2012 archive
A Newt Is a Small Lizard 0
In a long post at Delaware Liberal, Delaware Dem sums up the appeal of Newt the Gingrinch:
Racism has been part of the underlying appeal of the Republican Party since Nixon’s odious Southern Strategy.
It is now becoming the overlying appeal, as the Republican Party continues to react to the election of a black President by morphing into the Dixiecrat Party.
It will be interesting to see whether Mitt the Flip and the Republican Party’s erstwhile corporate masters can flip the overlying back to the underlying, where they prefer it lie. Dick Polman thinks that Mitt the Flip has a chance to flip Florida.
SOPA/PIPA and World Domination 0
As atrios points out, the “anti-piracy” bills in Congress aren’t about piracy.
They are about putting Hollywood in charge of the internet.
Dan Gillmor discusses this in the Guardian. A nugget:
The Fee Shiv of the Market 0
How regulations are killing the Mafia:
New Dimensions in Selling Out 0
Frankly, I think this is a vile idea. I cannot look forward to driving the Pampers Highway.
If you’re interested, the governor may have a bridge you can make your own – or at least name.
As part of his 2012 transportation plan, Gov. Bob McDonnell has proposed selling naming rights to the state’s roads and bridges.
Are Republicans determined to sacrifice all dignity to Mammon?
Don’t Believe Everything You Read. 0
I met someone recently who thought “Santorum” actually means what Teh Google says it means (no, I’m not putting that definition here; Google it if you must).
Really and truly.
We explained the concept of “Google Bomb.”
The Gekko Flips for Mitt 0
Afterthought:
One would have expected a gekko to support a newt, simply out of family loyalty.
QOTD 0
Gore Vidal, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
The period of Prohibition–called the noble experiment–brought on the greatest breakdown of law and order the United States has known until today. I think there is a lesson here. Do not regulate the private morals of people.
Dustbiters 0
Just when you thought no more banks could fail, the banksters prove that their capacity for financial shenanigans has not yet been exhausted.
Injunction Hoagie with Extra Lawyers To Go 0
We frequented the Capriotti’s (not a franchise) just up the hill from us when I lived in Delaware.
The suit, filed in Delaware this week, claims the Las Vegas shop teamed up with the strip club Crazy Horse III to offer the famous Capriotti’s Thanksgiving-on-a-roll “Bobbie” sandwich and a beer or soda for $5 during happy hour.
The lawsuit alleges that the joint promotion was not authorized by Capriotti’s parent company and was in direct violation of the franchise agreement.
An anonymous spokesperson from Lost Wages says they will fight.
The “Bobbie” is Thanksgiving dinner on hoagie roll: Sliced turkey (not pre-sliced deli meat), (fully) dressing, gravy, and cranberry sauce; it is really tasty.
The boobie is–oh, never mind.
