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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Republicans do not pay their debts.
Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.
…and a burning sense of injustice to juice the soul.
“woke” is the new caravan.
Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.
Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.
Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.
Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?
They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.
Optimism opens the door to great things.
There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.
One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.
Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?
Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.
It’s the corruption, stupid.
I desperately hope that, yet again, I am wrong.
Even though I know this is a bad idea, I’m off to do it anyway!
There is one struggling party in US right now, and it’s not the Democrats.
Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.
Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.
It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.
Republicans in disarray!
Battle won, war still ongoing.
When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.
MeDrewNotYou
I watch the History Channel all the time. One day, I was watching the hillbilly show with Billy Ray Cyrus with my dad. While talking about moonshining, this old man named ‘Popcorn’ Sutton came on, looking just like Snuffy Smith.
My dad said, “My god! I swear that guy is my uncle!”
So I’ll be naming my first kid Cletus, if you’re curious.
David Martin
That’s one of my favorite songs off Paul’s Boutique. You never would have guessed that song was the Beastie Boys…
Eural Joiner
Just saw “The Dark Knight” at the midnight opening last night. The local theater ran it on all five screens and they were all sold out – the place was packed like I’ve never seen it but everyone was really having a great time.
The movie is fantastic, I can’t recommend it highly enough. Also, the “Watchmen” preview kicked ass!
Phoenix Woman
John, go get yourself a drink, then click on this link.
But get the drink first. Seriously.
John Cole
Michael Yon told me the war is over, so what is the big deal?
Phoenix Woman
I love how McCain’s spokesperson is at least ashamed enough to try and deny that he did what he did.
If Obama had done this to McCain, it would have ended his campaign. But since McCain did it to Obama, the MSM will yawn and roll over.
PeterJ
McCain is obviously outsorcing defeating Obama to the Iraqis.
Phoenix Woman
Oh, yeah: It’s not Obama going on that trip, but Hagel and Reed, to name two other blokes.
Is McCain really that narcissistically malicious? Or is just that he doesn’t engage his brain before he speaks?
rawshark
There’s a Watchmen trailer out?
Just Some Fuckhead
Heading to your fair state in the morning John so I can’t partake of worldly beverages this evening.
Jake
For someone who hopes to be the leader of the free world, neither choice is a good one.
It’s a pretty big fuckup, and yeah, it won’t get any press. They’re currently discussing whether or not Obama has moved too far to the center on Hardball right now. Good times.
montysano
Yes
And….yes.
You’re welcome!
monty +1 + C21H30O2
PeterJ
This take is a interesting one, he did because he doesn’t want Obama to go to Iraq.
Incertus
What Eural Joiner said, and double for The Watchmen trailer. I still have my doubts that they can nail that story down in a single movie, but they’ve got the characters right from the looks of it.
As for the real world, Fort Lauderdale cops got busted entrapping a guy for a sex-in-a-bathroom case. And the mayor is still a fucking moron.
vwcat
McSame leaked about Obama’s visit to Iraq. It is to be kept quiet and the media has strived to make sure they did not leak anything that would jeopardize this.
The State Dept., and the military tell anyone visiting to not even give dates, times or anything in press releases by staff if they visit Iraq.
It is not known if McCain did this on purpose or accident but, he has let it known Obama would be in Iraq this weekend most likely tomorrow.
This is a serious breach.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1819664920080718
AkaDad
Mea Culpa
When I said, “BSG: bad show or worst show ever?”, I hadn’t even seen the show. I was just being my dickish self.
I decided to watch it because of you all, and I now understand why most everyone here is a BSG fan. It’s probably the best remake I’ve ever seen. I appreciate how every character is deeply flawed.
Having said all that, I’m near the end of season 3, and without spoiling, I can’t believe they just killed off one of the best characters on the show. I’m not sure I even want to finish watching the show, since I’m so pissed off.
Yes, I know I’m a whiner.
