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The arc of the moral universe doesn’t bend itself. it’s up to us.

White supremacy is terrorism.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

People are complicated. Love is not.

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

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Everybody saw this coming.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Let me file that under fuck it.

I really should read my own blog.

Donald Jessica Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

Accountability, motherfuckers.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Another missed opportunity for Jamie Dimon to just shut the fuck up.

So many bastards, so little time.

Can we lighten up on the doomsday scenarios?

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

Joe Biden can go out like FDR, not by dying in office, but by crushing the fascists.

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  1. 1.

    the Conster

    I wished I lived in Michigan so I could see how the story ends. Well done, Bridget McCormack.

    ETA: They weren’t kidding about her being hot. She’s the whole package!

  2. 2.

    ? Martin

    How the fuck did a state supreme court candidate pull that off?

    Y’Obama? C’mon man, step it up!

    [Oh, derp. The name was too far removed for me to put 1-1 together.]

  5. 5.

    Punchy

    I caught a “boo boo” in there, and at first thought this ad was clowning on Romney.

    Lots of star power for such a nobody.

  6. 6.

    JasonF

    Pro tip for candidates: when running for office, particularly in down ticket races, it’s helpful if you can arrange to have a famous sibling with lots of famous friends who are willing to put together a viral video for you.

  7. 7.

    replicnt6

    I just saw this on Boing Boing. Sent it to all the like-minded Michiganders I know.

    What a coup. Holy shit.

  8. 8.

    The Dangerman

    @? Martin:

    Y’Obama? C’mon man, step it up!

    Barack is hoping Michael Douglass is free (I’ll shoot the video for free if he brings Catherine or at least the secret on how one marries a hot starlet young enough to be…).

  10. 10.

    TaMara (BHF)

    Just watched it a bit ago. Loved it. Who is Mary McCormack? From Mary McCormack’s lips, with a twinkle in her eye: “I don’t know but I hear she’s hot.”

    And who names their daughters Mary McCormack and Bridget Mary McCormack?

  14. 14.

    Steve

    The Michigan Supreme Court is technically a nonpartisan election, but she is very much a Democratic nominee. The court is actually prone to some ridiculous partisan shenanigans, not much different from what we’ve seen recently from the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Democratic control would be a pretty big deal.

  15. 15.

    General Stuck

    Thank the lard. The Romney campaign is in full reboot to pull themselves out of the frying pan and into the fire.

    Romney makes renewed Medicare push

    And where better to hump that chicken than in Florida speaking to the AARP.

    Romney will continue to make this case at a rally in Sarasota Thursday, focusing on Medicare in his remarks about building a stronger middle class, and reiterating attacks on what the campaign is casting as Mr. Obama’s government dependency.

    Meanwhile, on Friday, Ryan will address the AARP – many of whose members likely have a direct interest in the issue.

    According to Mike Frank, vice president of government studies at the conservative Heritage Foundation, the Romney campaign has everything to gain from elucidating its position on Medicare in a clear and convincing fashion – especially since the issue is not going to go away, in this election or afterward.

    Frank concedes that addressing Medicare has been politically “radioactive” for years, but that it could become less so if likeable politicians make it clear that they’re not out to hurt seniors.

    Absolutely goddam right. Man the ramparts. As the Roman General opined upon seeing Rome in flames – “perfect time for a weeny roast”

    These clowns got nothing on John McCain in the fine art of political suicide.

  17. 17.

    Mj_Oregon

    If only ALL the political ads we see this year could be this enjoyable! I always go through our whole ballot when we get it in the mail but that’s because I have time to really look at it. Some years with all our ballot measures it would take me 20 minutes or longer to vote if we were still going to a polling place(hint, hint – make vote-by-mail required for the entire country!).

    I hope she wins her race!

  19. 19.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    Even had the soaring music at the end. Absolutely perfect.

    I know they were doing this to support a fellow cast member’s sibling but they must have been one helluva tight-knit cast. I didn’t think that kind of camaraderie existed in TV anymore.

  22. 22.

    Warren Terra

    @Corner Stone:

    So one is named Mary Catherine McCormack and one is named Bridget Mary McCormack?

    The third sister is Catherine Bridget McCormack.

    (no, not really).

  23. 23.

    Mnemosyne

    @TaMara (BHF):

    And who names their daughters Mary McCormack and Bridget Mary McCormack?

    Catholics. It’s not as popular now, but it was quite the thing until recently for every daughter to be named Mary + a middle name and be called by their middle name. In my own family, I’m still not entirely clear on whether my mother’s birth name was Annette Marie or Marie Annette (and unfortunately she passed away when I was a child, so I can’t just ask). G’s aunt is legally named Mary Colette and called Colette. Etc.

  25. 25.

    Yutsano

    Salvatore mea. Self-assessment day. Or four hours of saying why I r the awesome. I swear root canals are easier.

  26. 26.

    YellowJournalism

    That was wonderful. Out of everyone, Allison Janney was looking pretty damn good all these years later!

  29. 29.

    jgaugust

    Outstanding. I love the fact that the cast is willing to do this stuff because it actually makes a difference to voters on major issues today.

  31. 31.

    R-Jud

    If I had a fairy godmother who could turn me into someone else for a day, I would have to flip a coin to decide whether I’d be Janelle Monae or Allison Janney.

