Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Rep. Joe Walsh Is Total Cockhead

Like DUH and agreed. El Rude-o on what that piece o' shit Walsh said about Tammy Duckworth:

[...] Good job, there, Illinois 8th. Walsh is one of the most worthless pieces of GOP shit in a turd pile that goes up to the sky.

That's hard to do. Takes natural born talent to out-worthless those bastards.

You know what a real hero doesn't do? Attack the honorable service of a veteran. But, then again, that's just the kind of skeevy shit you expect when a Republican goes up against a man or woman who can kick their asses, with or without legs.

Repugs have no honor and think Rush Limpbaugh and other draft dodgers are heroes and great patriots. I think Ms. Duckworth is going to do the whole country a favor and whip this punk on election day and get his ass out of public view forever.

Update:

Rachel weighs in:

First, I would hope that sane politicians would know better than to argue, during a time of war, about a double-amputee, that veterans should just shut up about their decorated service to their country. If Republicans were held to sensible rhetorical standards, this little incident would go in the "career ender" category.

If Repugs were held to sensible rhetorical standards there wouldn't be a Repuglican't party, and "career ender" is the result we're hoping for.

Second, it's not up to Joe Walsh, who's never worn a military uniform, to decide who qualifies or doesn't qualify as a "true hero." [...]

Walsh wouldn't know a "true hero" if she bit him on the ass. It ain't like in the movies, Joey boy, which is the nearest you're ever going to get to "honor".

Operation Tacolift

LATimes, links and video.

As far as customer service stunts go, this one was pretty epic: A helicopter sent to a remote Alaska town bearing a Taco Bell truck, itself bearing ingredients for 10,000 Doritos Locos tacos.
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Last month, fliers trumpeting the chain’s debut in Bethel got residents salivating. After all, cheap Mexican food in the land of sled dogs and sub-zero temperatures isn’t exactly easy to come by. The nearest Taco Bell is some 400 miles away in Anchorage.

Count your blessings, Bethel. 400 miles is a safe distance. I guess the food-like Taco Bell offerings are "cheap" all right, but whether they're "Mexican food" or not probably depends on your distance from actual Mexican food.

It remains to be seen if the airlift violates either the 8th Amendment or the Geneva Conventions.

Taco Bell is to Mexican food as Repugs are to sanity. Not even close.

This is reminiscent of "Operation Haylift" in 1949. They made a movie out of that one. We'll probably get a commercial out of this one.

Headline of the Day

Government-sponsored study destroys DEA’s classification of marijuana

Read the article quick before the study gets suppressed.

Related:

Moms and Dads for Marijuana Regulation unveil new Colorado billboard

Wah-wah-wah ...

Good god, the crybabies are cranking it up to 11:

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Already feeling betrayed by Roberts’ joining with the liberal bloc on the court to uphold Obamacare — and suspicious of Roberts’ motives — some conservatives seized on the Crawford report as evidence that they didn’t lose the case on the legal merits but because of external considerations that swayed Roberts away from their side.

Here are the top five theories emerging from conservative circles for why John Roberts stabbed their movement in the back:

...

They're getting worse than the Birthers.

Monday, July 2, 2012

Willard's New Logo



Kos

It turns out that the implications of David Corn's explosive scoop about how Mitt Romney misrepresented his role in Bain's investment in a medical-waste firm that disposed of aborted fetuses goes far beyond that specific investment. [...]

Disposed of aborted fetuses. Make up your own inappropriate (it could be nothing else) discarded aborted fetuses joke.

He's going to lose even more of the tiny-brained over this. Except for those who see through this made-up liberal smear, of course.

Spot on ...


Pic stolen from Americans Against the Tea Party.

Kraut Cup Update

At Fixer & Gordon. Photo, video, little write-up. Enjoy.

Obama Is Winning

Good. Time Swampland

Conservative horcrux Karl Rove is out with his first official electoral college projection of 2012 and… it’s really bullish on Obama. Rove has South Carolina, which McCain won by 9 points in 2008, rated as a toss-up, and Texas – Texas – merely leaning Republican. The result, in Rove’s model, is 284 electoral votes within Obama’s grasp, 172 for Romney and 82 toss-ups.

I'm a little disturbed that Turdblossom sees things that clearly, unlike all the wingnut gasbags and Willard surrogates, but I guess they're paid to do that. Rove gets richer no matter who wins.

The only way Willard will win is if the lies and fearmongering cause a smokin' Repug turnout and nobody comes out for the O-Man, but I think we learned our lesson about that in 2010 please God. And maybe a lot of tampering with the results. I put nothing, but nothing, past the Repugs.

All Bark, No Bite: On False Bravado Becoming the Right Wing's Signature Characteristic

No shit.

This post at Kos offers three prime examples. Some of the usual suspects.

For years, we've heard a lot of tough talk from conservatives -- threats and promises and chest-beatings -- intended to be argumentation. Intended to convince the masses of the rightness of their position.

But these moments are really one thing: defense mechanisms used by cowards who, when backed into a corner, resort to loud barking and the baring of teeth.

But they rarely bite. Because there's nothing there. Nothing.

