Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The revolution will be supervised.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

There’s always a light at the end of the frog.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

We won’t go back.

The lights are all blinking red.

Every day Vance writes another chapter in the book called “Worst VP Pick Ever”.

It looks like winning debates is a black job!

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

Let me file that under fuck it.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Giving up is unforgivable. ~Joe Biden

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Fuck that bum, let’s go Joe!

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

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  6. 6.

    4tehlulz

    Fred Thompson is lucky. If Rudy wasn’t running, Fred’s campaign would have been knows as the most incompetent in U.S. history:

    If Thompson had still been in the race, a Louisiana political source explained to NR, his state delegate strength in Louisiana would have been enough to potentially get him all of the state’s 47 national delegates. The one big problem, though, is that he dropped out only hours before he finally won something.

  7. 7.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    You cannot make this shit up.

    oh come on, I saw that from a mile away.

    I’m still convinced, thanks to someone else’s pondering, that they’re a scam group, trying to get money from 1st Amendment civil cases. They fit the pattern perfectly.

  8. 8.

    Jen

    You cannot make this shit up.

    Damn liberal fascists.
    (I’m assuming D. Pantload has some mention of this. Liberals hate the troops, this “church” pickets the troops, ergo this is a liberal church.)

  9. 9.

    Jen

    I’m still convinced, thanks to someone else’s pondering, that they’re a scam group, trying to get money from 1st Amendment civil cases. They fit the pattern perfectly.

    I believe their leader has a son of somewhat normal propensity who believes his father is genuinely mentally ill. I do not remember where I read that. I’m sure the gugle it could help me but he is not worth the effort right now…

  10. 10.

    dlw32

    TZ refers us to the latest Westboro Church shenanigans. These guys just amaze me. Christianity as a hate crime. Brilliant!

  12. 12.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    Christianity ais a hate crime

    Sully vs. Dawkins bait!

    / Dawkins is a douche
    // Yes, I’m an Atheist

  13. 13.

    dlw32

    Hey, while we’re talking head-shakingly bizarre news, I caught part of A Daily Show last night and they had clips from Fox News apparently having done a poll that shows that 22% of respondents think the economy is in the tank because of fears that a Dem might win the White House?

    That can’t be right. Stewart has to have made that up. Not even Fox News viewers could be that stupid, right?

  14. 14.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    Your Hoveround must have a fresh battery charge.

    Yeah, but my peech-yntheizer is miing the key between ‘a’ and ‘d’ :)

    /you made me lawl at myself. mean.

  15. 15.

    4tehlulz

    Not even Fox News viewers could be that stupid, right?

    If they believe Iraq did 9/11, then they can believe this.

  16. 16.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    Not even Fox News viewers could be that stupid,
    right?

    Jay,
    Dug Jay,
    Psycheout,
    Dick Johnson

    that is all.

  17. 17.

    Jen

    I thought it was a poll of traders being asked why they thought the stock market was jittery…. I’m going to go out on a limb and say it was likely a pretty partisan group of rich-ass folks they were polling…

  18. 18.

    Zifnab

    TZ, seriously, they’ll picket anything six feet under. Like a pack of crazy camera-whorish ghouls with cardboard signs. I’m still waiting for them to show up at a pet cemetery to protest gay penguins or something.

    / Dawkins is a douche
    // Yes, I’m an Atheist

    Dude, seriously. Is it so hard to argue atheism on the facts without implicitly calling everyone who disagrees with you a dumbass? He’s like a liberal Christopher Hitchens, but less hammered. I got about 2/3rds of the way through “The God Delusion” and had the overwhelming urge to just kick him in the junk, while still agreeing with the majority of his premises.

  19. 19.

    ThymeZone

    Not even Fox News viewers could be that stupid, right?

    Wrong, they absolutely could be, and are.

    Anyone who can actually think the earth is 6000 years old can be talked into anything. That’s why the GOP picked them to build a coalition on. It basically lowers politics to the level of dog training.

  20. 20.

    cleek

    Not even Fox News viewers could be that stupid, right?

    people, on average, are amazingly dumb. that civilization persists despite the left half of the bell curve is a tiny miracle.

    ex

  22. 22.

