VOTER ELIGIBILITY RUMOR CONTROL:
Maryland State Board of Elections
The other 49 states/territories/minions
So Elon is worried that the forces for Good will fall victim to their own slacker tendencies (he's looking at YOU Generation X and Y) while Wyatt wants to know, "Are we fucking there yet?!?!?!"
"...tell your conservative friends who you don't really like to discuss politics with, but you still hand out with them; because really, they know how to drink the best. Evil often does."--Elon James White
"I feel like an old man on Viagra who's had an erection for three hours and 58 minutes. I've got two minutes people!"--Wyatt Cenac
[crossposted]
Thursday, October 30
Tuesday, October 28
Saturday, October 25
Thursday, October 23
Keeping my fingers crossed and (yes really) praying hard to the universe for a little love
Maybe it's because the first vote I ever cast was for William Jefferson Clinton, maybe it's because my Mom infected me with her love of politics/government/civics at a very young age, maybe it's because I went to St. John's College and spent four years discussing (ad nauseum) the concepts of "good" and "bad", "right" and "wrong", "patriot" and "traitor"...because as would surprise exactly no.one. I'm a big ol' Barack Obama fan. To be completely honest, I was a Hillary supporter in the beginning. I thought this country could use another dose of Team Clinton's combined experience and talents working for us in Washington D.C. and around the globe. But towards the end of the primary season I was defintely starting to fall in love with Team Obama and by the end of the convention in Denver, I was totally smitten.
But since I'm a big fan of "show me the source material!", and there's a galatic ton of video out on the intertubes to choose from, here are my two current favorite Barack Obama videos***:
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 2004
RICHMOND VIRGINIA, 2008
***CAUTION: Statements made in these speeches may move you to tears, so bring a hanky.
But since I'm a big fan of "show me the source material!", and there's a galatic ton of video out on the intertubes to choose from, here are my two current favorite Barack Obama videos***:
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 2004
RICHMOND VIRGINIA, 2008
***CAUTION: Statements made in these speeches may move you to tears, so bring a hanky.
To all my fellow Johnnies:
So, if John McCain attended the US Naval Academy in the late 50's, chances are pretty good he probably attended at least ONE waltz party at St. John's College. Now, not to be terribly mean, but sweetjeezus, I hope he had his cover stolen at least once--because you know he had to be one of the ones who came over and got totally blotto drinking our alcohol.
("cover" is Naval Academy-speak for one's hat--which is required for reentry onto the grounds of the Academy. Thus, stealing covers is a time-honored tradition of Johnnies wishing to cause a little trouble for Midshipmen who come onto our campus and behave badly.)
("cover" is Naval Academy-speak for one's hat--which is required for reentry onto the grounds of the Academy. Thus, stealing covers is a time-honored tradition of Johnnies wishing to cause a little trouble for Midshipmen who come onto our campus and behave badly.)
Tuesday, October 21
Monday, October 20
As Ford would say,
I'm feeling a little like Arthur Dent today (hopefully, I won't have to deal with intergalactic bulldozers), so here's a little potpurri of things to make you go "HA!":
"...My fellow Americans, the time for running aimlessly through streets while shrieking and waving our arms above our heads is now," Bush said. "I understand that many of you are worried about your economic future and our situation overseas, and you have every right to be. Yet there is only one thing we as a nation can do in times like these: give up all hope and devolve into a lawless, post-apocalyptic, every-man-for-himself society." [full text here]
a Monty Python vs. FOX!NEWS!
Ode to Sean Hannity by John Cleese
Aping urbanity
Oozing with vanity
Plump as a manatee
Faking humanity
Journalistic calamity
Intellectual inanity
Fox Noise insanity
You’re a profanity
Hannity
The latest in campaign-gear chic:
Burger King has an onion fetish?
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Monday, October 13
Reading Round-Up
Instead of boring y'all with another essay from Left Blogistan on "Why the GOP is S-C-A-R-Y", here's what I've been reading about the McPalin:
From the Anchorage Daily News, "Gov. Sarah Palin has surrendered important gubernatorial duties to the Republican presidential campaign. McCain staff are handling public and press questions about actions she has taken as governor..."
