September 2011
Everything is awful: Muffingate's Sad Story: 178 Articles Perpetuate DOJ Myth, 37 Correct It →
huffingtonpost.com
And yet, the results do show how reluctant the media and politicians are to acknowledge that sometimes a myth is just a myth. O’Reilly, for one, kept perpetuating the story (while taking credit for breaking it) during a Sept. 28 appearance on “The Daily Show.” And three days after the Hilton statement was released, Sen. Grassley still wasn’t mollified, telling Government Executive the following:
The chart in the inspector general report says the muffins cost $16.80 per unit. … Regardless of whether the $16.80 includes a tip, the bottom line is conference expenses are getting out of hand, and the Justice Department is spending way more on conferences than it did before.
How much are we paying for muffins in Afghanistan?
“Also, during the Bush years, civil libertarians who tried to convince conservatives to oppose that administration’s radical excesses would often ask things like this: would you be comfortable having Hillary Clinton wield the power to spy on your calls or imprison you with no judicial reivew or oversight? So for you good progressives out here cheering Obama today, I would ask this: how would the power to assassinate U.S. citizens without due process look to you in the hands of, say, Rick Perry or Michele Bachmann?”
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And now I’m quoting Glenn Greenwald. (via ilyagerner)
meh, the same as it looked when Bush did it.
If we can now kill American citizens abroad, has anyone notified the CIA of Kim Kardashian’s travel schedule?
what’s keeping them from Roman Polanski?
One person I like and respect posted their support of Ron Paul on Facebook. Another person I like and respect posted about wanting to go see The Dead in concert.
I’m not mad I’m just disappointed.
Krugman: Phony Fear Factor →
nytimes.com
Listen to just about any speech by a Republican presidential hopeful, and you’ll hear assertions that the Obama administration is responsible for weak job growth. How so? The answer, repeated again and again, is that businesses are afraid to expand and create jobs because they fear costly regulations and higher taxes. Nor are politicians the only people saying this. Conservative economists repeat the claim in op-ed articles, and Federal Reserve officials repeat it to justify their opposition to even modest efforts to aid the economy.
The first thing you need to know, then, is that there’s no evidence supporting this claim and a lot of evidence showing that it’s false.
Krugman is so biased by his political views, he has forgotten basic economics. Why would a company hire anyone when it has to account for added cost like higher taxes and regulations? Seriously, he should send back his Nobel Prize
Says you. If you look actual economics, and political bis, I’d say his nose is cleaner than John Taylor’s.
Remember that time we made companies have higher taxes and regulations than any time in the past when we didn’t have 3,000% unemployment?
Oh well.
To go with that Davis quote, I wanted to find th SNL skit of Phil Hartman as Frank Sinatra trying to sleep with Nancy Reagan
I can’t find it on the you toobes.
“Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done except fuck the president?”
—Miles Davis to Nancy Reagan at a White House dinner in 1987 after she’d enquired as to what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation. source (via marxisforbros)
“Oh, hey, those 99% people don’t really have a message. Winning warlock cocaine.”
—Everyone. (via labombacontrariannonsequitur)
Guy at my office just spent 10 minutes telling me how the 99% folks, "don't really have a message."
And I realized the whole 99%/message thing got old and played at Charlie Sheen speeds.
Let’s talk about grilled cheese. Grilled cheese is timeless.
the one good thing i ate in Cincinnati was a pretty decent grilled cheese from a street vendor. just a local chedda on sodo. i had a beer at the time. it was fall weather in a sweater and I watched these dudes on skateboards having fun.
So what's the line between food being a comfort during sadface relationship time, and when it's become a replacement for a healthy relationship? Is it the descent into artisan donuts? Or perhaps a growing obsession with Wendy's sea salted fries?
if you cant tell: I don’t know shit from apple butter about this.
I usually just try to do everything in moderation.
if you have sea salt on your penis, you have gone too far.
What corporation do you think would be best in bed?
did you ever watch the newlywed game? lets call it “whoopie!”
Which corporation would be best at making whoopie?!
well we have to define good whoopie-making. for me, that means:
1. you HAVE to be versatile.
2. trimming but no shaving.
3. don’t look like I need a hepatitis booster if I sleep with you.
4. ready to go at most any time, including out in public or at your parents.
5. don’t take forever/ don’t be too quick about it.
Walmart doesn’t make it past #3, Comcast doesn’t make it past #5. Apple doesn’t make it past #1. hmmm.
I choose Dogfish Head or something whacky.
