LiveBlog for Friday, July 30, 2010
• Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about strengthening stalking laws, as well as the economy, the stimulus, and another economic slowdown
• Christian Weller, economist with the Center for American Progress, calls in at 10:05am ET / 7:05am PT to update us on the economy and jobs
• Attorney Gloria Allred calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to update us on her Equal Rights Amendment hunger strike
• House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising worries for fellow Democrats about the fall elections.
• Ousted USDA employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday that she will sue Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger who posted an edited video that appeared show her making racially offensive remarks.
• Three U.S. service members were killed in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 63 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year-war.
• Ellen DeGeneres has quit “American Idol” after one season, leaving Fox’s hit show with two vacancies on its judging panel.
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Goood morning all
Hey, we’ll get Stephanie back on Fox somehow.
PUT STEPHANIE MILLER ON THE AMERICAN IDULL PANEL
Jim Ward can take Simon’s spot.
#1 Don’t get Paul from Ashville started, TR. I think he took the whole Get-Steph-to-replace-Larry-King bit too seriously. (In “Simon” voice) I’m just being honest.
Yeah, shaf. Though she’d be much more suited to something like AI than a Larry King type show. She’d be a much better fit on MSNBC if she was going to be a pundit type.
Today is “Take your niece to work day (or at least have lunch with her)”. I’ll give her the grand tour of the Fortress of Solitude.
I like Stephanie right where she is! Although… I would love to see her on TV more!!
#4 If I wanted to take my niece to work today, I’d need to got to New Jersey to get her. She’s doing a summer internship at an aquarium. I’m very proud of her!
BTW, Chris Matthews showed his stupidity on Hardball last night, defending Breitbart’s edit of Sherrod’s speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5biKOOyfQ9c
Morgan, all.
Just came across this at HuPo:
America’s Cheesiest Charttoppers (Part 2)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-sigman/americas-cheesiest-chartt_b_663390.html
Morning all!
A story of some tiny bit of justice in the world: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10810772
Mornin’ folks!!! Happieeee Frideeee!
TR I love the idea! Jim would be funnier than Simon even if he simply played Simon. And BTW- he was kind enough to join Shane-O and me on Funked in the Head last night!!
I think I’m still on a natural high! It’s posted on both our sites and on iTunes.
Also, we filled in for Nicole Sandler for the second hour of her show and talked with Nicole Belle of Crooks and Liars again… I love her!!! Check out the podcast and listen / watch me, Shaf, Shane-O, and of course Kenny do it live tonight on her UStream channel!
I tell ya’.. SMS is magical and has really made my life incredible. I am blessed with great friends, an amazing new hobby, and of course Shane…
Thanks Steph, Chris, Jim, Beks, and my live blog family!
Good morning, live blogospherians! I’m here for about the first 90 minutes. Then it’s off to the sleep doctors. I’ve come to the conclusion from the questionnaire that I don’t have sleep apnea.
it is truly amazing how better morning joe is when squints and the meat puppet take the day off.
What’s with this bit with LA traffic reporters saying “the 5.” It sounds absolutely stupid.
I hope Steph plays the tape of Rep. Weiner going ballistic on the House floor yesterday.
15: That was hot!
I’m now in love (in a manly sort of way) with Grayson, Weiner, and Franken. We should rename them “The Three Wise Dems.”
Rep. Weiner: Here it is …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4zwCMf8dsc
Economists say that unemployment would have been > 16% without the stimulus.
Hey, third graders in a class of 120 would prepare them for a university education.
#19: you mean reported unemployment correct? Actual unemployment is alleged to be about 15% because of people that have just stopped looking.
#21 Correct.
Oh no, a law against wearing stockings?
#14 It’s an LA thing. We have so many freeways that are not interstates that it would sound weird calling them “I” or “CA” or “US.” We just call the freeways by their number. i.e. “The 5″ or “The 101″ or “The 134.” You can tell when someone is not from around here when they say “I-5″ or “I-10″ or even worse… “I-101,” which isn’t even an interstate.
#23: guess not although I can’t understand why we’d need one.
I could see outlawing underwear, but socks?
I haven’t stalked mama, but if she pays me a living wage and the opportunity to join the broadcasters’ union, I’ll be happy to be her personal assistant, official stalker, and personal bone stimulator.
Or wait… would she be my bone stimulator…?
*tilts head, scratches chin, and ponders*
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I yi yi yi yi
We still insist on calling the I-95 loop around Boston route 128. The Feds don’t like it. Tough.
There’s a short stretch South of Boston where you can be going North on I-95 and South on I-93. And the road actually goes east to west.
#24; I guess that’s the problem…all those freeways. In Chicago there are four expressways and one “freeway” (by name): the Eisenhower, the Kennedy, the Dan Ryan (just called the Ryan), the Stevenson, and the Ford Freeway (formerly the Calumet Expressway).
Is there a Stephanie Miller video game?
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The Stephanie Miller Show – bringing people together since 2004(?)
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Forget that, where’s the iPod/iPhone app?
#28: That’s because we built 128 before they did 95. Too effing bad federales.
I have asthma, caller. I can’t even take the smoke from employees outside of buildings.
When the Show goes on the cam, will it be in 3-D?
