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Comments

[poetry]

fist!

[poetry]

hmm, wow ? i thought that getting the top spot would be so much more fulfilling.. i just feel so empty still

[heller]

Don't give up, keep fisting

[Fatty Bolger]

I believe it's normal to feel empty after a fisting.

[Fisting Ennui]

It's not enough.
I need more.
Nothing seems to satisfy.
I don't want it.
I just need it.
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive.

Knuckle deep inside the borderline.
This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to.
Relax. Slip away.

[LC]

Love the Tool reference

[Fisting Ennui]

I was introduced to them in the early 90's by a Navajo princess who rocked my ass off as we did blow and fucked all night to Undertow.

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

I can see your
Back is turning
If I could I'd
Stick a knife in

I remember well the first Tool song I heard - Aenima. I was working on a major renovation of our master bathroom at the time and I had the radio going all day. That song came on, and I was like, "whoa, what the fuck is this? This is some serious rock." Went out and bought the CD a couple days later.

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

It sounds like your introduction to Tool was far superior to mine.

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

How can this mean anything to me
If I really don't feel anything at all?

[Suki]

Today is also World Freedom Day, for anybody who really cares about real world freedom.

[N. Titties]

I care about world freedom! ..And by "freedom" I mean the right to be bombed by the USA

[Fist of Etiquette]

1nd.

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

Was there some sort of televised sporting contest yesterday?

[Billy Cundiff]

nah

[Discount Double Choke]

The last time Ray Lewis was involved in a shanking that bad he was outside a nightclub in Atlanta.

[Jordan Elliot]

Well done.

[WTF]

Nice

[Mike M.]

They're going to have to start calling Eli Manning the Road Warrior. Five road playoff wins = the most in NFL history.

[Night Elf Mohawk]

Because Eli Manning caused the 49ers not to be able to hold on to punts.

[WTF]

Yeah, Eli did nothing to contribute to that win. Nothing. Right.

[Local Wit]

Did Mr. Mohawk lose a bet, or is he just a poopy-pants?

[RoboCain]

To be fair, it wasn't his bast game. Although some of the bad passes might have been due to the weather, and an unexpectedly good pass rush from the 49's.

[Mike M.]

On the road in a hostile environment in those conditions against an outstanding defense, Manning did a pretty damn good job overall. Someone upthread is obviously a little bitter.

[Raston Bot]

He had a great game. He put up 300+ yards and 2 TDs, with no fumbles on 50+ dropbacks against the best defense in the league that crushed him on half of those dropbacks.

And Harbaugh did not impress with all that Alex-Smith-throwing-the-ball nonsense.

[Night Elf Mohawk]

I didn't say he did nothing, but it's about like saying the pitcher is a road warrior because he won a 15-14 game.

Whatever Manning did wouldn't have mattered, in all likelihood, absent a punt muff and fumble by the same guy.

[Local Wit]

Stupid other team!

[Night Elf Mohawk]

Because, again, Manning didn't punt the ball, make the strip, or make the recovery. Either time.

He played a reasonably good game against an elite defense, but certainly nothing like Brees did (yeah, the conditions were different). The Giants' special teams won that game when the chips were down. If someone wants to call them road warriors, fine. If he had rained TDs on the 49ers, fine. As it is, at most, he kept them in the game until someone else made the key plays.

It's not anything against Manning. QBs often get too much credit for wins and too much blame for losses.

[KDN]

Just like Tom Brady willed that 5th string corner to strip Lee Evans in the endzone and used the force to push Cundiff's kick wide.

I hate the NFL.

[sloopyinca]

Fuck Tom Brady.
Fuck the New England Patriots.
and most importantly...
Fuck Michigan!

O-H...

[Citizen Nothing]

...I-O! (Now about that wedding invitation...)

[sloopyinca]

Banjos is working on them. I promise they will be out this week.

[Scoldy the Griefer Troll]

Oh "sloopy," do you get a little boner when you say "fuck" in public?

[Discount Double Choke]

OH-10 is also, conveniently, the record of an Ohio State University vs. the SEC since they had to vacate their one win because of Tattoogate.

[KDN]

Tattoogate

Lamest scandal ever. It's what the NCAA looks like when they feel the need to make an example. If Cam doesn't troll the enforcement division then the whole thing ends with a one game suspension for the players involved and OSU competing for the Big Ten title.

