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Serious non-partisan independent centrist partisans

by DougJ|  May 10, 20133:34 pm| 35 Comments

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I love Atrios sometimes:

i prefer politicians who don’t have political agendas #totebagging

— Atrios (@Atrios) May 10, 2013

All the Sully-Ferguson drama of the past week made me think of this song:

What else is going on?

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  1. 1.

    PsiFighter37

    May 10, 2013 at 3:37 pm

    In line at SFO security checkpoint. Then it’s off to the airline club for a little pre-flight booze.

    Meetup in 7 hours!

  2. 2.

    Punchy

    May 10, 2013 at 3:42 pm

    Pitbulls doing what pitbulls do…

  3. 3.

    Chuck Butcher

    May 10, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    Politicians who what?

  4. 4.

    Zifnab

    May 10, 2013 at 3:45 pm

    Remember the glory days of America’s youth when no one fought about anything and we all joined hands in singular political unity?

  5. 5.

    Suffern ACE

    May 10, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    @Chuck Butcher: You know. Politicians who just say things to help them get elected.

  6. 6.

    Mnemosyne

    May 10, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    @Punchy:

    Littlerock is out in the Palmdale/Lancaster area in the high desert (had to look it up). My guess is that some the meth dealers out there have started up a dog fighting operation, too. Either that, or their guard dogs escaped from the trailer.

  7. 7.

    William Franklin

    May 10, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    Milennials on the honor roll for narcissism.

    http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2143001,00.html

  8. 8.

    the Conster

    May 10, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    If the Bruins don’t wrap this thing up tonight, I’m going to have a coronary. I escaped Wednesday night with only terrifying the cat.

  9. 9.

    askew

    May 10, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    The media and GOPs have finally found their Obama scandals. They are going giddy over the IRS targeting conservative PACS + Benghazi. I expect both to be calling for impeachment by 5 pm.

  10. 10.

    KG

    May 10, 2013 at 3:54 pm

    @Zifnab: well, after the one time where the sitting Veep shot the former Secretary of the Treasury, we had the Era of Good Feelings… of course that all fell apart when members of the Senate decided to start caning each other over slavery, and then Lincoln had to go and win an election… it’s been all down hill from there

    (I really hope I don’t need the /sarcasm tag here)

  11. 11.

    Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)

    May 10, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    @askew: Was just coming over to post a link about that from boston.com.

    Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky called on the White House to investigate.

    ‘‘Today’s acknowledgement by the Obama administration that the IRS did in fact target conservative groups in the heat of last year’s national election is not enough,’’ McConnell said. ‘‘I call on the White House to conduct a transparent, government-wide review aimed at assuring the American people that these thuggish practices are not under way at the IRS or elsewhere in the administration against anyone, regardless of their political views.’’

    Ugh, just what we need now.

  12. 12.

    KG

    May 10, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    @Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS): it was just some low level grunts trying to blow off steam, it’s not like anyone was hurt…

    Oh, wait, that’s the response of Real Murkins to torture. This however, where no higher ups knew about it, that’s tyranny of the tyrannical sort and definitely grounds for impeachment because, shut up, that’s why!

    ETA: I notice the article says the primary purpose of 501(c)(3)’s has to be social welfare, not politics. I want to know what kind of bullshit these bastards threw out there to get around that – since, you know, no one actually had their tax exempt status denied.

  13. 13.

    Violet

    May 10, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    @Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS): Witch hunt. Is Ted Cruz going to play the McCarthy role?

  14. 14.

    Hill Dweller

    May 10, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    The IRS Commissioner during the time of the unfair scrutiny was a Bush holdover.

  15. 15.

    Steeplejack

    May 10, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    About to call it a week and have a martini. The housecat is cleaning herself and giving me the occasional “Admire my private parts” look. Charming.

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    The prophet Nostradumbass

    May 10, 2013 at 4:07 pm

    @Punchy: pitbulls don’t kill people, people kill people.

  17. 17.

    jl

    May 10, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    OK, one last blast at Ferguson re Keynes poofter comments.

    You know, the vast majority of famous economists run unbelievably boring lives. Are you surprised, my beloved BJ commenter brethren?

    Yes, I know you are astonished. How could that be?

    I dunno, maybe three or four famous economists who have lead really interesting lives? Probably. And Keynes was one of them.

    So, you don’t have to dip much into Keynes’ biography to see how he talked and wrote, about and to, people he was emotionally or sexually involved with, both male and female. We have the letters.

    The very idea that Keynes’ written description of Carl Melchior indicated anything other than the fact that Keynes could observe closely and write well (when he wanted to) indicated anything at all? Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous.

    Ferguson is also guilty of total laughable ignorant BS, IMHO. But I’m not sure how that rates in the scheme of intellectual and academic crimes.

  18. 18.