#34: and yet you expect us to have single-payer healthcare and pay for your asthma? How dare you sir and / or madam! >kidding<
#36: LOL
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Of course.
I remember before 495 was finishted that most of the Cape Cod traffic had to go by my parents’ home as it went from I-95 to SR25. We learned not to bother going anywhere on Friday nights.
#35: Momma will just keep shoving her ass towards the camera. Oh wait. That might be a good thing.
#38: sounds hellacious.
1: “….Jim Ward can take Simon’s spot.”
“suhhhhtunnree not have a tarrent rike a rinzee rohan !!
you got a no ideeeahhh whuh you a doin on dat staich !!”
Wow! That’s the problem with the younger generation. They don’t know what luddites are.
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Nah, just used to sit in the front yard and count out-of-state license plates. Mostly from New York.
a luddite is somebody whose financial interest is contrary to technological advancement.
I hate luds.
Luddites are a the loom-smashers, if I remember right. They were people who protested having their jobs replaced by automatic looms and other textile devices by smashing them.
They’re often portrayed as backwards, anti-technology people, and the word “luddite” is used as such a derision.
If I remember right.
I am more concerned about dudites.
This is the second day in a row someone’s put a box of donuts in front of my desk. They’re tryin’ t’ kill me, I tells ya.
Ned Ludd or Ned Lud, possibly born Ned Ludlam[1] or Edward Ludlam[2][3], is the person from whom the Luddites took their name. His actions were the inspiration for the folkloric character of “Captain Ludd”, also known as “King Ludd” or “General Ludd”, who became the Luddites’ imagined leader and founder.
Mornin!
23: “Oh no, a law against wearing stockings?”
only outlaws will feel pretty and witty and gay.
I like milk luds.
I’ll never fall in lud again.
#47 – Even more worrisome, are those deadites.
#48 – Or get a promotion.
#51:
and sing show tunes apparently
Businesses are holding back on hiring because we provided a carrot, but not a stick. The stick is taxes. If the company does not reinvest their profits, the profits get taxed. But then the bush tax cuts came along and the companies could keep more of their money — and guess what? Instead of reinvesting in the company, they KEPT THE MONEY. And the economy has not had private sector jobs created in massive numbers ever since. Look at when the first bush recession occurred — right after the first tax refund checks came out.
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If that’s the case, they’re barking up the wrong tree.
I’m the king of nothing.
24: “….You can tell when someone is not from around here when they say “I-5″ or “I-10″…..”
(nice stocking, chris !!)
especially I-10.
just for fun, drive the length of the whole thing some time.
I still smoke the occasional clove cigarette.
g gordon factoid: he generally administered the smackdown on people in prison.
“I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your fuckin’ mouth.”
~Bill Hicks quote
Sadly, the quality of HP and Dell products continues to decline.
My company still uses Dell and has learned to order more than we need to cover all the DOA products so we’re not caught short. My suggestion to switch to a different supplier was met with silence . . .
And the HP business grade printers jam so often that they likely offset any cost savings with reduced productivity. Never mind the frustration factor.
“The worst kind of non-smokers are the ones that come up to you and cough. That’s pretty fucking cruel isn’t it? Do you go up to cripples and dance too?”
~Bill Hicks
I quit on December 1, 1978 when we found out my wife was pregnant. I got asthma a couple of years ago. Go figure.
I quit smoking about 3-years ago. I promptly gained about 90-pounds. Became diabetic. Got High Blood Pressure and ‘Roids. You know, it’s cheaper to buy a lung on the Black Market than it is to purchase a heart, pancreas and a new bunghole. But, god … am I happy!
No.
Steph this is why you never get laid.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-sigman/americas-cheesiest-chartt_b_663390.html
42: “That’s the problem with the younger generation. They don’t know what luddites are.”
oh, we used to DREAM of sneering at a corridor !!
I admit it. I’m attacking faith right now. She’s in a sack tied up with chains & I’m beating her with a cricket bat.
47: “I am more concerned about dudites.”
i think buffalo bob has people to clan those up.
I use “Wind Beneath My Wings” as a question in physics class every year. It’s the wind above the wings that lowers the pressure and gives the airplane lift (due to the higher pressure below). Bernoulli’s principle.
More wuss rock.
I still need to hear “Diary”!
Who remembers “The Simpsons” when they had the Krusty Komeback Special with Bette Midler, while she’s cleaning the highway.
All I remember from that episode is Bette spiking a soda can in Snake’s pickup as he tries to run away with an, “Oh no! It’s Bette Midler!” as he goes over the edge of a cliff.
Say, do you mind if I smoke?
Well no, do you mind if I fart? It’s one of my habits. I quit once for a year, but I gained a lot of weight. It’s hard to quit. After sex I really have the urge to “light one up”.
48: “This is the second day in a row someone’s put a box of donuts in front of my desk. They’re tryin’ t’ kill me, I tells ya”
people will do anything now to carb out a jobbortunity.
#63 – Have you heard about the suit against Dell for knowingly shipping defective machines.
77: It’s hard for me to have sex anymore. All of the man flesh has moved to my belly.
Pashas, Chris.
Oh, the bleep-up in the Dell….
A posh on both your houses!
(But no scary or sporty on your houses… I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy.)
Pasha, Chris!
58: “….I’m the king of nothing.”
the king is a nihilist; long veg the king !!
Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, (Turkish: paşa[1]) was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries. As an honorary title, Pasha, in one of its various ranks, is equivalent to the British title of Lord, and was also one of the highest titles in pre-republic Egypt.
AFAIK, “schlick” is slang for female masturbation.
#80 – YOu say that, and all I hear is, “Quaaaaaiiiiiiddd!”
Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, (Turkish: paşa[1]) was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries. As an honorary title, Pasha, in one of its various ranks, is equivalent to the British title of Lord, and was also one of the highest titles in pre-republic Egypt.–From Wikipedia.
Same derivation as “Shah”
But of course Carly says “screw what made HP”, we’ll concentrate on crappy PC’s and printers. Lotsa $$ in over-priced ink.
#87 – Internet message boards say it’s “trib.”
62: what was the point of bill hicks ?
why did he always sound so much smarter after he died ?
Play the Rep. Weiner rant!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4zwCMf8dsc
Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, (Turkish: paşa[1]) was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries. As an honorary title, Pasha, in one of its various ranks, is equivalent to the British title of Lord, and was also one of the highest titles in pre-republic Egypt.
I remember an old movie starring Jeff Chandler called “Yankee Pasha.”
Bill Hicks and His Hot Licks?
I like my rice cakes! I don’t like my republicans!
#93: He sounded smart when he was alive but he kept getting censored & his bits cut from late-night chat-shows.
#76 Bette Midler caught him littering, and she doesn’t take that kind of crap. That’s why she was chasing Snake.
Love Bette’s stand up stuff. Raunchy & hilarious.
#100 – Thank you.
64: ““The worst kind of non-smokers are the ones that come up to you and cough…..”
did hicks die before la qaeda’s famous faith-based initiative, or just not have a very good memory ? – i guess it matters not now. – taking their lead from andrew breitbart, here is the state of the apology for the attack: “it shows the imperfect nature of aviation.”
not mass murder; just imperfect nature of aviation.
that andrew breitbart is one smooth PR strategist.
#99 Once GWB invaded Iraq, so many of Hick’s (first) Gulf War bits rang true again. If Hicks were still alive, he’d have soooooo much fun with Faux News.
annoying to the nth power
#79: No, but I’m not surprised and am off to google it. Thanks!
#99: hell yeah.
“This is the Palace of the P-P-P-P-Pasha Shaboom!”
Ya gotta love PDQ Bach. From “The Abduction of Figaro” (The Pasha bit starts around 3:08)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5hmvGrrYjU
Sorry Chris, but she’s right about the term “pasha.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasha
Of course you’ve never heard of the word before – you’re not “to the manner borne” like Ms. Miller
The word pasha entered English from Turkish paşa.[1] Etymologists variously derive the word paşa from the Turkish baş or baş ağa, “head, chief”,[1][2] or from Persian: پادشاه pādshāh.[3] Old Turkish had no fixed distinction between /b/ and /p/, and the word was spelled başa still in the 15th century.[4] As first used in western Europe, the title appeared in writing with the initial “b”. The English forms bashaw, bassaw, bucha etc., general in the 16th and 17th century, derive through the medieval Latin and Italian word bassa. Due to the Ottoman presence in the Arab World, the title became used frequently in Arabic, though pronounced as basha due to the absence of the letter “p” in Arabic. Alternatively, the word could derive from Persian “pa”, meaning foot, and “shah”, meaning king, making the title “the foot of the king”.
Clinton = Pasha thereby linking Clinton with the Middle East.
Good morning, fine people. What have I missed?
Wish I could share that dream I was having.. What was it? Oops I forgot. But I had a smile on my face, I do remember that.
I hope you are all doing well.
73: “…Bernoulli’s principle.”
mere weeks ago, by happenstance, i was exposed to a jolly youtubery wherein a groovy mad scientist with real live mad scientist hair rambles on about the bernoulli principle, using “BERNOULLI !!” as a magic word. – - – subsequently, somebody accused me of experiencing some sort of a miracle by having never heard of this thing before.
My Hungarian great grandmother had a dog named Pasha. And Wikipeida had this:
Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, (Turkish: paşa[1]) was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries. As an honorary title, Pasha, in one of its various ranks, is equivalent to the British title of Lord, and was also one of the highest titles in pre-republic Egypt.
Who was the rw asshat that started this posh / posha / pasha squabble.
A Paasche is an airbrush..
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Cheap, Chinese knock-off capacitors FTL.
Stupidest place to try to shave costs on the most failure-prone component.
79: “Have you heard about the suit against Dell for knowingly shipping defective machines.”
before that, a lot of people didnt realize the stoner on their commercials is an exec.
#115: The savage Weiner.
George Bush missed the 1st Jamboree in 2001. In 2005, he showed but …
“Bush, was supposed to speak at the 2005 Boy Scout Jamboree last Wednesday, how security procedures had first 40,000 scouts go through lengthy security checks and how those procedures demanded that those 40,000 scouts be gathered and waiting in the arena for a full two hours prior the President’s appearance. Which meant 3 hours they had been waiting in the beastly, Virginia summer sun, without enough water, without protective tarps, basting in searing, unrelenting temps in the 90s (humidity heat index somewhere near 120 degrees), when the President’s appearance was canceled due to threatening storms, by which time Scouts were collapsing left and right with sun-sickness (which can easily be fatal), Scouts being air-vacced out to area hospitals, over 300 scouts treated and some in serious enough condition to warrant hospitalization. To add to the stress, the outermost-lying camp of scouts was 7 miles distant, and rather than being bused in they hiked to the area, 7 miles in the sun. At least that is what I read, and as they also had to be situated in the arena for two hours before the President’s arrival, that meant first a seven mile hike in the sun followed by three hours of brutal exposure to the sun in the open arena.”
