Monthly Archive for November, 2007

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Jake
on November 30, 2007
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Tom Toles has grande cajones. (via Matt)


Is this racist? Uh yeah.

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Jake
on November 30, 2007
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Via Oliver comes the lovely tale of Arkansas state Sen. Denny Altes who wrote the following in an email that has been made public:

“We are where we were with the black folks after the Revolutionary War, we can’t send them back and the more we (anger them) the worse it will be in the future…. Sure we are being overrun but we are being outpopulated by the blacks also.”

Hmm. Pretty easy call there, sounds racist to me and, I would hope, to you as well. Of course Mr. Altes disagrees, saying he’s sorry if he “offended” anyone but agree to disagree I guess or something like that. As Oliver says, its a wonder the GOP doesn’t get a larger percentage of the black vote with people like Altes around.


A pathetic 2%

Published
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Jake
on November 30, 2007
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Via Jason, the NY Times gets into the end of the year spirit by putting out their list of the “100 Notable Books of 2007″. Despite the fact that I consider myself an avid reader, I have embaressingly only read 2 books on the list:

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. By J.?K. Rowling
THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION. By Michael Chabon

In my defense, some of the books that the NY Times considers “notable” are crap but even still, I’d have thought I would have read more then just that. I bet my Dad’s got 50 or so crossed off, I’ll have to ask him. Also, unlike Jason, I can’t claim having a child as an excuse either. Oh well, I’ll do better next year.


Carson Daly is a loser

Published
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Jake
on November 30, 2007
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Carson Daly, you are a loser. Why on earth would you cross the picket lines? If anyone in the world needs writers its this guy, his show sucks. If you too would like to be an idiot you can help Carson come up with jokes for his pathetic show that no one watches in the first place. No seriously, the guy’s soliciting for jokes. Pathetic.


Published
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Jake
on November 29, 2007
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The YearlyKos convention will now be known as Netroots Nation and will be in Austin, Texas next year. (via Kevin)


Blog comment of the year

Published
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Jake
on November 28, 2007
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From a post on the Washington City Paper’s blog City Desk comes this great comment by Arlene Stuff:

I’m always frankly startled that the Washington City Paper, which presumably goes by the same ethics and standards of most newspapers, would allow a writer to comment in such a way.

Jason, here is how your comments read: Hi. I’m 24 years old and because I have a degree in communications from UVA, I know what I’m doing. I’m a little perturbed that the only job I could get out of college was at the local city paper writing inane blog posts. And even though it was really hard to put that down on my Facebook profile I make up for it with all the pictures I post of me getting wasted with (not really) hot chicks. Also, I have very large testicles.

And I’m going to guess that you’re going to retort back that YOU DON’T HAVE TIME FOR STUPID SOCIAL NETWORKING CRAP. GOD. We think we know you but we don’t know shit!

Some background on this lame blog-fight here.


Published
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Jake
on November 27, 2007
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I don’t care what they do to it, the thought of drinking processed sewage water will always be gross to me.


RIP Sean Taylor

Published
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Jake
on November 27, 2007
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RIP Sean Taylor

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Sean Taylor passed away early this morning in a hospital in Miami. Not much to say really. My heartfelt condolences to his girlfriend, his one-year-old daughter, and the rest of his family. He will be missed. Wore his jersey to work today.

(image via DC Pro Sports Report)


Published
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Jake
on November 26, 2007
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The Vallywag headline says it all: “The nerdiest tattoos you will ever see“. Dudes got an “iGoogle” logo on one arm and a Windows XP logo on the other. I’m not in the best position to judge other people’s tattoos….but come on now.


Latest on Taylor

Published
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Jake
on November 26, 2007
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Still all sorts of rumors/news flying around about Sean. Hearing he went through 6 hours of surgery and is now in a coma. Apparently the bullet passed near, or might have hit, his femoral artery and he lost alot of blood. Best place for updates by far is WaPo Skins beat writer Jason LaConfora’s Redskins Insider.

Previously.