January 2012
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“There is a chance that this hunk of debris could do something cool, like contain...”
– Stephen Colbert, on the Russian Space Probe Phobos-Grunt
WatchTom Scharpling’s hilarious video for Real Estate’s song “Easy.” Features Chris Gethard and Jake Fogelnest among others. Watch it and be a happy person for once.
The Best Show on WFMU Insults: 2009-2011 →
thetinywivesclub:
A fairly complete list of direct insults lobbied at Tom Scharpling by various characters from roughly 2009 to 2011:
“It was part ape part party machine.”
“You yutz-knuckle.”
“You tele-dummy.”
“You genius-dummy.”
“You cut-out-dummy.”
“You franken-dummy.”
“You sub basic cable-dummy.”
“You…
December 2011
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Spitting on a Second Grader for God →
This is shocking and terrible, but let’s get back to wringing our hands over the handful of atheists who have written mean, rude books.
SEC Says Rudy Ruettiger Is A Stock Scammer →
This story is about a folk hero (who didn’t really do anything in the first place) having another 15 minutes of fame, but it SHOULD be about how if you generate $11M in illicit profit, you only have to pay a fine of $382,866 to get away with it. I guess I’ll do it too, then. Why the hell not?
WatchThis new Ron Paul ad is actually as honest as he pretends to be. Good for him!
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November 2011
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carolineeand asked: Ben & Jerry's changed Clusterfluff after the Fluffernutter people sent them a cease and desist. Apparently they own "fluff"
The Persian Secession: 41st Parallel North
This is the story of a five year old cat named Woody who had spent his whole life indoors in Manhattan and then found himself outdoors in Westchester County, then got lost, then got chased, then hid, then got rained on, then got found and reunited with his adopted family.
Our move was spaced out over four days: packing up on Tuesday, moving out on Wednesday, closing on our real estate...
October 2011
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Happy Halloween! Click me for fun. →
Matt Taibbi Makes Me Want to Barf, in a Good Way →
“Ordinary people have to borrow their money at market rates. Lloyd Blankfein and Jamie Dimon get billions of dollars for free, from the Federal Reserve. They borrow at zero and lend the same money back to the government at two or three percent, a valuable public service otherwise known as “standing in the middle and taking a gigantic cut when the government decides to lend...