87: ““schlick” is slang for female masturbation.”
a term can be secret, and also be slang ?
cool. – i’m going to go bernoulli the strubblets now.
pasta la pizza.
I’ll admit I thought the President shouldn’t go on The View, he’s better than the other guests they have (for example, 50 Cent and Rob Schnieder).
But if Obama wanted to talk about jobs and the economy, it was a good idea, because a lot of unemployed people are home to watch garbage like The View.
I have never heard of a President going to the Boy Scout Jamboree.
If Obama attended the Boy Scout Jamboree, they’d be asking why the president wants to hang around groups of young boys.
Producer Chris is having a bad day.
Hey, Chris…doesn’t that IPAD come with a dictionary? Or is it Jim that is nuts for the tool? If these toys don’t have the capability to increase intellect (just turn brains to mush)
JUST hearing you talk about MATTHEWS (sent an heads up to webmaster) and SCREAMING at the tv was out of control at my place…YEGODS…where is Fugelsang when you need him?
I’ll bet there have been dozens of lawyers making offers to take Brietbart and Fox News apart – for FREE..
Is it possible we’ll eventually find out that FOX Noise edited Breitbart’s vid to make it even worse? That would be news . . . well it would have been if journalism still existed in the public sphere.
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Wonder how many are right-wingers looking to gum-up the works.
I was watching a 30 Rock rerun last night (but it was new to me). Elizabeth Banks played a cable news personality, and at one point she said It’s a 24 hour news cycle around here Jack, we really don’t have time to do it right here anymore.
IS there a way to get a transcript of Savages show and shut Momma & Chris up about this infintessimal dust mite of BS?
#129: What is “All” Alex?
#131 Transcripts are notorious for their atrocious spelling–phonetic at best.
#133: well crap
Yey!
POSH Port Out Starboard Home. Posh is an adjective, not a verb. Besides, Fred Astaire and Judy Garland are a couple of swells, not a couple of poshs. How do you spell poshs properly?
Anthony Weiner isn’t ashamed of his family name. Take that, Michael Douchbag Savage.
#136: If posh were a noun, the plural would be “poshes.”
Posh isn’t a noun either. Alas, the minute you get all prescriptivist on line and correct grammar or spelling, you’ll commit an equal or worse gaffe.
Go Anthony, GO!
Not only are these workers that got sick trying to dig their friends out of The Pile, but they were told by federal and city governments that the air was safe.
Knowing a lot of firefighters, they would’ve kept working even if they knew it would make them sick, but those in charge should have been honest with them.
Christie Todd Whitman was a bad governor for New Jersey, and a terrible head of the EPA.
If Obama went to the Boy Scout Jamboree, Fox would claim he’s trying to indoctrinate the children into Socialism.
He is awesome!!!!!
I love Rep. Weiner!
#106: Follow-up:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/projectfailures/dell-lawsuit-pattern-of-deceit/10165
As I look to my right and see . . . an Optiplex.
It’s not unclear. The GOP campaigned “small businesses are the backbone of America”, but to allow the bill to pass would help people and make the Obama Administration look better in the eyes of the American people. Orange Boehner won’t stand for that.
Anthony Weiner – - Yo, Brooklyn!
Fun fact: Weiner and Jon Stewart were roomates after college.
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Me too. But it’s been there for 5 years. Must be lucky.
We Built This City On Lock and Load.
Pish Tish and Pitti Sing – two from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado..
Come on, Jim! You’re holding felony convictions against Republicans????
Anthony Weiner – GREAT AMERICAN!
#149 Park and lock it! Not responsible!
Good morning, part deaux!
I had a meeting that kept me away for a while.
153: Muh-Muh-Muh-Many busy executives …
Why don’t we see the brave gentleman from New York on the network news ripping apart the party of no, talk about cowards
#156: Because it doesn’t fit in with their narrative.
142 – yes – look what happened when he spoke to school children. He was accused of propagandizing the youth with radical notions like studying hard
The narrative is that the Dems are in trouble because they can’t get anything passed. Not that the Republicans are obstructionist.
Well, sha!
…What about the Job Displacement Market Program in the City of the Future? Well, count on us to be there [JIM] because if we’re lucky tomorrow, we won’t ever have to deal with questions like yours ever again.
Yeah, Mary. It’s tougher than it sounds.
Bullshit, posh has nothing to do with Shau of Iran.
Port Out, Starboard Home
Sometimes Chris really is whiny and has his head up his butt..
Geez, I’m standing here like an idiot, talking to myself. Might as well get on this line like an idiot, talking to myself.
… I don’t care if you burn.
Why is Chris being such a DICK?
#153: How ARE Pico and Alvarado doing?
I don’t know of any bar or restaurant in IL that has gone out of business because of the smoke-free law that was passed here a few years ago.
