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29 Apr 2011  |  monkeyball  |The Grill

Your all-politics Friday Grill …

  1. Just FKing disgusting. I can understand (yet loathe) the political reality of Obama’s “not looking backward” approach to the political and military figures, but those MDs need to lose their medical licenses.
  2. ML/v0 makes some well-considered observations about the Diridon plan, especially w/r/t parking and economic anchors. However … if the same exact points were made about VC, he’d be shouting about how it destroys the credibility of the plan, wouldn’t he?
  3. He forgot to add the Saucer People and the Reverse Vampires to the graph.
  4. Last week, I was tots buying the Trump-as-a-stalking-horse-for-Romney theory (siphoning off the support of the Twenty-Seven-Percenters from Huckabee, Palin, and Bachmann; going so OTT and unfocused/off-message with race-baiting and teatardism that he actually discredited it), but the whole full-throated Idiot Economic “Populism” thing … well, that’s the sort of thing, especially in this environment, that (a) actually wins votes, and (b) no other GOP’er is actually going to espouse. I guess the 12-dimensional-chess angle could be that Trump is a stalking horse to discredit economic populism as well, but … anyway, I still think there’s hardly any chance he wins the nom — too undisciplined/unprofessional, not actually willing to spend his own money (why does everyone always say he will? he’s always, his entire life, gambled with other people’s money instead of his own), but he’ll certainly help the GOP continue to destroy itself. (Ah, I see that one of the tolerable Balloon Juicers is with me on this.)

58 thoughts on “Listen You Mother FKers”

  1. nevermoor Apr 29,2011 9:59 am

    I was hoping this would be a F(il)K

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  2. ptbnl Apr 29,2011 10:07 am

    Continuing to pimp Lily’s school’s auction:

    2 Giants Tickets vs. A’s – Sunday May 22 at 1:05 p.m. Lower box seats, row 28, seats 3 and 4. These are excellent seats — field level, behind home plate.

    I’ll be on my way to Fairbanks that day, but if anyone is interested let me know and I’ll bid for you.

    And for the Giant-friendly among you:

    Field of Dreams
    A summer Sunday afternoon. The world champion San Francisco Giants. The world’s most picturesque stadium. And you! Don’t miss out on a dazzling package to see the Giants play the Cleveland Indians on Sunday, June 26th. Your treasure chest will include four field-level tickets (right behind the home bullpen), four field passes–on the field, people!– to watch batting practice, and a pre-game insider tour with EBI parent Yeshayah Goldfarb, the Giants’ Director of Minor Leagues and Quantitative Analysis. Yeshayah will give your group a behind-the-scenes look at the Giants’ front office and answer any questions you have about the reigning champs. Donated by the San Francisco Giants, this is a magical memory in the making for any baseball fan.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Future Ed Apr 29,2011 12:01 pm || Up

      those are way better than the stinky seats offered in my kids raffle.

      I did send a letter to the A’s for a donation, but I don’t know what happened.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  3. nevermoor Apr 29,2011 10:08 am

    4: I don’t see him running either (and hey, looks like I was right about Palin). I would be shocked if it wasn’t the every-bit-as-crazy-as-Bachmann-but-treated-by-media-as-sensible Daniels/Pawlenty/etc generic candidate who ends up winning. That said, there’s a real chance someone like Huckabee comes out of this one.

    I don’t think Romney can do it because he actually did good for the people of Mass. with his healthcare (and because he’s Mormon, which pisses off a fair bit of the base).

    And yes, B-J is getting dangerously diluted with useless/stupid voices. Cole is one of the best on the internet at identifying when things are worth complaining about (and not), but god does he pick some shitty people. Of the crop identified on the main page, only DougJ and Mistermix are strong.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • nevermoor Apr 29,2011 12:13 pm || Up

      Tim F. makes a strong attempt to prove me wrong. (PTBNL bait)

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Apr 29,2011 1:41 pm || Up

      If you’re talking actual-domestic-policy-with-a-realistic-chance-of-being-enacted, then, yes, Bachmann might not be any crazier than T-Paw or Daniels. But that’s delimited almost entirely by the makeup of Congress after Jan 2013, isn’t it? (And if the Dems squeak back into control of the House and hang on to the Senate, I think Daniels, were he to beat Obama, could probably look like the GOP version of Obama, domestic-legislation-wise.)

      But where the POTUS actually exercises power — makin’ war w/o Congressional interference — MY GOD BUT BACHMANN WOULD BE BALLS-OUT NUTS. She’s also personally far more balls-out nuts than Pawlenty (who’s really just Romney-lite, with less money and even more awkward but more earnest pandering skilz) or Daniels.

      Agree entirely on Romney (I just don’t see how he realistically survives the primaries. Of course, money — both his own and from his institutional support — solves a lot of problems) and B-J.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • nevermoor Apr 29,2011 1:48 pm || Up

        I don’t think President Bachmann would start any wars that President Daniels would not. I do think if President Daniels did it the press would say they were “regrettably necessary” or something, so in that sense he’d be a lot worse.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • monkeyball Apr 29,2011 1:58 pm || Up

          You think Daniels would preemptively bomb Iran? I’m pretty sure Bachmann would. (I’m not sure Obama won’t.)

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • andeux Apr 29,2011 1:56 pm || Up

        Is it really plausible that the Dems could win back the House but lose the presidency?

        TINSTAAFK
        • monkeyball Apr 29,2011 2:02 pm || Up

          No. I was just going to mention that.

          It’s not really plausible that Michelle Bachmann could be elected president, either.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  4. nevermoor Apr 29,2011 10:14 am

    MLB.com correctly labeled this video “Must C”

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Apr 29,2011 10:39 am || Up

      I Am Curious (Blue Jay)

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  5. TJ Apr 29,2011 10:51 am

    2: Just give ML credit for leveling some fair criticism on the Diridon retail plan. Whether or not he has a preference for one site or the other doesn’t really matter in the end. What matters is what MLB decides to do and when they decide to do it.

