Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

“Squeaker” McCarthy

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

If you are still in the GOP, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

It’s easier to kill a dangerous animal than a man who just happens to have different thoughts/values than one’s own.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

This country desperately needs a functioning Fourth Estate.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

There are no moderate Republican – only extremists, and cowards.

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*** Update ***

These guys apparently had at it:

Prosecutors are moving ahead with a case against one of two 93-year-old men picked up during undercover prostitution stings.

In the case of Frank Milio, prosecutors have issued subpoenas and plan to take him to trial in April.

Milio, according to police records, tried to pay $20 in November to an undercover officer on 14th Street West.

This should not be a crime. This should be an inspirational story. This is a goal for me, to still be chasing after it at age 93. These guys deserve a plaque or something.

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  3. 3.

    mikesdak

    Has anyone else read the washington Post article by the guy who spent 24 hours watching and reading nothing but political punditry?

  10. 10.

    jake

    Alas, another drive-by post ruined by a spellimication error.

    Is anyone taking bets on which country will be the first to boycott the summer Olympics? My money is on Germany.

  11. 11.

    Incertus

    France is still talking about it, from what I hear, at least boycotting the opening ceremonies. I can only say that it certainly won’t be the US. Our athletes may have orders from the Fed to lay down in any event where they’re up against the Chinese directly.

  12. 12.

    Dug Jay

    This from Scrappleface was pretty funny:

    (2008-03-25) — New York Gov. David Paterson, who replaced disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer this month, today added to his previous revelations of marital infidelity, and marijuana and cocaine use, by claiming that he has also sniffed glue, tagged subway cars with graffiti, bet on dog fights, driven with his seatbelt unbuckled while talking on a cell phone and fired several shots from the grassy knoll on Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963.

  14. 14.

    LiberalTarian

    Heh. I have me some serious BSG anticipation!!!!

    I’m even reading BSG news. Lol. Quotes I like from this Wired article by Scott Brown:

    … Ronald Moore, a longtime laborer in the Star Trek mines, made Battlestar the gunmetal-grim instrument of all his Trek-suppressed pessimism: Less “To boldly go,” more “Run for your frakkin’ life!”

  15. 15.

    Dennis - SGMM

    Just saw some footage, on Olberman’s show, of Nancy Reagan walking with John McCain and this popped into my head:

    Q: Why does Nancy Reagan like to go walking with John McCain?
    A: Because he makes her look young.

  16. 16.

    tBone

    10 days ‘till BSG! Let the countdown begin, bitches!

    Frakkin’ A. It’s one of the very few shows I still care about post-strike.

    Anybody watch the Sarah Connor Chronicles? It’s nowhere near BSG’s league, but I thought it was a suprisingly effective spinoff of T2. Hope it gets a second season.

  17. 17.

    LiberalTarian

    And ya know what else, I didn’t even recognize Lucy Lawless last year. I realized it was Xena Warrior Princess when I brought home the episode she was in and it had her name in the credits.

    My daughter was a heavy duty Xena fan back in the day–we watched her flip and yayayayaya her way through the air many a Friday night. Now, she’s this brutal, cunning, tough ass cylon bitch who looks simply stunning by the way. Geez. I wish I could have a horse fall on me and break my pelvis but still come away looking like that.

  19. 19.

    Ninerdave

    Patch report:

    Servers didn’t come up today until about 2:30 for me, which sucked since I had the day off and was looking forward to playing most of the day. Seems to be working fine for me now. Addons seems to work.

    There’s a lead in quest you can get from Aldor or Scryer, not required but why not. To get there it’s a simple flight from your the BE or Dranei capital.

    If you are on a PvP server be prepared. Was a gank fest when I was there. Lots of fun, but if you are looking to checkout new content, it might be a bit of a pain in the ass.

    Hurrah for new cooking recipes that don’t require fishing to get you to 300 and for instant honor points (no more waiting a day).

  21. 21.