    Krista

    Busy…

    That’s it? It’s my freaking birthday, and that’s what you cough up for me for a thread?

    Bah, you’re no fun.

  25. 25.

    Bombadil

    Happy birthday to you!
    Happy birthday to you!
    Happy birthday, dear Krista!
    Happy birthday to you!

    Now I just hope I don’t have to send royalties to those two old ladies.

  26. 26.

    Zifnab

    I caught part of A Daily Show last night and they had clips from Fox News apparently having done a poll that shows that 22% of respondents think the economy is in the tank because of fears that a Dem might win the White House?

    22% you say? That statistic seems about right, to be honest.

  27. 27.

    Krista

    (Do birthdays work the same way in Canada? I’m just asking).

    There are a few differences. Instead of birthday spankings, we get birthday purple nurples. I’m wearing three padded bras today in self-defense.

  28. 28.

    Bombadil

    (Do birthdays work the same way in Canada? I’m just asking).

    I think the big difference is they put the candles on a plate of poutine, but otherwise they’re the same.

  29. 29.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    Dude, seriously. Is it so hard to argue atheism on the facts without implicitly calling everyone who disagrees with you a dumbass? He’s like a liberal Christopher Hitchens, but less hammered. I got about 2/3rds of the way through “The God Delusion” and had the overwhelming urge to just kick him in the junk, while still agreeing with the majority of his premises.

    I think I agree with you. I can’t tell if you’re angry with me! stop yelling! I’ll try harder! Why don’t you love me??!!

    ThymeZone Says:

    Jay,
    Dug Jay,
    Psycheout,
    Dick Johnson

    that is all.

    But …. they’re all you, right?

    What??? You think I’d write for Blogs for Brownback?? How demeaning! I only write for blogs that profess Pentecostal, uniform-Christianity-through-government-legislated morality, not Catholic, uniform-Christianity-through-government-legislated morality!!

    But yes, Jay, Dug Jay, and Penis McPhallus are all my created personas designed to lower the level of political conversation to the level of a 3-year-old’s stubborn resistance to his wiser (and snarky) mother.

  30. 30.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    It’s my freaking birthday

    It is not… aren’t you people of Canadia still on the Julian Calendar? You’re birthday isn’t for another 11 days!

  31. 31.

    Jen

    22% was the plurality. There were five or so “reasons” to pick from. I don’t think “general Bushco fuckupedness” was a choice, tho.

  33. 33.

    TheFountainHead

    I’m a pacifist and an atheist by nature, so the Westboro people make my head spin, but I honestly think I’d be okay with them all being put into feces laden port-a-potties and rolled over the side of a cliff.

  34. 34.

    Dug Jay

    22% you say? That statistic seems about right, to be honest.

    The Pew, or some such weird poll, had the number at 29 percent.

  35. 35.

    Bombadil

    I’m a pacifist and an atheist by nature, so the Westboro people make my head spin, but I honestly think I’d be okay with them all being put padlocked into feces laden port-a-potties and rolled over the side of a cliff.

    Just to be sure.

  36. 36.

    Zifnab

    people, on average, are amazingly dumb. that civilization persists despite the left half of the bell curve is a tiny miracle.

    Damn Leftists!

    It’s my freaking birthday

    Happy B-Day, Krista!

    (Do birthdays work the same way in Canada? I’m just asking).

    I think they get older using the metric system.

  39. 39.

    Incertus (Brian)

    22% you say? That statistic seems about right, to be honest.

    Isn’t the political equivalent of the Mendoza line based on Alan Keyes’s vote total in Illinois? Somewhere around 29% if I remember correctly.

  40. 40.

    canuckistani

    It is not… aren’t you people of Canadia still on the Julian Calendar? You’re birthday isn’t for another 11 days!

    No, we have metric birthdays. Which means Krista is either 6 or 82 in American years, I never remember the conversion.
    Happy b-day, Krista! (My wife won’t let me give you a spanking or a purple nurple.. no mention of bumps, though).

  41. 41.

    Punchy

    Busy…

    Busy != lazy?

