July 2009
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June 2009
1 post
May 2009
13 posts
Frank Luntz Has No Soul
A selction from GOP consultant and Fox News contributor Frank Luntz’s interview with Deborah Solomon:
Your new 28-page memo, “The Language of Health Care,” was sent to Republicans in Congress and recommends that they speak abouthealth care reform in ominous phrases. For instance, you suggest that they refer to “a Washington takeover.”
“Takeover” is a word that grabs attention.
Is it a...
I'd like it noted on the Internets that I've...
“President Obama may choose a Supreme Court nominee by the end of the week....”
– Craig Ferguson
WatchBehold: Star Wars makes Star Trek its little bitch.
I Know I'm Way Late On This...
…but I’ve never been more disappointed in Barack Obama than I was when I learned he orders his burgers medium well. Slather on all the elitist, terror-loving mustard you want, but keep a little pink juicy goodness, Mr. President, rather than that abomination of a charred hockey puck you’re content to shovel into your mouth.
“A large part of the secret of President Obama’s political success is his...”
– David Frum (via andrew sullivan)
April 2009
12 posts
My Swine Flu Pitch...
…at this morning’s meeting did not go over well. Apparently it’s in poor taste to write about getting survival tips from movies about massive outbreaks of disease like “28 Days Later” and “I am Legend.” Lame.
“Lemme get this straight: to protest wasteful spending, you bought a million tea...”
– Jon Stewart (via inothernews) (via ackb) (via notthatkindagay)
I am bummed the Mettys..
…gave up a homerun to the first ever Citi Field batter and that we’re now losing by three and can’t put together anything resembling a rally. But now I see the Yanks are down 9-0 in the third. Yeah, it’s gonna be a killer season.
Opening night...
…at your brand new stadium and the only folks you could get to sing the national anthem are the cast of West Side Story? Mets Star Spangled Banner fail.
“It took only three remarkable shots — one each by snipers firing from a distance...”
– NYT: How the pirate rescue went down.
Rove Gets It Wrong, Again
Karl Rove: genius or political party-ruining sociopath? It’s one of those questions that says more about the person asking the question than it does about the man himself. I also happen to think the answer—whatever it is—is irrelevant; I’m an “actions” over “intentions” type of bloggy a-hole.
Anyway, you probably know by now he’s all up in...
March 2009
47 posts
My NCAA Bracket on ESPN.com
Picked every winner last night and catapulted into 11,983th place out of about 6 billion entries. If all goes well tonight, I might crack the top 5,000 and still come nowhere close to snagging the grand prize.
The Daily Show Plays Name that Cheney Memoir
A while back, the Vondelpark took a shot at the name game. Last night Jon Stewart had some zingers:
The Bush Administration: If We Did It, Here’s How it Happened A Heartclogging Work of Staggering Evil I Know How to Make the Caged Bird Sing The Audacity of Waaaaagh
I’m still thinking it’s a three-way tie between The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, The Disappointment Artist...
“Did you hear that Obama uses a microphone, because his supposedly ‘great...”
– Wonkette
2 Questions on my NCAA Bracket on ESPN.com
1. How is it possible I picked 14 out of the Sweet 16 teams and am still ranked 150,705th?
2. How is it possible I picked 14 out of the Sweet 16 teams?
“As for the consequences we can’t foresee, most of them relate to the...”
– New Republic’s Noam Scheiber. (via thecorner)
“Sorry buddy, you’ve still got the job.”
– President Obama, to his Treasury Secretary.
Paul Krugman Is Totally Depressing
His take on Treasury’s bank plan:
This plan will produce big gains for banks that didn’t actually need any help; it will, however, do little to reassure the public about banks that are seriously undercapitalized. And I fear that when the plan fails, as it almost surely will, the administration will have shot its bolt: it won’t be able to come back to Congress for a plan that might actually...
Translating Palin's Statement On Obama's Gaffe
Here it is:
“I was shocked to learn of the comment made by President Obama about Special Olympics…”
By shocked, I mean “totally psyched.” This is so in my wheelhouse—both personal experience with disabled people and saying stupid things on TV
“…This was a degrading remark about our world’s most precious and unique people…”
I know that sounds wildly...
Warner Bros. To Stop Making R-rated Superhero...
It’s just a rumor at this point.
But it makes sense. The top 4 grossing films in 2008—Dark Knight, Iron Man, Indy Jones, Hancock—were PG-13. With everything you can get away with in PG-13 these days, you loose little by avoiding a hard R and gain so much in terms of available audience. For example, the violence in ‘Dark Knight’ and the violence I’ve seen in...
“Obama should clarify: he meant to say that Special Olympians were doing an...”
– Dave Weigel
How Come No One Celebrates My Alcoholism Like John... →
hellonewworld:savingpaper:
AV Club has a review of a new biography of John Cheever, so it seemed appropriate to pull out this gem from The Onion:
But just because he’s one of history’s finest short story writers, Cheever’s epic benders are considered delightful, whereas I’ve just got a “serious problem with alcohol.” … You wouldn’t believe some of the outlandish and totally inappropriate things...