Mitt Romney is Doomed, and it's Bono's Fault
Yeah, this one's for you, Willard—from one rich dork to another. If that headline looks familiar, that's because it should. The ghost of 2008 will haunt the Republicans again and deliver us all from...
View ArticleOffensively Huge Election Yard Sign Sweepstakes: East Ventura Edition!
My neighborhood tends to be 1) dominated by huge ugly yard signs for jerky conservative candidates, and 2) flooded with junk mail by squishy liberal candidates. As a squishy liberal myself, I usually...
View ArticleWell I, for one, will miss my UID
Short non-diary just to say that I will still dig being #1889, as long as that lasts, for many reasons:
View ArticleCome to Isla Vista and Say That, Sam
So that one guy not named Joe who isn’t a plumber just couldn’t resist butting in to remind us all he’s, sadly, still here to kick around. What the fucking fuck, dude? Is your fifteen minutes so...
View ArticleDonald Trump is Doomed, and it's Bono's Fault
Some of you may remember why; I've posted about this bit of bonkers trivia before:John McCain is Doomed, and it's Bono's Fault (September 2008) Mitt Romney is Doomed, and it's Bono's Fault (September...
View ArticleIt's Always Amateur Hour Somewhere, Part II
"I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work. I suspect it's a bit like fucking—which is fun only for amateurs. Old whores don't do much giggling. Nothing is fun when you have to do...
View ArticleSometimes You Break a Finger on the Upper Hand
Jesus! Can't you guys recognize bullshit? Don't you think it would be a useful item to add to your intellectual toolkits to be capable of saying, when a ton of wet steaming bullshit lands on your head,...
View ArticleBaby, Let Me Show You a World Without Sin
I don't know where you're going / But you don't know where I've been / Baby, let me show you a world without sin —Malcolm Reynolds* Polarity has never been an issue for me. No, I'm not the kind of guy...
View ArticleSkip the Decline and Go Straight to the Fall
You show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. —Richard M. Nixon I'm not cut out for management. People have told me, on many occasions, that I don't have "what it takes," and I've usually...
View ArticleI Don't Understand What All the Fuss is About
I mean, clearly, Obama and Bush are the same. And they ROCK. Photos never lie, do they? Especially not an "extraordinary rendition" like that one. Ho ho. I can't wait to get flayed by Gibbs for that,...
View ArticleWould You Like Whipped Cream With That?
"Businessmen, they drink my blood, just like the kids in art school said they would." —President Barack H. Obama Politics is a serious business, or so I'm told—and told often—by people across the...
View ArticleYour Ears You Keep, and I'll Tell You Why
"Harry, you know how much I love watching you pretend to work, but I've got Reagan's 100th birthday to plan, my re-election to fumble, my legacy to cripple, and professional liberals to frame for it....
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