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by John Cole|  November 30, 20118:02 pm| 44 Comments

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I feel like everything I write today is rambling and incoherent, more so than usual, so I am just going to sit back and watch the idiot box until Captain Kirk hangs out with Shawn and Guster tonight on Psych.

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  1. 1.

    jeffreyw

    November 30, 2011 at 8:04 pm

    Have a sammich.

  2. 2.

    BGinCHI

    November 30, 2011 at 8:04 pm

    Could be worse. You could be Herman Cain. Or married to Newt Gingrich.

  3. 3.

    Baud

    November 30, 2011 at 8:05 pm

    I have to admit, I was a bit confused about the point you were trying to make in your last post. But kudos for self-awareness.

  4. 4.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    November 30, 2011 at 8:08 pm

    @Baud:

    I have to admit, I was a bit confused about the point you were trying to make in your last post.

    I think it was “Jesus Fucking Christ. In this day and age? Seriously, America? Fucking seriously? Fuck”

  5. 5.

    arguingwithsignposts

    November 30, 2011 at 8:11 pm

    Steven Colbert and Neil DeGrasse Tyson talking about science for 90 minutes. Via Kottke

  6. 6.

    Baud

    November 30, 2011 at 8:11 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I think that was two posts ago.

  7. 7.

    Dr.BDH

    November 30, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    Speaking of Captain Kirk, here in Wisconsin (where Scott Walker’s anti-recall ads are burning through Koch Cash faster than a meth-addled honeymooner in Vegas), William Shattner (“Huh, huh, he said ‘Shat'”) is doing ads for the motorcycle tort kings, Hupy and Abramson. Not to be confused with the liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge, Shirley Abrahamson. And now you know some trivia about Wisconsin.

  8. 8.

    Jprice

    November 30, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    You don’t write incoherent posts; one of the front-pagers does, though, and all too often. One thing that’s real convenient about gawker is that the post titles try to be both snarky and descriptive. That would be a big help here for a couple of people. Dropping the old paintings would help save space, especially when those images have little to nothing to do with the text content. I’m not saying inverted triangles or anything like that. Just that it would be nice to be able to drop in quickly a few times a day, like I do, and be able to get sense what was going on. I think it’s almost axiomatic that the more page views a blog gets, the more difficult it is to stay sharp and focussed. Look at NoMoreMisterNiceBlog: from sharp comments to his own page to a distracted mess. He should go back to commenting to regain his mojo. Now… if only I could do what I am asking you for….

  9. 9.

    JPL

    November 30, 2011 at 8:20 pm

    The Republicans Senators are willing to extend the payroll tax and have offered a way to pay for it

    Republicans reject any tax increases and offered their alternative later Wednesday, calling for a freeze of federal salaries, reducing the federal workforce and preventing millionaires from getting food stamps and unemployment benefits.

    Just to show the Americans folks that they are worried about inequity in income, if a millionaire is laid off he can’t get food stamps or unemployment.

    edit..must credit cnn

  10. 10.

    Benjamin Franklin

    November 30, 2011 at 8:25 pm

    Speaking of Walker….Any credible challengers? I like Russ Feingold

  11. 11.

    robertdsc-PowerBook

    November 30, 2011 at 8:27 pm

    Can we has Tunch pictures? It’s been a while since we’ve seen the big guy.

  12. 12.

    Gordon, The Big Express Engine

    November 30, 2011 at 8:27 pm

    You all will love this: http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2011/11/27/what-you-dont-always-hear-about-those-greedy-one-percenters/

    Obligatory facebook link from a friend that is trending to the dark side…

  13. 13.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    November 30, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    Hey Yuts, you see we got us a pirate on the Palouse? This is gonna be weird. Though the student section full of pirate costumes should prove to be entertaining, along with the offense. Pac 12 football is turning into a video game league. First team to 50 points wins.

  14. 14.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    November 30, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    Dick Durban is right now on my tv saying that Republicans are saying that people who make $750,000 or more should not be entitled to food stamp benefits. Are these people fucking serious? These people stand there in front of cameras and seriously suggest that people making $750,000 would a) need food stamps and b) actually apply for them? Really? What kind of alternate fucking universe do these people live in?

  15. 15.

    JPL

    November 30, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    @Litlebritdifrnt: I just saw that on CNN.com… comment 8…the repubs also want to screw government workers… how about themselves first…

  16. 16.