Chris, suddenly Rand Paulish.. Why?
Teslacle’s Deviant to Fudd’s Law: It goes in, it must come out.
Chris cries himself to sleep at night, too.
Billy Holiday had a choice about where to work? That’s a new low, even for Chris.
OMG, Chris is on the side of Rand Paul and John Stossel??
Didn’t they argue that the Civil Rights Act was unnecessary because “people could just just choose not to work-at/patronize those places”???
But Doc Holliday didn’t.
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The only places where you might have a problem is if you border a state with no smoking restrictions.
the US is turning into a nanny state
Okay … I worked in editing for several years … back in the day when smoking was legal in the workplace. I was the ONLY NONSMOKER IN MY OFFICE. I spent years surrounded by clouds of second-hand smoke. So according to Chris, I should have quit my job????
Argument is not making sense …
It’s quite possible that all that heroin Billie Holiday was shooting up and a more deleterious effect on her health than second hand smoke.
Love you, Producer Chris, but Mary is right about the expense we all bear of treating these people’s cancers.
Even if everybody in Barfy’s Bar’n'Grill smokes, loves smokers and chooses to work there, we the taxpayers have no choice when hospitals pay for their cancer treatment 20 years later, unless we want to kick them to the curb to die in the gutter (even that is a health hazard).
Border towns in MA are always whining that they lose business to NH because of lower/no this or that tax, blah blah blah.
Oh my duck! His pants have disappeared! Kid, everyone’s watching!
Oh well. I’ve got to get on the old Antelope Freeway to get to morning classes at Commie Martyrs High School.
#170 – Maybe they needed to pad for time, and Chris arguing was the best they could come up with on short notice?
More sugar!
#180: true dat.
Time to head out to the sleep clinic to let them know I really don’t think I need to have them figure out if I have sleep apnea because I don’t.
#179 That’s why we need Death Panels.
98: “I like my rice cakes! I don’t like my republicans!”
WALKENIZED COMPARISON:
i like my rice cakes as i lie my rebublicans.
they should be anarchists….
antichrists….
covered with ice cream from marie callendars….
smooshed under the MR T cereal in the trunk of the car.
Sorry, Ms. Allred, I lost all respect for you when you were saying that Tiger Woods’ whores were the victims in the whole thing. Sometimes you have good points to make, but it’s overshadowed by the more ridiculous things you say.
I always loved coming home from the bowling alley smelling of smoke.
The haze inside made it harder to see the pins at the end of the alley, sorta like a smoke hazard.
We’ve got that toolette Phyllis Schlafly to thank for that.
99: “He sounded smart when he was alive but he kept getting censored & his bits cut from late-night chat-shows.”
and what of the stuff on youtube ?
Hi all,
Not staying today. Have to go to doctor. No biggie—just have to get a med refill and new doc insists on seeing me. (I guess I could just buy it online from any number of illegal sites if I was just thinking radically enough.)
I am sure sunshine and lollipops are ahead for all of us very soon.
(I believe that is the platform of both Dems & GOP, right?)Sunshine, less rain in the Midwest, less heat in the East, less hurricanes for South, raise minimum wage to $12 hr. nationwide, and force people who hate each other to stay married.
I believe that is what they call “compromise”.
Have a great dippety doo day!
Can we pass a marijuana bill as a joint resolution?
I want to see if anyone on CSPAN can actually laugh. Someone will have to, right? The pun is just that bad…
Thanks for stopping by, spiffy
Shoes for Industry!
Have a good one, Spiffy!
#193 Good luck at the doctor, Spiffy. Sure you can buy drugs online, but it’s much much cheaper to get them at a legit pharmacy.
Shoes for the Dead!
109: “….you’re not “to the manner borne” like Ms. Miller ”
he does hail from a nice hamlet.
i wonder what’s the matter.
Chris is ignorant. Many of these people have no choice but to work in bars or restaurants that allow smoking (in most of Texas, at least). How about the rights of the non-smoker being trounced on by the smoker. It is a false argument to say that the non-smokers can go get a job somewhere else, that is often NOT the case. Many smokers also welcome smoking bans inside, the second and first had smoke they are consuming is a double cancer dagger to their lungs and other organs, besides creating a very uncomfortable working environment. I don’t go to Vegas anymore because of the smoke.
You’ll see them hanging out at redemption centers!
Licking glue!
Making deals with total strangers!
THE STRAIGHT PEOPLE..PEOPLE….PEOPLE
But Mama, HP and Ebay are proving that rich women can buy policitical office, just like rich men have been doing since this country was founded. That’s a form of equality.
112: “….What have I missed?”
the latest advancement in andrew breitbart’s apology:
that palin and steele (yes, the one by walter egan) somehow didnt manage to make the republican party look big-tenty just reveals the imperfection of memes.
i’m very happy for breitbart because of this, and i’ma let him finish, but marshall mccluhan had the greatest criticism of memes of all times.
201: Vegas smells of Marlboros and tennis shoes..
why are they calle dsarah palin’s “base”, when they’re so obviously on bad doses of acid ?
#199 Shoes for Industry, Comrade.
196 – Shoes for the dead!
Business experience = running them into the ground got George W. Bush elected. Twice.
#204 The meme is the message?
