June 2011
May 2011
Palin Victorious at Gettysburg, Pushes Deeper into... →
zainyk:
History suggests that Sarah Palin’s Bus Army would be stopped and forced into retreat by lamestream media forces at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, making it her furthest incursion into the Yankee North and the turning point for the larger war effort. But alas, the cowardly reporters have allowed Palin to slip through their lines and continue her march towards the munitions port at...
“Although the town [Juneau] was buzzing with politics because the legislature was...”
– The Tragedy of Sarah Palin - The Atlantic (via brooklynmutt)
Sarah Palin’s message to the President is this:
leftish:
‘You have to see the entire task through.’ It’s the sort of important political and Presidential advice that she had to quit her job as Governor to be able to tweet.
~ Jon Stewart
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An update on Obama's personnel news: He's naming... →
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Bryson is a former chairman and chief executive officer of Edison International, a California-based energy company. He also has an extensive background in environmental issues, having co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council and served on a United Nation’s advisory group on energy and climate change.
If confirmed by the Senate, Bryson would replace outgoing Commerce...
“Candidate Palin might perform so hideously in debates and interviews (if she...”
– Sarah Palin for President: Why She Should Run in 2012 - The Daily Beast
“As big as a football field and nearly as empty, Barack Obama’s re-election...”
– Obamaworld 2012 - TIME
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“OHHH IT WOULD BE A BLAST IF THEY WERE THIS LOUD AND IF THEY SMELLED THIS GOOD. I...”
– Sarah Palin, when asked if the events on her upcoming tour would all be as loud as today’s motorcycle-filled procession, and she responded by yelling back (emphasis by way of all caps and italics hers). - Mediaite
I wonder if she also loves the smell of napalm in the morning?
(via brooklynmutt)
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“A woman sent a statement to The Daily News that said she was the one who had...”
– Congressman Says Hacker Sent Lewd Photo From His Account - NYTimes.com
Who doesn’t wonder what their boyfriend @RepWeiner is up to?
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Prince Philip's ninety gaffes in ninety years →
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“How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?” Asked of a Scottish driving instructor in 1995.
“So who’s on drugs here?… HE looks as if he’s on drugs.” To a 14-year-old member of a Bangladeshi youth club in 2002.
“My son…er…owns them.” On being asked on a Canadian tour whether he knew the Scilly Isles.
#oh prince philip #britain’s national...
“Telling someone they should be grateful they have a healthy baby is like telling...”
– Woman Who Didn’t Have a Healthy Baby Reflects on the “Healthy Baby” Trope - The Unnecesarean -
Justice.
joyengel:
Understatement of the year: I’m not doing well with those two cops being acquitted of rape (phone calls to my therapist since hearing the news: 5)
The woman’s story has so many of the same echoes of my own rape, that when I learned of jury’s verdict, I vomited.
“You’re going to have triggers. And what’s never fun is that you can’t anticipate when, where or what.” My friend Jen told...
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“Killing is just the kickoff. After that, the dead creatures go to a butcher in...”
– Mark Zuckerberg’s new challenge: Eating only what he kills (and yes, we do mean literally…)
“Catholic Charities of Rockford told staff today that the agency plans to...”
– - Catholicism! Fuck yeah!
Basically, they believe that it’s better for children to have no parents at all than to be placed with same-sex couples.
Jesus. Christ.
(via jennyjennybobenny)
This is impossible for me to understand. I mean I get what they’re saying. I just don’t...
“You try to change Medicare, people will kill you. Literally. They will run you...”
– My Republican friend Mike on the Ryan plan. (via mandalay)
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“Just because a rapist wants to call his abuse of a child ”marriage,” or refer to...”
– Note to media: Elizabeth Smart was never anyone’s “wife” | Strollerderby
“I can’t tell you what a gift, if we use it properly, this year is. If we don’t,...”
– David Plouffe to Time
Quote of the Day
(via think4yourself)
“She was almost certainly the last link to New York’s Gilded Age, reared in...”
– I don’t think I’ve ever read a more scintillating opening paragraph to an obituary. I’m just getting around to reading the whole thing now, but a 24-year-old Huguette Clark’s determined visage was staring at me this morning when I picked up my roommate’s copy of the NYT outside our door and I...
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Alright y'all
I gotta go live through some severe weather. Wish me luck.
Ryan Budget Fails in Senate; 5 Republicans Defect →
think4yourself:
timetruthhumor:
The Ryan budget plan just failed by a vote of 40 in favor and 57 opposed. Senate Republicans voting “NO”:
Scott Brown
Susan Collins
Lisa Murkowski
Rand Paul
Olympia Snowe
Dick Lugar and Orrin Hatch, both facing potential primary armageddon from teabaggers, both voted in favor of eliminating Medicare. No Democrats defected.
Democrats, you have been gifted...
“rashida jones went to harvard! She has boned every hot interesting vaguely...”
– Someone on ONTD gets it. (via uprightcitizens)
