I hate to do this, but it seems like a good time to pass the hat.
Do it for Aqua Buddha.
My pledge to you: I will give 50 bucks every time Brent Musberger says “takes it to the house”.
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arguingwithsignposts
Link to song ref?
Serious q: do our names show up in donation records? I could have an issue with that.
DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.
@arguingwithsignposts:
link
In my top ten of all-time favorite songs.
DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.
@arguingwithsignposts:
Yes, there is an FEC record where it shows up. I don’t know if shows up that you gave through this blog, if that’s what you’re worried about.
If you’re worried about anonymity, give to a 501c of some kind (I wish I could tell you that I was kidding here).
MikeJ
@arguingwithsignposts: If it’s a donation to a candidate, it will show up in FEC filings. You can download previous years from their website, browse maps showing who your neighbours gave to, etc.
Or you can get a few million together, run your own ads and tell the FEC to piss up a rope. Rules are for little people.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@arguingwithsignposts: I believe so. I’ve googled myself (and I’m not ashamed to admit it) and seen my name come up with donation totals. Sometimes I get totals for all James MyRealNames in the country. If I’d given all that money, I’d be having dinner with the Obamas. Or not, since of a lot my co-nameds (there’s a fancy latinate word for that, isn’t there? unrelated people with the same name? I’m drawing a blank) are Republicans.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.: CommonSense10 is running some pretty good ads. I thought about donating to them.
Steve
Sadly, I sometimes catch myself yelling “to the house!” when one of my players breaks a long one. I guess I’m getting elderly just like Musberger.
DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
They’re a 501c? Maybe we should suggest specific 501c’s as an alternative for people who want to stay anonymous.
arguingwithsignposts
@DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.:
could be a good idea. I have a tenure decision to think about, sadly.
Yutsano
Dammit DougJ. I don’t get paid until Monday. It’ll have to wait until then. And no I’m not violating the Hatch Act by donating.
Steeplejack
__
Whoa, cowboy. You could go broke in the first half.
DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.
@arguingwithsignposts:
I’ll look into it, it’s a good idea
arguingwithsignposts
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Sadly, myreallastname is not as common as yours, so wouldn’t be that difficult to hone in on me specifically. And, although my countertops aren’t granite, I don’t want any wingnuts inspecting them.
General Stuck
@arguingwithsignposts:
I knew an arguingwithsignposts once. One day he got the better of a stop sign. Last we saw of him.
Yutsano
@arguingwithsignposts: Mine is even less common, at least in the US (in Quebec I’d be more or less a Jones) so I appreciate your sentiment there. If you can’t give money give time, if you don’t have that then just vote your conscience.
arguingwithsignposts
@General Stuck:
This is why we fight.
General Stuck
I couldn’t find a Stuck in the phone book, much less a General one. Catch me if you can mofos/
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@arguingwithsignposts: The Foolish Literalists are an old and proud Irish clan…
Seriously, I started giving candidates money in ’04, and if I had known my home address was being published, I don’t know if I would have started. That said, I haven’t gotten any hate mail or graffiti attacks, and the cat’s out of the bag now.
asiangrrlMN
@arguingwithsignposts: My real name is pretty damn unusual, but I don’t need to worry about tenure or anything like that, so I don’t care.
By the way, I am mulling an internet handle change. This is the teaser….
I will think about giving to Russ Feingold. I like the way he got Sun Spots to spit out, “Disclose!”
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
Will your new nym hold the patent on the Rusty Farm Implements ™?
General Stuck
@arguingwithsignposts:
Oh noes,. Asiangrrl got et by wp. I think
kdaug
Ah, “Teeth” MacGowan. Brilliant.
Although my fave is “Wake of the Medusa”
asiangrrlMN
Goddamn mofo FYWP with a very nusty pitchfork why do you keep eating my comment?
@arguingwithsignposts:
My real name is pretty damn unusual, but I don’t need to worry about tenure or anything like that, so I don’t care.
By the way, I am mulling an internet handle change. This is the teaser….
I will think about giving to Russ Feingold. I like the way he got Sun Spots to spit out, “Disclose!”
@arguingwithsignposts: I hadn’t planned on it, but mayhaps.
chopper
@DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.:
it’s a fucking badass song is what it is. i’m just amazed someone wrote such an awesome song referencing cú chulainn.
asiangrrlMN
Now, I try different link that is vaguely related to DougJ’s link (because the lead singer mentions Shane MacGowan and his teeth).
