Jul 15th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Endgame
It must take a wide Latina indeed to restrain herself from slugging some of these guys:
— The complicated health care status quo.
— The waning of culture war politics.
— Something about driving a car turns people into sociopaths.
— I’ll believe there are green shoots when Julian Sanchez doesn’t have time to put stuff like this together.
Between Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, there was Julie Ruin; this is “V.G.I.”
42 Responses to “Endgame”
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July 15th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Perhaps “wise”?
July 15th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Matthew’s calling her fat?
July 15th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Now, that’s not very nice.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
This might be a typo worth fixing.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
It sounds like Julie Ruin has listened to Patti Smith.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
A slightly built Latina might not be tempted in the first place to strike her interlocutors, as she might not have developed the instinctive notion that she could effectively deploy violence against other adults. A more sturdily built Latina (not implying anything about muscle/bone vs. fat composition, of course, because we’re gentlemen here!) is more likely to have a sense that she can well acquit herself in a physical confrontation – whether or not she’s ever been in one herself – and may therefore require more conscious effort to suppress the natural urges to violence that sometimes overtake us all.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Wow Matt. You’re usually good at posting stories about our future robot overlords. But you missed this one:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532492,00.html
July 15th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
This is one of those typos that has to make you wonder whether MY is deliberately taunting us.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Wait. Who’s making Jennifer Lopez mad?
July 15th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
I’ve had people run in front of my moving car numerous times. Not at a crosswalk, mind you. Halfway down the block they just decide that they don’t have the time to cross the street legally, or even wait for me to pass. They just step in front of me. If I hit one of these people, I won’t berate them necessarily, but I’m going to have a hard time feeling sympathetic.
And don’t me started on cyclists. Yes, you have a smaller carbon footprint than I do. That doesn’t give you the right to run a red light. I nearly killed one of these assholes at an intersection just a week ago.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
In response to accusations that I have frequent, repeated carnal encounters with goats, I have placed an affidavit from the goat in question on my website. Those who point out that it’s only a picture of an affidavit are poopy heads.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
So gawddamm mean, Yglesias.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Matt, dude, you should hope this is a typo. BTW, I wished she would have corrected some of the senators when they kept saying “wise Latino” instead of “Latina.”
July 15th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
And don’t me started on cyclists. Yes, you have a smaller carbon footprint than I do. That doesn’t give you the right to run a red light. I nearly killed one of these assholes at an intersection just a week ago.
Every fucking one of the douchebag cyclists in Hyde Park seems to have decided that the traffic laws must be some kind of right wing patriarchal oppressive measure that they need to disobey.
The next time they almost force me to drive into a telephone pole to miss their drunken asses, I’ll think about going socio.
July 15th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Every fucking one of the douchebag cyclists in Hyde Park seems to have decided that the traffic laws must be some kind of right wing patriarchal oppressive measure that they need to disobey.
Assuming we’re talking about the Hyde Park in Chicago (there are a lot of them, after all), when I lived there I found the same to be true of the cop cars, so I presume the locals were just taking cues from the authority figures.
(No but really, I’ve never seen so many instances of a squad car flipping the lights/siren to move through a red light, then turning them off 30 feet down the road, as I did from my apartment window over two years.)
July 15th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
What amuses me is that every time the Culture Warriors beat their drums and move some national number from 40% to 45% (or whatever), they call it a trend and reaffirm their belief that victory is just around the corner. They simply don’t get that 51% is now beyond their reach, and it is only going to get worse.
July 15th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
lol. “wide.”
July 15th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Song of the day:
Sharon Corr – Ears Painted On – Isle Of Wight Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7jQ3jdFfRY&feature=related
July 15th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Don’t go back to Rockville…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erBvUeQCeVs
July 15th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
The other day I was walking to work and crossed in a cross walk on a fairly busy road. I was given the “walk” sign and the car at the front of the rather lengthy line to turn right politely waited for me. However, the third or fourth car in line contained a pyscho-eyed 50-ish year old man who gave me the death stare and slowly raised his middle finger. I just kinda blankly stared at this man, as I had no expectation of that reaction for walking in a fucking crosswalk.
Song of the Day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJHQmJAiKA
July 15th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Too many burritos for lunch?
