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I don’t think there’s necessarily anything wrong with expressing your solidarity with a young man who was killed.
For example, some people wear crosses and say “we are Jesus”.
That movement actually turned out pretty good.
Nothing political here, just a man who loves doing what he does.
And in case you’re wondering, yeah, it’s kinda how I feel about what I do here at IMAO.
Not that I have any idea what I’m doing, you understand, I just have a lot of fun doing it.
A rodeo bull that ran loose in Minnesota injured several people before being shot by a sheriff’s deputy.
Just waiting for Obama to say that if he had a bull, it would look like that one.
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I sure hope Obama’s pivot to a laser-like focus on the middle class doesn’t have the same effect on the middle class as his myriad pivots to a laser-like focus on jobs had on the actual job situation.
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Hate Groups Drive Filner to Therapy
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If I cut off my ponytail my pet iguana will die.
— Bryan Donaldson (@TheNardvark) August 16, 2013
Wow. Area 51 is a real place and the government monitors your actions??? That news is so old, it could co-star with Morgan Freeman in Red 3.
— Don Nichols (@TheDairylandDon) August 16, 2013
I tried this internet recipe for supposedly the best ever chicken roasted in a crock pot. Superlatives mean nothing anymore.
— SarahK Fleming (@sarahk47) August 16, 2013
Sometimes I ask the cashier if she has one of those markers that shows if money is counterfeit and when she says yes I just walk out.
— MJ (@sucittaM) August 17, 2013
yeah my body is a temple, a Temple Of Doom. it’s been around since 1984 and it hasn’t aged well
— lawblob (@lawblob) August 18, 2013
A new poll shows that twice as many Democrats as Republicans say that the American Dream is dead.
Must’ve spotted it voting in Chicago.
We’ve gotta restore the American people’s confidence in the ethics process by ensuring that political self-interest can no longer prevent politicians from enforcing ethics rules.
BARACK OBAMA, podcast, Jan. 8, 2007
“No, I didn’t say we’d ACT ethically, we’re just going to trick you into feeling confident that we are.”
So the CIA has declassified Area 51, but it ends up there were no aliens there. It simply got its names because that was where they store the 51 least popular of the 57 Heinz varieties. The only other thing they work on there is a mind control ray — but not like a cool one that can make people do stuff but instead all it does is create disinterest in whatever the government wants us to stop worrying about.
I’m already bored of this topic. Let’s talk about something else. So Plants vs. Zombies 2 is out and it’s now a freeium game. Not sure I’m liking that. What say you?
Anonymiss of Nuking Politics picked her favorite punchlines to “A New Report Shows Antarctic Sea Ice at a Record High. Also at a Record High…”
Click here to see if you made the cut.
If you did, you should probably email Keln about becoming a guest blogger there.
If you didn’t, Anonymiss has got another straight line for you to practice on.
Keep trying. No one likes a quitter.
Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.
The RNC voted to ban NBC and CNN from the 2016 Presidential Debates. Still included…
So there’s the NBC and CNN movies about Hillary, but CBS is trying to go for something a little more subtle: a drama about a female Secretary of State. And somehow I doubt the woman portrayed will be easily mistaken for Condi.
Wow, people are really working overtime to prop up Hillary. I mean, we’re going to have two movies and a TV show about someone who hasn’t ever actually done anything. Can you name one Hillary accomplishment? Other than marrying someone who would one day be president and standing by him no matter how awful he was?
I mean, are we supposed to pretend that we would even have heard of Hillary if she weren’t married to a president? Do we have to be polite about this and act like Hillary’s own accomplishments have anything to do with where she is now in politics?
I say no. Instead of electing a black president on the merits, we got an unaccomplished, useless twerp who was elected just for being black, and now first black president is ruined forever. Do we want first woman president similarly ruined by electing a woman who’s only accomplishment was being a doormat for her ambitious, scumbag husband? What will that say to my daughter, Buttercup? “You too can one day be president — if you marry right and keep your mouth shut!”