ETA: The first song was disapproving of the Catholic Church. That’s why it was suppressed!
ETA II: I fucking hate Joe Buck and Tim McCarver. Aargh!
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
As long as we’re talking drunken irish folk, there is this: fuck you, I’m drunk
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
How you be, girl? Haven’t seen you around much lately. And me on vacation and all.
Did you see that TBogg went all Texas over at his place? (Scroll down.) I could take it only in small doses, of course.
asiangrrlMN
@arguingwithsignposts: That’s a great, great song!
arguingwithsignposts
@Steeplejack:
Loved the Paris Hilton story, btw.
Barb (formerly Gex)
@arguingwithsignposts: That you have to even worry about this just makes me sad.
arguingwithsignposts
@Barb (formerly Gex):
It could be worse. At least where I am now there is a tenure decision. At another school I worked at, a prof was fired after 30 years for saying he believed the universe was older than 6,000 years. He was a *physics* professor.
I may be overly sensitive, but it doesn’t hurt to be cautious at times.
Barb (formerly Gex)
@arguingwithsignposts: After tenure you get to participate in our democracy again like it isn’t going out of style, right?
suzanne
Before I got married and added a Guido-tastic name to the end of it, my last name happened to be the same as that of one of Suzanne Somers’ more famous characters. So Googling me did absolutely no good at all, which was just fine with me. Unfortunately, now I’m all unique and shit, and I don’t want any crazy exes or Republicans to find me.
arguingwithsignposts
@suzanne:
Snowflake, that made me laugh.
General Stuck
@suzanne: If people knew my full name, they would be laughing so hard, I could easily slip away from any danger.
Steve
It’s hard to get over the fact that your $10 donation is out there for the world to see, but corporations can spend millions in complete anonymity.
Personally, I tend to give directly to candidates and the campaigns normally don’t report anything under $200. I’m not sure why I care, but I do have some embarrassing donations in my past (like Eric Massa).
kdaug
Link fail:
“Wake of the Medusa”
mai naem
@arguingwithsignposts: Your name doesn’t show up unless you donate more than either(I don’t remember the amount) – $100 or $200. I have an unusual name and I gave quite a bit to Dean in 04 and therefore my name shows up. Since then however, I have given a bunch of $25 donations and none of them show up.
arguingwithsignposts
@Barb (formerly Gex):
Assuming it’s still there, fuck yeah! w00t!
arguingwithsignposts
@mai naem:
Thanks for the info. I would like some clarity wrt this whole issue (DougJ are you listening?) before I drop more dimes. I donated a little to the Obama campaign in ’08, which didn’t show up, yet.
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: Yeah, my schedule has been VERY erratic lately. I saw that! I actually thought of you when I saw TBogg doing the Texas two-step. Heh.
However, he did NOT play my fave vid, so I didn’t keel over from heart palpitations.
wmd
@Yutsano:
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Make calls.
OFA is reporting over 1,000 calls per hour today.
Keep that enthusiasm coming. Grassroots will make a big difference.
General Stuck
@Steve:
When the other finance reform shoe is dropped by the supremes, even candidate and pol party donations will be anonymous and unfettered by limits. Once you declare money equal to free speech, all of it will be, sooner or later, safely ensconced in the first amendment. I just hope my ocean canoe will be finished in time.
Litlebritdifrnt
Late to the party here (been busy) but John’s comment
“If your reaction when you look at that face is not to squeal and think “I need to throw that some fish” you just don’t belong in the gene pool. What is wrong with people? God, people suck.”
Can also be said for the people who looked at A BALD FUCKING EAGLE and said to themselves “hmmmm I think I will shoot that” that is why there are two of them in the Wildlife Exhibit at Grandfather Mountain cause some pond life thought when looking at a Bald Eagle (and two Golden Eagles too) “hmmmm I think I’ll shoot that”.
As Cole said, they really don’t belong in the gene pool.
As for the Feral cat thread we have a GREAT program here called “Operation Top Cat” where feral colonies on Topsail Island are managed.