The New Yorker says,"...Since the 2004 election, however, McCain has moved remorselessly rightward in his quest for the Republican nomination. He paid obeisance to Jerry Falwell and preachers of his ilk. He abandoned immigration reform, eventually coming out against his own bill. Most shocking, McCain, who had repeatedly denounced torture under all circumstances, voted in February against a ban on the very techniques of “enhanced interrogation” that he himself once endured in Vietnam—as long as the torturers were civilians employed by the C.I.A...."
Gay Republicans confuse me...especially when they work for John McCain. From The Gist, "...What does John McCain’s loyal chief of staff – a man who apparently is in a long-term relationship with another man, and appears to be open about it to John McCain -- think about the fact that Sarah Palin devoutly worships at a church that promotes “converting” gays to heterosexuality?..."
Maaaaverick. (drink up bitches!)
I guess when your grandfather and your father are 4-star Admirals, the Navy finds the money to replace all those jets you keep crashing. From the L.A. Times, "...In his most serious lapse, McCain was "clowning" around in a Skyraider over southern Spain about December 1961 and flew into electrical wires, causing a blackout,..."
McNasty's Greatest Hits from Shakesville.
So yeah...have fun with these...try not to break anything.
From the Anchorage Daily News, "Gov. Sarah Palin has surrendered important gubernatorial duties to the Republican presidential campaign. McCain staff are handling public and press questions about actions she has taken as governor..."
The New Yorker says,"...Since the 2004 election, however, McCain has moved remorselessly rightward in his quest for the Republican nomination. He paid obeisance to Jerry Falwell and preachers of his ilk. He abandoned immigration reform, eventually coming out against his own bill. Most shocking, McCain, who had repeatedly denounced torture under all circumstances, voted in February against a ban on the very techniques of “enhanced interrogation” that he himself once endured in Vietnam—as long as the torturers were civilians employed by the C.I.A...."
Gay Republicans confuse me...especially when they work for John McCain. From The Gist, "...What does John McCain’s loyal chief of staff – a man who apparently is in a long-term relationship with another man, and appears to be open about it to John McCain -- think about the fact that Sarah Palin devoutly worships at a church that promotes “converting” gays to heterosexuality?..."
Maaaaverick. (drink up bitches!)
I guess when your grandfather and your father are 4-star Admirals, the Navy finds the money to replace all those jets you keep crashing. From the L.A. Times, "...In his most serious lapse, McCain was "clowning" around in a Skyraider over southern Spain about December 1961 and flew into electrical wires, causing a blackout,..."
McNasty's Greatest Hits from Shakesville.
So yeah...have fun with these...try not to break anything.
Monday morning cup o'videos
I meant to get these up last week...alas...I got distracted.
First up, the comedic stylings of Jay Smooth:
And from an old episode of West Wing, an Obama fan gives us another example of Aaron Sorkin's uncanny and somewhat unnerving talent for predicting the future:
First up, the comedic stylings of Jay Smooth:
And from an old episode of West Wing, an Obama fan gives us another example of Aaron Sorkin's uncanny and somewhat unnerving talent for predicting the future:
Racism: the elephant in the voting booth
Reasons to be nervous for Obama in November:
Reasons to have hope for Obama in November:
Reasons to have hope for Obama in November:
Thursday, October 9
It's like a MiniCooper got impregnanted by a Subaru. And I want one.
Meet the Mini Crossover Concept car:
See what I mean? It's burly-ish like a Subaru, but little like the Cooper. It's what I've been wishing Volkswagen would do with one of their Rabbit models. (Although they still get points for developing a diesel-hybrid.)
Because let me tell you, where I live, having a small car saves, besides fuel, many a migraine when trying to a) manuever in traffic or b) find on-street parking. Unfortunately, my city's pothole problem is second only** to Washington, D.C.'s--a city notorious for wheel-engulfing craters. So in some ways you need an SUV-like vehicle to survive the potholes and road repair jobs*** in my city.
