Wonkette
- Cheney and his daughter bounced all around Manhattan the other day, trying to convince everyone to let him bomb Iran by noting that there’s a “giant conspiracy” (furtive conspiracy code name: “facts”) that’s in place to keep him from doing so. [Ben Smith]
- RAUCOUS INFIGHTING right now, at the Corner, as Jerry Taylor is standing athwart K-Lo pleasuring Rush Limbaugh and shouting “Stop!”… or something. [Matt Yglesias]
- Remember those torture photos Obama promised to release? The graphic novel accompaniment to Dick Cheney’s recent tween novel sensation Waterboarding Towards Bethlehem: A Nationbuildingsroman? So right, never mind about those. [Andrew Sullivan]
- Republicans blocked Obama’s second choice for deputy secretary of the interior department, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is so sad! [The Caucus]
- Obama is trying to make sure that the Olympics go to Chicago in 2016 because according to history as personified by Nate Silver, this is good news for the incumbent president. [538]
Gather round kids, it’s time for a non-snarky post:
I questioned the logic in releasing the additional abuse photos, and I am glad Obama decided against releasing them.
1. Releasing the first round of pics was necessary, called attention to the problem, and it was dealt with.
2. Releasing additional pictures has no upside, and a metric shit ton of downside.
Carry on.
Truck nuts.
Etc.
I heart Conor Friedersdorf:
http://theamericanscene.com/2009/05/12/no-one-on-the-corner-has-swagger-like-rush
So Jerry Taylor thought it was a good idea to recommend Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot by Al Franken on The Corner? He’ll regret that for the 30 seconds or so that he’s falling out of the helicopter.
You know, until recently, I didn’t even know that the Corner still existed as a web site.
Still, isn’t it interesting that just a few days after J-Go was slow to rise for K-Lo, K-Lo is all over Limbaugh (and his illegal Viagra stash).
Gross, K-Lo said “toiling in niches.” That’s a visual I can do without.
“Giant conspiracy” sounds like the utterings of a deluded paranoid. Welcome to the nuthouse, Mr. Cheney.
The thing about having the Olympics to ensure re-election kind of sounds like BS, but I like it better than starting a war so you you can be a wartime president, so, yeah, Chicago.
“furtive conspiracy code name: ‘Facts’”. = Win
Meanwhile, Jesse Ventura has the best plan EVER for Cheney.
according to history as personified by Nate Silver, (getting the Olympics during your term) is good news for the incumbent president.
Thanks, I was just trying to remember how it was Reagan managed to squeak by Mondale in ‘84. The Los Angeles Olympics, of course!
I’m tired of K. Lo using ‘athwart’ as well. And thinking of her I imagine ‘ass wart.’
Yeesh–K-Lo writes “And both [Limbaugh and Hannity] are so often happy warriors.” I think she stands athwart that phrase a little too often. Also.
I don’t know anything about Jerry Taylor and I am sure he is terrible. But his rhetorical evisceration of K-Lo and Steyn is a thing of beauty.
To be fair, Cheney is right - his plans to attack Iran were thwarted by a giant conspiracy. It had 69 million members and acted in secret last November.
Cheney seems more attention starved than Craig’s List.
Dick is just trying to stay in the public eye and praying for another 9/11 so he can give the Democrats a big Fuck you. Told ya’ so.
He is an evil, evil man.
Wait, so is that Dick’s lesbian daughter who is pro-tourture?
Anyone else waiting for net release for amature pixxx? (I’ve seen her, and I am NOT interested, Now toture pixxx of Dick might be interesting)
I’m beginning to realize that Bush was a very wise man for keeping this nutcase fairly silent. It would be really scary to know this guy was in charge for the last 8 years. I mean, more so than we actually already know
I’ll bet Dick gets less than Palin for his book. Do you know how nutz that must make him?
Bruno: No. Liz is the straight daughter, the one who wrote her Masters or PhD thesis as a defense of the Unitary Executive. The entire family are galloping authoritarian fascists … or practically monarchists.
But Liz is the straight totally evil sister, Dick’s little mini-me; Mary is the dyke.
DustBowlBlues: I hope he’s merely *praying* for another 9/11, and not bustling around trying to *arrange* for one.
If we’re gonna tap a phone without a warrant, I think we should be tapping *his* phone, the evil old miscreant,
I got to refer to Nate Silver as “a wizard” in a political research final paper (on attitudes toward homosexuality in the South no less!). It was awesome.
Does Andrew Sullivan really not understand that enemy combatants seeing pictures of our troops torturing their soldiers might encourage them to return the favor?
teleken: Step 1 is to admit that you have a problem.
Repubs: if ur luzn lxshns ur doin it rong.
ohgodspareme. Keep those fucking games aways from Chicago. That’s an accident waiting to happen… Like this state isn’t in enough debt and enough trouble as it is.
DustBowlBlues: As Maureen Dowdy called it, “the man who wouldn’t talk now won’t shut up.” I think he’s just showing classic symptoms of being in power withdrawal. Somebody should pour some water on him so he’ll melt.
Why do the giants hate us?