Here's the fun we had in my town this morning

At least I didn't suffer alone. Although the video doesn't adequately capture how hard the hail came down.

It was like this.

And now it has been raining to beat hell all morning. Not a great thing for our already swollen rivers.

But, of course

Anthony Weiner-inspired condoms on sale.

Where are the David Vitter-inspired Huggies?

Oh, and how the Daily Caller is letting out all of Tucker Carlson's repressed sexuality into giggling headlines.

Meanwhile, in other "ignored stories"

Of unreported income and defeating of all notions of judicial independence...

As for the relationship between the Tea Party and the Republican establishment, Virginia Thomas suggested that House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should be doing more to embrace the conservative movement.

Thomas said that she hopes "the most conservative candidate" will emerge victorious in the GOP presidential primary race in 2012.

Wonder how much money ol' Virginia got paid for this interview and when it will get reported on Clarance's disclosure forms? At his current rate 2025.

Because if there's one thing Clarence Thomas doesn't know, it's the law.

And now back to weiner jokes.

Pointing and laughing

Apparently, the rest of the world pays more attention to our politics than we do...without having to suffer through it...or maybe by this time they just point and laugh?

The social network and dating website Badoo.com asked 30,000 people across 15 countries to name both the "funniest," or best at making people laugh," and "the least funny" nationality.

Americans took the funniest prize

And all this before our latest round of Weiner jokes and tea-wrestling.

Apparently, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and our newest "target audience" Yemen were not allowed to participate.

[cross-posted to Firedoglake]

You forgot though, that Al Gore is fat!!!!

Behold the "Mustache of Wisdom" speaks:



All those shopping malls fueling the consumer society that made me rich...have helped to destroy the world, now that I've lost a lot of that stock value, I realize the error of my ways!!!

Why do I have a feeling we'd be reading something different if they were still worth hundreds of millions?

If you're going to tweet your junk

Do it now or you may have to wait a few days.

An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory on Tuesday could cause some disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth over the next day or so, officials said.

So get crackin' male celebrities.

The world of intentional contrarianism

Somehow, Slate manages to bring a guy who raped somebody to the same level as politicians who engage in conduct that may not be great, but was at least consensual.

Oh it sounds like a good idea

Until you realize the suggestion is made because the majority of their candidates have never read anything more than four pages long.

I am only going to allow small bills - three pages. You'll have time to read that one over the dinner table. What does Herman Cain, President Cain talking about in this particular bill?

Oh sure

She may think she's a nut. But it will not be too much longer before Palin can meet Margaret Thatcher the way she could meet Jeremy Bentham right now.

Holy Crap

The Chilean volcanic eruption is scary and awesome at the same time.

Beyond Banality

The whole point of the Libya military incursion, helping the rebels, long ago ceased to be particularly relevant it would seem.

That was the point, wasn't it? I cannot remember whether I'm suppose to actually remember.

Yes, Gaddafi is a terrible person, murderous asshole and a flamboyant dresser. His added bellicosity just makes the farce greater than ever [second only to the tragedy].

But one does start to wonder if we're also batting two out of three?

Nato warplanes repeatedly pounded targets in and around [Gaddafi's] Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli. Reporters counted at least 27 air strikes by Tuesday afternoon.

Some of the bombs hit a military barracks near the compound, officials said. Others hit the compound itself, Libyan television reported.

The New York Times said what appeared to be bunker-busting bombs had destroyed six or seven buildings, including a reception house and VIP guesthouse where South African President Jacob Zuma was received last week.

Officials told the newspaper that 10 to 15 people had died in the attack, but the figure could not be verified.

But we don't target specific individuals...as long as it involves bunker busters.

Because then it's totally moral.

[cross-posted at Firedoglake]

not so well-hung

And so timely:



From here.

Proof of Evolution in reverse

Birch was a long-standing Senator and a well regarded man.

His son is a self-serving pig.

PENIS PENIS PENIS!!

Meanwhile in the real world...the world of little interest to our media.

Japan's nuclear safety agency has more than doubled its estimate of the amount of radiation released into the atmosphere from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

And plutonium believed to have come from the plant has also been found in a town near the facility - the first time plutonium has been found in soil outside the facility.

Now back to all Penis, all the time.

Not buying American

Nothing reminds folks of "expensive jewelry account" quite like a luxury cruise of the Mediterranean instead of visiting scenic Iowa and New Hampshire.

Good job Newtie and Resusa-Annie.

Not as newsworthy as snow in December

One of our media's great obsessions...other than tweeted dick pictures of course...is to look for any snowstorms that occur during any meeting concerning climate change and blurt our "What Global Warming?"

While the village obsesses over the porn-possibilities of the internet (Peggy Noonan must be fainting like a Santorum supporter) somehow this will get scant mention.

BAD news awaits delegates from about 180 countries at the start of two weeks of climate talks beginning on Monday to debate a new global warming accord.

Greenhouse gas emissions are going up instead of down despite 20 years of effort, hitting record highs, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

The meeting is in Bonn, Germany, where it is not snowing so...back to the dick pics.

[cross-posted at Firedoglake]

I don't know about you

But I prefer the old days, when a gentleman had to take a picture of his penis with a Polaroid Instamatic and send it lovingly to the recipient in a brown envelope.

Classy.

Saving Ryan's Privates

Rick Santorum (GOOGLE HIM!) throws his hat in the Presidential ring. And why, not, it's not like it's necessary to protect his brain.

D-Day Troops Fought For Health Care Freedom

Another fine job by F1

This weekend, the racing circuit that once was run by the nazi-fetishist who was the child of an actual Nazi sympathizer, said they were going to run this year in Bahrain anyway.

So naturally, this comes out.

In March, doctors and nurses in "key US ally" Bahrain were being assaulted by government troops for treating injured pro-democracy protesters. And today, 47 doctors and nurses were arraigned on charges that they tried to topple the government.

Makes F1's powers that be look like the stereotype of NASCAR fans.

One if by hand, two if bi-curious

An amusing post from the Wiki editors on sad efforts to revise history to make it Palinized:

A humble suggestion for Sarah Palin fans

If you want to find a source to work into the article, you should search for sources that agree with what Palin said BEFORE she said it. Sarah Palin doesn't belong in this article, because it's an article about Paul Revere not about Sarah Palin, but if you want to bolster her position retroactively you just need to go back to anything released a week ago or more that counts as a RS and bring that to the forefront. --Opcnup (talk) 00:56, 6 June 2011 (UTC)