    Warren Terra

    Funniest thing I’ve read today is a fictionalization of Clinton’s heroics at Tuzla, by the commenter tbone (apparently a habitue of this site, though I saw the comment at Yglesias), entitled “From The War Journals of Hillary Clinton, Vol. 1“.
    I’d embed a link but the html never seems to get coded properly, even if I use the provided button to insert it instead of coding it by hand (it creates an apparent working link in the preview if I put two link tags back-to-back, but that can’t be a good idea). You It is at the URL below (WARNING: graphic violence).
    http://blueherald.com/2008/03/one-tough-lady/#more-7727

  22. 22.

    LiberalTarian

    Anybody watch the Sarah Connor Chronicles? It’s nowhere near BSG’s league, but I thought it was a suprisingly effective spinoff of T2. Hope it gets a second season.

    I hear there are still 4 more episodes to go this season.

    Summer Glau did a really good job with the part (and man, another beautiful girl kicking butt).

    My favorite line from last season:

    John: I call shotgun!

    Cameron: I call 9 mm!

    Maybe ya had to be there.

  23. 23.

    mikesdak

    My first thought when I saw the Nancy Reagan story was that it’s been 20 years since Ronnie left office.How many voters,especially young ones, even remember her?
    Also,did anyone think she would endorse anyone else?

  24. 24.

    mikesdak

    The old guy’s lawyer should make sure to get a jury trial if it actually goes that far. I’d bet he could get him off,so to speak.

  25. 25.

    Incertus

    How many voters,especially young ones, even remember her?

    Even us middle-aged ones only think of her as the buzzkill who screeched “Just say No!” about ten billion times.

  26. 26.

    Ted

    Indeed this is an inspirational story. These guys should be hired to be corporate spokespeople for something.

  27. 27.

    Krista

    … Ronald Moore, a longtime laborer in the Star Trek mines, made Battlestar the gunmetal-grim instrument of all his Trek-suppressed pessimism: Less “To boldly go,” more “Run for your frakkin’ life!”

    Heh. Yeah, I was never into Star Trek, but evidently Ron Moore was responsible for some of the darker episodes that the series has seen. I’m hoping for at least a happy-ish ending for BSG, but knowing him, it’ll be depressing as hell.

    As long as they don’t hurt Helo though. Don’t mess with the pretty, or I’ll be seriously pissed.

  28. 28.

    Krista

    Has anyone else read the washington Post article by the guy who spent 24 hours watching and reading nothing but political punditry?

    And he survived to write about it? I’d have long since perished from brain hemorrhages, due to frequent and vehement contact between my head and the nearest wall.

  29. 29.

    demimondian

    Well, I’m kin of no pants. I’m also kin of fully dressed, and, in fact, kin of over dressed, dressed to the nines, dressed to kill, and, no that you mention it, kilted, socked, shod, and booted.

  30. 30.

    Krista

    This should not be a crime. This should be an inspirational story. This is a goal for me, to still be chasing after it at age 93. These guys deserve a plaque or something.

    Or a very lucrative endorsement deal with Viagra. Go Frank, you horny old fucker!

  31. 31.

    LiberalTarian

    Yeah, Helo is the best. Actually, Apollo and Sam are pretty damn sexy, too. And Chief? Mr. Cuddly Bear.

    Baltar? Gawd, how do you describe Baltar? Evilly banal?

    Number 6? I could, conceivably, go gay for her. Or Starbuck. Sigh.

    Grace Park does a really good job of making a pissed off Korean woman look like the scariest of all possible beings.

  32. 32.

    Soylent Green

    Summer Glau did a really good job with the part (and man, another beautiful girl kicking butt).

    Amen to that. Watch “Serenity” for more of her oddball charm and fluid grace and kickass moves if you haven’t already. (Screening the one season of Firefly first is highly recommended.)

  33. 33.

    LiberalTarian

    Heh. Yes, I also watched all of Firefly and Serenity during the writing strike.

    And, anytime they are having a SG1 marathon, you have to reach for some real scifi. Gawd, was there ever a lamer series than SG1??

    Although, I have to admit, Stargate Atlantis is something of a guilty pleasure, but mostly because of that hulking dreadlocked sulker, Rhonin (Jason Mamoa).

  34. 34.

    Incertus

    Number 6? I could, conceivably, go gay for her. Or Starbuck. Sigh.

    Grace Park does a really good job of making a pissed off Korean woman look like the scariest of all possible beings.