[sloopyinca]

Tattoogate: what happens when student athletes are not permitted to get part-time jobs, are not permitted to dispose of their personal property as they see fit, and are made an example of because a scumbag kid from the SEC allowed his dad to sell his services and then clammed up.

[Ted S.]

Tattoogate: another idiotic usage of the fucking -gate suffix.

[Citizen Nothing]

My middle son is going to an Ohio state university. My oldest went to The Ohio State University.
Kinda like Libertarian vs. libertarian.

[Auric Demonocles]

I haven't seen anyone claiming Brady won the game.

[KDN]

Maybe not, but I'm preparing for the next two weeks' worth of annoying stories on Tom Brady's inherent greatness. Why, he brought NE to yet another Super Bowl! BEST QB EVAR!!!!!

[NoVAHockey]

Yep, Malkin with the OT winner.

[KDN]

Malkin is beast. My Devils are proving to be the best bad team in the league, just like TB last year.

Word is that Carter hates Columbus and is pushing for a trade. If money wasn't a factor I'd like to see the Devils flip Zajac and a prospect for him to slot in either on the second or third line; he's a terror when he doesn't play against the other team's top pair (which he wouldn't in NJ) and the long contract is insurance against Parise walking this summer. Plus Zajac, a pass-first Selke-caliber center, would be a really good fit with Nash and that's what Columbus needs.

[Discount Double Choke]

Pens beat the Caps in OT, and Ravens lose in the most heart breaking fashion imaginable. Could Sunday have been any better? No, no it couldn't.

[Citizen Nothing]

After 26 years of trying, I finally got my rag to insert this into our local style book:

-- Libertarian/libertarian When you are talking about the official Libertarian Party or one of its members, it's uppercase. When you are talking about someone who believes in the political philosophy but is not a member of the party, you can lowercase. Now, usually you won't really know if they are an official member of the party. So if you don't know, go lowercase. That won't ever be wrong, but uppercasing someone who is not a member would be.

My work here is done. I can now die in peace.

[Citizen Nothing]

Oh -- And there...is...an..other...Sky...walk...errrrr.

[The Face of Boe]

Know this, Time Lord -- you...are not...alone.

[robc]

Nothing on how to distinguish if its the first word in a sentence?

[Citizen Nothing]

Mind what you have learned. Save you it can.

[SugarFree]

The Obama White House is on the verge of sharing its justification for assassinating a U.S. citizen.

"Fuck you, that's why."

[Night Elf Mohawk]

It's left as an exercise for the reader to determine if that is better than "Shut up, he explained."

[Abdul]

I bet it ends up as a list of things like:

"people who use the word 'irregardless;' people who won't stop quoting old Seinfeld episodes. . . "

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

Reminds me of the old George Carlin bit, "People I Can Do Without."

[Zeb]

People who say "irregardless" do deserve to be assassinated.

[wylie]

yes, but that's still Grammar Nazi turf, not the federal govt's.

[poetry]

^^THIS. it's all about the proper divisions of power, folks.

[commerce clause]

what?

[Ice Nine]

Only after you've purged those who say "...is comprised of".

[Lotta Guise]

And "rate of speed".

[Zeb]

At least those are all real words.

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

Supposively.

[rac3rx]

Probally

[sloopyinca]

I'm gonna go to the libary and look them up!

[Sinner!]

You could of looked them up online rather then at the library, alright?!

[MJGreen]

They're perfectly cromulent.

[Tim]

WHy does a dog lick his balls?

[Jordan Elliot]

I laughed at this.

I shouldn't have.

[WTF]

Newt is surging in Florida.

Way to bring me down after yesterday's playoff game.

[poetry]

this too shall pass

[WTF]

But, Newcular Titties! As President! Think of how much damage that fuck could do with a republican congress!

[poetry]

on the plus side, it would be the first POTUS with boobs

[sloopyinca]

William Howard Taft may beg to differ.

[WTF]

Not all boobs are good boobs.

[13 year old]

ur rong

[Christina Applegate]

What?

[Drax the Destroyer]

Yeah, I read that, and am not too surprised unfortunately. Are people really that dimwitted? Yes, yes they are.

[Loki]

Florida'a new state motto: Shit flows downhill.

