Some Marvelous Adventures and Misadventures

inothernews: “Do I have a beef with Mitt Romney? Nah, I don’t...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:01:24 -0400

“Do I have a beef with Mitt Romney? Nah, I don’t waste time on that fool. But I’ll tell you this: motherfucker better stop thinking of me as a large avian and better start thinking of me as a fucking albatross.”

— BIG BIRD

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:43:39 -0400

"We’ve all been told that laughter is the best medicine. We were also told Facebook was a bargain at..."

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:42:40 -0400

“We’ve all been told that laughter is the best medicine. We were also told Facebook was a bargain at 38 dollars a share.”

- MICHAEL J. FOX, at the Emmys

inothernews: “We’re the Clintons and you approved our...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:42:21 -0400

inothernews:

“We’re the Clintons and you approved our message.”

(via The Braiser)

"Like many Republican governors, Jan Brewer of Arizona is a stinging critic of President Obama’s..."

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:37:50 -0400

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Like many Republican governors, Jan Brewer of Arizona is a stinging critic of President Obama’s health care law. When the Supreme Court upheld it in June, she called the ruling “an overreaching and unaffordable assault on states’ rights and individual liberty.”

Yet the Brewer administration is quietly designing an insurance exchange — one of the most essential and controversial requirements of the law. Officials in a handful of other Republican-led states say they are also working to have a framework ready by Nov. 16, the deadline for states to commit to running an exchange or leave it to the federal government to run it for them. That is just 10 days after Election Day, which is likely to decide the future of the law.

Given that the health care overhaul remains a lightning rod — just last week, Oklahoma revised a lawsuit against it — even the most tentative discussions about carrying it out in Republican states tend to take place behind closed doors or “underground,” as the leader of a health care advocacy group in the South put it.

In Mississippi, Mike Chaney, the insurance commissioner, who is laying the groundwork for a state-based exchange there, recently learned the difficulties of moving forward in anything but the utmost secrecy. At a luncheon this summer he found himself facing down an opponent of the law in a confrontation that is now circulating on YouTube.

“I was invited to the picnic, and I was the main course,” said Mr. Chaney, a Republican and an elected official.

The law requires all states to have exchanges, which are essentially online marketplaces where small businesses and individuals can shop for private health plans, in place by January 2014, when a requirement takes effect for most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty. If states fail to submit plans for running their own exchanges by the deadline, the law calls for the federal government to set up and run one for them, with or without their help. People with incomes between 133 percent and 400 percent of the poverty level can get federal tax subsidies through exchanges to make the price of coverage more affordable.

“If we have to have one,” said Donald Hughes, Ms. Brewer’s health care policy adviser, “then it would be better for Arizona to do it ourselves rather than defer to the federal government.” He said, however, that Ms. Brewer would not make a final decision on a state-run exchange until after the election.

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- The New York Times, “Like It Or Not, States Preparing for Healthcare Law.”

LOLpublicans.

"When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t..."

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:35:42 -0400

“When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem. So it’s very dangerous. And she was choking and rubbing her eyes. Fortunately, there was enough oxygen for the pilot and copilot to make a safe landing in Denver. But she’s safe and sound.”

- Republican presidential candidate MITT ROMNEY, remarking on this weekend’s incident where an electrical problem caused his wife’s plane to make an emergency landing.

We are all glad that Ann is okay.

We are also glad that Mitt Romney continues to undermine his presidential bid with these ridiculous utterances.

(via The Washington Post)

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:47:48 -0400

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inothernews: thedailyshow: buzzfeed: thedailyshow: buzzfeed: ...

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 22:35:28 -0400

inothernews:

thedailyshow:

buzzfeed:

thedailyshow:

buzzfeed:

thedailyshow:

On Friday’s show, we said Mitt Romney’s claim that he had wanted President Obama to succeed in his first term was — and this is a technical term — bull-f@cking-sh#t, and played a clip of him on Neil Cavuto’s show to demonstrate it. So imagine our surprise when BuzzFeed disputed our call! They say the full context of Romney’s 2009 remarks to Neil Cavuto shows Romney wishing Obama success.

With all due respect, that is — and, again, this is a technical term — bull-f@cking-sh#t. You can watch the full clip above, in which Romney makes it clear that he hopes Obama “succeeds”, but not with “failed policies” like reforming our nation’s healthcare system; rather, he hopes that Obama “succeeds” by adopting Republican ideas, like lowering tax rates. Obviously, memories grow hazy with the passage of four years’ time, but we’re pretty sure that was the exact opposite of the platform Obama ran on. To us, it was an obvious case of concern trolling — the rhetorical gambit of pretending to support an opponent, while undermining the basis of their argument. Perhaps an analogy might help: “I wish the Jews the greatest of success, but not if they continue to pursue the failed policies of Moses and Abraham. Because I want nothing but the best for the Jews, I’m rooting for them to do the right thing, and accept Jesus Christ as their lord and savior.” Sure, the words “I wish the Jews the greatest of success” and “I’m rooting for them” are in there. But the rest of it negates them.

