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Personal Note
I hope it’s OK to get a little personal and tell you that, very sadly, this past week I had to say goodbye to a really wonderful best friend. A best friend who in 2008 made it to First Draft … with a...
View ArticleThe Fog Of Historical Pictures: Mayoral Mustache Edition
Our readers know by now that I love regular features like your hippie granny loves patchouli oil. I almost said like a pig loves slop but I’m trying to avoid cornpone imagery. Next thing you know I...
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Hysteria Is As American As Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet
It’s happening again: the hard men of the Republican party are scared to death of Syrian refugees. They’ve turned it into a meme and a campaign issue. The best response I’ve seen thus far came from...
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Friday Catblogging: Upside Down
Here’s Della Street up against her favorite wall with semi-devil eyes;
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In his book “Dealing,” author Terry Pluto detailed a pivotal moment in the rebuilding of the Cleveland Indians franchise. The team had begun rebuilding after a long period of prosperity, using young...
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Louisiana Politics: The Night Before Gooberpalooza 2015
John Bel Edwards gives David Vitter the stink eye. Photograph via the Advocate. The Gret Stet Goober race has been a helluva ride. I’ll take it over a fucking roller coaster any day. I’ve never...
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Saturday Odds & Sods: After The Fire
Artwork by Keith Haring. It’s election day in the Gret Stet of Louisiana. Rachel Maddow likes to call our Saturday elections weird but I think the proper word is sensible. In theory, it should boost...
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Louisiana Politics: Gret Stet Goober Race Wrap Up Act One
Homemade yard sign in Uptown New Orleans. Photo by Dr. A. It was the most fun I’ve had watching election results since 2008. John Bel Edwards was elected Gret Stet Goober without breaking a sweat. The...
View ArticleDemocrats Who Voted for SAFE Act are Cowards & Traitors
Once upon a time: What I want to know, what I want to know, is what in the world so many Democrats are doing supporting the President’s unilateral intervention in Iraq? What I want to know, is what in...
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Louisiana Politics: Gret Stet Goober Race Wrap Up Act Two
I had a classic blogger moment on social media this morning. An old friend in California asked me how it was possible that David Vitter lost because she’d heard he was a shoo-in. I told her to read my...
View ArticleWhat goes into creating an “Obsession” post
Hi, good people! Ms. A has given me permission to take a mental health day (week). Here’s what prompted it: In the middle of a “Kill all the ragheads” thread (which is about all there is on Free...
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The Political Obituary Of David Vitter
Screenshot from a GumboPac ad. I don’t usually take politics personally. I did as a young political junkie but it was too painful when my candidate lost. I’ve always made an exception for David Vitter....
View ArticlePoor White People Don’t Vote Against Their Interests Because They Don’t Vote
An important point as we all sit around and talk about why the dumb hicks are being dumb hicks: Meanwhile, many people who in fact most use and need social benefits are simply not voting at all. Voter...
View ArticleIt’s Never About the Bad Apples
A Chicago police officer shot a guy, has been charged with murder, and people are going full ALL LIVES MATTER on it, natch: Last December, Kalven and Futterman issued a statement revealing the...
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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Introducing The Eleventh House
The Eleventh House with Larry Coryell were an early jazz-prog-rock fusion band. They were also one of the best because of guitarist Coryell, trumpeter Randy Brecker, and the funky drum stylings of...
View ArticleWingnuts: The Musical
Apparently, Buckley’s brain child, the National Review is celebrating its 60th Anniversary of spewing nonsense. They decided to celebrate with a deeply silly animated video featuring Buckley doing the...
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Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Thursday Turkey Murders
If your crazy right wing Uncle who watches too much Fox News goes off on you today, please do not re-enact this book. How about some cheesecake for dessert?
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Who Needs Facts When Myths Will Do?
From Album 5 If you haven’t already seen it, Matt Taibbi looks at what happens when an entire generation or so buys into “facts are stupid things,” an-empire-versus-the-reality-based-community, Sarah...
View ArticleNow Be Thankful
I like Thanksgiving and I like ritual, which is why I’m posting this song for the fourth year in a row: Just remember to never cut the toikey without me:
View ArticleFriday Guest Catblogging: The Amazing Acro-Cats
Oscar and Della are too tuckered out from turkey day to make an appearance this week. Instead, here are the deeply silly Amazing Acro-Cats on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert:
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