Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“woke” is the new caravan.

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Republicans don’t trust women.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Everybody saw this coming.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

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

I didn’t have alien invasion on my 2023 BINGO card.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

People are complicated. Love is not.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

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

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

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

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

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

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  3. 3.

    Brick Oven Bill

    soonergrunt couldn’t make a living servicing donkeys in Tijuana. Cole at least maneuvered health benefits and a paycheck out of the deal.

  7. 7.

    Morbo

    So if someone requests, oh, for simplicity’s sake let’s go with Slayer, you would put up Raining Blood?

  11. 11.

    burnspbesq

    Shame about what happened to West Virginia tonight.

    Starting point guard for the men’s team is out for the rest of the tournament.

    Women’s team lost. To flippin’ San Diego State. An 11 seed.

  14. 14.

    Short Bus Bully

    Winger. The soundtrack to remind me exactly why and how high school sucked as much as it did.

    Good times.

  15. 15.

    Karen in GA

    “Might have” requested Winger? Couldn’t you have confirmed it first? Because maybe nobody requested it, and then it wouldn’t have been necessary to post it. Just a thought.

    And it was such a nice day, too.

  16. 16.

    Comrade Luke

    Please , let WV beat Washington.

    I won’t be able to take it if they make the Final Four.

  21. 21.

    JGabriel

    @MikeJ: They’ve been known to hang out here occasionally.

    And occasionally blog wars begin over who can post the most atrocious music videos, with the usual contestants including Balloon Juice, The Editors, The Sadlies, and Eschaton.

    I don’t think there’s been an all out video brawl for a few months, at least.

    The Winger video, I suspect, might restart the hostilities though.

    .

  22. 22.

    mak

    What happened to that guy’s shirt? Was he in an accident or mugged or something? I hope he’s okay.

  23. 23.

    IndyLib

    @JGabriel:
    I was just thinking earlier today that we haven’t had any late night video (good or bad) fests for awhile. I need some new music for my ipod, so hop to it guys.

    And from someone who used to listen to headbangers in the ’80’s, that Winger crap is…crap.

  24. 24.

    freelancer

    soonergrunt couldn’t make a living servicing donkeys in Tijuana.

    sooner, don’t indulge that temptation to call your friend. Yeah I know he could take BOB’s gigantic head off from a full klick, but still. Show mercy.

  26. 26.

    The Dangerman

    Pardon me while I have a Beavis and Butthead moment.

    Beavis: Sucks! SUCKS! SUCKS!!

    Butthead: Yeah … heh … heh … that sucks.

    Beavis: Put on some Maiden.

  28. 28.

    The Dangerman

    Welcome to the game show that tests your … well, it tests nothing. Tonight? Is it a “Wingnut” screech or is it a “Winger” song?

    “State of Emergency”

    BZZZZZZZZZZ. Wrong answer; it’s both. Next contestant, come on down.

  29. 29.

    MattR

    An actual call to the request hour of the local radio station: “Can you play something by Great White other than Once Bitten, Twice Shy?” I actually left the station on to listen since I had no idea they had any other songs.

    PS. The real BFD of the past week is the arrival of kosher Coke.

  30. 30.

    randiego

    “Look, it’s Krokus coming to kick their ass.”

    I remember that episode. We were watching at a party and it brought the house down.

  31. 31.

    freelancer

    @MattR:

    The real BFD of the past week is the arrival of kosher Coke.

    Huh. Didn’t know there was so much of a shellfish/pork lobby in Atlanta. Then again, I’m not exactly Orthodox.

  33. 33.

    dobrojutro

    Winger, Trixter, Slaughter – the ‘er’ bands, as Layne Staley once dubbed them.

  36. 36.

    MattR

    @freelancer: Had that feeling, but figured that someone else might be wondering.

    My eyes lit up like a kid in a candy store when I saw the yellow caps today.

  38. 38.

    BDeevDad

    @MattR: Here in San Diego, you can get it year round. Just buy the Mexican version. Although, it probably is not Kosher, let alone Kosher for Passover.

  39. 39.

    Martin

    @MattR: Costco here sells Coke bottled in Mexico which only uses sugar – in the long-neck bottles. You can get it year-round. It is awesome.

  41. 41.

    MattR

    @BDeevDad:
    @Martin:

    How much do you have to pay for the Mexican version? It is something like $2 for a 12 oz bottle around me. Given the amount of Coke I drink, that would bankrupt me pretty quickly. I am actually about to send an email to the Coca-Cola company to find out the shelf life of the sucrose version so I can stock up now.

  42. 42.

    Martin

    @MattR: I forget – but it is a good bit more expensive than the regular stuff. We pretty rarely drink Coke, though. Nice to break out when we have people over for a BBQ though.

  43. 43.

    The Populist

    What is with the biggest idiot politicians coming from Texas? Rep Goemert (Gomer Pyle?) wants to kill the 17th amendment and let state legislatures hand pick senators? So basically this idiot thinks we should cut out the voters so corrupt politicos can put their buds into the US Senate?

    I have a better idea. Change the law so that small states only get ONE senator and bigger states have more than 2. As much as I’d hate to see Texas have more than 2 senators, it is a large state. Wyoming, Nebraska, Alabama and the like get too much say.

  44. 44.

    Yutsano

    @Martin: I will say this though: when Pepsi did the throwback version it was teh awesome. I only wish it had stuck around, although I’m starting to wonder if that wasn’t one big test market for a major formula change on their part.

