Knight of the Burning River

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KotBR is from the Midwest. Cleveland sports have been torturing him longer than some of you have been alive. Buy him a beer, and he'll probably tell you a story that's too long.

Herman Cain’s New Ad Heavy on Smoking, Smokescreens

One of the joys of the expansive, still terribly unsettled Republican Presidential field is that everyone with even a whiff of a chance is still making speeches, collecting money, and turning out advertising.

When the advertising is from the ‘minds’ behind the Herman Cain campaign, the possibilities are endless. And mindless. Video after the jump. Continue reading

GOP Debate Liveblog-Occupy New Hampshire

Debate log #2349-When we last saw our intrepid (or is it incompetent?) candidates, they were poking out each others’ eyes with their words. Rick Perry was sleepy. Mitt Romney was for something, then against it, then undecided, then for it. Herman Cain was in the single digits, and Jon Huntsman was recycling his ties. Michelle Bachmann was dumb. At least that one hasn’t changed. Continue reading

Five Clothing Items Every Manly Man Needs

Face it-clothing oneself, and doing it well, is a pain, especially for men. In these times, we’re expected to be ready for anything-day at the office, change a tire, work-out, go to the game, bar fight, AVN Awards-you name it, we have to be ready. That’s just part of being a modern man.

Now, I could give you a literal laundry list of things that every man could/should have in his closet, but, hey, this stuff gets expensive and adds up quick, and if you’re like me, more than 30 minutes in a store that doesn’t sell alcohol is too long. For that reason, let’s pick out five things every guy should make a point of keeping on hand, and, in some cases, how to get some of these items for a few bucks less.

1) A jersey of your favorite/hometown team- A quick, but important, set of caveats here: You will only wear this if you are going to a game at the stadium or to a bar/party when your team is playing for a championship. Literally anywhere else, and you will look like a dork. Also, NO basketball jerseys. They don’t even look particularly stylish on basketball players. Continue reading

Arrested Development Fans Rejoice! New Season and Film in the Offing

Fans of America’s favorite dysfunctional family (no, not the Lohans) are in a much better mood this morning, as word out of  series creator Mitch Hurwitz is that Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi and the rest of the Bluth clan will return to the air sometime in the summer of 2013. Though, the show that Fox couldn’t figure out how to keep on the air will be a little more difficult to catch when it does air in the summer of 2013. Continue reading

Elizabeth Warren to Run for Senate

Wall Streeters rejoice! In addition to the socialist usurper Barack Obama, your firms will have a new scourge against whom they may throw their campaign dollars. You know, when they aren’t throwing them at executive jets stocked with hookers.

According to the always helpful ‘multiple sources’, the architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to mount a campaign to take a Massachusetts Senate seat away from sometimes naked-in-a-magazine person Scooter Brown.

The real question is: Can she win? Well, duh, Massachusetts is beyond blue, Brown’s odd Tea Party backed win in 2010 not withstanding. Comment.

John Kasich Suddenly Learns About ‘Compromise’

Pity poor John Kasich. After enjoying the rousing round of Republican victories in the 2010 elections that saw him win the governorship of Ohio without so much as a majority of Ohioans voting for him, Kasich had to watch last week as Republicans in Wisconsin lost two seats in the legislature there. Then, of all the indignities, the two Democrats up for recall there this week retained their seats.

Now, normally Wisconsin state politics have nothing to do with Ohio state politics.  However, when both states pass draconian anti-union laws within weeks of each other-laws that were eerily similar, they sort of do. Continue reading