• May 26, 2012

Scandinavians Tax Everything That’s Fun, Even Finger-Banging

by Riley Waggaman  

  • Virginia used to have a neat logo featuring a Roman goddess-warrior and her exposed nipple. Thanks to some Ashcroftesque re-branding, this perverted wardrobe malfunction exists no more. [Think Progress]
  • Woah, Matt Yglesias and Ezra Klein went to a decadent White House staff party! (Apparently all the babes wanted a picture of Ezra, while poor Matt brooded in the corner and waterboarded himself with flirtinis.) [Matt Yglesias]
  • Even Mexico racially profiles Mexicans — so why all the fuss over Arizona’s new Mexican profiling? [RedState]
  • Close your eyes and think of something that is great. Are you thinking of grain alcohol perhaps? Or a carton of rat poison cigarettes? In America these items are practically free and also tax-deductible. In Socialist Norway it’s quite another story! [Hit & Run]
  • The Bush Administration didn’t mean to break the world’s economy. It was an accident. Stop mocking Trig. [Salon/Alex Pareene!]
  • A Blogginghead in Gaza said mean stuff about Israel, but does Israel have enough white phosphorous to shut him up/melt him? Time will tell. [The Daily Dish]

{ 25 comments }

Extemporanus May 3, 2010 at 8:19 pm

Big fucking deal, Norway — our Socialist President is going to tax “The Shocker” because it’s only 3/5 of a fist.

REPARATIONS, BITCHES!

DangerousLiberal May 3, 2010 at 8:24 pm

Wow, it’s like “let’s compare apples to asteroids day” at RedState and Reason. Nothing really new, actually.

V572625694 May 3, 2010 at 8:25 pm

[re=569493]Extemporanus[/re]: Ha ha ha. Love the “scare quotes” on “The Shocker.” Somehow makes it seem “dirtier.” I say that as a person who just got back from a “prostate exam.”

JMP May 3, 2010 at 8:34 pm

So first, the wignut Virginia Governor and AG support celebrating traitors who defended slavery; then waste state money suing to prevent the Feds from paying for health insurance, then they try to invalidate rules against anti-gay discrimination; now they hate breasts. Good job letting yourselves get fooled by full-fledged wignuts pretending to be moderates! It’s not surprising that they hate breasts, though, big time right-wingers usually do but try to hide it.

Oh noes, the socialist Norway has state-run liquor stores! Wait, we’ve got that here in capitalist Pennsylvania too.

Jim & Liz, Matt & Ezra; man, you blogger guys get invited to all the cool political parties. Maybe I should become a Washington blogger.

Mahousu May 3, 2010 at 8:35 pm

Whoa, Thomas Jefferson’s original Virginia seal is quite something. Apparently he had a pregnancy fetish as well as, you know, the whole interracial thing.

Zadig May 3, 2010 at 8:55 pm

I love that Reason doesn’t mention the most obvious reason why the Norwegian taxes might be problematic for visitors: They’re not citizens or taxpayers, and therefore don’t get all those social security benefits!

If you had free health care, pretty fuckin’ decent unemployment benefits, and gobs and gobs of personal insurance and subsidies, you might feel a little better about those taxes! Just kidding, he’d just make a suit out of teabags and demand that the Norwegian gubmint eliminate all his taxes without touching his benefits.

Extemporanus May 3, 2010 at 9:17 pm

[re=569496]V572625694[/re]: I was wondering why hardly anyone was commenting on poor, hard working Riley’s Monday night homework assignment — the whole thread smells like your ass.

If you’re in the market for a new “cock doc”, there are a couple I can recommend: one’s exceedingly thorough, and the other’s willing to travel.

edgydrifter May 3, 2010 at 9:23 pm

In the world of tomorrow, Trig will risk bankruptcy and black lung fingering Norwegians, but at least he’ll be safe from Virginia’s nipple.

chascates May 3, 2010 at 9:24 pm

Get RedState, Mexico decriminalized weed so we need that also.

Darkness May 3, 2010 at 9:24 pm

I swear I first read that as “Vaginas used to have a neat logo featuring a roman goddess warrior . . .” and my brain needed 5 minutes to get back on topic. Wait, was IS the topic?

DC Hates Me May 3, 2010 at 9:24 pm

The great thing about breaking the law in Norway is that who’se to stop you? The Norway police? An elk? Swamp gas?

edgydrifter May 3, 2010 at 9:42 pm

And PS to VA: WTF is the deal with the tyrant? He looks pretty casual there in the new logo. Liberty should be stomping on his windpipe, not giving him a footjob.

coolcatdaddy May 3, 2010 at 10:26 pm

Speaking of warrior-goddesses with erect nipples, how does Sarah Palin stand on this one?

snideinplainsight May 3, 2010 at 10:33 pm

I’m so proud of my wife. I told her about this, and she said we should sue to have the other breast exposed also. That’s my girl -

ladymacbeth May 3, 2010 at 11:21 pm

is there a reason socialists SHOULDN’T be taxing finger banging? i mean why not?

V572625694 May 4, 2010 at 12:26 am

[re=569511]Extemporanus[/re]: Ha ha again! Most amusing. Now go wash up, or “cleanse yourself,” as my internist puts it. Hey, I didn’t put my finger up somebody else’s bunghole, he did.

Beck Licks Seer Stones May 4, 2010 at 12:28 am

Are the politicians who cover up nudity explicit in their proclamations that they’re afraid of sex? Do they code it like racism? They don’t actually say it’s for another reason, do they?

SayItWithWookies May 4, 2010 at 12:40 am

It’s great news that Cuccinelli is doing this, since the only logical extrapolation is that he’s pro gay marriage. I mean, if he’s not going to uncover Virtus’ tits, then surely he has no interest in what people do with the rest of their bodies in their own bedrooms, right? It’s just such a shame that crazy people never let sense stand in the way of a good curveball out of the recesses of their Freudian nightmares.

simonlcupcake May 4, 2010 at 7:51 am

Meh. Norway sounds like a combination of my native Pennsylvania (state run liquor stores) and my current New York ($15 cigarettes, ok well, $12.50. We’ll be there soon.), but with the added power of socialism. I’m not bitter.

inedalo May 4, 2010 at 7:54 am

one thing about Norway- their off-shore oil rigs do not leak oil! that’s because the entire project is State run,… yes that’s Socialism. and it works. those lousy rigs leaking oil into our south coast (louisiana, alabama, miss. & florida) were put up and serviced by Dick Cheney’s halliburton empire. thass why in the USA we’re getting shafted. pollution, anyone? and the clever socialist norwegians are enjoying good clean North Sea water with no leaks.
put that in your tea bag and smoke it!
wait until the Sarah Palin Oil Fields off the coast of Alaska begin to leak, that’ll be the day the tea-baggers choke on their tea.

Bruno May 4, 2010 at 8:24 am

[re=569612]inedalo[/re]: I enjoy how whenever US American politicians discuss environment or safety standards, they actually think the US has the toughest in the world.

Pandy May 4, 2010 at 8:42 am
BlackEuro.Observer May 4, 2010 at 9:16 am

[re=569612]inedalo[/re]: Word! Its all very exppensive but safe. Besides my mother in law makes her own beer, wine and whisky in North Norway (past the first polar circle). From sugar!

GOPCrusher May 4, 2010 at 12:11 pm

Is it just me, or is it everytime I read one of those Redstate threads, they are looking for some way to defend themselves for a deplorable act?

AllHat May 4, 2010 at 12:18 pm

Do we know exactly how much white phosphorus is required to melt someone? Inquiring minds want to know.

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