Hat tip = Little Green Footballs
Nov 15, 2012
Nov 14, 2012
Say It Ain't So, Peaches
David Petraeus (nicknamed Peaches as a teenager) has seen a good bit of shittiness in his career, but I get the feeling he ain't seen nothin' compared with the enormity of what's coming down on him now.
So far, it's been just kind of interesting to watch the Villagers as they cluck their tongues and wag their fingers at him, acting shocked that he'd let himself in for something like this. I get the feeling that a bunch of 'em knew about it (or at least suspected it - because they go to the same parties as all of the players in this High School Fuck-Around Melodrama) and now they get to pretend they're not just jumping up and down on the guy's head yelling, "See? I told you this'd blow up in your face, and you'd end up helping us sell a shitoad of diapers and deodorant". For the Press Poodles, this is way better than the standard Dead White Girl story any day.
My take: unless there's a serious threat to People or Mission, I don't care if he's fucking frogs. Everything else is just Reality Porn you can get on basic cable 24/7.
Not that this is related - well maybe, but barely:
So far, it's been just kind of interesting to watch the Villagers as they cluck their tongues and wag their fingers at him, acting shocked that he'd let himself in for something like this. I get the feeling that a bunch of 'em knew about it (or at least suspected it - because they go to the same parties as all of the players in this High School Fuck-Around Melodrama) and now they get to pretend they're not just jumping up and down on the guy's head yelling, "See? I told you this'd blow up in your face, and you'd end up helping us sell a shitoad of diapers and deodorant". For the Press Poodles, this is way better than the standard Dead White Girl story any day.
My take: unless there's a serious threat to People or Mission, I don't care if he's fucking frogs. Everything else is just Reality Porn you can get on basic cable 24/7.
Not that this is related - well maybe, but barely:
Connections
Last Tuesday, in some places, voters legalized Gay Marriage and Pot. This is exactly what they needed to do because it's what The Bible demands:
Leviticus 20:13 --"If a man should lie with another man, they should be stoned".
We've just been reading it wrong.
Leviticus 20:13 --"If a man should lie with another man, they should be stoned".
We've just been reading it wrong.
Nov 13, 2012
What We Learned
The majority of Political Punditry since last Tuesday has been about how Romney &/or Winger Media &/or GOP Voters blew the election. But I think what needs to be addressed here - and hammered home until it's accepted as Gospel - is that the Republican party leaders decided the core of their strategy was to make Obama a one-term POTUS. Nothing else - just that.
It failed miserably - and why anybody has to take any time to point that out to anybody is beyond the understanding of the Swamis. C'mon, when you lose a general election by almost 3 points and 126 Electoral Votes, you can't make any credible claims to having worked out anything that even remotely resembles good policy alternatives.
Your "policy" failed.
Your party failed.
You failed.
And when you lose the election among the various demographic subsets by 30 or 40 or 90 points, you have to acknowledge that your "policy" has been repudiated by the voters in terms of certainty greater than what we use to describe the local effects of Gravity, or to predict that the sun will rise tomorrow morning somewhere to the east of wherever the fuck we're standing right now.
So here's the thing, Mr Senate Minority Leader: Get up off your dead brown-eyed ass and start helping. Step up or step aside.
(hat tip = Democratic Underground)
It failed miserably - and why anybody has to take any time to point that out to anybody is beyond the understanding of the Swamis. C'mon, when you lose a general election by almost 3 points and 126 Electoral Votes, you can't make any credible claims to having worked out anything that even remotely resembles good policy alternatives.
Your "policy" failed.
Your party failed.
You failed.
And when you lose the election among the various demographic subsets by 30 or 40 or 90 points, you have to acknowledge that your "policy" has been repudiated by the voters in terms of certainty greater than what we use to describe the local effects of Gravity, or to predict that the sun will rise tomorrow morning somewhere to the east of wherever the fuck we're standing right now.
So here's the thing, Mr Senate Minority Leader: Get up off your dead brown-eyed ass and start helping. Step up or step aside.
(hat tip = Democratic Underground)
The Baby Whisperer
Add that to Obama's résumé.
via Democratic Underground:
I noticed the President glance at me while speaking and give a little smile. I thought surely I imagined it. Then, when he was done speaking he came down to do the usual crowd greeting, shaking hands and whatnot. As soon as he got close enough, he pointed to me and gestured his hands in the "hand me the baby" manner. So I handed my son over! He danced with him a second and kissed him on his forehead. As he was handing him back he smiled, nodded at me, and said good job. Everyone has been asking why he told me good job and I just giggle. Here I was worried about breastfeeding in front of all those people and the only person who noticed was The President of the United States, and he supports it! Best feeling EVER!
A golden oldie:
The Prez has some skills and he's gotten lots of practice. Maybe this time, he can get the House Repubs to gentle down enough to give him a chance to work his magic.
I guess sometimes, the people who really just need a good hug are the ones who're most resistant to kindness.
Watch out, Mr Speaker - The Baby Whisperer is coming. And if you're not careful, he will comfort you.
via Democratic Underground:
My son is an eater and seeing as we were there about 4hrs he had no problem devouring the 8oz I packed. So there I was front row with a hungry baby. I knew I didn't want him to start crying, as the President had just begun to speak, so I covered him up with his blanket and let him go to town.Last Friday (11/2/12) President Obama was speaking at our local high school. I took my 10wk old son with me. I did pack some formula in the bag as I knew the place would be packed and was unsure about breastfeeding in front of thousands.
I noticed the President glance at me while speaking and give a little smile. I thought surely I imagined it. Then, when he was done speaking he came down to do the usual crowd greeting, shaking hands and whatnot. As soon as he got close enough, he pointed to me and gestured his hands in the "hand me the baby" manner. So I handed my son over! He danced with him a second and kissed him on his forehead. As he was handing him back he smiled, nodded at me, and said good job. Everyone has been asking why he told me good job and I just giggle. Here I was worried about breastfeeding in front of all those people and the only person who noticed was The President of the United States, and he supports it! Best feeling EVER!
A golden oldie:
The Prez has some skills and he's gotten lots of practice. Maybe this time, he can get the House Repubs to gentle down enough to give him a chance to work his magic.
I guess sometimes, the people who really just need a good hug are the ones who're most resistant to kindness.
Watch out, Mr Speaker - The Baby Whisperer is coming. And if you're not careful, he will comfort you.
Boycott Frenzie
From Addicting Info:
Chick-Fil-A
Papa John's
Applebee's
Generally, you shouldn't be punished for speaking your mind, but if you decide to beat up on your employees because of your mis-perception of something that hasn't even happened yet, then you're the one who's got a beat-down coming.
And BTW also too - letting your personal politics make your business decisions for you means you're something of a fucking idiot and you should probably not be in charge anymore.
Fox Business Network reported recently that Zane Tankel, CEO of Apple-Metro, an Applebee’s franchisee group for the New York City area, said that Applebee’s “won’t hire more people” because the Affordable Care Act would cost the company “some millions of dollars.” Consumer anger erupted nearly immediately and brought with it a Twitter hashtag calling on consumers to #boycottApplebees.Great - now we can add Applebee's to the list. Not that I need any more good reasons to avoid going out to a phony-looking cookie-cutter franchise joint for some shitty food. It's just that it gets a little hard to keep it all straight.
Chick-Fil-A
Papa John's
Applebee's
Generally, you shouldn't be punished for speaking your mind, but if you decide to beat up on your employees because of your mis-perception of something that hasn't even happened yet, then you're the one who's got a beat-down coming.
And BTW also too - letting your personal politics make your business decisions for you means you're something of a fucking idiot and you should probably not be in charge anymore.
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