    4: I don’t think there’s anything more to Trump’s “bid” than the same kind of self promotion that he constantly involves himself in- Comedy Central roasts, reality TV show, constant news bites… It’s just another way to build the “Trump Brand” for free by filling the vacuum left by a lack of a serious Rep. contender in an environment where there’s heavy anti-establishment sentiment.

    This is kind of funny, and the last bit is a good zinger.

  6. nevermoor Apr 29,2011 10:55 am
    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  7. monkeyball Apr 29,2011 11:14 am

    TWMYS:

    it’s hard to become a princess

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nevermoor Apr 29,2011 11:42 am || Up
      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  8. monkeyball Apr 29,2011 11:16 am

    Now, I like Dayn Perry, but … there’s no reason this material couldn’t just be applied to old trough urinals.

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nevermoor Apr 29,2011 11:43 am || Up

      I’m with commenter #2.

      There’s no reason that material couldn’t just be applied to everything.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • Future Ed Apr 29,2011 12:04 pm || Up

        heh.

        seioously though, it would remain the luke warm color becaus of the amount of traffic in a sports stadium. And kids would touch it too much

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
  9. monkeyball Apr 29,2011 11:18 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  10. monkeyball Apr 29,2011 11:21 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  11. monkeyball Apr 29,2011 11:27 am

    All the comments are great, but this one is the greatest.

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  12. monkeyball Apr 29,2011 11:34 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  13. FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 29,2011 11:49 am

    It’s the computer software of a monkey’s dreams:

    Their automated system, known as Double Entendre via Noun Transfer or DEviaNT, rates sentences for their TWSS potential by looking for particular elements such as nouns that can be interpreted in multiple ways. The researchers trained DEviaNT by gathering jokes from twssstories.com and non-TWSS text from sites such as wikiquote.org.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • nevermoor Apr 29,2011 12:09 pm || Up

      I continue to welcome my robot overlords. May they be gentle in their TWSS superiority.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  14. nevermoor Apr 29,2011 12:12 pm

    Weigel reads FK.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  15. nevermoor Apr 29,2011 12:58 pm
    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  16. ptbnl Apr 29,2011 1:50 pm

    This is bat-shit insane.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  17. monkeyball Apr 29,2011 2:18 pm

    Sometimes, Sully’s readers are even dumber than he is:

    a Hayekian’s dream

    That would be the publicly-owned-no-admission-fee-charging-park-endorsing Hayekian?

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  18. nanotrebuchet Apr 29,2011 2:27 pm
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 29,2011 3:02 pm || Up

      Famous last words:

      “I don’t wear a cup,” Crawford said. “Never wore a cup. I do too many moves to wear a cup. … I’m still not going to wear a cup.”

      Asked if he would rethink wearing a cup, Crawford dismissed the idea, saying the chances of taking another similar shot were remote.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  19. monkeyball Apr 29,2011 2:42 pm

    Bloom bait:

    Some fascinating photos might be also taken of me, a burly but agile man, stalking a rarity or sweeping it into my net from a flowerhead

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • andeux Apr 29,2011 2:45 pm || Up

      Speaking of writers:

      Any monkey in a story had better be a dead monkey

      TINSTAAFK
    • Leopold Bloom Apr 30,2011 4:33 am || Up

      Busy with ** tailgate and victory tonight…just got this.

      Nabokov, that Nabokov–the one with the butterfly net prancing around Ithica/Cornell–appears loosely in THE RINGS OF SATURN, written by WG Sebald, who wrote the apple of my affection (at least in thesis theory), THE EMIGRANTS.

      I am moving a bit north for a while, FKers, to Santa Rosa. Though I would still very much like to have a book club with you FKers. Is there any interest at all? I have received some interest in having a go through ULYSSES from some folks on **. A cooperative crossover, perhaps?

      • nevermoor Apr 30,2011 4:48 pm || Up

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • Leopold Bloom May 1,2011 12:08 am || Up

          I wish I knew what that picture was.

          • JediLeroy May 1,2011 3:06 am || Up

            right click–> open in new tab

            az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
  20. JediLeroy Apr 29,2011 3:32 pm

    az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
  21. nevermoor Apr 29,2011 3:35 pm

    I would have much preferred Dalton. Bummer.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  22. nevermoor Apr 29,2011 4:30 pm

    And the Raiders with the worst pick of the draft, so far.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • andeux Apr 29,2011 4:32 pm || Up

      He’s a legacy.

      TINSTAAFK
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 29,2011 5:00 pm || Up

        Without looking…Wisnewski?

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • nevermoor Apr 29,2011 5:02 pm || Up

          Yup. From NFL.com:

          Wisniewski comes from a football family and has the versatility to be a quality backup at the next level.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 29,2011 5:03 pm || Up

          Yes. To the extent my opinion about college O-linemen is worth much (it isn’t), he looked OK at Penn State to me.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  23. nevermoor Apr 29,2011 6:30 pm

    Christ. 3 picks, 3 reaches.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  24. nevermoor Apr 29,2011 6:35 pm

    I knew someone would go after the econ rap, I just didn’t expect it to be Frum.

    And he nails it.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  25. nevermoor May 1,2011 8:58 pm

    I’m in a pissy mood.

    Because of shit like this, and shit like this (note my theory that he would be equally damaging as Trump/Bachmann/etc but gets to be “serious”).

    Anyway. Needed to get that off my chest.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  26. ptbnl May 2,2011 11:45 am

    Lots of specifically English references, but this is a compilation of episodes of one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while:

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.

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