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Late Night Open Thread

by John Cole|  May 6, 20121:45 am| 29 Comments

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No one is in jail.

VICTORY.

I should be.

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  1. 1.

    Steeplejack

    May 6, 2012 at 1:49 am

    Congratulations on the safe ending, Cole. I presume all your guests will be picked up off-site at the police checkpoints that have no doubt been established.

    How do the animals interact with the partying hordes? Do they mingle, or do you have to sequester them?

  2. 2.

    Hill Dweller

    May 6, 2012 at 1:50 am

    Willard’s spokesman, Ryan Williams, went into the arena hours before Obama’s OH rally, when no one was there, and took a picture. He then waited until the rally actually started, and posted said picture on twitter with the message ‘View from the floor during @BarackObama speech. Not the overflow crowd he promised’.

    It was a blatant f’n lie, but winger sites, desperate for anything negative, ran with it. Romney and his people truly are vile.

    It also explains the media pushing the narrative. I bet they actually coordinated with the Romney camp.

  3. 3.

    TheMightyTrowel

    May 6, 2012 at 1:51 am

    @Steeplejack: All that pulled pork JC made? That was for his guests to feed to Tunch so Tunch wouldn’t feed on his guests.

  4. 4.

    jl

    May 6, 2012 at 1:56 am

    @Hill Dweller:

    Sad. Futile. Pathetic. Stunt. Fail.

    Won’t work.

    Good Romney camp got cheesy trick number umpteen thousand out of their system early in the campaign.

    This infantile stunt is what running on fumes, and knowing it, looks like.

  5. 5.

    jl

    May 6, 2012 at 1:58 am

    @TheMightyTrowel: Cole fed his guests to Tunch!? Did I read that right?

    I guess that is what the jail joke is about.

    Cole should light out of town right now. That stunt won’t work either.

    You would think a Rove shank would be enough to keep Tunch at bay for a weekend, but no.

    Edit: And, did Cole save a guest for Tunch’s bed time snack?

  6. 6.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    May 6, 2012 at 2:01 am

    I’m living on the edge, watching yesterday’s Jeopardy, again.

  7. 7.

    PeakVT

    May 6, 2012 at 2:04 am

    @jl: Tunch dines only on tuna and Kobe beef. Hooman is too gamey for him too eat. He only kills them for sport.

  8. 8.

    Hill Dweller

    May 6, 2012 at 2:04 am

    Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt on twitter:

    The difference between our events today and Governor Romney’s is that people came. #fordfield

  9. 9.

    cckids

    May 6, 2012 at 2:05 am

    @Steeplejack: I wonder that as well. My animals are mixed – the dog (a Pomeranian) loves loves loves having people over, he even gets revved up for delivery people. One cat is meh, doesn’t want to know these people, but can’t be bothered to actually avoid them. The other one is OMG STRANGER DANGER to the max with most anyone who doesn’t live here. I’ve seen him actually back up the stairs when he accidentally made it halfway down before noticing a non-resident was here.

    The one exception is when my 17-year-old daughter has a few friends over. When they were loud screechy tweenies he had nothing to do with them. Now that they are beautiful young women, he is suddenly quite the ladiez man. Wanders in, does the flop & stretch in the middle of the room, so they all go “aww, he’s so cute” & rub the belly. Oy, the males of whatever species are alike.

  10. 10.

    kdaug

    May 6, 2012 at 2:05 am

    Dogs decided that I could stop the sky from booming again, so I get woken up to the sound of thunder and dog licks to my feet and ears.

    Didn’t even know we were supposed to get rain tonight. Suppose we can use it, but I could do without the doggie drama.

    And, naturally, they left the wife alone. She’s still solidly asleep. Apparently they think I’m the only one with the power to make the sky stop going boom.

    Swell. Really, dogs. Swell.

  11. 11.

    Roger Moore

    May 6, 2012 at 2:09 am

    Victory? What kind of lame party doesn’t result in somebody getting arrested?

  12. 12.

    Citizen_X

    May 6, 2012 at 2:11 am

    TUNCH OR GTFO.

  13. 13.

    TuiMel

    May 6, 2012 at 2:16 am

    @TheMightyTrowel:

    The most obese cat I have ever seen (not Tunch)

    Pic #18

    http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/05/animals-in-the-news/100290/

  14. 14.

    amk

    May 6, 2012 at 2:20 am

    You killed and ate tunch, didntcha ? Asshole.

