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Everything I’ve Written for Spike.com (so far)

By On November 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

-or- THIS IS WHY YOU DON’T SEE SHIT HERE NO MORE

You’ll notice that this blog has been…well, sparse as of late. Mostly I just use it to remind people that I’ll be performing stand-up comedy, such as TOMORROW NIGHT!

Boo-yah! Gotcha. You can’t escape that shit. I’m too quick. I’m like [...]

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Cage Wars 14, the area’s 2nd MMA event, is TONIGHT at the Crowne Plaza in Albany

By On October 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Below is the official press release from Five Guys Fighting.

I’ll be covering the event for the Knick Ledger and might try to write a feature piece to shop around. Time constraints may prevent me from following through on that threat.

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5 Guys Fighting Presents the Areas Second Full Contact Mixed Martial Arts [...]

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Are Romney’s Chinese Investments Damning or Distracting?

By On October 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

motherjones:

Mitt Romney’s Stake in Chinese Stocks

The GOP candidate invested in 10 Chinese companies recently—including ones that embezzled, partnered with Iran, and stole US trade secrets. The lowdown is here.

Well, in fairness, there’s not many American banks and big corporations that Romney could invest in [...]

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“You…don’t know what words mean, do you?”

By On September 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

From the Romney Campaign’s blog: 7 Incredible Personal Stories About Mitt Romney You May Not Know

Well, it IS incredible. Incredible how a rich kid took ecstasy at a rave, crashed at someone’s house and was found through a tip line:

In 1998 the 14-year-old daughter of one of Romney’s partners at [...]

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Flack and fatwas

By On September 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I’ve seriously gotten more flack on Tumblr over calling out Cloud Atlas’s yellowface than I have any other view I’ve expressed in recent memory.

Which at first I found weird because just seeing the stills alone, I was shocked and couldn’t see how anyone could see it as anything but racist.

But then [...]

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Who are the 47% really, and who are the 47% Romney is referring to?

By On September 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Who, exactly, are these 47% Romney is referring to? There are two answers: the statistical 47% that lead to that oft-repeated soundbite, and the 47% Romney is actually referring to.

Ta-Nehisi Coates shared this quote from Lee Atwater describing “the Southern Strategy” on his blog today. The quote was first published anonymously, then later attributed [...]

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A Super PAC has a new ad for Romney/Ryan where a nervous closet case assures his wife he’s conservative

By On September 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Hey so is this guy trying to convey that he’s so gay if you stood next to him your shirt would catch on fire but is desperate to hide it from his wife with weak “uh, yeah, those gays sure are bad” deflections, or is he just a really really shitty actor?

YOU MAKE THE CALL

(and [...]

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Florida Buffoonery

By On August 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment

So this new law they have where they require drug testing for welfare? Turns out that it costs the state more money than it saves and hasn’t curbed applicants.

Anyone with a modicum of sense could have looked at this proposal and told you that.

Note: I actually had this post sitting [...]

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botchpainting

That botched painting of Jesus Christ is art in its purest form.

By On August 26, 2012 · 4 Comments

HAHAHA! Oh my God, you must watch this video of the woman who took it upon herself to restore a classic painting of Christ and transformed it into an internet meme.


I know I’m late to the game with my analysis of this, but…I kinda think it’s art [...]

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CommonKiller

…did NBC News just write that Neil Armstrong was “a common killer”?

By On August 26, 2012 · 2 Comments

10th paragraph: http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/26/13489038-neil-armstrong-an-uncommon-man-with-a-commonly-deadly-disease?lite

The screen capture just in case someone finally fixes it (, for fuck’s sake):

And when news first broke of Armstrong’s death, they had “Neil Young” in the headline instead.

So, uh, is there any level of NBC that doesn’t screw things up spectacularly?

 

Edit: yes, obviously, we all [...]

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