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Plan 9 Parry?

Tild — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:25:11 +0000

Oh yes, we still be vamping. It's gonna be a long summer.

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Emo Senator Mike “Tor” Parry appears to have a real future in low-budget horror/sci-fi movies whenever his current low-budget horror/sci-fi gig is over.

My Sweet Draz … of Villainous Undead Chocolateyness

Tild — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:25:34 +0000

For your Easter week reading enjoyment:

Defanging CP’s Villain of the Year: the Chocolate Drazombie Easter Bunny

Darth Emmer finds your lack of taking-him-seriously disturbing

Tild — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:17:05 +0000

Notice several things with reconciliation. First, assume during reconciliation that Emmer and Dayton are close in votes statewide and therefore removal of ballots would produce a rough equivalent for each of them. In this scenario for every 100 ballots removed 50 belong to Dayton and 45 to Emmer. This is a net gain of 5 for Emmer. This would require 175,400 ballots to be removed from the state. This is 175,400 phantom or overvotes. An improbable number.

–Hamline University Professor David Schultz in Do the Math: Part II (Emmer’s Strategy)

Meanwhile, at Bluestem Prairie:

Vote Wars: emboldened by praise of sportsmanship, Emmer campaign launches frivolous ballot challenges

Pass the popcorn!

Gearing Up For 2012

Tild — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:40:38 +0000

Outrage, Misguided –Noam Chomsky on not mocking the Tea Party for their outrage. There’s plenty of outrage to go around, and all of it justified.

Tea Party Politics and the Dixiecrats of 1948

Will the first act of the new House be to plunge the global economy into oblivion?

Incoming Speaker Boehner throws an elbow to rep. Michele Bachmann. Is the House GOP fracturing already?

Amanda Marcotte, at Slate, explains why Sharron Angle and other Mama Grizzlies lost

The Phantom Left

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Democracy For Sale

Tild — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:17:30 +0000

A roundup of links to the best posts I’ve read in the past couple of days:

Democracy for Sale

Preachers and Pagans

How Radical Christian Conservatives May Succeed in Destroying Democracy

Chamber of Commerce Gets $$ From Big Offshoring Corps

Conservatives Push Absurd Lie that Wall Street Hustlers Were Innocent Victims … of Poor People

In the U.S., No True Fiscal Conservatives

A Generation of Termites

Cold Case File: Who Shot Down A 70-Year-Old Attack On Social Security?

Different names, same brand

Tild — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:30:08 +0000

Also seen at Firedoglake, to illustrate Phoenix Woman’s post:

It’s Peak Nutbar Time for the Minnesota GOP

And at MnPublius, with the perfect caption:

“Sometimes you feel like a nut… sometimes you REALLY feel like a nut”

Heh, indeedly-doodly.

Hey, America: Republicans Think You’re Stupid

Tild — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:03:24 +0000

They not only think Americans are stupid — they’re counting on it.

The Big Republican Lie on Tax Cuts

A Pledge To 1% Of America

The Undeserving Rich

Xenophobia and Racism in Pursuit of Social Security Cuts

Corporations still hoarding cash instead of creating jobs

Executive Excess

The Cash Cow of Anonymity

Washington At Work — For The Wealthy

Agent Orange Boehner to visit Minnesota

Tild — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:36:10 +0000

It’s not easy being orange: John Boehner to stump for Hayfield Republican Randy Demmer

The Boehnertone family: beachball-wielding tyke Pat Anderson; mommy dearest Michele Bachmann; papa John “Agent Orange” Boehner; and Randy Demmer as “the Boehver”

Tom Emmer deserves your income more than you do

Tild — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:11:18 +0000

It’s getting to be old news by this point (altho this story does have legs) so here are just the highlights/lowlights from the past few days:

Emmer: Food Service Workers Make Too Much Money

Tom Emmer, the minimum wage and political patronage

Myth list: Unicorns, Bigfoot, rich waiters

Restaurant owner outs Emmer as a liar

Emmer: Cutting Wages of Tipped Employees Doesn’t Cut Their Wages

Are Tips Really a Jobs Issue?

Emmer racks up complaints against opponents

Thanks, comrade Emmer. Now I understand.

El Banco de MNGOP

Tild — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:18:06 +0000

El Banco de MNGOP ”In Sutton We Trust”

Phoenix Woman on the never-ending hypocrisy of Minnesota’s GOP:

Coming this summer: No Justice? No Tacos II!