• February 12, 2012
  • A panel of conservative judges agreed with anti-gun nut Sonia Sotomayor about a recent Second Amendment case, which means those conservatives are also anti-gun nuts now. [Washington Post]
  • British Prime Minister Gordon Brown just can’t catch a break. Up to 80 members of his own party may sign a petition requesting that he step down. [Guardian]
  • Layoffs in May reached their lowest levels since September, when the shitshow known as “our collapsing American economy” first premiered. Worry not, though — layoffs will probably pick up again toward the end of Q3. [Reuters]
  • A woman is suing Sacha Baron Cohen for crippling her at a Bingo hall in 2007. [TMZ]
  • We’ll probably never know what caused that perfectly ordinary Air France flight to suddenly fall out of the sky and into the Atlantic, because chances are nobody will be able to retrieve the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from the ocean. [Telegraph]
  • President Obama’s in Saudi Arabia today, ready to soothe the Muslim world with his smooth baritone stylings regarding, let’s guess, “hopes and dreams.” [Los Angeles Times]

{ 46 comments }

Terry June 3, 2009 at 9:08 am

Can I sue Sasha Baron Cohen for making me look at his bare arse?

Jsab June 3, 2009 at 9:12 am

Good morning all!
Looks like Cohen isn’t having a good week!

Wonder how the British-Muslim community will react to this.

ForTheTurnstiles June 3, 2009 at 9:12 am

The suburbs are screwed. I don’t particularly care except it could be a serious problem for the rest of us. Think of it:

Acres of mcmansions worth next to nothing, full of mold; empty car lots (GM and Chrysler turning them loose… &c) Mesa, AZ is the next Buffalo.

cities that aren’t dead at the core already have the problem of being surrounded by this cancerous shit that used to be just ridiculous but is now ridiculous AND full of crime and molding mcmansions.

ManchuCandidate June 3, 2009 at 9:15 am

This whole “Wall St celebrating fewest layoffs since Wall St induced mess started” is much like cows celebrating “McDonalds sells fewer hamburgers.” Maybe it’s just me as one of the soon to be executed/ground into Soylent Green/Hamburger but I’d feel a tad bit better if the words “Job”, “Creation” and “increases” were used (better if in sequence.)

4tehlulz June 3, 2009 at 9:16 am

Eminem is suing Sasha Baron Cohen?

Formerly Preferred June 3, 2009 at 9:19 am

Even better, the anti-gun nut conservatives on the Seventh Circuit disagreed with a panel of left-wing Trotskyites from the Ninth Circuit, who actually found that the Second Amendment DOES apply to the States.

And since the Supreme Court must always overrule the pinko Ninth Circuit (it is in the Constitution–look it up), soon the only place where it will be legal to own a gun or pair of nunchucks is Washington D.C. And maybe Guam.

teleken June 3, 2009 at 9:24 am

[re=330586]ForTheTurnstiles[/re]: Are you out my direction as well? (South Mesa, far from a McMansion.) Far east Mesa got hit badly.

Larry McAwful June 3, 2009 at 9:27 am

I’m [i]so pissed off[/i] about layoffs. My company was going through a rapid reduction in workers over a couple of months, and then our damned CEO holds an all-employee call stating that we’re not going to have any more layoffs. I needed that unemployment check, dammit. That Xbox isn’t going to play itself all day.

DoctorCulturae June 3, 2009 at 9:29 am

A Lou Rawls rhythm track will play underneath the Preznit’s address today, as it always does:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcwYEGdKto8

TGY June 3, 2009 at 9:33 am

Gun rights advocates have criticized Sotomayor for a decision by a panel of the Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit of which she was a member. The unsigned opinion dismissed a challenge to a New York law that banned nunchakus, a martial arts weapon.

Since when do gun nut fruitcakes care about NUNCHAKUS!? Give them plastic mini-nunchucks or TRUCKCHUCKS(TM pending – now in designer colors) to shut the fuck up.

The Sotomayor confirmation fiasco shows how desperate the right is: instead of flinging only mud, they toss whatever comes to hand – pots, pans, the cat, pillows, … and nunchucks.