They're all like, "I'm gonna kick yer ass, ya godless commie fuck" and then run like little girls when you take one step toward them to offer them the chance to make good on it. Heh.

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

Roberts Joins With Four Liberal Justices in Upholding Obamacare
After dropping acid with Breyer.

Heh. More Repugs need to do that.

CNN, Fox, Other Outlets Initially Report Health Law Overturned
Only Fox still stands by it.

That would be the brown acid Wavy Gravy* warned us about.

*OMG! Go look at his given name. The horror...

Critics Slam Kraft for Rainbow Oreo Honoring LGBT Community
Say it's contributing to obesity among gays.

Romney Donor Buys Ad Space on Soccer Club's Shirts
Hopes to reach Latinos other than Romney's gardeners.

Fixer will no doubt add one of these to his collection. To wipe off his lawnmower blade like Willard's gardeners do.

The crux of the biscuit ...

From Perfesser Krugman via Karoli:

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What was and is really striking about the anti-reformers is their cruelty. It would be one thing if, at any point, they had offered any hint of an alternative proposal to help Americans with pre-existing conditions, Americans who simply can't afford expensive individual insurance, Americans who lose coverage along with their jobs. But it has long been obvious that the opposition's goal is simply to kill reform, never mind the human consequences.

...

Yeah. It's one thing to have competing plans but when you want to repeal something that protects Americans and replace it with nothing, it shows how much Republicans give a shit about actual people. They don't.

The best news ...

From the SCOTUS decision last week (aside from the fact that millions of Americans can afford healthcare):

The US health care industry breathed a cautious sigh of relief Friday after the Supreme Court's surprise decision to uphold President Barack Obama's sweeping reforms, even as politicians kept their swords drawn over the law.

After three years preparing billions of dollars of investment to implement Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals, doctors, insurers and drug companies were mostly relieved about not facing yet another U-turn in policy.

...

They're not all doing the Dance of Joy, naked, in the moonlight but they all know they stand to make big money from it. If Big Healthcare is going along with it, and it would cost them big money if the ACA is repealed, they'll put pressure on the GOP to back off. These corporations are too far down the road to implementation, 3 years in, to turn back now.

Shrimp on the barbie ...

An Australian unpacks a "Christian".


Thanks to the Being Liberal FB page for the pic.

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Heh ...


Pic stolen from Teabonics.

Goin' Ridin'



Off to ride the SactoPITS Kraut Cup Trial today. See yas.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Every musician on the stage is a heavyweight in Americana music. Terrific.

Emmylou Harris - Vocals / Guitar
Kierran Kane - Vocals / Mandolin
Barry Tashian - Vocals / Guitar / Accordion
Holly Tashian - Guitar / Vocals
Mark O'Connor - Fiddle
Glen Worf - Bass
Jerry Douglas - Dobro
Harry Stinson - Drums


Emmylou Harris ~ Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone (Live on American Music Shop 1991)
Thanks to Leo Grass.

Friday, June 29, 2012

Time for a little fun

The hills are alive with the sound of ... Repugs' heads exploding. Let's enjoy it while it lasts!

I just discovered this duo and they're funnier'n shit!

Doyle & Debbie on the Delbert McClinton Cruise XVII on Jan 8, 2011 on the Holland America Westerdam.

I'm beginning to see why the Fixers like cruising...

Thanks to nashvillehigh.


Also see:

When You're Screwin' Other Women (Think of Me)

I Ain't No Homo (But Man You Sure Look Good to Me)

Many more. You will find them.

Update:

I found this description of what these folks do at ABC's Of Love.

The Doyle and Debbie Show is sublime parody, simultaneously lampooning and idolizing country music's tradition of iconic duos and their subsequent battle of the sexes. Bruce Arntson and Jenny Littleton wield the vocals of vintage country stars and the acting chops of Broadway veterans, taking audiences on a freewheeling joyride through a wickedly funny script and slew of equally hilarious original songs.

Word.

The 10 Most Hilariously Unhinged Right-Wing Reactions to the Obamacare Ruling

SO FAR! Heh. Don't miss this!

Alternet, links to strange places at site.

“There are times government has to do things to get what it wants and holds a gun to your head,” Davis said. “I’m saying at some point, we have to ask the question when do we turn that gun around and say no and resist.

When you grow the balls, Sparky.

10. Or Is He?

Unlike most constitutional experts, some conservative bloggers thought that the law was so obviously unconstitutional that something fishy must be going on...

Someone got to Roberts. I bet they got to him and told him he has to vote this way or members of his family – kids, wife, parents, whoever – were going to be killed.

Later this afternoon, it’s going to come out that Roberts was coerced. ... the whole story will come out, Roberts will issue his REAL opinion, and Obama and Axelrod will be taken away in handcuffs.

Hey, one can always hope!

When the Repugs' heads explode, the same stuff comes out like when ya pop a pimple.

And excuuuuuse me for enjoying the shit outta all this. We've had it coming!

This is what really matters ...


From MoveOn.Org.

In a just world ...


pic thanks to the Remove and Replace Every Teapublican in 2012 FB page.