July 15th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
HILLARY DIANE RODHAM-CLINTON POOL
Now, Hillary is being called the Saudi Wife of the Media Messiah Imperial President of the Empire, has been said to have been off page with the Messiah, and the latest having been upstaged by a Rose Garden announcement by the Messiah during the Hillary Diane Rodham-Clinton State Department Under New Management cutting of the ribbon. And, the International Community has been openly questioning why the Messiah is performing the tasks that are normally done by the State Department.
So, the question is have you bought into the office pool of just how long Hillary Diane Rodham-Clinton will remain the Secretary of State? What are the odds that it is less than (4) four years, less than (2) years, no more than (18) months?
TRIATHLON
July 15th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
@ Medrawt, #6: Well-played, sir.
July 15th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Julian Sanchez needs to get a job.
or a hobby.
or a girlfriend.
and boy am i glad i am not reading this book this summer.
July 15th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Song of the day:
Sharon Corr
ITYM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9GtjvRR9iQ
July 15th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
It must take a wide Latina
Damn, she can’t even get a break from you Matt? She must be having a really bad day.
July 15th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Driving a car turns people into sociopaths? Uh… did you read the story?
“The woman got out of the truck and started yelling at the child,” said Wendy Coulten, 51, of Rockville, who said she witnessed a recent such incident in Rockville. … Coulten got out of her car and told the boy to lie still until the ambulance arrived. Police and the ambulance were on the scene quickly. She said she didn’t know who was at fault or whether the driver was cited, but Coulten was shocked by the motorist’s behavior.
So the HERO OF THE STORY WAS DRIVING A CAR.
???
July 15th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I still can’t believe that Rush Limbaugh opposes efforts by Flint to shrink in line with the population and decrease the core infrastructure overhead. Its as if he doesn’t really believe the things that he says about smaller government, lower taxes, etc…
July 16th, 2009 at 1:03 am
Wow. What an unbelievably ugly typo.
July 16th, 2009 at 1:38 am
Ok, man, you’ve gotta read ‘em aloud before you post.
July 16th, 2009 at 7:11 am
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July 16th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Jesus. Don’t just run spell check; proof read, you lazy motherfucker.
July 16th, 2009 at 11:17 am
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July 16th, 2009 at 11:19 am
I run over city streets pretty much daily. I’ve been hit three times. Once by a guy turning right on a red — he didn’t think to check and see if a pedestrian was also taking advantage of the lack of cars to cross.
The other two times were by people turning right at a stop sign. They just looked to make sure that no cars were coming from their left and didn’t check to make sure that no pedestrians were coming from their right. I’ve been almost hit probably dozens of times under the same circumstances. It’s so bad that I won’t cross in front of a car at a stop sign unless I make eye contact with the driver and am sure that she/he sees me.
July 16th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
It’s so bad that I won’t cross in front of a car at a stop sign unless I make eye contact with the driver and am sure that she/he sees me.
For bike riders, suburban driveways are the worst. People just don’t see bikers and come backing out of their drives at warp speed.
As far as stop signs go, at 4 way stops, I’ll get off the bike and walk it across. It’s the only way to stay away from the Church Expectant.
July 16th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
really, you’re just going to insult her like that and leave it up because you can’t be bothered to change one letter? really?
July 16th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Jeffrey Davis: Oh, yeah, that spoof was hilarious. The Corrs loved it! They always mention it when someone brings up the topic of them being “the bootiful Corrs”! LOL!
July 16th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Once by a guy turning right on a red — he didn’t think to check and see if a pedestrian was also taking advantage of the lack of cars to cross.
Sounds like the driver was obeying traffic laws and you were not.
July 16th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
The “typo” is a Freudian slip for his beef against Sotomayor’s alma mater.
Matt really doesn’t like her. He would rather have a Harvard graduate on the bench.
July 16th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Nah. The typos are part of the brand. You don’t dilute the brand.
Incidentally, I had “V.G.I.” in my head all day.
July 17th, 2009 at 4:01 am
unless it was in NYC where both people were breaking the law (although the jaywalker was following well-established precedent)
July 17th, 2009 at 6:56 am
unless it was in NYC where both people were breaking the law (although the jaywalker was following well-established precedent)
Fair enough. Everywhere I’ve lived, though, the walker would get a citation, not the driver.