If you’re like me, and I know I am, when you hear the term “Journo-List Scandal,” you yawn like someone’s just got tequila in your Nyquil, or Nyquil in your tequila. But this intensely tedious kerfuffle has nevertheless given Our Right Wing Friends yet another excuse for squawking and preening and fondling themselves about how Exquisitely Horribly they are Oppressed. Which separates this particular episode from, well, nothing whatsoever. Specimens such as, say, Dennis Prager (Dennis the Pissant, ha ha ho) watch the sun go down and contemplate 4,000-word monologues about how Al Gore is Stalinistically plotting to cover the Earth in Satanic Darkness. It’s their gig, you know, for which they get pretty well paid, also.
Perhaps the most telling of the recent revelations of the liberal/left Journolist, a list consisting of about 400 major liberal/left journalists, is the depth of their hatred of conservatives….
Every one of us on the right has seen this hatred. I am not referring to leftist bloggers or to anonymous extreme comments by angry leftists on conservative blogs — such things exist on the right as well — but to mainstream elite liberal journalists. There is simply nothing analogous among elite conservative journalists.
I don’t believe it! This is absurd!
There are “elite conservative journalists”…?
Perhaps this notional class of creature includes Ann Coulter, who is given lots and lots of real estate over at Townhall, where I discovered Prager’s yammering? Or Townhall regular Jonah Goldberg, of Liberal Fascism: I Flick My Boogers at FDR repute? Or Townhall favorite Rush Limbaugh, Prager’s current presumptive candidate for unfairly-maligned Conservative Hero? (Enjoy that clip!) Or, well, our buddy Dennis Prager, shown here making a spectacle of himself, discussed here offering completely nutty marital advice, and in this very column, where Prager says that the Left is a gang of sissies for opposing stupid foreign wars?
Pretending they’re oppressed is about all they have. But I don’t hate them! I wanna give them all a great big kiss, with tongues.



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Thers!
Seriously? Dennis Prager is a victim? A victim of his mother failing to seek an abortion perhaps…
THERSday!
That’s true. Tha hatred displayed by elite conservative journalists is in a completely different order or magnitude.
I love the JourNoList Scandal and cannot get enough. Today’s news is that Weigel got a job with Salon, so that worked out well for him. Ackerman is getting to be famous than ever, but I hope fame does not make him less edgy.
prager is gonna be pissed he got called a hippie.
nicely done, thers.
Danke!
Evening all.
And their stupidity levels are off the charts.
THERSday!
They are just projecting as usual and a bit scared that we might actually replicate the rightwing noise machine. Never happen as there is no significant leftwing media comparable to the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Fox News, and increasingly CNN.
More a victim of his own idiocy and delusions.
What kills me most is that I don’t think there was a single “journalist,” i.e., guy/gal who goes out & covers stories & writes about them on a daily, allegedly objective basis (reporter, if you will) on the stupid list.
Which doesn’t keep Prager from being a prat of the first water.
Sadly, we’re all victims of that.
THERS…Great stuf
OTFLMAO!!!
You forgot my personal least favorite, the Moonie Times.
Victimhood is their religion, even more than jeebus.
Slate?
Also a Kaplan Birdcage Liner property, but the virtual version.
Yeah, and even more, there weren’t too many (any?) editors or owners, you know, the sort of people who actually decide what gets covered.
It’s hilarious (grimly) that JournoList, ridiculous a “scandal” as can be contemplated, from every perspective, can be shrieked about, given the raw fact of, you know, Fox News.
But I stand by being thoroughly bored outta my nipples by anything to do with “JournoList.”
OT but what the hell, It’s Late Night, here is super stupid, fucked, and sick all rolled into one: Florida ‘Church’ Demonstrates How Christians Should Burn Koran
If by ‘elite’ Prager means cocksucker (and I think he does) there haven’t been any elite conservatives since Bill Buckley kicked.
Rev?Moon:
…excuse me while I run out the door to barf!
As I said, this is classic wingnut projection accusing the left of the same kind of coordinated noise machine that the right has been employing for decades.
Especially since the ‘scandal’ is all about backstage collusion, yet somehow Breitbart tweeted about it three hours before Young Tucker Carlson’s vanity press shot pixels into the interwebs about it.
Explain that, non-colluding conservatives….
Ironic, since they’re exactly the kind of people who made him a victim…
Oh goody! I pretty sure that directions for heretics will follow soon.
