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I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Bark louder, little dog.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

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

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

After roe, women are no longer free.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

Republicans do not pay their debts.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Come on, man.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

Optimism opens the door to great things.

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  2. 2.

    stinkdaddy

    At this point doing a Ranting Hitler video is a commentary on doing a Ranting Hitler video. I’m not usually into stuff that comments on itself (inadvertently or otherwise) but damn, that clip is classic.

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    PurpleGirl

    Incredibly good subplot: The complaint about the woman cutting her nails while on the bus and then having one staff woman comforting another staffer (“I’m sure he doesn’t know it was you.”) really made me laugh.

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    EdTheRed

    *cues up the Soul Coughing in a vain attempt to slay the EarWorm that was just implanted in my brain*

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    lawguy

    I listened to people talking about this on NPR yesterday. Good lord, get a grip. They are closing part of the freeway for 2 days.

  15. 15.

    handsmile

    Whoa! That was aesthetically pleasing to find this when I turned on the Balloon Juice machine this morning. My favorite, indeed, from this desert-island disc o’mine.

    On the day when I can cry if want to, many thanks for this unexpected gift, as I will not be going to Reseda….

  17. 17.

    PTirebiter

    I was still living in L.A. when the ’84 Olympics came to town preceded by the same dire predictions. Half the overpasses on the Santa Ana freeway were sure to collapse, etc.
    Locals changed their driving habits a tad and the traffic was actually more tolerable than usual. Civil servants exchanged awards and L.A. Shortcuts sold like diet-cocaine. Maybe the media will insure a real catastrophe of some sort and avoid the egg facial this time around.

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    Seitz

    I’m a former Angeleno, though I grew up in the Pasadena area, so I didn’t spend a lot of time on the 405. When I first heard about “Carmageddon”, I figured it was something that was going to screw up the area for months like some of the construction that we have in the Midwest (like when they screwed up the Edens in Chicago a couple years ago). Then I found out it was for like 53 hours or something. What a bunch of fucking crybabies. It’s a weekend! Take a vacation.

  19. 19.

    eastriver

    This is the karma that is wreaked on a city that measures distance in time.

    (“How far am I from Van Nuys?” “About 45 minutes.” Not 20 miles. 45 minutes. Karmaggedon. No, better: Karmangeddon Ghia.)

  20. 20.

    catclub

    Stuck on S @ 14

    So in other words … we’re fucked.

    Actually, I continue to take solace from the fact that three years in, there is much more blame to Bush than Obama for the economy. Talk about your weak sauce.

  21. 21.

    artem1s

    @lawguy:

    No kidding. They have started the Inner Belt bridge project here in Cleveland. Going to last for 3 years if we’re lucky. So LA can cry me a river. I got no pity. ;)

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    opie jeanne

    What was the Hitler clip originally from? Ok, I know I’m lame, but I haven’t seen that movie.

  24. 24.

    Crusty Dem

    The only thing that makes me happier than a Soul Coughing reference is the number of Juicers who knew it. Outstanding.

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    singfoom

    Bah, I thought Hitler was going to rant about the old series of games: Carmageddon, not some construction project.

    Props for the Soul Coughing framing though.

  30. 30.

    Glen Tomkins

    The popularity of the “Hitler is pissed” YouTubes

    Folks had misgivings about The Downfall because it protrayed Hitler as a lunatic, but a very human and understandable lunatic. You can take his over-the-top lunatic rant about the impending fall of Berlin and dub in a lunatic rant you might hear from an Angeleno about Carmageddon, and it fits right in. We knew it would from that fact that anyone would call it “Carmageddon”. That very name for closing a freeway for two days already has lunatic rant built into it.

    This bit of The Downfall is so overused because lunatic rant has become a very mainstream form of self-expression. I guess the Hitler dubs show that at least we still notice that there might be something a bit untoward about that.

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    BarbCat

    Real Angelenos don’t drive on the weekends anyway. ‘Carmageddon’ is some PR term to reinforce the stereotype, so people stop moving here. It’s 82 at the beach, and breezy. I’m on my bike and I’m rollin’, I’m rollin’.

  32. 32.

    agorabum

    It’s like the Big Dig. But way worse. Also, only for a weekend.

    Best part of the whole story: Jet Blue sold $4 flights from Burbank airport to Long Beach (which is by the 405. So if you have to get from the south bay (i.e. manhattan beach / Long Beach area) to the San Frenando Valley, it’ll be tough to drive but you can fly for just a few bucks more than a bus pass.

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