[Drax the Destroyer]

I would also have accepted "Shit, everywhere" but I think that's New Jersey in testicle-shell.

[Tim]

Newt Gingrich: Asshole.

[RoboCain]

+1

[sarcasmic]

Website crashed as American Idol fans rush to see Brittany Kerr in a bikini.

*Warning* Not for chubby chasers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvs.....-hunt.html

[Ice Nine]

Nice. So, you've discovered breasts?

[Devil's Advocate]

She's not anorexic, but again, no muscle definition.

[MiNGe]

MEOW!

[DesigNate]

Too bad she's a Human Environmental Science graduate.

[RoboCain]

Kochs push back against Obama attack:

http://dailycaller.com/2012/01.....ma-attack/

[RoboCain]

Teenage girl gets around:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....d-own.html

[poetry]

impressive, but also.. weird? why would you do that?

[R C Dean]

Because its there?

[Zeb]

I don't know either. But from the article it seems like it is genuinely what she wants to be doing, so good for her.

[Sparky]

She can sail to my port anytime. When she's old enough of course!

[teenage girl]

ew!

[poetry]

you obviously haven't seen sparky in the showe? oh, buhhh.. and i haven't either. ?? shit!

[Heroic Mulatto]

Her theme song.

[wylie]

while school officials complained she should be in a classroom

lulz

[Abdul]

While she was visiting Papua New guinea, she missed out on mutli-culturalism month in social studies!

[wylie]

please, she couldn't even FIND Papua New Guinea after missing that semester of geography.

[poetry]

aahhaahahahahaaahaaa

[High School Teacher]

Geo-whut?

[BakedPenguin]

Google Maps

[Loki]

God forbid she show a little intestinal fortitude and "rugged individualism". It might give other people ideas, and they can't have that can they. People might realize what a joke public education really is.

[Maxxx]

But how will the educators get paid if kids stop going to school?

Won't someone please think of the teachers!

[mad libertarian guy]

They're still going to steal our money no matter what.

[robc]

The port of Simpson Bay, Saint Maartin was a scenic way to end the journey

Yes it is.

I highly recommend St Maartin if you want a caribbean vacation with people. Not great for secluded (although that can be pulled off to, but better options for that). Prices were reasonable. Want to avoid the peak of cruise season though, they can get up to 9 ships docking in a single day, which sends the tourist count thru the roof.

[sloopyinca]

^^This.^^ Although I prefer Barbados.

Oh, and robc's post sounds great if you read it in a Patrick Bateman-esque voice.

[Quetzalcoatl]

Thanks, I almost spit coffee all over my screen.

[R C Dean]

I had a perfectly awesome week on Tortola, but its been quite awhile. I don't believe it had any cruise ships at the time (dunno about now). Poshy little hotel, good restaurants, no crowds, and as the original home of Pusser's Rum, rum everywhere.

[Abdul]

How do you all keep the salt water from corroding your monocles?

[robc]

Plastic vacation monocle.

Its uncouth, but sacrifices have to be made.

[wylie]

gold isn't resistant enough?

[sloopyinca]

Plastic? You heathen.

Only use the finest cartilage from the fins of endangered hammerhead sharks for monocles that may come in contact with excessive salt water.

[Restoras]

I find the tears of my sweatshop child labor does the trick.

[SFC B]

My family is from Trinidad and Tobago. So I am quite partial to visits there. Not that it's all great shakes but, really, after a Wisconsin winter I'll take a trip anywhere but Haiti.

And, seriously, how fucked up is your state if it can't figure out a way to make someplace on an island in the Caribbean into an attractive tourist stop?

[Brett L]

"Newt is surging in Florida."

If only Skink were around to take him out. Or Serge. The point is we need a creative, psychotic-but-moral-in-his-own-way, charismatic fictional character to deliver Florida from Newt.

[Citizen Nothing]

Or Serge.

I was forced to read Pineapple Grenade, the latest in that series. My God, was that painful.

[Brett L]

Ever since Coleman and Sharon were resurrected, it just ain't the same. I think Dorsey stopped doing the drugs he's forever mentioning about that time.

[Citizen Nothing]

I'm supposed to interview the author.
Is the character's name correctly pronounced "SURGE" or "SER-gay"?