  33. 33.

    dmsilev

    @General Stuck:

    The Romney campaign is in full reboot to pull themselves out of the frying pan and into the fire.

    Next time, they should hold down F5 during the reboot.

  38. 38.

    Linda Featheringill

    What, pray tell, is a verbal easter egg? I tried the google machine but it wasn’t helpful.

  39. 39.

    WaterGirl

    Elizabeth Warren personally asked me to let everyone know that her debate with Scott Brown will be live on C-SPAN tonight at 7pm Eastern time. You can also watch it online at cbsboston.com.

    Okay, so maybe it was in an email she sent to her entire list of supporters.
    And okay, so maybe it came from her campaign manager and not directly from her.

    Still, I hope we get to see chicken-shit Scott Brown get an ass whooping tonight at 7pm eastern on C-SPAN.

  40. 40.

    Tom Levenson

    @Linda Featheringill: Easter egg, via Wikipedia:

    A virtual Easter egg is an intentional hidden message, in-joke, or feature in a work such as a computer program, web page, video game, movie, book, or crossword.

    I tossed the “verbal” in there ’cause I wanted to point people towards the dialogue.

  46. 46.

    Lurking Canadian

    @JPL: Why would Brown try to weasel out of the debate. I mean, I get that he’s a lightweight and Warren’s awesome, but isn’t he losing right now? In what sense is it a wining move to skip te debates if you’re losing? Especially when you are running on your tough-guy-drives-a-truck persona, you are going to give the impression that you’re afraid of a fight with a grandmother?

  47. 47.

    WaterGirl

    Beloved actors is right. It was like seeing old friends who are still just as fun as they always were, and it’s as if you last saw them yesterday.

    They got everything right – the dialogue, which character said, what. Brilliant, just brilliant.

    Edit: I do wish they had listed all 15 of the states that handles their ballots this way.

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    @Lurking Canadian:

    Especially when you are running on your tough-guy-drives-a-truck persona, you are going to give the impression that you’re afraid of a fight with a grandmother?

    Maybe the idea of having the grandmother beat the crap out of you in a debate seems worse?

  50. 50.

    JPL

    @Lurking Canadian: He had good cover. He’s only missed one vote in the Senate and the MA citizens would forgive him. Fortunately, Harry Reid was very accommodating and sent him on his way.

  52. 52.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Oh, that was roast awesome drenched in awesomesauce with a side of awesome fries, anticipating a big three scoop bowl of death by awesome.

    Absolutely pitch perfect in all ways…the dialogue, the visual style, and the message.

    “Ok, explain this to me like I’m a two year old, and try to do it like you’re not.”

  53. 53.

    WaterGirl

    Could we please have a debate thread? Warren-Brown debate starts in 9 minutes.

    Live on C-SPAN TV tonight at 7pm Eastern time.

    Watch online at cbsboston.com.

  55. 55.

    lahru

    Let’s find out how many Republicans own and use computers. Because maybe the computer, cell phone, and now smart phone have passed them by.

    Just think back ten years and this webad would not have been possible and how many people who ahve dumped land lines and now get their information regarding their voting intentions from a non TV, cable, newsprint, radio world are actually going to vote.

  56. 56.

    Scott Alloway

    Didn’t read the comments. Went straight to the “Leave a Reply” to say, “WOW. What a great ad!” I loved it and I’m a fussy SOB.

  57. 57.

    Mnemosyne

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    You think you’re joking, but my meatspace first name actually is a version of Mary (one o’ them furrin non-English versions, but Mary in another other language still counts as Mary). When two Catholics have a daughter, how could it be anything else?

  61. 61.

    JustAnotherBob

    @Ben Franklin:

    Pawlenty resigns as co-chair

    Pawlenty and the Financial Services Roundtable have written Romney off. No way would he have left the campaign if there was a chance of Romney winning. Access to the White House is an incredibly valuable asset. Romney, if he were to win, would have owed Pawlenty.

  63. 63.

    Josh Steinberg

    @ Tom Levenson,

    Just looking at your comment on Cosma Shalizi & IQ (in context of Andrew Sullivan).

    As Steve Hsu (involved in the Cognitive Genomics Project) has pointed out, anyone who understands factor analysis realises that you can have correlations and a single largest factor even if there are no underlying causal reasons (i.e., it is just an accident). Nonetheless, these models may still be useful.

    Prior to the availability of molecular studies the heritability of type II diabetes was estimated at 0.25 using all those methods. Now molecular studies have identified at least 9 loci involved in the disease. There are other examples in relation to height. So you can’t say that heritability studies, with all their seemingly ridiculous assumptions, are worthless.

    In fact, reading Shalizi closely, you’ll see that he doesn’t think they are either. For instance, he says:

    ***If you put a gun to my head and asked me to guess [whether there are genetic variants that contribute to IQ], and I couldn’t tell what answer you wanted to hear, I’d say that my suspicion is that there are, mostly on the strength of analogy to other areas of biology where we know much more. ***

    Also, in his article on g he seems to accept in the footnotes that intelligence or cognitive ability, as operationally defined by psychologists, is important for economic development.

    His criticism of g is also met here. Still just 1 g: Consistent results from five test batteries Johnson et al
    Intelligence Volume 36, Issue 1, January–February 2008, Pages 81–95

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