Go ‘Cocks!
Okay, okay: Here’s your damn college football open threadPost + Comments (207)
by Betty Cracker| 207 Comments
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by Betty Cracker| 422 Comments
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You know what’s almost as annoying and dumb as the “Obama is a bumbling ninny who just lucked out” meme? The “Obama is a Jedi who mind-controls the planet” meme. Jesus God.
I love Obama. I was an early supporter, a veteran of many an online scrap with PUMAs and Palinites all through 2008 and beyond. I worked my ass off canvassing. I stood out in the hot sun in a Costco parking lot registering voters. I donated money. I wept with joy the night Obama was elected. I would vote for Obama again if third terms were allowed.
Obama is brilliant, a gifted politician and seems to be a genuinely decent guy. I’m glad Obama is our president and consider him the best president we’ve had in my memory (which includes fuzzy memories of Nixon). I don’t think Obama gets enough credit for his accomplishments.
But Jesus Tittyfucking Christ! Obama is a mortal human being, not a superhero. He is a politician operating within a corrupt and compromised system that privileges the wealthy and connected over everyone else. Those of us who call ourselves liberals should not lose sight of this.
This corrupt and compromised system doesn’t just include the 1%, though they are obviously the most glutted parasites. Even we middle class folks and those just barely scraping by in the US owe our relatively comfortable existence to plutocratic cartels that have traditionally leveraged our government to manipulate and kill foreigners to steal their resources and exploit their labor. This has been true since Teddy Roosevelt at least.
Part of the deal used to be that we could share the crumbs from their table. But now that the plutocrats have realized that their vast wealth can serve as its own sovereign state, they can cut the rest of us loose, buy governments in bulk and carry out enforcement actions using contract armies without relying on the US military as their muscle.
They don’t have to pretend allegiances to nation-states anymore. As a consequence, our system is disintegrating. Most of us won’t live to see it fall apart completely. That means we’re the lucky ones. Our children will live in even more interesting times.
President Obama is a smart guy who surely recognizes this, but he operates within this system and is a creature of it, just as all of us are. He rearranges the deck chairs on our sinking empire and even bails out some water sometimes, which is about the best we can expect given the geopolitical and economic realities. But trust him 100%? Only a fool would.
Yes, it is important to elect and support Democrats instead of Republicans. In fact, it’s our only hope, since putting our faith in fake President Dr. Jill Stein will only hasten the implosion by empowering the party that is 100% owned by the plutocrats instead of 80% co-opted.
Your Mumia sweatshirt STILL won’t get you into heaven. But let’s not create our own Fluffy Bunny Bund. We’re supposed to be the realists.
PS: If the above t-shirt doesn’t fit, don’t wear it. Also, since the Gators aren’t playing this weekend, I see no point in starting a college football thread. But feel free to use this as one if you’d like. And Go ‘Cocks!
Your HOPE T-Shirt Won’t Get You Into Heaven EitherPost + Comments (422)
by John Cole| 42 Comments
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Sitting here with Walt, chilling late night. I have Steve and Lily on my lap, and Rosie is making a big run for slutty dog of the year as she loves all over Walt. We’re sitting here watching Boz Scaggs,
I love all the songs, but what I really want is back up singers like Henry the VIIIth or this two hot women for Scaggs. I also kinda want to crank this:
For some reason, I feel like there is a bit of synchronicity between this post and this one from Mistermix.
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What do I use to clean a leather couch? What kind of solution do you use? Clearly water and soap is a bad idea.
I’ve been on a cleaning rampage tonight.
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Quite a few of you have emailed me personally since my daughter was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. Today we got confirmation of the diagnosis. If I haven’t emailed you back, it’s not that I don’t care, or was offended, or anything remotely like that. It’s that I’ve been busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. Rest assured that I have read almost every email sent to me, and I am deeply touched by the outpouring of support, both in that thread and in the emails you all have sent. We have printed all of them out and have added them to our reading list for advice and information.
You guys really are some wonderful people, no matter what we tell everyone else about you.
by Betty Cracker| 138 Comments
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Via Gawker, “Scary-Good Friday the 13th Prank Is Also Terrifyingly Dangerous.” I was going to post the YouTube video, but fuck giving the guy who uploaded it additional views.
You can see it at Gawker if you’d like, but here’s a summary: Guy who fancies himself a serial prankster dresses up like Jason from the Friday the 13th slasher films and walks around town cranking up a chainsaw (with no chain, but the poor bastards he’s confronting don’t know that) and chasing random people around.
As I said, this idiot is a serial prankster, and it’s frankly amazing that no one has shot him yet. Someone in Miami almost did when he chased random people around pretending to be a zombie.
Look, I like pranks, provided they’re not stupid or abusive. The Miami zombie thing, while dumb and dangerous to the perpetrator (It’s Florida! There are lots of guns!), didn’t involve a simulated weapon.
But the chainsaw thing? Dick maneuver, prankster. You terrorized innocent people. And I couldn’t help but notice a lot of them were women and African Americans. Whatsamatter, afraid a white dude will cold shoot your stupid ass? Maybe the lack of return fire makes sense after all…
This is an open thread, so please feel free to discuss great pranks, stupid pranks or whatever. I have some good prank stories of my own, but it’s time to get back to the paying gig…maybe later.
by David Anderson| 56 Comments
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I’ve learned a few things since I’ve started writing here:
To address #5, let’s make this an open thread for airing of grievances and mutual support….
Airing of Grievances and Insurance Support Group Open ThreadPost + Comments (56)