    They’re all gorgeous, but I’m more of a Dualla type. She’s the most striking one on the show to me, along with the Lucy Lawless Cylon.

  35. 35.

    mikesdak

    Krista…..the way the article deteriorates as he goes tells me he was losing it, the way I think any semi-sentient being would.

  36. 36.

    Krista

    They’re all gorgeous, but I’m more of a Dualla type. She’s the most striking one on the show to me, along with the Lucy Lawless Cylon.

    Dualla IS stunning. Those eyes! I do confess to having a platonic yet intense girl-crush on Roslin. Mary McDonnell is just so amazing and talented and beautiful.

    Yeah, Helo is the best. Actually, Apollo and Sam are pretty damn sexy, too. And Chief? Mr. Cuddly Bear.

    Yep. Lots and lots of pretty on that show. Fantastic writing. Awesome production. Acting that blows your socks off (Michael Hogan, I’m talking to you). If it wasn’t sci-fi, it’d be picking up Emmys left and right.

  38. 38.

    AkaDad

    Anybody watch the Sarah Connor Chronicles? It’s nowhere near BSG’s league, but I thought it was a suprisingly effective spinoff of T2. Hope it gets a second season.

    OMG. TSSC pwnz BSG. LOL.

  39. 39.

    Incertus

    Lots and lots of pretty on that show, but not of the Hollywood standard pretty. Maybe Apollo fits that mold, and 6, though she’s not as chesty as the average Hollywood actress. That’s one of the thing I love about the show–that it’s not airbrushed to hell and back.

  40. 40.

    Jen

    Has anyone else read the washington Post article by the guy who spent 24 hours watching and reading nothing but political punditry?

    I read it before and linked to it, but I don’t think people here like Weingarten as much as I do. His chats are fun. Also, if you email him, he will email you back. It is something of a point of personal pride. And right much free time, evidently. He’ll also friend anybody on Facebook.

  41. 41.

    LiberalTarian

    I like D, but she has kind of that long suffering victim thing going on. She does have incredible eyes. And, well, she spurned Billy. Damn.

    Yeah, I love Mary McDonnell. I’d vote for her in a heartbeat! Lol. I guess there’s a T-shirt out there with Laura Roslin/Airlock ’08 on it. Heh.

    Isn’t it funny how I never heard of Michael Hogan until BSG? I guess I don’t watch enough Canadian TV/movies.

  42. 42.

    LiberalTarian

    Since we’re giving props to actors, you can’t leave out Edward James Olmos. When Adama cries, it is something worth crying about. I loved the line when he was talking to Apollo when they wouldn’t leave when Starbuck was lost (which time??)–“If it was you, we’d never leave.”

    Next lifetime I want Edward James Olmos to be my dad. :D

  43. 43.

    Ninerdave

    Oh and Top Gear is the best show on TV. On BSG do people drag race an Aston Martin against a dude on roller skates with a jet pack. No? I didn’t think so.

  45. 45.

    slag

    This is a goal for me, to still be chasing after it at age 93. These guys deserve a plaque or something.

    Still? Are you saying you engage prostitutes now?

    Also, Apollo is just weird looking. He sometimes looks like a claymation character.

  46. 46.

    Krista

    Next lifetime I want Edward James Olmos to be my dad.

    Yeah, Olmos rocks. Evidently he does a lot of ad-libbing — they just sort of let him go and see where he takes them.

  47. 47.

    caustics

    And, anytime they are having a SG1 marathon, you have to reach for some real scifi. Gawd, was there ever a lamer series than SG1??

    Yes. It was called Andromeda.

    Actually, I’ve been giving SG1 a second chance since the strike. The show never seemed to take itself too seriously, which is a good thing. One major problem is that every planet they go to looks like the same public park in the Vancouver suburbs.

  48. 48.

    Krista

    Gus Says:

    Wow did this thread turn nerdy.

    You aren’t all that familiar with the regulars of this blog, are you? This whole damn blog is nerdy. We are all unabashed, unapologetic nerds with a deep love for sci-fi and RPGs.

  50. 50.

    D-Chance.

    Bush’s War, Part II on PBS.

    Although it seems it could better be titled “Rumsfeld and Cheney’s War”. Rummy at the helm, Cheney with the strong-handing, everyone else on the ends of strings. Bremer with the heavy assist. What an unmitigated fuck-up on almost every level.