My local car mechanics shop (yes I know hard to believe, big burly car mechanics) manage a feral cat colony right behind their shop. It began when they had a feed store next door and the cats gathered there for broken food bags. After the feed store closed down the mechanics took over and began to feed the cats. Any given day you can walk into the waiting room and there are a couple of cats on the couches basking in the sun through the windows and dozens outside eating the food that they have left out. Each of the mechanics (and the owners) have taken half a dozen cats each home. Last time I was there the latest “taking home” candidate was a gorgeous torty who was luxuriating in the sun on the waiting room couch. Joey told me “she’s coming home with me this week”. I like hanging round with people like this and even if they were not brilliant (and honest) mechanics I would go to them for this alone.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Just getting in the vicinity of “that vid” gives me palpitations. I.e., anything with Sharleen Spiteri.
asiangrrlMN
@Litlebritdifrnt: That’s a great story about the mechanics and the feral colony. I would patronize their shop, too.
And, yeah, people who shoot almost-extinct animals are asshats.
@Steeplejack: Heh. I adore Sharleen Spiteri, but you know how I get about Alan Rickman.
ETA: I just listened to the Hilton story for the first time. Brilliant!
General Stuck
What was old is new again. More shoutout to hot scottish girl singers.
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: Guess what I’m watching now? This (and you know clicking the link is at your own peril).
Omnes Omnibus
@DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.: Brilliant song. I was in a Pogues mood this morning.
asiangrrlMN
@asiangrrlMN: Oh, god. The gas station scene. I need some alone time now.
Omnes Omnibus
@suzanne: Mine (first and last) matches a liberal pundit.
suzanne
@arguingwithsignposts:
Bingo, you guessed it.
suzanne
@Omnes Omnibus: My former last/current middle name is the same as a former White House press secretary and a former Secretary of the Treasury, as well as a current Senator who pisses me off a LOT. I would LOVE to have a liberal pundit to share it. Would even things out a bit.
Craig
Doug always brings the best music.
(I wonder what the business and economics editor of that other publication listens to. Just kidding, I know it’s Rush.)
Omnes Omnibus
@suzanne: If I google myself, my one little published article never shows up.
arguingwithsignposts
@Omnes Omnibus:
Paul Krugman, is that you?
asiangrrlMN
@Omnes Omnibus: You’re John Cole!
@suzanne: Well, wasn’t all that hard.
Omnes Omnibus
@arguingwithsignposts: Wrong one, but I would tell you if you were right, so I might be lying.
arguingwithsignposts
@Omnes Omnibus:
Well there’s only like three, so I’m most of the way there already. :)
Omnes Omnibus
@asiangrrlMN: Sorry, beardless here.
arguingwithsignposts
fortunately/unfortunately, my last nym has never been associated with a senator/rep./secretary whatsoever. I do have a jazz musician though, so there’s that.
Litlebritdifrnt
BTW Grumpy the Kitten is still Grumpy. She is coming around though and seems to view me less of an Ogre and more of “the nice lady that puts out food at the front door every day and gives me cat treats” It has not made her any less grumpy however, she just grumpily accepts the food and the treats, with a frown.
arguingwithsignposts
@Litlebritdifrnt:
I vote for her name to be Megan McArdle.
asiangrrlMN
@Litlebritdifrnt: Pics? Grumpy kittens are sooo cute.
@Omnes Omnibus: Ta-nehisi Coates?
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
I’d go Bob Herbert.
Litlebritdifrnt
@asiangrrlMN:
Only pic I have of her right now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/MsNick40/DSC00683.jpg
Grumpy, being grumpy
Yutsano
@arguingwithsignposts: I’m related to a Canadian Senator, does that count?
(Not the cool ones on ice in Ottawa, the other ones.)
I’m also distant cousins with the Dionne quintuplets. Although fortunately not Celine.
arguingwithsignposts
@Yutsano:
Have to say the Ottawa ones would be much cooler. :)
And there’s about a 56-44 chance in the US senate that I’d think a relationship was worth it. If I was related to Mitch McConnell, I’m not sure what I’d do.
ETA: I share a name with a hockey player, but he’s playing in Europe right now, so…
DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.
@arguingwithsignposts:
Ah, it has to be over a certain amount.
EDIT: It has to be $200 or over to get reported automatically.
arguingwithsignposts
@DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.:
Thanks. That’s easier to grapple with.
Bella Q
@Litlebritdifrnt: She’s much too cute to be named McMegan, though she is grumpy, so…
DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.
@Bella Q:
Try putting some pink Himalayan salt out. See if she eats it. Then make your decision.
asiangrrlMN
@Litlebritdifrnt: Grumpy is soooo cute! I think it’s her markings that make her look grumpy.
