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From io9:
We now return you to your regular political blog surfing.
In a completely unrelated piece of news, No Pony For You!
We now return you to your regular political blog surfing.
In a completely unrelated piece of news, No Pony For You!
11/29/08
11/28/08
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A Feast Was Had |
I'm such a girly man, cooking a Thanksgiving dinner for 12 and doing the lion's share of dishes. But bringing loved ones into my home to share the pleasure of each others' company, that's the meaning of Thanksgiving -- and for that I am truly thankful.
And what's not to be thankful about. Everybody well fed, praising the cook even though I did manage to absolutely ruin on of the pies. (The sweet potato and pumpkin were exquisite, but the apple-raisin blew chunks.) The kids were playing and doing their snoopy dance, grandson refusing to eat anything that isn't wrapped in cellophane and driving the daughter-in-law batty (the kind of stuff I live for).
On the annoying side, Jon Swift's satire can mess with your head. If indeed, he's being satirical.
He's really good, had me fooled for a while. It's like reading all those asses at The Corner or Hot Air or other retarded conservatives TBogg and Sadly No skewer on a regular basis -- but of course Cliff at SN! was intimately familiar with the real comic genius when it comes to the true meaning of Thanksgiving, GayPatriotWest, who really has no clue how funny he is.
Count me among the easily duped. Since getting banned early in my blogging career at Dean's World, I've avoided more exposure to right wing blogs beyond those on the left who make sport of ridiculing them, unless you start with "Shorter Dim Bulb Wingnut..." or "This guy's a real tool..." So, sadly yes, I too can fall prey to a lack of ironic appreciation no doubt caused by my Bush Derrangement Syndrome. Count me among the easily duped.
Down with Tryptophan!
And what's not to be thankful about. Everybody well fed, praising the cook even though I did manage to absolutely ruin on of the pies. (The sweet potato and pumpkin were exquisite, but the apple-raisin blew chunks.) The kids were playing and doing their snoopy dance, grandson refusing to eat anything that isn't wrapped in cellophane and driving the daughter-in-law batty (the kind of stuff I live for).
On the annoying side, Jon Swift's satire can mess with your head. If indeed, he's being satirical.
This year as President Bush pardoned two turkeys, who surprisingly had nothing to do with the Savings and Loan scandals of the 1980s, he remarked that it was his “last Thanksgiving as President.” But it might be the last Thanksgiving any of us celebrate since there is a good chance that when Barack Obama takes over, he will abolish Thanksgiving along with other holidays liberals hate such as Columbus Day, Christmas and the Fourth of July.Spare yourself clicking the link if you're usually the brunt of everyone's April Fools pranks (which reminds me of this outstanding list of some of the best ever) or in any way susceptible to outrage when conservative trolls spoiling for a tussle prove their ignorance by painting a liberal straw-man and then knock it down with a Hummer.
He's really good, had me fooled for a while. It's like reading all those asses at The Corner or Hot Air or other retarded conservatives TBogg and Sadly No skewer on a regular basis -- but of course Cliff at SN! was intimately familiar with the real comic genius when it comes to the true meaning of Thanksgiving, GayPatriotWest, who really has no clue how funny he is.
Count me among the easily duped. Since getting banned early in my blogging career at Dean's World, I've avoided more exposure to right wing blogs beyond those on the left who make sport of ridiculing them, unless you start with "Shorter Dim Bulb Wingnut..." or "This guy's a real tool..." So, sadly yes, I too can fall prey to a lack of ironic appreciation no doubt caused by my Bush Derrangement Syndrome. Count me among the easily duped.
Down with Tryptophan!
11/13/08
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Nine Terrifying Words |
I'm From Alaska, And I'm Here To Help . . . Also.
My Palinfreude™ (Yes Skippy, I coined that word!) sense has been tingling off the charts. She's everywhere, won't go away, and continues to leave confusion and turmoil in her wake.
Lemme try and help. This will tax my nascent Jedi abilities, but here goes.
