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GOOD MORNIN’ ZOOSETERS, HERE’S AN OPEN THREAD FOR THE DAY
CARE TO ROAST ANONE?
Something to get things going:
Mitt Romney is so out of touch he…
Mitt Romney is so out of touch, he doesn’t know how out of touch he is.
has his own unlisted zip code.
outsourced the job of wiping his own ass.
Hey vinylspear, do a word search for your name on yesterday’s open thread.
Wow, my 15 minutes of fame are finally here!
Thanks Zooey!
Thank you, vinylspear!
The soap will be in the mail this week!
Mitt Romney is so out of touch, he had his manservant ask the housekeeper to order some.
… felt to see if his hair was still in place and broke a nail.
Today’s Sunday, isn’t it? Oops.
Thanks for picking up my slack, BnF.
you’re welcome, and I’ll resist the temptation for a double entendre….
Atlas Exploited: The Clever Hoax of Ayn Rand
There is nothing virtuous about selfishness and there is nothing objective about Ayn Rand’s objectivist philosophy, which is little more than a sly attempt to whitewash her own flaws…At the very least, we should ignore her glorious ramblings and finally relegate her ideas to the realm of fiction, which is where they belong.
And as for who John Galt or Paul Ryan are? Really, who the hell cares?
Great cartoon, Paul
Indeed. This is one of my favorites.
Cats, gummich, Thanks. He’s such a lying piece of…
Yes Paul thanks for great cartoon. You are the awesomist! Yes I know that’s not a word but I don’t care!!!!
Shayne, Thanks and to be called something no one else has ever been…now that’s pretty cool!
By gosh, by golly, is this Mitt’s job plan? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/08/30/factchecker-romneys-12-million-job-promise/
What would really suck is if Romney gets elected and the economy improves like it is improving NOW, he would claim credit for it. We have to keep this piece of crap out of our White House.
“…if Romney gets elected and the economy improves like it is improving NOW, he would claim credit for it.”
Of course he would, and if the economy tanked that would be Obama’s fault.
If Romney gets elected the economy will improve like it did with Bush…not.
But it will improve! If by “improve” you mean the top 2% will have to buy stadiums to hold their money, while the rest of us huddle under bridges.
I agree and that’s what has me the most peeved. I is so unfucking fair.
Get ready….
http://mormonssecret.com/
That was awful to look at. Would these magic clothes be made in China?
That’s why the second ‘m’ in Mormon is silent.
No wonder Mitt’s mom-jeans look so sloppy.
Trying to get long drawers to look sexy — yur doin’ it wrong.
Headline: Bad joke prompts Alaska airport evacuation
Someone must have shouted out “Sarah Palin.”
My favorite photo of Endeavour “shuttling” down the LA streets:
http://framework.latimes.com/2012/10/12/space-shuttle-endeavour-2/#/33
Wish I could have seen that. Everyone was smiling in LA that day.
Nice. It’s so sad that the space program ended.
Btw, did you see the start of the show when he had on Ann Coulter? He likes her, he created her, but knows she’s a loon.
No, I avoid that level of insanity — especially from other people.
I saw it. He let her ramble on like an idiot. Tell me, how can a white person really understand what it is like to be a black person? They can’t. Coulter thinks that she understands what it is like to be black.
Whilst out on my morning walk this AM, I found myself pondering the reason(s) behind what has become my really rotten attitude. Topping the list, of course, is the possibility that the Romney-Ryan ticket might prevail with the guarantee that we would very quickly return to the “glory” of the Bush years, i.e. another (off budget) war or two, massive industrial overseas outsourcing, huge tax cuts for the rich, tax subsidies for giant corporations, massive unemployment, a crashing economy, probably a severe depression, possible national collapse, etc. etc. Routine Republican shit, i.o.w. But then it occurred to me (as I walked past “Romney-Ryan” yard sign after “Romney-Ryan” yard sign that what bothers be even more is the unbelievably sad FACT that nearly fifty percent of the American electorate ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTS THOSE IDIOT R-FUCKERS. I mean, Jebus, how the hell did THAT ever happen? Where in the world does such nonsensical bullshit come from? I mean, ok, I could understand how maybe as many as, say, ten percent of the electorate might be stupid enough to vote Republican, but HALF? Are you shittin’ me?
Scary scary scary!
The true failure of public education.
It staggers the mind that this is a real possibility…. truly it does.
