Wonkette
- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is so busy, with his interior responsibilities, that after his own press conference, he pretended to pretend to be a reporter for a full 45 minutes of Robert Gibbs’ press briefing. [The Caucus]
- The ongoing O’Reilly/Alba feud in still ongoing. Its exciting denouement has already featured the two of them competing to see who can Wikipedia “World War II” the least incorrectly. [Matthew Yglesias]
- Histrionic starfucker Rod Blagojevich wants to speak at his impeachment trial, assuming the state senate allows him to do this and probably only if the proceedings will be televised, for Dignity. [CNN Political Ticker]
- Say goodbye to the carbon tax you thought you were maybe going to get, because you’re not. Happy “breathing”! [Daily Dish]
- Former Governor of Alaska Barack Obama has called out all of DC for being such gay little girls about the, what, one inch?, of snow. [Politico]
“Histrionic starfucker”. Our little Juli is all growed up. Sniff.
Remember when Clay Davis testified at his corruption trial on “The Wire”? He was acquitted in like 8 minutes.
Don’t do it, state senate!
Am I to understand that the Obama daughters complained because snow caused school to be cancelled? Do they complain if their morning porridge is not cold and salty enough?
The Politico folks reported on Obama’s remarks because they always take it personally when someone laughs at an inch.
The weird north/south mixture of DC really comes out when it snows; the city gets a decent amount of snow and ice on an annual basis (and I lived there through a few blizzards), and is cold enough to get the frozen dirty piles of snow that punctuate winter in most northern cities, but can sure as hell act like a delicate Southern belle about the whole thing.
You think Blaog let’s a little fucking snow bother him? Chicago politicians are tough motherfuckers, and so are their kids.
No, wait, that didn’t come out right. The girls are adorable.
I secretly wish one of the Obama daughter’s fell and Barry was instead complaining about how nobody salts or shovels the sidewalks in front of their fucking residences here. I almost fell on my ass today, and I’m a limber gentleman!
But no they’d have a superhero Secret Service agent to catch them if they did fall. I need to find me one of those.
magic titty: Sheeeeeiiiitt…
V572625694: That would be “Blago” if I could type.
Dude. No mocking the snow storm. It is a vicious bitch who will destroy your life. At least that is how I felt this morning when I spent a solid fucking hour chipping ice off my car.
OffTheRecord: Lovely Champaign, Illinois received 4+ inches last night. I <3 my gas-guzzling 4×4 Dodge Ram.
Could be worse. I suspect that DC will never panic and call in the Army to shovel snow unlike a certain Canada City ‘burb I live in.
Hint Google: Mel Lastman Snow Storm Toronto Idiot
They a couple inches of snow and ice out east and everyone out there is all like wtf. All the networks are peeing their pants. In Madison, we have over 2 feet of snow on the ground and the temps haven’t been above 10 since Halloween.
You all are a bunch of PUSSIES!
I see that someone at Politico managed to blame the teacher’s union for the DC snow day. **insert eyeroll here**
OffTheRecord: Snow is stupid in DC, not enough to need big equipment and 4×4s, but enough to bring out the wusses, kids-in-us and [75% of DC's population] INJURY ATTORNEYS. Ice on the other hand is a DC specialty. They should have Barry go out in an ice storm, chisel some off Limo-1, and drive it down Wisconsin Ave in rush hour to pick up his kids a Sidwell. Then he’ll get it.
I dunno what it did in DC, but here in NYC it snowed heavily in the early morning, till about maybe 8:00 when it switched briefly over to hail and then at 8:30, rain. This wonderful schedule basically guaranteed that every single street corner in the entire city would have a sea of grey muck extending 2-3 feet from the curb, in all directions, just in time for the morning rush hour.
When President Obama was in the Illinois State Legislature, he walked 200 miles in the snow every day to Springfield, because as we know, an Illinois State Representative is expendable, but a Senator, thats a valuable focking thing.
rocktonsammy: Word.
It’s below zero here, 210 miles SOUTH of Minneapolis!
Candy-ass, tailored suit wearing, drunken Obama hangers on can’t deal with and INCH in the only city in America that tolerates Mitch McConnell?
magic titty: No do it. Go Dave Chappelle. I plead da FIF! One, two, three, four, FIIIIIF!!!
Politico comments: Waah! Stop cracking jokes you elitist Muslin!!1
Godot: I used to hate it when it snowed there. That shit sticks around for weeks and drivers in NYC are total assholes. Many pairs of pants were ruined by New York snowstorms…
In all fairness, in Chicago if they don’t plow the streets from 10 minutes after the snow hits to 3 days after the storm then the mayor will be fired. That, and every resident actually owns a shovel.
In DC your lucky if the water service isn’t fountaining all over the street and the residents’ plan for sidewalk clearing is just wait until Spring for the ice to melt.
rocktonsammy: A half-million households are without electricity in Kentucky, a state of 4 million people. Electric companies say it will be as much as two weeks before all power is restored.
picyou:
I’m shocked to hear Kentucky had electricity to begin with.
Still, PUSSIES!!
I remember I was on a ‘training course’ in DC once, was out all night, was really coked up and was driving back to the hotel at like 6 in the morning. A cop was stuck in the snow and I helped push him out. Frickin’ wimps.
So did anyone point out to Obama that DC public schools were actually open today? (2 hour delay, but still open.) It’s that hoity-toity private school he chose which was closed.
Of course, while DC public schools were open, when you got to them, they were still DC public schools.
rocktonsammy: It is a rarity. I went 10 days without power in September because of Ike. I was very cranky about it too because I will admit to being an enormous pansy ass.
As for this snow beast, this is the south goddammit. The only good thing about living in the south is that you are not very likely to freeze to death. You take that away and we’ve got nothing.
DC’s approach to snow removal is simple: close down the city and wait for it to melt.
as a native chicagoan who usually lives in LA but is temporarily holed up in mid state PA, i have to say: ice blows. give me 18″ of chicago’s best any day over this crap.
yes, i meant the dirty bits.
Blago is the only fun thing left. Please don’t take him away.
As a New Yorker visiting family in Chicago, I have to say: Jesus fucking Christ there’s a lot of snow on the ground here. Full respect to any kids who go to school in Chicago.
Soo… I watched the Daily Show on Monday, and it wasn’t Rahm Emanuel? When is this from, I WANT TO WATCH IT