[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] First of all, if you haven’t already, join my 13th annual Oscar Pool! (Password: eternalglory) The deadline is 6:30 PM Mountain Time Sunday. Second, this is where you’ll find Becky’s & my annual Live-Blog / Live-Chat / Live-Snark, a.k.a. SNARKNADO 2017, starting Sunday night at ~6:00 PM MST. We’ll mock… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] It’s that time of year again! [You mean it’s almost time for March Madness? -ed.] Well, yes, that too. But I don’t do a pool for that anymore. I do, however, still do an Oscar Pool – your one & only chance to earn official, Living Room Times-certified ETERNAL GLORY*… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] I tried to back away from politics away, after tweeting a bunch of stuff like this yesterday: A heartfelt message to those “values voters” who’ve complained for years about the vulgarity of our culture, but now back Trump: FUCK. YOU. — Mile High Brendan (@MileHighBrendan) October 10, 2016 Also this… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A * COMPLACENCY WARNING FOR… VIRGINIA… COLORADO… MINNESOTA… WISCONSIN… NEW HAMPSHIRE… * PEPE THE FROG WARNING FOR… PENNSYLVANIA… MICHIGAN… OHIO… IOWA… NORTH CAROLINA… AND THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MAINE… * #FEELTHEJOHNSON WARNING FOR… NEW MEXICO…… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] I’ve been trying to pull myself out of my recent paroxysm of electoral despair, and, remembering Gandalf’s wise words to Frodo (“…all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us”), turn my attention to doing my part to stop Trump. Ergo, the… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] I’m going to start collecting some links to pieces that explain why Donald Trump is an existential threat to America and the world, and thus why Hillary Clinton – love her or loathe her – is vasty preferable and must be elected on November 8. • CATO scholar Timothy Sandefur,… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Last Friday, I attended the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, armed with a press pass, thus making me a member of the hated elite media for the day, with a front-row seat (okay, actually, back row) for a Donald Trump speech. It was, let us just say, an experience. This… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] An imagined conversation between Marco Rubio and Ben Sasse, set to a tune you may be familiar with… SASSE: Marco! Why couldn’t you have just stayed quiet for onceInstead of spouting off to Tapper? I hope you’re happy!I hope you’re happy nowI hope you’re happy how youHurt your cause forever RUBIO:Oh, your tweets are so clever!I… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] I’m a Democrat. Sure, I’m a centrist whose idiosycratic ideology doesn’t fit neatly into either party’s box – and I have many principled conservative friends, whose views I respect greatly – but I’m still solidly a Democrat. I have voted Democratic in every presidential election since I turned 18, and… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] It was a boring Oscars and a subsued Snarknado (with Vicki Lopez unable to make it, and Becky going to bed early because of an early hospital rotation tomorrow), but the 12th annual Oscar Pool had an unprecendented* ending: I won! ETERNAL GLORY, BABY!!! 🙂 *I totally forgot that I… Read more »
