Everyone enjoy having the day off, except for those of you who don't have the day off. Also, enjoy some news. Now that NBC has gotten rid of that old host of "Meet the Press" -- David something? Who can remember? -- the whole gang is real excited about Chuck Todd. Sundays are going to be so awesome now!
There were houses in which the kids weren&#039;t allowed to watch <i>The Simpsons?</i> I just find that really difficult to imagine. When my sister&#039;s boys were little, she practically <i><b>mandated</b></i> that they watch reruns of the show every day after school. (They didn&#039;t need much coaxing though.) Now as adults the three of them can at any moment act out entire episodes entirely from memory. They can also do the same for every episode of <i>Futurama.</i> I always regarded <i>The Simpsons</i> as being one of those shows that the whole family watched.
My nephews are all in their thirties now -- they began watching <i>The Simpsons</i> practically from the moment it was spun off into its own show. Yeah, they were <a href="http:\/\/simpsons.wikia.com\/wiki\/Cool_kid" target="_blank"><b>those</b> kids</a> in school (the ones with the skateboards, the cherry bombs, the racy comic books, etc.) and their mother was the &quot;coolest mom&quot; in the neighborhood.
Not for nothing, the question of participating in government-run prayers and pledges -- including standing -- was settled by the Supreme Court in 1943. In wing-nut world, that is 100 years in the future. And always will be.
<blockquote>A Border Patrol agent ... fired several shots at an armed man who later identified himself as a militia member.</blockquote> Who could <i>not</i> see that coming?
&quot;An impressive variety of uniforms was worn by the officers and men of the Union and Confederate armies and navies at the start of the war. State militias had their own, and were not issued with regular army uniforms until it became apparent that confusion on the battlefield resulted from ... the fact that opposing forces were sometimes clothed in exactly the same fabrics.&quot; ~<i>Homefront &amp; Battlefield: Quilts &amp; Context in the Civil War,</i> Madelyn Shaw, Lynne Zacek Bassett, American Textile History Museum, 2012.
The obvious answer is to issue those nice militia members with Border Patrol insignia.
And while we&#039;re at it, we can issue the immigrants with Border Patrol insignia, and maybe some of those extra guns we have lying around. That should make it all much more exciting, especially in grouse season.
So the Big Labor <a href="http:\/\/www.libertyjuice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/trumka.jpg" target="_blank">bosses</a> at Branch 47 of the International Amalgamated Brotherhood of Snark Producers have extracted a Labor Day holiday from the hard-working job creators at WonketteCo&reg;&trade; (a Cayman Islands corporation). Typical.
Plus in all the rest of the world, May 1 is Labor Day. Here&#039;s another labor <a href="https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ludlow_Massacre" target="_blank">incident</a> that for some reason is routinely left out of most history textbooks.
And all you <a href="http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2014\/09\/01\/why_white_men_hate_unions_the_south_the_new_workforce_and_the_gop_war_on_your_self_interest\/" target="_blank">white southerners </a> who hate unions so much should enjoy the holiday (and sick leave and paid vacation and safe workplaces) your union brothers got their heads bashed to secure for you.
Good news everyone! John Oliver stole our &quot;<a href="http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2014\/09\/01\/john-oliver-addresses-youtube-critics-you-are-all-brillent\/" target="_blank">Dear Shit for Brains</a>&quot; segment
Me too. Every day he was alive was a better day for working people. Here&#039;s <a href="https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=uXnJVkEX8O4" target="_blank">one</a> for Barry to watch as he listens to the neocons howling for more war.
Yes he was.
There were houses in which the kids weren&#039;t allowed to watch <i>The Simpsons?</i> I just find that really difficult to imagine. When my sister&#039;s boys were little, she practically <i><b>mandated</b></i> that they watch reruns of the show every day after school. (They didn&#039;t need much coaxing though.) Now as adults the three of them can at any moment act out entire episodes entirely from memory. They can also do the same for every episode of <i>Futurama.</i> I always regarded <i>The Simpsons</i> as being one of those shows that the whole family watched.
My nephews are all in their thirties now -- they began watching <i>The Simpsons</i> practically from the moment it was spun off into its own show. Yeah, they were <a href="http:\/\/simpsons.wikia.com\/wiki\/Cool_kid" target="_blank"><b>those</b> kids</a> in school (the ones with the skateboards, the cherry bombs, the racy comic books, etc.) and their mother was the &quot;coolest mom&quot; in the neighborhood.
Not for nothing, the question of participating in government-run prayers and pledges -- including standing -- was settled by the Supreme Court in 1943. In wing-nut world, that is 100 years in the future. And always will be.
I&#039;d make with the snark about the lesbian getting &quot;cured&quot; by her family, except it probably involved rape.
<blockquote>A Border Patrol agent ... fired several shots at an armed man who later identified himself as a militia member.</blockquote> Who could <i>not</i> see that coming?
Mama Duggar must think it should be called &quot;In Labor Day.&quot;
Wocka wocka!
&quot;An impressive variety of uniforms was worn by the officers and men of the Union and Confederate armies and navies at the start of the war. State militias had their own, and were not issued with regular army uniforms until it became apparent that confusion on the battlefield resulted from ... the fact that opposing forces were sometimes clothed in exactly the same fabrics.&quot; ~<i>Homefront &amp; Battlefield: Quilts &amp; Context in the Civil War,</i> Madelyn Shaw, Lynne Zacek Bassett, American Textile History Museum, 2012.
The obvious answer is to issue those nice militia members with Border Patrol insignia.
And while we&#039;re at it, we can issue the immigrants with Border Patrol insignia, and maybe some of those extra guns we have lying around. That should make it all much more exciting, especially in grouse season.
So the Big Labor <a href="http:\/\/www.libertyjuice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/trumka.jpg" target="_blank">bosses</a> at Branch 47 of the International Amalgamated Brotherhood of Snark Producers have extracted a Labor Day holiday from the hard-working job creators at WonketteCo&reg;&trade; (a Cayman Islands corporation). Typical.
Mrs. Duggar is on patrol today checking out all the area public bathrooms for sexual predators and transgendered individuals in the metro Fayetteville area. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.c..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/20...">http://www.washingtonpost.c...
Plus in all the rest of the world, May 1 is Labor Day. Here&#039;s another labor <a href="https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ludlow_Massacre" target="_blank">incident</a> that for some reason is routinely left out of most history textbooks.
And all you <a href="http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2014\/09\/01\/why_white_men_hate_unions_the_south_the_new_workforce_and_the_gop_war_on_your_self_interest\/" target="_blank">white southerners </a> who hate unions so much should enjoy the holiday (and sick leave and paid vacation and safe workplaces) your union brothers got their heads bashed to secure for you.
Good news everyone! John Oliver stole our &quot;<a href="http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2014\/09\/01\/john-oliver-addresses-youtube-critics-you-are-all-brillent\/" target="_blank">Dear Shit for Brains</a>&quot; segment
&quot;the idea for a general labor festival may have originated in Canada&quot;
You&#039;re welcome, neighbours!
I miss Pete.
Me too. Every day he was alive was a better day for working people. Here&#039;s <a href="https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=uXnJVkEX8O4" target="_blank">one</a> for Barry to watch as he listens to the neocons howling for more war.
If you have today off, thank a union member.
If you don&#039;t know any union members, thank a Republican.