    Damn liberal fascists.
    (I’m assuming D. Pantload has some mention of this. Liberals hate the troops, this “church” pickets the troops, ergo this is a liberal church.)

    News flash: Phred Phelps is a registered DEMOCRAT. Dont ask. No one in the state of KS understands.

    So yes, he’s always painted on Fox News as being a liberal/Democrat. Just watch today. I guarentee it.

    Happy B-day Kris. May you maintain pink nipples, get all the gifts you desire, and eat a pound kilogram kilougraum of cake.

  42. 42.

    Svensker

    The FISA bill — wherein telecoms get immunity for breaking the law while spying on us illegally — is being debated in the Senate right now. Dodd and Feingold have pledged to filibuster. FDL’s liveblogging, but if you can take action today, make some phone calls to stop this abomination. Link at FDL with #s to call to stand up for the rule of the law.

  43. 43.

    sean

    Krista is not Canadian!!! she spelled ‘defence’ with an ‘s’!!! BUSTED!!!!

    kidding. have a happy birthday.

  44. 44.

    Krista

    May you maintain pink nipples, get all the gifts you desire, and eat a pound kilogram kilougraum of cake.

    Weirdest. Birthday wish. Ever.

  45. 45.

    Jen

    News flash: Phred Phelps is a registered DEMOCRAT. Dont ask. No one in the state of KS understands.

    So yes, he’s always painted on Fox News as being a liberal/Democrat. Just watch today. I guarentee it.

    It’s o.k., I have a comeback. John McCain thinks interest rates should be zero. You know who else doesn’t believe in interest? Muslims. Read about it in my upcoming book “Conservative Islamofascism: From John McCain to [can someone do some research and find someone else for the subtitle, kthxbye]”

  46. 46.

    Paul L.

    Damn liberal fascists.
    (I’m assuming D. Pantload has some mention of this. Liberals hate the troops, this “church” pickets the troops, ergo this is a liberal church.)

    The reason that some people believe that “Liberals hate the troops” is due to Right-wing Marine thugs swiftboating and smearing patriots like this poor man in kangaroo courts.

    Jay Grodner, the Chicago lawyer who keyed a Marine’s car in anger because the car had military plates and a Marine insignia, finally got his day in court last week.
    …
    Grodner told me he’d describe himself as a “radical liberal” who’s ready to leave Chicago now with all this negative publicity and move to the south of France and do some traveling.

    Judge O’Malley has also traveled, but in his youth. He was a police officer on the West Side during the riots before law school. And before that, he performed another public service. Judge O’Malley served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1961-1964.

    During the proceedings, the judge described the offense as anger rose in his voice, especially as Grodner started balking on a plea arrangement he’d made with prosecutors.

    “Is this what you did? Yes or no,” Judge O’Malley asked Grodner.

    “Without knowing, yes,” Grodner said, sticking to his I-might-have-done-it-but-didn’t-really-mean-it defense.

    O’Malley asked again, in a stronger voice, not that of a judge but of a cop on the street or a Marine who meant business.

    “DID YOU KNOWINGLY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THIS CAR?” O’Malley asked.

    Grodner bowed his head, meekly, and responded in an equally meek voice:

    “Yes,” he said.

  47. 47.

    Punchy

    Weirdest. Birthday wish. Ever

    /reaches across post office desk, reclaims gift addressed to Canadian blogpal

  49. 49.

    ThymeZone

    John McCain thinks interest rates should be zero

    All explained in the book he wrote while being held in the Hanoi Hilton:

    “Keep Your Money In A Jar And Other Tips For A World Without Banking — An Insane Economic Primer.”

    Available for just $22.95 plus S&H.

    { Add To Cart }

  50. 50.

    canuckistani

    Paul L has proven to my satisfaction that if one pathetic loser hates the troops, then all liberals hate the troops. Anyone know a marine I can spit on?

  51. 51.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    The FISA bill—wherein telecoms get immunity for breaking the law while spying on us illegally—is being debated in the Senate right now. Dodd and Feingold have pledged to filibuster. FDL’s liveblogging, but if you can take action today, make some phone calls to stop this abomination. Link at FDL with #s to call to stand up for the rule of the law.