@Yutsano: I would divorce you if you were related to Celine.
I’m getting my foul-mouthed fifties housewife’s costume ready for Halloween. Where did October go?
@DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.: Oh my god. That really made me guffaw for some reason!
ETA: Tim McCarver, “The guy with the greatest dangle was Sandy Koufax.”
Odie Hugh Manatee
@DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.:
If I remember correctly it has to be $200.00 or more (at one time) to be listed. Keep them below that amount to be stealthy.
ETA: I see ya got it! :)
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Hopefully the same place November will soon be going so I can haz my night shift back. I woke up at 7 AM this morning. Voluntarily. I promptly swore then rolled right back to sleep.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: That sucks. I can’t wait until you are back on the night shift, too!
Costume: Frilly apron, blonde pageboy, and stripper heels. Can’t forget the pearls. I might let someone take a picture if you all behave yourselves.
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
It ain’t a costume unless there’s a Rusty Farm Implement(tm) involved. And yes, pics or it didn’t happen!
asiangrrlMN
@arguingwithsignposts: How the hell can I work in a Rusty Farm Implement(TM) into a fifties housewife’s outfit?
And, I might do a beehive with my waist-length hair rather than a wig.
Goddamn but they were very girly back then. Sigh.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Me likey!
Question Number One: Cook or go out? (follow-up to either answer forthcoming.)
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Go out. I suck at this girl thing.
@arguingwithsignposts: Um, I’m not much of a girl, but a pitchfork doesn’t really go with stripper heels.
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
Shouldn’t be too hard, just take the pitchfork.
ETA: dammit, I’m waiting 5 minutes until after you’ve commented, futuregrrrl. And what is wrong with the pitchfork?
You’re wearing stripper heels, ferchrissake!
funluvn
Just dodged another $50.00 bullet Doug. Musberger seems to like “TOUCHDOWN” tonight
fucen tarmal
my last name is so unique, nationwide i am related to everyone who has it, so its real hard in the age of google to stay anonymity disciplined…interestingly all my girl cousins who are married, not only took their husband’s name no-hyphen, but married men with very common last names…quitters….i like to donate straight cash a la homie.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Follow-up: Indonesian, Thai, or Mediterranean?
Omnes Omnibus
@asiangrrlMN: @arguingwithsignposts: No.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Boom-chukka-mow-mow!
asiangrrlMN
@arguingwithsignposts: Hahahaha. Messing with your mind, I am. How am I going to juggle a cigarette holder, a martini glass, a Valium bottle, and a pitchfork, pray tell?
@Yutsano: Thai. DUH!
@Omnes Omnibus: Jane, is that you?
Steepman, I know what you’ve been doing!
Anyone actually sentient in the fifties? What can you tell me about hair?
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
Your bsdm servant carries the pitchfork. Duh! ;)
eta: you have no more links, grrrl! hah! my mom was sentient in the ’50s. Lots of really crappy hair spray. that’s the word.
Yutsano
@arguingwithsignposts: Methinks someone is volunteering to drive up for the weekend for those specific duties. Make sure he wears the leather great Dane ears.
asiangrrlMN
@arguingwithsignposts: You. Suck. I haz to make new answer. Hm. Very intriguing. Your newsletter, subscribe, etc.
ETA: I know. I think I’m gonna do the beehive. I did it in a musical in high school, but my hair was shoulder-length then. I may have to buy two cans of hairspray. OOOOOh, and false eyelashes. Gotta do my nails. Being a girl is HARD.
@Yutsano: Nice! And the ballgag.
ETA: My niece wants me to be Bellatrix LaStrange, but I thought that would be too stereotypical.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
I beg to differ.
ETA: FYWP! Eating comments again.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Just go with either hairdo from the B-52s.
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: Yes. You are right. I should have clarified. I don’t see how a fucking pitchfork can go with a 50s housewife costume, even one with stripper heels.
And, beehive or bouffant. That’s what I figured.
This is getting very intensive. Maybe I’ll just be a Galter. That’s much easier.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Point taken. But still: boom-chukka-mow-mow!
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: What, I throw stripper shoes in a sentence, and str8 boys go nuts? I am going to be foul-mouthed fifties housewife with a broken ankle by the end of the evening. I never wear heels.
Sigh. Maybe I’ll just go as Lady Godiva.
arguingwithsignposts
@Steeplejack:
She obviously isn’t aware of all Internet traditions ™. Maybe a call to Carl Palladino would clarify.
