Hey y’all, America’s Baby Mama, Bristol Palin, has aquired* a Newfoundland** puppy for her fiancé, Gino***, and she needs your help in naming it. Go!
*Buying a purebred puppy stimulates the economy. It is The American Way.
**Newfoundland is in Canada, therefore this puppy is a Socialist.
***That sounds foreign. Has she run him past Joe Arpaio, The Donald, and Orly Taitz? I think she should. Continue reading
Ever wonder just what the hell you would do if the Apocalypse came? And we’re not talking about some little natural disaster, oh, no, we’re talking about seas boiling, clouds of tear gas, dogs and cats plotting their revenge, and all other manner of indescribable horror, or just your run of the mill zombie outbreak. What would you need to survive? Or better yet, what would you need to survive that could all fit into one pack? Continue reading
Buy the people, for the people. Continue reading
The fourth volume of Robert Caro’s immense biographical series, The Years of Lyndon Johnson was just published; it sits at number three on The New York Times non-fiction best-seller list. Entitled The Passage of Power, it joins Caro’s earlier entries The Path to Power, Means of Ascent and Master of the Senate. Such strong, manly titles! Each one is more muscular than the last, what with all that “power”, “ascending” and “mastery”. Without even reading the books (yeah, that’s not gonna happen) you certainly get a sense of Johnson; he seems like a marble statue ever shouldering uphill, a towering force of absolute forward momentum. Continue reading
The Penobscot building in downtown Detroit just sold for $5M to a Toronto based company. The selling price was $5.00 per square foot for the 1M square foot building. Detroit office space vacancy rates are currently around 25%. But for the same amount of money you can get 173 Perry Street, Unit 4N in Manhattan. Assuming you live there or can rent it out the vacancy rate should be zero. Continue reading
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Welcome to the Recall Election Open Thread. Tonight’s contest pits sitting governor Scott Walker against Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in what is essentially a referendum of Walker’s budget cuts and elimination of state worker’s collective bargaining rights. As of last night, Walker maintained a slight lead, but heavier than expected voter turnout leaves the outcome up in the air. Continue reading
Oh, rap brouhahas. Don’t we love them? Well, not if they end in mayhem and destruction, but when they’re full of weird irony, strange competitors, and downright ludicrous taunts — they can be sort of fun, yes? In a “Why is this happening?” kind of way. Continue reading
She’s been living with us for two years and we do love her. She’s about nine. The dog is not trained in any sense of the word. She was my mother’s most spoiled child. I also suspect that she is not that bright. But we love her and she gets plenty of attention. I cannot be even slightly mean to this dog because I am convinced my mom will haunt me. I feel generally good about her life because she loves my husband so much. It is one of the great love affairs of our time. Continue reading
This week on Shahs, we find out what Reza’s real beef with his dad is, MJ hopes to shed unwanted pounds, and GiGi Allin celebrates her parent’s 40th Anniversary by draining their bank account. Will the fundamental balance between asha and druj- order and chaos be held? Will their deeds please Ahura Mazda, or will they continue to find themselves slave to the sway of Angra Maniyu? Will they find their souls purified by the fire pit of their own creation, or be scorched by their own pettiness and vanity? Only one way to know- Jump! Continue reading