    Suffern ACE

    May 10, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    @KG:

    ETA: I notice the article says the primary purpose of 501(c)(3)’s has to be social welfare, not politics. I want to know what kind of bullshit these bastards threw out there to get around that – since, you know, no one actually had their tax exempt status denied.

    My guess that they claimed to be voter registration groups.

  19. 19.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    May 10, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    Palmdale became the dumping ground of choice for LA County ex-cons after the cities of Fontana and Ontario raised hell about being for years the dumping ground.

  20. 20.

    Trollhattan

    May 10, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    @Punchy:

    There too, eh?

    http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/news-stockton/Woman-38-mauled-to-death-by-pit-bull/-/12969936/19722150/-/pc991l/-/index.html

  21. 21.

    El Cid

    May 10, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    I prefer politicians with calm, modulated voices recorded in quiet, non-echoey studios, and with short, jaunty upbeat jazz bits segueing between their happy points and sad, wind instrument pieces transitioning to bummer points.

  22. 22.

    ranchandsyrup

    May 10, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    Pitbulls sometimes attract owners that aren’t interested in owning a “difficult” dog to handle but want the cachet. It’s a shame.

  23. 23.

    William Franklin

    May 10, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    Does anyone see a problem with this?

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/09/state-department-demands-takedown-of-3d-printable-gun-for-possible-export-control-violation/

  24. 24.

    PsiFighter37

    May 10, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    @Hill Dweller: BOTH SIDES DO IT!!!111

  25. 25.

    beltane

    May 10, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    I didn’t realize Matt Taibbi was holding a Thomas Friedman porn title contest, but the winner turns out to be the MoU himself http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/surprise-winner-in-thomas-friedman-porn-title-contest-20130510

  26. 26.

    MomSense

    May 10, 2013 at 4:25 pm

    Just read that a 4 year old brought a loaded semi-automatic handgun to pre school in a town nearby.

  27. 27.

    Hill Dweller

    May 10, 2013 at 4:30 pm

    So the State Dept. spokeswoman at the heart of the newest trumped up Benghazi controversy is a former Dick Cheney aid, and the IRS commissioner in charge during the Tea Party scrutiny was a Bush appointee.

    We’re still paying for Dubya’s fuck-ups.

  28. 28.

    Amir Khalid

    May 10, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    @MomSense:
    It amazes me that authorities would ever balk at prosecuting parents. If letting your kindergartner get his hands on your gun isn’t criminal;ly reckless, I don’t know what is.

  29. 29.

    R-Jud

    May 10, 2013 at 4:48 pm

    I spent the day editing a 60-page corporate proposal for one of my clients. I was tempted to ask my contact to check whether or not the person who drafted it had recently had several small strokes.

  30. 30.

    El Cid

    May 10, 2013 at 4:49 pm

    @MomSense: About time we heard some good news on this blog. That child’s parents must be so proud. If only all our children were so precocious in defending freedom.

  31. 31.

    Mnemosyne

    May 10, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    @Trollhattan:

    That’s a little trickier, though, because the police and owner seem to agree that the woman jumped into the fenced yard where the dog was kept. Most dogs would probably attack in that scenario.

  32. 32.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    May 10, 2013 at 5:05 pm

    @William Franklin: As someone who has to worry about these laws, and what I know about them, the State Department is acting within the law. As someone who thinks being able to print a gun should only be allowed if it blows up if you use it, I think these should come down.

    In other words, what if the diplomats in Libya had been killed by these types of guns because the US left them up? And yes, I’ve heard the argument that they would have developed them anyway. Doesn’t fly: If some group used the supplied plans to print out guns, they didn’t design it themselves. (I know, I’m speaking about hypothetical guns, but we can look at history: Atomic weapons.)

  33. 33.

    WereBear

    May 10, 2013 at 6:08 pm

    I haz a podcast!

    In a Purrfect World

    Inaugaural episode! The Cat’s Public Relations Problem

    Subscribe! Review! Enjoy!

  34. 34.

    MomSense

    May 10, 2013 at 6:42 pm

    @Amir Khalid: @El Cid:

    It is incredible isn’t it??? Can you imagine if the boy had taken it out of his backpack and killed another student, himself, or a teacher??

    I’ve been very active in organizing locally around gun violence prevention and we have a number of disaffected NRA members in our group. They all think that gun owners should be required to have insurance policies. It is such a smart approach for a lot of reasons.

    BTW–there was a bill introduced in the Maine legislature calling for authorizing people in our schools to carry guns. It isn’t going anywhere–even here where we are very pro-gun. There was also an interesting story about how a significant percentage of the guns involved in criminal activity throughout New England are purchased in Maine before being resold in the secondary market.

  35. 35.

    El Cid

    May 10, 2013 at 9:27 pm

    @MomSense:

    Can you imagine if the boy had taken it out of his backpack and killed another student, himself, or a teacher??

    Exactly! It could encourage all kinds of liberal gun haters to blame the gun for this totally unpredictable, sad, completely inexplicable tragedy!

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