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
The heels were never a draw for me, fwiw. I’d rather the rusty farm implements ™ :)
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
I’ve been jumping among threads playing catch-up. I saw “pitchforks don’t go with stripper heels” and thought “devil costume.”
If you want ’50s authenticity, maybe take a ton of Miltown and then you won’t care (or notice) what you’re wearing.
Steeplejack
@arguingwithsignposts:
Spot on.
Steeplejack
@Steeplejack:
Plus “boom-chukka-mow-mow” is my phrase for the day.
I would like it to be “herp-de-derp,” which someone used in a sort of “Nothing to see here–move along” sense the other day. That cracked me up. But I see zero chance of that one getting legs.
asiangrrlMN
@arguingwithsignposts: Wait, what, seriously? It’s the pitchfork? Hm. Maybe I have to re-jigger the whole costume.
@arguingwithsignposts: EW!
@Steeplejack: That’s what the Valium is for. Sigh. My OCD is kicking in, and I want to be faithful in my adaption (with the few tweaks, of course).
ETA: I always thought it was bow-chick-bow-bow, but YMMV.
Yutsano
@Steeplejack: I don’t get it…maybe if I do the cornfuzzled dog head tilt thing it’ll help. Mmm…nope.
Decided to cook since I have to leave the house tomorrow to do errands and such. That eliminates the Thai possibility as they’re closed. So I’m going Indonesian for lunch.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Just nod and smile. Indonesian is good, too.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
I have an accent.
Steeplejack
@Yutsano:
Like I said, no chance of it catching on. It just sounded funny in context, because it had no context. It was the first or second comment on a post. . . . Damn, now I’m going to have to go look it up.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Never had it, so I’m kinda excited to give it a sampling. IIRC there’s a bit more Indian influence and more grilled items over stir-fried. I’ll find out and give a thorough report on the morrow. And satay.
Omnes Omnibus
@asiangrrlMN: It’s pavlovian.
Steeplejack
@Steeplejack:
It was Zifnab!
John Cole:
Zifnab:
Genius, I tell you.
Hmm, the Google tells me that Zifnab also used it on July 16:
Perhaps we must await enlightenment from the author him- or herself.
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: Ha!
@Omnes Omnibus: I guess. All I know is I will have to practice.
@Yutsano: Do that, hon. It sounds really good.
Omnes Omnibus
@asiangrrlMN: Madame Omnibus is not a tall woman; she loves heels and boots… and boots with heels… and boots without heels… and…. Anyway, my point is, she can actually run in heels; one is amazed at her many talents.
asiangrrlMN
@Omnes Omnibus: That is admirable. I can barely walk in them unless they are platforms.
Omnes Omnibus
@asiangrrlMN: I don’t think platforms will work with the costume.
asiangrrlMN
@Omnes Omnibus: Well, I am aiming for stripper platform shoes. It’s not gonna be totally authentic. We shall see.
Oh, and FYWP.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN:
This shall never be out of place anywhere.
@Omnes Omnibus:
Heels I think are one of the more under-studied causes for the feminist movement. I mean seriously, put all the load bear on the point of the toe and expect a woman to walk gracefully just to be alluring? I would riot if I were expected to manage shit like that.
Omnes Omnibus
@asiangrrlMN: Bafta** then.
**Bafta is a Romanian expression which combines a wish of good luck with a exhortation to kick ass. One does not respond with thanks or it will lose its effect. “Asa sa fie” (Asha sa fee-ah) or “So be it” (the English translation) are appropriate responses.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: I think if you are 5’1″, they gain some appeal.
arguingwithsignposts
@Yutsano:
Yeah, I don’t get the heel thing.
asiangrrlMN
@Omnes Omnibus: Asa sa fie.
@Yutsano: No shit. I hate them with a passion. So, I am trying to find a pair that I could actually wear more than once.
@arguingwithsignposts: Well, it lengthens the calves and arches the buttocks, presenting an alluring sight to the male of the species. Supposedly. In reality, they just hurt like hell–especially for us bigger gals.
Carol
@arguingwithsignposts: What school is that, and should it even be accredited?
I know, I know about my website. But we’re aren’t trying to push it down people who want to learn physics dammit, and half of us believe it’s a philosophy anyway. We don’t believe the world is only 6,000 years old either.