US POLITICS SPRING 2011: Let's just call off this country.

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the state in which i go to school has had a pretty good year: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/nyregion/democratic-rule-remakes-connecticuts-legislative-face.html

positive rapper (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link

huma abedin is pregnant

☂ (max), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link

this is all a really a john waters movie isn't it?

daria, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link

lol daria otm

brad whitford, witchfynder general (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link

SHIT my friend was interviewing JW today, could have got an opinion had this occurred to any of us yesterday.

chavatar (suzy), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link

oh god jon williams is wrapped up in this??

cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link

LULZ.

chavatar (suzy), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link

I mean I'm sure it can and will get even more low down but.. Suzy have yr friend ask a follow up!

daria, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link

Earlier today, a photograph resembling one that I had withheld from publication in the Weinergate saga was released without my knowledge or permission.

Prior to the publication of our story on BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com this past Monday morning, it was necessary to show the pictures I had received from our source to several news producers, including several at major news networks, to prove that the additional material I described really did exist, which some have continued to doubt.

This morning, I showed a photograph, which our source claims Weiner sent her, to radio hosts “Opie and Anthony” of the Sirius XM radio network on my mobile device. Somehow, without my knowledge or permission, apparently a picture was taken of my mobile device, and subsequently published by Opie (Gregg Hughes) on Twitter.

His co-host, Anthony (Anthony Cumia), stated today:

“In regards to the photo of Anthony Weiner that was leaked by members of The Opie And Anthony show on 6/8, I want to make it clear that Andrew Breitbart had no knowledge that this photo was being made public. A phone with the photo was being displayed and a camera in the studio caught it. It was then uploaded to twitter [sic], again, without Andrew Breitbarts [sic] knowledge.”

I regret that this occurred.

goole, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link

cool man thanks

cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link

pic is of a dong btw

goole, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link

david vitter, family values asshole, paid hookers to fuck him. "you lie!" anthony weiner and the new media though

reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link

http://people-press.org/2011/06/07/more-blame-wars-than-domestic-spending-or-tax-cuts-for-nations-debt/

the american people keeping themselves informed, as always

☂ (max), Thursday, 9 June 2011 01:27 (thirteen years ago) link

http://people-press.org/files/2011/06/deficit-6.png

☂ (max), Thursday, 9 June 2011 01:28 (thirteen years ago) link

not really sure where to put this but

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/world/middleeast/09intel.html?_r=1&hp

The Obama administration has intensified the American covert war in Yemen, exploiting a growing power vacuum in the country to strike at militant suspects with armed drones and fighter jets, according to American officials.

☂ (max), Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:44 (thirteen years ago) link

You'd file it under: more good news! The only thing better than overt elective war with no clear goal in a Muslim country is covert war! Only good things can come from this! Let's keep this going, USA!!!

To be fair, at least the targets in Yemen are purportedly well within the purview of the War on Terror (TM).

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:54 (thirteen years ago) link

awlaki & co in yemen were responsible for 9/11?

positive rapper (k3vin k.), Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:55 (thirteen years ago) link

God, that shite about "reduce foreign aid" always gets my angry up. Foreign aid is LESS THAN ONE PERCENT of the Federal budget, you assholes, and over the years it's accomplished things like, oh, I don't know, helping eliminate horrifying diseases.

Shart Shaped Box (Phil D.), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:02 (thirteen years ago) link

x-post Didn't you get the memo that they are responsible for future 9/11? Start stockpiling water and duct tape now.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:07 (thirteen years ago) link

"Foreign aid" = covert activity

The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link

phrases like "exploiting a growing power vacuum" seriously put the fear on me

I do appreciate the ironies of living in a country that affords the freedom to publish a front page story touting nefarious covert activity. Though it always makes me wonder: if this covert shit is being reported, then what kind of double secret covert shit is not being reported?

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link

if Wikileaks has proved anything it's that nobody cares about secret shit. Oh wait, we knew that.

the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link

We secretly care.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:48 (thirteen years ago) link

eh, not really

low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link

it's not like people haven't known about this forever but as long as most people have enough to eat the government can do whatever it wants, period, forever, anywhere, in any country, imo

hey remember back in 2004 when internet douches the nation over were threatening to leave the US when W got re-elected? i'm think i'm becoming one o those douches.

je suis marxiste - tendence Groucho (will), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link

but W isn't running in '12.

The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link

there are lots of good reasons to leave the US in 2011 that relate to W being re-elected in 2004

iatee, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link

oh alfred you know what i mean

je suis marxiste - tendence Groucho (will), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link

What country is the same or better off than it was in 2004?

The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link

We're all fucked.

The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link

i'm thinking more along the lines of a country where my grasp of the language is so tenuous that i cant really follow the news

je suis marxiste - tendence Groucho (will), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link

^^^ me watching cable news

The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link

lol

je suis marxiste - tendence Groucho (will), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link

What country is the same or better off than it was in 2004?

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, June 9, 2011 10:29 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

tunisia! egypt!

thats about it though

☂ (max), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link

how's Argentina these days?

je suis marxiste - tendence Groucho (will), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link

A President Palin is the only thing that could truly get me to jump ship, but that won't happen, thank goodness (though her constant implicit campaigning makes me neurotic). Also, it's really hard to move to another country.

Australia's doing OK, isn't it?

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link

i just want to be warm and relatively safe

je suis marxiste - tendence Groucho (will), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link

well, the warm part will be pretty easy

iatee, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link

What country is the same or better off than it was in 2004?

Cleveland Indians Nation

Z S, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link

^^^ Buy this man a beer, someone

Shart Shaped Box (Phil D.), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link

Cleveland Indians Nation

hmmm, not in the last 10 days

we pretty much have President Palin in slo-mo, not that I can destroy your goddamn liberal meme if I was fueled by designer speed for the next 2 years.

the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link

can we please put "President Palin" into one of those instant-image doohickeys?

the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link

Wheeeeeeee! http://jezebel.com/5810266/anti+abortion-extremist-is-running-for-president

Randall Terry, an anti-choice extremist even Operation Rescue, the group he founded, finds too crazy, is running for president as a Democrat. The goal: To get as much anti-abortion propaganda on television as possible, maybe even the Super Bowl.

The Daily Caller casually notes that Terry's "running mate is effectively a dead fetus," and that's a pretty accurate characterization. (Incidentally, John Boehner's chief of staff didn't find Terry too extreme, granting him an in-person meeting earlier this year).

Shart Shaped Box (Phil D.), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link

uh

low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link

well there's a candidate who could handle veep duties on a par w/ Biden

the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link

The Daily Caller casually notes that Terry's "running mate is effectively a dead fetus," and that's a pretty accurate characterization.

that's a pretty mean thing to call Bob Bird

LL Coolna (absolutely clean glasses), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link

we pretty much have President Palin in slo-mo

Recognizing the bad form in even recognizing a politics Morbs post but, really, this is too fucking ridiculous to ignore. Though, I suppose it puts some of the other bullshit he spouts in perspective.

the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link


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