Plus, the front end kinda reminds me of Benny the Cab.
**according to my mechanic
***this past June I banged up the underside of my car and tore off the plastic engine cover when I suddenly came upon a section of road that had been graded down several inches in anticipation of it's impending resurfacing--leaving three or four melon-sized pipe covers sticking up; and given that there were parked cars on my right and moving cars on my left, I was left to attempt to steer around them all. Needless to say, I mostly failed. On the up side however, I didn't crash, the damage to the frame was merely cosmetic, and the engine cover was easily replaced. Although, I have to say, the sound of car-frame-meets-pipe-cover-at-30mph was hideous.
See what I mean? It's burly-ish like a Subaru, but little like the Cooper. It's what I've been wishing Volkswagen would do with one of their Rabbit models. (Although they still get points for developing a diesel-hybrid.)
Because let me tell you, where I live, having a small car saves, besides fuel, many a migraine when trying to a) manuever in traffic or b) find on-street parking. Unfortunately, my city's pothole problem is second only** to Washington, D.C.'s--a city notorious for wheel-engulfing craters. So in some ways you need an SUV-like vehicle to survive the potholes and road repair jobs*** in my city.
Plus, the front end kinda reminds me of Benny the Cab.
**according to my mechanic
***this past June I banged up the underside of my car and tore off the plastic engine cover when I suddenly came upon a section of road that had been graded down several inches in anticipation of it's impending resurfacing--leaving three or four melon-sized pipe covers sticking up; and given that there were parked cars on my right and moving cars on my left, I was left to attempt to steer around them all. Needless to say, I mostly failed. On the up side however, I didn't crash, the damage to the frame was merely cosmetic, and the engine cover was easily replaced. Although, I have to say, the sound of car-frame-meets-pipe-cover-at-30mph was hideous.
Wednesday, October 8
In case you missed it because your tv is now a smoking pile of rubble in the wake of your godzilla-esque rampage after last night's debate:
John Oliver talks about undecided voters:
And from this past August, Stephen Colbert explains why this country has been having the same damn political dialogue since 1960:
And from this past August, Stephen Colbert explains why this country has been having the same damn political dialogue since 1960:
Tuesday, October 7
Call me cautiously optimistic that this will work and patients won't continue to be totally screwed over by Big Insurance
From the New York Times,
More than one-third of all Americans will soon receive better insurance coverage for mental health treatments because of a new law that, for the first time, requires equal coverage of mental and physical illnesses. The requirement, included in the economic bailout bill that President Bush signed on Friday, is the result of 12 years of passionate advocacy by friends and relatives of people with mental illness and addiction disorders....Federal officials said the law would improve coverage for 113 million people, including 82 million in employer-sponsored plans that are not subject to state regulation. The effective date, for most health plans, will be Jan. 1, 2010.
Sunday, October 5
The further adventures of Bible Spice.
My friends Touching and Mister_Rabbit liveblogged the Biden/Palin showdown Thursday night. I now present you a sample for your reading pleasure:
Also included in the Touching/Rabbit dialogue:
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(image courtesy of Ph33r and Loathing)
And from the gang at SNL:
Touching Liveblob: Jason says her pupils are big because the drugs that keeps her implant working properlyy too bad it can’t help her say nuclear
Touching Liveblob: haha biden keeps saying nuclear properly NUCLEAR
Mister_Rabbit: Nuclear. Hear that, bible spice? NEW-CLEAR.
Touching Liveblob: [Biden] schools the fuck out of palin
Touching liveblob: biden said “bosniacs” lol
Mister_Rabbit: Bozniak? Bosniac?
Touching liveblob: sarah palin sounds like she is speaking phonetically all these bill kristol talking points
Also included in the Touching/Rabbit dialogue:
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(image courtesy of Ph33r and Loathing)
And from the gang at SNL:
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