Went to bed and fell asleep, the Tunch jumped on my head, so I woke up (for obvious reasons). Lay there for a while thinking about my buddy Mary, who was just down for Homecoming, and texted me today that her mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Sleepless ensued. So I broke out something that used to put me to bed in my teens:
When was the last time you heard that?
*** Update ***
Apparently my musical selection was uncool. I’m not going to start playing Yes, Little Feat, the GD, the Stones, Zep, Queen, and all the other music I loved as a teen, but I will give you this:
If that isn’t “cool” enough for you, just eat a bag of dicks and talk about Andrew Sullivan.
NobodySpecial
There’s a reason I haven’t heard that in over 20 years.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@NobodySpecial: Indeed. I suppose it could have been worse, though; he could have put a Culture Club video there instead.
wasabi gasp
Time for some French girls. Brigitte – Battez Vous
Quaker in a Basement
Maybe Tunch is pissed that you’re going to Lauderdale without him. Or maybe he’s just a jerk.
The prophet Nostradumbass
Here’s something interesting, the first ever clinic to offer abortion services of any kind in Ireland will soon open in Belfast. Abortion is completely illegal in the Republic, and is almost illegal in the North.
Chipping away, at least.
freelancer
Personal Foul, Feline, Illegal Contact. Opposing player carted off the field, posting this thread as a thumbs up to the observing audience. CAT Scan results pending though a death-rendering concussion may have occurred. Player is identified as a JG Cole. Cole’s Mom may check in from the sidelines and will keep us posted. No word yet from the commissioner as to whether the offending offensive tackle will be subject to ejection, suspension, or a heavy fine.
askew
So, DailyKos has decided to change their site again and change the “new” post designation so that it resets every time you change browsers or computers. Basically, they are making their site state-of-the-art for 2003 with no warning to any users including the ones who paid money for that site. I just want to say that I appreciate that John soliciting input on this site before making changes and listening to users when the changes suck.
On a much happier note – the Q polls are out too and Obama leads by 3 in WI, 5 in VA and is behind 1 in CO. Good news all around.
PeakVT
Post of the year.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Your favorite music sucks, so I’ll offer you with some polls via TPM
Just out from NBC/WSJ/Marist, three new state polls.
The roof, the roof, the roof is not on fire
The prophet Nostradumbass
How odd, I’m getting a Domino’s ad in Spanish.
YellowJournalism
@The prophet Nostradumbass: Meanwhile, it’s being chipped away at in the other direction in the US.
Did anyone watch Anderson Cooper’s “keeping them honest” segment tonight about Romney’s abortion flip-flop? The Republican they had on there said something really stupid about how women care about this long list of health concerns like cancer, heart disease, and other ailments but do not care about abortion because that’s not really part of women’s health and has been misrepresented as such by the liberals or some crap like that. Pissed me off, because it was so insanely stupid and dismissive of the issue. It had a “real women, not you sluts” feel in her tone.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Jesus, now Stewart is rehashing the debate and Big Bird. Is this a rerun?
Calouste
@The prophet Nostradumbass: Having abortion illegal in Ireland is just punishing the very poor and schoolgirls. England, where abortion is legal, is a daytrip away and the NHS will cover the costs even for foreigners.
The prophet Nostradumbass
It never fails with liberals, you bring them some good news, and they’ll find a way to turn it into a downer.
karen marie
I wasn’t able to listen to enough of the Frankie selection to render judgment because my dog voted for me. She started barking hysterically at the sound of birds. John, do you listen with headphones?
Saw Bill Clinton tonight in Tempe, AZ, speaking in support of Richard Carmona for US Senate. He was very good but smaller than I expected. He definitely instilled in me more enthusiasm for Carmona than I had before. Will post video as soon as I organize it.
Calouste
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Ohio +6 is the biggie there. Even the R leaning polls that came out after the debate had Obama at no worse than -1, so that stronghold holds. And without Ohio, no President Romney.
