night. Was that what living on the base in Virginia was like
is this a question?
On my ship in early 2000’s, we did not have cable. the Hollywood liberals have a deal with the military to let them show films on closed circuit TV, and they would send us a dozen movies...
brooklynmutt asked: "Fez We Can"
lefan-o-rama replied to your post: I was teargassed in bootcamp
is that some kind of gay code?
No, it was part of our training on chem/bio weapons. basically they put all 80 of my bootcamp division in a room with the instructor who has a full body chem/bio suit on. we don our gas masks and he opens a tear gas canister.
out of the 80, probably 2 or 3 didn’t have their masks sealed so...
I was teargassed in bootcamp
kinda sucked.
Anonymous asked: Do you realize that you misread that poll data? You said "Of the people screaming for Mubarak’s removal, 95% want Islam to play a large part in politics." No. The poll says that among those in Egypt who say "Islam is playing a large role in politics," 95% consider this to be a good thing. What does that number even mean? I have no idea. We're not even told how...
I never liked Superman
I’m worried about Superman ruining Henry Cavill.
Meet the next Superman: Henry Cavill.
thegreatest:
hilarion:
He’s set to play Superman/Clark Kent in the upcoming Superman movie.
So. Who’s he again?
(Source)
Didn’t we say the same about Brandon Routh?
Henry Cavill played the sexiest motherfucker alive in the Tudors!
Tourists in Cairo →
Tourists in Cairo this week have had a strange time: curfews, deferred excursions, cancelled flights, and a nerve-wracking atmosphere of chants, police violence, and tanks on the street. The visitors are usually welcomed for their wallets. Yesterday, though, the peaceful and relatively calm crowd in Cairo’s downtown Tahrir Square was moved to visible disdain when a microbus full of tourists...
America's narcissism taints Egypt coverage →
soupsoup:
by Alex Pareene at Salon
America doesn’t really understand how to respond to a revolution. The demonstrations in Egypt have nothing to do with Tea Parties or Neo-Conservatives or Twitter or Facebook or Fox News. But don’t tell Americans!
The media is biased in favor of American action. People on CNN and people on Twitter both demand that Barack Obama and the State Department “do...
iwasjustsayin replied to your post: My Egypt post
What are conservatives plotting as you so indicated?
Conservatives where, here or in Egypt?
It doesn’t matter really, I imagine they are plotting a way to sway public opinion so that they can implement an agenda favorable to conservatives.
I don't think I was sufficiently scathing in that...
squashed:
The cornocopia of stories about Twitter and Egypt are the epitomy of the twenty-four hour media’s refusal to let the facts get in the way of a pre-existing narrative.
Social provided an alternative means of disseminating information … until the Internet went black. Now it’s providing spectators with an alternative means of disseminating information. But it’s not actually shaping...
My Egypt post
was mostly about poking fun at those who would suggest we ‘do’ something about Egypt. It in now way was meant as support or opposition to anything. I personally think Egypt is fucked and the Obama administration is in a no-win situation.
Of the people screaming for Mubarak’s removal, 95% want Islam to play a large part in politics, split evenly over support of Hamas, and 20%...
What the USA can (and should) do about Egypt.
GTFO
Male Marine's husband surprised at respect shown... →
The military is very much in favor of marriage and family. Single people aren’t trusted the way married people are. I think it could be possible that the military will become a big ally for gay marriage.
sleeplessinsouthie replied to your post: Friday, I got this trick
Trick as in dude you had sex with?
yes. but we ended up not doing it. because he was crazy.
“Here’s a tip: you are way too honest. Three times in your piece you say that you...”
– Student Life: More Views - James Fallows - National - The Atlantic (via wooliebear)
Friday, I got this trick
I could write about it, but my story telling in person is so much better. my Friday was pretty EPIC, not it a good way, but so strange that I won’t actually say it was bad either.
Egypt protests show George W. Bush was right about... →
maybe my agreement with Obama administration fence-sitting is because now people can write articles like this.
Mubarak is very important to US interests in the...
littleorphanammo:
and the Arab/Israeli ‘peace process’ / (kinda) ceasefire in general. I wonder how much that has to do with anything. Those purported wikileaks cables may be very enlightening. Let’s also not underestimate the connection between the CIA black sites and this situation either.
they are everything. if Egypt didn’t have the Suez canal and one of the only Arab nations to...
“We don’t expect anything from Obama, whom we regard as a great hypocrite. But we...”
– Egyptian blogger and activist Hossam el-Hamalawy talks to U.C. Irvine history professor Mark LeVine at Al Jazeera.
(“We Don’t Expect Any Help From America, Just To Leave Us Alone.” | The Awl)
hmmmmmmmm.
The Most Midwestern Thing I've Done This Week
catbus:
I’m currently writing BOTH my Senators to say ‘you guys are doing well, keep up the good work’.
Deeper Breath.
jakke:
jasencomstock:
lawful:
Okay, not only is Ahmed Sorour going to make an important announcement, stations are now reporting that a line of limos was seen at Cairo airport and three private jets have left the country under heavy security.
No clue.
Hyperventilating, though.
Al-Jizz said that the nations “elites” are fleeing.
If I were living in Egypt and were in a limo/private...
Deeper Breath.
lawful:
Okay, not only is Ahmed Sorour going to make an important announcement, stations are now reporting that a line of limos was seen at Cairo airport and three private jets have left the country under heavy security.
No clue.
Hyperventilating, though.
Al-Jizz said that the nations “elites” are fleeing.