Moe Lane

I try not to play the If X agrees with me then I may need to re-evaluate my position game.

DUDE! MSNBC’S Ed Schultz says we must consider GROUND TROOPS in ‘religious war’ against ISIS http://t.co/fj9h8cO0x2

— Right Scoop (@trscoop) February 16, 2015

So instead I just need to figure out what the heck is causing Ed Schultz to come to the conclusion that we’re probably going to end up killing a lot of IS death cultists.  Who knows?  If it’s environmental, perhaps we can reproduce the effect elsewhere.

I dunno. “Knitting tiny wool sweaters for tiny injured penguins” is actually kind of badass.

Oldest man in Australia spends his time knitting tiny wool sweaters for tiny injured penguins: http://t.co/PzVDZ4310y pic.twitter.com/IXPoxt1gyt

— ABC News (@ABC) February 11, 2015

Especially when you’re 109 years old. What recklessly Australian things did this man do in his prime, that he now balances it with making protective clothing for cute, yet wounded waterfowl? – And nobody tell me! It almost certainly won’t be as cool as the story I’m telling myself in my head right now.

But otherwise true.

If you're a Congressman with a scandal to get off your chest you have roughly 30 mins of total impunity starting about now

— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) February 11, 2015

Man. White people:

Hipsters pissed that Portland OR Airport is updating its carpet: http://t.co/BKK95aOtCJ http://t.co/wnimstJnTL

— Wodeshed (@Wodeshed) February 6, 2015

Look, I understand how a person might think that getting a tattoo of an airport carpet pattern* might say to the world that you are serious; but, speaking as a representative of the world, I regret to tell you that in fact the opposite is true.

Moe Lane

PS: Mind you, if the hipsters want the old carpet and the Portland airport can’t get rid of it otherwise, then by all means: give the hipsters the damned carpet. I mean, the hipsters want it, right? Better than just throwing it in a landfill.

…What? Hipsters can have nice things, too. For given values of ‘nice.’

*I AM NOT MAKING THAT UP.

It’s a matter of principle.

In which @juliaioffe‘s question about the new TNR’s lineup is again answered in the negative. pic.twitter.com/Ef95nHiybr

— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) February 6, 2015

Because I’ll tell you: after watching a certain flavor of progressive do stuff like this, I have really and truly come to a genuine appreciation of the shaken head, and the mused Man. White people. I will not give this up. You can’t make me give this up.  I will not be shamed into giving it up.  Accept that.

Moe Lane

I mean, speaking professionally this Tweet is master-level work. I want to use it to teach a class.

Vengeance is MINE, mofo #GroundhogsAgainstMayors http://t.co/VbME7tlnH1 … pic.twitter.com/jJPtaOiW1u

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 3, 2015

It’s perfectly designed for its target audience: David assumes that you know the story of the de Blasio Groundhog Murder (and Coverup) already, and that you know about Mike Bloomberg’s insane mayor-clown anti-gun posse – which means he can go with the joke without having to explain anything. I mean, sure, if you’re a first-time Twitter user who doesn’t follow politics you won’t get the jok… no, wait, there’s a picture of a groundhog about to savage a man’s ear. You’d still get the joke anyway.

As I said: I am impressed in a professional capacity with this tweet. It’s just that good.

Huh?

This is front page news everywhere right??? pic.twitter.com/RMU3t92ONN

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 29, 2015

(more…)

‘Hell, no.”

No http://t.co/9LqGqWZPSM

— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) January 18, 2015

It will suck. It will suck, because the original concept worked only because the show was steeped in the Nineties, and that was twenty years ago, and that era is dead. An updated, successful version would be effectively a different show, so you might as well call it something else. And Hollywood doesn’t have the moral courage to make a successful updated version.

So: not just no. Hell, no.

Moe Lane

PS: This is a great webcomic that Shaenon really needs to start up again.

I really kind of liked living in a world where our enemies weren’t becoming steadily more emboldened to do things like this in public, and on the record.

Hey #Oakland. #MLKShutItDown #BARTFriday #LGBT how about a march against #ISIS throwing gay men off buildings pic.twitter.com/TpTrghaqaa

— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) January 16, 2015

Well, at least I don’t have to spend too much time trying to figure out which side I’m on.

What we have here is a failure to communicate. And if Valerie Jarrett really is the President’s gatekeeper, then she’s responsible for what happened to the guy this weekend:

Oh my. pic.twitter.com/gCVoEgRbXV

— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) January 13, 2015

Somebody decided to leak that they had no clue what was going on, thinking this was better than the alternative.

— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) January 13, 2015

…Although I am starting to wonder whether Official Washington is gleefully setting Valerie Jarrett as the scapegoat for all of the Obama administration’s many, many communications sins. Very possibly: the woman is hated, the woman is feared, and best of all: the woman is not from Dizzy City. Mind you, I’m not really upset if Valerie Jarrett is being set up to take the fall, largely because she’s kind of earned it and I don’t see how her impact crater is going to splash over on anybody I care about. Guess that means that This Town is getting to me, too.  Maybe I should change my filtration mask filters…

Moe Lane

It’s not a 100% rule, of course.  I’m sure that there’s been a time or three when we have.  But our mistake is in being too loyal*. Ask Senator Manchin how he feels about that right now:

Manchin asks, after Landrieu comes one vote short: "Would the republicans leave someone hanging like that on their side?"

— Nick Juliano (@nickjuliano) November 19, 2014

Moe Lane

*No, it’s actually a mistake sometimes. Usually when the person that we’re being loyal to doesn’t really deserve it.

…so stop scooping my post ideas, OK?

.@Choostas We don’t need to belittle, humiliate, and delegitimize President Obama. He’s handling that job all by himself.

— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 14, 2014

As you can see, this was in response to some dude or dudette on the Internet’s getting all bent out of shape because Jim noted that when Rep. Joe Wilson (SC) shouted “YOU LIE!” at Barack Obama’s claim that Obamacare would be extended to illegal immigrants, Joe Wilson turned out to be… correct; they’re talking about doing that. Which I was on the verge of looking up, except that Jim beat it to me. While on vacation, the so-and-so.

Ach, well. At least I got the Frank J Fleming interview in before he did.