[Brett L]

"Surge" like storm surge.

[Tonio]

There are no standard pronunciations for names, so could be either. SORE-gay is the ethnic slavic pronunciation. But could be a good question for him.

[poetry]

there are enough clintons in politics already.

stop stirring up shit, you know florida is listening

[Brett L]

"moral-in-his-own-way" is not code for lacking in any morality beyond "me first".

[RoboCain]

"The parents of a five-year-old boy being brought up as 'gender neutral' have posted an internet video of him saying it is 'silly' to talk of differences between boys and girls.

When Sasha was born, his parents simply referred to him as 'the infant' and kept his sex a secret from all but a few close friends and relatives. His gender has only been revealed because he started school recently."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....s-sex.html

[Brett L]

And yet they parents who loved their son but chose to name him Adolf Hitler are unfit.

[Red Rocks Rockin]

This is the kind of stuff the French aristocracy was indulging in right before the Revolution. Except now it's the middle class that's demonstrating extreme cultural decadence.

[Night Elf Mohawk]

What's silly is ignoring biology in the name of ideology.

[R C Dean]

Not just silly, but futile in that special way that is likely to prove counterproductive.

I note that his parents apparently don't practice what they preach. I'm not sure how you could actually have a child if you were completely ignoring gender differences, after all.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I note that his parents apparently don't practice what they preach. I'm not sure how you could actually have a child if you were completely ignoring gender differences, after all.

It's easy, you just lie back and think of Berkeley.

[poetry]

i'll ignore your gender differences, baby!

[Abdul]

It's Pat was one of the worst SNL sketches of that era, and these people thought it was a parenting instructional video?

[wylie]

crack + SNL's Pat + a poorly placed The More You Know segment

[Ice Nine]

Sheesh, he doesn't look too gay or anything...

[Heroic Mulatto]

You laugh, but when that kid's hormones take over, all that early training is going to help him become a PUSSY MAGNET.

[Loki]

Especially since people seem to be all about those faggy metrosexuals like Robert Pattinson and shit.

"Is that what a man's supposed to look like."

[SugarFree]

The first time they take him to the gynecologist is going to be full of lulz.

[poetry]

+1

[Zeb]

I bet he'll figure out that there are differences between boys and girls in 6-10 years and that will be that.

I don't think it is ignoring biology. Quite the opposite really. In removing the cultural boy/girl distinction, you will see more clearly the purely biological differences.

[poetry]

the bullshit academic in me wants to acknowledge you have a point, but the innate reflexive ornery asshole in me wants to point out that, duh, boys and girls create different cultures. they are different cultures.

what is culture, anyway, but the result of millions of individuals interacting? most of whom are a particular gender..

[Red Rocks Rockin]

In removing the cultural boy/girl distinction, you will see more clearly the purely biological differences.

So letting him wear sparkly dresses but forbidding "hyper-masculine" clothing in the house is removing the cultural boy/girl distinction?

[Rich]

And yet, strangely, they insist on raising Sasha as a human.

[Warty]

That poor boy will grow up to be either the world's champion at lumberjacking or bukkake. There is no possible middle ground.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Warty, you're just jealous that an 8-year-old girl is more hardcore than you.

[Warty]

I can't tell you how badly I want to beat her fucking dad for putting her up to that garbage. What a chump.

[RoboCain]

What about lumberjack bukkake?

[Zeb]

What exactly are the standards for being the world champion of Bukkake?

[Warty]

It's a judged event, I believe.

[Apple]

My daughter was born with the loving-frilly-pink-shit-and-dressing-like-a-princess gene. It's a source of great amusement to family members who were certain (like we were) that we'd have a tomboy.

[Citizen Nothing]

Yeah -- I thought it was mostly cultural, too, until my twins (boy and girl) were born.

[Mike Laursen]

And Sasha, in all likelihood, will soon express his running around with a stick making machine gun sounds gene.

[Abdul]

Santorum glitter-bombed. http://www.nydailynews.com/new.....-1.1009934

Interestingly, Gary Glitter was santorum-bombed, but I can't find any video.

[Brett L]

"Oh Noes, Teh Gay, its on me!"

[Ice Nine]

That shit is really great for the eyes.