Well, I better get something done around here. Laters!
Book review: Chuck Thompson’s ‘Better Off Without ‘Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession’
I think the author just fleshed out http://fuckthesouth.com/
R.I.P., Arlen Specter, the good and the bad.
And the horrible… Specter gave us Clarence Thomas. May karma take care of Specter.
In less than 4 weeks now, America will get the president it deserves …..
You’re making me nervous.
Watching this record freefall live. Holy crap.
What channel?
It was a live feed on HuffPo. He’s down safely.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/14/felix-baumgartner-jump-skydive-space-record_n_1949342.html
I saw that it was on and started recording it to watch it later. Left to do some errands and when I came back he was just stepping out of the capsule. What a thrill!!! The old record was done in 1960! Even with all the ‘new’ technology, it’s quite a feat.
If only life were more like the movies. If that were the case when Willard finishes melting down (ok, nobody threw a bucket of water on him, he just pissed all over himself) the Winkies and the flying monkeys would all swear faithful allegiance to Dorothy Obama. Instead, they will head over to casting and get in line for yet another remake of “Night of the Living Dead”.
Sigh.
dycker, is that the newest addition to your clan? Sweet face on that pup!
Yes. That is Scout. There were three female puppies (Orange collar, Yellow collar and White collar) and a couple of weeks ago the breeder said that she would be choosing one that she wanted to be kept for breeding. We aren’t interested in breeding so at the time we didn’t know which was going to be Scout and we also didn’t really care which one. I mean they are all just puppies and no way to say ‘this one is better’! The breeder evaluated them last week and gave someone else the choice of the two remaining. So Orange collar is now officially Scout!
We are off to Spain on Thursday and come back on Oct 30. Our plane gets in at 3 pm, then we have to wait until 7 pm to go pick her up. We have everything in place for her. Not sure what to be excited about – Spain or Scout!
Have a grand holiday!
and
Enjoy the having Scout romping about!
Thanks Ebb.
Send Scout a picture of the Pyrenees!
What a beautiful dog that is! Scout will be going to lots of off-leash parks and see all kinds of dogs.
Be excited about both!
Scout is adorable.
I like all her whiskers.
They look like mini walrus whiskers.
In a good way, dycker!
Pull her ears back and she could pass for a baby otter.
Enjoy it while she’s small.
I’m so excited I can’t sleep!
Try counting shepherds…
Ah!
Wow you’re off to Madrid and Barcelona on Thursday, another friend off to London on Tuesday, my sisters to Boston on friday, and here I sit broken hearted. I wanna go too! My black lab barks HI Scout.
She is really cute. What a beautiful face. Enjoy Spain and Scout. I’m sure Scout will keep you busy with all that puppy training.
834 miles per hour.
Just watched the video. That was amazing.
He’s insane.
Serious testicular fortitude.
The modern Conservative Movement was built on, and continues to have as its fundamental principle, the undoing of everything FDR did. He was right to warn us about them.
Can someone explain to me how trying to get Willard elected involves IEDs, living is a tent wondering if someone is going to shoot them or fighting the government to get medical benefits after?
What a great cartoon!
The RW just doesn’t get it. They just don;t get why we call them racists. Did Sanford really have to phrase it that way?
Atlas shrugged, but nobody cared:
http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/atlas-shrugged-part-2-box-office/
And Paul Ryan takes to his bed, weeping inconsolably.
I thought the director of Part I had promised us there wouldn’t be a Part II after the disastrous reviews of Part I.
They’re conservatives.
They lie.
They probably had most of the sequel filmed. makes economical sense. They had all the actors in one place and they knew there was going to be a sequel. So they just kept filming the movie.
It was originally pitched as a trilogy. The third installment will be direct-to-video sales.
They’ll end up having to tweet it.
As one of the people at work said, at least he didn’t also have snot running down his nose.
I felt like posting this again because @EmergencyPuppy hasn’t tweeted any new pics in two days. And they went almost an entire week between tweets after last weekend.
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If he takes up the whole bench at 6 weeks, they’re going to need a flat bed truck just to get him to the park when he grows up!
And the leash…. whuh…
That puppy is way too cute.
Reflections on the Arctic Sea By wili_hybrid.
it’s Earth
very nice Ebb
Maybe I should have this for my official bio pic.
photo/1
(The one I picked fits my fake bio better.
