Big news in the political world today, and just when you thought the elections were officially over and you could go a few weeks only caring about Christmas. But no, South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint said he’s resigning today, only a mere two years into his current term and four before he would have to run for…
Category: Thursday
Petty Issues: Bad Quotes, Fake Quotes, and Great Quotes
Bret Easton Ellis says Katherine Bigelow is “overrated” because she’s hot…Too bad no one has ever called Bret Easton Ellis hot, sour grapes much? “Boy that Jennifer Garner just can’t make a bad movie.”—-No one, ever “Dis Nigg@ loves Bart Simpson”—-Rihanna, as she tweets a picture of Chris Brown’s bedroom with Bart Simpson sheets…Rihanna is,…
Larger Editorial: What I’m Thankful for in 2012
Today is Thanksgiving, which means two things: 1. Most people are off work, which means they get to experience a day of doing whatever they want and getting paid whatever meager wage their company calls “holiday pay” (or, as bloggers call it, Thursday). 2. You probably aren’t looking to read a block of text. It…
Petty Issues: Sure Signs You’re in the South
5. You know you’re getting closer to the south as the people at each airport get progressively fatter, and those motorized carts (that are supposed to be used to carry the disabled) are really just used to give rides to fifty/sixty year old fat people that don’t want to walk from terminal A to terminal…
Petty Issues: Post-Election Round Up…Top 5 Asshole Countdown
Basically, we could just do a rogue’s gallery of assholes, and that’s exactly what I want to do. The top 5 assholes of the week are… 5. Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin…This defeated Missouri senate candidate gave one of the most bitter and partisan concession speeches I’ve ever seen. Thank God we won’t have to see…
Obama Wins in a Spectacular Night for the Blue Team! The Revolution Has Officially Arrived!
Obama wins a second term! Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren goes to the senate! People’s champion Alan Grayson returns to congress! Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin and Murdoch “Rape is God’s Plan” lost! [Yay women of America!] Gay Marriage was popular voted-in (for the first time ever) in Maryland and Maine! Wisconsin elected the first openly gay…
Largely Editorial: The Five Races (Other Than the Presidency) I’m Closely Watching
After what seems like an endless campaign, the presidential election is finally here. [Presidents are usually given 100 days of compromise, Obama was given about a hundred hours before Romney started campaigning against him.] And I’ve written many, many times about that in the past year and a half (if Romney loses I’ll be thrilled…
Live Blogging Tonight’s Final Debate
9 p.m (Eastern)…The opening 9:02 p.m. …The candidates take the stage, lots of applause. 9:05 p.m. …Libya is the opening question, oh God…Give me a fucking break with this non-issue already. 9:06 p.m. …Romney starts off talking about Libya, enjoy it Mitt, cause I feel like this is your only strong suit tonight in this…
Petty Issues: Tagg Romney, Candy Crowley, Iran’s “Reviews” of Argo, and Glenn Beck’s Jeans
At the second presidential debate, Candy Crowley accurately called Mitt Romney out for lying his ass off about Libya, and of course the rightwing jumped all over her for, gasp, being a woman who opens her mouth—-I mean, being a moderator who injects truth into things. I think there needs to be more of this….
Biden Completely Destroys Paul Ryan in Vice Presidential Debate
I haven’t seen a beating that lopsided since Rodney King. Biden absolutely demolished Paul Ryan, no question, period. Quick points… 9:05 p.m.: Paul Ryan barely looks ready for puberty, let alone the White House…maybe if his voice stops cracking, he can come back in a few decades. 9:12 p.m. : If you took a shot…
Petty Issues Comes Early: Los Zetas, Sandusky, DeVito/Pearlman, Stacey Dash, and, of course, Big Bird
Stacey Dash tweeted support for Romney this week and unleashed a barrage of hell, most of it directed at her race and her past marriages to white men. Look, that’s disgusting. Do I agree with her? No, but to say someone can’t vote or support whoever they want to? That’s no better. Plus, I really…
Petty Issues: Debate Round-Up
Last night was the first of three loooooong in the making presidential debates (this Obama vs. Romney matchup has really been in the works since 2006, John McCain just didn’t know it), and I’ll summarize Romney’s responses for those that missed them. Romney: “The president sucks, and I’ll be better, don’t ask me how, you’ll…
Larger Editorial: But Seriously…What’s So Awful About the Government?
The biggest idea behind all Republican campaigns this season (from Romney to “Legitimate Rape” Akin) seems to be that government is awful and we need to kill it. But how, exactly, did the somewhat-abstract notion of “government” become about as appealing as bed bugs? At least, to the Republican Party, Libertarians, and a large number…