Duffy will assure “logrolling” is not a gay term in Washington DC.
Archive for September, 2010
Sean Duffy Will Be Best Logroller in Congress
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010No Wonder the Fim “Machete” Couldn’t “Get It Out of the Scabbard”
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010I wanted to love Machete as much as the next guy the few people this film was target at. But logically it suffered. For example, look at Machete’s to chest-strapped machete knives below. How exactly are those thicker-at-the-top knives supped to be unsheathed?
Maybe there are buttons under the leather in a closer up view.
One Costume Shop Probably Not Getting Past Google Safe Search
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Ah jolly old England, you make costume shopping much more fun. Especially with stuff like this.
Wall Street 2: Money Actually Sleeps Quite Well
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
“Want a Heineken,” asks Gordon Gekko moments before the beer’s label slides in to fill the screen. The scene takes place at New York’s Shun Lee restaurant, where staff confirmed to us that they do in fact serve Heineken. In the closing credits, the IWC logo floats over the screen like a reflection in a pool. Everything in between is branded. In fact, one difference between the first Wall Street and its sequel is that Money Never Sleeps has a credited crewmember (Allison Robin) responsible solely for “product placement.”
Los Campesinos!, Budwesier, Dancing!
Sunday, September 26th, 2010
During Sunday Night Football, Budweiser debuted a commercial featuring the Los Campesinos! sony “You, Me Dancing.” Below is the song a the commercial isn’t online yet. But the use of the song doesn’t seem to be the end of the band’s involvement with the King of Beers.
A look at the Los Campesinos! Twitter page reveals some pro-Budweiser Tweets. Another after the jump.
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You Realize Why All the Women Here are Lesbians
Friday, September 24th, 2010From my Inbox
Friday, September 24th, 2010
This Thing is Like that Thing: Authors Without Organs Edition
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
A Primer for the Coastal Elite: What Do The Tea Party Folks Want?
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
So, you people of the coasts: what do they want? They want Washington to “listen.” They want to not be “treated like sheep.” They want better education (maybe). They want Ronald Reagan bon mots. They want jokes about moving D.C. to North Dakota because the cold would “force politicians to keep their hands in their own pockets.” They want to sing God Bless America. They want, in one speaker’s words, “to take it back for the United States Constitution for liberty.” They want, more than anything, lower taxes…
In light of the tea party primary wins, a look back on my dispatch from a tea party in August 2009. Read it all.
Welcome to Autumn
Monday, September 20th, 2010 
Wisconsin; Sept.