Digby is a JourNoList. If RatFucker Tucker goes after her he will regret it.
Classic IOKIYAR. I think that should be one of the things engraved into the tombstone of the United States of America.
Assholes.
Oh shite, sure sounds like some really nasty disease!
Townhall is top of the hill for wingnuts. Of course they never mention what it is a hill of.
Am I the only dope who’s watching the Paul McCartney Concert at the WH? I’m just glad his mother didn’t abort him.
I am sure they already know how to burn Pagans at the stake.
There are “elite conservative journalists”…?
You’re forgetting Jimmy Dale “8 inches, cut” GannonGuckert.
What you & then Teddy said.
ROTFLMAO! Conservatives never have to explain anything. That’s why they get away with so much, they never have to pay a political price for being insane. On the other hand, I have been pleasantly surprised lately that some trad med reporters are asking some obvious questions, like why do we have to pay for 33 billion in UI benefits but we don’t have to pay for almost 800 billion in tax cuts for the fat cats. There’s actually been a consistent theme of those questions this past week.
Yes, but as we learned from that video, there is a right way and a wrong way to do these things.
You can get a single shot for it now at some modern clinics, though.
No way…just wish Paul would hand the ObamaRahm a joint! Who the hell knows what would happen…
It’s not that kind of party. But, Herbie Hancock just riffed on Blackbird pretty darn well.
Rahm’s already lost half a finger; he can’t afford to lose a leg.
Oh, Paul divorced her, nevermind.
They offer them for free here at the University of Montana, which is why the rest of the state sometimes refers to us as “The Peoples Republic of Missoula.”
A collective national clutching of pearls no doubt. :/
A lesson to us all on the hazards of rebound relationships.
Yes, we wouldn’t want sex among the young to go unpunished.
/gileadian
No Beatles fans here? Elvis Costello doing Penny Lane. I like Elvis.
I’m a Beatles fan. Unfortunately my two favorite Beatles are dead now.
Especially the “wrong kind” of sex. and you are not allowed to enjoy it. Ever.
I was always more of a Rolling Stones guy.
Like so many of the Grateful Dead have come to personify their name. RIP Jerry, Brent, Pigpen…. :(
Some of my favorite people are dead too. I still like live music.
Kuroneko seems to think my fingers are wasted on typing….
Teddy…
freakin funny, and Rahm needs to lose a leg and some!!!
So do I. Just never was much of a McCartney fan. :)
I like the Beatles fine, but TV reception in Iowa City is abysmal. Without cable, you’re lucky to get a signal on any station.
beatles and stones
Well he’s already lost his mind and now he’s trying to lose Obama the White House.
He wrote some pretty music. Some dogs, but a lot of nice ones too.
***gentle reminder about fantasy violence***
Oh it’s undeniable that he is a great song writer and an accomplished musician.
Speaking well of the dead.
Two of the dead Dead
Herbie has still got the chops…and Blackbird, one of my faves!
Thers, these folks are truly the People of the Lie, as Drifty noted:
Maybe there’ll be a youtube. Could be. Ya nevah know.
The video in this post is a Rock Song from this millenium…
(Ducks)
Rahm has not lost his mind, just his soul.
Well post November, he might be able to claim ‘Mission Accomplished!’
Every one of us on the right has seen this hatred.
Believe me, motherfucker, you can’t even BEGIN to imagine how fucking despised and detested you and your racist braindead Nazi hoodum friends are. Seriously.
Hmmm…Darn good point. You are correct of course.
I miss talking all sorts of crap with drifty in Atrios’s comments back in the day.
Explicit difference, and I agree with you!
Don’t hold back. How do you really feel?
Damn, one of my favorite Dead tunes. I miss Jerry.
You know who still surprises me? B B King and his legendary guitar Lucille. May Eddie and Frankenstrat have so long a career.
Yeah. I know him from Gilliard’s News Blog, where he wrote some of the best comments; Steve was pretty much ordering him to start up his own blog, he was so damned good.
And Brent…. :( At least Bob and Phil still play.
84 years old and diabetic yet B B King still plays live shows almost every night.
On the roof tops… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6G7MkBMVxE&a=GxdCwVVULXfH-k_IVzQbQcibTdWOSgKg
Concert’s over. I’ve got a book calling my name. You lovely folks have a fine evening. Night night.