  52. 52.

    jake

    Speaking of McCane and other old farts, will someone please make me feel better and tell me I’m not the only one who remembers Starbuck as a guy.

    [Crickets chirp]

    Feh. You kids get offa my lawn.

  53. 53.

    D-Chance.

    Cheney with the strong-handing

    Try strong-ARMING, although he was probably strong-handing himself during all this…

  54. 54.

    demimondian

    My goal is to not only still be want it at 93 — but also to not to have to be paying for it.

  55. 55.

    Dennis - SGMM

    Speaking of McCane and other old farts, will someone please make me feel better and tell me I’m not the only one who remembers Starbuck as a guy.

    I remember that Lorne Green played Commander Adama.

  57. 57.

    demimondian

    Uh, yeah, you mean the second officer on Ahab’s ship? Yeah, he’s a guy.

    Is there any other referent for the name? I mean, except for the coffee chain, but it’s really a back reference to Starbuck-the-whaler.

  58. 58.

    Incertus

    Next lifetime I want Edward James Olmos to be my dad.

    Well, don’t watch Zoot Suit then. Olmos was a little too old to be playing a pachuco.

  59. 59.

    BH Buck

    Warren Terra, the proper link is:

    One Tough Lady

    I combined the comic/poetic styling of tBone with that of an anonymous graphics professional. The two things seemed to compliment each other well.

  60. 60.

    Krista

    Speaking of McCane and other old farts, will someone please make me feel better and tell me I’m not the only one who remembers Starbuck as a guy.

    Nope. I was pretty young at the time, though. It was the one show I was allowed to stay up late to watch. I always mispronounced it as “Battlestar Galac-ita”, but I adored that show.

  61. 61.

    Dennis - SGMM

    Okay, if we’re getting our geek on: Does anyone else remember a movie titled “Silent Running”? I thought it was one of Bruce Dern’s better roles.

    OTOH, “Black Hole” was, in my opinion, one of the worst sci-fi flicks ever made. The “Commando Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen” serials or even Gene Autry’s “The Phantom Empire” were better.

  62. 62.

    caustics

    Speaking of McCane and other old farts, will someone please make me feel better and tell me I’m not the only one who remembers Starbuck as a guy.

    I vaguely remember a robot dog or some such. And the other guy was a guest star on the new series.

  63. 63.

    LiberalTarian

    Well, don’t watch Zoot Suit then. Olmos was a little too old to be playing a pachuco.

    Lol. Deal.

    But, I have to admit, I kinda had a thing for him when he was the captain on Miami Vice. Yeah, I had girl dreams about Crocket (gawd, I’m really losing it … oh yeah, Don Johnson … it’s his fault, he’s the one who went on to ignomy in Nash Rambler* or whatever that show was).

    *Actually, my step daughter had a Rambler named Betty–totally cute car, very classic.

  64. 64.

    demimondian

    OTOH, “Black Hole” was, in my opinion, one of the worst sci-fi flicks ever made.

    And _Red Dwarf_ is one of the best.

  65. 65.

    LiberalTarian

    Okay, if we’re getting our geek on: Does anyone else remember a movie titled “Silent Running”? I thought it was one of Bruce Dern’s better roles.

    Dude, do you have any idea how hard I cried when the drone went off into space? Geez. I’m pretty much a light weight.

    So, uber nerd that I am, I tried to find the name of the bot that died (all the names were Huey, Dewey and Louie) and I found this trivia bit:

    The three “drones” were played by four double-amputees, an idea inspired by Johnny Eck.

    Yeah, in 1972 people still played in all the roles. Yikes though. My cheerful liberal side says, “Right on!! Did they use Viet Nam vets?” My less cheerful liberal side says, “Ew. Really? They stuffed double amputees into robot costumes?

    Another edition of stuff you didn’t really want to know.

  67. 67.

    Krista

    And the other guy was a guest star on the new series.

    That would be Richard Hatch (the actor who played Apollo in the original BSG, not the Survivor-winning, pants-eschewing, tax-evading guy.)

  71. 71.

    scrutinizer

    Geeking out? Nothing better than The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension!

  72. 72.

