Wonkette
- Russian troops seized the Black Sea port of Poti for about four hours this morning. They have yet to withdraw forces from Georgia. [Wall Street Journal, New York Times]
- Everybody can agree on Obama’s short list for vice president, but nobody knows who he’ll pick. [Washington Post]
- One thing is certain: John McCain will attempt to temper Barack Obama’s post-convention bounce by announcing his vice presidential pick (MITT ROMNEY) on August 29. [Politico]
- Former satellites of the Soviet empire are looking east to Georgia and wondering, who’s next? [Los Angeles Times]
- Our do-nothing Congress has passed many important resolutions in favor of watermelons. [Wall Street Journal]
- John McCain and Barack Obama agree that Pervez Musharraf’s decision to resign was a good one. [The Hill]
Zell’s LAT really keeps trying to beat that NEOCON horse’s grave, eh. Who the hell wouldn’t be leery of living next to Russia after all these years? Duh.
On the other hand, which country would be soooo fucking stupid enough to listen to Zell’s NEOBOOB buddies in the first place, attempt to poke the Russian Bear in the ass with a twig and expect to get away with it? Besides Georgia that is.
I say the Russians should stay in Georgia until Georgia agrees to abandon its illegitimate claims on Tennessee’s and Alabama’s water!
Mittens? McCain is going to pick Mittens? Good idea. He’ll nail down Michigan. Sure, he’ll lose Indiana, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana, but it balances, more or less. Gaining 17 electoral votes makes up for losing 101 electoral votes. Good idea!
Angels eat watermelons? THAT’S NOT RACIAL TRANSCENDENCE!
I look forward to more attempts by Mitt to look comfortable around black people.
I also look forward to Joe Biden’s contempt seeping through my TV when he debates Mitt.
Prediction: McCain’s going to keep Romney front and center as much as possible during the election, since the old bastard has better-than-even odds of dropping dead during his term of being really, really old.
I find it hard to believe that people in Czech Republic and Poland are genuinely worried that Russia will invade them. The day that Russia invades the Czech Republic is the same day that Michael Phelps will accidentally drown in the bath.
As for Moldova, I can’t imagine why Russia would want to go there. Only extreme boredom would drive them to go in.
I thought McCain was going to pick a trollop for VP.
there’s nothing like throwing a big party on the anniversary of katrina. maybe georgie will bring him a cake again to help celebrate astonishing government ineptitude, i’m sure kanye would be free to perform.
Russia’s actions are those of Cold War warriors with fractured egos. Since the crumbling of the Soviet Union, the failure of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the inability to join the WTO, and democracy’s red carpet invitation to corruption, the Russian military machine was left to rot from lack of money and the proud and respected senior officers and government officials were out of a job. Now with their former states lining up to join NATO, the Russians are using their new-found wealth from oil and natural gas to bolster their defenses. However, the Russian military is STILL decrepit. Russia and NATO both know it.
Why does Obama need a VP? Won’t he just resurrect on the third day if he dies?
Servo: Finish that off with a chant of “USA,WE’RE NO.1,USA,WE’RE NO.1,USA,WE’RE NO.1,USA” just for good measure. Still wont change the fact that Saakashvili got slapped down for being a blood thirsty cunt, decrepit military or no decrepit military.
A contest of war between Russia and Poland would result in a tie, which Georgia would then eat.
4tehlulz: Mittens won’t ask “Who let the dogs out?” again. He’s a quick study. By now he should be up to “I’m Rick James, bitch!”
Please oh please let it be Mittens. Not only for the hilarious robot jokes but also because the Christian freakos will lose their collective shit.
Those naughty Russians had better leave Georgia soon or the US will definitely be put..out. We shall send a stiff diplomatic note on cardboard.
fistedbymollyringwald:
Don’t get me wrong, please. No pom-poms here, I assure you. As I often say, “Get lippy, get smacked”. Which is what Saakashvili did.
Naked Bunny with a Whip: Somebody’s gotta sign the checks in the meantime.
Black Sea Port-o’-Potty. Hahahah!! Uhhh… yeah, sorry.
Congress may be protecting the Union’s watermelon supply, but what about cornbread and fried chicken?
I was expecting a CBC member to be the watermelon resolution sponsor. Low and behold, Saxby Chambliss…
“The campaign has begun building a crowd of 10,000 for Dayton, Ohio, according to an organizer.” So it’s going to take 10 days to build a crowd that size? What are they, forcing them at gunpoint? Maybe if they had the Decembrists, people would just come like they did for Hopey in Portland. Not sure Kid Rock has that kind of appeal, though.
Please, please, please let it be Mittens. Nothing says “Republicans care about you in these tough economic times” like picking a VP whose “business experience” involved amassing fortunes for himself and other vulture capitalists by buying up struggling companies and laying every single worker off.
A smart Democratic campaign advisor would beat this drum so loudly to the point where even the most racist high school dropout crackers will vote for Barry over the prick who shut the plant down.
From the WSJ: “”As Mark Twain once said, ‘When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.’ I encourage my colleagues to join me in acknowledging the wisdom of Mark Twain by supporting this resolution,” Sen. Chambliss said on the Senate floor.”
SEXIST!!!
4tehlulz: Mittens would be joining the McCain ticket. There will be no need for him to appear comfortable around black people, or even within five statute miles of a black person. I do, however, eagerly await Mittens attempting to look comfortable around humans, which should be a treat.