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27 Oct 2009  |  monkeyball  |The Grill
  1. Jason Giambi … tired act?

    Giambi wasn’t a huge fan of A’s manager Bob Geren and was a major influence in a clubhouse full of young players

  2. Grady Fuson needs a job
  3. Cross the Mets off the list of Bradley suitors. I’m still going to keep advocating trading Chavez for Milton until someone responds …
  4. Nate Silver: monkeyball was right about the fight for the public option
  5. This seems to me to be symptomatic of the head-in-the-clouds theoretical economist not really understanding how the world actually works outside of middle-to-upper-class white collar/academic sectors
  6. Nature (in particular, grass roots) abhors a Newt
  7. Uh. Wow.

  8. I presume this was part of a futile effort to find his ass:

    a big outing has been to a Dallas hardware store for flashlights

  9. “Silver Chalice”?
  10. Uh-huh. And the examples of the partisan/party (not ideological) press on the left would be …
  11. Nothing objectionable here

56 thoughts on “A vile and vulgar man whose behavior brings shame to Central Florida on a near-daily basis: DLD 102709”

  1. monkeyball Oct 27,2009 11:18 am

    Ah, I really do love Glenn Kenny:

    I was rather reminded of the half-fake tantrums that singer David Thomas throws during Pere Ubu sets. The thing is that said tantrums are punctuated and/or buttressed by genuinely visionary, kick-ass rock and roll. This is what some people call a dialectic. In any case, Carol doesn’t have the rest of Pere Ubu backing him up, just these other neurotic feathery simps.

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    • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 11:19 am || Up

      And:

      I swear I laughed more during Tarkovsky’ Stalker than at this film.

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  2. monkeyball Oct 27,2009 11:48 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 27,2009 11:56 am || Up

      Yes, drunken college students + cannons = page views.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  3. monkeyball Oct 27,2009 11:52 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  4. nevermoor Oct 27,2009 12:02 pm
    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • andeux Oct 27,2009 12:07 pm || Up

      Christ, what an asshole.

      TINSTAAFK
      • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 3:14 pm || Up

        Christ, what a pass cloture.

        I asked him to square his rationale with the experts consensus, but he was undeterred. “Well all the history we have of health entitlement programs, including the two big ones that I dearly support, Medicare and Medicaid, is that they end up costing more than we’re prepared to pay, and they add to the debt, and then they add to the burden on taxpayers.”

        1. That first sentence is just fantastic.
        2. Two big programs (I almost wrote “problems”; heh) he “supports” … cost more than we’re prepared to pay? And … isn’t it intrinsic to the very nature of any government program (such as, I dunno, say … the fucking U.S. Senate?) that it add to the burden on taxpayers? TINSTAAFGP

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        • nevermoor Oct 27,2009 6:32 pm || Up

          Of course, the public option is a FUCKING COST REDUCING mechanism. Other things cost money by their nature. It saves money by their nature.

          But please, lets be “fiscally responsible” by whining that the bill” does too much.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • JediLeroy Oct 27,2009 7:02 pm || Up

            So, tell me how you really feel.

            az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
    • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 12:07 pm || Up

      Fixed

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      • nevermoor Oct 27,2009 12:17 pm || Up

        I disagree with your edit. CT is the state that elected him, thinking he was basically a Democrat because, you know, he said that’s what he was.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 12:22 pm || Up

          because, you know, he Obama and Harry Reid came to Connecticut and said that’s what he was

          Fixed

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        • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 27,2009 12:23 pm || Up

          Joe Lieberman is vile enough to bring shame on both his state and the party. On the latter, the D’s had the chance to boot him out of their caucus after November, but chose accomodation instead. Which I guess proves the party has no shame, rendering your contention moot.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • andeux Oct 27,2009 12:26 pm || Up

          CT (re-)elected him for the same reasons that incumbents usually get re-elected – name recognition, a big war chest, seniority that allows him to bring home pork for his home state, and, in this case, a significant amount of support among voters of the opposite party (recall that he lost the Democratic primary).