Hi, I’m Joe Beets.
#205 – That was as funny, and almost as obscure, as Dennis Miller when he used to be funny.
Why does the porridge bird lay its egg in the air?
i cant stand allred
Eating, I can quit anytime!
123: “I have never heard of a President going to the Boy Scout Jamboree.”
okay, i see where you’re going with this, but who ott i try to have as vice president ?
#214 – Egg-drop soup delivery service?
Homer Simpson’s hunger strike lasted longer! And he’s Homer Simpson!
Clearly you haven’t been in Circus Circus lately, DnDer..
Dennis Miller was NEVER as funny as I.
#218 He is so smrt.
Did I miss something? What happened to Fridays with Fugelsang?
#187 Amy
Work has been esploding, barely time for a drive-by
I’m not convinced Dennis Miller was ever funny. I think we were just stoned.
129: “Wonder how many are right-wingers looking to gum-up the works.”
olbermann no longer lets laura ingraham do that.
“I don’t eat. But, it hasn’t affected my appetite. You wouldn’t happen to some groat clusters I could chew on.”
#221 John is busy with family in Florida. He called in last week.
225 – A steaming heap of them?
Thanks, Shaf See…I knew I’d missed something.
.. and to the Republicans, for which it stands..
My Boy Scout counselor took us on a field trip and managed to get one naive soul to pee on an electric fence. Apparently the fence was off, or a stream of urine actually doesn’t conduct so well.
142: “If Obama went to the Boy Scout Jamboree, Fox would claim he’s trying to indoctrinate the children into Socialism.”
only mark levin, michele malkin, and sean hannity have the guts to show and discuss breitbarts footage of boyscouts performing satanic lesbian abortions around the campfire to get their islamic marxism merit badges.
Or maybe Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.
Kenny Pick on the air!
“it’s to cure your double kitty, ms miller !”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_bzB0qctnE&feature=PlayList&p=A73BE7B8A91EE629&playnext=1&index=21
Given the Boy Sprouts banning of gays, it is probably best Obama not attend their discriminatory camp-out. I was a Cub, Weeblo and Boy Scout and got the shit beat out of me, pushed off a cliff, etc. The only thing most Scouts learn is how to be mean and discriminate. I have known some outstanding Eagle Scouts, but they are the exception, not the rule. So screw the Scouts, my son will never be one if I have anything to say about it.
(ding, ding, ding) Jim makes the Rand Paul connection.
Enclose the smokers, so their clothing gets fully marinated with stale Marlboros..
addendum to 233:
watch about 32 seconds in.
it’s the world’s most perfect full-body face-plant.
i would name this cat “vingko” for this act of bogataj.
Andy Bambi
To be honest, I avoided going to bars when they allowed smoking.
I’m more likely to frequent them now (that they are non-smoking in Ohio.)
I love Aisha Tyler! Just sayin’.
Forget bars … it’s cheaper just to get drunk in the shed in the backyard with the lawnmowers.
About the smoking. Mpls has banned smoking in bars and restaurants for years and no business has died. The smoker from Cleveland may be exaggerating or maybe cherry picking data.
I’m an ex-smoker. And why is this even an argument. Most of the time, bar tenders and wait staff don’t have the option to quit working because it’s a smoking-allowed establishment. Not everyone has a nice radio job like Chris.
167: “How ARE Pico and Alvarado doing?”
it’s now really a turkey sandwich without them.
Beck sounds even spookier with the horror music background.
Beck’s pipeline of crazy has blown and is leaking The Crazy everywhere.
Aisha in the house?? Woo-hoo!!
170: i just love that mount olympus even has a hero named “teslacle”.
it’s fierce enuff that somebody forced me to invoke the african cock-rocket a couple of days ago…. “look out, icarus !! this guy can shoot lightning !!”
167 – 243
How long have Pico and Alvarado been out on patrol?
Bullshite Chris. In Chicago, businesses fought for years to avoid going smoke-free because they did not want to lose business to Wisconsin and Indiana. Most restaurants and bars assume only smokers go out on the weeknights and they are made or broken by their sales during the week since the weekends are generally standing-room-only in most decent restaurants and bars. So they survive by attracting customers during the week and use smoking as an attractant. It is a public safety issue, plain and simple. Smokers have no right to tramp on the rights of non-smokers when options (go outside you morons) exist.
It’s cheaper to go to a van down by the river to drink..
Buy now. Have a good weekend. Gotta Gogh. We been shootin’ reds and yellows all day. Latee.
172: “Billy Holiday had a choice about where to work? That’s a new low, even for Chris.”
- and are we to believe it’s some expression of kindness to draw attention to how very very much, how very consistently, nay, with what william crystalesque abandon, chris tends to get just a couple of things wrong ? be nice now. cut the little showtunes fanatic some slack.
let’s not sound ignorant; billy holiday DID ultimately have a choice.
he could play the POSH room for christmas, and he could perform his wonderful klezmer ditties for his droogies during the 8 crazy nights of hannukah.
174: “But Doc Holliday didn’t.”
he HAD to kilmer people.
Did Beck say what, specifically, was going to end Christianity?
I was raised as a fundamentalist Christian and we ALWAYS felt under attack — with no connection, whatsoever, to reality.
If Republicans are voted back into power, I am going to use 4th amendment remedies and get anti-depressant.
