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by $8 blue check mistermix|  June 2, 201110:42 am| 31 Comments

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You don’t see many music videos about marital sexual dysfunction, but here’s one that’s borderline NSFW (via). Open thread for the masses.

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  1. 1.

    Bruce S

    June 2, 2011 at 10:57 am

    Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs and 2012.

    Did I say Jobs?

    http://titanicsailsatdawn.blogspot.com/2011/06/jobs-and-2012.html

  2. 2.

    Bulworth

    June 2, 2011 at 10:58 am

    Romney opens campaign, says U.S. “inches away” from not being a free market economy anymore.

    And individual mandates are soshulism unless they’re done by states and Obama totally wasted all that money on the failed auto bailout although it’s great the auto bailout worked because Obama borrowed Romney’s auto bail out plan.

  3. 3.

    Chinn Romney

    June 2, 2011 at 11:02 am

    Sarah’s hitting the Freedom Trail in Boston this morning. And then it’s off to New Hampshire to see Lexington and Concord!

  4. 4.

    Southern Beale

    June 2, 2011 at 11:05 am

    I have a question about the modern legislative process, esp. on the state level. Seems like once upon a time a need was established, either through lobbying or the citizenry or some horrible thing happening, and legislators addressed that need by crafting bills. Now it seems like our elected representatives are pushing forth ideologically driven legislation without even bothering to wonder if the people affected want these bills. Legislators are just going about their business based on their own assumptions as to what people want.

    I don’t get it.

  5. 5.

    Bruce S

    June 2, 2011 at 11:05 am

    “And then it’s off to New Hampshire to see Lexington and Concord!”

    She’s got grandchildren in New Hampshire? I did not know that.

  6. 6.

    Linda Featheringill

    June 2, 2011 at 11:11 am

    The song is sweet and sensitive. It’s not easy being human.

  7. 7.

    Bulworth

    June 2, 2011 at 11:13 am

    Sarah’s hitting the Freedom Trail in Boston this morning. And then it’s off to New Hampshire to see Lexington and Concord!

    And then off to Plymouth Rock in Vermont.

  8. 8.

    Villago Delenda Est

    June 2, 2011 at 11:14 am

    @Bulworth:

    The thing is, the United States hasn’t had a free market economy in decades.

    Corporations loathe the free market. They make every effort possible to bring it under the control of corporations.

    They have succeeded.

  9. 9.

    Violet

    June 2, 2011 at 11:17 am

    Has everyone seen the “Piper Palin hates this bus tour” video? My favorite part is where she elbows the reporters out of the way. That and the “Roll up the window!” cry. LOL.

    She’d better watch out, though. If she isn’t careful she’ll get sent home to live under lock and key like her sister Willow. Can’t have those imperfect kids getting in the way of mom being the center of attention.

  10. 10.

    Bulworth

    June 2, 2011 at 11:21 am

    @Villago Delenda Est: Very true. Romney is having an ironic and unself-aware “ah-ha” moment.

  11. 11.

    Paul in KY

    June 2, 2011 at 11:23 am

    @Chinn Romney: I can’t qwait till she gets to Lexington & wants to tour the horse farms.

  12. 12.

    cyntax

    June 2, 2011 at 11:29 am

    @Bruce S:

    I see what you did there.

  13. 13.

    Andy

    June 2, 2011 at 11:30 am

    @mistermix: I always like when you guys link to us. Thanks a lot! Glad you’re finding stuff you enjoy on the blog.

    These Open Threads are always hilarious to read…

  14. 14.

    joes527

    June 2, 2011 at 11:33 am

    @Violet: I’ll hate on the family Palin with the best of them, but I have to say, the video yesterday of Mom trying to force an obviously unhappy Piper to give flowers to the media just left me sad.

    The original “Piper marches right into the reporter’s arm” video was disturbing enough. That is a seriously unhappy child. In all the videos, Sarah seems to be almost pointedly ignoring her children and they are clearly pissed.

    Not at all funny. Just sad and creepy.

    SARAH, OPEN YOUR FUCKING EYES AND LOOK AT YOUR FUCKING FAMILY.

  15. 15.

    Bender

    June 2, 2011 at 11:42 am

    This is how shameless (or stupid) (not to discount the strong probability of “both”) Ben Smith is: With Weiner floundering like a retarded carp on the deck of the good ship ThatMightBeMyCock, all of a sudden he’s on the center-right (along with…wait for it… Chucky Schumer — I hadn’t realized until now that Ben was a crack addict)!

    Anthony Weiner, who spent most of his career as a media-friendly center-right (by local standards) outer borough Democrat in the Chuck Schumer model,

    “By local standards,” Weiner is still a hyper-hyper-partisan statist shitbird shill. But he’s a Jew who doesn’t support Hamas, so to Smith, he’s center-right…Just to clear that up. Hit that pipe again, Smitty.

    At least he’s better than Reuters, which followed the current journalistic form-book by headlining the Democrat with problems as a Republican. JOURNALISM!

  16. 16.

    Violet

    June 2, 2011 at 11:43 am

    @joes527:
    Yeah, that left me sad too. I feel terrible for her kids. She’s a terrible mother and dragging Piper around like this and ESPECIALLY forcing her to give flowers to reporters is just sad.

