January 2010
67 posts
“I don’t believe the American people want us to focus on our job security. They...”
– Obama. Dag, yo. Policy-wise, I thought his first year was great; if he’d gotten HCR, it would’ve been brilliant. But between the SOTU and today’s shindig, looks like he’s finally getting the campaign chutzpah back, too. Just keep it up.
“Republicans may have wished they had spoken to John McCain about what happened...”
– Obama directly debated (and apparently demolished) Republicans at a House GOP retreat. Kudos to the GOP for inviting him. Maybe they should get some good ideas before they try it again.
Ps, why am I not reading about this more? Marc Ambinder:
This is no gimmick. I have not seen a better and...
Watchwatsonwelch:
WHOAA Freddie and I are going to the Olympics!! Check out www.Facebook.com/SamsungUSA for our awesome videos.
So jealous of you bastards. Congratulations.
“The moment the family takes that private bit of providence and dangles it on...”
– Deadspin on Tim Tebow’s planned anti-abortion Super Bowl commercial for Focus on the Family.
Fox is the only news organization more people... →
49% of Americans trust ‘em, 37% distrust.
God. Help. Us. All. Getting the hell out of dodge sounds better and better every day.
“[i]t is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man...”
– Teddy Roosevelt
(via Eliot Spitzer’s recommendations for Obama’s SOTU in Slate)
Today in Shit I'm Grateful For
Because I feel like I’m slowly becoming ungrateful, a dick, and an ungrateful dick, and I want to turn that around. This may become a thing.
David Plouffe. The man is The Best. Bringing him back into the Administration (even if at a distance) might be the best decision Obama’s made. And if you don’t believe me, or if you’re disappointed in Obama’s first year...
LILITH FAIR 2010! →
carolinastar:
lipstick-feminists:
huntingforcherubs:
jilly-t:
Holy shit, they’re bringing back Lilith Fair?! I went to Lilith Fair when I was much younger with my mom to see Sarah Mclachlan and it was awesome.
I also remember that was around the time that Bioré had come out with their products and they must have been sponsors because I won like a thermos thing from them for answering a...
“NEWSWEEK: You’ve noted that the relief effort so far has been overly...”
– Naomi Klein, on Haiti (via newsweek)
Hard to disagree.
CoachellArtist of the Day: Florence and the...
The Streets - Stay Positive
Stop dreaming ...
“Back in 2008, the smart liberal spin on “post-partisanship” —...”
– Nate Silver
The latter half of that — the relatively centrist agenda — is what I and most independents elected Obama for. Nate breaks down what Andrew has spent a lot of time expressing, which is that the GOP opposition is nihilistic, asinine, and completely and utterly false - this is...
Cohn: An Open Letter To Nervous/Frustrated House...
Entire thing is worth reading, but here are snippets:
The temptation will be to drop health care, change the subject, and hope for the best. After all, the voters clearly don’t like what they’re hearing and seeing out of Washington. And health care is all they’ve been hearing and seeing for the last few months. The polls suggest more people oppose the plan than support it. And the right wing is...
“It’s virtually impossible to find an elected Republican official who can speak...”
– Gross, on the junior senator from Massachusetts. (via newsweek)
Yes! Let’s cut taxes and not cut spending! That’ll fix the deficit! And that is the entire GOP today. A bunch of morons I have no respect for. And I can’t respect anyone who supports them either, as they’re...
“We have one party that has not got the brains to govern. Will we now learn for...”
– Andrew Sprung
Sounds like the House can pass the Senate’s bill, and HCR is a done deal. Pray god they do so, and fix it through reconciliation. Because no, it’s not perfect. But it’s this, or bust.
Webb: Health Care Reform On Hold Until Brown Is...
Look, I appreciate the integrity, Jim — you’re an awesome and honorable guy — but c’mon, man. Now it’s fucking dead for another generation. God dammit.
Here I was thinking they could pound it through in ten days. Stupid Brian. Fucking America. Fucking Martha Coakley, running a shitbomb campaign. Fuck.
:::EDIT:::
So I’ve been expecting the House to just...
As if I needed another reason to be psyched for...
they added Jonsi from Sigur Ros to Sunday. Excellent.
“Who’s Leno in all this? He’s the tone-deaf fat-cat. Leno is AIG....”
– Vulture - How Team Coco Channels Our Great Recession Anger
Agree completely.
A letter to Sully:
The past year has been a very difficult one for me, personally and professionally. I’ve been up a lot more than I’ve been down, and I’ve been angry and frustrated with life, as we all are at times. But I can’t remember the last time I felt such overwhelming rage toward a group of people as I have felt toward the Republican Party and the conservative...
I think the worst thing about the Golden Globes...
Because c’mon. You know Tina Fey would have torn them a new one for the Leno/Conan fiasco.
THR: Team Conan War Cry Helps O'Brien Best Leno At... →
thedailywhat:
Based on preliminary metered-market estimates, on Thursday night O’Brien drew a 1.9 in the adult demo — nearly double his usual average. That’s 27% higher number at 11:35 p.m. than Jay Leno, who drew a 1.5 using the same type of measurement, earned at 10 p.m. This is also the lowest-rated Thursday “Leno Show” episode to date in the preliminary nationals (1.3).
Best part? “NBC...
Who sucks more?
Dick Ebersol, Jeff Zucker, or Jay Leno?
I think Leno’s an ass, but mostly just a hypocrite. Zucker seems like King Dick, but he’s weasled out of the public eye on this. That Ebersol article is just insane, though.
Math Geek Comes Up With Equation to Explain His... →
“It seemed like a natural thing to do,” says Backus in an exclusive interview with Asylum. “Basically, it was a way of quantifying my dismay.” Backus reimagined the equation by inserting U.K. population figures along with the general parameters for his potential girlfriend: a woman between the age of 24 and 34, with a university degree, whom he finds attractive. Simple...
“I remember thinking that Jeff [Zucker] is a different species than I am. That...”
– Conan O’Brien. Andrew Sullivan adds:
Conan ran the Lampoon; Zucker ran the Crimson. I knew neither. I just remember that everyone hated Zucker and thought Conan was some sort of comic deity.
Apologies if I’m posting too much about this story. I’m thoroughly obsessed with it. ...
Watchthedailywhat:
This Is Cute, You Should Watch It of the Day: If there is one thing that will never not be funny, it’s little kids reeancting scenes from adult TV shows. And to help me drive this fact home, here are a bunch of kids reeancting scenes from Jersey Shore.
Here’s another fact: MTV needs to replace The Situation with the kid playing The Situation in this video.
[huffpo.]
More,...
“Hosting the Tonight Show has been the fulfillment of a lifelong dream for me,...”
– Conan is certainly going out on a high note.
Who is playing at Coachella 2010 →
yourkitchensink:
If this line-up is even close to true this year’s Coachella is going to be amazing.
Hot. Fucking. Damn. Monklish is usually solidly on the money, if imperfect (probably around 75%), so I’m willing to get excited about this. And I’ve already bought my ticket/secured a hotel. Here’s hoping for:
Beach House
Beastie Boys
Florence & The Machine
...
Daily Kos: George Tiller murderer may only be... →
yourkitchensink:
In case you want to get really really angry about something that could matter WAY more than who is going to host The Tonight Show then I’d like to direct you to this story. It seems that the Kansas judge in the trial of the man who murdered abortion doctor George Tiller has “granted a defense motion to allow the jury to decide if Scott Roeder can be convicted of voluntary...