No? Well I guess I'm not a Jedi yet, but I'll keep practicing, er ... "progressing" my abilities. (Yes, Skippy, I know there is no try, there is only do ... also.)Dear Republican Stormtroopers:
Sarah is not the Droid Leader you're looking for.
11/8/08
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Rovellian Wisdom and Other Funny Stuff |
I missed this tidbit election night since, well . . . it was on FOX after all.
for by TV President.
On an even lighter note, I had to share this new Republican advertisement for their movement -- to a country more to their liking.
"Something has to happen for us to make fun of. Unlike the actual news, what we say is based in fact." From Daily Show writer J. R. Havlan, about the inevitability of comedians making fun of Obama. [NYT] (via)
Speaking of the real news reporting on what the fake news says about the real news, the Daily Beast exposes a mole inside the New York Times.
Finally, there remains a great deal of us political junkies who may be having a hard time weaning ourselves from the last two years of the single most intense and captivating Presidential campaign of all time. Cold turkey is a hard option for any addict. For those who need one last fix, or the political equivalent of a methadone clinic . . . GEORGIA BITCHES!!
Even as he watched his political legacy severely tarnished, Republican strategist Karl Rove brought some unintended humor to election night -- stating in his capacity as a Fox News analyst that America "had an African-American first family" for many years, citing "The Cosby Show" as an example.Barack Obama, the made
On an even lighter note, I had to share this new Republican advertisement for their movement -- to a country more to their liking.
"Something has to happen for us to make fun of. Unlike the actual news, what we say is based in fact." From Daily Show writer J. R. Havlan, about the inevitability of comedians making fun of Obama. [NYT] (via)
Speaking of the real news reporting on what the fake news says about the real news, the Daily Beast exposes a mole inside the New York Times.
As one McCain advisor put it to me: "In the last six weeks there was a remarkable echo. You could listen to arguments made by folks inside of the campaign who were close to Bill Kristol and then open up the New York Times and read them in Kristol’s columns. It was 'set Sarah free,' coupled with an agenda designed to appeal to the religious right and the more raucous elements of the party. They got their way often enough, and we started noticing that at many of the Palin functions it was non-stop 'Sarah, Sarah,' while John McCain all but vanished. Were they trying to get McCain elected in 2008, or to help Palin on the way to the Republican nomination in 2012? You can’t get yourself into a situation in which anyone can credibly ask that question."There's gonna be a reckoning on this, if not at the Times (circulation is circulation, contracts are contracts) at least within the GOP hierarchy.
Most revealing quote of the Times investigating the fake news being reported in their real paper was of course on a fake news show:On Wednesday, The New York Times reported rumors of Scheunemann’s firing, and quoted an anonymous McCain aide as saying Scheunemann was feeding a "constant stream of poison" to Kristol. Scheunemann denies he had been fired. But Scheunemann admitted to CNN that his email had been temporarily disconnected..
How did Kristol respond? Appearing on Fox News, Kristol protested his loyalty to John McCain and called the anonymous staffers who had criticized him "paranoid." He explained that the campaign had started looking through staffers’ emails to see "who was allegedly leaking stuff, negative stuff." Presumably, he means leaking to Bill Kristol.
"Appearing once again on The Daily Show, Bill Kristol, Jon Stewart's favorite whipping boy ('Bill Kristol, aren't you ever right?'), on Thursday night defended the McCain-Palin ticket, at one point informing the show's host that he was getting his news from suspect sources. 'You're reading The New York Times too much,' he declared. 'Bill, you WORK for The New York Times!' Stewart pointed out."Oh those "Stinkers" at the New York Times can make the whole bunch smell bad . . . also.
Finally, there remains a great deal of us political junkies who may be having a hard time weaning ourselves from the last two years of the single most intense and captivating Presidential campaign of all time. Cold turkey is a hard option for any addict. For those who need one last fix, or the political equivalent of a methadone clinic . . . GEORGIA BITCHES!!
12/6/07
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The Universe Is Too Silly To Be Designed |
This was too much fun not to share...
[Via 60 Second Science]
Since we're in the mood for Teh Funny, no doubt you've seen the latest laugher making it's way around Blogtopia from GOP Tool, Dan Bartlet.
