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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 05:51 PM

Whew...

Good thing the PC police nailed that quickly.

Clearly the author was 100% serious.

Saturday, July 5, 2008 11:54 PM

"Does anyone at Salon practice journalism anymore?"

If they practiced, they might have gotten good at it by now.

Monday, July 7, 2008 12:27 AM
Original article: Barack by the books

"campaign finance reform (Obama's for it, "

Obama WAS for it, until he bailed on the pubic financing deal. And maybe he'll be for it again, if it's convenient; and depending on how the question is asked and who's asking.

I no longer actually believe any statement about what he says he believes or what positions he says he'll take. All that matters is that he not be a raging hothead warmonger like McCain and that enough pressure is somehow brought to bear to make him act something like a Democrat.

Monday, July 7, 2008 02:13 PM

Good riddance...

Though I can't imagine why the Devil would take that vile, poisonous toad back. Oh, well; there goes the neighborhood....

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 07:38 PM

What do you call someone who speaks only one language?

An American.

Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:37 PM

Stay there!

Good God, California's already full! Another east-coaster, one who doesn't even want to be here? No Thank You. You'd do nothing but complain; you aren't even here and you're complaining already! Stay there, we don't like you either. Thanks!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 01:18 AM
Original article: Rush Limbaugh was right

"Americans, in their cosmic stupidity, cannot distinguish between satire and smear"

Yep.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 05:59 PM

Buttwiper or Butt Wipe?

Thank God (and Fritz Maytag) for Anchor Steam.

Delicious, and usually less than twice the price of the King of Pisswater.

Monday, July 21, 2008 10:05 AM
Original article: Why I hate summer

"the cheap bastard I live with won't pay for it"

You can't buy an air conditioner yourself? Under $100!

Maybe you could write an article complaining about the cheap bastard, that might net you $67.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:47 AM
Original article: The veil vs. French values

"But is that not my right?"

It may be her right to dress and do as she chooses, or perhaps as she has been subtly trained to choose; but it is an earned privilege to become a citizen of a particular country.

This woman decided, upon moving to France, to behave in a clearly non-French fashion. She went out of her way to set herself apart from the French, and does not participate in French society in any meaningful way.

They aren't deporting her, only acknowledging the fact that she just isn't French.

Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:09 AM

Actually...

"Which U.S. presidential candidate is better for this country?" (Israel, that is) is not in itself very intriguing at all. After all, people around the world wonder about how the next administration's policies will affect them. The problem is that that question gets asked seriously by the MSM and those in power here in the US. It has been clearly established that any nationally known American politician who does not kiss Israel's ass enough to satisfy AIPAC will be banished to the political wilderness. So the question is "Which U.S. presidential candidate will pander more to Israel's perceived interests?" Since Israel is a country about the size of Switzerland, I personally would like to care about our relations with Israel not much more than I care about US relations with Switzerland.

Unfortunately, our dealings with Israel are basically a vast ongoing financial drain with the 'benefit' of making relations with the countries that have the oil we want MUCH more antagonistic and dangerous, so I am in fact much more concerned than I am about the very easy to get along with Swiss.

Anyway - personally, I think we should cut 'aid' to Israel completely. And it's not just a question of "they can't play nice with the neighbors, no allowance." They are not a poor country, we simply shouldn't be giving them our money! The cover story about Israel being the middle east's only democracy blah blah blah staunch ally etc. etc. is bogus. We don't have to give our actual legitimate allies huge sums of money so they'll be our friend, and being a 'democracy' has never really been a requirement to be our client state. How much do the British spy on us? And when was the last time the brits tried to sink one of our ships? (USS Liberty, anyone?)

Israel is high maintenance, takes our money, steals our stuff, picks fights with the obnoxious neighbors, and has way too much influence over our decision making processes. How did we get into this dysfunctional relationship?? Switzerland is so well behaved, pretty, and rich too... sigh.

Thursday, July 24, 2008 09:43 PM
Original article: Erica Kane is my guru

Those who can, do...

Those who can't do, teach...

Perhaps a job in administration awaits....?

Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:00 PM

More power plants!

I have one on my roof...

It seems to work especially well when demand is peaking and prices are highest. Funny how that works out.

Friday, August 1, 2008 04:04 PM

German composter?

Typo or dead composer joke?

I can just imagine him 6 feet under, gradually erasing his life's work. I'm sure he'd be done by now.

Friday, August 1, 2008 04:30 PM

OK, they fixed it....

One of the funnier typos I've seen in a while, though.

Saturday, August 9, 2008 02:49 PM
Original article: War erupts in the Caucasus

Dave Satan...?

What is WRONG with you anyway?

Can you please take your meds and crawl back under your rock?

Monday, August 11, 2008 12:52 AM

Blue Velvet, 1986

I recall the quote "Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!" bouncing around parties and such for years after that.

That would be the root of PBR's alleged hipness as far as I can tell. Sorry hipsters, I'm inclined to give Hollywood credit. Or David Lynch at least.

Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:23 PM
Original article: My marriage was a mistake

I was sympathetic at first...

but the more I read, the less I sympathized. When I got to "I want to sell our house and live my own life with the money that I make.", that was it. The phrase "what a bitch" immediately popped into my head.

"I want to sell our house and live my own life with the money that I make."

Oh really? Well isn't that special. Not only do you want to ditch the poor guy, but you want to sell the house out from under him? How evenly have the costs of this house been split thus far, 50/50? With the real estate market like it is, how much of a loss will there be if you sell now? Will that loss be split 50/50? Or will you absorb any loss resulting from the ill-timed sale you want to force? No? So on top of the wicked heartbreak, you're OK with this costing him $91,000 or $29,000 or $118,000 or whatever financial hit he's going to be forced to swallow?

If you gotta leave, then leave. But don't throw his life into turmoil any more than necessary. It's bad enough as it is. Please prove my gut reaction wrong.

And don't get married again until you know yourself MUCH BETTER than you apparently did going into this marriage.

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