January, 2015 archive
A Short History of Last Night’s Weather Channel 0
Anchor Person: Someone said snow. Snow snow snow. Brooklyn Blond, is there snow?
Brooklyn Blond: Yes, there is snow. See the snow. Fall, snow, fall.
Boston Brownette: There is more snow. See the snow fall. Snow is slippery. See the car slip. Slip, car, slip.
New Hampshire Hussy: It also snows in the rural areas. See the snow? There is snow. See the snow fall. Fall, snow, fall.
Anchor person: So you are saying that snow is falling, that snow is slippery?
All together: Yes, see the snow fall. Fall snow, fall. Slip, car, slip. Fall snow, fall. Slip, car, slip. Fall snow, fall. Slip, car, slip. Fall snow, fall. Slip, car, slip. Fall snow, fall. Slip, car, slip. . . . .
The Privilege of the Regency 0
Being white and Republican has its rewards.
All he did was sell the public trust for a Rolex and a ride in a Ferrari.
That in no way matches the heiniousness of shoplifting a six from a 7-11. Had he done that, he’d be wearing orange as I write this.
If you don’t know what “white privilege” is, look closely, because this is white privilege writ large.
Republican Family Values 0
A political tactic is not a “value.”
I’m with John Cole. I hope they call her bluff and find out that it’s not a bluff.
None Dare Call It Terrorism 0
Chauncey Devega explains how terrorism is not “terrorism” when it’s done by the white right people.
Fire-Trapped 0
Pennsylvania Republicans are on fire with the white heat of self-righteousness (emphasis added).
(snip)
Occasionally, guests would whisper about where Risoldi got her money, since her only known job was in her daughter’s law office. She often explained that she inherited a windfall from her late husband’s successful tile company.
State prosecutors provided their own theory last week: rampant insurance fraud. The Attorney General’s Office on Thursday charged Risoldi and several members of her family with bilking insurers out of $20 million after her mansion caught fire three times in five years.
Had she worked for a Wall Street Bank, she’d have gotten a bail out, not a bail bond.
Afterthought:
If my house caught fire three times in five years, I’d want a new house or, at least, an arson investigator and a private eye.
She, however, had a burning desire for her cause. She carried a torch for Republicans. Republicans flicked her Bic. She was a fan of the Bu-Tane Clan. Republicans lit up her life. She was on fire for the cause. She let her light so shine under the bullshit bushel. She glowed little glow-worm glimmered glimmered.
I’ll stop now, but you can continue. The opportunities are endless.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear sees parallels between today and the 1830s. A snippet:
. . . He and his supporters denigrated the educated, much as conservatives today scorn climate scientists, academics, and teachers. All three have committed the cardinal sin of having expertise and thinking that means they know more than the average yahoo. One of Jackson’s most toxic legacies has been the extremely anti-intellectual tenor of American public life, something routinely exploited by conservatives.
Light Bloggery (Updated) 0
Fleeing Philadelphia before the threatened Snowmageddon which is expected to be much worse than the Saturday night Snowmageddom, pictured here.
Addendum, That Very Evening:
Looks like I got out of town just in time.
All the News that Fits 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., goes to the no-go zone.
Many of us have gotten used to this. We don’t even bother to protest Fox being Fox. Might as well protest a sewer for stinking.
Follow the link. Read the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite in the produce aisle.
He is facing charges of two counts of simple assault and two counts of recklessly endangering another person.
“What had happened, the man shopping in Giant Eagle bent over to pick something up, he was wearing a fanny pack and had a .380 inside his fanny pack, when he bent over that fell on the floor and discharged, striking two other people inside the store with debris,” Chief Robert Amann, of Northern Regional Police, said.
Guns and stupid, always a perfect combination. And they go together so often.
Via Southern Beale.
The Campaign Trail 0
Daniel Ruth is doing his homework before hitting the hustings. A snippet:
I figure if I show up on the stump decked out like George Washington, demand a return to the pelt standard, call for an electrified 300-foot-tall border fence (land mines optional) and the repeal of Obamacare in favor of a universal national health care system providing free Vaseline petroleum jelly for every true American, I’m at least halfway up Pennsylvania Avenue.
Don’t Go There 0
Tony Norman. Just read it.
The Snaring Society 0
The Uber mentality goes rogue.
