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Open Thread

by John Cole|  February 19, 20117:39 am| 23 Comments

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  1. 1.

    morzer

    February 19, 2011 at 7:43 am

    Something tells me that Gillespie isn’t going to meet too many women who could possibly have an orgasm in his presence. And no, glibertarian monsters like McArdle don’t count.

  2. 2.

    Cat Lady

    February 19, 2011 at 7:45 am

    Not getting out of the boat.

  3. 3.

    AhabTRuler

    February 19, 2011 at 7:45 am

    @Cat Lady:

    Not getting out of the boat.

    Neither is the little man in the canoe.

  4. 4.

    Maude

    February 19, 2011 at 7:49 am

    Okay, what have you been doing in the hotel, Cole.
    Or will we read all about your ‘activities’ in the police blotter?

  5. 5.

    Guster

    February 19, 2011 at 7:53 am

    “Female orgasm” is the new “pony.”

  6. 6.

    morzer

    February 19, 2011 at 7:54 am

    @Maude:

    Is it illegal to brood on a cat’s anal glands and Nick Gillespie’s capacity for inducing female orgasm while alone in an hotel?

    I don’t deny that it should be – but is it?

  7. 7.

    Maude

    February 19, 2011 at 8:09 am

    @morzer:
    Maybe not, but it’s kinda like a gateway drug.
    We will have to see what happens.

  8. 8.

    Southern Beale

    February 19, 2011 at 8:13 am

    Well, there’s at least this:

    Justin Bieber On Health Care: U.S. System ‘Evil’
    __
    […]
    __
    Asked if he wanted to become an American citizen, Bieber made clear his love for Canada — and its health care system.
    __
    “You guys are evil,” he told the magazine, out on February 18th. “Canada’s the best country in the world. We go to the doctor and we don’t need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you’re broke because of medical bills. My bodyguard’s baby was premature, and now he has to pay for it. In Canada, if your baby’s premature, he stays in the hospital as long as he needs to, and then you go home.”

  9. 9.

    Southern Beale

    February 19, 2011 at 8:15 am

    I’m not sure if I were Nick Gillespie I’d be advertising my inability to please a woman in the sack. You know, not good for the dating life …

  10. 10.

    Capt

    February 19, 2011 at 8:21 am

    I’d like to volunteer to help find it . . .

    JSYK – I am willing to work long hours and go slow enough to nearly always find it.

    :)

  11. 11.

    Boudica

    February 19, 2011 at 8:40 am

    @Southern Beale: Bieber has either swayed the healthcare debate to our side for the upcoming generation of 12 year old girls (yay!) or he’s just gotten a bunch of 12 year old girls grounded by their Tea Party daddies from listening to or talking about Justin Bieber ever again.
    Maybe not an either/or proposition….

  12. 12.

    SiubhanDuinne

    February 19, 2011 at 8:46 am

    After a week of Bahrain, Wisconsin, Lara Logan, Planned Parenthood, and Tunch’s anal glands, I was ready for a bit of comic relief.

    Found it (via Kos’ Abbreviated Pundit Roundup, h/t) in the form of a SpraksNotes-style literary analysis and deconstruction of “Goodnight, Moon” linked at http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2011/2/16walsh.html. Enjoy!

  13. 13.

    JPL

    February 19, 2011 at 9:27 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: Thank you. There are a few conservatives that will probably burn their copies of the book now. lol

  14. 14.

    frosty

    February 19, 2011 at 9:42 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: That was a hoot. I liked “Upgrade to Spouse4” too. Thanks for the link.

  15. 15.

    Dan

    February 19, 2011 at 10:01 am

    Hi John – I’m popping up from my usual lurking to pimp a post about Sullivan’s recent output. There are a few links back to BJ though so I hope it’s not too big a breach of etiquette…

  16. 16.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 19, 2011 at 10:06 am

    @Southern Beale:

    The most important thing in the US health care system is profit.

    Health care is a poor second, at best.

  17. 17.

    ThresherK

    February 19, 2011 at 10:18 am

    Is it karma that this came out the same week as Valentine’s Day, and our opposition is the same side which says that baking is unmanly?

    Hey, I owns six aprons, so I like propogating that lie simply because it cuts down on the competition.

  18. 18.

    themann1086

    February 19, 2011 at 12:48 pm

    The jokes write themselves.

  19. 19.

    sukabi

    February 19, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    If “wham, bam” is the model for your work and your love life, be prepared to be lonely, unloved and broke….

    this just hasn’t fully caught up to Gillespie yet… must have too many fanboys fluffing for him.

  20. 20.

    timb

    February 19, 2011 at 1:09 pm

    I thought all it took was a cool leather jacket?

  21. 21.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    February 19, 2011 at 1:25 pm

    Hey Fonzie! Try smacking her like a jukebox and see if it’ll pay off.

  22. 22.

    freelancer

    February 19, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    Gonna show her your “Ayyyyyy-face” there, Nick?

  23. 23.

    J. Michael Neal

    February 19, 2011 at 8:38 pm

    The Fonzie of Frustration.

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