TexasMango
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I wouldn’t know. Since he went all David Broder and started hanging out will Billy O I haven’t watched him in months. He’s just the lead in the Steve Colbert as far as I’m concerned.
TexasMango
@Calouste: MR won’t pull out of OH because it would look too bac, but if he were smart he would move his resources to FL, NC and VA. Early voting in OH has already started and the Democrats are way ahead so far.
Mnemosyne
Charlotte sleeps on my legs at night, and if I move too much, she bites me. I can usually convince Keaton to sleep on a pillow above my head, but there was one night when he decided that he needed to wrap himself around my head to groom me.
In crafting news, I finished the shawl I want to wear to a work party on Saturday night. As is normal for shawls with lace, right now it looks like a pile of wet noodles, but it will look much nicer once I wash and block it into shape. Next up, needlepointing a coordinating shawl pin.
Hill Dweller
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Stewart hammered Willard last night, so he had to balance it out tonight. You can’t be the next Broder by just going after the wingnuts.
The Big Bird commercial is getting more criticism than Romney claiming he can pay for trillions of dollars in new spending by cutting PBS funding.
The Village is full of idiots.
Nicole
Oh, Frankie Goes to Hollywood. I remember Tshirts with lyrics to “Relax” on them being banned at my middle school Which mystified the students. We were young, it was the 1980’s; a lot of us didn’t understand what was meant by “When you want to come?” But boy, our teachers did. Kids got sent home for wearing “Relax” t-shirts.
Sigh. I’m up late thanks to a gig recording audiobooks from home coinciding with my apartment building renting the retail space. The banging and clanging from 8-6 every day sounds like it’s right inside the apartment (I’m two floors up). Nothing like sitting in your closet at 2AM.
On the bright side, I’m doing a bunch of D&D novels. My 12-year-old self thinks I’m really cool. ;)
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Calouste: aye, Romney is pretty much fucked without Ohio, and I have a hunch about Florida.
@TexasMango: he still has his moments, or his writers do, and Jessica Williams is pretty freakin’ awesome. But tonight you could feel his Broderism all over the opening piece. And the whole, “look how open-minded and thoughtful I am, I’m hanging out with Bill O’Reilly” thing is weird and kinda sad.
SteveAudio
Yes is always cool! Problem is, too many people think only 3 chord music is rock. Silly people. Rock can have complex meters, multiple chord changes, and be intellectually challenging.
Of course, rock can always be 3 chord pop too. It’s all good.
ruemara
Oh please. I like it. Haters can eat a bag of salted glitter dicks.
Hill Dweller
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Jessica Williams’ black Mormon focus group was hilarious.
Hill Dweller
Cole mentioning Zep inspired me to go listen to Bonham’s drum outtakes from Fool in the Rain on youtube. I could listen to that half-time shuffle all day.
Death Panel Truck
You’ve got the initials backwards. That’s the DG – the Dreadful Grate.
wasabi gasp
Everyone chill the fuck out…I got French girls. Adrienne Pauly – Méchant Cafard
FlipYrWhig
I would listen to Frankie Goes to Hollywood 11 times out of 10 over that meandering stoner shit about wizards and warlocks and cokehead train engineers.
danielx
Pondering over which was the better live act at their peak – Little Feat or J. Geils Band. Little Feat perhaps better musically, but Peter Wolf had no rivals at inciting a crowd to absolute frenzy. As witness J. Geils Band’s first appearance at IU’s Assembly Hall opening for Rod Stewart, who they blew off the stage with ease, and their second appearance at same when they damn near got concerts at Assembly Hall banned. On the other hand, seeing Little Feat parade on stage and light into Fat Man in the Bathtub in Louisville the night before the Kentucky Derby was pretty fun too….at least from what I can recall.
Sidebar: I’m really coming to detest sleepless nights.
James E. Powell
@Calouste:
FTFY
Soonergrunt
Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley has died.
Arclite
Just leave Sully ALONE!
Calouste
@TexasMango: Yep, Romney can’t pull out of Ohio. The Village and the American public in general are not smart, but they can grasp “no Republican has ever won without Ohio”.