    I just shot off an E-mail to Schumer. He won’t do shit, but I’m letting him know he’s losing my vote because of it.

    Of course, I didn’t shoot off an email to Hillary. Asking her to take a stand on principles is like asking a dog to do your taxes.

  52. 52.

    Jake

    Color me not surprised that the Westborrow Attention Whore Drill Squad is coming out to play. As I’ve said before, if we have to have homophobia, let the poster children be a horde of red faced screaming bat-shit crazy fuckers who disrupt funerals.

    I’m still waiting for Flush Limpbags or one of those other toilet stains to suggest Ledger offed himself because he couldn’t deal with the shame of starring in Brokeback.
    I’ve got a special tire iron picked out and everything.

    News flash: Phred Phelps is a registered DEMOCRAT.

    Yep. He also used to be a fairly well-known civil rights lawyer. This news will no doubt cause GLBis and African-Americans to flock to the Republican party for protection.

  56. 56.

    Dreggas

    dlw32 Says:

    Hey, while we’re talking head-shakingly bizarre news, I caught part of A Daily Show last night and they had clips from Fox News apparently having done a poll that shows that 22% of respondents think the economy is in the tank because of fears that a Dem might win the White House?

    That can’t be right. Stewart has to have made that up. Not even Fox News viewers could be that stupid, right?

    My father watches Fox News, he believes our weak dollar is the fault of George Soros….nuff said.

    *hangs head in shame*

  58. 58.

    Jen

    Conservatives hate George Soros. George Soros is obscenely wealthy. Conservatives are therefore fomenting class warfare.

    Read about it in my upcoming sequel to “Conservative Islamofascism”, “Conservative Communism”. The fact that it may have already been published by Sadly, No, will not deter me, because never will an argument have been made in such detail or with such care.

  59. 59.

    Zifnab

    Of course, I didn’t shoot off an email to Hillary. Asking her to take a stand on principles is like asking a dog to do your taxes.

    She’s verbally against it, which means she – theoretically – won’t vote to end the filibuster. But as she’s on the campaign trail and SC is in two days, I’d be surprised if she showed up to vote at all.

    Sadly, the same can be said for Barak Obama. Edwards – again theoretically – would really be winning my support if he were actually in the Senate and able to vote on this shit.

  60. 60.

    Jen

    Does any of this sound familiar (from the WaPo)…I guess it’s just what we have to get used to, being in the minority and all…

    Democrats acceded to Republican demands, jettisoning plans to extend unemployment benefits and food stamps for now but concluding that they could revisit the issue if the economy continues to slide….
    Pelosi dropped some key demands to keep the tilt of the package toward the middle class and to include the working poor. In addition to the unemployment and food stamp benefit extensions, she set aside proposed funding increases for low-income heating assistance and aid to state and local governments in the form of either Medicaid assistance or infrastructure funding.

  61. 61.

    Jake

    Happy Birthday Krista! Are you going to celebrate with a trip south of the border? You could buy a house, two cars and a couple of TVs with your pocket change.

  62. 62.

    Zifnab

    Read about it in my upcoming sequel to “Conservative Islamofascism”, “Conservative Communism”. The fact that it may have already been published by Sadly, No, will not deter me, because never will an argument have been made in such detail or with such care.

    Let me know if you have any trouble reading about Margaret Thatcher, as there’s simply no way you can read it all, nor do you really need to. But as I’m a real expert on Thatcher – despite my ideological affiliation (of course I’m a liberal) – I’d love to answer a few questions in case you are missing something.

  63. 63.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    I’m listening to this FISA stuff…

    Specter wants a special immunity clause that’s not fully retroactive. I’d love to know what he’s talking about.

    Sadly, the same can be said for Barak Obama.

    Probably true, but I still can’t figure out how he intends to work. When I thought he was going to try to stay on top of the pedestal, he climbs off and smacks Hillary for Wal-Mart. When I thought he was going to stay out of race issues, he went down to Ebenezer. He’s new to me.

    Hillary, she’s as predictable as clockwork. “What’s that? 60% against immunity, but 90% for puppies? Screw the filibuster! EVERYONE GETS A PUPPY!”

  64. 64.

