Two very drunk middle aged men cranking Queen and singing falsetto.
It’s seriously the saddest fucking thing ever.
by John Cole| 46 Comments
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Two very drunk middle aged men cranking Queen and singing falsetto.
It’s seriously the saddest fucking thing ever.
This post is in: Open Threads
Just checking in- have a co-worker in working on a project, and now we are cooking a feast- artichoke carbonera, ribeyes, tomatoes with red onion and gorgonzola and balsalmic, and a multiple mushroom, shallot, and parsnip sautee.
Also too, wine and Boz Scaggs.
I win.
This post is in: Media, Open Threads, Politics, Republican Stupidity, Assholes
NEW YORK – May 11, 2012 – Roiled by a lengthy Republican primary that featured sickly-wife dumper Newt Gingrich in the role of family values advocate, prissy uterus invader Rick Santorum as a small government champion and multimillionaire vulture capitalist Mitt Romney shedding Armani suits in favor of mom jeans and “work” shirts as he positioned himself as a regular guy (with a car elevator), the global parody and satire industries utterly collapsed Friday.
The market sector had teetered on the verge of collapse this week following an accusation from thrice four-times-married drug addict Rush Limbaugh that President Obama had attacked the institution of marriage by coming out in favor of same-sex unions. But some analysts had thought the sector was positioned for recovery.
Those hopes were dashed early Friday when parody and satire futures were bludgeoned by the publication of an opinion piece by 21-year-old single mom Bristol Palin. The daughter of failed vice-presidential candidate and serial quitter Sarah Palin criticized the president for allowing his daughters to influence marriage equality policy, decried the persecution of conservative Christians and urged the president to direct his children since “dads should lead their family.”
“Parody and satire were already on life support thanks to Rush,” said analyst Seymour Butts of the Under the Bleachers Report. “But when Bristol let loose, even hard-bitten industry veterans who had survived the Nixon and Reagan years threw in the towel.”
Most experts were unable to articulate a scenario under which parody and satire could recover. However, at least one long-term analyst envisioned a resurgence contingent upon a direct asteroid strike on the earth that wipes out all existing life, after which single-cell organisms might once more emerge and evolve to acquire language skills.
[X-posted at Rumproast]Worldwide Parody & Satire Industries CollapsePost + Comments (61)
This post is in: Election 2012, Open Threads, #notintendedtobeafactualstatement, Assholes
(Tom Toles via GoComics.com)
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According to the Spousal Unit “paalegg” is Norwegian for “anything that can go in a sandwich”. Here’s a collection of bite-sized random items that tickled my palate.
The RonPaulistas continue to harass the GOP primary gatekeepers, and Mr. Pierce at Esquire has his suspicions as to why:
I am gradually coming to the conclusion that Crazy Uncle Liberty (!) is doing all this finagling with delegates and stringing out the campaign until he gets what he wants, which is some sort of validation for his son, Senator Aqua Buddha of Kentucky, within the party that might make the kid a legitimate kind of presidential candidate in 2016 and going forward, so that The Revolution (!) can continue until our grandchildren are being bored by the whole business…
… which led to my personal choice for Comment of the Day, All-Internetz Edition:
I will bet one giant genuflection on the altar of the gold standard that they have a gun pointed at Obama in this advertisement because the noose depicted in an earlier draft looked too regional.
Marin Cogan at GQ‘s Death Race 2012 blog tracks down the reporter behind the WaPo Bullygate story:
Marin Cogan: And what about the suggestion—it was made in the Fox interview with Romney but now it’s being discussed on Twitter, that this was some sort of oppo story handed to you by another campaign?
Jason Horowitz: I can just say that I can fully deny that. This is a story that in no way was generated by opposition research. This is an entirely independently reported story, with no help from any politically affiliated partisan side. This was all just talking to people who went to school with him.
Marin Cogan: Last question—Did Joe Biden force your hand, too, In terms of the timing?
Jason Horowitz: [Laughs] If you look at the last story I wrote I think was a Joe Biden story. Technically Joe Biden has again stepped in first. Maybe Joe Biden is behind everything.
Felix Salmon blames the latest JPMorgan fiasco on some guy named Bruno Iksil, “the London Whale“, and draws a dispiriting conclusion:
… Of course, this loss only goes to show how weak the Volcker Rule is: Dimon is adamant, and probably correct, in saying that Iksil’s bets were Volcker-compliant, despite the fact that they clearly violate the spirit of the rule. Now that we’ve entered election season, Congress isn’t going to step in to tighten things up — but maybe the SEC will pay more attention to Occupy’s letter, now. JP Morgan more or less invented risk management. If they can’t do it, no bank can. And no sensible regulator can ever trust the banks to self-regulate.
