February, 2012 archive
“A Fine Line” 0
Mitt the Flip the Dirt 0
Dick Polman realizes that Mitt the Flip does indeed believe in something:
Which is why the gods of negativity have already begun to hurl thunderbolts at Rick Santorum.
Follow the link for the rest.
Meanwhile, a Republican operative tries to make a serious argument that Little Ricky Santorum is
. . . the most electable conservative remaining in the race..
A Picture Is Worth, Republican War on Women Dept. 2
Republican late-night fantasy fodder, from ABL.
As Atrios reminds us, these are truly horrible people.
Facebook Frolics 0
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Droning On 0
“Look! Up in the Sky! It’s Super Drone!”
What Might Little Ricky Look Like with a Beard? 0
See Political Prof for the answer.
On Fanaticism: What Hanlon Said 0
This is an episode of what Hanlon said.
Facebook Frolics 0
Symbolic equality the Facebook way:
KATIE MacTurk and Megan Edwards got the best Valentine’s Day gift they could have asked for yesterday.
Vindication.
St. Joseph’s University’s alumni association announced that the lesbian couple were the winners of its controversial “How I Met My Hawkmate” Facebook contest, based on the number of “likes” their entry received.
Their victory came after the university initially removed their entry from the webpage, only to reverse its decision last week amid a hail of protest.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Despite the best efforts of Republicans in Congress, we may have a trend:
(snip)
The number of people continuing to collect jobless benefits dropped by 100,000 in the week ended Feb. 4 to 3.43 million, the fewest since August 2008. The continuing claims figure does not include the number of workers receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Another Reason To Try the Gum 0
If you really have to have something to hold, how about an unlit, empty pipe?
Unsound of the Ultrasound 4
Headline from today’s local rag, referring to one of the anti-abortion bills in the state legislature:
Of course the bill is medically unsound.
It has nothing to do with medicine and everything to do with the skeevy Republican obsession with the sex lives of persons to whom they haven’t even been introduced.
Afterthought:
Then there’s the mandatory ultrasound thing.
A hand up every skirt. What a platform!
Misdirection Plays 0
Why, half a century after the invention of The Pill, has birth control become an issue?
Shaun Mullen thinks he knows:
Follow the link for the rest. It’s delicious.
If It Doesn’t Make the Cut for Sausage . . . 0
. . . then it must be scrapple.