          TINSTAAFK
          • nevermoor Oct 27,2009 12:39 pm || Up

            Right, He got enough Dem votes away from the Dem candidate by promising a lot of things he then failed to do (campaign for Obama, vote as a Dem, etc)

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • andeux Oct 27,2009 1:21 pm || Up

              He got 33% of the Democratic vote in the general election. And, sure, some of those were people who failed to foresee how he would act in the future, and maybe that should have already been apparent to them.

              But after all that, he was allowed to caucus with the Democrats and keep his seniority and his plum committee appointments. Presumably because Reid et al. think they need his vote for cloture on important issues. But – surprise! – they still can’t get it. Fool me twice … can’t get fooled again.

              Someone needs to tell Harry to dump him, because he’s getting nothing out of this abusive relationship.

              TINSTAAFK
              • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 1:23 pm || Up

                Personally, I’m all for the dump-Reid-in-favor-of-Schumer movement:

                The guy may be a whore for AIPAC, financial companies, and probably all kinds of other scumbags, but he’s tough, he knows how to win elections, and I bet he’d know how to get what he wanted through the Senate.

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                • andeux Oct 27,2009 1:53 pm || Up

                  There’s a ringing endorsement.

                  TINSTAAFK
                • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 3:20 pm || Up

                  As opposed to a statement by mikeA in favor of replacing Reid with that clown Schumer, which would be a Ringling endorsement.

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              • nevermoor Oct 27,2009 2:16 pm || Up

                Odds he gets 33% again? I’d say very very low.

                And sure, if he doesn’t go along with this one he should be kicked out. More generally, Democrats need a better promotion system in the Senate. That said, it’s hard to be too surprised he hasn’t already been kicked out.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • mk Oct 27,2009 7:33 pm || Up

      No use overreacting to Lieberman. There will be (or rather, already are) others out to extract their own pounds of flesh. Lieberman just happens to be first out of the gate.

      In any event, I’m sure Chuck Schumer and his merry band of yeoman bloggers have the situation under control.

      • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 8:09 pm || Up

        Hey, no slurs at my alma mater’s mascot.

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  5. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 27,2009 12:08 pm

    Make your own animatronic screaming skull brake lights.

    I had the pleasure of seeing these in action at A’s game BART lot gatherings this year. You can’t quite tell from the video, but the jaws of those skulls close with enough strength to snap an inch-thick tree branch clean in half.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 12:22 pm || Up

      the jaws of those skulls close with enough strength to snap an inch-thick tree branch clean in half

      TWHS

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  6. mk Oct 27,2009 12:08 pm

    4. Stop it stop it stop it stop it stop it stop it stop it stop it.

    The third surprise is the way that Democrats regrouped after the turmoil of August.

    It’s only a surprise if you believed that August represented “turmoil” in the first place.

    But none of this would have been possible without the yeoman effort of a relatively small number of bloggers and activists — they know who they are — who were tired of taking “no” for an answer.

    I guess this means they’re handing out the 2010 Jane Hamsher Award for Delusional Self-Congratulation a few months early. (I hear you get a cape and a signed copy of Crashing the Gates along with the usual little gold statue)

    Sigh. I can’t take it anymore. I’m switching off the Internet until this is over.

    Let’s see: if the bill passes, it’ll be sometime next month, before Thanksgiving I suppose. There’ll be 3-4 weeks of those “yeoman” bloggers taking credit for the good stuff and blaming Obama for the bad stuff. Maybe another week or two to cement the narrative. Should be safe for browsing by Valentine’s Day.

    It’ll be weird at first, but I think I can manage. No doubt I’ll find it liberating in some ways. I’ll read more books. Take more walks. Sing songs, smile at strangers, relish the sidewalk carpets of autumn leaves. I might even sit on a park bench and appreciate a goddamn sunset or two (I bet they’re way better in person than on YouTube).

