Just in case you missed it, the new jobs thread is here.
Open Thread – They call me Jane, that’s not my name…Post + Comments (15)
by Sarah, Proud and Tall| 15 Comments
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Just in case you missed it, the new jobs thread is here.
Open Thread – They call me Jane, that’s not my name…Post + Comments (15)
by Tim F| 39 Comments
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by Sarah, Proud and Tall| 13 Comments
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Made me laugh all seven times I played it. PronunciationManual is a parody of pronunciationbook, apparently. Timothy Olyphant is wonderful too.
Musicwise, I’m liking The Young Professionals, from dancepop:
through trancey banginess:
all the way to this:
Plus cute Jewish boys. What’s not to like?
Just a final reminder, the latest jobs thread is here.
ETA: “Darkness“.
by John Cole| 41 Comments
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Had the Ills (Bill and Jill) over for tacos and salsa, and before I knew it, there were 10 people over. They all went out to the bar, but I opted out tonight and told them to pick up eggs and vegetable oil so I could make some breakfast in a couple hours when they come back and inevitably beat on my door. That’s how we roll in this town of mine- it’s never rude to come late, but it is rude to be without supplies. I like it that way. Party music:
Think I might make a killer souffle and some hash browns for the drunks. What are you party people up to?
If I’d Known You Were Being Left Alone, I’d Have Checked In On This ShitPost + Comments (41)
by $8 blue check mistermix| 93 Comments
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Here are a few things we missed over the last couple of days:
* The DCCC has been throwing big money at the special election to replace Weiner in NY-9, a race where the anti-Muslim rhetoric ran so hot earlier this year that a local blogger characterized it as a “race for the Knesset”. Recent polls are tight, and even though the real-world consequences of a Republican upset in this district are nil (the district is being redistricted out of existence), an upset in New York will get a lot of press.
* The founder of Project Gutenberg has died. He started the project by typing the Declaration of Independence into a computer in 1971, and its grown to contain 36,000 books that are out of copyright. If you have any kind of e-reader and have read a classic on it, you’ve benefited from the work of this group.
* Congress passed a new patent bill that one smart commentator characterizes as “mostly useless”. If you haven’t listened to the This American Life broadcast about our broken patent system, it’s worth some attention.
* In the Department of Who Gives a Shit, the first prima donna out the door of the SuperCommittee may be John Kyl, who’s already threatening to quit. If you’re puzzling over why he would do something that stupid, since he’d just be replaced by some other Senator gagging for the spotlight, wonder no more: he got an extensive fluff piece in Politico for his trouble.
I’ll make this an open thread. Add in anything else you think is worth mentioning.
This post is in: Fables Of The Reconstruction, Open Threads, Post-racial America, OBAMA IS WORSE THAN BUSH HE SOLD US OUT!!
This cartoon from 1862 could run in the papers tomorrow as an example of the typical Republican/Wingnut reaction to President Obama’s speech (it would also cover the reaction of more than a few firebaggers as well). This has been the reaction to everything President Obama has done so far, so I see no reason why it would stop tonight.
Cheers
The Modern Negrophobists reaction to the President’s speech…Post + Comments (268)
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(Ben Sargent via GoComics.com)
There’s going to be so much competition for Biggest Republican Jackwad tonight, Diaper Dave Vitter tried to sneak a head start. With his usual finesse & skill:
Alleged Senator Will Grudgingly Attend Obama’s Speech Instead of Watching Football
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A small handful of Congress’s most childish and impudent Republicans have decided that they have better things to do tonight than to listen to the president’s ideas on how to spur job growth. South Carolina senator Jim DeMint refused to attend the joint session of Congress unless Obama writes his proposals down on paper first. Illinois representative Joe Walsh said he refuses to be a “prop” for Obama and decided to hold a forum with local small businessmen instead. And then there’s David Vitter, the family-values, prostitute-patronizing senator from Louisiana. Vitter decided not to attend the speech tonight because he wanted to watch football…
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But then something awful happened: That wily ol’ sonofabitch Harry Reid decided to schedule a vote on patent reform for right before Obama’s speech, and a symbolic vote of disapproval over raising the debt ceiling for immediately after, as a way to compel Vitter and the other Republican child-men to actually attend…
Kudos to Senator Reid, for giving the Las Vegas bookmakers an edge on tonight’s “Which Greedy Old Prick will be the first to disgrace himself during the President’s Speech?” odds. Click the link to NYMag‘s Daily Intel for full details, and jazz hands.