January 05, 2009

I Don't Know About You All

...but, right now, THIS on the MSNBC home page?

All it says to me is:

Israel Kills the Little Babies of Very Nice Looking People For No Good Reason

No wonder these guys kicked Coulter off for good. I'd say "damage the brand", but hey!

Posted by tree hugging sister at 06:28 PM | Comments (5)

Maximus

...LIVES!!!!

It's hard to get much cooler than that!!

Posted by tree hugging sister at 12:17 PM | Comments (4)

Wedgwood Breaks

Heavily in debt firm shocked to discover that people aren't buying expensive pottery

In 1987 it merged with the similarly well-known Waterford Crystal to create Waterford Wedgwood, an Irish-based luxury brands group.

But BBC business editor Robert Peston has said it was "no surprise" that the heavily indebted firm had floundered.

"Waterford Wedgwood's collapse is a resonant event, that speaks of a noxious global squeeze on consumer spending," he said.

"Almost everything that it manufactures is a nice-to-have rather than a must-have.

"And most of us are thinking twice about shelling out on nice-to-haves."

A lot of us are thinking twice about shelling out on must-haves, as well.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at 07:44 AM | Comments (3)

Perhaps 600,000 New Government Employees?

Boy, that will do wonders for the deficit, now won't it.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at 06:40 AM | Comments (4)

January 03, 2009

A Little Encouragement From the Swilling

Dear Israel,

Shalom.

Now, go get 'em, Tiger.

Posted by tree hugging sister at 05:44 PM | Comments (2)

Ah, Bingley?!?!?!?

I could use a little guidance here, Mr. Java-know-it-all. They be gettin' mighty RED mighty FAST...

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January 02, 2009

A Tune

(With apologies to The Limeliters.)

In Illini's fair city,
Where pols are so pretty,
There once was a gub'nor named Roddy Blago.
He strolled halls of power,
And charged by the hour,
Crying, "Cough up the moolah!
To D.C. you'll go!"

A lie, a lie, oh!
A lie, a lie, oh!
Crying, "Cough up the moolah! To D.C. you'll go!"

He's like a whoremonger,
And sure 'twas no wonder!
For so were the gub'nors in his chair before.
He threatened and pleaded,
For cash that he needed,
Crying, "Cough up the moolah!
To D.C. you'll go!"

A lie, a lie, oh!
A lie, a lie, oh!
Cryin, "Cough up the moolah! To D.C. you'll go!"

But Patrick Fitzgerald,
Chicago's Tribune and Herald,
All knew of the plans of Slick Roddy Blago.
They stepped on his pee-pee,
And made Roddy weepy,
Crying, "No moolah for Senator,
Your choice cannot go!"

Ho, ho, ho, ho!
In case you don't know!
Crying, "We're on to you, scumbag!
Your choice cannot go!"

Now Rod's apoplectic!
His arrogance, electric!
Well, he goes and picks him one anyway! So...
Reid blows a gasket,
The pick's copasetic,
Crying, "Always wanted this gig,
And he picked ME, so blow!"

Get over it, yo!
Get over it, yo!
Crying, "Bite me, you racists!
To D.C. I go!"

This sets up a impasse:
A MacKinney-like morass.
Does he rush the gate guards,
To let himself in?
And back in Chicago,
Sits smug Roddy Blago,
Crying, "Graft, greed and cunning,
In the end always wins!"

I told you all so!
All so smart, think you'd know!
Crying, "Graft, greed and cunning!
Chicagoland wins!"

Posted by tree hugging sister at 04:53 PM | Comments (7)

I, for One, HOPE Sh*t Like This CHANGEs

...after the annointment installation inauguration, 'cause I'm 'bout sick of it.

If you ask citizens of other countries to paint a portrait of the average American tourist, it would look something like this: a loud, chubby sight-seer wearing a fanny pack, baseball cap, printed T shirt, jean shorts and sneakers.

