It was brought to our attention that in the course of trying to filet Peggy Noonan for being a shameless hack lacking the critical thinking skills God gave a flounder, we said Ronald Reagan was using proceeds from arms sales to Iran to fund South American death squads. Actually the money from the sales went to the contras in Nicaragua, which is in Central America. Also, death squads are generally thought of as government-backed entities, and the contras were a rebel insurgency, though they did their share of death squad-like activities (murder, rape, pillage, and more rape). Nonetheless, yr Wonkette prides itself on accuracy and thus we regret the error.
I'd like to see someone connect the next dots - Contra "freedom fighters" to Hezbullah (sp?) to the unnecessary deaths of 241 US Marines in Lebanon.
"The headline of this same piece referenced Peggy Noonan drinking bourbon. Our commenters immediately pointed out that Pegs seems more like the gin type."
Do we really need to debate what kind of alcohol Dame Peggingtonshire imbibes? I think it's pretty obvious it's whatever a Mexican (she saw one once, you know) delivery man brings from the liquor store that day. She likes to be surprised.
I remember the Gary Webb investigative series in the San Jose Mercury News. The most disturbing part was the collective yawn from all the Reagan worshipers at the time
One time many years ago I was playing a game of Scrabble with a co-worker while we waited for our shift to end. It was late in the game and my holder was still full, containing the letters S-E-N-U-S-I-R. My opponent was way ahead of me on points and had almost cleared her holder of letters. Nearly all of the spare letters in the box had been drawn and played. I was facing certain defeat and when it was my turn, my opponent asked if I wanted to concede, since there was no way that I could win at that point. I looked at the board and noticed that there was one word that extended vertically down into a fairly empty part of the board. The word was "TURNIP." There were plenty of empty spaces on either side of it. In row that contained the "R" I added my letters "I, N, S, U" before the "R" and then added my letters "E, R, S" after it, to spell the word INSURERS. The word didn't come close to making up the points gap between me and my opponent, but because I had used up every letter in my rack, I won. It was the only Scrabble game that I ever won.
I'd like to see someone connect the next dots - Contra "freedom fighters" to Hezbullah (sp?) to the unnecessary deaths of 241 US Marines in Lebanon.
"The headline of this same piece referenced Peggy Noonan drinking bourbon. Our commenters immediately pointed out that Pegs seems more like the gin type."
I was going with vodka.
At 9:30.
AM.
Do we really need to debate what kind of alcohol Dame Peggingtonshire imbibes? I think it's pretty obvious it's whatever a Mexican (she saw one once, you know) delivery man brings from the liquor store that day. She likes to be surprised.
Was the second prize TWO copies? Marines do have a sense of humor. I'm told.
or Fawn Liebowitz
I remember the Gary Webb investigative series in the San Jose Mercury News. The most disturbing part was the collective yawn from all the Reagan worshipers at the time
If you’re going to insist on being accurate no self-respecting wing nut is going to pay attention.
<a href="http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=XA8PXbTb7OQ" target="_blank">I&#039;m sorry</a>
A drink named for Frenchie royals?!!!!
One time many years ago I was playing a game of Scrabble with a co-worker while we waited for our shift to end. It was late in the game and my holder was still full, containing the letters S-E-N-U-S-I-R. My opponent was way ahead of me on points and had almost cleared her holder of letters. Nearly all of the spare letters in the box had been drawn and played. I was facing certain defeat and when it was my turn, my opponent asked if I wanted to concede, since there was no way that I could win at that point. I looked at the board and noticed that there was one word that extended vertically down into a fairly empty part of the board. The word was &quot;TURNIP.&quot; There were plenty of empty spaces on either side of it. In row that contained the &quot;R&quot; I added my letters &quot;I, N, S, U&quot; before the &quot;R&quot; and then added my letters &quot;E, R, S&quot; after it, to spell the word INSURERS. The word didn&#039;t come close to making up the points gap between me and my opponent, but because I had used up every letter in my rack, I won. It was the only Scrabble game that I ever won.
Oh dear lord. I actually watched that. What a fucking asshole.