    Jen

    My goal is to not only still be want it at 93—but also to not to have to be paying for it.

    Yeah, you’d outnumber old ladies like 10 to 1.

  74. 74.

    LiberalTarian

    My 70s viewed was really limited–ABC, CBS and a very spotty NBC were my only channels. Oh yeah, and we were an hour behind prime time. I did watch the original Battlestar Galactica!! Yeah, Richard Hatch was cuter, but Dirk Benedict was from Montana. :D

  75. 75.

    mikesdak

    LiberalTarian…..sounds like my selection growing up,except we also had PBS….I still remember our first color TV…..cable didn’t make it to my hometown until after I’d grown up and left…

  76. 76.

    LiberalTarian

    Nope, no PBS. Lol.

    We walked uphill both ways with barbed wired wrapped around our feet for shoes and we liked it!!

  77. 77.

    jake

    Does anyone else remember a movie titled “Silent Running”? I thought it was one of Bruce Dern’s better roles.

    Yep, it was excellent. But I can say that if you watch it back-to-back with 2001 you will be totally weirded out for at least three days.

    So don’t.

  78. 78.

    DFD

    I got a kick out of Leonard Part 6 when I was a kid. I haven’t seen it in 20 years though. I suspect it would be unintentionally funny at this point. Ohhhhh…and Ghost Dad, Bill Cosby’s finest work ;)

  79. 79.

    mikesdak

    Ah, Bill Cosby….Ever see Mother,Jugs and Speed?….a different Bill Cosby than most people are used to….Raquel Welch and Harvey Keitel too

  80. 80.

    caleb

    Would the “outragous” lawsuits (and judgements there of) that appear due to accidents and medical malpractice be cut down substantially if we had national helathcare?

  81. 81.

    bryanD

    “Ohhhhh…and Ghost Dad, Bill Cosby’s finest work ;)”-DFD

    AWWRIGHT!!! AWWRIGHT!!! Lights out! Lights OUT!

  83. 83.

    tBone

    Grace Park does a really good job of making a pissed off Korean woman look like the scariest sexiest of all possible beings.

    Fixed.

    On BSG do people drag race an Aston Martin against a dude on roller skates with a jet pack.

    No, but only because Galactica 1980 only lasted a season.

    I combined the comic/poetic styling of tBone with that of an anonymous graphics professional. The two things seemed to compliment each other well.

    Thanks, Buck. I’m glad other people enjoy the image of Hillary licking blood off a k-bar after brutally murdering an insurgent as much as I do.

  84. 84.

    jake

    News like this does not help me stop worrying and learn to love teh Hillary.

    Clinton, who is of French-Canadian descent on her mother’s side, is also a distant cousin of singers Madonna, Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette.

    Yeah, Obama is related to CthCheney and Bush but … Celine Dion [urk!]

  85. 85.

    tBone

    BTW, Buck, did you post that comment at Ygelsias’ too? I’ve never posted there but the comment was under my handle. Just curious.

  86. 86.

    DFD

    I suspect that these genealogists are full of shit. If they had their way every politician and A-list celebrity would be cousins of some kind. Furthermore, who gives a shit? Is Clinton planning on singing the title track for James Cameron’s Titantic II?

  87. 87.

    caustics

    Geeking out? Nothing better than The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension!

    “Use more honey. Find out what she knows.”

  88. 88.

    demimondian

    Clinton, who is of French-Canadian descent on her mother’s side, is also a distant cousin of singers Madonna, Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette.

    But, you know, that explains a lot.

    Clinton, the would be President, who does not know the meaning of CinC, is related to Madonna, the several-times mother who doesn’t know the meaning of _Sex_, Morissette, the performer of _Isn’t it Ironic_, who, ironically, doesn’t know the meaning of “ironic”, and Dion, the French-Canuckistani Chanteuse who doesn’t know the meaning of “music”.

  92. 92.

    TenguPhule

    Is Clinton planning on singing the title track for James Cameron’s Titantic II?

    Yes, unless people crown her as president immediately if not sooner.

  93. 93.

    JWeidner

    Incertus (or anyone for that matter), you want to read a first-hand account of that fuckstick Joe Francis, check out this article in LA Times by Claire Hoffman.