Another Halocene Human
@TexasMango: The more Romney tightens his grip, the more states slip through his fingers.
Patricia Kayden
Why am I singing “Tunchie keeps falling on my head”?
Tunch has no respect for JC at all, does he?
Chyron HR
Bit late, but why the fuck not?
Or something like that.Suffern Ace
@Chyron HR: if he doesnt play them, someone else will. And they might not do it right. that’s my worry.
vimeo.com/37814788
youtube.com/watch?v=8i6i42G72Ak&feature=youtube_gdata_player
youtube.com/watch?v=ytc4_JJWqMQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
scott
Little @Chyron HR: Um, yeah. John Cole rocks the fuck out of this place! Some people rag on Yes, but haters gotta hate.
Porco Rosso
Trevor Horn produced super groups or French Chicks?
What about faux frogs?
youtu.be/VsNfaSgiv5k
wenchacha
“The poodle bites. The poodle chews.”
I remember when everybody around me knew Zappa and I didn’t, yet. He made me laugh; he was so far off the wall.
jacksmith
“Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!” – Patrick Henry
What a brilliant ruling by the United States Supreme Court on the affordable health care act (Obamacare). Stunningly brilliant in my humble opinion. I could not have ask for a better ruling on a potentially catastrophic healthcare act than We The People Of The United States received from our Supreme Court.
If the court had upheld the constitutionality of the individual mandate under the commerce clause it would have meant the catastrophic loss of the most precious thing we own. Our individual liberty. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Supreme Court.
There is no mandate to buy private for-profit health insurance. There is only a nominal tax on income eligible individuals who don’t have health insurance. This is a HUGE! difference. And I suspect that tax may be subject to constitutional challenge as it ripens.
This is a critically important distinction. Because under the commerce clause individuals would have been compelled to support the most costly, dangerous, unethical, morally repugnant, and defective type of health insurance you can have. For-profit health insurance, and the for-profit proxies called private non-profits and co-ops.
Equally impressive in the courts ruling was the majorities willingness to throw out the whole law if the court could not find a way to sever the individual mandate under the commerce clause from the rest of the act. Bravo! Supreme Court.
Thanks to the Supreme Court we now have an opportunity to fix our healthcare crisis the right way. Without the obscene delusion that Washington can get away with forcing Americans to buy a costly, dangerous and highly defective private product (for-profit health insurance).
During the passage of ACA/Obamacare some politicians said that the ACA was better than nothing. But the truth was that until the Supreme Court fixed it the ACA/Obamacare was worse than nothing at all. It would have meant the catastrophic loss of your precious liberty for the false promise and illusion of healthcare security under the deadly and costly for-profit healthcare system that dominates American healthcare.
As everyone knows now. The fix for our healthcare crisis is a single payer system (Medicare for all) like the rest of the developed world has. Or a robust Public Option choice available to everyone on day one that can quickly lead to a single payer system.
Talk of privatizing/profiteering from Medicare or social security is highly corrupt and Crazy! talk. And you should cut the political throats of any politicians giving lip service to such an asinine idea. Medicare should be expanded, not privatized or eliminated.
We still have a healthcare crisis in America. With hundreds of thousands dieing needlessly every year in America. And a for-profit medical industrial complex that threatens the security and health of the entire world. The ACA/Obamacare will not fix that.
The for-profit medical industrial complex has already attacked the world with H1N1 killing thousands, and injuring millions. And more attacks are planned for profit, and to feed their greed.
To all of you who have fought so hard to do the kind and right thing for your fellow human beings at a time of our greatest needs I applaud you. Be proud of your-self.
God Bless You my fellow human beings. I’m proud to be one of you. You did good.
See you on the battle field.
Sincerely
jacksmith – WorkingClass :-)
Trinity
Omg I haven’t listed to that FGTH track in forever! Wow Cole. You took me way back. I just sent it to my sister. She will flip.
thanks :)
Rob
Your music selection was NOT uncool. The track is actually really good. I remember hearing it way back when my brother bought the album… on vinyl…