  15. 15.

    Spaghetti Lee

    May 6, 2012 at 2:21 am

    @Hill Dweller:

    The difference between our events today and Governor Romney’s is that people came.

    And then they all had a nice cigarette!

    …

    (Sorry. I’ve spent too much time on the internet.)

  16. 16.

    piratedan

    May 6, 2012 at 2:25 am

    don’t like your reality? try the new Republican reality! now with 40% more white people and a new and improved minority filter that allows you to ignore not only black people, but hispanics and poor people too. For only a modest campaign contribution, we can add the deluxe package that allows you to filter by religion, sex and sexual preference as well! Buy yours today, invest in Romneycom and operators are standing by!

  17. 17.

    Anne Laurie

    May 6, 2012 at 2:25 am

    @kdaug:

    And, naturally, they left the wife alone. She’s still solidly asleep. Apparently they think I’m the only one with the power to make the sky stop going boom.

    Or they figured (correctly) that you might get up & at least do a perimeter check, whilst a slumbering Wife… is not to be disturbed.

    Love versus respect, the pack-species conundrum.

  18. 18.

    kdaug

    May 6, 2012 at 2:31 am

    @Anne Laurie: Or they figured (correctly) that I might want to finish off the stir-fry.

    Nom-nom.

  19. 19.

    jl

    May 6, 2012 at 2:34 am

    @Citizen_X:

    ” TUNCH OR GTFO. ”

    Truer words never spoken. We need a pic of Tunch.

    Any ‘guest’ bits showing on his whiskers? Post it quick in case the BJ lawyers need to give Cole some friendly advice.

  20. 20.

    amk

    May 6, 2012 at 2:34 am

    @kdaug: doggie drama ? yeah, tell me about it. Our pug bitch, who constantly ignores me, came running to my bedroom, because no one else was at home and some fireworks were on nearby. Bitch.

  21. 21.

    jl

    May 6, 2012 at 2:45 am

    Damit. I am so out of it. I somehow got it into my head that the new Avengers movie was a new version of the TV series, except better than the last one was supposed to be (I never saw it).

    But it is some Marvel comics superhero action flick. Scratch seeing that.

    Who is the next Diana Rigg/ Emma Peel, anyway? We need one.

  22. 22.

    gaz

    May 6, 2012 at 2:49 am

    I’ve feel as though I’ve watched all of the newer TV shows that are any good. I’m kind of bummed because I want MOAR.

    Breaking Bad: Watched it all
    The Killing: Current
    Justified: I’m current
    Burn Notice: current
    Game of thrones (I don’t like that much but whatever): Current
    Mad Men: I hate this show. The characters are sycophants, IMO. No interest.

    What doesn’t suck, right now? (UK or US)

  23. 23.

    TheMightyTrowel

    May 6, 2012 at 3:07 am

    @gaz: I’m re-watching all of buffy in order from the beginning.

    Also: Sherlock

  24. 24.

    Hill Dweller

    May 6, 2012 at 3:14 am

    The second series of Sherlock starts tonight, making an already crowded Sunday night impossible. Thankfully, HBO airs their shows 700 times per week.

  25. 25.

    amk

    May 6, 2012 at 3:26 am

    @amk: Now that no one is home, she wants to me hand-feed her lunch. Had to do it. Spoiled bitch.

  26. 26.

    piratedan

    May 6, 2012 at 4:00 am

    @gaz: an oldie but a goodie…. James Burke’s Connections and The Day the Universe Changed series

  27. 27.

    freelancer (iPhone)

    May 6, 2012 at 4:34 am

    You should be in jail…are you a black woman who discharged a firearm in your own home to ward off domestic violence thinking that FL’s stand your ground law would protect you the way it protected non-Black, non-Female George Zimmerman? Silly dark slut, laws are for us!

  28. 28.

    R-Jud

    May 6, 2012 at 8:06 am

    @gaz:

    Mad Men: I hate this show. The characters are sycophants, IMO. No interest.

    You mean solipsists, right?

  29. 29.

    The Fat Kate Middleton

    May 6, 2012 at 10:22 am

    @gaz: 1. Doc Martin (first four (?) seasons available on Netflix, most recent on http://www.tv-links.eu/tv-shows/Doc-Martin_218/)

    2. Damages, also available on Netflix.

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