Fell asleep listening to Zappa, woke up an hour ago with it still playing. This could be a really weird day.
Off to the convention, so here is a thread for you all.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.
There is no right way to do the wrong thing.
Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.
The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris
Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.
The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.
No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.
Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.
if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.
I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.
You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.
Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.
Weird. Rome has an American Pope and America has a Russian President.
Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.
How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.
Petty moves from a petty man.
I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.
So fucking stupid, and still doing a tremendous amount of damage.
Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.
This really is a full service blog.
Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.
If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!
When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?
Only Democrats have agency, apparently.
The Grand Panjandrum
Don’t eat the yellow snow!
Comrade Scrutinizer
Why does it hurt when I pee?
Person of Choler
The future, writ small:
wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=9299280
Comrade Scrutinizer
Jobs report out. 240,000 jobs lost in October, September figures revised to 280,000 jobs lost.
Good times, good times.
Montysano
She was the daughter of a wealthy
Florentine Pogen
Read ’em ‘n weep
Was her adjustable slogan
She was a debutante daisy
With a color-note organ
Deep in the street
She drove a ’59 Morgan
Frank and Hunter S: gone way too soon.
kommrade jakevich
@Comrade Scrutinizer: It’ll be all right. When the fReichtards go all John Galt there will be more jobs.
Speaking of which, Sadly, No! has the finest collection of K-razee you have ever seen.
Josh Hueco
I’m trying to quit smoking and am wearing the patch. Don’t ever fall asleep without taking it off first. Unless you want some really interesting dreams.
TR
Did you use a razor to shave this morning? Or did you just let the weasels rip your flesh?
gbear
Well this morning Norm Coleman’s lead is down to 233 votes out of 2.9 million cast. We’re still doing the final tally of the regular vote. The recount won’t start until the results of the Nov 4 vote are certified, which is still about a week out, I think.
Norm is on record as saying that if he had come out behind in the regular vote, he would accept it and waive a recount. What a trooper. I SO hope that we get a chance to see if he stands by that statement.
& Brown Shoes Don’t Make It. And also. yes.
Dennis - SGMM
The shorter wingnuts: ‘Let’s Make the Water Turn Black’
Tattoosydney
Where was that stooped and mealy-colored old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?
Geeno
TR stole mine.
Now I’m stuck with the pygmy pony, over by the dental floss patch.
Atanarjuat
Comrade Scrutinizer said:
You ain’t seen nothing yet. Once Obama becomes President on January 20, 2009, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see those numbers double or even triple during the rest of the new year.
But I guess liberals have nothing to worry about; Big Brother Obama will just redistribute the remaining wealth and everything will work out just fine for everyone. Rainbows and ponies are just within reach, I’m sure of it.
Only an shameless liberal would celebrate people being thrown out of work and losing their income. How sickening.
– A Country on Life Support
gnomedad (fmr. Nixon Hailfire Palin)
Massive blog post title fail:
Obama Gets Head On Spanish Beach
Josh Hueco
@Atanarjuat:
Of course Obama will create jobs. He’s going to force all us honkies to work on his plantations once he declares Shari’a law. Bill Ayers will load us onto the boxcars and Jeremiah Wright will whip us, shouting "I said your name is Shabazz."
Halteclere
A gun shop in Fort Worth had a record day of gun sales the day after Obama was elected. Here is a nice picture of someone inspecting a 50-cal rifle. Here is another picture of a guy buying a gun to protect his family.
It is a sad thing seeing scared grown men pissing in their pants.
greynoldsct00
No mention of a hangover, John? Maybe you are still buzzed. A half-dozen Mojitos? Yeesh.
Dennis - SGMM
I’m glad you agree that Bush left Obama one hell of a mess to clean up.
Comrade Scrutinizer
No Atanajar, I was bemoaning how our mighty economy has fallen in to the pit of despair after the unfortunate results of the election on Tuesday. Huge losses in the stock markets after the Obama win just highlight the distrust and disaffection that our Captains of Industry feel in the wake of this great national disaster.
Even the Great Redistributionist won’t be able to redistribute what isn’t there.
–A Country Shamed
Comrade Scrutinizer
@Josh Hueco:
The sad thing? An otherwise much-beloved family member called me yesterday morning with that very story.
4tehlulz
I thought it was the Treasury Department stopped flooding the markets with cash, but your way sounds more poetic.
Comrade Jake
@kommrade jakevich:
If people like Pamela Geller have a significant voice in the future of the GOP, they are seriously screwed. If you’ve never heard of her, check this out.
She is grade-A, batshit fucking nuts.
greynoldsct00
It’s too early in the morning for trolls…don’t feed it
Comrade Stuck
George W. Bush riding the Nag of Death whilst Dick Cheney croons "If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can’t I?"