    Punchy

    My father watches Fox News, he believes our weak dollar is the fault of George Soros….nuff said

    What the hell is up with everyone’s dad (mine included, natch) watching Faux News and buying every piece of shit they spew?

    My dad quotes Hannity and Limbaugh on occasion, fer God’s sake. What is wrong with Teh Old Peeple?

  65. 65.

    TheFountainHead

    On a side note: Sully is really working himself into a lather this morning. Not that I blame him…

  66. 66.

    Punchy

    I think I found Paul L’s favorite website.

    Heck, if you take a look at the pic at the top, I think I may have found Paul L.

    It’s official, Zif. I hate you. Good Lord, don’t EVER do that again.

  67. 67.

    pharniel

    *Punchy* Says:

    My father watches Fox News, he believes our weak dollar is the fault of George Soros….nuff said

    What the hell is up with everyone’s dad (mine included, natch) watching Faux News and buying every piece of shit they spew?

    My dad quotes Hannity and Limbaugh on occasion, fer God’s sake. What is wrong with Teh Old Peeple?

    Weird, my dad does the same thing.
    he even forwards me the e-mail whisper campiegns. and I just can’t make him see reason. I can get him tot he pond, show him the cool refreshing water, but it’s always rabit “BUT DEMOCRATS ARE WORESE!”.

    it takes a good month to calm down everytime i deflate his latest foolish schemes with reality.

  68. 68.

    ThymeZone

    What the hell is up with everyone’s dad (mine included, natch) watching Faux News and buying every piece of shit they spew?

    Um, wild guess, but could it be that Faux News is set up to tell the morons what they already think and what they want to hear?

  69. 69.

    TheFountainHead

    My father watches Fox News, he believes our weak dollar is the fault of George Soros….nuff said
    What the hell is up with everyone’s dad (mine included, natch) watching Faux News and buying every piece of shit they spew?

    My dad quotes Hannity and Limbaugh on occasion, fer God’s sake. What is wrong with Teh Old Peeple?

    It’s not even just the conservative Boomers! My father’s only job title is basically, “Retired Hippie” and he quotes back everything he hears on “Air America” to me all day…it’s just as bad..

    …I’m convinced it’s a vast multi-Wing Boomer conspiracy to elect ANYONE to the office of President who’s likely to fuck things up more than the last guy did.

  70. 70.

    Jen

    I’ve got one of those dads, too. He still loves me and even bought me a Bush Countdown calendar for Christmas, but he persists in the belief that Democrats are only good for spending money and screwing up the economy.

    Clearly, he’s just not wasting enough work time in the blogosphere. He prefers to waste his work time scanning the craigslist free section trying to find cool stuff. Unfortunately, you can kind of see why most of it is free.

    But he did once get an entire playground and all he had to do was spend two entire days disassembling it. He tried to get me to go pick up a free 8 person ’80s vintage hot tub embedded in someone’s deck.

  71. 71.

    Jen

    Boomers make me cra-hazy. I’ve got the conservative Dad. I’ve got the retired hippie in-laws, who gave money to Kucinich’s campaign. Then there’s the Boomer “Vagina Litmus Test” Hillary women.

    It’s like they can either have some grasp of reality with its liberal bias, or they can know how to win an election, but not both.

  72. 72.

    ThymeZone

    He tried to get me to go pick up a free 8 person ‘80s vintage hot tub embedded in someone’s deck.

    Whoops, blew yer cover (not for the first time tho).

    Nobody asks a girl to do a thing like that. That’s manly stuff. You are a man. A guy. A dude.

    Give it up, honey. Game’s over. You had a nice run.

  73. 73.

    Dennis - SGMM

    Hey, while we’re talking head-shakingly bizarre news, I caught part of A Daily Show last night and they had clips from Fox News apparently having done a poll that shows that 22% of respondents think the economy is in the tank because of fears that a Dem might win the White House?

    I predicted that one about ten threads ago. That’s why there.s no betting line on what the Repubs will say next: if you’ve watched them long enough you know what they’ll say next.

    Stand by for a quick retooling of “Democrats are weak on terrorism, if the Democrats win then the terrorists will kill us all,” to “Democrats are bad for the economy, if the Democrats win then recession will impoverish us all.”