[Loki]

You're looking at the wrong sites. Try hardcorefaggots.com

[RoboCain]

Megan Fox remains somewhat attractive:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvs.....Tyson.html

[Zombie Jimbo]

I may have to integrate "Megan Fox Island" into my recurring "Island of the Girl Pirates" fantasy.

However I'm not sure that the campaign is necessary. Brazil has enough hotness as it is.

http://www.universalsports.com.....60299.html

[JW]

Is that anything like Whore Island?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Petitioners are calling for an investigation after the MPAA's Chris Dodd admitted to bribery on FOX News.

Chris Dodd is going to have the petitioners arrested for na?vet?. He can afford it, since his sweet Countrywide mortgage deal is paid off.

[Oh, TechDirt!]

Recently on FOX News former Senator Chris Dodd said (as quoted on news site TechDirt)...

Hahahahaha!

[o3]

in newt's victory speech, he made a play for paul voters by stating he (newt) supports sound money. then he made a play for santorium voters by supporting the return of middle-class manufacturing jobs while the newt supporters chanted "VP" about santorium. >i mean i knew the VP job has been compared to a warm bucket of spit which has morphed into santorium.

[poetry]

I think mr. goofarts would make a great VP, so long as the POTUS never dies, resigns, or gets fired. He could just walk around all day looking morally offended, and then if anybody in the white house needed to punch a face, they could punch his very punchable face!

[Palin]

You betcha !

[Loki]

Plus having someone like Mr. Cumfarts as the VP pretty ensures that no matter how awefull the tiities is as pres, no one will ever assassinate him because of the frothy mixture waiting in the wings. Just like now we have Joe "Full Retard" Biden ensuring that nothing will happen to Obama.

[RoboCain]

Zombie Apocalypse Store:

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.c.....more-98471

[The Angry RPh]

Awesome.

[SugarFree]

Sustainable

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

Why, that's...

[sarcasmic]

http://xkcd.com/1007/

[Fist of Etiquette]

Meh. I remember xkcd predicted the same thing about the word sussudio, but that didn't pan out, did it?

[Neu Mejican]

Only the endless growth of sustainable is unsustainable. Sustainable may reach an asymptote that is sustainable.

["Unprecedented"]

Kiss my asymptote.

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

C'mon people! Let's get synergistic here!

[Fluffy]

That's not an admission of bribery.

Please don't echo absurd formulations from anti-speech and anti-association extremists.

I hate Dodd as much as the next guy., but...

[Hank]

This, many times over.

[Hank]

The Riggs tabloid Mad-Lib strikes again.

[rather]

Happy Chinese New Year

[poetry]

traitor

[RoboCain]

"Should I Buy a Gun?
After falling victim to a string of traumatic crimes, Amanda Fortini considers a controversial means of protection"

http://www.elle.com/Life-Love/.....-Buy-a-Gun

[Res Publica Americana]

Welcome to the idea of individual sovereignty and liberty by law, floozy.

[Res Publica Americana]

"Controversial"? Only to dipshits.

[Matrix]

+1

[Abdul]

Christ, she sure as hell doesn't need a gun to talk someone to death.

[Matrix]

she lives in Los Angeles and doesn't see the need in owning a gun? Has she ever stepped foot outside?

[Korduroy Kristen]

Can I get in on this?

Former America's Next Top Model contestant has spectacular boobs.

[Korduroy Kristen]

Holy fuck - my first SF!

Boobs

[SugarFree]

You never forget your first, Kristen.

[Korduroy Kristen]

I'm glad my first had such a nice rack, then.

(BTW, linky is SFW. Unless you work for Jezebel or Feministing or Rick Santorum)

[heller]

I see a nip!

[sloopyinca]

That chick's not asian, heller.

[Fatty Bolger]

Lacist!

[sloopyinca]

Jesus Chlist. That took a rong time.

[wylie]

it's like god said to himself, "Ok, I did pretty well with Cindy Crawford...but I think I can top even that..."

And Voila.

[wylie]

... Cindy 2.0

[John]

She is spectacular.

[Devil's Advocate]

I like that they appear to be natural.

[Warty]

That's the most motorbotable runway model I've ever seen. Delicious.

[poetry]

i'd like to get in on that

[DesigNate]

Nicely played.

[kda]

I cannot find the article from 2011 that talks about how red states actually live off federal spending per capita than blue states. Anyone know the title of that article?