    Opening grafs (Registration Required):

    Joe Francis, the founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” empire, is humiliating me. He has my face pressed against the hood of a car, my arms twisted hard behind my back. He’s pushing himself against me, shouting: “This is what they did to me in Panama City!”

    It’s after 3 a.m. and we’re in a parking lot on the outskirts of Chicago. Electronic music is buzzing from the nightclub across the street, mixing easily with the laughter of the guys who are watching this, this me-pinned-and-helpless thing.

    Francis isn’t laughing.

    He has turned on me, and I don’t know why. He’s going on and on about Panama City Beach, the spring break spot in northern Florida where Bay County sheriff’s deputies arrested him three years ago on charges of racketeering, drug trafficking and promoting the sexual performance of a child. As he yells, I wonder if this is a flashback, or if he’s punishing me for being the only blond in sight who’s not wearing a thong. This much is certain: He’s got at least 80 pounds on me and I’m thinking he’s about to break my left arm. My eyes start to stream tears.

    It’s a pretty insane article – if the link doesn’t get you there due to registration issues or something, search for Joe Francis, then read the article titled “Joe Francis: ‘Baby, give me a kiss'”. There are some photos that go with the article too

  94. 94.

    Cain

    John seriously needs to put Tbone’s story on the front page. Seriously.

    I’ms till going through BSG. I’m at season 2 at the moment and working my way through the whole thing. I’ve got a long way to go it seems. I’m not willing to skip the seasons. :P Netflix rocks!!

    I”ve been bitorrenting Sarah Connor Chronicles.

    sri

  95. 95.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    Is “Silent Running” the one with Bruce Dern on a spaceship carrying plants and trees?

    Clinton, who is of French-Canadian descent on her mother’s side, is also a distant cousin of singers Madonna

    Camille Paglia’s head just exploded.

    Prosecutors are moving ahead with a case against one of two 93-year-old men picked up during undercover prostitution stings.

    Thank god!!! I will sleep much better knowing that dangerous criminal is off the streets!

  96. 96.

    LiberalTarian

    Heh. After I’ve saved some $$$$ I’ll buy the whole shebang.

    Be sure to watch the deleted scenes–it’s weird to see them in the montages but not know how you missed them.

    Someday I’ll buy all of Farscape, too, but that’s on the pretty expensive side, and I want to get the disks without playing problems.

  98. 98.

    LiberalTarian

    Yes, Muppets were the best ever. Of course, they were on NBC, and I had to watch it on the worst reception that could be watched and still hear the voices. :)

    PIGS IN SPACE ….

  99. 99.

    Conservatively Liberal

    Animaniacs rocked! Wacko was my fav, but Dot was great too. I also liked Pinky & The Brain, that was a riot to watch.

    What I want to know is if the old guys were using a ‘performance enhancing drug’, or if they were still running on steam power. Wow, 93. I hope I am that spry if I make it there.

    Plus, I hope my luck would be better than theirs.

  100. 100.

    Zuzu

    Prosecutors are moving ahead with a case against one of two 93-year-old men picked up during undercover prostitution stings.

    Actually, the really scary bit is that one of them was driving.

  101. 101.

    Conservatively Liberal

    I found this gem over at Kos:

    The “Tonya Harding” strategy is a nicer way to put it than I’ve seen, though. I’d call what HRC’s been using the “Susan Smith” strategy, myself: drive the party into the lake, and blame it all on the scary dark man.

    Ouch!

  102. 102.

    McMartin

    A bomb by the Capitol building goes unnoticed for three weeks.

    And now, to excerpt for eyebrow-raising purposes.

    …allegedly tried to manufacture a “weapon of mass destruction”….The device was made of a can of gunpowder taped to a box of shotgun shells and a bottle with buckshot or BB pellets, according to court documents.

    Not that that isn’t nasty, but really, the bar for WMDs does seem to have been dropping lately, hasn’t it?

  103. 103.

    Soylent Green

    Someday I’ll buy all of Farscape, too, but that’s on the pretty expensive side

    Naw, I only had to spend about $400. Don’t tell my wife.

  104. 104.

    Krista

    Anyone remember Animaniacs?

    How could you not love a show whose theme song contained the line, “There’s baloney in our slacks!”