)
I like it, but you’re right about the freaky kid fitting your bio better.
Smokey on vacation.
This is what happens if you sign up for the Ayn Rand dating service.
It’s also terribly trivial, so don’t click unless you’re bored. I just noticed y’all were discussing an objectivist dating service the other night and I’m pretty sure they would be the only folks to sign up this woman.
She certainly was a loser. That was a funny story.
Way back when (ok, about twelve years ago now) I tried it, and agreed to meet the person.
It was a disaster as far as finding a mate, but the experience, in total, is one of the most hilarious cosmic joke stories I have to tell.
(Which I won’t, not here, so nobody ask. It’s probably worth a few bucks to the right magazine…)
I never heard of objectivist dating services. Then again, it’s been a very long time since I went looking for a date with someone new.
What does the term even mean?
Doesn’t everyone date objectively?
Huh?
Huh?
No?
I had to do an Internet search to find out what people were talking about. I feel so stupid
If you tell me I won’t have to do a search, and then you can feel smart.
Win/win situation…
Sweet!
Boy am I missing something. I didn’t realize that this is all about Ayn Rand’s philosophy. Objectivism is a term that I wasn’t familiar with until now. All that I knew about Ayn Rand is what I heard during her interviews on the radio and TV. I never read her work nor was I interested in her work.
It is not actually possible to read her work as long as you possess a functioning cerebral cortex.
The interesting thing about objectivist date sites.
Profile: ” Hi! I’m Biff/Bonnie. As an objectivist I am really into myself but I’m getting tired of paddling the pony, if you know what I mean. If you are interested in being used by a self involved egotist, give me a ring!”
I can’t understand why this isn’t a hot seller but hey.
Hi, I’m Willard. I’m a bishop (minus the ring, Ann has that in an offshore deposit box) and I can deliver you from the scourge of poverty and substandard housing if you will sell (or mortgage or just plain lose) your soul to corporate interests
That’s a fine explanation.
I hate to say it but any woman who thinks Ann Coulter is nice is pretty much a victim just waiting for a nice perpetrator. Most likely an egotistical Republican.
Lizz’s mom probably taught her to be polite to everyone. Even weird guys with long blond hair.
Lizz looks like Ann Coulter with a perm.
She wants Ann.
Beak your tongue for that one, Raven!
Is it like this?
Dater A: “How do you feel about state of the economy?”
Dater B: (shrug)
Dater A: “Do you like dogs?”
Dater B: (shrug)
Dater A: “Have you been married before?”
Dater B: (shrug)
Dater A: “Would you like me to pay for dinner, call a cab, go to my place and I’ll phuck your lights out?”
Dater B: “You know everything you’ve just said is so amazing and rings so true, it’s simply a miracle we’ve finally met, yes, yes, and yes!”
Dater A: “OK, sit tight, I’ve got to go to the bathroom… don’t go anywhere now, ‘K?”
I don’t even remembering that one happening back in the 60′s.
Not to worry, it didn’t.
I think it is.
I guess I know how to clear a room.
Goodnight, all!
The masters have given their instructions to their serfs
hmmm, reads as if it is this _ far away from being illegal.
Of course they are covered in the short sentences:
(interpretation…however, we’ve given you a guide line re: job loss if certain persons are (re)elected).
Let ‘em fire all of the workers. Then they’ll realize they aren’t getting their widgets made, or the widgets are being made poorly by an all new workforce, and they’ll lose more money than they will through taxes!
Assholes!
They aren’t going to fire anybody. Or maybe it is an excuse to close the US plant and move the jobs overseas which is something they have been planning to do regardless of who wins next month.
Oh, fuck, I just finished what I thought was going to be tomorrow’s thread, but it was based on my delusion that Tuesday night’s debate was the foreign policy one. Well, now I’m ready for NEXT Monday, but I got nothin’ for tomorrow! Aaarggh!
Post it –
consider it as a primer – giving us plenty of time to absorb and digest before next week…
Tuesday is foreign and domestic policy. Maybe it could work?
If not, put up a kitty picture and call it good.
I may have to. I had some other recent idea that I started collecting links on, I may be able to throw that together in the morning – otherwise, it’s gonna be a photo!
Ebb, I can revise the one I finished and put it up for Thursday, that should give everyone plenty of time to read and absorb.
Oh, well, now I have to get up early, so goodnight!