Wonkette
- The GDP “only” declined 1 percent in the second quarter of 2009, which, sure, capped a record year straight of declines, but still! Less than the expected 1.5 percent. [AP]
- The ghoulish Kennedy clan is keeping constant watch over Teddy’s body to make sure he’s “never alone.” [ABC News]
- South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford said “thanks, but no thanks” to his lieutenant governor’s gracious invitation for Sanford to step down. [Los Angeles Times]
- The federal probe that prevented Bill Richardson from becoming Commerce Secretary has reportedly been killed, by federal officials. [AP]
- Michael Jackson::Ted Kennedy = Farrah Fawcett::Dominick Dunne. [Los Angeles Times]
- The US is bringing some members of Mexican drug cartels north of the border and using them as informants, and danged if some of the horrible violence and shootings don’t come along with them. Washington Post]
If I remember my logic right, it should be Michael Jackson:Farrah Fawcett::Ted Kennedy:Dominick Dunne
Shouldn’t the equation be “Michael Jackson::Farrah Fawcett = Ted Kennedy::Dominick Dunne”? Or am I too far removed from high school math?
Did King David step down after he had been caught “hiking the Judean wilderness”? Did King David ask the prophet Samuel to fill in when David’s leadership was questioned?
Actually, I don’t remember, but probably not.
mookworthjwilson: Nerd Jinx! Actually, you win because your colons are in the right place.
“using them as informants, and danged if some of the horrible violence and shootings don’t come along with them.”
Apparently the officials are simply copying the cartels’ business plans and not necessarily using the info to prevent crime.
Noodle Salad: There’s nothing worse than a misplaced colon.
Now Big Bill Richardson can run for prezdint again - if anybody would still want that job.
Governor-by-the-grace-of-God Brother Mark Sanford?
Step down?
Who does he think he’s dealing with here, Sister Sara?
I, for one, suggest that until we get a couple “Aieeee Poppi !!!!”s audible from at least three blocks from the Governors Mansion, he needs to haul his ass back up the “Appalachian trail”. For the amusement of the country if for no other reason. I think it’d do Brother Mark a world of good as well. All this moping after his pissed off wife is just un-funny, he’s a Republican Governor for the love of Reagan. If he isn’t stealing something or giving his friends public money, he’s required to engage in politically self destructive sex, it’s in the damn Constitution.
Brother Mark, get thee to the Argentine!
What the Kennedy family is doing used to be known as a wake. There is always a bottle beside the coffin. Because it is not a good idea to drink alone when you are sad, you pour one out for the corpse, too.
Given the Skull and Bones alumni’s (and you know who I’m talking about) penchant for stealing body parts, I wouldn’t leave Teddy alone either.
Is Narco Traficant related to James Traficant? Jim is due to be out next week and they can party together.
Better American Than You says at:
NO! King David had the lady in questions husband killed in battle by ordering the rest of his army to abandon him. Poor ol’ Uriah got his ass tore up and the really sad part is he probably never even knew why.
Perhaps something similar could be arranged for Misses Brother Mark?
Michael Jackson::Ted Kennedy = Farrah Fawcett/Jaqueline Bisset*Jackie Kennedy^Joan Collins::Dominick Dunne
Oh, and don’t miss your chance to politely ask Orrin Hatch to pay tribute to his friend Ted Kennedy in the best possible way — to fulfill his dream of passing universal healthcare, over at his YouTube page.
IT HAS BEEN PROVEN BY SCIENTIFICAL DEVICES:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/technology/internet/26twitter.html?em
ONLY IMMATURE PEOPLE DON’T USE THE TWITTER!!!!
dijetlo: dijetlo: Dude, you’re supposed to pour MILK over your corn flakes, not vodka or liquid mescaline.
Yeah, who knew that Messican drug gangs would want to kill informers?
to make sure he’s “never alone.”
