Gonna be a long two fucking years.
An apparent member of the birther movement seated in the gallery of the House of Representatives on Thursday interrupted a reading of the Constitution. The woman yelled out “Except Obama, except Obama, help us Jesus!” as Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) read the “natural born citizen” clause of the Constitution.
-Ian
Ok, maybe I have the strength.
-Ian
Fair and Balanced and such.
At the height of the health care reform debate last fall, Bill Sammon, Fox News’ controversial Washington managing editor, sent a memo directing his network’s journalists not to use the phrase “public option.”
Instead, Sammon wrote, Fox’s reporters should use “government option” and similar phrases — wording that a top Republican pollster had recommended in order to turn public opinion against the Democrats’ reform efforts.
Journalists on the network’s flagship news program, Special Report with Bret Baier, appear to have followed Sammon’s directive in reporting on health care reform that evening.
Sources familiar with the situation in Fox’s Washington bureau have told Media Matters that Sammon uses his position as managing editor to “slant” Fox’s supposedly neutral news coverage to the right.
Sammon’s “government option” email is the clearest evidence yet that Sammon is aggressively pushing Fox’s reporting to the right — in this case by issuing written orders to his staff.
But MSNBC does it blah, blah, blah.
-Ian
Are all of you as tired of everything as I am? Here is a quick recap of the last week: Republicans act like monsters, Democrats fold like lawn chairs. There.
-Ian
Thanks America. I can’t wait to live through at least two years of mind numbing stupid like this.
Hoping to counter attacks from his right, Rep. Fred Upton is promising to reexamine a controversial ban on incandescent light bulbs if he becomes chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
The Michigan Republican told POLITICO on Thursday that he’s not afraid to go back after an issue he once supported but that has come under withering assault on the conservative airwaves, including on Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck’s talk shows.
“If I become chairman, we’ll be reexamining the light bulb issue, no problem,” Upton said.
Upton’s bid to be the next Energy and Commerce Committee leader has been rocked by allegations that he’s too moderate for the post.
Beck called him “all socialist” for cosponsoring legislation phasing out incandescent light bulbs that made it into a 2007 energy law signed by President George W. Bush. An unsigned 22-page document highlighting Upton’s voting record on a range of fiscal, social and policy has also been circulating around Capitol Hill this month.
Also, too.
-Ian
… we’re totally fucked.
-Ian
You ever get the feeling that this whole movement is going to come back and bite them in the ass?
-Ian
Pelosi is running for Minority Leader. She kicked ass for 2 years and pushed through basically every progressive peace of legislation she could think of. She is unafraid to be a liberal and has more balls than any of her male Democratic counter parts.
-Ian
You think ABC is rethinking ever getting into bed with this asshole?
You have damaged me, you have damaged my brand, and I’m asking you to walk this lie back.
-Ian
I sometimes laugh until my nose bleeds when I see those “Miss me yet America?” signs.
Bush also told NBC’s Matt Lauer yesterday that the “all-time low” of his presidency was when rapper Kanye West said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” on live television.
Some other instances came to mind for me.
-Ian
Welcome our Tea Bagger overlords.
-Ian
Well, maybe they’re all Asian.
-Ian
Rand Paul supporters physically assaulted a MoveOn.com member outside the debate last night (click through for the video). AWESOME11@!!!
Update (Ian): Video.
-Ian
What a complete failure of a political movement.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.):
The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president…. Our single biggest political goal is to give our nominee for president the maximum opportunity to be successful.”
-Ian
This is just fucking crazy.
A new Magellan Strategies survey in Colorado shows John Hickenlooper (D) barely ahead Tom Tancredo (C) in the race for governor, 44% to 43%, with Dan Maes (R) way back at just 9%.
Really Colorado? You want this fucking guy?
Good luck with that.
-Ian
Dear Sarah,
The Dude…
-Ian
There is a lot of talk lately about the return to the fever swamps of the Clinton days after this mid-term, fuck, we’ve been neck deep in the swamp for two years already.
-Ian
We really are delving into the nether regions of Teh Stupid here.
“On an upcoming trip to India, President Obama will skip visiting one of the country’s most sacred shrines out of fear that wearing the requisite headgear might make him appear Muslim,” Jake Tapper reports.
So the Obama administration has to potentially piss off an ally because his political team knows the mouth breathing fury they will have to face back home if the Kenyan Socialist shows up in the Shrine in the required headgear, making him look oh-so Muslim. This is all just to fucking stupid to deal with any more. Ok, we are back to all recipes all the time.
Some of the greatest seafood curries originate along the south coast of India where shrimp, fish and other seafood are plentiful. In this shrimp curry, a fragrant spice mix imparts a deep color and encapsulates the rich flavors of South Indian cuisine.
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| 2 tablespoons canola or peanut oil |
| 1 onion—chopped |
| 2 cloves garlic—finely chopped |
| 1 teaspoon finely grated ginger |
| 2 teaspoons cumin |
| 1½ teaspoons turmeric |
| 1 teaspoon paprika |
| ½ teaspoon chili powder |
| 1 cup canned tomatoes—chopped |
| 1 cup coconut milk |
| 1 teaspoon salt |
| 1 cup basmati rice |
| 16 large uncooked shrimp (prawns)—peeled |
| 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro (coriander) |
| 2 tablespoons lemon juice |
HEAT the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat and cook the onion for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. ADD the garlic, ginger, cumin, turmeric, paprika and chili powder and cook, stirring, for a minute. ADD the tomatoes, coconut milk and salt and bring to the boil. REDUCE the heat to medium and simmer, uncovered, for 8 minutes. WHILE the curry simmers, cook the rice (see Cooking rice). ADD the shrimp and cilantro to the curry, cover with a lid, and simmer for another 4 minutes, then stir in the lemon juice. SERVE on a bed of rice.
-Ian
The Palinization continues.
Wisconsin’s Republican Senate hopeful Ron Johnson got tripped up on a point of policy during a recent interview: Asked what the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ responsibility is to homeless veterans, Johnson declared that his election fight against Sen. Russ Feingold is not “about details.” [...]
We are all so truly fucked.
-Ian
See, was that so hard.Say something stupid and racists, get fired. Well, not from Fox but fired somewhere.
-Ian
Update (Ian) – Of course Fox swoops in the make sure Juan isn’t hurting too bad.
Juan Williams bags new $2 million contract with Fox News.
Sigh.
After that debate my team and I we were literally high fiving each other thinking that we had exposed he doesn’t know the First Amendment, and then when we read the reports that said the opposite we were all like “what?”
Like “what”? Fuck all.
-Ian
I’m sure you have all heard about this. But the video is pretty stunning. They aren’t laughing with you Christine.
-Ian
Now we are going from not answering questions to actually putting reporters in handcuffs when you don’t like the questions.
Security guards for Alaska senate candidate Joe Miller handcuffed and detained the editor of the online magazine “Alaska Dispatch” on Sunday while he tried to interview the Republican nominee, according to multiple reports.
He was later released when the “public sector” police showed up.
Fucking amazing.
Update (Jason): Ian really needs to start reading his own blog.
-Ian
Ladies and gentlemen…
“Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.” He was, by all appearances, serious.
Muslim is totally the new black, or Mexican, or whatever.
-Ian
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