  74. 74.

    pharniel

    Mostly I think it’s just because a large segment of my father’s generation is in full on FightClub syndrome: They’re angry that they’re not all ritch and faux news is happy to tell them why, how and who is responsible for it.

  75. 75.

    Jen

    TZ, we’re the same person, babe, quit playin’!

    He would have gotten it himself if he lived anywhere near it, see? He thought I could get, I dunno, my husband and 15 of our closest friends to help me with that monstrosity. It would have required not only a number of people and tools that we don’t have, but a vehicle we don’t have. It would have had to have been extricated from a deck! But he thought the kids (mine) would like it, which is why he got the playground.

    You can tell I’m still struggling with the decent human being / great grandpa / Fox watcher dilemma.

  76. 76.

    ThymeZone

    if the Democrats win then recession will impoverish us all.

    So, Reagan and those two Bush presidents and their recessions were Demoncrat deals?

    Who knew?

    The Clinton recession must have been a doozy, it wiped out my memory of it completely.

  78. 78.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    …I’m convinced it’s a vast multi-Wing Boomer conspiracy to elect ANYONE to the office of President who’s likely to fuck things up more than the last guy did.

    The more things change; the more they stay the same. But I do have hope for the future. Bill/Hillary and George/Laura have children who will probably go into the family business and fuck things up. The future is so bright and filled with ponies prancing through lush beds of green grass and wildflowers in open meadows. Where’s my shades?

  79. 79.

    pharniel

    *ThymeZone* Says:

    if the Democrats win then recession will impoverish us all.

    So, Reagan and those two Bush presidents and their recessions were Demoncrat deals?

    Who knew?

    The Clinton recession must have been a doozy, it wiped out my memory of it completely.

    last Time i was surfing el captian’s the commentors were insstant that the clinton boom started in 91 and was GWB the first’s and that the regan recession began in ’79 and was all jimmy’s fault.
    that and over regulation.
    and high taxes.

  80. 80.

    Dreggas

    ThymeZone Says:

    What the hell is up with everyone’s dad (mine included, natch) watching Faux News and buying every piece of shit they spew?

    Um, wild guess, but could it be that Faux News is set up to tell the morons what they already think and what they want to hear?

    That’s what I don’t get, my father used to be intellectually honest. There used to be real debate. Then he got the fox news channel and it all went to shit. It’s like a lobotamy without the icepick I guess.

  81. 81.

    pharniel

    also, happy b-day Krista.
    May you have many more and enjoy your change from The northern peaso to America’s Pound Sterling

  82. 82.

    pharniel

    also, if you havn’t seen it, This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ parody of the mac/pc commercial with Dollar/Looney was particularly painfull, if slightly amusing.

  84. 84.

    Punchy

    Nobody asks a girl to do a thing like that. That’s manly stuff. You are a man. A guy. A dude.

    TZ, I’m pretty sure she meant it as in “me and my husband and probably some bad-ass dudes”. I’m just surprised you didn’t get the verbal sexist beat-down from resident Sexism Monitor, Kris.

  88. 88.

    Jen

    me and my husband and probably some bad-ass dudes

    Yes. No mortal human could have moved this thing. Not even Magnus von Magnusson. I think that bit was the funniest thing I’ve seen on A Daily Show since the strike.

  90. 90.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    PaulL, you still there? Why do the troops hate unborn babies that they are probably the rape-daddies of?

    Grisly.

    Confederate Yankee, Confederate Yankee. RedState calling Confederate Yankee on line 2. Please call your office. The Media is hating on all troops everywhere and dissing the Iraqistan War.

  91. 91.

    Jen

    PaulL is an emasculated shell of a man, the mockery of the internets…in that way, he is somewhat like Mike Nifong…

  92. 92.

    Paul L.

    Jen Says:

    PaulL, you still there? Why do the troops hate unborn babies that they are probably the rape-daddies of?

    I could go with the xenophobic excuse.

    Authorities believe Cpl. Cesar Laurean has fled to his native Mexico, which refuses to send anyone back to the United States unless provided assurances they won’t face the death penalty.