We love BuzzFeed. It’s insightful, funny and perceptive, and we read it every day. Which is why we wish them nothing but success in recognizing the errors of their earlier piece. Really, we have nothing but the highest hopes for their correction, and we feel that their reputation for accuracy will only be burnished by the retraction they’re sure to publish any minute now.

(See what we did there?)

Thank you for your discourse, Daily Show friends. We should do this more often! And thanks for linking to the Urban Dictionary definition of ‘concern trolling.’ It brought to light the myriad of political terms defined on UD, for example:

Democrat: The more liberal of the two major political parties. Generally holds positions against capitol punishment, but for abortion. Believes it’s the governments job to babysit us when we want help, while telling the government to stay out of their lives.

Republican: Someone who believes that the rich white male has the only valid opinion in the world. Most republicans are pro-life and pro-war, which also means they are hypocrites.

Politician: 1. A person who practices politics. “Politics” is derived from the words “poly” meaning “many”, and “tics” meaning “blood-sucking parasites.”

Regarding a retraction, there will be no retraction. However, as an olive branch we extend this link to these teaspoon-sized hedgehogs!

Thank you for your thoughtful and considered response. Honestly, we have no idea why people say BuzzFeed is nothing more than aggregated content from elsewhere and links to cute animal photos.

You’re welcome again. Here’s everything you missed last night while you were tweeting about BuzzFeed:

Benita Veliz becomes first undocumented immigrant to address a party Convention

GOP consultant and former Romney advisor Alex Castellanos says Clinton speech “will be the moment that probably reelected Barack Obama.”

Delegate Ashley Judd nominates President Obama on behalf of Tennessee

Hundreds of delegates, journalists were locked out of the DNC!

50 MINUTES OF BILL CLINTON

The Utah delegate makes a “We Built That” joke, takes Olympic dig at Mitt Romney

Barry Goldwater’s granddaughter had a little trouble with the Arizona delegates’ roll call nomination

Also, this hug between Bill and Barack

Yeah, well, the jerk store called and they’re out of you! #wewin #internetisclosed

This is like that time two people who I really admired but neither of which really knew I existed got into a fight and all I could do was stand behind the fence yelling at the both of them to stop then got hit by an out-of-control ice cream truck, playing the Doctor Who theme. Or not.

Bahahahaha

Piss off a conservative.

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 22:33:12 -0400

inothernews:

Tell him / her that the Dow closing up today 244.52 points, or 1.87%, was totally thanks to Obama.

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Fri, 07 Sep 2012 22:28:44 -0400

athousandwords-forlove: infinity-on-highh: “How come he don’t...

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 22:25:51 -0400

athousandwords-forlove:

infinity-on-highh:

“How come he don’t want me, man?”

From what I’ve heard, Will Smith’s father actually left him. This wasn’t entirely scripted. Will went off on his own rant, and the hug at the end was genuine.

His character was just supposed to shrug off his dad leaving again and he starts to but then Will goes off script. That whole speech is coming entirely from him. The hug at the end is also genuine, actor to actor not character to character.

forever reblog.

reblog every fucking time

Welling up everytime

Jello shot? (Taken with Instagram)

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 01:57:49 -0400

Jello shot? (Taken with Instagram)

Cheers pops (Taken with Instagram)

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:33:15 -0400

Cheers pops (Taken with Instagram)

Instagram Blog: Privacy & Safety on Instagram

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:37:46 -0400

Instagram Blog: Privacy & Safety on Instagram:

instagram:

Millions of people share their lives through photos every day on Instagram. As more and more people join Instagram, it’s important that you know how to stay safe in the community. We wanted to answer a few common questions regarding privacy and safety in hopes of improving your experience on…

I don't think I've ever sat for 50 minutes of televised ANYTHING and thought "Man, fuck this guy" the whole time.

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:33:16 -0400

Lol

#FirstWorldProblems (Taken with Instagram)

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:23:23 -0400

#FirstWorldProblems (Taken with Instagram)

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Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:59:46 -0400

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Taken with Instagram at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:50:14 -0400

Taken with Instagram at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino

Homemade Chicken Soup…this woman is amazing (Taken with...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:52:05 -0400

Homemade Chicken Soup…this woman is amazing (Taken with Instagram)

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Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:22:55 -0400

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