All Posts by MrOink

Wow — until I saw this quote, I didn’t understand just how much of a Bush-clone Palin is: “We must not, Charlie, blink, Charlie, because, Charlie, as I’ve said, Charlie, before, John McCain has said, Charlie, that — and remember here, Charlie, we’re talking about John McCain, Charlie, who, Charlie, is John McCain and...
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Will the financial system crash tomorrow? Will the stock market? We’re about to find out. Lehman Brothers went bankrupt today (Sunday). AIG will go under mid-week. Merrill Lynch has just sold itself to Bank of America to stave off failure. Washington Mutual, the country’s largest savings and loan, is teetering on the edge of...
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(Yes, this is really Sarah Palin) John McCain could’ve chosen any number of well-qualified women as potential vice president. So, um, what the hell? He chose Miss. Wasilla 1984 Sarah Palin? Does it ever strike you that republicans try to pick underqualified women as a way of trying to make people believe women aren’t...
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Today I had two donuts and a hotdog for breakfast; not good. That said, I felt better after the guy behind me at the 7-11 bought two Heinikens and peanut M & M’s.
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Wow — great speech there by Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention. But let’s talk about what was really important: her orange suit.  What do ya’ll think? All orange. Orange suit, orange blouse, even amber jewelry. Somehow it looked good. Somehow she pulled it off. Maybe it was the blue backdrop.
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With a single swift kick to God’s nuts, Florida just starting requiring teachers to lie (see this). Yes, our Lord Jesus Christ is sprawled on the floor groaning tonight as Florida has enacted a policy requiring teachers to teach evolution (hereinafter “big fucking lie”) to our children. I’ve had enough. I’m moving my family...
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By the way, yes, I am aware that I’m not supposed to put quotation marks around text that has been offset with smaller margins. I know this, but I choose to take risks and disregard the rules. I am a risktaker. I’m also aware that you might argue that risktaker is actually two words....
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This from Gail Collins‘ latest Op-Ed in The New York Times: “The vast majority of the scientific community believes that the Large Hadron will not lead to the destruction of all life as we know it. Or at least as Greg Landsberg, a physicist from Brown University, was quoted as saying, the chances are...
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At the risk of overkill with Khaled … But just listen once! Once! You’ll never stop. I present Didi. I almost posted this clip. I can’t keep it together if I watch it, so you go ahead. And if you needed any more proof that he may be God, check out this. So, I...
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Khaled is truly “the King of Algerian Raï.” But why hadn’t anyone told me about him before the other day. I feel hurt about this. All those concerts for all of these years, and now Khaled is like 50 and I haven’t met him or anything. Better now then never, I guess.
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