Not that part, 'cause that part's TRUE. This is the next sentence and PRECISELY what I'm talking about.

...It may seem like a funny, if harmless, image, but combined with the imprint of the outgoing president, the fashion-challenged cowboy in chief, the stereotype of the ugly American has become intractable.

WHAT the Kathie Griffin f*ckedy f*ck F*CK?!?!?!? Bush is fashion-challenged?? He wears a very nice suit 23/7, for Chrissakes and, to my limited knowledge, has never sartorially embarrassed the U.S. on an international stage. WHERE do they GET this shit? Actually, get the nerve to PRINT this shit, since it's a class in The Art of Outyoass 101. It's like everybody has to get that last slap at him in, even if it's the most ridiculous, petty, unanswerable, headscratching childishness imaginable. Gott im Himmel.

But sneaky bastards Newsweek DOES get to say ONE thing not even the incoming Vice-elect was allowed to:

...The United States has a serious public-relations problem, but the election of President Obama—with his youthful, clean-cut good looks—offers a valuable opportunity for a national top-to-toe makeover.

"Fawn" ain't just a LtCol's secretary or baby deer any more.

Posted by tree hugging sister at 03:27 PM | Comments (6)

Just Look At Michael Jackson Now

Sad, really

Ok, well actually it's Karl Lagerfeld. They must be related.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at 01:05 PM | Comments (3)

Well, This Will Be...Interesting

There may be some excitement in DC on Tuesday

(CNN) -- The man tapped by Illinois' embattled governor to fill an open U.S. Senate seat will be turned away if he arrives for Tuesday's inauguration of new members, according to two Democratic aides.

Roland Burris, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, will not be allowed on the Senate floor, according to the aides -- one who is familiar with Senate Democratic leaders' plans, and the other an aide to the Senate Democratic leadership.

Democrats in the Senate have twice this week said they have the authority to refuse to accept anyone appointed by Blagojevich, who was arrested December 9, accused by federal authorities of corruption, including allegedly trying to sell Obama's seat for personal gain.

The Democrats are right, they do have the authority. Article 1, Section 3 of the Constitution sets out the minimum standards for a Senator:

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

And as a form of protection against scoundrels (well, blatant ones, at least) the following specific passage is found in Article 1, Section 5

Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members

The meaning could not be any clearer: even if someone meets the minimum requirements and is elected or chosen to fill a seat the final decision on whether they will be allowed to or not rests with the body they are trying to join.

Now I "know" that the Supreme Court ruled 7-1 in Powell v. McCormack that Congress in fact does not have that power. But the Court was wrong; certainly we can all think of examples when the Supremes have made wrong decisions, and this is one of them. Let's also not forget that there was simply no way that the Warren Court was going to allow itself to be seen as "denying" an elected Africa-American, even one as corrupt as Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., in the explosive months following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Oh, and here's some interesting trivia for you: guess who beat Powell in 1972 and sits in his seat to this day? Why only that paragon of virtue Charles Rangel.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at 07:33 AM | Comments (10)

January 01, 2009

Hair Of The Dog

Somebody tied one on last night...

I really need to keep a better eye on him.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at 04:44 PM | Comments (2)

Mil Pr0n

We went to see the Intrepid on Boxing Day

Your tax dollars at work!

I lurvs me the Blackbird.

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December 31, 2008

Merry New Year!

There's plenty, you know!

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December 30, 2008

Brain...Won't...Work

Man, I just can't get going today.

This whole Caroline Kennedy thing is too ludicrous for words...but deliciously enjoyable to watch.

I hope the Israelis squash Hamas into...hummus.

And we are really getting a lot of Eastern European spam comments; all these Cyrillic-typefaced comments that are illegible to ignorant 'Merkuns like moi but I assume say things like "hot borscht babes are waiting to meet you."

Posted by Mr. Bingley at 07:47 AM | Comments (8)