June 10, 2011
— Ace This must be something people are interested in, right?
Before I heard about WeinerGate, I wrote a piece on Mamet's movies, and his political conversion, which I actually intended to be most of my output that Memorial Day weekend. That didn't work out as I thought it would.
Good piece, I think. And there's some good counter-trolling in the comments, as I admit to "erg," little by little, that I am, in fact, a Time Traveler.
"I admire your cajones, baby."
Mamet's explanation of what began his process of the ideological reboot: "I finally met a conservative."
Palin fans should note that they're both fairly positive (with some criticism) of Palin. Sort of a mixed, realistic view, lean towards the positive.
Oh, and they're both going kookoobananas over Hayek's Road to Serfdom.
More Mamet? Hobbitopoly tells me Mamet will be on Limbaugh at 2pm.
Miller: Weiner a "Nasty Piece of Work:" At Breitbart.tv, natch.
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Posted by: garrett at June 10, 2011 09:33 AM (DsR57)
David Mamet left the reservation? I propose taxing him more to reduce the deficit.
Posted by: ChuckOH at June 10, 2011 09:34 AM (B9H/R)
Posted by: Cheri at June 10, 2011 09:35 AM (oiNtH)
Posted by: B. Hussein Obama, Esq. at June 10, 2011 09:35 AM (tqwMN)
I reckon I won't have much to say in a confessional for about a month
Posted by: Zimriel at June 10, 2011 09:38 AM (3Vftj)
Posted by: t-bird at June 10, 2011 09:39 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 10, 2011 09:40 AM (bDPuF)
Posted by: huerfano at June 10, 2011 09:40 AM (An8Cu)
Posted by: IreneFingIrene at June 10, 2011 09:42 AM (JKe0g)
Posted by: Mr Pink at June 10, 2011 09:43 AM (bfM0f)
I reckon I won't have much to say in a confessional for about a month
True...but when at a social function, I doubt you look longingly at the nearest trash recepticle and find yourself getting all Jub-Jubby 'down there'.
Whereas, Ace...well let's just say that Ewoks are fond of refuse and leave it at that.
Posted by: garrett at June 10, 2011 09:43 AM (DsR57)
Yes, but there isn't a camera with a wide enough field to catch it in its totality.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 10, 2011 09:50 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: observer at June 10, 2011 09:52 AM (l0But)
Yes, but there isn't a camera with a wide enough field to catch it in its totality.
In Mamet's case, we'll have to break out the panoramic lens
Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2011 09:52 AM (sbV1u)
Buffering.. buffering.. does it work for anybody? Posted by: IreneFingIrene at June 10, 2011 01:42 PM
No. And that Microsoft hourglass cursor is the universe's only known perpetual motion machine.
Posted by: arhooley at June 10, 2011 09:54 AM (x97q8)
Posted by: Bob Saget was not at his computer when those sext messages were sent to underage girls at June 10, 2011 09:54 AM (F/4zf)
No. And that Microsoft hourglass cursor is the universe's only known perpetual Baby Seal Killing motion machine.
Stop! Web Browsing
Posted by: P.e.t.a. at June 10, 2011 09:56 AM (DsR57)
The gift you can give that hard-to-shop-for family member/young niece or nephew who is growing up in the indoctrination camps known as our union-controlled public schools- The Road to Serfdom.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at June 10, 2011 09:57 AM (0fzsA)
Buffering.. buffering.. does it work for anybody? Posted by: IreneFingIrene at June 10, 2011 01:42 PM
It's as empty a promise as "Weiner press conference expected at 4:00 pm"
Posted by: arhooley at June 10, 2011 09:57 AM (x97q8)
Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at June 10, 2011 09:58 AM (N0D8o)
IDF women?
Oh, but you need only ask:
Women of the IDF
Women in the Israel Defense Forces
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 10, 2011 09:59 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at June 10, 2011 09:59 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Honey Badger at June 10, 2011 01:56 PM (GvYeG)
I'd also settle for that pic of SE Cupp from the ONT, again.
Posted by: garrett at June 10, 2011 10:00 AM (DsR57)
Actual realism about Palin? That's gonna drive some people nuts... both Palinistas and Palin-h8ers.
Posted by: stuiec at June 10, 2011 10:01 AM (HMdeP)
Not completely O/T, since this is about The Great Conversion.
I had the pleasure of meeting a wonderful young woman at a gig several weeks ago who works with a bandmate. She attended Columbia and majored in poli-sci. We had some witty banter for a few hours over beers, she's a great conversationalist, very bright and knows big words and stuff.
So I had a chance to dazzle her with my *ahem* equally brilliant intellect before the subject turned to politics. She seemed surprised to find a conservative who could challenge her. She slipped into condescention mode for all of about thirty seconds before she caught herself. I could tell that she was unprepared to find a conservative musician, much less one who knew as much or more about politics than she did. I enlightened her about a few things that she was unaware of, like the impending ban on 100 watt light bulbs.
