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Y'all Come Back Next Time – Here I Come
My wife is 9 months pregnant, and she was supposed to have a caesarian delivery yesterday. I am deathly ill with the flu. I haven’t held down a meal in 6 days. We delayed the caesarian until Friday, and I’m about to leave the house to work for at least 16 hours, flu or no flu. Why? I wrote Y’all
Grosse Pointe Blankety Blank Blank Blank
If you aren’t familiar with South Park, you won’t get the song below. If you haven’t seen this, you won’t know who Shirley Nagel is. Nagel is a resident of Grosse Pointe who asked little kids who came to her house trick-or-treating whether they were from an Obama family or a McCain family. If mommy or daddy was voting for
When Fifth Graders Go Bad
Jordan Hood’s fifth grade art teacher told him to draw a scary Halloween mask for his art class. He complied. However, when Jordan’s homeroom teacher, Melissa Pevey, saw the drawing, she found it disturbing. Pevey was concerned enough to contact assistant principal Valerie Johnson and Campus Police. But it wasn’t blood and gore that bothered Pevey. She believed the blood
Is Sarah Palin really Shoichi Yokoi?
Shoichi Yokoi was a Japanese soldier who was sent to Guam during World War II. When U.S. forces recaptured the island in 1944, Yokoi went into hiding where he remained until 1972. Even when he was discovered, it took some work to convince him that World War II was over. Alex Koppelman at Salon opines that Sarah Palin may be
Toilet-Cursing Woman gets $19K Settlement
When Dawn Herb’s toilet overflowed, she swore at it. Go figure. A neighbor, who happened to be a police officer, overheard her. Not content to simply yell “shut up,” he charged her with disorderly conduct. The charge was dismissed, and Ms. Herb is now going to receive a $19,000 settlement from the City of Scranton so that it wouldn’t have
Quote of the Week – Vince Mancini
I think I speak for everyone when I say, “May your children turn gay and marry negroes in France, you cocksucker.” -Vince Mancini Mancini was talking to Larry Miller, owner of the Utah Jazz and the Megaplex Theater chain, who banned Zack and Miri Make a Porno from his theaters because the title has the word “Porno” in it, yet
The (sort of) Week-End Blog Loot!
Pre-Election Week Edition… W00T! Editorial and Comment by Zac “I’m-ill-yo” Papantoniou 1. Seriously, making Gov. Palin look stupid is getting a bit redundant… but she makes it so easy pull off, that even French-Canadian radio DJ’s are taking their turn playing “lets-tease-the-idiot”! Listen in as Gov. “Jane Six-Pack” Palin shows off her foreign policy skillz, while attempting to chit-chat on
Dear John: Thank You For Submitting Your Resume For the Position of President. Unfortunately…
By Jessica Christensen, Employment Law Correspondent The fact that Barack Obama has run a good campaign doesn’t mean he will be a good president. So says Bill Kristol of the Weekly Standard. Fair enough. Running a good campaign doesn’t, in and of itself, mean that Obama will necessarily be a good president. I’d argue he has many other qualities that
Three Johns on Politics
If by a “Liberal” they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people – their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties – someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip
The Westboro Baptist Church Lives to Protest Another Day
by Zac Papantoniou, Correspondent of that which is awesome and bad-ass Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficient. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning
Why Morons Succeed in American Politics
In The Triumph of Ignorance: How Morons Succeed in U.S. Politics, George Monibot attempts to figure out what perplexes the rest of the world. How can a country with the strongest collective brain trust in the history of man be constantly led by such idiots? From Reagan to Bush, Quayle to Palin, being an idiot seems to be no impediment
Farewell Josh
Very few of you know who Joshua Samuel Brown is. That’s okay. Lets just say that we are spiritual brothers. His decision to leave the United States, seemingly for good this time, brings me sadness. America is better off with people like him in it. Score one for Taiwan.
Right Wing Crybabies
Glen Greenwald writes about how the far-right has become the victim studies department: As [the Right has] ruled the country, it’s been driven into the ground on every level. The President they revered and endlessly glorified is the most unpopular in modern American history. They’ve ushered in disastrous wars, virtual economic panic, state-sanctioned torture and astonishing debt. Their leaders have
A Picture Says a Thousand Words
Image by Zina Saunders Video Says a Million [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrzXLYA_e6E]
Redistributionist?
YOUNG WOMAN: Are we getting closer and closer to, like, socialism and stuff?. . . CANDIDATE: Here’s what I really believe: That when you reach a certain level of comfort, there’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more. Quick… which candidate was that? Yes, that’s right… John McCain, before he sold his soul to Rove and Co. (source () The Republican
Reason 245 Why I Love Sweden
From the Legal Satyricon Sports Desk: A hockey game between Stockholm’s AIK team and the visiting Leksand team was delayed several times because fans threw so many dildos onto the ice. Fans held up a huge sign that said “BEND OVER BITCH” and waved a six foot tall inflatable penis. Apparently this is not a frequent occurrence at Swedish hockey
Palin on the First Amendment
As if you needed more evidence that this woman is terrifyingly stupid and unqualified to even be mayor of Wasilla, let alone Vice President (to say nothing for what happens if McCain dies in office — a 1 in 6 chance). Gov. Sarah Palin said she fears her First Amendment rights may be threatened by “attacks” from reporters who suggest
Godless Americans! Boo!
By Marc “The Godless” Randazza In honor of Halloween, I’m going to write about something that obviously scares the living daylights out of a lot of Americans – ATHEISTS! Boo! Elizabeth Dole is a Sleaze – We Already Knew That Article VI, section 3 of the Constitution states: The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several
Lights Out for Sexual Predators This Halloween
By Sam “The Boogyeman” Lea It never occurred to me before reading this story, but Halloween has got to be like Christmas for sexual predators. Not to make light of a very serious situation, but I can completely imagine the old man on Family Guy using a fishing pole with a Snickers bar at the end to lure unsuspecting little
