Archive for April 21st, 2009

GOP Operative Gets Ass E’ffing KICKED!!

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The clip is 9 minutes, but you have to watch the whole thing.

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Late Night Music Video: The Toadies – Away

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The Toadies owe their career to the Pixies. But so does every other alt-rock band. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TklFY55gq7o[/youtube] and if i’m asleep… make sure my blanket covers me

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If You’re Okay With Water Boarding Then…

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… Would you understand if the Iranians water boarded Roxana Saberi? Reporting from Cairo and Tehran — An Iranian American journalist accused of spying for the U.S. was sentenced Saturday by an Iranian court to eight years in prison, a move likely to put a chill on the Obama administration’s efforts to improve relations with […]

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From My Junk Mail File

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Just got an auto insurance solicitation from Allstate. Immediately threw it out – know why? Why would I want to get my insurance from the worst insurance company in America? How could I do business with a company that instructs its adjusters to lie to their customers? Allstate’s confrontational attitude towards its own policyholders was […]

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Point & Laugh

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Here you go.

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(insert cheesey DJ voice) Going out to all of you out there in Teabag land

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfEpdI6RRBQ&feature=related[/youtube]

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Breaking: US Supreme Court Ruling a Victory for Civil Liberties

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Granted, it may be a small victory, but it’s important. And, just wait’ll you see how the justices voted. The New York Times reports that, by a 5-4 vote, the Court has strengthened motorists’ rights to privacy. In the decision in the case of Arizona v. Gant, the Court held that: Officers may search the […]

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Tuesday’s Open Thread

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Obama Open to Prosecution of Interrogation Abuses (NY Times) US Aims to Crack Down  on Credit Card Companies (LA Times) Or bring your own topics.

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Defense of Marriage FAIL

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The GOP bigots are getting mounted up to go on the offensive on the subject of gay marriage and they’ve decide on who leads the charge: Newt Gingrich — married three times, adulterer, and douchebag for leaving one wife while she was getting cancer treatments, annulling others and getting all Catholic after the fact. Newtie […]

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A Modest Proposal

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Mr Cheney, I hereby challenge you to a test of torture.  Over the course of a few days, I will have trained professionals administer enhanced interrogation techniques to you.  You will be subjected to nothing stronger than we have subjected the detainees that we have held in the War on Terror to.  You will be […]

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Really, I’m Okay With This

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Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present the “new” Republican Party. Cheney Gingrich Cantor Jindal Palin Limbaugh Boehner Beck Bachmann Steele This line up works for me! *There are plenty more names to add to this list. I have simply chosen the most vocal and most recognizable to the average voter.  Pretty sweet.

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I hope, honestly, he goes to hell to pay for his sins.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6LtL9lCTRA[/youtube] 57 seconds in…”This government does not torture people.” “The American people expect their government to take action to prevent them from further attack.” Greatest. President. Ever. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHSQJ-OlY2g[/youtube] “Nobody predicted anyone would have flown airplanes…” 2:03 “I don’t get hurt because we don’t torture.” 2:29 “Everything we did was..was legal opinions behind it”  (wow, stunning […]

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‘Bulo’s Top 10 Republican Targets for 2010-#5

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9th Representative District-Dick Cathcart, House Minority Leader Democratic insiders will tell you that no one ran a more disappointing 2008 campaign than Becky Walker against Dick Cathcart. Her entire campaign should be a case study on how not to take a second run at somebody. OK, you’ve convinced him, El Somnambulo will provide a brief […]

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