  93. 93.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    Schumer is planning on supporting the Judiciary amendment. I guess I can get off my high horse.

  94. 94.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    Authorities believe Cpl. Cesar Laurean has fled to his native Mexico, which refuses to send anyone back to the United States unless provided assurances they won’t face the death penalty.

    We’re taking troops from Mexico!? Unacceptable! They’re BROWN.

    Expel them dishonorably immediately from the armed services! We must urgently replace them with convicts!*

    *Unless the convict is the son of a member of Congress

  95. 95.

    Face

    Schumer is planning on supporting the Judiciary amendment. I guess I can get off my high horse.

    wha?

  98. 98.

    Jen

    Yeah. I feel just a little bit ashamed that places like Mexico and Turkey have taken the high road on the death penalty and are calling us on it. On a case where, if there ever were a justified death penalty, killing the pregnant woman accusing of rape and burning her body in a shallow pit would probably meet that burden, and Mexico is still above it. I mean, sooner or later having a better human rights record than Cuba will slip from our grasp.

  99. 99.

    capelza

    Happy Birthday Krista…

    I’ll make poutine in your honour. Well that and because it’s perfect for this miserable cold weather here (okay, cold for us).

  100. 100.

    Zifnab

    PaulL is an emasculated shell of a man, the mockery of the internets…in that way, he is somewhat like Mike Nifong…

    Ten points!

    Schumer is planning on supporting the Judiciary amendment. I guess I can get off my high horse.

    His support only counts if the amendment actually passes. As it stands, Reid still deserves a swift kick in the cajoones for fielding the Intelligence Bill first to begin with.

  101. 101.

    The Other Steve

    Authorities believe Cpl. Cesar Laurean has fled to his native Mexico, which refuses to send anyone back to the United States unless provided assurances they won’t face the death penalty.

    Should we call General Pershing or Dog the Bounty Hunter?

  102. 102.

    Cyrus

    JACKSONVILLE, N.C. – A grand jury indicted a Marine on a first-degree murder charge Thursday in the death of a pregnant colleague, but a prosecutor said he wouldn’t seek the death penalty if the man is arrested in Mexico.

    Authorities believe Cpl. Cesar Laurean has fled to his native Mexico, which refuses to send anyone back to the United States unless provided assurances they won’t face the death penalty.

    I love that. Mexico doesn’t extradite people to countries that have the death penalty, such as the U.S. I’ll bet the only reason a conservative can imagine for that policy is that Mexicans are all criminals themselves.

  103. 103.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    wha?

    Oh, sorry. FISA amendment fillibuster is today. I’m a bit concerned about it, because if the amnesty passes, then not only are we letting Bush off the hook (horrifying enough), but we’re letting big business off the hook too.

    The scary thing is that Saxby Chambliss was whining “but the Telecoms won’t be our bestest friends later if you yell at them!” Disgusting shit. Like the gov’t cant just subsume the telecoms in a time of actual emergency.

    I guess I can get off my pommel horse.

    Yeah, if you wouldn’t mind.

    Sure thing… I think.

    / goes off to look up “Pommel horse”

    Dude, I left high school gym class YEARS ago. Where did you pull that from?

  104. 104.

    John S.

    I am fed up with Paul L.’s postings on this thread.

    None of them have anything to do with the Duke lacrosse case!

  105. 105.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    As it stands, Reid still deserves a swift kick in the cajoones for fielding the Intelligence Bill first to begin with.

    FISA itself was due to expire. Without it, no telecom SIGNALs intel, even the legal-and-decent kind. That’s why it’s up now.

    Reid’s a pussy, ‘member? He wouldn’t do anything proactive unless his family was held at gunpoint.

  106. 106.

    Stooleo

    I’ve got one of those dads, too. He still loves me and even bought me a Bush Countdown calendar for Christmas,

    If George Bush was in a rock band singing about the final countdown of his presidency, this is what it would sound like.

  107. 107.

    Krista

    TZ, I’m pretty sure she meant it as in “me and my husband and probably some bad-ass dudes”. I’m just surprised you didn’t get the verbal sexist beat-down from resident Sexism Monitor, Kris.