  45. 45.

    Martin

    @MattR: Oh, Coke with sugar should have a safe shelf life of at least a year and probably closer to two – long enough for you to stock up next time. The regular stuff is only about 6-9 months.

  47. 47.

    MattR

    @Martin: In that case, I am going to make sure my new house has space for a Coke storage area (although I am a bit scared to buy a large quantity because I don’t want to see how quickly I go through it.)

  50. 50.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: You and FH #1 both haz mail. I need to get to bed so the end of my work week gets one day closer. Plus I have a mandatory meeting on my day off. Woot.

  55. 55.

    JGabriel

    @MattR:

    Made with sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup for Passover.

    Okay, that I want.

    For some reason I thought Coke was always kosher. I seem to remember seeing a lot of cans with the circled k and Pareve on them.

    .

  56. 56.

    Yutsano

    @JGabriel: Not the same as kosher for Passover though. High fructose corn syrup, emphasis on the corn. No can haz. I think that’s why anyway.

  58. 58.

    IndyLib

    @Yutsano:
    Yep, Iko, Iko was nice and cheery, but the Nine Inch Nails stuff – dayam.

    Different version of Raining on Sunday.

    Not as good as with the video, but still my fave song.

    ok, I give up, I can’t get anything to link now for some reason.

  61. 61.

    Anne Laurie

    @Yutsano:

    Not the same as kosher for Passover though. High fructose corn syrup, emphasis on the corn. No can haz.

    The midwestern-born Spousal Unit asked me about this earlier tonight. Being only an “honorary Jew” (local joke among native NYCers) I didn’t know why, so we checked El Wiki:

    Chametz ( , “leavening”) refers either to a grain product that is already fermented (e.g. yeast breads, certain types of cake, and most alcoholic beverages), or to a substance that can cause fermentation (e.g. yeast, sourdough or high fructose corn syrup). The consumption of chametz is forbidden during Passover in most Jewish traditions. According to Halakha, the ownership of chametz is also proscribed.
    __
    The specific definition of chametz varies among religious and ethno-cultural traditions. In Ashkenazic and certain Sephardic applications of Jewish Law, chametz does not include baking soda, baking powder or like products. Although these are leavening agents, they leaven by chemical reaction whereas the prohibition against chametz is understood to apply only to fermentation. Thus, bagels, waffles and pancakes made with baking soda and matzo meal are considered permissible, while bagels made with yeast, sourdough pancakes and waffles, and the like, are prohibited. Karaite Jews and many non-Ashkenazic Jewish traditions do not observe a distinction between chemical leavening and leavening by fermentation.

    P.S. Our beloved FYWP is adding extra the extra ‘http://’ to links. Took the liberty of sneaking in & repairing the Urban links, so people can hear them now, but the original posters look a little crazed. :)

  62. 62.

    Mark S.

    Ha!

    At the Scouting Combine, the Wonderlic exam is administered to players in groups. The 12-minute test is preceded by some brief instructions and comments from the person administering the test. Per a league source, after the person administering the test to Tebow’s group had finished, Tebow made a request that the players bow their heads in prayer before taking the 50-question exam. Said one of the other players in response: “Shut the f–k up.” Others players in the room then laughed.

  63. 63.

    Gravenstone

    @The Dangerman: Speaking of Maiden (and quick to seize any excuse to talk them up), I ordered my tickets for their 7/18 show in Chicago. Dream Theater opening. I am giddy with anticipation.

  66. 66.

    Panurge

    I do not get all the Winger-hatred. There are plenty of hair bands more worth running down–why this one? Is it the name? Is it Beavis & Butthead?

  67. 67.

    Gravenstone

    @Morbo: They’re doing 20ish dates mid-June to late July before they hit the European festival circuit. Likely to be a show closer to you, just check their homepage.

  68. 68.

    eyepaddle

    All right, I just can’t let this thread pass without explicilty stating that Reb Beach (the lead guitarist) is a 100% unalloyed BAD-ASS. I mean, here we are twenty some years later and that is still jaw dropping.

    I was a Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Satriani fan back in the ’80s (yes, for the record I didn’t date much!) and was always offended on some level by bands that tried to be “metal” but were pretty much focused on selling records to chicks who used a lot of hairspray. Bon Jovi and Poison practically made me angry–ditto for Warrant–but goddamn, the solo in this tune is almost worthy of a seminar. I’ve been playing guitar for more than 25 years now, and I pretty much have the speed required to pull this off, but the effortless fluididty, and even the melodic development….well, that’s why he’s made a living as a session guitarist or been in major bands for the last 20 years and I work in Health and Safety.

  70. 70.

    different church-lady

    No. None of us requested Winger.

    None of us have ever requested Winger.

    None of us ever will request Winger in the future.

    Write this information on your hand so you won’t forget it.

  71. 71.

    Origuy

    @Martin: Last time I was at Costco, I think I saw it for $18 for a case of 24 12-oz bottles. Individual bottles are around $1.50 at the Mexican supermarket near my house in San Jose.
    I drink Diet Coke, but my housemates sometimes get the real thing when they’re feeling flush.

  72. 72.

    Phoebe

    That is the first Winger song I have ever heard, and I almost made it to the end. And I knew the guitarist, Reb Beach, in 7th grade. He was funny and crude and he loved skateboarding and Peter Frampton. Also he had straight hair. FYI and all.

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