[robc]

The problem with that is that it is incomplete.

For example, which states are receiving the benefits from the war in Afghanistan?

Is that evenly split amongst all people, or proportional to property values, or do some states have special interest in it, and receive a larger portion of the spending?

[poetry]

none of the above

[dave b.]

D.C. is frightened by a genuine outsider.

[Brett L]

Thus Gingrich surges instead of Ron Paul.

[poetry]

Great for lol's. If Titties an outsider, then I'm a tree

[SugarFree]

"I Am a Tree"

[poetry]

this is actually what i was thinking

[A Secret Band of Robbers]

I had no idea there were any Guided By Voices songs that long.

[RoboCain]

Seriously.

[Old Mexican]

Cedar or Eucalyptus?

[Marshall Gill]

Science, how long has Nukt lived and worked in Washington? Over 20 years and he is an "outsider"?!

The PoS couldn't even kill the NEA or NEH while Speaker. He will not shrink government.

[poetry]

to be fair, Ron Paul has been there for ~25 years, and he's definitely an outsider.

i think his voting record and post-office lobbying are much better arguments than the duration of time he spent in office

[RoboCain]

"Two ordinances drawn up for controlling protests and maintaining security in the city of Chicago during upcoming NATO/G8 meetings passed through the Chicago City Council today.

The ordinances, which organizers from Occupy Chicago and the Coalition Against the NATO/G8 (CANG8) call "sit down and shut up" ordinances, were proposed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and were met with some opposition that led to revisions. But today they passed with only a handful of aldermen voting against the ordinances."

http://dissenter.firedoglake.c.....rdinances/

[Tim]

Well, we can't expect Rahm to personally corner every single protester in the shower now can we?

[Loki]

I'm sure he'll give it the old college try (Penn State style).

[Jerry]

Ron Paul gets as many votes from white people as Latinos: http://www.realclearpolitics.c.....L_0122.pdf

[poetry]

just another reason to ship 'em back to mexico

[Old Mexican]

Re: poetry,

just another reason to ship 'em back to mexico

Who? The white people that don't vote for him?

[poetry]

No, the Paul campaign

[Old Mexican]

Related: Newt is surging in Florida.

"Evangelicals for Open Marriage."

[Tim]

Must be the alligator vote. All those heartless eating machines.

[Brett L]

I see you've been to a Seminole Wind buffet restaurant.

[P Brooks]

posted an internet video of him saying it is 'silly' to talk of differences between boys and girls.

Yeah, because anybody who has ever spent an afternoon with a two year old will believe that.

[Lost_in_translation]

The stupid is strong with the republican base. Or the lulz.

[poetry]

the cognitive dissonance, mostly

[Fist of Etiquette]

...while Mr. Gingrich and the other candidates are appealing more to tea-party supporters, social conservatives and small donors.

Tea party supporters? WTF? Newt Gingrich. Is. As. Big. Government. As. They. Come. Goddammit.

And painting Romney as establishment? You can't get more Washington insider than Speaker-turned-lobbyist. Idiots.

[poetry]

Tea party supporters? WTF? Newt Gingrich. Is. As. Big. Government. As. They. Come. Goddammit.

it seems you're not getting through to them. which is weird, because the HnR comment section is usually where they develop their political opinions..

try it again, with more periods this time?

[Res Publica Americana]

In case you're interested, the Tea Party in Wilmington and every Tea Partier I've met in Charlotte hate Gingrich and at least dislike Romney.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I know that the Newt surge is this media creation, but people in SC had to actually vote for him to help the narrative along. It does make me feel better knowing that other states aren't South Carolina and he will not survive many more contests.

[mad libertarian guy]

Though I'd be willing to bet that a bunch of them vote for him anyways.

The TP is a fraud of epic proportions.

[Mr. Hands]

How much is that doggie in the window?

[Rev. Blue Moon]

You've spammed four threads with this now. Did you create this? I promise to put it on the fridge if you shut up about it.

[Me Too!]

Gabby finally steps down in bizarre, campaign-style video.

[poetry]

"Now that I'm mostly healthy, I'm outta here!"

[Local Wit]

You gotta have a hole in the head to want to stay in Congress!

[ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX...]

Well, we love it!

[RoboCain]

Well, at least she gave it a shot.