For those who proclaim themselves already bored beyond caring with this year’s election, Ed Kilgore at the Washington Monthly shares a vision of the future:
There was good news and bad news for Sarah Palin in the self-consciously ridiculous Public Policy Polling survey of Iowans for their preferences in the 2016 presidential contest (I mean, Caucus campaigning starts pretty damn early, but not this early!). On the one hand, she has an impressive 70/17 favorable/unfavorable rating among Iowa Republicans. On the other hand, only 10% of them chose her as their 2016 presidential favorite, tied for fourth with Jeb Bush…
Joe Coscarelli at NYMag’s Daily Intel reports that the ever-proactive Team Romney has found a new voter demographic to piss off:
Earlier this year, Mitt Romney promised Morality in Media, the “leading national organization opposing pornography,” that he supports “strict enforcement of our nation’s obscenity laws,” thereby alienating an extremely vocal, protective sect of Internet users everywhere. On Reddit in particular, the social news nerd haven where porn is as sacred as Ron Paul, the men (an educated assumption) are mobilizing with a plan to “swift-boner” Romney. Noting the site’s “activism in the past against things that would censor the internet in one way or another,” a user wrote yesterday to ask if Redditors would be interested in buying up ads on porn sites to alert potential voters to Romney’s anti-porn position. They are very interested (in making penis jokes)….
And finally, via Paul Constant, a [probably NSFW] video of… the surprise breakout star at this year’s GOP convention in Tampa!
Hell, if Shiri can successfully convey “three different human emotions”, that’s at least one-and-a-half more than the Romneybot 2012…
This post is in: Cooking, Open Threads, Recipes
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From our Food Goddess, TaMara:
It’s another one of those Colorado weeks where it’s impossible not to want to be outside all day. Beautiful, warm spring weather, the flowering locusts are in full splendor making my evening bike rides fragrant and still cool enough at night to need a blanket…or a cat…or several. I’m halfway through my horseback riding lessons, I’m finally comfortable with my posting trot, but feel like my major accomplishment is being able to adjust my stirrups from the saddle. I also managed to get my deck flower pots planted, though I always want more than I have space for, I’m satisfied with what I’ve done for this season. It is definitely outdoor season here. What’s on your weekend agenda? Planning on grilling for Mother’s Day? What is your favorite food item to grill?
In honor of the great weather, I thought tonight should be about grilling. Steak to be specific. This rub is a favorite of a couple of readers, so I thought it was a good time to repeat it. This can be used with any cut of steak, though I originally had it on rib eye. It’s too heavy to use on poultry or white fish, but I would be tempted to try on swordfish or maybe salmon. Easy to do and adds a real dramatic flavor.
3 tbsp chili powder (talking the good stuff here, pure ancho or a blend)
3 tbsp finely ground coffee (espresso works best)
1 ½ tbsp paprika (again, you want a good one)
1 tbsp dark brown sugar
2 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp fresh ground pepper
1 tsp ground coriander
1 to 1-1/2 lb of steak (rib-eye, sirloin, NY strip, etc) in 4 thick piecesMix together all spices. Lightly rub each steak with oil and then coat liberally on both sides with coffee rub. Now you can cook in a pre-heated skillet on medium-high heat, 5 to 7 minutes each side for medium rare. You can broil in the oven, using the second slot down from broiler, for 5 minutes each side, again for rare to medium rare, longer for medium. You can grill them outside. Cooking times will vary depending on which steak cut you choose, so watch carefully and you’ll probably have to use a meat thermometer to really judge, because the rub makes it a little harder to eyeball it. Let rest for a few minutes before serving.
Thursday Recipe Exchange: Steak with Coffee RubPost + Comments (30)
by Zandar| 99 Comments
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Ladies and gentlemen, my senator, Rand Paul.
An email campaign launched this week (pictured, below) featuring the endorsement of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) depicts a rifle pointing at President Barack Obama’s head, and a message about an imaginary “million rifle ban” the president is allegedly seeking to implement.
Open thread. Before Obama’s Million Open Thread Ban begins.
by $8 blue check mistermix| 51 Comments
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Tell me something good. Tell me that you like it.