    I can’t blame Piper for being pissy. I would be too. Her mom claims she’s not in it for the publicity, but that video yesterday where Piper had to give flowers to the media proves otherwise. Piper comes out of the hotel, wants to go straight to the car, but Sarah sees the cameras and says something like, “Let me just go talk these folks” or something. And poor Piper can’t escape.

    I think my laughing is more at how Sarah, no matter how much she tries, can’t control her kids. Piper is pissed and it’s obvious. I feel terrible for Piper but think it’s funny that Sarah can’t make Piper do what she wants her to do. Piper’s saying, “Suck it, mom. You can’t make me be nice.” Good for her. But I wish for Piper’s sake the whole situation didn’t exist at all. Piper needs a real mom, not whatever Sarah is.

  17. 17.

    Perfect Tommy

    June 2, 2011 at 11:43 am

    Just got this:
    As of June 2, 2011, all PDF versions of books published by the National Academies Press (NAP) will be downloadable free of charge to anyone. This includes our current catalog of more than 4,000 books plus future reports published by NAP.

    http://www.nap.edu/

    These PDFs are readable on a KindleDX

  18. 18.

    Villago Delenda Est

    June 2, 2011 at 11:45 am

    @joes527:

    The props are in revolt! The props are in revolt!

    Sarah’s moron fans obsviously don’t care about the living props of the Sarah “Grift ’till you drop” campaign.

  19. 19.

    taylormattd

    June 2, 2011 at 11:56 am

    @Linda Featheringill: Hey Linda, can you describe it a bit? Sounds interesting, but I’m going to heed the NSFW warning.

  20. 20.

    Yutsano

    June 2, 2011 at 11:58 am

    @Bender: The poultry must continue to be fornicated.

  21. 21.

    burnspbesq

    June 2, 2011 at 12:04 pm

    So Goldman receives a subpoena from the New York County DA’s office. I’d be happier if the subpoena was coming from the US Attorney’s office, but it’s a start.

    Building a case (if there is a case to be built) will be a time-consuming and painstaking process, that will (and should) mostly take place outside the public eye. Patience, y’all.

  22. 22.

    Steve M.

    June 2, 2011 at 12:06 pm

    Best song about sexual dysfunction ever: “I’m Sorry (I Can’t Rock You All Night Long)” by the Wild Seeds.

  23. 23.

    MagicPanda

    June 2, 2011 at 12:31 pm

    @Violet: I think Sarah actually told her kids that this was a vacation, not a media thing. And they are pissed. At least Piper is.

  24. 24.

    Jay in Oregon

    June 2, 2011 at 12:31 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Sarah’s moron fans obsviously don’t care about the living props of the Sarah “Grift ‘till you drop” campaign.

    That matches their concern for military servicemember and first responders; great for photo ops, but annoying when they have minds and opinions of their own.

  25. 25.

    trollhattan

    June 2, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    Looking like this European E.coli outbreak is the debut of a nasty new strain. How long before it’s galloping through the New World’s food supply? I give it a month.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13626499

  26. 26.

    Bostondreams

    June 2, 2011 at 12:55 pm

    @Bender:

    Well, with any luck, he can follow Senator Family Values Vitter and resign in disgrace. Oh, wait…

  27. 27.

    artem1s

    June 2, 2011 at 1:05 pm

    GOP, not satisfied with God-bothering women in the US are now targeting UNFPA for defunding. you can sign a petition here to support The United Nations Population Fund.

    http://capwiz.com/americansforunfpa/home/?external_id=10264.-1552412

  28. 28.

    Zagloba

    June 2, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    @taylormattd: The PNSFW part is too-close-to-see-anything shots of a woman masturbating because her husband is out running/getting drunk after not performing well.

    Also, the song is unlistenable. Repetitive, trite, and might make use of one and a half chords.

  29. 29.

    Brachiator

    June 2, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    @joes527:

    I’ll hate on the family Palin with the best of them, but I have to say, the video yesterday of Mom trying to force an obviously unhappy Piper to give flowers to the media just left me sad.

    There was a time when someone might write about Palin pimping her children for political purposes.

    But now that no one can ever use a sexual term metaphorically or in a clearly political, literary or nonsexual context in conjunction with a female political figure or celebrity, well, then I guess that one can only say that …

    Nah. It still comes down to her pimping her kids for political purposes. And it’s sad that she is oblivious to their concerns. I used to give her more credit for having some honest concern about their feelings.

  30. 30.

    Arclite

    June 2, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    Speaking of sexual dysfunction deviancy (no nudity, but NSFW):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zHVW7Zy_vg

    This video is also a total send-up of the musical video genre. Pure genius.

    Edit: Oh, and Taryn Southern is not only totally hot, but has an incredible voice.

  31. 31.

    4jkb4ia

    June 2, 2011 at 5:24 pm

    It looks as if Sarah Palin actually made some news today. Steve Benen wrote about it, even. In NH on Romney’s announcement day, Palin gifted us with some babble about how any kind of government mandate is very worrisome. The dozen reporters are there to make sure that the populace stays alarmed whenever that woman opens her mouth.

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