Friday, September 30, 2016

The Necessity of Michael Moore: Live Talk Edition

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(All quotes pretty much guaranteed not to be verbatim, but to be accurate to the spirit of what was said.) Last night, with about a day of a...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Thirteen Years of Rudeness: Whiskey, Sodomy, and a Little Cash

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Today marks 13 goddamn years since I started writing this fuckin' blog. That's like 150 in human years. And paying attention to the...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

In Brief: An Implication of Donald Trump's Claim on Opposition to the Iraq War

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Lots of commentators commentated on how Republican presidential candidate and moldy cantaloupe in a poorly-tailored suit Donald Trump said, ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Observations on a Brutal Beatdown at Last Night's Presidential Debate

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Autoerotic asphyxiation is tricky. Done right, a man who ties a cord or a necktie around his throat and attaches it to a strong doorknob or ...
Monday, September 26, 2016

In Brief: Time to Re-Re-Re-Re-Re-Meet Hillary Clinton

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Think about this for a moment: This is one of the only chances since the Democratic convention that most TV news network viewers will get a ...
Friday, September 23, 2016

If I Could Talk to Ted Cruz Right Now, Here Are a Few Things I'd Tell Him

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Upon hearing that Ted Cruz endorsed Donald Trump for president, a few thoughts went through my head. They were things I'd say directly ...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

Five Questions for Donald Trump Supporters That They Will Never Answer Because They're Terrible Human Beings

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1. If Hillary Clinton refused to release her taxes because they are "under audit," would you be cool with that? 2. If the IRS sai...

Very Late Post Today

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Man, where did this day go? Charlotte is a goddamned mess. Syria is fucked up. Twitter still fucking with me. Back later (perhaps) with more...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Tulsa Is Very Good at Killing Black People

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That's Angelo Estes, Jr. holding a sign that reads, "Don't shoot." His hands are up, as you can see. What you can't s...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Political Correctness, Bull Murder, and Trump (Yes, There Is a Through-Line Here)

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In Tordesillas, Spain, the provincial government ended a tradition that went back to medieval times. The real medieval times, not the fake ...
Monday, September 19, 2016

Donald Trump Was Never as Hard as He Was This Last Two Days

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As soon as he heard about the bomb going off in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on Saturday night, Republican presidential candidate a...

Late Post Today

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I'm coming up with a list of terrible events I've "nailed." Back later with more self-aggrandizing rudeness.
Friday, September 16, 2016

The Post-Factual Election: Trump, Lies, and More Lies

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"There's something you don't fucking understand," my friend from western Virginia told me. Cal and I had been catching up....
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Ivanka Trump Doesn't Seem to Have Met Her Father (Or Is Just as Big a Liar as Him)

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Check this out. It's Donald Trump's child care reform plan, with a word find box up at the top: The word being searched is "fa...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Flint Pastor Demonstrates That You Can Get Donald Trump to Shut the Fuck Up

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If you haven't seen it yet, you should check out Donald Trump talking to a gathering of mostly black parishioners at the Bethel United ...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

To David Brooks, Clinton and Trump Are Equally Distrustful Even Though David Brooks's Examples Show They're Not

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Sometimes, one sentence tells you all you need to know. So focus on this one about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: "They have set the...
Monday, September 12, 2016

If You Give a Racist a Candidate...:A Child's Guide to Understanding the Basket of Deplorables

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If you give a racist a candidate, he'll think that it's okay to be a racist. When he thinks it's okay to be racist, he'll op...
Friday, September 09, 2016

Matt Lauer Gives Away the Game with Clinton and Trump

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In some ways, we perhaps owe Matt Lauer a debt of gratitude. His ludicrously shallow interviews with presidential candidates Hillary Clinto...
Thursday, September 08, 2016

Imagine If a Democrat Had Said What Donald Trump Said Last Night...

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-- At last night's Commander-in-Chief forum on the decommissioned aircraft carrier U.S.S. Intrepid, Democratic presidential candidate Hi...

Late Post Today

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A busy day at Rude Central.  Back later with more general-endorsed bloggery.