Jake
Cole – I tried the Monchshof Schwarz tonight – giddyup on that. Heckofa beer.
tom.a
Yes there is: Watch the Watchmen Trailer
Martin
Phil Gramm just stepped down. Nobody whine about it, please.
4tehlulz
Obama will be Iraq today or tomorrow.
Sure hope nothing happens there lol/McCain
harlana pepper
Phil Gramm out of the McCain campaign, on KO
harlana pepper
Why can’t I whine when I wanted him to stay so bad?
Notorious P.A.T.
I saw a T-shirt for sale that read “in Soviet Union, T-shirt wears you”. What was the origin/original form of that joke, if it hasn’t been lost to history?
harlana pepper
KO playing Gramm’s ass-clip, well we can loop that one over and over.
JL
Whether or not Obama plans to go to Iraq is irrelevant. The State Department should change his plans immediately. How many of our troops did McAss*. endanger by announcing this. John McAss* proved his support for the troops by his comments this afternoon.
Dulcie
Notorious,
It originated with comedian Yakov Smirnoff:
I believe he now owns a theater in Branson, Missouri.
Incertus
Yakov Smirnoff?
NR
So, the Republicans put out a negative ad about Obama today. And the “liberal” media has decided that this is news, and so they are running the ad over and over again on all the news shows, and the pundits are talking about how much it will hurt Obama. And thus, the Republicans get millions upon millions of dollars worth of coverage, and a much wider audience, for their attacks for the price of the few million bucks the ad buy probably cost.
Don’t you just love that liberal media? This is exactly the same thing that happened in 2004 with the swift boat attacks.
Notorious P.A.T.
Thanks ) I shoulda known.
Ted
Not-so-subtle McCain: That’s a pretty candidate you got there. Be a shame if something were to ‘happen’ to him.
Dennis - SGMM
The candidate who “knows how to win wars” doesn’t seem to know that running your mouth about movements is a sure-fire way to lose. No wonder he got shot down: he probably told every hooker in the Philippine Islands exactly when and where he’d be heroically dropping bombs.
So Phil Gramm steps down. No one could have anticipated that the McCain campaign would have room for only one flannel-mouthed old asshole
Brachiator
Yep, although Smirnoff’s stuff reminds me of this old witticism:
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s the other way around.
colleeniem
In my admittedly limited experience in the military, when things get screwed up, usually high intensity training follows.
So I just wrote the following to suggest that to the McCain campaign.
Won’t take long, there’s only one trainee.
colleeniem
Forgot my email! Derrr….
I would like to ask that busy staffers of the McCain campaign to remind him of the importance of OPSEC, which should be as intimately familiar to him, and indeed more so, as this current active duty officer.
Trinity
The Watchmen preview was AWESOME. That is the one of the best novels (graphic or otherwise) that I’ve ever read.
I will drink to that!
TCG
The watchman Trailer is awesome.
Has anyone checked out Horsey on the Left Coast.
He the best political cartoonist in the business. Phil Gramm meets it a wonderful life.
Liberal Masochist
Re: Watchmen
The trailer looked great, but I am worried that the we are going to have a lot of Matrix style slo mo BS. I really hope the director plays it straight.
TenguPhule
If McSame outsources to the Iraqis, can he be outsourced to the Iranians?
Desmond
No, definitely keep watching. Trust me. :)
cleek
i want to see more of this picture
Breschau
In addition to the Watchmen trailer, there is also a Watchmen blog, with videos updated in the first week of every month. They are up to #4 now.
Yes, I’m a ginormous Watchmen, and comics overall, geek. So?
99 Percent Pure
Excellent comment. ROFLOL about the Phillipine hookers becauseit is probably true.
This is the same man who sucks up to Shrub and his jesters, the people who committed treason by outting a CIA operative. I’m not surprised by his loose lips.
