On Today is Rick Scott's First Killing!
I don't have the automatic aversion to the death penalty that maybe I should and this guy isn't innocent/a kid/a good guy in the wrong place at the wrong time so my injustice bells aren't sounding. That being said, something's been troubling me about the article, and it's that Choire is right: the daughter sounds downright eager. Vengeance isn't an emotion that I'm going to begrudge anyone, but I would like to think that 30 years (and therapy!) would temper that instinct somewhat. No one should be eager to kill another person.
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On The Chris Christie-Madoff Attack Ad That Writes Itself
@Abe Sauer In the general - yes. I can already see the grainy B&W ad. In the Iowa Caucuses, though, I think it goes something like, "Madoff? Eh. Unions? BAD. Christie? GOOD." How's that for lack of reason?
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On The Chris Christie-Madoff Attack Ad That Writes Itself
Well someone already made my Wall-E reference, so I'm going back to bed. I don't know that the Madoff-hatred-gut-reaction actually occurs outside of Florida and the northeast. Because if you personally know a Madoff victim, you know a [once] actually very rich person, not like an "I own the McDonald's AND the Dairy Queen in town" rich person. (A quick scan suggests the victimized charities were confined to a particular geography and demographic as well.) But everybody knows a teacher or other government worker getting rich off the taxpayer teat, basically stealing money OUT OF YOUR VERY OWN POCKET. Which is to say that I think Christie's taking on the unions far outweighs (no pun intended) the Madoff problem, at least as far the GOP base is concerned.
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On On Her Way Offstage, Michele Bachmann Leaves a Gruesome Legacy (Updated w/ New Video)
"Perrycare" not to be confused with "peri care." Because if Michele Bachmann is clever enough to have made that double entendre on purpose, may God have mercy on our souls.
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On How to Deal with Enormous Dying Bugs in Your Apartment
This excellent advice is not limited to NYC! Also totally applicable in the South. Particularly Florida. Just sayin'.
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On Hobbit Island Inexplicably Distressed By Nasty Foodstuff Shortage
It's made by a company called Sanitarium?! Good lord, doesn't that tell you all you need to know?