    Jprice

    November 30, 2011 at 8:32 pm

    I love how my comments await and await moderation while others pop up immediately. ….

  17. 17.

    quannlace

    November 30, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    Could be worse. You could be Herman Cain. Or married to Newt Gingrich.

    Or both.

  18. 18.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    November 30, 2011 at 8:38 pm

    @JPL: I don’t know about you but I have seen someone on foodstamps at the end of the month. They watch the register total add up on every scan. They can afford the bread, peanut butter and jelly but the mac and cheese puts them over the top, so they sheepishly put that back. That is no way to live. The idea that someone making 750K a year would have to do that is so damn laughable as to be Kafkaesque.

  19. 19.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    November 30, 2011 at 8:40 pm

    There be pirates here.

  20. 20.

    Jenny

    November 30, 2011 at 8:40 pm

    Fox and Villagers turn on Romney

    http://youtu.be/ClGkDUO3DF8

  21. 21.

    JPL

    November 30, 2011 at 8:41 pm

    @Litlebritdifrnt: I’m glad you mentioned that Durbin was out there.
    The front page of CNN.com says Obama issues tax cut challenge
    GOP details plan..

    I clicked to the link and was shocked.

  22. 22.

    scav

    November 30, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    Some days, all I want or can stand is posts consisting of nothing but old pictures, possibly interrupted by mild doses of Tunch and incoherent ranting.

  23. 23.

    JPL

    November 30, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    @Litlebritdifrnt: I’m still shocked…Can we swear on this post also, too. fuckityfuckfuckfuck

  24. 24.

    Suffern ACE

    November 30, 2011 at 8:52 pm

    @Litlebritdifrnt: Well, I think we have a way of keeping people making $750K per year out of the food stamp program. They apply…and are turned down. It’s really not that much of a hassle.

  25. 25.

    Steeplejack

    November 30, 2011 at 8:59 pm

    @Cole:

    [. . .] I am just going to sit back and watch the idiot box until Captain Kirk hangs out with Shawn and Guster tonight on Psych.

    Similar here. Catching up on the Balloon Juice threads, but waiting for Psych to start.

    I have worked two early shifts and gotten home by 4:00 p.m. each day. Plus I got a full night’s sleep last night–during “regular” sleeping hours!–so I am feeling uncharacteristically normal tonight.

    New episode of Nadia G’s Bitchin’ Kitchen also at 9:00. That’s going on the DVR.

  26. 26.

    SectarianSofa

    November 30, 2011 at 9:03 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:
    Yep, seemed clear to me.

    @scav:

    Some days, all I want or can stand is posts consisting of nothing but old pictures, possibly interrupted by mild doses of Tunch and incoherent ranting

    Word. Coherent ranting OK, too.

  27. 27.

    Steeplejack

    November 30, 2011 at 9:06 pm

    @scav:

    Home sweet home.

  28. 28.

    Poopyman

    November 30, 2011 at 9:09 pm

    Foreclosure Fraud Whistleblower Found Dead.

    No cause of death known, but the Las Vegas cops know it’s not homicide. Uh. Huh.

  29. 29.

    Paddy

    November 30, 2011 at 9:14 pm

    Jeebus, did this woman sleep thru her 20’s? Michele Bachmann Makes Another “Historical” Fact Error

    She was a fracking Carter supporter and she missed the Iran Hostage Crisis?

  30. 30.

    AA+ Bonds

    November 30, 2011 at 10:05 pm

    @Paddy:

    She didn’t miss anything, events actively confuse her as they pass before her vacant eyes

  31. 31.

    AA+ Bonds

    November 30, 2011 at 10:06 pm

    BTW I love how everyone took their knives out as soon as I left that Iran thread. Sign of a job well done.

    I even got one of the BigLaw regret-machines to accuse me of being unemployed to diminish me. Another fake-ass Democrat revealed.

  32. 32.

    Suffern ACE

    November 30, 2011 at 10:14 pm

    @Paddy: I think she just assumes that Obama saying something at one time or another about “regime change” not being a goal of his administration meant that bygones were bygones and Iran just opened the door to let us back in. It’s not the history per se, it’s the recent present that she missing.

  33. 33.

    AA+ Bonds

    November 30, 2011 at 10:19 pm

    Here’s your dose, top headlines on FoxNews.com right now.

    That subhead is absolutely precious but the strategic points here, as I’ve mentioned many times before, are the two smaller headlines, both labor-related. They are attacking labor very hard this year. Expect it to become an issue in the general, even if Democrats don’t realize it.

