Shortly, I’ll be faced with a major life decision, and it’s all the fault of the collusion of those sneaky marketing executives from Dish, Showtime, and HBO. I’ve had Dish for almost 3 months now, and my package of freebies is set to expire. And last week, there was a free preview of HBO, so I got to watch the Season 4 première of True Blood (hooked, once again, right from the opening theme). And I did record the most recent episode of Treme, but I haven’t watched it yet. To make matters worse, Monday was the première of the news seasons of Weeds and The Big C. I can live without Weeds, which peaked a couple back, but I do love me some Laura Linney (not that Mary-Louise Parker is any slouch – just make sure you pass on dinner at her place). So, anyhow, now (before Sunday, really), I have to decide whether or not to cancel Showtime and add HBO instead, keep SHO, or get them both. As if my life wasn’t complicated enough, I have 3 PPV certificates to use up, too. It’s a hard, hard life.
Project much? Funny that the ‘d’ word is what crosses my mind when I see Mark Halperin or Joey the Scar. Time for a time out.
:jerk:
If anybody out there made it the entire 4:38 through that clip, you have a stronger stomach than I do. I made it to 1:54, and threw up in my mouth a little.
I can’t even watch the lo-cal morning news these days. My routine is to watch the previous evening’s KO, followed by the Daily Show and Colbert, with maybe a quick peek at the lo-cal weather so I can see the opposite of what the weather will actually be like.
This morning, I made the mistake of leaving GMA on as I was trying to explain to the dogs that, yes, I really did have to go to work today, and they had that idiot Dan Abrams on with that loud-mouth twit Nancy Grace blathering on about whatever it is this “Anthony” trial thing is. I have been trying mightily to ignore it (I assumed it had something to do with Weiner, but apparently not).
This is why, no matter how much KO might dote on Bachmann Waynegate or other stupid shit, I find him much better than the “serious” media.
Anybody got recordings of the CBS Evening News from, like, 1965-1981 or so? I think I’d prefer to just watch one of those a day, and ignore everything else.
MSNBC has suspended Halperin indefinitely. But Morning Joe, who said they had set up the incident, before the show, as a joke, seems not to have been disciplined.
http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/06/mark-halperin-calls-obama-a-dick-on-live-tv/
I always think a good day is one where I sleep late enough to miss MoJoke. Yes, why didn’t they suspend the Scar? This might not be over.
That Colbert-FEC link is now showing something different. If I see the video elsewhere, I will re-post it.
Spoiler alert-Colbert Super Pac approved 5-1.
Bruce Springsteen’s Eulogy for Clarence Clemons
‘Clarence doesn’t leave the E Street Band when he dies. He leaves when we die’
Halperin’s a dick, no doubt, but suspended over that? Doesn’t seem right to me. Of course, if somebody all “mainstreamy” and “serious” had called Bush a dick, they’d have had to take him out and shoot him.
Wonder if ‘prick’ would have got him?
I don’t know. I would have to ask old Marky boy what he meant. Like, how, exactly, was Obama being a dick? There’s a difference between being a dick and being a prick, though I don’t think he was being either when he told Congress to get their shit together, and that his 8 and 13 year old (or whatever) kids were more responsible than they are.
I mean, there are many things I don’t care for about Obama, but he was correct in this.
Still don’t think it merits suspension, but, since I think Halperin’s an asshole, I won’t be shedding many tears over it.
It does display a rather remarkable lack of respect for the President of the United States, though, and not something that “serious” journalists are supposed to do. I mean, one thing if Jon Stewart or Bill Maher does it, but different if somebody on what’s supposed to be a “news” show does it.
So, fuck it. After careful review, I overturn my previous ruling. Fire the bastid!
NYS DEC to release its fracking recommendations tomorrow. It released a preview today:
A natural gas well in the middle of Central Park would have been quite an attraction.
Just got around to watching Mark the Douche. The three of them reminded me of Beavis and Butthead saying “doodie”
I am wondering if Mark is such a dick that that kill switch conveniently didn’t work. He seems like he could be a very arrogant and unpleasant person.
I can’t stomach the 6-9 right wing blather on MSNBC. Halpern has always been treated as if he was impartial and I’m glad his true colors are exposed.
I SOOO hope they won’t allow fracking in the Marcellus Shale. The Holy Waters of my Keuka Lake must be preserved. :fist: