tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post2891210280666411572..comments2024-03-29T07:36:51.933-05:00Comments on driftglass: Sunday Morning Comin' Downdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-13049338668894148592016-03-07T22:08:05.033-06:002016-03-07T22:08:05.033-06:00In the "who can do Peggy Noonan" finals,...In the "who can do Peggy Noonan" finals, can I put in a word for Gary Legum at Wonkette? YES, Barry Friedman. YES, Mock Paper Scissors. But let a hundred flowers bloom, is my view. <br /><br />Although NB, Noonanites: The temptation is to parody her as a snooty Brit over-writer. The "Dame Peggington Noonington" trope really isn't accurate. She's not a DeBrett's Peerage snob. Her conceit isn't Fine Writing, but as an Empath. She would have us believe her Spidey-sense quivers at the emotional Truth of "America." She writes about "mood" and "feeling," and it's so gauzily general, one is tempted to think, "Well, yeah, I think I've felt that. Or I think other people have." It's all Madame Blavatsky bullshit, though. To say, "People are worried" is not to correctly touch on what caused their worry, you see.Ellis Weinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288528417668206655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-32973774468304174302016-03-07T06:37:12.797-06:002016-03-07T06:37:12.797-06:00Regarding the Stephen Henderson/Gorgon Matalin dus...Regarding the Stephen Henderson/Gorgon Matalin dustup: Ah the clarity of knowing you'll be invited on once every 4 years! Gotta love flyover country!DonPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561984994256010877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-21384274259840996332016-03-07T04:41:05.039-06:002016-03-07T04:41:05.039-06:00Good morning, Mr. Glass.
Republicans, who were so...Good morning, Mr. Glass.<br /><br />Republicans, who were so desperate to win that they courted the US' bigoted lowest common denominator (Southern Strategy), are threatened by Donald Trump, who is so desperate to win that he's courted the US' bigoted lowest common denominator.<br /><br />"Maybe it was your time to lose. You didn't think so."<br />---Al Pacino, "The Devil's Advocate"<br /><br />I'd quote the "God's special little creature" monologue, but that goes on a while.<br /><br />Be seeing you.Kevin Holsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17568539831959033188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-60999812782944384742016-03-06T21:06:52.566-06:002016-03-06T21:06:52.566-06:00On the radio tonight was some southern "pasto...On the radio tonight was some southern "pastor" exhorting the mob about the perfidiousness of Trump. That combined w Beck's denunciations signifies to me a full court press from the billionaires. They're pissed that Trump is horning in on their con!<br /><br />Someone in the Spooks also got to Trump & forced him to recant on torture. Plus there was the Factual assault from Fox against Trump in the last debate. When was the last time that Fox used FACTS & realty to inform the rubes of what to believe. <br /><br />The more I witness the more it seems that there is true panic behind the curtain about Trump. <br /><br />When I thought more about it, it's obvious that Beck was PAID handsomely to diss Donald. Of course Beck is only too happy to comply. It will be interesting to see if Limbaugh does an about face. That blowhard will turn on Trump in a NY minute for the right amount of cash. <br /><br />Mmmm mmmm mmmm. Panic of the Oligarchs. RUKiddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057702539722165035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-6508079962427737432016-03-06T20:02:50.284-06:002016-03-06T20:02:50.284-06:00I wouldn't say Tengrain owns the Our Lady of t...I wouldn't say Tengrain <i>owns</i> the Our Lady of the Magic Dolphins franchise -- that honor will always go to Barry Friedman (of the Plains), senior Oklahoma correspondent over at Brother Charles's shebeen -- but I can at least stand to read the Further Adventures. When he starts channeling the Nooner, or Benny the Blade, or any of the other vacuities the Noise Machine has put on stage to show us what Madame Sosostris* meant by "Inferior men in positions of power", I worry for the sanity of anyone who reads all the way to the end, and (like many of the shebeen's patrons) for his sanity as its author.<br /><br />(* The wisest woman in Europe, with a wicked pack of cards.)Neo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-52975455243612515122016-03-06T19:02:08.283-06:002016-03-06T19:02:08.283-06:00You had me at the Jimmy Stewart "Rear Window&...You had me at the Jimmy Stewart "Rear Window" reference. Dammit. Well written screed, sir.<br /><br />What's amazing is watching some of the usual suspects from the lunatic fringe right suddenly seeming to come across as rational voices of reason, when compared to the rhetoric of their Party's front running candidate. Hearing Beck, of all people, pointing to Trump with nationalist warnings...? It's so ironic it almost breaks the thesaurus. Peggy Goddamn Noonan offering advice is about as succinct as hearing Bill Kristol making yet another of his never ending stream of vacuous comments that later are confirmed to have been as salient as farts from the southbound end of a northbound bull. Why anyone schedules these people to join the conversation is beyond me. They must have great agents, that's all I can figure.<br /><br />We're in uncharted territory here. No one knows what's going to happen, because none of this has ever happened before. The most reliable voices suddenly shaky, and people are looking around for some sort of confirmation that YES! this is indeed fucked up beyond belief, and YES! everyone else is just as confused and confounded as they are.<br /><br />We'll see more constraints put upon future nomination procedures after the dust settles, because billionaires don't like to see their donations pissed away without any return on the investment. The confusion will result in even more Draconian voter suppression tactics, and don't be surprised if Party Elders don't write themselves a script for future campaigns that includes more of their influence and far less of those pesky ol' voters.<br /><br />Great post, thanks.squatlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041016017342355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-49252792109544064002016-03-06T18:56:55.785-06:002016-03-06T18:56:55.785-06:00Dame Peggitha Nooningtonhampshire awakens from her...Dame Peggitha Nooningtonhampshire awakens from her Saturday special of Purple Drank to realize with a shock that the ungrateful knuckle draggers and low life bottom dwelling scum don't realize the powerful glory that is the Dame, herself, and her ilk. Oh my! Whatever would my lover, Dutch, have to say about this dismal display of ingratitude from the slobs that we toss crumbs to? <br /><br />And whyever did it come to this pass? After all, when I'm on my strolls down 5th Avenue to the local bottle shop, I do my best not to knock over & kick the homeless or other assorted disgusting specimens. We let the walk around Gotham, for heaven's sake!<br /><br />Pass the Ketamine cocktail, Manuel, er Jose, or Pedro or whatever your d*mn name is.<br /><br />PS Glenn Beck?? Lordy! words fail me.RUKiddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057702539722165035noreply@blogger.com