    Huh? What? When did I become the Sexism Monitor?

    /baffled.

  108. 108.

    Zifnab

    FISA itself was due to expire. Without it, no telecom SIGNALs intel, even the legal-and-decent kind. That’s why it’s up now.

    FISA itself was not due to expire. The six month band-aid they slapped on FISA to handle exceptional cases regarding traffic routed through the US and a number of other technology questions is about to expire. The old ’78 law will still be in full effect. And since the Senate is suddenly a big fan of retroactive immunity, any shit that happens in between patches can be handled without trouble.

    That said, it can’t be so important we should care because Bush has threatened a veto on any bill without teleco amnesty pre-included.

    Reid’s a pussy, ‘member? He wouldn’t do anything proactive unless his family was held at gunpoint.

    Even then, if they were held at gunpoint for national security reasons…

  109. 109.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    Wait, WTF? Clinton’s present for the 2PM vote???

    Can’t she just take 10 minutes and take a stand, albeit short?

    I despise her, and when given an opportunity to get my respect, she squanders it to go campaign some more.

    It’s like Obama should win the primary by default. How sad.

  110. 110.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    FISA itself was not due to expire. The six month band-aid they slapped on FISA to handle exceptional cases regarding traffic routed through the US and a number of other technology questions is about to expire. The old ‘78 law will still be in full effect.

    I stand corrected. My bad.

  111. 111.

    Zifnab

    Wait, WTF? Clinton’s present for the 2PM vote???

    Can’t she just take 10 minutes and take a stand, albeit short?

    I despise her, and when given an opportunity to get my respect, she squanders it to go campaign some more.

    It’s like Obama should win the primary by default. How sad.

    Is Obama actively filibustering? So far they haven’t even voted on the Judiciary Bill as an amendment yet, have they?

  112. 112.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    Is Obama actively filibustering?

    No. I’m only bitching about Clinton because she’s behind in my book.

    So far they haven’t even voted on the Judiciary Bill as an amendment yet, have they?

    They’re voting to table the amendment. And there are a couple of Dems that are voting yea, so I think the Telecoms are going to get away with this.

    I need to go find some telecom executives, a few particular dems, and a dark alley. I’m not happy. Very much not happy.

  114. 114.

    Punchy

    Huh? What? When did I become the Sexism Monitor?

    /baffled.

    You clown on me periodically for random sexist jokey things. Now I make note of your absence before laying down a cooking riff or Garmin crack. I think you may have other titles on this blog, but I’m not at liberty to discuss… :)

  115. 115.

    Krista

    You clown on me periodically for random sexist jokey things. Now I make note of your absence before laying down a cooking riff or Garmin crack. I think you may have other titles on this blog, but I’m not at liberty to discuss…

    Hey, it’s all in good fun. Any opportunity to poke fun at each other certainly is an opportunity not to be missed.

    And I prefer the Magellan to the Garmin. :) Just got me an Explorist 500 — whee!

    Other titles? Oh dear….now you’ve got me insanely curious, you clever bastard!

  118. 118.

    D-Chance.

    On a side note: Sully is really working himself into a lather this morning. Not that I blame him…

    Needs more video links to cute 21-year-old Japanese webcam girls…

  119. 119.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    Needs more video links to cute 21-year-old Japanese webcam girls…

    21? She’s a 4chan mascot for god’s sake. They don’t worship anyone old enough for a driver’s license. Where the hell do you get 21 from?

  121. 121.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    4chan called. Pedobear strikes again!

    zomg r thos skittel? I loev skittel!

    Hai! Y r so dark nao?

  123. 123.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    BWAHAHAHA

    I’m surprised that no high-school English teacher with a blog has given the Pillsbury mascot a fat F yet.

    Well, I’m just assuming.

    But seriously, from what I’m hearing, conclusions founded on coincidence would’ve never passed in my high school.

    (Please don’t tell me that made my high school hard. That would be depressing)

  125. 125.

    D-Chance.

    Speaking of faces… Kucinich dropped out. The home planet must have beamed the misshapen elf a “come home” message. The citizens of M83051Alpha will rejoice the return of their hero.

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