April 2009
So it's really not funny when
you look like death and sneeze right next to where I’m eating a sandwich and go “hope I don’t have swine flu!” and then go to the bathroom sneezing.
The Unfailing Might of the Black Eyed Peas →
(via brokedownpalace)
I’m so angry right now. These are all… good.
“[A]pparently people who are practicing pedophiles would be considered protected...”
– Who else? Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. » Bachmann compares gays to pedophiles on hate crimes bill
The not-so-funny side of her crazy.
(via robot-heart-politics)
I loooooove beating the shit out of pregnant women. HATE THEM… Just sayin.
I'm always open to everything, baby →
INGRAHAM: Will you make good on that pledge that the RNC will not raise money and give money to Republicans who continue to put a stick in the eye of fiscal conservatism?
STEELE: As I said, that is something that is absolutely on the table for me. I’m not backing down from that.
Two months later
“We will continue to defend the citizen’s right to privacy in our increasingly...”
– Republican Party Platform of 1972
Those were the days
(via notthatkindagay)
Jon Stewart's Extended Interview with Cliff May →
I’m in the middle of this and it’s seriously one of the most honest examinations of the recent turture debate that has ever happened on TV. Cliff May agrees.
...only 3% said they don’t like him but approve of... →
(Hillary Voters)
A.O. Scott waxes on Bunuel's 'The Discreet Charm... →
One of my favorite movies of all time.
Specter shitting all over the Republican party... →
“Let’s be honest-Senator Specter didn’t leave the GOP based on principles of any...”
– Michael Steele
Come on, Mike. Two full sentences to contradict yourself? We’ve come to expect more from you!
SIXTY!
lizistwentythree:
COUNT THAT SHIT
zomg, Sen. Spector is now a Democrat.
Oh man this is HUGE! I just did a dance.
“War crimes will be prosecuted, war criminals will be punished and it will be no...”
– Who Said It? (via jeffmiller:soupsoup)
Related: This ‘04 Weekly Standard editorial calling for the same thing.
“Anyone up or down the chain of command who was criminally complicit should be prosecuted, too.”
“START THE KILLING NOW! I am willing to be the... →
Dangerous right-wing extremists are not a myth.
Also, we executed some Japanese dudes for... →
Just so we’re all clear on where America stands on torture.
FBI Interrogator Ali Soufan: Torture Does Not Work... →
One of the worst consequences of the use of these harsh techniques was that it reintroduced the so-called Chinese wall between the C.I.A. and F.B.I., similar to the communications obstacles that prevented us from working together to stop the 9/11 attacks. Because the bureau would not employ these problematic techniques, our agents who knew the most about the terrorists could have no part in the...
“I know of no policy, God is my witness, but this: Piety, Humanity and Honesty...”
– John Adams, Here’s How Our Founding Fathers Would Have Come Down on the Torture Debate: - Democratic Underground (via robot-heart-politics)
M83 - We Own the Sky (Udachi Dubstep Remix) →
This is what my summer of 2008 would have sounded like if it happened in 2009.
Torturing the Truth →
And if effectiveness is the only gauge, why even debate whether these techniques fit the definition of torture? The problem with using “it worked” as an argument is that it justifies too much. By that rationale, we can justify subjecting enemy captives to every form of torture ever devised. We can even justify torturing and killing their spouses, siblings, parents, and children,...
Tortured Trilogies
lizistwentythree:
squashed:
complicatedshoes, who is glad we tortured people (or perhaps doesn’t consider waterboarding somebody 180 times in a month torture), writes,
When Han Solo was frozen in carbonite, did Luke say, “Oh well. Jabba the Hutt is a bad guy but it would be wrong to use deadly force to get my friend back. I’d rather be known as the kindler, gentler Jedi”?
No. Because...
Torture Ctd.
robot-heart-politics:
I think some conservatives (not all, but some) would argue that torture is an effective way of attaining justice, as well as a way of regulating criminal activity. Some would also argue that international law that explicitly prohibits torture is 1) a violation of American sovereignty (even though we’ve agreed to abide by these laws), and 2) a “bad” law...
So... Torture is a Conservative Policy? →
Many liberals don’t just want to defeat conservatives at the polls, they want to send them to jail. Toward that end, they have sometimes tried to criminalize what are essentially policy differences. President Obama hinted at another step in that direction when he said today that he is open to the idea of bringing criminal charges against the Justice Department lawyers who wrote opinions to...
On Torture
Over the weekend I had a debate with a close friend about torture — he was in favor of it, I was against it. Like myself, my friend is a fairly liberal guy. He voted for Obama, hated Bush, etc., etc. However, he made the point that when it comes to the safety of Americans, nothing should be off the table. If these people we’re holding captive have any information whatsoever that may help us...
“If somebody can be water-tortured six times a day, then it isn’t torture.”
– Rush Limbaugh
“One of the things that I find a little bit disturbing about this recent...”
– Dick ‘Buckets’ Cheney
Thanks Dick. We owe you one.
*wink*
Also, and I haven’t made a formal announcement about this up until now or anything, but I’d like to make a deal with Dick. If Dick can provide evidence that it was the final, 183rd waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh...
Canada Hates Michelle Obama →
If you needed any more proof that Canada is home to some of the laziest journalists in the world (aside from Amil and Elaine) look no further than this hilarious and completely factless article. In three pages, all you can glean from it is that the author is insanely jealous of Michelle’s toned arms, and also Michelle maybe has the potential to be a radical although nothing she has done so...
The State is finally coming to DVD! →
The first and last thing I'll say about balls and...
At least some of the tea baggers have to be aware of the trillions in debt that the last three Republican presidents accumulated. There’s no way that the right-wing isn’t aware of how horribly Bush — a man they loved and admired until the bitter end — fucked the economy. There’s no way that any person can in their heads actually believe that Obama is the cause of the catastrophe...
The Awl
alexbalk:
Yeah, so there’s this thing. Have a look.
Fuck Susan Boyle. This is our Seabiscuit.
330 results for 'Seabiscuit' and 'Susan Boyle' →
Rush Limbaugh defends the Somalian pirates →
I’m on bliatus all week, but just so we’re all clear, this happened:
You know what we have learned about the Somali pirates, the merchant marine organizers that were wiped out at the order of Barack Obama, you know what we learned about them? They were teenagers. The Somali pirates, the merchant marine organizers who took a US merchant captain hostage for five days were inexperienced...
Bush's Post-Presidential Life — WaPo →
This is so surreal. It’s so weird. How you can go and be President for eight years, reaaaaaly screw things up, and then, oh well, more time for mountain biking. Maybe some creative writing… The most fucked part is that since he left office, the ‘he was just a puppet’ theory seems ever more plausible. Cheney and Rove are all over the place mouthing off about the same garbage...