    • salb918 Oct 27,2009 12:15 pm || Up

      relish kraut the sidewalk carpets

      • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 12:23 pm || Up

        def. a euphemism

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    • nevermoor Oct 27,2009 12:18 pm || Up

      No you won’t.

      But yes, that struck me as a load of crap too.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • salb918 Oct 27,2009 12:28 pm || Up

        i hate it when i get struck by a load of crap after i kraut the sidewalk carpets

        • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 12:29 pm || Up

          … covered in your own feces

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          • Leopold Bloom Oct 27,2009 10:51 pm || Up

            But we’re fucking laughing, Monkey. Fucking laughing.

        • nevermoor Oct 27,2009 12:40 pm || Up

          How about other times?

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  7. salb918 Oct 27,2009 12:29 pm
    • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 12:34 pm || Up
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  8. nevermoor Oct 27,2009 12:48 pm

    Internet memes… for great justice!

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  9. monkeyball Oct 27,2009 2:53 pm

    Random iTunes observation: I certainly wouldn’t venture a generalization out of this (and that’s why I’m not a magazine/feature writer), but the song titles in my library that begin with interrogatives are uniformly good to excellent songs/lyrics.

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  10. JediLeroy Oct 27,2009 3:02 pm

    Just got my annual health check.

    az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
    • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 3:11 pm || Up

      I think the new nickname for Gardenhire’s “piranhas” should be “the minna unchi.”

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    • andeux Oct 27,2009 3:16 pm || Up

      I think you should call him Hankey-san.

      TINSTAAFK
      • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 3:19 pm || Up

        I was thinking “Betty Poop” for the way s/he dances.

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      • JediLeroy Oct 27,2009 3:44 pm || Up

        I actually went back and switched his name to Poo-san, in light of this suggestion.

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
        • monkeyball Oct 27,2009 3:57 pm || Up

          Is that a conveniently anti-Korean slur?

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  11. monkeyball Oct 27,2009 3:58 pm

    Also: blowing leads in the first round of the playoffs.

    (Link found via this.

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  12. monkeyball Oct 27,2009 8:11 pm

    Cripes. All day with this title, yet no response from LB?

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    • andeux Oct 27,2009 8:20 pm || Up

      Crist, what an absent ‘pold.

      TINSTAAFK
      • Leopold Bloom Oct 27,2009 10:53 pm || Up

        I slept all the day and eschewed a day in the life of a sign maker. I feigned stomach virus.

        I’m a bad man.

        But I’m humbled and honored that I not only was the objet de baiting, it was in a title!

        So fuck you, Monkey!

        • Leopold Bloom Oct 28,2009 1:12 am || Up

          …and, having slept all day, I’m now in the unenviable position of being awake at 4 am. I have to get up in four hours. Do I go to sleep or do I just go make signs now? I hate my life.

          • nevermoor Oct 28,2009 9:24 am || Up

            Posnanski, as is only natural, has an entire post on the subject.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • Leopold Bloom Oct 28,2009 3:50 pm || Up

              I love him. That made me laugh. I like laughing.

        • monkeyball Oct 28,2009 5:46 am || Up

          You’re not bad — just vile and vulgar.

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          • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2009 9:16 am || Up

            Like John Kruk.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • Leopold Bloom Oct 28,2009 3:42 pm || Up

              that’s much closer to reality than many of you may realize. Or maybe not.

              • monkeyball Oct 28,2009 3:57 pm || Up

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  13. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2009 10:48 am
    What is it about South Carolina?

    Is it the proximity to the hub of vulgarity in Central Florida?

    South Carolina prosecutor caught in cemetary with stripper:

    Police reports released Wednesday say 66-year-old Roland Corning was stopped Monday after his car was spotted in an area known for sex. An 18-year-old woman who works at a strip club was with Corning. Police also found Viagra and sex toys that Corning said were there “just in case.”

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • monkeyball Oct 28,2009 10:59 am || Up

      I guess that would explain your vehement preference for Corned beef over pastrami.

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