
The Management would like to thank Our Patrons for a wildly successful ersatz online launch celebration. Search parties are being organized to round up anyone who didn’t make it home.
Guy goes to a doctor. Guy says, “Doc, my dick hurts when I do this!” Doc says, “Don’t do that!”
They both laugh and laugh and laugh.
Guy says, “No, really, Doc, my dick hurts!” Doc says, “Fine, we’ll schedule some surgery, give you an emergency bris.”
What? Katie’s not doing this one? Shit. Well, fuck it, nothing else the past month has made sense anyway, so why start now?
So imagine Jim Lehrer with a wig, and let’s get started with the 2008 Presidential Debate Liveblog/Open Thread/Drinking Game. We understand that “My Friends” is the preferred cue, although honestly we don’t know if there’s enough beer in the fridge to manage ninety minutes of that, especially since the Geezer likes to throw in at least two per sentence.
Okay: If he does two “My Friends” per clause, bottoms up.
Even then we might lose hand-eye coordination early, so maybe we’ll just skip the liveblog entirely and play in the open thread. That’s where the cool kids hang out.

Sarah Palin’s partying with the debate-watching crew at the Irish Pub in Philly, and JNOV’s on the scene with her Crackberry. More heartwarming images welcoming Talibunny to the City of Brotherly Love after the jump.
[Update: JNOV found a video of the event that provides a better view of that “Lesbian Ariel Hunters for Palin” sign. Follows the photos at the bottom of the post.]
I will try and put one of these up each week. FSM knows there’s plenty of them.
This is Steven Calabresi. He is a tenured professor at Northwestern, a top 10 law school. And he is insane. Behold:
Is distrust or disbelief or lack of confidence in the administration complicating the bailout issue? Do you trust the administration?
This Administration deserves to be trusted because it has kept us safe from terrorist attack since 9/11, has fought and won two wars, has presided over eight years of economic growth, has appointed two stellar justices to the Supreme Court, and has even learned how to do Louisiana’s job of protecting that state from hurricanes. The day will come, and not before long, when Americans will wish that George Bush was still president.
Is this the sort of person we want teaching Constitutional law? Is this the sort of person we want teaching anything? Or is this the sort of person who should be taking tolls or asking if I want fries with that?
It’s interesting that the Hon. Guido Calabresi, the best judge on the 2nd Circuit, is Steven’s uncle. This wingnut fell far from the tree.


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JNOV • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Ding fucking dong! The bitch is dayud!
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 @JNOV: Does blockquote no longer work?Huh. Guess not.
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