If we can get an advance copy of this into Glenn Reynolds’ hands, he may just put it on an endless loop and NEVER BLOG AGAIN:
Actually, this is a documentary short about a guy who’s making a stop-action robot porno. The full-length feature film won’t be available for some years to come, if ever. But as one reviewer noted, “A robot horse getting buttf*cked? That’s relevant to ALL MY INTERESTS!”
There’s plenty of teh funneh in just the little clip above, too – particularly when he pauses for a moment after picking up one of his creations, then just bluntly states its purpose.
Jaffner, I told my youngest son today that he needed to grow out of his flatulent sense of humor, but I must admit that this blog of yours brings out the puerile in me.
Because this just makes me laugh…
It gets worse, folks — choad is a top winner, toe-sucking sisters are prominent, and giant walking penis makes an appearance. What was the person searching for “sister smells like ashtray” hoping to find? Surely the mom Googling Fraggle Rock birthday cakes was in for a surprise.
When you are courting the votes of homophobes while battling rumors of your own homosexuality, corndogs probably aren't the best option on the menu for you
Alternate porn-y title: “Rick Perry gives his all as he wrestles a giant foot-long into submission.”
You gotta admit, he looks like he really knows his way around that thing.
Everyone has covered this already but I’d just like to add to the chorus of those cheering for a job well done. Here’s hoping that other states will soon follow suit. Who knows, Arkansas might even get there in another 10 years or so.
In tribute, thought I’d post one of my favorite scenes from Angels in America. We watched it at the beach (though I fear Beth might have preferred to spend those nights playing Scrabble, as much as she enjoyed it) and I was reminded once again of this one particular line, which may be for me the most moving line from anything I’ve ever seen. It comes at about 3:40 into the clip, and it’s spoken by the 18th-century prior Prior:
Isn’t that great? There’s something about that line that’s just so…ineffably sad. For me, I get the same feeling from it that I get from those Nat Geo specials detailing how the earth, solar system, and sun will die. You know, just a very sad feeling that everything that is and has been will be gone without a trace, with no one to remember it all. Kind of the ultimate nostalgia. Sure, it’s billions of years away, but it is sad-making to ponder.
That line isn’t why I chose the clip, though. I picked this one because I like it best – love the ghosts of the prior Priors, and also, there’s something so very 80′s feeling about the whole dance scene, and I thought it was interesting for that reason given what just happened in New York. Kind of gets you casting your mind back to where things were then as opposed to now. What a long, long way things have come in 25 years.
Now, I’m gonna get up on my soapbox about something that’s bugging me. Friday night, immediately following the news of the vote, Rachel Maddow added “President Obama doesn’t agree with what New York just did.” And on his show, Bill Maher was talking about how Obama isn’t as progressive as the majority of Americans on this issue, since recent polls show support for legalizing same-sex marriage at around 53%.
This is unhelpful. First of all, Rachel Maddow is damn well politically savvy enough to know that, had Obama’s position during the campaign been for the M word rather than civil unions, he might well have lost Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Indiana, Colorado and probably several more. Because he did win those states, we now have a repeal of DADT and a justice department that opted not to defend DOMA. Furthermore, he has done nothing to discourage states from taking action to legalize same-sex marriage, and he has not publicly spoken out against same-sex marriage other than saying “I don’t support it, I support civil unions” during the campaign (and perhaps he’s said it since, but still…). So I find the “the president does not agree with what New York just did” to be kind of a low blow, actually, and really inappropriate to the joy of the moment. Ms. Maddow, I am surprised – mostly because I don’t think that you, yourself, really believe that President Obama opposes same-sex marriage.
Then we’ve got Bill Maher knocking him because he’s still not made a statement in support even though a majority of people polled said they were in favor. Again, Bill Maher is savvy enough to know better. 53% is a majority, true, but it’s not a huge one, and we know that young people are overwhelmingly more supportive of marriage equality than older people are. We also know that some areas of the country are much more progressive in their attitudes – the northeast, the west coast – so you have to figure that these are big factors in finally pushing sentiment over the hump into majority approval.
The problem is, young people often don’t vote. So while they might think it was really awesome to hear the president say he supports marriage equality, if his saying so turns some older voters off, it’s a net loss of votes. Also, you can’t win the presidency with just the northeast and the west coast. Obama is going to have to be able to pick up a few states in other, more socially-conservative regions to win re-election. Just hearing Obama say he’s supportive won’t in and of itself change anything vis-a-vis marriage equality – but it could cost him a state or two, enough to throw the election.
If I was Rachel Maddow, I’m sure I would be offended by not having the vocal support of the president, and gays and lesbians have been told “we just have to wait a little longer” for at least the last 20 years. It has, I’m sure, become very old.
But if the choice is between having the warm & fuzzies because the president said something you wanted to hear him say, and things like DADT repeal, non-defense of DOMA, and steady progress, unmolested by the feds, in the states, the latter is a damn sight better than having a president who wants to propose constitutional amendments spelling out second-class citizenship for our gay and lesbian brethren.
