With the news of Germany standing fast against “Eurobonds,” and the Eurozone crisis worsening as a result of the impasse, I posted this silly tweet last night: Fear! Fire! Eurobonds! Awake! #PANIC Political Math said he found this very funny, to which I replied with a faux-quote from Angela Merkel: “Let the little people blow.” This caused a brainstorm, as… Read more »
You may recall that it was a particularly ridiculous Drudge homepage that led to the creation of the “PANIC!!!!!!” graphic that subsequently became my oft-praised Twitter avatar. Well, Drudge has struck again: That’s Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat, who made headlines over the weekend by criticizing President Obama’s anti-Bain Capital ads. ABC says the Obama camp is in damage… Read more »
Here’s Amelia Hamilton (@AmeliaHammy), the queen of 11:11 tweets. I made sure to be sitting near her at BlogCon for the big moment — 11:11:11 on 11/11/11. 🙂 Screenshot:
President Obama is in Denver today to give a speech about his jobs plan, but apparently he — or at least his press office — are slightly confused about which rectangular-shaped state Denver is located in: AAAH-HAHAHAHA. Hey, cut the man a break. It’s hard to keep all 57 states straight!
As expected, Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe resigned today as part of the latest effort to save the Big 12. This caused the most hilarious account on Twitter, Fake Dan Beebe — the funniest fake tweeter since @MayorEmanuel and his pet duck Quaxelrod disappeared into the motherf***ing time portal — to go out in an absolute blaze of glory, one… Read more »
Heh: What none of [the Boehner bill’s conservative] critics have is an alternative strategy for achieving anything nearly as fiscally or politically beneficial as Mr. Boehner’s plan. The idea seems to be that if the House GOP refuses to raise the debt ceiling, a default crisis or gradual government shutdown will ensue, and the public will turn en masse against… Read more »
Jon Stewart captures the national mood, taking on both Congress (Monday night) and the President (last night): The Daily Show – Armadebtdon 2011 – Nonfiction Captain AmericaGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook The Daily Show – Armadebtdon 2011 – Call CongressGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily… Read more »
To take the edge off my latest rant against GOP debt-ceiling fanaticism — really, this issue gets me angry like nothing in politics since the emergence of Sarah Palin — here’s a post about a different kind of fanatic: video of the Phillie Phanatic getting hit by a foul ball. Ha! (Hat tip: Jim Kelly. Apologies to Marty West. Well,… Read more »
Tropical Storm Dora has formed in the Eastern Pacific, south of Mexico, and is expected to become a major hurricane within the next three days. This has produced an amusing tweet exchange among those of us familiar with the storm’s Nickelodeon namesake (Loyacita’s favorite show in the universe by far): Andy Glockner: “Can you say dangerously high winds? Say it!… Read more »
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