Ninerdave
I like Cheese
OriGuy
John, are you singing Drunken Lullabies yet? I saw Flogging Molly at a free concert in downtown San Jose yesterday. Great show.
Ricky
Is the McCain campaign saying Phil Gramm failed the Dickie Flatt test?
Johnny Pez
My concern about this country’s lack of banjo pickin’ Jews has been relieved.
Kevin
HA!
Kevin
SHIT!
Where was this free concert in San Jose?
eglenn
As long as we’re skirting comics, everyone rush to see:
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Three 15 minute ‘acts’. Only reason I say rush is that it’s going to be pulled offline for retail sale Sunday night (6/20) at midnight.
A Joss Whedon production.
eglenn
Replace (6/20) with (7/20).
I have been trapped in June all month…
OriGuy
Cesar Chavez Plaza, between Market and First. They have a free concert there every Thursday in the summer. I saw Pete Escovedo there last week.
Conservatively Liberal
I haven’t been to Red(Neck)State in quite some time, and I thought I would drop in to see how they are doing with their “RedState 3.0 upgrade”. Wow, that place is a ghost town. I thought I saw a tumbleweed roll on past, it was that dead.
Of the 15 front page articles, there are a total of 151 posts between them all. Newt even dropped by to say hi and got a lame total of 9 responses.
They must all be out enthusiastically trying to get
McCainMagoo elected. Yeah, that’s the ticket!Michael D.
Well remember, Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in the summer, so anything can happen.
maxbaer (not the original)
This follows on the earlier John McRivera posts.
I’d heard that the surge worked, but if it worked wtf is McLooseLips saying here?
Bey
When my granddaughter was almost 2, her loving mama trimmed her hair in what can only be described as a mullet. She’s been little Emma Cletus ever since.
Strangely, my daughter-in-law doesn’t find this as hysterically funny as the rest of the family does.
PeterJ
Big Tent Democrat on P.Lunatic:
P.Lunatic should check out those stellar minds over at NoQuarter, they would suit him perfectly.
gil mann
People who’ve seen some of the post-production work say the fights involve a lot of 300-style Snyderisms, y’know, the slo-mo windup with the high-speed follow-through. I hope Snyder drops that stuff before it’s set in stone, but it’s not like Watchmen’s all that action-packed anyway. As long as they get Rorschach right I don’t care if it’s a musical steeped in product placement. With cameos from Star Wars prequel characters.
For Rorschach is very awesome.
Paul Schrader was supposed to helm it originally, and I thought he was a great choice because verite seemed the way to go. Then I saw his cut of Exorcist: Dominion and decided that, instead of directing Watchmen, he should take on a different project, like managing a Cracker Barrel.
mark
A Dem who said this would “want us to fail”, but, as usual, IOKIYAR.
Corner Stone
PeterJ says –
I read through the link you provided. It’s very clear that BTD had no basis for the statement you quoted.
After suffering through BTD’s non-sensical conclusions on that thread I would suggest BTD has the issue.
Conservatively Liberal
Shorter Corner Stone: ‘I luvs me sum p.hukstain!’
BTD was talking about McCain screwing up and mentioning Obama’s itinerary overseas, and p.hukstain was defending McCain. But of course he is not defending McCain over Obama because p.hukstain is a Hillary dead-ender who says that he is voting for Cynthia McKinney (but of course he would not vote for her if he thought she could actually win!).
You Hillary dead-enders are a laugh a minute!
Corner Stone
Ahhh, if there’s one constant in the universe, one thing mankind can count on to soothe his nerves in troubled times – it’s Conservatively Liberal getting everything absolutely wrong and making himself out to be a bigger putz than anyone had previously thought.
You have our sincere thanks sir.
Krista
That’s the beauty of that show, though. It’s not sunshine and happy endings with everybody (except for the odd red-shirted character) making it out safe by the end of the episode. I like that it’s dark and that there are no guarantees that your favourite character will be just fine.
Conservatively Liberal
Yup, I can tell.