True, but my was a Rock Song for the Ages. Here is another from this millenium. Here is another. Might try this one as well. And one from the ladies. All from people who actually know how to play their guitars.
In all matters of governance Rahm’s preferred position is “Blue Doggie-Style.” Perhaps because he likes to keep the voters where he can see them… and maybe balance a beer on our heads.
Ewww… Brain Bleach, Stat…!
Or this gentleman.
Some nostalgia… I remember hearing and seeing Jerry and the guys right smack dab in the middle of Panhandle Park, SF, back in the day when they did free gigs often. Ah the smell of the eucalyptus trees and other aromas, and the Dead jammin. Always totally hip and accessible. Those were certainly ‘heady’ days…regretfully gone and replaced with a very small slice of today’s music that I can really wrap my head around…there is some good, but not enuf…
Thers: I had to sign in just to say that my life will not have been in vain if I can ever pull off something like those first few paragraphs.
Lit like that really needs a bigger stage. Thanks for the years of laughs to date and the many more I am eagerly looking forward to.
I think you may be to kind to him.
BB and Buddy…now there is some serious and dignified talent…bless them!
Thers’ head just grew 2 hat sizes and he is preening himself.
Perhaps we can reach an accord in regards to Neko Case.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI_N_5D5-f8
hey nippersdad — thers really does write wonderfully! congratulations on your de-lurking. t has been my experience that once ya de-lurk, its hard to go back to being silent — looking forward to reading more of what you have to say.
Nite demi…happy dreams…
Network is on TCM…see you on the morrow
Now you made me think of a couple of Texas blues men who are no longer with us: This guy and this guy.
I’d still like to see Rahm awarded an ambassadorship, preferably to somewhere remote. Saint Helena maybe, it seems like a good place for a diminutive tyrant.
I have had the pleasure of seeing both live. BB twice, once in 1971 (first real blues I ever heard) in Tahlequah, OK, and again in few years ago here in Missoula, MT. Buddy I got to see several times when I lived in chicago, including a few gigs at Legends.
*waving g’nite to the leaving sleepyheads*
I do likes me some Neko. I suspect there may be some other points of contact, though we clearly have differing tastes in music.
now ,now you know i call him RHAMPOLEAN……..g
Many thanks.
There’s a bit of good stuff out there — like every other era, Silverberg’s Ninety Percent Rule applies (“ninety percent of everything is crud”). Remember, even as the Dead were doing free concerts in the park in 1968, the #2 song in the nation that year was “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro.
Oh yeah. I have a bunch of both. Sorely missed they are.
I thought this guy was a Texas bluesman but turns out he was born in Louisiana.
Antarctica. I don’t think he can significantly harm our relations with the penguins.
‘nighters, everyone! Gotta get up early.
I dunno, the name should not be longer than the man. “g”
Hee hee. I’s jes messin’ witcha.
I am still trying to forget that one.
Get him a tux and he should blend right in.
Alligator recordings put out a CD years ago with Albert, Robert Cray, and Johnny Copeland, called ‘Showdown’…literally bad to the bone…I am sure it is available as mp3s on iTunes, Amazon or other places.
Rham dreams of this…
http://www.napolun.com/mirror/web2.airmail.net/napoleon/Napoleon_Great.jpg
its chocolate time…hugs to all the critterz
Nighters PW. I should exit too. Pleasant evening to all.
Thers Rapier wit..thrust and parry…slash and cut (to ribbios those suckers). How’s the rug rats tonight?
A good video from 2005. One of the classics of the last decade.
g’nite pw and rat
You are absolutely right…and regardless of the era or the musicians, I always felt that if the music speaks to ya somehow, then all is good!
Here are a couple of legit Texas blues folks (father and daughter)
Hasta!
I own it. Of course I own over 1,000 blues CDs.
Surprisingly, asleep…
better knock on wood quickly dood (softly of course)
So you have managed to escape the clutches of the Under Toad?
Seeing these gentlemen live is golden…may they continue to play and prosper…
Nite all…pleasant dreams
Night.
Nighters!
g’nite edve
Now that’s a collection Doc!
Yes, that whole ‘get yer own blog’ narrative from any host can have such double meaning, although I recall Gilly wanting only the best for and from drifty. Sometimes, it means something quite the opposite.
