Wonkette
- President Obama is expected to sign executive orders decreeing free foot massages and cookies for Guantanamo detainees, just like his opponents always warned us. [UPI]
- People who work in the downtown, Mall and Capitol Hill areas will be treated to rolling street closures and anti-abortion protests today. [Washington Post]
- Hillary Clinton was very predictably approved as secretary of state, but you already knew that. [Los Angeles Times]
- Ha ha suck it LBJ: Obama’s inauguration drew a crowd of 1.8 million, which is 600,000 more than Johnson’s record-setting 1965 inauguration. [Washington Post]
- Violence continues in Sri Lanka, where the military took over a Tamil Tiger command hub in the north. [BBC]
- The parties most closely associated with China’s melamine-tainted milk scandal were sentenced to death (the men) and to life in prison (the women). [Reuters]
…WIN! on the “Decemberist” title!
Why not just make those responsible for the melamine mess drink milk? Saves on bullets so they can use the lead for toys.
Ha ha suck it LBJ: Obama’s inauguration drew a crowd of 1.8 million, which is 600,000 more than Johnson’s record-setting 1965 inauguration.
According to the Nielsen family, Obama drew the second largest TV audience, after Ronald “Yippee Ki Yi Yeah Motherfucker” Reagan. Of course they didn’t take into account all of us who saw it on the Intertubez.
Here’s a Wonkette project for Secretary Cankles….when she takes her first trip outta town, get a cab and cruise by her D.C. digs and see if Ron Burkle shows up in the Hummer limo.
China’s got the whole bread and circus thing down to a science. Whenever a big corruption scandal breaks they line up a few players against a wall and put a bullet in the back of their heads. Bye, bye, the end. No need for long investigations, no need for deep seated structural reforms, no need for implementing robust oversight agencies, no need for adequately compensating victims. A 10 cent bullet is a lot cheaper than all that and gets enough people to shut up about the whole thing that everyone can just move on with their business secure in the comforting notion that a few more corpses have been added to the Chinese legal system’s ultra-efficient killing fields. It’s no wonder the Chinese news agency was one of the few to express appreciation for G.W. Bush’s time in office and skepticism of Obama’s commitment to strong U.S./China relations. The Chinese autocracy and the Bush/Cheney plutocracy are, ultimately, cut from the same cloth.
1.8 million, but where was Dan Quayle?
OT, but the commentators on Fox and Friends said this morning that the second swearing-in doesn’t count either because Barry did not use a Bible.
Not to go OT, but did anyone see Russell Tice on Olbermann last night? Bunny haz a scared…Makes one wonder if they got all of us as well, and if they did, Suck it assholes!
I don’t think LBJ would mind that Obama beat his record. Now, if Bush has done it, that would have pissed the old boy off, I’m sure.
Sara must have gotten up late, found herself one story short, consulted the Ouija and landed on “T.”
T, as in Tiger. Tony the Tiger? NOOOOOOOO. Tamil the Tiger. Which has what to do with Obama? I don’t know. But it’s a peaceful little island country with nice beaches and mellow people like Hawaii, and yet there is racial violence there on a scale you’d never expect. The end.
shanemacgowan: Did you happen see Hannity and Limpball’s hate salad? I could only watch about two minutes. Yay Post bi-partisanship!
shanemacgowan: As I told TGY on a previous thread, here’s the text of Barry’s first Executive Order:
Dear Chris Matthews and the Faux Nooz Krewe:
You are still a bunch of doughy pantloads. Eat a bag of dicks.
Sincerely.
PRESIDENT Barack Hussein Obama
P.S. Feel free to kiss my black ass. No, really.
freakishlystrong: I can take a few minutes of F&F in the morning to leer at the newsbunnies. The tart factor has gone up exponentially since Barry’s election. I think they sense something.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-21/what-bush-did-right/
She needs to borrow a few meds from Laura. Karen Hughes is obviously delusional.
queeraselvis v 2.0: Personally, I’d choose the firing squad over eating a bag of dicks. The morning guys on Fox would probably choose differently
freakishlystrong:
Of course they did. Blackmailing journos and news organizations has a long and storied past. Of course much easier if you think you are secure and shit using stuff like encrypted phones and email while unaware that 99% of the crypto algorithms comes from the same NSA that is monitoring you and “licensed” to electronic/SW makers.
Oh good morning, NSA. How are you?
Darehead:
Good times. Good times.
freakishlystrong: My reaction was, it ought to be clearly prosecutable, and that Mr. Tice should get a remote starter for his car.
Darehead:
I imagine the military perpetually chasing them in one large circle around the island, like the Keystone Kops.
ManchuCandidate: I think why I’m baffled is that I perused AM “news”, all of them, to see if this made ink, anywhere, to my shock and awe, it did not.
And it should’ve.
