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May 06, 2008 -- 7:51 PM
posted by Par
I've been trying to stay away from talking about US politics (even though I may be reading too much of it for my own good), but this is just nutty:
It was in Crown Point, Indiana, that [Hillary Clinton] drank beer and a whisky shot for the cameras some weeks ago. Now she favours sports metaphors of varying quality—“We're going to knock balls out of the country's park,†she says, standing in a minor-league baseball stadium, “for the home team, which is Americaâ€â€”and speaks about working in her father's fabric-printing shop as a child.
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She reworked Martin Niemöller's poem about the Holocaust to lament jobs lost to trade: “They came for the steel companies and nobody said anything. They came for the auto companies and nobody said anything.â€
I mean, the baseball metaphor is clumsy and overworked, and that should be bad enough. But job losses = Holocaust? Somebody stop this pandering machine.
May 05, 2008 -- 9:41 AM
posted by Tonestar Runner
So folks, as you all know, Al and I are getting set for the big Croatia trip coming up soon. If there's anyone else out there wishing to join us, let us know so we can plan accordingly. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
Also, if you want a postcard from our trip, send me an e-mail and I'll add you to the list.
May 04, 2008 -- 8:12 PM
posted by Par
Can't a guy be stunned into silence without being antagonized??
And damning me to hell? Very original. If only there were a website devoted to that...
May 04, 2008 -- 5:00 PM
posted by Lisac
Thanks for the kind words Al, obviously the rest of you assholes don't care about Jess and I, and the well-being of our dog.
Go to hell, all of you. Except Al.
May 02, 2008 -- 6:36 PM
posted by Lisac
Some of you probably haven't heard about C.M. Disease. I, personally, was shocked to find out that our own dog Ginny was suffering from it. Sadly, I had to find out over YouTube.
May 01, 2008 -- 4:36 PM
posted by Par
Couple more things from Metafilter.
Homer Simpson, as drawn using purely text and CSS. You won't really believe it, so it's been animated. (Also, Dubya. I love the quote at the end: "So, why did I spent dozens of hours in such a pointless task? …no comment.")
And Facebook in real life:
