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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Capitol Christmas Tree Pays Homage to Obama—But Not Jesus
Well of course.
Posted by: Steve White || 12/20/2011 12:49 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  That is because Obama is the next Messiah! /sarc
Posted by: DarthVader || 12/20/2011 13:09 Comments || Top||

#2  I'm just shocked!

No really.
Posted by: Jefferson || 12/20/2011 15:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Cult of personality
Posted by: Bill Clinton || 12/20/2011 15:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Apparently you guys didn't see the large image. It refers to President Oblama. Obviously this was made by a subversive child.

Now why Oblama (or Obama) is represented by a bear in a pie tin, I do not know.
Posted by: Angie Schultz || 12/20/2011 16:42 Comments || Top||

#5  Obama celebrates Festivus himself?
Posted by: JohnQC || 12/20/2011 17:19 Comments || Top||

#6  So once again are we "back to the future" in America = Amerika of saying "Merry Giving Tree", "I saw Mommy kissing the Happy Giving Elf under the Gaia Tree", ....@etc.???
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 12/20/2011 18:20 Comments || Top||

#7  Angie, I think it means he is a Wo Shing Do insider.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/20/2011 18:28 Comments || Top||


Barney Frank Wears Revealing Shirt On House Floor
[Real Clear Politics] Outgoing Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was on the House floor late Monday afternoon wearing a t-shirt and a sling due to a recent operation on his t Frank was wearing a revealing shirt, one which you could see through that exposed what his bare chest looks like. The outgoing congressman said his recent attire was due to surgery he had on a ligament in his thumb.
E-e-e-e-w! He wasn't wearing a bro bra!
He could at least have worn a slip...
Sitting on a congressional seat for decades with your thumb up your butt will do that to your ligaments...
MOOBS!!!
For a second, I thought Bella Abzug had forgot her hat.
They say that Barney's shape is fabulous when he dresses up as Kate Smith and belts out "God Bless America" for the boys at the annual Fire Island Fourth of July party.
I am carefully not thinking what it would take for the honourable Congressman to reach the high notes...
First they start to let themselves go. Then they start accumulating cats - overflowing litterboxes all over the townhosue. Next thing you know they're shuffling down the street talking to themselves and screeching with a wild look in their eyes. It's never pretty when a pol of Frank's class heads toward the exit ...
Do NOT click the link!!! Nipple alert -- NSFW!!!!!
Posted by: Fred || 12/20/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "His bare chest looks like" > Clearly it doth NOT a VladVedev maketh.

D *** NG IT, WE MISSED OUR "THATS TOO MUCH INFORMATION" CONFERENCE AT BERKELEY AGAIN, DIDN'T WE?
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 12/20/2011 0:29 Comments || Top||

#2  I cannot go to the original source for the fear of seeing a photograph. No photos please!
Posted by: whatadeal || 12/20/2011 3:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Good. You don't want to see it. It's so horrifying I thought he'd turned into a physically representation of Liberal Policies.
Posted by: Charles || 12/20/2011 3:12 Comments || Top||

#4  Surprising that they didn't mention the Speedos, the glitter, the nipple clamps, or his belting out a karaoke medley of Barbra Streisand songs on the House floor.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 12/20/2011 9:30 Comments || Top||

#5  He's too sexy for his shirt
Too sexy for his shirt
So sexy it huurrrtts!
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 12/20/2011 11:45 Comments || Top||

#6  you should see the tramp stamp on his back
Posted by: Frank G || 12/20/2011 12:03 Comments || Top||

#7  He does look testosterone-challenged...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 12/20/2011 12:06 Comments || Top||

#8  We're still waiting for a few of the Mods to weigh in....

C'mon, y'all are falling down on the job! ;-p
Posted by: Barbara || 12/20/2011 13:57 Comments || Top||

#9  LOL Barbara
We did make an appropriately deranged rainbow out of the main post in honor of Barney Goes To Poliwood though.
Posted by: ryuge || 12/20/2011 15:11 Comments || Top||

#10  "one which you could see through that exposed what his bare chest looks like"

One you could see his nipples through!

