I haven’t seen Mike Judge’s latest, but I’m certainly intrigued.
Monthly Archives: May 2009
onion du jour
TV LISTINGS »
The Real Housewives Of Mogadishu
BRAVO
10 p.m. EDT/9 p.m. CDT
Aasha is enraged when she finds out she’s not on the guest list for Ugah’s female circumcision.
nine more things that sucked about the 90s
Only these nine things (people, events, etc.) sucked harder. 
brave new annoyances
Russell Simmons presents the most obnoxious show on television. Observe:
more trouble for oxendine
The evidence mounts that Georgia’s insurance commissioner is a crook:
The businessman whose companies funneled $120,000 to Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine’s campaign for governor has chaired a powerful behind-the-scenes insurance board for the past decade — after being appointed and repeatedly reinstated to the post by Oxendine.
another disloyal atlantan
A former felon, but at least he didn't root for Boston
Now this:
One thing that makes sense about Boston scouting the struggling Francoeur is that he’s a big Red Sox fan (he used to carry a Red Sox Mastercard until his Braves teammates made him get rid of it).
These bandwagon-jumpers irritate the hell out of me — even more so when they are Atlanta natives who plays for the Braves.
Not for much longer, I hope.
justice department shrugs off voter intimidation
Civilians dressed in paramilitary garb, brandishing night sticks, shouldn’t be hanging out in front of polling places. Apparently the Justice Department disagrees.
noted and quoted, hollywood elites edition
Craig T. Nelson tells Glenn Beck, “the biggest ‘Coach’ fan,” he’s considering tax evasion.
They should be allowed to go bankrupt! What happened — we are a capitalistic society. OK, I go into business, I don’t make it, I go bankrupt. They’re not going to bail me out.
I’ve been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No.
I guess a visit from the welfare fairy doesn’t count as a bail out.
“the new, oppressed minority”
Limbaugh compares Judge Sotormayer to David Duke — “How do you get promoted in the Barack Obama administration? By hating white people.” He’s such a victim.
thinly veiled threats and fat buffoons
It’s a shame anyone cares what Limbaugh, Hannity and Beck say. I’ve recently discovered the benefit of ignoring a mean-spirited idiot, but her rantings aren’t recycled into talking points.
Following Limbaugh’s lead, Newt Gingrich today labeled Sonia Sotormayer the “Latina woman racist.”
These are the same people who yell “character assassination” whenever they’re called a racist — even when they say racist things.
Verbal grenades aside, I’m also troubled by the remarks of priggish White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, who said of the Sotormayer debate, “I think it is probably important for anybody involved in this debate to be exceedingly careful with the way in which they’ve decided to describe different aspects of this impending confirmation.”
People in power should never tell critics to watch their words. It was wrong when Ari Fleischer did it (see link above) and it’s wrong today.
not a monster, just a punk-ass bitch
I beat up women
Promoting his new album on YouTube, Brown tells fans he’s “not a monster.”
“Everybody that’s haters, they just been haters. All my real fans, I love you.”
Sorry, Chris, you deserve the hate. You’re a punk who beats up women and a pussy who whines about well-deserved criticism. You oughta be a pariah.
*A reminder of what Brown did to Rihanna …
Brown became more violent, and then allegedly shoved Rihanna’s head against the passenger window. After she turned to face him, Brown punched her, and continued punching her while driving, the notes continued.
Rihanna’s mouth was filled with blood, which also splattered on her clothing and the inside of the rented Lamborghini they were driving.
According to the report, Brown told Rihanna: “I’m going to beat the —- out of you when we get home. You wait and see.”
Rihanna left a message for her assistant that said, “I am on my way home. Make sure the cops are there when I get there.”
Brown replied, “You just did the stupidest thing ever. I’m going to kill you.”
The fight escalated from there. According to the report, Brown continued to punch Rihanna, bit her ear and fingers and put her in a headlock, causing her to nearly lose consciousness.
leading conservative jurist favors gay marriage
Former Bush administration solicitor general Ted Olson has filed suit in federal court to overturn Proposition 8.
“I personally think it is time that we as a nation get past distinguishing people on the basis of sexual orientation, and that a grave injustice is being done to people by making these distinctions,” Olson said.
Olson will be skewered by the right for this, though it should be noted his is the truly conservative position.
shirley is as shirley does
Yes, the head of Atlanta’s Police union said a stupid thing. Very stupid.
A mature politician would shrug it off, but Atlanta’s mayor has chosen to play the victim (as is her wont). Andisheh sums up Franklin’s reaction well: Vindictive, thin-skinned mayor acting vindictive, thin-skinned
“I think it’s intended to intimidate me, my family and city officials. I think it’s very dangerous language and when someone says they want to take a bat and hit you in the head, from my experience, they want to kill you,” said Mayor Franklin.
the best of ATLmalcontent
(originally posted 9/18/08)
This started as a post about the inanity of the gaming subculture, a land of make believe populated by aging adolescents.
Damn hypocrisy!
Bigfoot, via the 1970s
Even more damning is the roster of fictional characters who regularly participate in conversations with certain friends. (They include a scheming Hummer salesman, a crazy old Wal-Mart greeter haunted by a cryptic troll who lives in her basement, a disgraced former local Emmy award-winning weatherman who savors most every vice, a bigoted Buffalo transplant who hates “stupid Southerners,” an aging radio personality who wishes the 1970s had never ended, a smarmy recent graduate of Trump University, a gay redneck who loves NASCAR and dick and, finally, a Harvey Fierstein-influenced queer activist named Maurice whose mother is TV’s Helen Willis for some reason).
Still … what the fuck is this about?
So far, I have set up my garden, and I am actively romancing the new members. I cannot wait to see how my garden grows, and what great pinatas I can bring inside. I don’t know the mechanics of having multiple gardens yet, but I am sure that it will have similar capabilities of the XBOX game, because that feature made it great for organizing your pinatas, and keeping the ones that incessantly fight separated from one another.
Can’t understand a word.
Now if you’ll excuse me, Pat Cavanaugh has a Spaghetti-O and Saltine casserole in the oven that requires her attention. It’s Troll Jr.’s favorite dish.
the long slug to respectability
Former “When the Whistle Blows” star Andy Millman guests on “Doctor Who”:
