Fuck its silent in here.......

[morpheus]

A bombshell in Maine, as moderate GOP Senator Olympia Snowe retires from the Senate.

http://www.pressherald.com/news/Snowe-not-running-for-re-election.html

I wonder if that is the one seat that will separate the GOP from control in the Senate after November.  Because I don't see a Republican winning a seat in Maine without the names "Snowe" or "Collins" on the ballot.

Pretty good summary of the (possible) candidates here: http://pinetreepolitics.bangordailynews.com/2012/02/28/snowe-storm-implications-the-art-of-the-possible/ . 

[Wheezer]

Archie Comics tells the AFA to fuck off.



[Edit.--Chuck, revenge is here.]

[Gilgamesh]

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120229/NEWS01/120229014/Chief-U-S-District-Judge-sends-racially-charged-email-about-president

The "joke" moved the judge.

And this isn't even in Arizona!

[R-V]

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120229/NEWS01/120229014/Chief-U-S-District-Judge-sends-racially-charged-email-about-president

The "joke" moved the judge.

And this isn't even in Arizona!

I sent it out because it's anti-Obama.

How is the suggestion that intercourse with a black man is the same thing as intercourse with a dog, anti-Obama?

[CBStew]

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120229/NEWS01/120229014/Chief-U-S-District-Judge-sends-racially-charged-email-about-president

The "joke" moved the judge.

And this isn't even in Arizona!

I sent it out because it's anti-Obama.

How is the suggestion that intercourse with a black man is the same thing as intercourse with a dog, anti-Obama?

Give the judge some credit.  He wasn't necessarily alluding to dog intercourse.  Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses also bark.

[Gilgamesh]

If you have two hours to spare, this is an outstanding play based on the trial transcript in Perry v. Schwarzenegger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM&feature=player_embedded

EDIT: I should note a couple of things about this play.  It is presented a bit out of order and omits certain important elements of the record.  Second, and I believe this is most important when watching some of the testimony from John C. Reiley's witness and Kevin Bacon's defendant-intervenor counsel, that a transcript (and a presentation based solely from that document) can make anyone look dumb, and I mean really dumb.

But, given that, it's still as close as counsel for the defendants will allow the American public to see and it reiterates the paucity of evidence that supporters of Prop 8 presented at trial.

[morpheus]

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/us/pat-robertson-backs-legalizing-marijuana.xml

[Gilgamesh]

A CT-like candidate has won the Democratic nomination for Congress in Ohio's second congressional district.

"William R. Smith is the invisible candidate. No one has seen him; no one has heard him speak.. There is no evidence that Smith campaigned a lick... Federal Election Commission reports show Smith has spent no money on the campaign."

And, of course, he was not available for an interview.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120307/NEWS/303070133

It is getting a little bit confusing.

Even though William Smith (D) spent no money and did no campaigning to win the Democratic nomination in Ohio's 2nd congressional district, the Cincinnati Enquirer found a group calling itself the "Victory Ohio Super PAC" apparently made "robo-calls" touting Smith as the "real Democrat" in the race.

However, the FEC has no record of the group so "it's not clear who was behind the calls, or who paid for them."

[Wheezer]

A CT-like candidate has won the Democratic nomination for Congress in Ohio's second congressional district.

"William R. Smith is the invisible candidate. No one has seen him; no one has heard him speak.. There is no evidence that Smith campaigned a lick... Federal Election Commission reports show Smith has spent no money on the campaign."

And, of course, he was not available for an interview.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120307/NEWS/303070133

It is getting a little bit confusing.

Even though William Smith (D) spent no money and did no campaigning to win the Democratic nomination in Ohio's 2nd congressional district, the Cincinnati Enquirer found a group calling itself the "Victory Ohio Super PAC" apparently made "robo-calls" touting Smith as the "real Democrat" in the race.

However, the FEC has no record of the group so "it's not clear who was behind the calls, or who paid for them."

He seems to be steeped in synchronicity.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

A CT-like candidate has won the Democratic nomination for Congress in Ohio's second congressional district.

"William R. Smith is the invisible candidate. No one has seen him; no one has heard him speak.. There is no evidence that Smith campaigned a lick... Federal Election Commission reports show Smith has spent no money on the campaign."

And, of course, he was not available for an interview.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120307/NEWS/303070133

It is getting a little bit confusing.

Even though William Smith (D) spent no money and did no campaigning to win the Democratic nomination in Ohio's 2nd congressional district, the Cincinnati Enquirer found a group calling itself the "Victory Ohio Super PAC" apparently made "robo-calls" touting Smith as the "real Democrat" in the race.

However, the FEC has no record of the group so "it's not clear who was behind the calls, or who paid for them."

Could this maybe be nothing more than a good old fashioned ratfucking?

[morpheus]

OK, so I was reading this article, which surprises me not in the least...

And I notice this ad on the righthand side...



So, I'm just curious: is there some reason pet lovers should have Obama's coke-dusted dong hanging out of their mouths?

[Brownie]

OK, so I was reading this article, which surprises me not in the least...

And I notice this ad on the righthand side...



So, I'm just curious: is there some reason pet lovers should have Obama's coke-dusted dong hanging out of their mouths?

Is JI still around?

[R-V]

OK, so I was reading this article, which surprises me not in the least...

And I notice this ad on the righthand side...



So, I'm just curious: is there some reason pet lovers should have Obama's coke-dusted dong hanging out of their mouths?

Is JI still around?

http://deadspin.com/5893181/bronze-medal-ping-pong-god-bravely-resigns-from-goldman-sachs

[morpheus]

OK, so I was reading this article, which surprises me not in the least...

And I notice this ad on the righthand side...



So, I'm just curious: is there some reason pet lovers should have Obama's coke-dusted dong hanging out of their mouths?

Is JI still around?

http://deadspin.com/5893181/bronze-medal-ping-pong-god-bravely-resigns-from-goldman-sachs

I admit it, I'm LOLing.  Bravo.

[Gilgamesh]

OK, so I was reading this article, which surprises me not in the least...

And I notice this ad on the righthand side...



So, I'm just curious: is there some reason pet lovers should have Obama's coke-dusted dong hanging out of their mouths?

Is JI still around?

http://deadspin.com/5893181/bronze-medal-ping-pong-god-bravely-resigns-from-goldman-sachs

I admit it, I'm LOLing.  Bravo.

I believe it has something to do with the Romney dog-strapping-to-the-roof-of-the-car-during-long-road-trip-gate.

Santo(rum) has been hitting Romney over this too.

"I'm not sure I'm going to listen to a value judgment of a guy who strapped his own dog on the top of a car and went hurling down the highway."

-- Santorum advisor John Brabender, quoted by National Journal, hitting back at Mitt Romney for saying Santorum was "at the desperate end of his campaign."