Naked Bunny with a Whip June 3, 2009 at 9:35 am

layoffs will probably pick up again toward the end of Q3.

Another reason to hate the holidays!

queeraselvis v 2.0 June 3, 2009 at 9:36 am

[re=330597]DoctorCulturae[/re]: No no. A Saudi visit calls for the smooth stylings of Teddy Pendergrass, which will get everyone’s legs rubbing together like crickets.

ForTheTurnstiles June 3, 2009 at 9:46 am

[re=330593]teleken[/re]: No, I’m in Fairfax, VA: the Scottsdale of the DC area. I got laid in Tempe once, though, so that’s memorable for me.

Capitol Hillbilly June 3, 2009 at 9:46 am

I think Barry’s more of a tenor.

Terry June 3, 2009 at 9:46 am

That Air France black box is gone. The only way they could recover it would be for Clive Cussler to direct the operation.

hobospacejunkie June 3, 2009 at 9:50 am

[re=330591]Formerly Preferred[/re]: Oh noes! We can’t have our guns banned. What will deranged woman-hating, fetus porn-fapping sociopaths use to assassinate doctors who make a living performing legal procedures?

The FBI will stick to its lone nut theory rather than treating it as another in a long line of acts perpetuated by a terrorist organization, so breathe easy Operation Rescue, being an accomplice to murder is OK if you’re all religious & shit about it.

Formerly Preferred June 3, 2009 at 9:55 am

[re=330609]hobospacejunkie[/re]: No, no, no–you are thinking about this the wrong way. If Doctor Tiller and the entire congregation had been carrying AR-15s or whatever, they could have opened fire on the perp before he managed to pull the trigger. More guns=less gun use, or something. That is why all drunk frat boys should be required to carry guns on campus, always, to prevent on-campus gun deaths. Virginia Tech–never forget.

DustBowlBlues June 3, 2009 at 10:02 am

Gordon Brown went wrong when he went back to playing the role himself. David Morrissey was far more competent besides being off-the-charts hot compared to the original.

hobospacejunkie June 3, 2009 at 10:03 am

[re=330607]Terry[/re]: They could find that black box by hiring William Bell of Massive Dynamic to do the search. Most likely it, and the aircraft, have simply slipped into another dimension from where it is easily retrievable.

Lazy Media June 3, 2009 at 10:08 am

[re=330606]Capitol Hillbilly[/re]: I don’t think that word means what you think it does. If anything, Barry’s a bass-baritone. Newt is a tenor.

Here’s hoping that Bruno is tried, convicted and hanged by his nuts until dead. Sacha Baron Cohen’s actually a pretty good actor (in Sweeney Todd, f’rinstance), but his ambush characters SUCK. Die, Borat, Bruno, all y’all cocksuckers.

I never watched Da Ali G show, but the clips I’ve seen remind me of Amos and Andy, only meanspirited.

zenferret June 3, 2009 at 10:09 am

[re=330586]ForTheTurnstiles[/re]: Its dangerous when they turn cars loose like that. They go feral and get all dangerous like.

MISTAHCOUGHDROP June 3, 2009 at 10:09 am

Yes, folks, it’s A BOOK ABOUT DEATH : http://abookaboutdeath.blogspot.com/

We’re still looking for some entries from the Axis of Evil…

Mr Blifil June 3, 2009 at 10:10 am

I wouldn’t worry too much about the black box. The oceans will be dry soon, after which time it should be an easy matter of just walking down there and grabbing it out of the tail. ‘Sall good.

hockeymom June 3, 2009 at 10:12 am

[re=330609]hobospacejunkie[/re]: And what will angry ex-spouses/partners do when they want to kill their wives and children? Think of the children, people! Guns for all (or at least, bitter, psychotic men who want to prey on their own families).

Capitol Hillbilly June 3, 2009 at 10:17 am

[re=330621]Lazy Media[/re]: No, Newt is an alto, if not mezzo-soprano. Barry WHITE is a bass. Dean Martin was a baritone.

