happy friday!

This is just ridiculous now.

Some scary profiles to ponder this H'ween weekend.

PSA: some really nice safety tips in here for the older folks in your life.

Sweet Jeebus, I'm going back to bed.  No, wait, NOW I'm going back to bed. Goodness.

Awesome. If only it were getting local news coverage.

Fzcked SCOTUS. And more.

Flowchartz!

Awesome Science!

File Under: Depressing, Funny, Animals that look like Michael Jackson

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamyeyes...

HA

omgilovenerds.

I want to nom the McKitty. Adorables! (bonus NOM! actually, that stuff is probably pretty foul.)

Boo!

thursday!

American Tealiban: one, two, three

Nice fundie funding chart here.

Sexism: because isn't not like single parents aren't OVERWHELMINGLY female, right? There's totally no s1ut-punishing features-not-bugs built into a proposal like that. Related "no sexism here, no sir" here.

What.the.fzck. Seriously, how is a person like that even to be tolerated in polite company, let alone be allowed to run for public offfice? I'm stunned.

This is just weird.

On the merits of ideological party purity. Related here.

Yeah...

Uh, what?

Not business as usual. Related here.

Jokers.

/headdesk

Are you into The Larry Sanders Show? I've never seen it but I'm sorta tempted by the deal.

LEEFS!!

boom!

/skincrawl

wednesday!

Rand Paul is now officially my least favorite candidate in this cycle.

Normally I'd make some sort of motherfzcking snakes joke, but holy sh1t.

That was *absolutely* treasonous, so shut your holes, Trib editors.

UGH: one, two, three

Clarified.

If you tax Christians, they'll have less money to give to their churches. If that argument's not an admission that organized religions are Ponzi schemes, I don't know what is.

Clarence Thomas sounds like an absolute pig. More ladies on the SCOTUS, pls.

Our urban nation.

There are no happy poets.

TNC on the poverty culture.

Red State, Blue State: one, two

I dunno, Illinois doesn't really do "smart" that well.

Well how 'bout that?

Love these.

thursday!

The round up's taking a couple of days off!!

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Oh Twitter, with your rascally, truncated URLs....

This is exactly what I was trying to say the other day about man-pants.

File Under: Stating the Obvious

Really? What the hell, people?

How to pet a kitty (from Pat!).

Bonus cute!

wednesday!

I'm rocking a purple sweater today.

File Under: Good Questions

I welcome the coming revolution. Let's all sing the Internationale!

I'm sold, it's going on the reading list.

This is....well, I'm not sure what. It's weird though.

Do not mess with the Interwebs, Gene Simmons, or you will get schooled.

On top of all the usual outrage I have for these things, this is just really disrespectful. If a Dem had tried to do this to Bush during the height of the war or whatever, they'd be shamed out of public life.

/inappropriate

Rachael Ray hates unicorns. What?

Delightful.

Genius.

This is awesome and DC and Marvel need to jump on the idea train. Wear them to the Batpool!

Meta noms.

monday!

RIPs: one and two

One for the history nerds.

Takes on our impending economic doom: one, two, three (and some bonus doom here)

A link from my mom.

This is a joke, right?

/chokedup

This thing reminds me of that other thing. (2nd link: relevant bit starts at about 2 min.)

Two Things: 1. "Damn, I fzcking love the color orange" killed me, and 2. The taller dude sounds exactly like Chris Parnell.

Jason, this is the sort of thing you do at the new job, right?

/delicious

BZZT

This link contains lethal doses of cuteness.

happy friday!

WTF, NPR? Seriously disappointing.

Illinois loves its servicemembers, kindly shove your propaganda.

This is seriously inexcusable even if it's a little funny.

File Under: Incredible, Edible

Mmm, subtle.

WHAT

omg, I never need to leave the house again.

Smash!

thursday!

Rand Paul doesn't think I'm a person with rights.

Sad, and I'm certainly not holding my breath for Haley Barbour to "do the right thing."

This doesn't seem all that bad, but I suppose if I were Bob Saget I'd be annoyed too.

Hey, *I* like Science! And lasers!

The political glamocracy. I'd argue you see this effect most strongly amongst first-time candidates; once you're an incumbent, the incumbency itself is your greatest asset. I don't think anyone would argue that Robert Byrd was a good looking dude for the last 40 years or so of his life.

Parent of the Day.

Well played, sir.

I think the Michael Ian Black joke is hilarious. Context is king.

Do not want.

Slooooooooooooooooooooooths... (and bonus bebeh sloth)

I am not a happy busy bee, fzck you!

Kinda want a skunk now. Poofy tail!

wednesday!

Wow.

Karl Rove is a lying piece of dogsh1t, but you already knew that.

Funny how that works.

The "skills shortage" is a lie.

Prescience defined.

fight!fight!fight!

File Under: Things That Make You Wish You Didn't Have Eyes

I'm somewhat divided on how the payout shakes out on this. In one sense, the kids/parents/schools could really use that money and the lawyer's a greedy d-bag, but on the other hand, the case handles some relatively uncharted legal territory and the lawyer(s) probably did put a good bit of time into the case. Anybody else have an opinion?

THIS, pls.

A highly subjective subject, but nonetheless: *maybe* five of these songs belong on the list. Where is this (NSFW)? It's totally the bookend to "Song for the Dumped"! And country-western music isn't represented at all...

Whoa.

Totally didn't realize this was a thing until the very end of the episode. Effing genius.

Um...I think you are thinking of something else. Maybe. I hope.

tuesday!

Conspiracy!

What.the.fzck. Seriously, what did women ever do to you people to make you hate them so much?

No, and it would hilari-horrible to watch him try.

Sweet Jeebus Bob McDonnell is an idiot.

Charming.

Don't call it a comeback....

Hey, so this is fun. Related here.

Tools for your toolkit.

Facts vs. Opinions.

Facts vs. Opinions, part II.

WHAT (FYI, this would involve bigger government, not smaller, you fascist bigot).

WHAT, part II.

This is insanity. Seriously, my feet are bleeding just thinking about it.

/speechless

LOVE IT.

So.many.noms. (And one more bonus NOM)

monday!

I have a bunch of green tomatoes I'm considering for a couple of new things, but I'm way intrigued by this, mainly just to find out what the end product tastes like.

RIP Solomon Burke.

1. WOW, 2. Bill Maher's having *quite* the splashy new season. Use that power wisely, friend.

Disappointing but not entirely surprising.

Oh double standards, what would my blood pressure be without you?

Hotness from Lawrence O'Donnell.

File Under: Texas Taliban, Art is Sacred

If our national political dialogue was anywhere near sane at this point, this should be an automatic deathblow to Miller's candidacy, but I'm not holding my breath.

Disturbing bullsh1t.

"As I have said before, and will no doubt be moved to say again: Modern Conservatism is a disease. If you don't understand that, you're already infected."

Read this later.

Inspirational (though commenter Klemen Zagar makes a fine point).

happy friday!

Happy Fall, Fools!

Misogyny 2.0.

CoC shenanigans.

John McCain: D-bag.

"Second-class religions" may be forthcoming in CA.

Disappointing.

I love this. If I used it as a template for a job description at our place, bullet points would include--answering an incoming call, scheduling a post op appointment, and completing paperwork for DME at the same time, being yelled at for not correctly following a policy that was provoked by an incident, created and put in place that morning or may not in fact exist at all, and wondering if a career bagging groceries could be considered a "lateral move."

Related: Edward Mike Davis sounds like a treat.

The Tea Party hates puppies.

Please don't.

Pretty!

Animals: Cows, chart, new Simon's Cat!!

thursday!

Free Plug: Tom and I are newly in love with O'Connor's Deli.  If you are anywhere near the place and need a bite, particularly if you're in the mood for soup, eat there or you're a jerk. Each of the soups I've had (the vegetable, the Irish Cheddar Potato, and the Chicken Enchilada) have been surprisingly good. I am convinced that they make their own stock and they're doing something out of the ordinary with it, because all of the selections are so intensely flavorful. Portions are generous; the soup and half-sandwich combo is difficult for me to finish (and the Edison Park sandwich with turkey and ham rocks). At this point, O'Connor's is a serious contender to supplant Perry's in the top position of the Home Delivery Foodlympics, is what I'm saying.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Yup.

This is horsesh1t. Gods I hate people.

WTF

Really useful encapsulation of the Social Security issue.

Those crazy kids today, with their spaghetti tacos and their rock and/or roll music....

"Or, as the study's authors put it, one region being larger could actually mean it's going "catawampus."

I am not a Shakespeare purist by any means, but I am a wee bit skeptical about rebooting the Tempest with a lady Prospero, even if it is Helen Mirren.

Excellent idea. I am, for the moment, sad I am not in college right now just so I could inflict that on someone.

Ducks, kitties, something weird, something weirder.

wednesday!

Yeah. I hate John Boehner.

The Republican Party is funded by terrorists. Yeah, I said it.

File Under: Things That Will Not End Well

Fascinating idea.

Everything is kind of a blur this week, but have we talked about this? It's so surreal.

And speaking of surreal, I am not sure I approve of this.

What a weird thing to do. I like that Franzen was totally cool about it.

This is insanity.

I freaking love this.

NO. Bad cupcake baker! /rollsupnewpaper

Powerfully progressive hotpants.

I want to go to there. Look at the teeny hobbit cabins! (Bonus LOTR-esque content here)

Kitty loves pancakes.

tuesday!

On sovereignty.

Tesla of the Day.

I still think we need to figure out a way to make this guy have to register as a sex offender.

Sad and terrifying. This too.

Click through the embiggen the side-by-side comparison. Yikes. And related craziness here. WTF Colorado?

Like this.

/hork

Sweet, I'll bust out my leg irons.

HUGZ

Double bun noses!

monday!

Christine O'Donnell's dad was a clown. It all makes sense now. Bonus nonsense here.

The cognitive dissonance, it burns.

78. Jesus fzck. Related here.

So this is horrible.

aka, Live Together, Die Alone.

File Under: Company Man, Dedication

I don't know if "Sorry!" really covers it, but thanks for playing.

Love this.

Not the bees....

Uh, what?!

Bringing the Funny.

Iron Lizard.

happy friday!

We spent last night celebrating 5 years of tolerating each other. : ) Hence, light round up today.

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Yes, but is the genetic component the result of mutations from exposure to environmental toxins? Because the smart money's still on that.

MEGABUS goes boom!

This is straight-up genius.

Wow.