    I’ve often wondered what algorithms Fox uses to promote stories on the front page of its website. My New Years Resolution is to set up a spreadsheet and try to make a crude estimate of their current output based on story themes at certain hours of the day. I’m assuming they’re smart enough to be doing it that way to maximize page views, but then again, that’s the kind of ‘smart’ that Fox News does well.

  34. 34.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 30, 2011 at 10:19 pm

    @Jprice: Whatever you have been drinking or snorting, you either need far more or far, far less of it. Just saying. I don’t judge.

  35. 35.

    AA+ Bonds

    November 30, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    With all the NC expats here you’d think there’d be a game thread tonight . . . just me and the radio I guess

  36. 36.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 30, 2011 at 10:27 pm

    @AA+ Bonds: Well, when they call you up to the Show, you can post your own game threads. Until then, you’ll just have to deal.

  37. 37.

    priscianusjr

    November 30, 2011 at 10:43 pm

    I’m sorry John, I just can’t follow what you’re trying to say here.

  38. 38.

    RalfW

    December 1, 2011 at 12:16 am

    I’m sure many Juice regulars read Charlie Pierce more or less daily now, but this was so spot-on I just wanna quote it:

    This is no longer a campaign. It is Newt Gingrich’s last chance to define himself in history as the grandiose figure he sees when he looks in the mirror. It’s not a book tour any more, or an elaborate form of negotiation aimed at jacking up his lecture fees. If he thinks he can win, Newt Gingrich is going to look at this campaign now as a grand opportunity to justify himself as a man of historical moment, a kind of supra-national figure whose like we will not see again. If anyone thinks he’s likely to abandon that great quest just because he’s fundamentally unprincipled, and because the image itself is a tinpot fraud, they’re fooling themselves.

  39. 39.

    Mnemosyne

    December 1, 2011 at 12:43 am

    We’re having one of those freaky LA nights where the winds go crazy and start rattling the windows. Thirty-mile an hour winds with gusts of up to 60 MPH. Always freaks me out more than a little.

  40. 40.

    Yutsano

    December 1, 2011 at 1:05 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Why do you hate me so? :)

  41. 41.

    Caz

    December 1, 2011 at 1:28 am

    First thing you’ve said in a long time that I actually agree with! Most of the time you are rambling, incoherent, disrespectful, crass, bitter, naive, gullable, blindly loyal, misinformed, hypocritical, unethical, selfish, and arrogant.

    Add to that the inability to see facts and reality in order to form rational thoughts and critically analyze issues and you’re left with what is a totally worthless, but very entertaining show!

    It’s like a freak at one of the old-school carnivals. We know how disgusting the freak is, but we can’t look away, and we sometimes feel bad for the freak when he cries. But then we move on quickly in our day and the freak is forgotton, having left society perhaps only slightly worse than it was before the freak was there. The freak doesn’t really play any important part in society other than merely providing a spectacle that grounded indiviuals can use as a comparison to see how unfucked the rest of us really are. Thank god for the freak, for in his incoherent idiocy we see why we can and should make a difference – and the freak always provides some laughs for those of us who really do matter.

    But when you let the freaks vote, the whole system can come crashing down. Freaks can’t be taken seriously enough to actually vote. They are for spectacle and entertainment purposes only. So, freak, please know your place and don’t vote.

    Troll out!

  42. 42.

    Amir Khalid

    December 1, 2011 at 2:54 am

    @Caz:

    First thing you’ve said in a long time that I actually agree with! Most of the time you are rambling, incoherent, disrespectful, crass, bitter, naive, gullable, blindly loyal, misinformed, hypocritical, unethical, selfish, and arrogant.

    On the other hand, that ol’ sweetheart Caz is the Golden Prince of Trolls.

  43. 43.

    Phylllis

    December 1, 2011 at 4:50 am

    I dvr’d that episode. And will likely watch it from home today, since I have the sore throat from hell and my right eye has leaked water for the last none hours. Bleh.

    Oh, and to all the various and sundry who don’t like the pictures, wish John ran the blog differently, blah blah blah fishcakes, is someone holding a gun to your head and making you read and comment? No? Then keep moving. Ain’t like this is the only blog on the ‘nets.

  44. 44.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    December 1, 2011 at 8:08 am

    @RalfW: Thank you for the link. The illustration of Gingrich as Megamind with man boobs was awesome.

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