El Pinche June 3, 2009 at 10:19 am

[re=330588]4tehlulz[/re]: yes, for being inside Cohen’s ass.

KilgoreTrout_XL June 3, 2009 at 10:21 am

“Brain bleeds”?

I hope this is another staged publicity attempt for Bruno- “brain bleeding” sounds fucking gross.

El Pinche June 3, 2009 at 10:22 am

[re=330606]Capitol Hillbilly[/re]: No, he’s more of a barruhhhtone.

El Pinche June 3, 2009 at 10:27 am

[re=330597]DoctorCulturae[/re]: And this one is always playing when Michael Steele walks and talks.

drrty martini June 3, 2009 at 10:39 am

While I’m not wild about the comic stylings of Sacha Baron Cohen, I think Eminem is kind of pushing things by blaming his loss of marital relations on the whole “homo rubbed his ass in my face” incident. For some of us, that’s as close to marital relations as we’ll ever get.

caieva June 3, 2009 at 10:43 am

There is a big difference between compelled to be a good mom and being okay with having your entire existence reliant on some guy not leaving you!

mr guy June 3, 2009 at 10:48 am

I wonder if those British ministers are getting all action Jackson now because the economist called them a bunch of pussies

facehead June 3, 2009 at 10:51 am

Ha! Losers! The jokes on you all, Obama is just another funny character played by Cohen.

Ok, bring back the white guy.

thejesusandmarycheney June 3, 2009 at 10:56 am

[re=330676]facehead[/re]: So our black Muslin president was a Jew all along. How avant-garde.

hobospacejunkie June 3, 2009 at 10:58 am

[re=330635]Capitol Hillbilly[/re]: Neut speaks as though his neuticles have been banded for neutering purposes, hence the unexpectedly girly-high voice emanating from his ginormous ass and twelve chins.

Min June 3, 2009 at 10:59 am

There’s no snark to be had in a plane crash that no one walks away from. :-(

OTOH, I’ll bet the Freepers go nuts about Barry in Saudi Arabia. Isn’t he supposed to have stayed with one of the princes?

edgydrifter June 3, 2009 at 11:47 am

[re=330599]TGY[/re]: NUTCHUKZ! That is a seriously marketable idea–sure to be big with “pull my finger” crowd, of which we have no shortage in our proud nation. Maybe a line of throwing stars with “3″ printed on them, too?

Lascauxcaveman June 3, 2009 at 12:14 pm

[re=330585]Jsab[/re]: Have you guys heard the latest news about blogwhores here? I ‘spect you may, soon.

[re=330595]Larry McAwful[/re]: That Xbox isn’t going to play itself all day.

Actually, i think there’s a hack for that, check out the gamer forums online.

WIDTAP June 3, 2009 at 12:24 pm

[re=330609]hobospacejunkie[/re]: [i] …being an accomplice to murder is OK if you’re all [s]religious[/s} [b]Christian[/b] & shit about it.[/i]

Fixed. Being Mooslim religious in America is still a crime.

WIDTAP June 3, 2009 at 12:26 pm

Ack! My HTML tags re screwed. Damn you SKS! This must be somehow your fault.

TGY June 3, 2009 at 1:08 pm

[re=330756]edgydrifter[/re]: Capitalism gold!

Bruno June 3, 2009 at 1:47 pm

I assume this the Sacha Baron Cohen activity was when he ran naked through a corporate sales presentation, nude, as Borat and his 30 inch schlong?

Bruno June 3, 2009 at 1:49 pm

Can Barry sing the call to Prayer at the Grand Mosque? That would just be awesome in his smooth baritone voice.

sweetcandy June 3, 2009 at 2:24 pm

TMZ?

hobospacejunkie June 3, 2009 at 2:25 pm

[re=330829]WIDTAP[/re]: Use carets instead of brackets & your HTML will work perfectly.

AxmxZ June 3, 2009 at 5:36 pm

Here’s hoping Sasha’s portayal of Teh Ghey will attain new heights of versimilitude under the tutelage of expert consultants. In the ass.

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