Walk it off, Steph. Oh, never mind.
Is Steph still going to the voodoo doctors or has she finally seen a real one?
190: “….The haze inside made it harder to see the pins at the end of the alley, sorta like a smoke hazard.”
i had to stop going out to the disco. some chowderhead kept mowing us down with bowling balls.
#257 She’s paging Doctor Bombay.
idealist = idealistic..
Dammit Jim! I’m a poet, not a grammarian.
194: “Can we pass a marijuana bill as a joint resolution? I want to see if anyone on CSPAN can actually laugh. Someone will have to, right? ”
will it pass on the left ?
199: “Shoes for the Dead!”
how did del manage to get the brown M-n-Ms for ozzy ?
- i’ll take “refuselage” for 300.
Booze is surely more effective than acupuncture for pain treatment — should insurance cover Steph’s drinking?
Is Steph milking her injury? ;-0
It would be a cat-tastrophe.
205: “Vegas smells of Marlboros and tennis shoes..”
in the more poshy swelly areas, there is at least the upgrade to the fragrance of benson and hedges and P.F. flyers.
I’m not actually AGAINST acupuncture or chiropractic — I just think it should be studied for true efficacy in double-blind studes before being allowed to make medicinal claims.
Extra Christian-y, with Christ berries!
And his heart was two sizes too small.
now with nested, recursive Conspicuous Christians!
He. he. Shaf. You beat Chris to the line!
210: The meme is the message?
Q: WWAH ?
A: AAA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kwY3BWJnUQ&feature=fvst
#271 Great minds, Ron.
One must master Cat-Fu to get a cat in a pet carrier.
People swear that two cats are better-adjusted than one but I’ve always had one, with no problems.
The vast majority of my cats are perfectly fine — I always wonder about these people who have psycho cat. Like Chris.
Yay, Jim! Claire Chenault Flying Tigers reference!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Lee_Chennault
221: “Did I miss something? What happened to Fridays with Fugelsang?”
you missed chelsea clinton’s brief stint on american idle.
the part of “fridays with fugelsang” will be played by fred willard at midnite.
Awwwwww, maybe the bear thought it was rescuing somebody.
now with three full scoops of Christian dingle berries!
“mister wong grad that boo-boo die !! – he a elvis fan !!”
#274 Ironically, one of our kitties likes to use the carrier as a sleeping spot. So getting her in it is not an issue.
Yep, Yogi & Boo Boo… Best. Ward Bit. Ever!
P90X caused Stephie to wrench her back!
225: “I don’t eat. But, it hasn’t affected my appetite. You wouldn’t happen to some groat clusters I could chew on.”
and shaf sneakily revives “orgazmo and the holy grail”
STUNT-SWALLOW !!
Is that bit on youtube, or somewhere here on the site? I *must* hear this now. (As well as some of the other bits… like the ones that got them fired, allegedly.)
Can anyone explain to me the difference between Sarah Palin shooting wolves for “fun” and Michael Vick who fights dogs for “fun.”
They’re both a types of dog, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4zwCMf8dsc
is video of Anthony Weiner ripping Republican testicles off.. Play it again and again!
246: “It’s cheaper to go to a van down by the river to drink..”
when was the last time the gas station reviewed your portfolio ?
274
Unless said cat is REALLY sick.
Mine was in process of developing a very bad case of urinary blockage, he just plopped on his side and wouldn’t move. Until I got the cat carrier out and he just walked in. He would NEVER do that.
#285 Just a guess, but shooting wolves falls under the category of hunting, an activity humans do (and hunters sometimes eat the meat, control the population, etc), often considered a sport. Dogfighting is all about the dogs, the humans involved are just spectators (even the trainers aren’t doing the work, they’re training the dogs). Hence the difference, shooting wolves is something you do, dogfighting is something you watch.
republicans have testicles?
281
wench her back?
286 was actually referent to 249….
nobody can really afford to drive farley anymore.
there’s a trailer over by the interstate
where I had my first date
#288 was a reply to #284, sorry.
>> 221: “Did I miss something? What happened to Fridays with Fugelsang?”
Is he going to disappear with not mention, like Elayne Boosler and Frangela?
This crap music fest is like living in a house decorated with precious moments posters
“when a new technology comes along, the first thing we try to do it have sex with it.”
259: “She’s paging Doctor Bombay.”
how does he feel about campaigning at boy scout jamborees ?
I think I heard
they make meth there now
spartacize THIS
again 1 too early
Sparta!
more nicotine addiction talking on the phone..
Momma pulling an O’Reilly. Cut off his mic.
trojanrabbit gets it on the rebound! (bows)
like a world painted by thomas kincaid
>> Amy around the corner from Randi Rhodes says:
>> Hence the difference, shooting wolves is something you do, dogfighting is something you watch.
So if you WATCH “wild dogs” getting shot for fun, that would be bad?
Happy Sparta TR!
It;s “take the piss out of Chris” day
what’s goin’ on inside Chris’ head?
apparently, not much..
my work here is done. lunch time
have a great weekend everybody
TR haz Sparta!
Does it matter who he was targeting? If he libeled her, she should sue.
I still dream about smoking
269: “now with nested, recursive Conspicuous Christians!”
godel it on the mountain.
she was not a public figure. he held her up to ridicule.