I am yet a journalist!
Posted by: Kojack || 12/20/2011 16:33 Comments || Top||

#11  Barney Frank institutes "Casual Mondays" on the House floor...
Posted by: Pappy || 12/20/2011 16:38 Comments || Top||

#12  Barney is going for the "On-the-make" look while nursing his thumb?
Posted by: JohnQC || 12/20/2011 17:17 Comments || Top||

#13  Is it wrong for me to want to take a belt sander to this guy?
Posted by: Secret Asian Man || 12/20/2011 20:03 Comments || Top||

#14  The arguemnt for banning the burka just failed.
Posted by: manversgwtw || 12/20/2011 21:41 Comments || Top||

#15  Somewhere between Win7 and Aurora my spellcheck is MIA.
Posted by: manversgwtw || 12/20/2011 21:48 Comments || Top||

#16  "The arguemnt for banning the burka just failed."

I've never had any trouble with the burkha, manversgwtw - for men.
Posted by: Barbara || 12/20/2011 22:14 Comments || Top||

#17  *happy sigh*
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/20/2011 23:03 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Kremlin Sorry to See Kim Jong Il Go – Havel, Not So Much
The Russian leadership is ignoring the death of Czech President Vaclav Havel but mourning that of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, Kasparov.ru reports.

While condolences have poured into the Czech Republic from dozens of world leaders, neither Russian President Dmitri Medvedev nor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have extended any such sympathies.

On Sunday, US President Barak Obama praised Havel’s role in helping create a united Europe. French President Nikolai Sarkozy said that “Europe has lost one of its wise men,” and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Havel’s “dedication to freedom and democracy is as unforgotten as his great humanity.”

December 19 was designated a national day of mourning in the Czech Republic.

President Havel passed away on December 18 following a long battle with respiratory illness. Known for leading Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution and helping democratize the former Soviet republic, he has criticized the Russian government as “a specific combination of old stereo types and a new business-mafia environment.”

Commenting on the recent protests that have swept Russia following fraudulent elections on December 4, Havel opined in Novaya Gazeta that “There can be no talk of democracy as long as the leaders of the state insult the dignity of citizens, control the judiciary, the mass media and manipulate election results.”

Meanwhile, President Medvedev did extend his sympathies on Monday to the North Korean people on the death of leader Kim Jong Il.

“Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to Kim Jong Un following the death of Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Jong Il,” read a press release on the Kremlin’s website.
Posted by: Flaviger Unaique4477 || 12/20/2011 06:28 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Though the Slovaks don't care much for the Czechs, they are still sad at the loss of Havel, because he gave them their independence when they asked for it, as painlessly as possible. Had he resisted it could have cost an awful lot of Slovakian lives.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 12/20/2011 9:26 Comments || Top||

#2  *** cough **** cough **** cough *** ...

D *** NGED AM CINNAMON ROLL.

Yes, Virginia, there be much deeper reasons or motives for Russia = Vladvedev to do than just Havel.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 12/20/2011 21:20 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Obama's Christmas bill
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/20/2011 07:35 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Clinton's lessons for Obama
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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2011-12-20
  Syria allows Arab observers
Mon 2011-12-19
  20 Civilians, 6 Troops Killed in Fresh Syria Violence
Sun 2011-12-18
  Kimmie Dead
Sat 2011-12-17
  Australian terror conspirators jailed for 18 years
Fri 2011-12-16
  Syrian Dissidents Declare Creation of 'National Alliance'
Thu 2011-12-15
  U.S. War in Iraq Declared Officially Over
Wed 2011-12-14
  33 Civilians, 7 Regime Troops Killed
Tue 2011-12-13
  Mexican Army bags 11 bad guys in Tamaulipas state
Mon 2011-12-12
  Mysterious explosion kills 7, injures 16 in Iran
Sun 2011-12-11
  Syrian Opposition Reports Deputy Defense Minister Killed
Sat 2011-12-10
  Rival Yemeni forces said to quit streets of Taiz city
Fri 2011-12-09
  Twenty trucks torched in attack at Nato terminal in Quetta
Thu 2011-12-08
  Yemen's unity government announced
Wed 2011-12-07
  New coalition government formed in Yemen
Tue 2011-12-06
  Afghanistan: Kabul shrine attacks 'kills 34'


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