Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

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

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

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

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

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  7. 7.

    Comrade Mary

    Big night tonight! Toronto just elected our own Tea Partier mayor!

    I never thought I’d feel so fucking envious of Calgary.

    Carry on, kids. I’ll just be drinking and crying quietly in the corner.

  8. 8.

    jl

    @stuckinred: Thank you. But I got off my metaphorical butt and did some interblog research on wikipedia.

    “Ever since its premiere, Chuck has been a modestly rated show, and narrowly escaped cancellation several seasons in a row thanks to campaigns initiated by the show’s dedicated fanbase. In 2009,”

    Is that our ‘Chuck’? The wikipedia summary of the premise is incomprehensible.

    But it is on old fashioned network TV?

    I will rev up the old teevee and take a look some time.

  9. 9.

    sven

    Over at The Incidental Economist they are running an excellent series on what the United States gets for its healthcare dollar.

    The latest entry looks at the specific question of access to care. Long story short, despite paying far more than other countries we tend to see doctors much less frequently.

    The whole series is very interesting, is non-technical, and represents the kind of policy work I wish we saw more often in teh blogosphere.

    (if this has already been covered, my apologies)

  11. 11.

    lamh32

    Well, I’m not watching Chuck (no cable or digital converter for my old azz tv), but I did buy the Def Jam RapStar Karaoke game for my Wii.

    I gotta say, I may have to lose my hip hop luvah card after this. The old school I know, the catcher new school, I know, but the random crap I feel even dumber for having to learn the lyrics.

    So far, my best song attempt where I was graded as “dope”

    Mama Said Knock You Out

  22. 22.

    PsiFighter37

    Decent show tonight, although I think it’s more of a setup for Timothy Dalton’s arc.

    Did I ever mention that Yvonne Strahovski is incredibly hot? I know it’s terribly shallow of me, but wow. She blows away just about any other celebrity I can think of.

  26. 26.

    lamh32

    Okay, anyone who love Disney movies, or who has children who love Disney movies. Need to get Disney’s Family Hits Sing-Along Karaoke. I’m childless, but I’ve always loved Disney, and I love this game, I can imagine they’d love it more. The following videos are some of the selections from the song list!

    My God, they have Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

  27. 27.

    trollhattan

    Jesus Cole, Christ, I just heard your governor interviewed on NPR. While he didn’t take a position on Juan Williams, he’s indistinguishable from pretty much any Republican who doesn’t happen to believe in UFOs.

  28. 28.

    Tsulagi

    @RedKitten:
    There might be a slight M/F bias in which is perceived best. Have all three: X360; PS3; and Wii. Son and I like X360 more. He dreams of someday kicking my butt in Halo. SO and my little girl prefer PS3, and Wii even more so. Have to say Wii is very family friendly in its games and its controllers are easy and fun to use. SO does like its fitness games.

  29. 29.

    freelancer

    @RedKitten:

    XBox 360 or PS3?
    ‘Twould be used pretty much solely for gaming, but we do watch movies now and again.

    I’d go with Xbox, but it really depends what you’re using it for. I have a PS3 too, but I use it only to watch Blu-rays and for the craptastic web-browser if I wanna show someone a youtube video.

    Plus, all the good games are on xBox (I’m told, with exception for Heavy Rain and Uncharted 2. I got Metal Gear Solid 4 but that game was so overrated, I quit halfway through.)

  30. 30.

    debit

    New cat has been christened Oliver. He’s getting along okay with the other animals now (for the most part) but has one extra special buddy. Seriously, he curls up around the damn thing all the time. It’s just as well Chloe has no interest in it.

  31. 31.

    John Bird

    I found a new life hack if you like trolling. It’s just an application of what Palin, et. al., have been doing for years.

    My new ‘Eureka’ moment is that you can tell most Republicans that any document contains any statement, and they will begin arguing for or against it immediately, never considering that you generally have to read things first before you know what they say.

    This includes the Constitution, in which case they will begin explaining why the words (that you just made up) don’t mean what you think they do.

    Have fun!

  32. 32.

    sven

    @arguingwithsignposts: I hear you on that. I would be in favor of any change which forced FM stations to open up their format a little bit. I swear sometimes their target audience must be in the single digits.

  33. 33.

    RedKitten

    Basically, himself wants to play plenty of Fallout 3, while I want to play Guitar Hero and various racing games. And obviously, once the kidlet gets older, he’ll have his own games.

  37. 37.

    John Bird

    @RedKitten:

    If HD movies matter to you at all, PS3.

    If not:

    1) go to a video game media website. They’re all blatantly crooked in favor of big developers, from the biggest to the smallest, and you can get fired from any of them for giving a likely top seller a bad review. That said, I like Gamespot.
    2) look at the top-rated exclusive games of all time for each system (this can usually be done by clicking a single link).
    3) which of this selection do you find more appealing?
    4) poke around and find some games you’d like that are on both systems. Are they badly reviewed on one system and well-reviewed on another? Why?

    That last one isn’t usually a major issue, but PS3 is built differently enough from PCs that sometimes it matters – developers may have to redo major chunks of a game from the ground up to bring it from Xbox/PC to PS3 or vice versa.

    Basically, at this point in a system’s life, you can tell not just which system has the games you like more, but which system is likely to have the games you like in the future, all from the game library available.

    Good hunting!

  39. 39.

    debit

    @WereBear: So cute I made burbling noises at the picture! That kitten wins, hands down.

    And no, I didn’t submit any Oliver photos for the calender. Next year.

  40. 40.

    sven

    There are now a variety of companies selling front projectors targeted at people with a PS3, XBox, or Wii. Last week one of my co workers brought in the Optoma GT720 for students to play Wii and Guitar Hero and I was really impressed by it. It made a much bigger difference in the experience than I had expected.

  43. 43.

    D-Chance.

    Romo injured. The Cowboys heave a sigh of relief, because they now have an “out”, an excuse, for their upcoming 4-12 season.

    Wade Phillips is still fired, and we’ll still be subject to another Jerry Jones puppet hunt, though…

  44. 44.

    Cain

    Nobody caught the Julian Assange interview on CNN? The stupid interviewer was trying to lie and he caught her. It was great, and as usual they were trying to discuss his personal life not the actual items that were leaked.

    Stupid.

    cain

  45. 45.

    Yutsano

    @Steeplejack: I’ll get to feeling guilty about that right after I get done rending my sackcloth over the OMYAC breaking two bones in his ankle. Plus Romo is a little short on his hot blonds lately.

  49. 49.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @Yutsano: By the time I got to drafting QBs, the really good ones were taken, sadly.

    But I got Adrian Peterson as my running back, so there’s that.

    ETA: and Romo did pretty well for me last season, I ended up third in my league.

  51. 51.

    Yutsano

    @Steeplejack: Meh. Being top of a hella weak division doesn’t give me too much of teh happy. Plus we lost to the Lambs. The. Fucking. Saint. Louis. Rams. That fact is still making me ill.

    @arguingwithsignposts: It never ceases to amaze me how folks will waste their first two picks trying to get the flavor of the season hot shot QB instead of going for a steady but unflashy performer. I personally blame testosterone.

  52. 52.

    Steeplejack

    @Yutsano:

    Beats being on the bottom of a hella weak division. They’ve been there often enough. Look on the bright side, grasshopper.

  55. 55.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Heh. Never fails. I put up massive dose of teh cute and wifey comes out of the woodwork.

    I ruined someone’s life today. It was kinda fun.

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