Tattoosydney
@Atanarjuat:
* Rainbows and ponies are just within reach, I’m sure of it.
We all got the email this morning which told us when our ponies would be delivered…
You obviously haven’t signed up to the mailing list at http://www.Iforonewelcomeournewmuslimoverlords.gov
Comrade Jake
@Atanarjuat:
Seeing as how you guaranteed a McCain victory, I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest you’re fucking clueless. Bye now.
John Cole
@Halteclere: What a bunch of wankers.
@kommrade jakevich: What a bigger bunch of wankers.
@greynoldsct00:Nah, I am fine. Drank lots of water last night, and really was not all that drunk.
dewberry
It’s the sugar in mojitos that makes you so ill the next morning. Trust auntie Dewberry on that…
Atanarjuat
Comrade Jake said:
I know, only liberals are allowed hope, optimism and the occasional mistake, whereas conservatives must be 100% correct every time. Otherwise we’re clueless.
Setting a higher bar for your opponent whereas lowering the bar for yourself all the way to the ground? Why, that would be a double standard! Say it ain’t so, Jake!
To everyone else:
Comrade Scrutinizer may think he was being so clever with the witty sarcasm, but in fact, he’s right: there was a huge one-day drop in the stock market the day after Obama was elected. That’s no mere coincidence, and it’s a harbinger of the financial straits to come.
But I’m sure that Obama’s plan to "spread the wealth around," will make everything Kodak Moment-perfect in no time at all. Does a 60-inch plasma TV come with those ponies as well? Hey, you needy, government handout-deserving liberals can dream, right?
– A Country Behind Enemy Lines
Soylent Green
My favorite Zappa:
Eat your shoes
Don’t forget the strings
And sox
Even eat the box
Your bought ’em in
You can eat the truck
That brought ’em in
Garbage truck
MMMMMMMMMMMMouldy
Garbage truck
Eat the truck & driver
And his gloves
NUTRITIOUSNESS
DELICIOUSNESS
WORTHLESSNESS
Comrade Darkness
That would be the pineapple plantations then? Figures. I *paid* to get a tour when I was on O’ahu, now you’re telling me I can get in for free?
cleek
the best thing about Zappa? he gave Adrian Belew his big break.
Comrade Scrutinizer
@Atanarjuat:
Sarcasm? You wound me. I’m every bit as sincere about this blight on our nation’s future as you. Don’t let anyone tell you that stock price drop was due to worries about today’s job report or hedge fund redemptions coming up on the 15th—we know it’s about that unfortunate election.
—A Country, Trembling.
Comrade Scrutinizer
@cleek:
The best thing about Zappa was Zappa.
DUDACKATTACK!!!
Dumb All Over (and a little ugly on the side)
cleek
@Comrade Scrutinizer:
cleek no dig Mr Zappa. cleek dig Mr Belew.
Cassidy
Woke up to Zappa, but no delicious cuban girl with a cute accent? Methinks your priorities are off….
Jeff Berardi
Hey, go back and watch Zappa’s 1986 Crossfire segment (youtube.com/watch?v=8ISil7IHzxc)… there’s some fantastic stuff around the 17:00 mark or so, where Frank advocates for young people to register to vote and run for public office. His opponent replies, more or less, with a sarcastic "Sure Frank. You’re gonna give these young kids HOPE by telling them to REGISTER TO VOTE? Are you serious?"
Yeah. Young people given HOPE by registering to vote? HOPE?! Who ever heard of such a thing, HOPE? Frank really was a hopeless dreamer…
Also, nice to go back to a time when it was evil rock music destroying the country as opposed to gay people getting married….
OriGuy
There’s a bust of Zappa in, of all places, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Cris v.3.1
Welcome back, Atanarjuat! And congratulations on your prescient assurances of a McCain victory.
smiley
IcouldbetotallywrongbutI’ma…dancin’ foool
Roza Hussein
The lyrics to "Billy The Mountain" are embedded in my brain due to a bad experience in the 80’s
good luck
neddie jingo
I got busted
Coming through customs
With a suitcase
Full of tapes
It was special
Tape recording
And they grabbed me
While I was boarding
Yes, they grabbed me
Then they beat me
Then they told me
They don’t like me
And I crashed
In my Nash
We can crash
In my Nash
We can crash
In my Nash
We can crash
In my Nash
We can crash
In my Nash
Cassius Chaerea
If we’d all been living in California, it would’ve been different.
pragmatic idealist
For fellow fans of the original Mothers, Jimmy Carl Black’s obit is in the NY Times today.