Tantalizing Bits of TransAtlantic Feculence

A peek at what the USTR will be doing for the next couple of days:

USTR Press Week Ahead: May 20-24 | Office of the United States Trade Representative

Why on earth would Ambassador Sapiro meet with the head of the Motion Picture Association? Er, well, as it happens, France doesn’t want its creative and [...]

What Does $11.53 Per Hour Mean

Do you have friends or relations who work full time and earn $11.53 per hour? Do you know people who work really hard full time and make less than $11.53 per hour? Do you feel that’s a reasonable full time hourly rate? Is it livable rate?

Now, why am I picking on $11.53 per hour? [...]

Governor Walker Threatens to Inhibit Free Market Competition

Governor Walker held one of his periodic touch bases with the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today…and we will see their interpretation of his sage wisdom via any number of articles over the next few days…but one of the first items of discussion was the approval process for any new off reservation tribal [...]

Shocking News: Turns out Mitt Wasn’t Fit (HUMOR AND SATIRE)

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CALIFORNIA: Former Presidential hopeful and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney has reportedly been rushed to a mental health facility (conveniently located just five minutes outside of La Jolla, California) earlier this morning! According to sources close to the Romney family, the former Governor and his wife Ann were uttering their bedtime [...]

Are Conservative Brains Really This Stupid?

h/t Wonkette

Megan Mcardle at the Daily Beast has an idea for students the next time confronted by a crazy with a gun.

“I’d also like us to encourage people to gang rush shooters, rather than following their instincts to hide; if we drilled it into young people that the correct thing to do [...]

Demon Sex Can Make You Gay

While I’m sure most readers are already aware of this, it bears repeating: demon sex can make you gay. That’s right.

Christian magazine Charisma reports that sexual attacks by demons are so wonderfully orgasmic that victims worry they’ll never find the same kind of pleasure again with mere mortals. What a problem to wrestle with, [...]

Milwaukee Voter Turn Out a Ridiculous 87 Per Cent!

Professional GOP apologist propagandist and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel conservative favorite son, Christian Schneider, tossed off the following bit of jetsam in his analysis of Tuesday’s Presidential Election:

The City of Milwaukee had a ridiculous 87% turnout rate on Tuesday…

The only thing ridiculous about the Milwaukee turnout rate is the fact it wasn’t matched [...]