FOX should do a show about Hillary too, but they should bring back their infamous Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire — but instead it will be Who Wants to Marry a Rising Politician. Hey, do it right girls, and you too might one day be president!
I’ve written about the Google Chromecast before. Actually, I’ve written about it a couple of times. My impression of it has gone from “Well, isn’t that cute” to “This is a decent device.”
If you already have an Internet streaming solution for your TV, it doesn’t bring a lot to the table, but it brings some stuff.
If you have a Mac (mid-2011 or later) and an Apple TV, it brings nothing. But, if you have a Windows computer (most do), this helps you send content from your browser to your TV screen. For instance, sister-in-law and nephew really like Breaking Bad. They also recently dropped satellite service. The only way to watch the new season of Breaking Bad would be to buy it from Amazon
Or, use a Google Chromecast
This isn’t new; I covered a lot of this before. I also mentioned that it could replace my Xbox 360 (which I only use for ESPN3 content) … and it has; I’ve already boxed up the Xbox.
So, what’s new? Well, I did some research into how useful the Chromecast would be for watching TV. Say you don’t have any streaming device: no 
Say you’re looking to drop cable or satellite, and wondered if the Google Chromecast is a streaming option. (Keep in mind, you have to use your smartphone, tablet, or computer to control it.)
Well, here’s the answer: Maybe.
I looked at the top 10 shows for both broadcast and cable for the last week. I used Nielsen’s latest ratings. The top 10 shows were:
Broadcast
Cable
How did Chromecast fare? Better on broadcast than cable. The only top 10 broadcast show that you couldn’t stream was #1 Under The Dome. If you authenticated with a cable/satellite provider, you could watch it, but for a cable/satellite replacement, the Google Chromecast won’t handle that show. Yes, if you have an Amazon Prime subscription, you can watch it on your computer, but you can’t stream Amazon content to the Google Chromecast unless you have Silverlight disabled. You see, Amazon uses Silverlight by default, but if that’s disabled, will fallback to Flash, which can be streamed via Chromecast. Most other stuff will stream to Chromecast.
For the cable shows, all of the TNT content require authentication with a provider. One of the History Channel shows — American Pickers — did, but one — Pawn Stars — didn’t. The WWE wrestling show on USA is only available via Hulu Plus. Yes, you can stream Hulu Plus (as well as the free Hulu stuff) to Chromecast. So, this content a mixed bag. You don’t need cable, but you need a different subscription service. Kinda like Under The Dome required.
The ESPN show is a live sports event, and I don’t know if it was available live. Probably not, unless authenticated. Anything that airs on ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU will require authentication. ESPN3-only content works fine, as long as you remember to open the content in a tab and not a pop-up window. Live sports is one of the drawbacks to the Internet streaming TV setup; you don’t get much live sports.
The rest of the top 10 cable shows all played from legal, free online content Websites. So, mixed bag using Google Chromecast as a cable/satellite replacement. As a supplement, it’s great. Or, for me, as a supplement to Roku & Apple TV, it works fine.
Why do I focus so much on this kinda stuff? I like it. A lot. And, it’s saving me some money. If you’re looking at ways to save some money by eliminating or lowering a bill, TV is a way to do that. Xbox, Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast are some ways I’ve tried. They all work to varying degrees. Nothing is a full cable replacement. But, for the money I’m saving monthly, what I lose is worth the trade-off.
If the rich are going to pay more taxes, maybe they should get extra benefits. Like a free pass to punch one politician in the face.
Hillary should easily get the presidency with her even longer history of non-accomplishments than Obama.
Wow, Groupon, how do you keep finding these great deals?
Wait, shouldn’t it be Madden ’13 now? Does Madden 25 take place in the future?
A new poll finds 71% of voters say Obama’s recent economic speeches are nothing but the same old things he’s been talking about since he first ran for office.
On the bright side, being Obama’s official speech-recycler now counts as a “green job”.
