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by John Cole|  July 30, 20081:17 pm| 24 Comments

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Via Glenn, Susie Madrak is having some temporary financial troubles, so if you have a few bucks to spare, go help her out, please. You can donate here.

Also, it is the end of the month, so now would be a good time to chuck some cash to Obama, who will need it to fight the never-ending smears.

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If you can spare the money, that would be great.

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  1. 1.

    Noah

    July 30, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    The two greatest t-shirts of all time!

  2. 2.

    cleek

    July 30, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    Also, it is the ned of the month

    no it’s not.

  3. 3.

    DannyNoonan

    July 30, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    The Ned is near!

  4. 4.

    Paul L.

    July 30, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    Karl Rove had the NRA plant a spy in the Gun Grabbing group.

    OUTRAGE Time for Congressional hearings to look into this!!!!1!!

  5. 5.

    Noah

    July 30, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    (Sorry for the shameless self promotion with the links, John)

  6. 6.

    Punchy

    July 30, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Karl Rove had the NRA plant a spy in the Gun Grabbing group.

    I’m assuming this plant then raped a Duke Lacrosse player, before calling his buddy Nifong and hiring a stripper.

  7. 7.

    DSB

    July 30, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    Also, if you have a little to spare, help this poor puppy out:
    http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=8754928

  8. 8.

    John Cole

    July 30, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    Karl Rove had the NRA plant a spy in the Gun Grabbing group.

    OUTRAGE Time for Congressional hearings to look into this!

    I know you are just trolling, and maybe I am being naive, but I can’t imagine how this is a big deal. Isn’t the agenda and strategy of the gun control lobby pretty obvious by now?

    (Sorry for the shameless self promotion with the links, John)

    Just start embedding the damned things.

  9. 9.

    bjd

    July 30, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    Suburban Guerrilla? The lady who dished crap about Obama through the primaries? The one who gleefully quoted racist crap from “riverdaughter” and linked to corrente? The one who deleted comments that corrected her lies?
    No fucking way!

  10. 10.

    John Cole

    July 30, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    Suburban Guerrilla? The lady who dished crap about Obama through the primaries? The one who gleefully quoted racist crap from “riverdaughter” and linked to corrente? The one who deleted comments that corrected her lies?
    No fucking way!

    Forgive and forget.

    Plus, I just feel bad for anyone having enough trouble with their finances that they have to beg for money to pay for health care.

  11. 11.

    Incertus

    July 30, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    The two greatest t-shirts of all time!

    Those are pretty good shirts. My brother-in-law owns a silk-screen shop. If I were more of a bastard and a bit more well off, I’d do some sabotage work just like that.

  12. 12.

    Medicine Man

    July 30, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    I’m not knowledgeable about campaign finance in the States. Is it kosher for a Canadian to donate money to the Obama campaign?

  13. 13.

    smiley

    July 30, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    Speaking of t-shirts, I just saw a humorous TV commercial for a local BBQ restaurant and the woman (the momma — that’s how she was identified) in the commercial was wearing a Barack Obama t-shirt. Never seen anything that before.

  14. 14.

    Paul L.

    July 30, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    I know you are just trolling, and maybe I am being naive, but I can’t imagine how this is a big deal. Isn’t the agenda and strategy of the gun control lobby pretty obvious by now?

    I thought blaming the progressive bogeyman Karl Rove would have indicated I was no being serious.
    I was just mocking the peaking of the outrage meter over nothing in a Greenwald/Lady of perpetual outrage Michelle Malkin manner.

  15. 15.

    jake

    July 30, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    Olmert & Out.

  16. 16.

    KRK

    July 30, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Medicine Man Says:

    I’m not knowledgeable about campaign finance in the States. Is it kosher for a Canadian to donate money to the Obama campaign?

    No can do. But you can buy his books.

  17. 17.

    Punchy

    July 30, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    Olmert & Out.

    Jake’s cleary an Anti-Semite.

  18. 18.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    July 30, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    I gave $25 directly to barackobama.com so I would be entered in the Backstage with Barack contest.

    When Balloon Juice starts a Bong Hits with Balloon Juice contest I will reconsider and donate my money here.

  19. 19.

    The Moar You Know

    July 30, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    Paul L. Says:

    I know you are just trolling, and maybe I am being naive, but I can’t imagine how this is a big deal. Isn’t the agenda and strategy of the gun control lobby pretty obvious by now?

    I thought blaming the progressive bogeyman Karl Rove would have indicated I was no being serious.
    I was just mocking the peaking of the outrage meter over nothing in a Greenwald/Lady of perpetual outrage Michelle Malkin manner.

    Congrats, this is by far the most coherent thing you’ve ever posted here. Only one gross spelling error. Some rather inconsequential grammar issues.

    Did you re-enroll in your GED classes?

  20. 20.

    W.E.B. Adamant

    July 30, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    *shrug* I’d never heard of the woman, but I know what it’s like to live without healthcare (or to live as I do now without being able to take a day off to go to the doctor – it’s the same difference).

    You shouldn’t have to beg for what you need to survive. Regardless of her stances, I gave anyway.

  21. 21.

    LarryB

    July 30, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    The Feds just busted a diploma mill operating out of the Spokane, WA area. The local paper acquired and published the customer list. My favorite:

    Duwayne Huss, an employee of Nuclear Management Co., operator of two nuclear plants in Minnesota, bought degrees in nuclear engineering and accounting.

    Yikes.

  22. 22.

    Conservatively Liberal

    July 30, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    Duwayne Huss, an employee of Nuclear Management Co., operator of two nuclear plants in Minnesota, bought degrees in nuclear engineering and accounting.

    America, where paper is cheap and lives are even cheaper.

    Last night, the wife and I decided to head to Coos Bay for a couple of days of fun and to see a comic at the casino here. Nice ride on the motorcycle, but we could have done without the rain for the last 50 miles. It is nice and sunny today, so we are heading out for a ride inland through Coquille and Myrtle Point just to do some sightseeing.

    Later people, time to go have fun! :D

  23. 23.

    merl

    July 31, 2008 at 7:30 am

    The telecoms can give Sen Obama money. I won’t.

  24. 24.

    Paul L.

    July 31, 2008 at 9:40 am

    Did you re-enroll in your GED classes?

    You going to give me your GED study guides?
    It looks like Olberdouche and Handgun Control Inc the Brady Campaign are outraged. Called the NRA spy a Traitor
    Reported NRA Spy Mary McFate/Sapone In Keith Olbermann’s Worst Persons Tonight

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