I think Obama should have his feet held to the fire on this, but not until after the election. He’s delivered some of the goods already, but we have to be mindful of political realities. Does anyone on the left really believe that Obama opposes marriage equality? Because I don’t. I think it’s political expediency when he says otherwise, and though I’m not a huge fan of political expediency, it exists because sometimes it’s both helpful and needed. Besides, I’m not sure exactly what he, alone as president, can accomplish on this issue. Not much, I fear. As such, I can’t see the point in demanding that he say what we’d like to hear, particularly if it allows someone from the Clown Car Party to win in 2012.
Someone, somewhere, posted a link to this video in comments on one of the blogs I read sometime in the last couple of weeks. Sorry I can’t remember who it was to give proper credit:
Following links from the video, I found this most excellent website, which looks like it was abandoned some months ago. Still lots of snarky goodness there, though.
Back in my day, we didn’t HAVE the ShoutyFace or Twitter, and these folks were known as “posers” (or “poseurs,” which was the poser term for “poser.”)
Seriously, I’m not making this up. He specifically cites ACORN and the Congressional Black & Hispanic Caucuses, and throws in Barney Frank for good measure.
All of this has been debunked already, so I’m not going to painstakingly go through and debunk it again – you should go read it for yourself. But before you do, here are the facts you need to know:
1. Bobo’s lying about the timeline, blaming the housing meltdown on affordable housing policies adopted in the 1990s, none of which stipulated that Fannie Mae was required to pick up more sub-prime loans. In fact, at the height of the subprime lending orgy, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s overall share of sub-prime loans sold into the secondary mortgage market decreased by 50%.
2. Bobo’s gratuitous swipe at Frank is in reference to a former partner of Frank’s, Herb Moses, who was an executive at Fannie Mae from 1991 – 1998, the year the two amicably separated…well before Fannie Mae became entangled in the subprime meltdown. But, having already checked the boxes for “poor” and ”brown”, I guess Bobo figured he should check the box for “gay” as well, to make sure all the usual suspects were demonized.
3. At the height of subprime lending in 2006, private lenders issued 84% of the subprime loans. That’s individual loans, not dollar amount. Keep in mind that low-income borrowers take out much smaller loans, and are the borrowers most likely to be offered a subprime loan (again, thanks to having lower incomes). In that same year, 83% of subprime loans to low and moderate income buyers were made by private lenders.
4. Is it reasonable to blame the meltdown of the entire financial system on 16 or 17% of the lending activity (actually less than that in dollar terms – see #3 above) in the housing market? No. No, it isn’t. And in fact, those subprime loans that were securitized by Fannie and Freddie – and keep in mind, we’re only talking about 1/6th of them - have featured default rates less than half of the default rate of subprime mortgages issued by private lenders.
Again, Bobo knows all this. He’s not a stupid man; he’s a huge prick. I’m just pointing out for the umpteenth time that he’s a lying sack of shit because I have some friends who still cling to a belief that he’s a reasonable person. I guess that’s possible, if you consider it “reasonable” to pull things out of your ass to support whatever bigoted or reactionary point of view you want to reinforce. Personally, I don’t think it’s reasonable to cling to and defend ideas that can’t be defended without lying.
If Brooks keeps this up, they’re going to have to build a bigger Dickipedia.
After standing tall and firm for over 2 weeks against withering scrutiny and ridicule, Weiner softened in his resolve and today announced that he is withdrawing. Impotent to control the narrative, and naked and defenseless against continuing revelations, Weiner’s desire to deliver for his constituents went flaccid. Looking diminished and unable to stand erect and addressing the gathering throbbing in anticipation, Weiner offered a turgid, wooden statement but shrank from answering questions, even in the face of ejaculations from the audience. Weiner had strained against the confining position in which he’d found himself recently; this announcement will allow him full release.
There’s little doubt that Weiner will be missed around the House. Well known for his ability to stand up to opposition and pound his points home relentlessly, Weiner drove a hard bargain and was stiff in support of his principles. His cockiness often created friction, decried by his detractors but a source of pleasure for his supporters.
There is little doubt that Weiner is sore from the rough treatment he has received of late from both factions, feeling himself rudely used by his own party and unfairly poked and prodded by both parties and the media; though in fairness, it must be pointed out that Weiner blew it through his own actions. Trying to get the problem in hand eluded him from the beginning as he was unable to stroke outrage into submission. As opinion swelled against him, his resolve to stand firm deflated, leading to the inevitable climax. Today’s announcement reflects a premature end to Weiner’s promising start - once assumed to have a happy ending - and hopefully, the end of juvenile weiner wiener jokes for some time to come.
Update: extensive edits due to stunning failure to take advantage of some quite obvious opportunities in initial draft.
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