Various and Sundry
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, [...]
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. [...]
Live blog with Pat LaMarche right now!!!
Go: Corrente is doing a live blog with Pat LaMarche, Green candidate for VP in 2004.
(Sorry, I just woke up.)
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Comment of the day
Not mine; Carmonn’s. Sisterkenney treated us all to a really spectacular display of her latent hatred for other women, and Carmonn responded with this:
Her grasp of domestic or foreign policy? Her understanding of economics? Her deep identification with women of color? Her empathy with people who are suffering under the yoke of the new [...]
It will never stop snowing
Just thought I’d say that.
Meanwhile, the White House press secretary is writing things on his hand and President Obama is holding campfire sing-alongs with Republicans. Leadership!
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Snowed in, clumping mascara edition
Look at those branches. I think that’s the effect you’re supposed to get from using powder + mascara. Thickens the lashes.
I sure hope my internet doesn’t go out.
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Snowed in!
Several inches of snow arrived at the Smoking Lounge today, as you can see from the above photo. By the way, this is a rare opportunity for you all to see Raoul in his ectoplasm form, albeit covered in snow. See those two snow drift shapes in the chairs? That’s actually Raoul [...]
Best post title on the State of the Union address
It’s from Bruce Dixon over at Black Agenda Report:
Obama State of the Union: Guns For the Pentagon, Butter For Wall Street, A Spending Freeze For You
Beautiful, innit? Kind of sums it all up. (But go read the whole post, too.)
Is anybody planning to watch the speech? I would, but I’m too busy [...]
Men’s Rights Activists on Haitian relief: men need maxi-pads too!
Tracy Clark-Flory has a good piece in Broadsheet about the special needs of women in disaster zones. Men’s Rights Activists are outraged:
Therefore, according to Clark-Flory, “women in general will be in need of ‘hygiene supplies’ …” Men and boys apparently will not need those things.
MRAs are a blight on the earth, but [...]
Arthur Silber needs help (and has some choice words about Martha Coakley)
Arthur Silber needs to scrape up a few hundred bucks to see the doctor. It sounds like he’s in an extremely bad way right now, both medically and financially. If you don’t read Arthur regularly, you should. And if you have any disposable income to spare, please consider helping him out. [...]