BB Stevie and Albert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EhYl5uOAhk
Heh, nah. I am properly waterlogged. It’s a safety thing, actually; neither of the little ones are remotely afraid of the water, so they had best learn to swim in it, if they hope to become big ones.
There are about 3000 total. The rest includes rock, country, a little soul, a fair bit of Americana, some West African music, and a little classical.
Yep. As I said in that thread, my proudest accomplishment (in many ways) is that my son and I both survived until his 18th birthday. Of course he is now 37 with teenagers of his own.
8-7 meetup in rwc, ca… if ya can or want to be there nahanter at the google mail place… let me know the more the merrier☺ ☺
Heck, Digby started out as an Eschaton commenter who Atrios told to start a blog.
OK, fading. Niters.
g’nite thers
Night!
Hey doggies, what did I miss?
hey conniptionfit — long time no see your fonts — how ya been?
Every year for the last 22, I’ve been smugly congratulating myself on letting them live another year….
Buddy, Eric, BB and Jim Vaughn Rock me Baby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OXrmxDp44&feature=related you gotta have some soul.
niters thers
Hey Suz!
Well, you know. Not too bad. Been running too much stuff. Now my parents have finally decided to get off the dime, sell their house and move up here to Denver to “be closer” to me. Good thing I like them! But lots of time consuming stuff to do. Can you believe that I’ve managed to get myself into a “drinking” event once a week for the foreseeable future? My ass is getting sooo big!
Speaking of musical match ups, I show this (which I stole from Suzanne) to my classes when I talk about globalization. There is also this for modernization.
is it one of them drinking liberally events? if so, why, then you are multi-tasking :)
wasn’t that a great forking matchup?
Might I suggest long walks up tall mountains? Does wonders for the ass. Sadly, does not seem to have quite such dramatic effects on the belly.
Abso-fucking-lutely! My students’ jaws hit their desks before they start totally rocking out. I have also shared it with some of my colleagues who are equally blown away (including two who are Japanese and know the shamisen player).
Yeah, you betcha! Mr Conniptionfit and I are the hosts of the Southwest Denver Drinking Liberally twice a month. Then I got a bright idea(!) and organized our House District for a once a month “party night” at a local dive. Now I’ve made the mistake of promising to help set up another chapter of Drinking Liberally to the south of us. Belch! I may float away…
But it sure is fun!
Tell me about it!
dang, you are gonna be weekly soon….
Hiya All!
Lurking but watching “The Choir” for the last hour. BBC reality show about putting a choir together in a local high school, in hopes of entering an international competition in China. Such hope, such effort, and the choirmaster a young man trained classically. MrCE and I talking about how amazing music can transform a young person’s life. REALLY! And, a choirmaster can boost that confidence needed.
iirc, he is quite well known for his shamisen playing
Dayum! I think that may be the coooolest damn thing I’v seen all year!
This and this are also pretty awesome.
He is or was one of the top players in Japan and well known for his eclectic musical choices (he also does blue grass).
My FAV! I’ve been pestering my son for years to take a choir class. Finally got him to sign up for his local Community College choir last year. Turns out the kid really can SING! And he’s lovin’ it. Since I can’t tell him, I’ll tell you all: I TOLD YOU SO!
ok. Got that out of my system….
Though I’m not musical AT ALL, I sang in our high school choir for years. Loved it, felt great, and it gave me much confidence. MrCE and I have decided that all public schools should demand it as part of the curriculum.
late late nite upstairs
OT, but what the hell. I mentioned the other night that I was up in Glacier National Park over the weekend and that my buddy and I hiked up toward the Grinnell Glacier, but wimped out before we got there. It would appear that we made the right decision for more reasons than we knew at the time. If we had gone on we would have been here when this happened.
Absolutely! The right-wingers have much to answer for by paring curricula down to nothing but readin’, writin’ an’ ‘rithmatic! I was so appaled when I discovered that my elementary students (WAY back when) were only going to get music for 1 class period every 3 weeks, alternating with Gym and Art. Our kids can’t really call themselves educated anymore, ya know?
Yup. And Steve felt the same about Drifty. Hell, we all did, which is why we urged him to start blogging. He’s the most consistently white-hot brilliant writer I’ve ever read, better even than Charles Pierce or James Wolcott or even the late great Molly Ivins, praise be unto her.
The hippies for the most part acted like LIBERTARIANS as they wanted their free sex and drugs but not much of the government.
They could give a rats ass about the poor.