That’s what I mean by influential. I mean, talk about a direct IV into the vein of your support. It’s a very efficient way to communicate. They regurgitate exactly and put up on their blogs what you said to them. It is something that we’ve cultivated and have really tried to put quite a bit of focus on.Almost refreshing, No?
So, from John Cole, via Kevin Drum, who credits Josh Marshall and offers a new motto for Right Wing Blogistan, "Even more credulous and slavish than Fox News. All because Bartlett confirmed what we've all known right along.
Kevin also notes Josh spurred Steve Benen, a.k.a. The Carpetbagger to check on how Fox News covered (or didn't) the No Nuke Iranian NIE -- which may have inadvertently exposed one of the reasons Mike Huckabee had no clue what it was all about. It truly is a study in bamboozlement that certainly explains why people who watch Fox too much are so often wrong about so many things.
Now all of the above, with Josh and Kevin and John and Steve may seem all too incestuous, not dissimilar from the spin regurgitators in Wingnuttystan. What's lacking of course, is someone feeding us on the left with our talking points. There is no Drudge who rules our world. (No, neither does Kos.) But Drudge does have some of the funniest material for the comedy cannon, like this gem:
Vice President Cheney today predicted Iraq will be a self-governing democracy by the time he leaves office, calling the current U.S. surge strategy "a remarkable success story" that will be studied for years to come.He's half right. We certainly will be looking at this ere for decades, since it will take a generation to pay for cleaning up Cheney's mess, and even longer to unlock the files in his man-sized safe. It's so weird to even think the Cheney way. You could have printed this at The Onion and it would sound just as plausible as Karl Rove pointing out that the Democrats are responsible for everything that has gone wrong the last 7 years, from Katrina to Iraq to the credit crunch.
Jon Stewart rules our world -- and frankly, things just haven't been the same since they Writers went on strike. Not to take anything away from Kieth Olbermann, who is doing journeyman's work in keeping his end of the comedy-news continuum up. When the political world turns itself inside-out like it has this week, having Stewart and Colbert shining their laser pointers at the absurdity is sorely missed.
Of course, sensing this weakness and knowing that "the great national strategic political comedy reserve has been depleted," Bush decided that now the time was ripe to release the National Intelligence Estimate. This blew the GOP's principle warmongering strategy to establish permanent Republican rule through amping up Teh Scary-- and then Bush tell us it didn't say what it said and he didn't care anyway.
Comedy gold -- wasted. So we're left with the InterToobz. But like Ron Paul said (No. 10 on the list of the funniest political quotes of 2007): "I mean, it’s just, to me, unbelievable what you can find out on the Internet."
If you look hard enough, you'll be gratified to find we have Don Imus to kick around again, for a while anyway. You learn that the we have a whole new class of illegal aliens -- AWOL Iraqi Intel officers training here for jobs no American wants, and saying, "to hell with that!"
Stupidity abounds, just look around. And don't be fooled by people who work with lots of numbers and try to draw conclusions from their statistical data. As Shep noted: stupid garbage in -- dumb shit out. Who'd a thunk that most of the 25%ers who still march to Bush's rhythm are also deluded enough to reject any smidgen of self-doubt, pronouncing themselves extraordinarily mentally fit -- proving the Gallup organization about as insightful as the idiots who reported Teh Awseome news that fat people drink diet soda, and not just for the flavor.
To get your fix of funny, you have to know where to look. Raw material can be as simple as putting Drudge Alerts on your cell phone. But to access the belly-laughs of a polished comedy jewel, you're better off checking in with the experts. Seasoned pros who can take a housekeeping memo from Matt-In-Hat, and come up with this...
Today's Drudge Report announces an exciting development for people who like their news the way they like their coffee: simple, bold and kind of gay.You didn't think of that, did you? You wish you did, though.
I think I'm getting the hang of the basic technique. Take a screaming headline from Drudge (Or Raw Story or Democratic Underground) and simply rearrange the letters in a pleasing manner.
MARK RETORT
12/5/07
3/14/07
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The most absurdly funny comment thread was recommended.
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