She seemed surprised that the government would go as far as to outlaw a certain type of light bulb, even though she's all gung-ho on the environment. I also had a chance to tell her about how forests are managed for wood products, since my last job was managing a machine shop that made products for the plywood industry and I got to see their operation up close.
She's young, intelligent, and liberal. I may make it my personal quest to gently introduce her to the wonders of conservatism.
If she can be turned toward the Light Side, there is hope...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 10, 2011 10:02 AM (d0Tfm)
Weiner is a turd with a long history of turditude.
He was a turd when he was Rep. Schumer's aid. And Weiner grew into even a bigger turd when he ran a turdy campaign for NYC Council.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 10:07 AM (sqkOB)
Posted by: mrp at June 10, 2011 10:07 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: t-bird at June 10, 2011 10:08 AM (FcR7P)
Story goes that Weiner was planning a move to FLA to make a political run in a district such as Boca because he didn't think he get in office in NY.
But his boss Rep Schumer told him to stay and run for city council from the Bronx.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 10:09 AM (sqkOB)
She's young, intelligent, and liberal. I may make it my personal quest to gently introduce her to the wonders of conservatism.
Through DicPics?
That's how liberals communicate these days.
Posted by: Loveline with Antonius Minimus at June 10, 2011 10:09 AM (DsR57)
Posted by: arhooley at June 10, 2011 10:10 AM (x97q8)
Did you bang her?
No, but thanks for thinking I could.
However if I was twenty years younger, she'd be smacking me on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper to stop me from humping her leg.
These days, not so much.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 10, 2011 10:11 AM (d0Tfm)
and then...serendipity!
Crown Heights stabbing occurred and Jesse & Al stepped onto the scene. Weiner took advantage of the racial-joo-black tensions and anonymously smeared his opponent.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 10:11 AM (sqkOB)
Posted by: B. Hussein Obama, Esq. at June 10, 2011 10:13 AM (tqwMN)
Crown Heights stabbing occurred and Jesse & Al stepped onto the scene. Weiner took advantage of the racial-joo-black tensions and anonymously smeared his opponent.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 02:11 PM
Isn't there a New York Dem willing to primary his ass crotch?
Posted by: arhooley at June 10, 2011 10:13 AM (x97q8)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 10, 2011 10:17 AM (AZGON)
Wow, Mamet is good. Paraphrasing...
"Lincoln said if slavery isn't wrong, then nothing is wrong. The left's dismantling of the west is similar, if that's not wrong, nothing is."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 10, 2011 10:19 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 10, 2011 10:19 AM (lbo6/)
He just said he hadn't even sat down and had a conversation with a Conservative until he was sixty years old.
That is crazy amazing.
Posted by: momma at June 10, 2011 10:19 AM (nWikJ)
if Weiner is replaced he'll be replaced with someone just as despicable.
Just like how Meeks in FL was replaced by another radical moonbat. And Jefferson in LA was replaced by another turd (defeating Joe Cao).
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 10:20 AM (sqkOB)
MARIETTA, Ga. — Authorities in Cobb County say they plan two message boards on a busy thoroughfare warning drivers to be on guard for a zombie outbreak as filming of the hit drama series "The Walking Dead" begins in the suburban Atlanta county.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 10, 2011 10:20 AM (UOM48)
He just said he hadn't even sat down and had a conversation with a Conservative until he was sixty years old.
That is crazy amazing.
Posted by: momma
Like most libs, he lived in a bubble. That's why their arguments are so weak. They aren't tested against conservative views - just the views libs think are conservative.
Posted by: Dang at June 10, 2011 10:23 AM (TXKVh)
if Weiner is replaced he'll be replaced with someone just as despicable.
Believe it or not, that sweetens it for me. For Weiner to have to watch an even grimier, slimier shit than himself ascend while he's blasted off to irrelevance.
Posted by: arhooley at June 10, 2011 10:25 AM (x97q8)
Posted by: RightWingProf at June 10, 2011 10:25 AM (UOcNk)
btw, why don't you just sew your ass shut is my new favorite rejoinder
try it; it works for anything
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 10:26 AM (sqkOB)
Mamet is a RINO!
(I can't believe nobody has said that yet.)
Mamet/West 2012!
I can't believe nobody has said THAT yet.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at June 10, 2011 10:27 AM (FkKjr)
When Obama is talking to this leader, there isn't one arrogant pose in the bunch.
I know, I'm racist! I denounce myself.
Posted by: momma at June 10, 2011 10:27 AM (nWikJ)
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 10, 2011 10:27 AM (ocecp)
observe...
This is Bush's recession.