[Res Publica Americana]

Lol.

[Tim]

(shakes fist)

[R C Dean]

I was wondering if she would have the decency to do that. Of course, she should have done it as soon as she regained consciousness, but from our Ruling Class, I'll take what I can get.

Not surprised she couldn't do so without wallowing in self-promotion.

[R C Dean]

I wonder if the timing had anything to do with vesting of her phat Congressional pension.

[Ron White]

The next time you have a thought... let it go.

[Me Too!]

wallowing in self-promotion

Yeah. Dontcha hate narcissists?

[Ice Nine]

Thing is, she probably would have won - because, you know, some right-winger shot her.

[poetry]

i vote a straight "victims of violence" ticket

[Carolyn McCarthy]

Works for me.

[sarcasmic]

Even after being shot in the head she's still got more brains than half of her fellow Congress Critters.

[Bobby Byrd]

Am I still dead? I forget.

[Loki]

she needs that job like she needs a hole in the head...

[Too Late]

[Eduard van Haalen]

Amusing Ron Paul cartoon:

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net.....7408_n.jpg

[comic critique]

it's okay. too many words, not a direct enough metaphor. C+

[Fist of Etiquette]

When we did this exercise a year ago, Obama had an impressive success rate in 2010, which was a clear benefit of having commanding majorities in both houses of Congress. We predicted then that with Republicans in charge of the House of Representatives, his batting average in 2011 was sure to fall, and this accounting demonstrates that to be the case. In this election year, one can expect even more gridlock and stalled initiatives.

You know who else had a lot of grandiose ideas that were blocked by intransigent foes?

[R C Dean]

[Insert politician's name here.]

[Tim]

Some of us on the General Staff simply felt he should have captured Moscow before splitting off half his forces towards the Caucasus.

[poetry]

the grinch!

[Sparky]

Old man Jenkins.

[mad libertarian guy]

Fucking ME, goddammit. Only my grandiose ideas didn't involve telling everyone how else they must live lest they go to prison.

[Ice Nine]

That's the first photo of Merkel and Sarkozy I can recall seeing in which they aren't kissing or touching. Even then, they look like they're having a little lovers' spat.

[SugarFree]

"Do you want to get Vichy with it?"

"Oh, yeah. I want to get Vichy with you."

[Brett L]

Sarko: "I wouldn't fuck you with your dick."
Angie: "That's not what your trophy wife said last night."

[P Brooks]

If Newt Kuan Yew is an outsider, I'm Margaret Hamilton.

[Old Mexican]

Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson will write another big check to Newt's PAC

Psst! Buddy, c'mere! Wanna seez some moneys from youse buddies in Vegas?

[R C Dean]

I still haven't heard just what return Mr. Adelson expects on his rather sizable investment.

You can be sure it isn't just the warm glow of satisfaction from seeing Newkular T take the oath of office.

[Rich]

I still haven't heard just what return Mr. Adelson expects on his rather sizable investment.

If I were a betting man, ... Casino Czar.

[Restoras]

Legalized internet gambling.

[BakedPenguin]

With heavy "regulation" favoring existing entities.

[Restoras]

And taxes. Don't forget the taxes.

[JR]

Shelly = AIPAC

[Discount Double Choke]

Banning any type of online gambling. Don't want to give the peons any choice in how they blow their life savings.

[Brett L]

Legalized gambling at the Federal level would be awesome.

[gaijin]

I suspect that many Newt supporters simply relish the entertainment value of a potential Obama/Gingrich debate. Master talkers perform oral on each other and all that.

[poetry]

if tithes wins, i want adelson as fed chair. is there any hope?

[poetry]

fuck. titties. not tithes. fucking OSX lion.

[poetry]

haha i said fuck titties

[John]

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p.....onsulting-

Obama staffer caught using Iowa Secretary of State's identity in effort to frame said Secretary of State. Now why on earth would the Obama people want to frame a Republican in a fairly benign state political office? I wonder if maybe the fact that the secretary of state is in charge of enforcing election fraud laws has anything to do with it?

Couldn't be. MNG, Shreek, and Tony have all assured me that election fraud is a myth.

[Eric Holder]

I'm on it.

[Sparky]

Election fraud is against the law therefore it doesn't happen.

[MiNGe]

It's just a right wing meme.

