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Vote for single payer
Only two more days left to make Medicare for All one of Change.org’s top ten priorities.
Change.org says:
Final round voting begins on March 1 and ends on March 12. The 10 most popular ideas will be presented to relevant members of the Obama Administration, and Change.org will subsequently mobilize its full community to support a series [...]
Christmas and New Year’s and Hanukkah
In honor of International Women’s Day, I thought it would be fun to consider what Obama hath wrought. Seeing as how he’s a Superfeminist and all. (The title of this post, for the non-cognoscenti, is an allusion to a sad and frightening piece of performance art by Naomi Wolf.1)
I’ll just quote [...]
Oh, hey, a java party…
Hey, all you third-party rebel types — check this out in the Times:
Democrats Need a Rally Monkey
By KATE ZERNIKE
“Wake Up and Stand Up.” So urges the bold motto of a seedling movement calling itself the Coffee Party, a leftish alternative to the Tea Party movement.
The Coffee Party! Jeesh, why didn’t we think of that? [...]
The best spam comment ever
Hello, people! I apologize for my inattention to the Smoking Lounge; we (by which I mean the secret feminist cabal that rules the world) are getting ready to launch our new thingy. Hopefully tomorrow. Yeah, I know it was gonna be a few weeks ago, but talk to the hand.
In the meantime, [...]
“And now, the always enjoyable giant inflatable beaver”
The immortal Bob Costas makes the call.
The closing ceremonies in Vancouver were even more hilariously weird than the opening ceremonies. I’m officially in love with Canada.
Can you imagine the Soviets Russians doing something like that? Don’t get me wrong; I revere Russian culture. But the Sochi preview show was fucking terrifying. [...]
Olympics final weekend: open thread
I’m here, I’m at my computer, but I’m extremely busy. So no post; just this lousy open thread.
The figure skating has been absolutely glorious this year. Kim Yu-Na is God. Virtue and Moir are the King and Queen of the Universe. Johnny Weir is the Grand Duke of Cool. [...]
I can’t wait
Only a few more hours until the ice dancing! Tonight, in the original dance competition, reigning world champions Domnina and Shabalin will perform their Sensitive and Respectful Tribute to Brown People.
The figure skating has been truly delicious this year. I’m glad Evan Lysacek beat Lord Plushenko, though I would have preferred [...]
Day 4 of the Mop ‘n Glo preliminary rounds
Here’s my problem with curling (okay, one of my problems with curling): I don’t believe it. I don’t think it’s true. The people with the Swiffer mops, furiously scrubbing in front of the rock? Bullshit. I don’t think they’re accomplishing anything.
Think about it. Curling is basically bowling on ice. [...]
Why I love the Winter Olympics
They’re fast. Everything at the Winter Olympics is fast — except the curling, which proceeds at a normal, floor-waxing, houseworky kinda pace. But other than the curling, everything is fast. People ski, skate, and slide at superhuman speeds.
The Summer Olympics, on the other hand, is just sweaty people running. [...]
I hate NBC
Today, Lindsey Vonn won the women’s downhill. Gold medal for Vonn, with her teammate Julie Mancuso taking silver. It was thrilling, or at least I think it was. I wasn’t able to watch it. You know why? Because NBC didn’t want me to watch it. Not live, anyway. [...]