To which I riposte: oh really? why don't you just sew your ass shut, then!
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 10:28 AM (sqkOB)
btw, why don't you just sew your ass shut is my new favorite rejoinder
try it; it works for anything
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 02:26 PM
It does have the zing of brevity. For those occasions where such crudeness is inappropriate, I like this:
I used to call you stupid just to insult you, but now I see you really are actually mentally challenged so I apologize.
Posted by: arhooley at June 10, 2011 10:29 AM (x97q8)
Does this girl have facebook or twitter?
I honestly didn't ask. I usually only see her once a month at an outdoors gig. She's more a "friend of the band" than anything else and she seems willing to help us pickle our livers, since she usually buys us rounds of drinks afterwards.
I'm trying to think of other sites to suggest to get her gradually accustomed to conservative thought. I don't want to mention the Moron Horde here quite yet. I didn't even tell her about my own little blog. That information is on a need-to-know basis only as I like my anonymity.
She has a good sense of humor, but little in life can prepare one for the awsomeness that is the HQ. If I had to explain pudding or stompy boots to her, she still wouldn't understand.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 10, 2011 10:30 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 10, 2011 10:30 AM (ocecp)
did you use a WAHL® clipper, momma?
WAHL clippers are good for pets and children. They're made in China, now, of course.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 10:31 AM (sqkOB)
Posted by: Biblio at June 10, 2011 10:32 AM (y5VNb)
try it; it works for anything
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 02:26 PM (sqkOB)
My personal favorite is from Grouch Marx:
"Why don't you bore a hole in yourself and let the sap run out?"
Confuses the hell out of people.
Posted by: Nighthawk at June 10, 2011 10:33 AM (OtQXp)
speaking of sap...
did you hear the good news?!?!
Vermont's maple syrup production is up 43% from 2010.
Isn't that just awesome? It was on the news this morning. Wow. And who says the economy sucks.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 10:36 AM (sqkOB)
How can that be?
Why isn't Global Warming ruining the maple syrup industry?
How is it that we still have trees in Vermont? And how are the trees not sterile and dying?
The bees know...
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 10:38 AM (sqkOB)
This would be comical if it weren't so damn pathetic.
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Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2011 10:39 AM (tqwMN)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 10, 2011 10:42 AM (lbo6/)
notice how it's only queer (as in strange) men who are all bent out of shape about circumcision?
Women, in general, are indifferent on the matter. But some men...they just seem to...worry...about other people's penises.
Isn't that...queer...as in odd?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 10:42 AM (sqkOB)
Why don't you just sew your ass shut?
Posted by: Empire of Jeff
Excellent! See? It works, eh?
but you don't need the question mark
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 10:44 AM (sqkOB)
Posted by: The Kremlin at June 10, 2011 10:45 AM (FcR7P)
Having Mamet come to our side is like getting Babe Ruth from the Red Sox. There is no question the guy is brilliant- he's written some of the best dialogue in 20 years. They can't dismiss him out of hand like Bush or Palin for being stupid.
This will make some brain dead liberals in Hollywood pause. That's no small accomplishment considering, as he said, that he was able to go 60 years without talking to a conservative.
Posted by: Matt at June 10, 2011 10:46 AM (ecpMe)
Posted by: maddogg at June 10, 2011 10:46 AM (OlN4e)
If only that had the same effect on Weiner's internet girlfriends.
Posted by: The Man Between The Cans at June 10, 2011 10:46 AM (TCyyS)
Posted by: Book Geek at June 10, 2011 10:48 AM (1+OO5)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2011 02:39 PM (tqwMN)
I second this! I have been heartily mocking him at Big Hollywood, but alas, it's just not the same as the HQ.
Posted by: MWR at June 10, 2011 10:48 AM (4df7R)
what's that story about the Soviet shoe quota ?
Something like ...the factory managers were producing really big shoes because they were being judged by the material-pounds not by the unit.
So factories were producing ridiculous products.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 10, 2011 10:49 AM (sqkOB)
OT, but could there be signs of intelligent life in Canada's high court?
Sponsors of 'rogue' immigrants to Canada must repay welfare money
"The risk of a rogue relative properly lies on the sponsor, not the taxpayer," Justice Ian Binnie wrote Friday on behalf of the court.
The court said governments have limited discretion to delay collection of defaulted payments, but not to totally forgive the debts.
"The discretion enables the governments to delay enforcement action having regard to the sponsor's circumstances and to enter into agreements respecting terms of payment, but not simply to forgive the statutory debt," wrote Binnie.