Terry: What about the dog? She doesn’t tell us what happened to the dog!!!
pondscum:
She gave it to Mittens, obviously, as a gift as he has a way with animals.
Serolf Divad:
Actually, China’s Defense Minister, Colonel Hu Changming, has stated his hope that the Obama administration considers military cooperation ( joint exercises ) between the two nations. It will be interesting to see how that plays out. Chinese-marked Su-27s at an airbase near you? Stay tuned.
I was sort of hoping that this new post was actually about the Decemberists (the band, not the revolutionaries). Imagine my disappointment when I discovered it was just about how Obama’s inauguration could beat up LBJ’s, I mean who didn’t know that?
freakishlystrong:
Same reason why they don’t talk about Military Analyst Club
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/the-military-analyst-scan_b_100930.html
The wimpy media higher ups have a self image to uphold and the thought of them being beaten by the craven dopes of the Bush Admin is too much for them to admit to. Better to think of oneself as Upton Sinclair than the ShamWow guy.
Terry: I hope she can fly Golden Retrievers in to Paraguay…
China proves how civilized its government is by executing men but not women. Of course, considering China’s dire woman shortage right now, that’s not terribly surprising, I guess.
Contrast this with the government of the state of Georgia, which was the first in the United States to hang a woman to death. Yeehaw!
Terry:
Damn, I thought the article would be, I don’t know, a couple of words at most.
ManchuCandidate: China makes the family pay for the bullet for those they execute. Nice touch if you ask me.
As I crossed the street to go to work today I waved at President O as he drove by and I had to laugh as I thought about all of those people who endured cold, long lines and taffic to get a glimpse.
freakishlystrong: Yeah, I was also shocked to find out that the government keeps a record of which license plate is registered to the car my wife and I drive. I’M UNDER THE THUMB OF THE GODDAMN MAN!!
When I discovered this I had a strong urge to pack my family in the car and drive it off the Verrazanno bridge, hopping out at the last instant to save myself. I had to defer action however when a flaw in my getaway plan became apparent, as I realized I’d have to hitch a ride back off the bridge. I’m now working out a new scheme involving a parachute/hang glider and a set of really strong wrist guards like the in-line skaters use.
AfghanVet: When they come for you, do not run.
Servo:
Did he reach out to Obama with his black gloved hand and express the desire that they rule the galaxy together as father and son?
Serolf Divad:
You talk from your rear end?
Mr Blifil: Hmmm..whaddya think Onstar is for?
AfghanVet: I’m surprised Bush didn’t adopt this in Texas, Vet.
Serolf Divad:
Buffet Diplomacy with General Tso.
I’m trying to find the snark in the Sri Lankan situation, but alas. I fail.
OTOH, LBJ is probably lying in his grave, doing a Texas two-step and chortling like a madman. Because that’s the kinda guy he was.
queeraselvis v 2.0: And Reagan’s 1985 inauguration was on a Sunday in the midst of a three day week end. Obama’s was on a Tuesday, the day after a three day week end.
JamesMichaelCurley: Thus birthing the Republican ideology that Reagan was more popular than God.
So why was he inaugurated in Kenya? Surpirsed even the wingnuts didn’t catch that. He’s not my president until he is inaugurated right here in the USA.
“I’m trying to find the snark in the Sri Lankan situation, but alas. I fail.” Just remember Pres. Obama defeated terrorism (in Sri Lanka) on the first day on the job (although I suppose the Bushies will claim the Shri Lankan triumf for their own). Next week, Fiji, hurrah hurrahh.
freakishlystrong: “I think why I’m baffled is that I perused AM “news”, all of them, to see if this made ink, anywhere, to my shock and awe, it did not.”
I said to my wife as we watched last night, “this will be ignored by everyone else.” No one has any interest in this story getting play. Not the Congress who voted for immunity for the telcos and certainly not the media who are still extricating their craniums from Bush’s colon/rectum/anus. Unless something specific comes out, like “we tapped Katie Couric’s phone sex” or something, consider it not news.
I hope I am wrong but our greatest hope is probably other signatories to the CAT starting investigations into US America torture and embarrassing the fuck out of Hopey for not doing anything.
can’t decide.
* obama=spock
* obama=batman
* obama=adama
p-Sludge: How about Spamadama?
of the boisterous anti-abortion teens:
Most of the young people had participated in a massive sleepover last night at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
which should really read “National Shrine of Teen Pregnancy Out of Wedlock”.
stick that one in your song, ms. morissette.
Hopey’s new memamine laced kool-aid (for repubs/paultards/pumas only)…gets that awful taste of sour grapes right out of your mouth! or just for pumas, the taste of snack cakes.
Servo:
What number combination platter is that? I might get it when I order take-out (or take-away, damn Limeys).
when I was in Little League, we used to play the Tigers.
most of them wanted to play professional baseball when they grew up. I’m sad to see that this is what became of their childhood dreams.