Not sure what is happening, but akismet blew up so almost every comment is going into the spam filter. Bear with us.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
“woke” is the new caravan.
Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.
I was promised a recession.
I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.
Nothing worth doing is easy.
White supremacy is terrorism.
Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?
We still have time to mess this up!
Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.
I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.
You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.
rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius
Take your GOP plan out of the witness protection program.
🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵
Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.
The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.
Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.
They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.
You cannot shame the shameless.
A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals
Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.
We are aware of all internet traditions.
I really should read my own blog.
Second rate reporter says what?
cleek
i dare you to eat this comment, Akismet!
freelancer
not so kismet, this.
grape_crush
Rats are continuing to leave a sinking Newt.
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/apnewsbreak-gingrich-campaign-fundraisers-983277.html
The Dangerman
Paraphrasing the immortal words of W:
Now, watch this (test) drive.
geg6
Which explains why my brilliant, funny comment yesterday was flagged as spam. For no fucking reason that I could discern.
I feel better about it now, though.
jeffreyw
Testing…testing…
scav
And where is the Monty Python choir dare I wonder?
Adam Hyland
Spam spam spam spam spam.
Downpuppy
Bears are still threat #1.
Poopyman
Akismet sounds Muslim. Are we at the mercy of a Muslim comment filter? FSM help us!
Poopyman
@ Downpuppy:
Only if they’re flying through your windshield.
schrodinger's cat
Help! Tunch is eating my comments.
schrodinger's cat
Is Tunch on some kind of a diet? First he eats the reply button, now the comments. Please feed Tunch ASAP.
Kthxbai.
Calming Influence
I know that it’s been dominating the news for the last ten days so your probably sick of hearing about it, but I just heard Thom Hartmann talking about Osama Hussein Muhamad, the leader of the Islamic terrorist cell who’s still on the loose in Montana after a shootout with sheriff’s deputies 10 days ago. They apparently have food and weapons caches all over the state, and plotted to assassinate local officials, go to war with the National Guard and overthrow the federal government. I hope they catch him soon so I can watch TV without the constant news updates about these dangerous Muslims!
Brian S
It’s been barfing on us at The Rumpus for a couple of weeks now, though we moderate everything so it’s (oddly enough) a little bit less of a problem than it is for you, I’m guessing.
Poopyman
FWIW, the full story of what happened to a couple of hijab–wearing women at NN and how the flashmob came to be is here.
And Gaius Publius has his final thoughts on NN here. Gotta say I overwhelmingly agree with his points.
RossInDetroit
I had to Google Akismet. If only there was an easy way to invest money in defense against unwanted online content.
I smell a profit, but alas no clear winner at this point.
gnomedad
Bleg update: Windows Explorer was crashing because of a bad shortcut on my desktop. (This explains why other logins were OK.) Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions. Tip: if something similar happens to you, turn off desktop icons.
slag
Is this a challenge to see how many pen.is enhancement synonyms we can collect in a single thread?
trollhattan
From the really odd political metaphors file:
http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2011/06/marcia-fritz-pension-reform-fiscal-child-abuse.html#ixzz1PwFWuSBK
Is that us having another Serious Adult Conversation(tm)? Yes, pensions are just like child abuse.
Mnemosyne
I’m very much afraid that you’re right, which means that the left has learned absolutely nothing from its 40 year long abandonment of electoral politics and decided that the best idea is to double down on what hasn’t worked since they gave up on the Democrats in 1968.
I’m going to go bash my head against a wall for a while.
kindness
We are all spam now.
JCT
And meanwhile on the “ethically challenged” front:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/21/249512/thomas-aei/
I don’t think this asshole has a single redeeming quality.
catclub
Of course, JCole could have more undressed mopping adventures
and invite us to bare with him.
JC
This is probably old news, but, first time I saw it:
The following is ‘biggest TV pundits’, based on an algorithm of media appearances, etc.
Truly puts the lie to the idea of ‘liberal media’, is all I’m saying.
At the time I’m writing this comment, rankings are:
1. Newt Gingrich
2. Sarah Palin
3. Karl Rove
4. Tom Brokaw
5. Ann Coulter
6. Juan Williams
7. Dan Abrams
8. Andrew Sullivan
9. Mike Murphy
10. John Oliver
Two ‘objective’ reporter, 6 Republican operatives/politicians, whatever Andrew Sullivan is, and the comedian, John Oliver.
Liberal media, my a$$.
Poopyman
@Mnemosyne:
Have fun!
kindness
I’m a little puzzled as to those out there in the blogsphere (Sully & others) who now have multiple posts up pointing out that ‘some say’ Jon Stewart was dishonest when he said Fox News viewers were the most misinformed audience.
That can be parsed (as politifact did) so that it’s meaningless but the data is pretty significant and Sully, Politifact et al are lying whores on this one.
Why is that so hard to just say & let the lying whores piss, whine & moan about being called out for being lying assholes.
OzoneR
This makes sense I guess
RossInDetroit
All your swears are belong to us.