Posted by: MWR at June 10, 2011 10:51 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstine from Brattleboro, VT at June 10, 2011 10:56 AM (48wze)
Posted by: Vegetable Rights League at June 10, 2011 10:57 AM (yQWNf)
How does he write a line like,
"That watch costs more than your car. I made $970,000 last year. How much you make? You see pal, that's who I am, and you're nothing. Nice guy, I don't give a shit. Good father, fuck you! Go home and play with your kids! You wanna work here, close! You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you cocksucker? You can't take this, how can you take the abuse you get on a sit?"
without ever having a conversation with a conservative?
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at June 10, 2011 10:58 AM (+lsX1)
I second this! I have been heartily mocking him at Big Hollywood, but alas, it's just not the same as the HQ.
Reminds me of that Fightin' Around the world bit with South Park.
Crowe, along with all the other 'skiners, are woefully ignorant about this practice and why the Jews perform this on their male children. Circumcision is an external sign of the bond between G-d and the Jews. The child is not harmed and comparing circumcision to the human sacrifices that the Aztecs did is hyperbole of the highest order.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 10, 2011 10:58 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Method Man at June 10, 2011 10:58 AM (bfM0f)
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 10, 2011 10:58 AM (ocecp)
The New Mamet Narrative is that he's just an old Jew. That this "conversion" is nothing more than an old Jew facing his mortality and feeling all loyal to the motherland back in Israel. Maybe even a bit senile -- you know how old people get. Everything else is just mental gymnastics to get him on Team Protect Israel.
So ...
Old Mamet -- Genius left-wing playwright speaking truth to power.
New Mamet -- Just an old senile Jew getting old-man sentimental about Israel.
Posted by: Clubber Lang at June 10, 2011 11:00 AM (QcFbt)
Oh, that's nice!
"...(with some criticism) of Palin."
What!?! SONOVABICH!!1!!
Posted by: Kensington at June 10, 2011 11:00 AM (uaEZS)
A joke from the old Soviet Union tells the story of an artist who is commissioned to carve a statue of Lenin for the town square. The statue is finished except for the head when the local commissar tells the artist: "make sure that you sculpt Comrade Lenin with a hat on his head, it is always cold in this town and we do not want to have anything that would portray him to be foolish, like not wearing a hat in the cold." "But comrade.." the artist tries to explain and is cut off by the commissar: "You will not show the great Lenin to be a fool! You will sculpt him with a hat on his head or it is off to the gulag with you!". The artist relents and returns to work.
The day of the great unveiling finally arrives. The commissar pulls the rope and the cover falls away to reveal the great, wise Lenin with a hat on his head... and another in his hand!
Posted by: Nighthawk at June 10, 2011 11:00 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: Anthony 'S. Weiner at June 10, 2011 11:01 AM (FcR7P)
. . .
You're a lot more optimistic than I am.
Posted by: arhooley at June 10, 2011 11:06 AM (x97q8)
Oh, to be a liberal...
Posted by: Kensington at June 10, 2011 11:07 AM (uaEZS)
Posted by: Vegetable Rights League at June 10, 2011 11:08 AM (yQWNf)
And that right there is why a lopsided number of liberals are women.
Posted by: The Man Between The Cans at June 10, 2011 11:11 AM (TCyyS)
..."the resistance is the neurosis"
Posted by: beedubya at June 10, 2011 11:15 AM (AnTyA)
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at June 10, 2011 11:19 AM (w41GQ)
In Soviet Russia, statue carves you.
Posted by: Fluffof Smirnoff at June 10, 2011 11:21 AM (SwkdU)
Thanks, assholes. Now I can't remember my fraccin' name.
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Open comments on thread.....hit 'end' button. There ya go.
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Posted by: beedubya at June 10, 2011 11:25 AM (AnTyA)
She has a good sense of humor, but little in life can prepare one for the awsomeness that is the HQ. If I had to explain pudding or stompy boots to her, she still wouldn't understand.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy
So, the nipple computer scan would go amiss then?
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 10, 2011 11:28 AM (Gzv/o)
The resistance is the neurosis.
Posted by: beedubya
Are you fucking kidding? Are they also live blogging the DJIA tanking?
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 10, 2011 11:30 AM (Gzv/o)
Posted by: t-bird at June 10, 2011 11:31 AM (FcR7P)
The resistance is the neurosis.
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Posted by: t-bird at June 10, 2011 11:33 AM (FcR7P)
So, the nipple computer scan would go amiss then?
Sadly, yes. As would Ewoks, LauraW's hump, and the summoning of meteors.
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Posted by: Rex the Wonder God at June 10, 2011 11:42 AM (NHeC0)
So when is MSNBC and WashPo going to publicly solicit hitmen to kill Palin?
This reeks of StankBama. He is afraid she will run, so he's trying to attack now. I am going to consider him Weiner's Bluest Ball.
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Don't you have 'real people' to impress, later?
I would think that the next few hours would be taken up with pelt maintenance and rubbing a few out.
Posted by: garrett at June 10, 2011 09:30 AM (DsR57)