Well, I gotta go too. Bye eMooks.
Sparta and run TR. That’s how you do it. Bon appetit!
Breitbart is probably an ex-smoker
conspicuous christians get to walk in the front door of heaven. They’re seated in clear view of the window so people walking by outside will know how holy they are.
Trojan Rabbit, hallowed Keeper of the Sparta ™. I genuflect to thee, and yield to thee. And peel back my foreheadskin to reveal My Inner Self ™ to thee.
You want I should kill someone, Boss?
I’m a total freak. I can’t believe how ugly I am. and the makeup I wear makes me look like a total tramp.
319: that’s quite a deal. – i’m switching over from conspicuous amish to – what’s the one with the watchtower and the polite children – i think it’s mormons.
321: who is tony curtis ?
- i’ll take “apostles screed” for 200.
even the guys whose job it is to shoot rabid animals to keep them from biting people don’t celebrate. They feel terrible about it. Death isn’t something to celebrate, unless it’s Bob Novak.
watchtower=jehovah’s witnesses
Gosh. What ever will we do without American Idol? <–snark
289: .. not any more (in Inspector Clouseau [sp?] voice)
For the record, I’ve never watched an entire episode of American Idol. I was never really interested in it.
I nominate Stephanie to replace Ellen.
you can’t be sane if you’re a JW kid. They live in perpetual shame.
#306 and expensive, renting planes costs big bucks.
I’m just saying, shooting wolves falls into the hunting category, which many people can justify. Dogfighting is just that, dogs fighting. It’s got a long history, but it’s not a noble sport (unless you’re in True Blood season 3).
324: “…Death isn’t something to celebrate, unless it’s Bob Novak.”
you’re just falling into playing a plame game.
let’s not bicker and argue about ooo DVDA’d ooo.
Cindy McCain – wearing a Vee-necked sweater!
Jan Brewer look like a pickled walnut.
Jan Brewer – talk about smokers
Jan Brewer, your hood is back from cleaners.
Someone somewhere is pissed the governor didn’t follow the talking points and say “activist federal judge.” Get with the program, gov.
If we’re a nation of laws why won’t she enforce e-verify?
WEINER…WEINER…WEINER…!
Sadly, they weren’t digging fellow Americans out of the rubble, just their corpses. That being said, firefighters won’t leave a brother behind.
313: still dreaming about smoking.. after sex.
Smoking after sex? It’s certainly possible.
Rep. Weiner, you are a true patriot!
If the Dems had Weiner’s passion, we wouldn’t have all this trouble with the rethugs. Call them out!
Yay Representative Anthony Weiner from the State of New York!!!
it’s a shonda
Sit and have a nice Milk Bone!
Weiner is an old chum of Jon Stewart – both men with guts
Alan Grayson is funny. Weiner is all fired. Can we fuse them together?
Fuuuu-sioooonnnn– haaa!
THIS, THIS is how the legislature should be!
Brilliant my ass, Chris’ nicotine addiction is talking again..
The “licensing smoking areas” idea is stupid.
I’m reminded of the suggestion of having “Peeing” and “No peeing” sections of the pool.
Unlike a liquor license, I can sit next to a drinker and it won’t affect me. Not so with smoking.
BTW, if you want to play the video of Rep. Weiner (to savor it again and again) here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4zwCMf8dsc
Ellen was terrible anyway – it was always ” what they said”
Yesterday’s claim of 33M illegal immigrants, from Time magazine?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1890404,00.html [“Despite Backlash, Illegal Immigrants Stay Put” Thursday, Apr. 09, 2009
“What could be simpler, after all, than watching the 12 million to 20 million illegal immigrants — too many to forcibly remove from the country — simply leave on their own?”
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1890404,00.html#ixzz0v6OK6Dxo
341: “still dreaming about smoking.. after sex.”
does spiderman only use maryjane medicinally ?
pasta la pizza.
351. Bravo! thanks, shaf.
Thank you, shaf. I haven’t heard it yet.
“Crunchy audio goodness from The View” – I’ll take “radio rarities” for 200.
Shout-out to Shane-O and Danielle
http://www.shane-o.com
#358 and http://leftneckchick.com
#355 – About that…
Yes, we’ll keep John’s family in our thoughts and prayers.
Prayers go out to you and your family John.
Smoking = public health issue. The laws banning it in public, especially inside, are appropriate.
Godspeed John and his papa.
Elizabeth Hasselbeck = intelligence deficit disorder
Now now, Elizabeth did more than just eat a bug on Survivor… she married an NFL quarterback too.
Did Obama sign Hasselbeck’s copy of My Pet Goat?
Take care, Fuge. We’re missing you.
I’ll admit I’ve been watching Jersey Shore’s second season. You can take the kids out of Jersey, but they’re still guido trash.
Wet and shiny!
Lindsay = Biko
Roto-rooter?
Star was told she could keep her stapler.
Have a great weekend, y’alls!
Need I say the C.I.A. be Criminals In Action
Cocaine crack unpacking, high surveillance tracking
Prominant blacks and whites giving orders for mass slaughters
but I want all my daughters to be like Maxine Waters
KRS-One, “C.I.A. (Criminals In Action)”, Lyricist Lounge, Volume One (1998)