    That show was beyond Looney. It was insane.

  105. 105.

    jake

    The pResident will say this is proof he needs unrestricted wiretap authority in 5…4…3…

    U.S. Capitol Police discovered the explosive device three weeks later when they returned with a search warrant to check the truck, which was in a government parking lot.

    I know people who make deliveries down there on a regular basis, which means they get reamed out by the steroid gobbling Rambo wanna-bes in U.S.C.P. uniform on a regular basis. “You can’t park that van there! I don’t CARE why you’re here! Move that van NOW or I’ll arrest you!”

    I’m glad they got a search warrant and all, but how the fuck did the thing sit on a government parking lot for three weeks when the cops flip out when they see a guy take two steps from a van parked on the street?

  106. 106.

    Napoleon

    Is “Silent Running” the one with Bruce Dern on a spaceship carrying plants and trees?

    Yes

  107. 107.

    Paul

    Actually, I’ve been giving SG1 a second chance since the strike. The show never seemed to take itself too seriously, which is a good thing. One major problem is that every planet they go to looks like the same public park in the Vancouver suburbs.

    Well, that’s a tradition that goes back to STTNG, where nearly every planet looks like Southern California…

  108. 108.

    Dennis - SGMM

    Well, that’s a tradition that goes back to STTNG, where nearly every planet looks like Southern California…

    “Isn’t it amazing, Data, how Squornshellous Zeta in no way looks like Southern California?”

  109. 109.

    4tehlulz

    Well, that’s a tradition that goes back to STTNG, where nearly every planet looks like Southern California…

    There’s also the Dr. Who tradition of using the same quarry for outdoor scenes.

  110. 110.

    LiberalTarian

    Anyone remember Sliders? It was pretty excellent for the first couple seasons.

  111. 111.

    Dennis - SGMM

    In other news:

    Fighting leaves crucial truce with Iraq militia in shambles
    BAGHDAD — Fierce gunbattles erupted between U.S.- backed Iraqi security forces and supporters of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Basra, Baghdad and other cities Tuesday, undermining a long-term truce that has helped reduce the level of violence in the five-year-old Iraq war.
    …U.S. commanders say the cease-fire played a key part in a 60 percent drop in attacks nationwide since the troop buildup ordered last year by President Bush reached its height in June…

    So, naturally the best thing to do is let the Iraqi government arrest hundreds of al-Sadr’s followers and then follow up by committing U.S. forces to support directly attacking them.

    It would appear that Gen. Petraeus is just as clueless as all of the other generals who preceded him.

  112. 112.

    b. hussein canuckistani

    Anyone remember Animaniacs?

    And they animated songs by They Might Be Giants.
    It could be the cultural apex of Western Civilization.

  113. 113.

    dickweathers

    Canuck that was actually Tiny Toons.

    It bothers me a great deal that can I remember shit like that but not where I put my wallet last night.

  115. 115.

    b. hussein canuckistani

    In my defence, I saw the cartoons in question under sniper fire in a Bosnian hotel.

  117. 117.

    Br'er Bear

    The robo-dog in the original BSG, “Moffet” I think was his name, was played by a chimpanzee in a robot suit.

    The men had all the big roles in the original – Boomer was a guy, not an angry/hot Korean woman, Starbuck was Dirk Benedict, etc. The women were all primped (lots of feathered hairstyles) and soft-focussed and consigned to fluff roles.

    There was a BSG~TNG spin-off, where the grandchildren (or something) actually made it to Earth. I remember someone hiding a landed viper in shrubbery off a highway…

  118. 118.

    JWeidner

    There was a BSG~TNG spin-off, where the grandchildren (or something) actually made it to Earth. I remember someone hiding a landed viper in shrubbery off a highway…

    That would be BSG 1980. The less said about it the better.

  119. 119.

    borehole

    Br’er Bear’s mostly right but there was a brunette who looked like Racetrack (pre-pixie cut) and she kinda kicked ass. Can’t remember much about Jane Seymour’s character but, underwritten or no, she’s never a waste of screen time.

    A patient at my vet clinic looked exactly like Muffet the daggit. When he died I gave the owner my action figure. That was sweet of me, right? Right. Sweet and really, really stupid.

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