Someone will eventually have to tell them that he’s dead and neither needs or appreciates the company. Perhaps I should mail them a page of Free Republic comments.
noodle salad and mookworth–you have the correct equation. Mookworth, you need to work on colon & = placement but you still get partial credit for the correct order of the names.
Sitting with the body was always the tradition when funerals were held in the home - especially among the Irish. It pretty much stopped when funeral homes became in vogue mainly because the undertakers didn’t want you hanging around after hours.
People who act like there’s something strange or elitist about it don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground.
What’s really weird is what Michael Jackson’s family is doing. Just keeping MJ around like he’s Lenin’s corpse or something.
Standing over the body while reciting the rosary is an honor, There will be a honor guard ,but when you friends, and children, and nephews, and nieces stand for hours its a sign of respect.
Alas you are still dead, so as greeting card and ugly tie at Christmas is still better.
user-of-owls:
Just havin’ a little fun. Mescaline and Vodka hasn’t been on my menu since Reagan was president. If I’m endlessly tickled by the parable of Brother Mark Sanford, what can I say? He isn’t the first man to crash an burn over exotic lady bits, but the spectacle he’s created in the process is…inspiring, and perhaps edifying for my Christian brethren. I want him to stick around as long as possible, purely for the educational value his life story provides.
*sigh*
Will no one remember Ellie Greenwhich?
Joshua Norton: Well, that would be a guaranteed money maker, keeping MJ around like Lenin. $75 to file past at Neverland Ranch. Hell, his father has probably already suggested it to the rest of the family. I doubt MJ’s admirers would be able to muster the thousands of bigass statues across the country that Lenin’s did, though I’d be amused if they tried.
It is also a Jewish tradition that the body- the met- is never left alone until the burial. Immediate family do not participate. The shomer(watcher) sits with the casket and reads or recites psalms if they are extremely traditional; however, I have been told it is acceptable to read/ study other Jewish texts.
finallyhappy: This American Life (the radio show, not the tv show) had a segment about a guy in Brooklyn who had a part-time job sitting with the bodies of Orthodox deceased in funeral homes (and possibly morgues? I don’t remember) overnight. He might’ve had to say a few prayers, but spent a lot of time doing schoolwork too.
My great-uncle was the last of my family to be waked in his own house, which had been built by my great-grandfather in New York. It was a two-day affair, so there were meals in the dining room next to the parlor, and really there was nothing unusual about it, as creeped-out as a lot of people are today about death. Funeral parlors and smaller families make these rituals seem alien now, but for the longest time they were a natural part of life.
dijetlo: You WOULD bring Uriah into it, wouldn’t you? Actually, the C-Street-Bordello Gang may test Brother Mark’s abilities at “walking on water.” Saints are pulled from the Chesapeake on a regular basis.
So senior Bill can get back on the teevee telling all of us how he once “sat across the table” from Kim Jung whatever. That’s Fantastic !!1!!
the correct version is Michael Jackson : Farrah Fawcett :: Ted Kennedy : Dominick Dunne. fucking bloggers.
Always thought that dictators should have an island they can “retire” to so they’d be more likely to leave voluntarily instead of making the 1st Infantry Division do it the hard way; they’d still have access to some cash, women, and a force of 20 body guard they could direct in paint ball wars against the neighboring dicatator.
Maybe we could try the same for cartel leaders — nice villas in some gated and guarded subdivision, a weekly allowance, some paint ball guns for the body guards, no actual phone or internet access to the outside world, and actors to play politicans they can “bribe” just to make them feel more at home.
Why do they need Mexican informants? That’s a job Americans are willing to do … Ask Hal Turner.
facehead: ‘Tis true. My 16-year-old does, indeed think Twitter is lame, or, more likely, whatever today’s 16-year-olds say to connote lameness. I don’t know the word; she won’t tell me out of fear I’ll start using it, robbing the word of its power and also embarrassing her to death.
I fear what Charlie Crist would do if he had 5 minutes alone with the Kennedy corpse.
I’m sure ‘executive experience’ has something to do with it.