December 2011
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Jon Kyl blows goats →
Something something Jefferson Airplane →
"Santorum surges from behind" →
Um, ewww?
Say again all after "nog" →
This is unpossible →
I never thought I’d say this, but, I, uhhh… I agree with Newt Gingrich on something.
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Excerpt from a conversation
Wife (speaking about a topic that I’ve now forgotten): Everything was going fine but then there was this five minute excursion into weirdness.
Me: I’m sooo naming my next album “Five Minute Excursion into Weirdness”.
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Christmas Eve goose hunt - Kevin tries out a new call
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Russian Tea Cakes: Your deadly friend
So while I was eating Russian tea cakes, I inhaled a huge whiff of powdered sugar, and nearly fucking choked to death.
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Boehner Caves. →
Why the hell does he even want the job? His caucus is making him look like a total fool.
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Rick Perry - sure, why the hell not →
The post lays out Perry’s oft-told history of being a true conservative tax-cuttin’ god-fearin’ job-creator
You forgot gun-totin’.
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CEO pay up nearly 40% →
My, how productive they must have been!
It’s not sexual women, or female subjectivity... →
I guess I don’t understand the furor around this whole thing. Saw all the posts here, read the piece, found it kind of self-absorbed and boring. What prompted such a strong reaction?
No Ordinary Counterfeit →
conky:
longformorg:
Alarmingly sophisticated imitations of American currency have turned up all over the world and the false-paper trail leads to North Korea.
Stephen Mihm | New York Times Magazine | Jul 06
My favorite passage:
From all accounts, superb quality is a feature of much North Korean contraband: methamphetamine of extraordinarily high purity; counterfeit Viagra rumored to...
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Speaker-in-Name-Only pulls a Boehner →
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Is it too late to sign up to run in Iowa? →
Because I think I’m going to change my name to “Not Mitt Romney” and run. Seriously, Ron freaking Paul is leading in Iowa?
Who's about to raise your taxes? →
Republicans.
Farley has a sad, too →
What I want from this year’s GOP primary is entertainment,
A man after my own heart.
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In a shocking twist, affluent white people on the...
deepomega:
[books/restaurants/movies/barf barf barf]
Want to recommend stuff? Should have studied Google Scholar
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How I love Slashdot. →
Please, be fair: The Grinch’s nuclear program is purely deterrent in nature; and is both a necessary and perfectly proportionate response when facing the threat of Santa, an absolutist God-King known for his massive industrial bunker complexes, extensive use of slave labor, incredibly extensive worldwide espionage apparatus(notorious for spying on children (ed: children!) and compiling...
Petition - A Petition to Support the Saving... →
goodbyeolepaint:
“Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court decision in a case called Citizens United vs. FEC.
The Saving American Democracy Amendment states that:
Corporations are not persons with constitutional rights equal to real people.
Corporations are subject to regulation by the people.
Corporations may not make campaign...
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Michele Bachmann - world's stupidest human being? →
Shorter Michele: vaccines can cause mental retardation, which is a problem we could solve by removing all federal oversight from vaccine production.
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Can't. Stop. Laughing. →
Someone Please Design a Flowchart for Me
nebraska-admiral:
catbawse:
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jasencomstock:
forcedpriority:
Explaining the perils of housing in and around DC.
NO!
Should I live in DC -> No.
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NOOOOOO
Under no circumstances whatseoever should you or anyone move to Washington DC
Should I move to the suburbs instead -> Even worse.
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
There are two categories of housing in DC...
In a stunning move that has civil libertarians... →
Unbelievable.
joliekerr:
“Wild, Wild West” Flaming Saddles, NYC 2 December 2011
I swear I will die if I miss the next Awl Bawl.
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I has a sad →
The humor potential of the GOP nominating contest just dropped about 47%. Oh, well, at least we still have Newt.
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Mark Halperin, ladies and gentlemen
evanfleischer:
Of Newt Gingrich, Mark Halperin just said on Meet The Press that “they [Republican voters] want a figure like Churchill.” He also said that Cain might have been the nominee. Good. Lord.
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Cooper Tire locks out workers →
Company profits in the third quarter last year: $44M
CEO salary in 2008: $2.6M
Company profits in third quarter this year: $17M
CEO salary this year: $4.7M
Sure, I can totally see why you need to cut worker salaries and benefits. Those CEO mansions aren’t paying for themselves.
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You mean... it's harder to fill positions when... →
My heart bleeds for Uncle Pete.
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Well, I'd get more entertainment value out of a... →
But still - Newt would be funny enough.