[Loki]

MNG, Shreek, and Tony have all assured me that election fraud is a myth

Unless a republican wins.

[T]

I saw something come across my twitter feed where 953 dead people voted in SC. But electoral fraud is a myth.

[o3]

those are almost always widows incorrectly signing their dead husband's line in the registry.

[John]

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/.....ey-to.html

Monterey shale fields said to have four times the recoverable oil of the North Dakota fields. That bad news is that it is being held hostage by California. Do we need to invade and take their oil?

[Old Mexican]

Re: John,

Do we need to invade and take their oil?

No, we just need to isntigate a coup to topple their government and re-instate the Sha.

[Loki]

Shouldn't that be considered interfering with interstate commerce? Although I'd be all for invading them too. Hippies can't fight worth shit.

[cynical]

We could piss them off until they secede. Then an invasion is legit.

[Red Rocks Rockin]

No, just turn the Bay area and Los Angeles into separate states. The areas outside those metropoles tend to vote Team Red more often than not.

[Old Mexican]

The Economist slams AG Eric Holder for Operation Fast and Furious.
And they did it while tears were rolling from their eyes...

[The Economist]

This is going to hurt us more than it does you Eric. We are really sorry. But the gun loving right wing nuts are making us do this.

[Warty]

Tiny moneys everywhere!

[heller]

That's not money!

Now my erection is ruined...

[Sparky]

RACIST!

[Ice Nine]

This has great currency.

[Warty]

WARNING: DO NOT CLICK

Seriously.

[heller]

OK

[SugarFree]

It's more horrible than I imagined.

[Restoras]

I want that 43 seconds back.

[Citizen Nothing]

Is that from the beastiality site Mr. Hands has been pushing?

[sarcasmic]

Woman banned from local clubs for being too old to dress like a tramp.
Ironically one of the clubs is named Tramp.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....tfits.html

[sarcasmic]

*Tramps

close enough

[SugarFree]

That's the oldest looking 28-year-old ever. WTF is the matter with England?

[Sparky]

That woman has obviously done some hard living up to this point.

[Restoras]

A lifetime of beer, bad food, and nationalized health care.

[WTF]

And she's already got four kids. What the hell is she doing going to might clubs?

[WTF]

Or night clubs, even.

[SugarFree]

Looking for a fifth loser to knock her up.

[sarcasmic]

Is John vacationing in the UK?

[SugarFree]

Ms Woodman started hitting the town last year after splitting from her long-term partner and father of her children Josh, 12, Jamie, ten, and daughters Billie, six, and three-year-old Angel.

That's some interesting math. You stay classy, West Highlands.

[sarcasmic]

West Highlands is like school at five in the mornin' - no class!

[Fisting Ennui]

Where the fuck is her jaw?

[JW]

That's a British smile, you insensitive bastard!

[Ice Nine]

"I just want to be treated with a bit of respect."

More tattoos, perhaps? If not, cutting more material out of your dresses should do it.

[Loki]

In that case why is she going out to night clubs in the first place?

[alexdroog]

Apparently Rand Paul has been detained by TSA in Nashville.

Via Ron Paul's twitter account.

[Citizen Nothing]

Wait -- he submitted to the Rapi-scan? Sellout!

[poetry]

that was my first thought. my second: he tried to carry explosives on a plane!?

[Jerry]

Is that even legal?

[Darth Sidious Napolitano]

I will make it legal.

[Loki]

He is one of those "right wing terrorists"

[P Brooks]

Apparently Rand Paul has been detained by TSA in Nashville.

He is undoubtedly on Janet Napolitano's "Most Wanted" list.

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

"The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must get a search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects."

Oh yeah.

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

Is that a win for privacy? Holy shit!

[Joe M]

Newt is surging in Florida.

The GOP is really suicidal if they select him over Romney. Romney is bad, but Gingrich is terrifying and fatally flawed both personally and politicallly. He would be destroyed in a general election by the $1 billion Obama campaign.

[The Angry RPh]

....He would be destroyed in a general election by the $1 billion Obama campaign.

Yet my mom and her husband, being the tireless Fox watchers, mindlessly repeat the chant that Newcular is the only one who can beat BO. I got them a copy of RP's The Revolution for Christmas. It didn't take. Fucking old people.