Open Thread – Just Plain Nutz
20 11 2009
It’s technically Friday, and that means that the week I’ve been dreading for over a month is almost at an end. I pretty much wrote this week off except for blogging Palin’s book. It’s become slower going, but I continue to make progress. Unlike in Alaska, there’s a bookstore in Santa Cruz that has an amazing sense of humor. This is from Geoffrey Dunn at the Huffington Post who tells us about the bookseller and the hilarious snack food “Sarah Palin’s Just Plain Nutz.”
For those who can’t stomach Palin’s duplicitous work of fiction, the one-ounce bag of walnuts is available for $3.98 and can also be ordered at www.bookshopsantacruz.com.
“Our bag of nuts is an honest one ounce; it’s also good for you, and won’t cause you to feel compelled to go out and shoot a moose. Sarah’s new book of fictions is none of those things,” says Bookshop owner Casey Coonerty Protti. “We felt we needed to strike a balance.”
Bookshop Santa Cruz has a long history of commenting on political books. In 1993, Bookshop Santa Cruz weighed Rush Limbaugh’s book, See I Told You So, and sold it for the price of baloney. In 1995, when Newt Gingrich was named Time magazine’s Man of the Year, Bookshop Santa Cruz sold each copy of his book, Contract With America, along with a custom-made barf bag.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:48 AM
#97 Mo Says:
November 20th, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Here’s the YouTube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8mAZhOJIfI
I think this needs more than 305 views, don’t you?
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It needs to go to the Daily Show, Colbert and a lot of others, also, too.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Quote of the day from Dave Oesting in this Reuters article, but I don’t think I can copy it here.
http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/11/18/palins-exxon-valdez-account-draws-guffaws/
November 20th, 2009 at 10:59 AM
someone needs to screen capture some of those facebook comments…
November 20th, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Andrew Halcro has some important things to say here:
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/permafrost_friday_a_hair_raising_week
November 20th, 2009 at 11:08 AM
I don’t think Quitty wants to be President some day.I think her attention to fundraising for the GOP,after screwing them in NY23,shows that she wants Michael Steeles job.I am sure they will give it to her .After all,she sucks as a half term Governor,she lost in the last Presidential race,she really sucks as an aothor,what other skills does she have to market except fundraising?
November 20th, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Mo, that clip and the FB comments are priceless. It’s one thing for her supporters to hear that she’s bailed on the Simi Valley ladies or the Alaskan Family Council or the republican congressional dinner, or Alaska for that matter — but when the faithful are personally dissed by their Queen they’re not going to blame it on Meg Stapleton.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:15 AM
It’s always nice when finally, some of the wingnuts come to their senses. Even for a brief glorious moment.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Wonkette has a great story with links on The Quitter leaving her Nobleville, Indiana book-signing with 300 books unsigned. Wow. She can’t even do a book-signing without quitting in the middle of it. Priceless!
November 20th, 2009 at 11:18 AM
rebekkah, thanks for your insights.
Personnally, I think the downfall has been the decision of the Evangelicals to try and “infiltrate” goverment.
Politics is a blood sport and that’s why religion and politics make good bedfellows. It leads to too much deception and willingness to win at any cost.
Why can’t they work on social issues like helping feed hungry children and helping the abused and lonely. They ignore these and focus their attention on political hot buttons like abortion and gays and opposing healthcare for the poor.
Aren’t there better things they could be doing with their money than sending it to pay for Palin’s legal bills (Dobson send her amost 200K).
November 20th, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Interesting how quickly her people turned. How quickly they angered when she didn’t do as she promised and they were directly affected. Maybe they are realizing something? Wonder how many unsigned copies of books were found in the parking lot after everyone left?
November 20th, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Palin will just blame her handlers.
God love ya, you were so brave fer comin’ out to see me. I wanted to stay in the star-spangled rain and signed every one of your books, Bless your hearts, but the back assward bus driver was leavin’ town without me, don’t ya’ know, and, well, also, as you know….it’s never my fault.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:35 AM
ALERT (Good News) Palin BOOED at Indiana book signing tour.
http://www.rumproast.com/index.php/site/comments/video_of_angry_wingnuts_booing_sarah_palin_calling_her_a_quitter_chantin/
November 20th, 2009 at 12:10 PM
I notice that FauxNews was busted again by using misleading file footage, this time from a Palin rally last year, to make it seem that there was more excitement on the Palin “Going Rogue” World Tour. It was an easy catch. The footage FauxNews used show a teleprompter – you know, those things that Palin never used. Also lots of “Country First” signage.
Palin hasn’t been employing teleprompters at any of these events because they are not large venues in which she could speak to the unwashed masses. She’s in bookstores. The real hoot is, they didn’t even need to hype the tour, what with 1,500 sheeple willing to camp out to see Queen Sarah.
November 20th, 2009 at 1:02 PM
I don’t know if anyone has posted this .
Go to Kos Palin quit on some of her fans in Indianna .
She lost some of her grass roots support.
November 20th, 2009 at 1:03 PM
I don’t know if anyone has posted this .
Go to Kos Palin quit on some of her fans in Indiana .
She lost some of her grass roots support.
November 20th, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Sorry for double post.
November 20th, 2009 at 1:06 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peggy-drexler/next-on-bravo-the-woman-f_b_365377.html
Next on Bravo – The Woman From Wasilla
Hilarious!
November 20th, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Maybe Sarah’s fans now know what if feels like to be an Alaskan left out in the cold by the quitta’ from Wasilla’.
I guess my question for them is, why would they be surprised?
November 20th, 2009 at 1:08 PM
BuffaloGal – Here’s an old one, but you might want it for your archives:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/darryle-pollack/meet-the-palins-the-ultim_b_123551.html
November 20th, 2009 at 1:13 PM
I wonder if either of these billboards are actually legal? They certainly cross the line in my opinion.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/20/racist-obama-billboards-c_n_365514.html
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/20/missouri-gop-billboard/
The second one is promoting revolution against the current government.
November 20th, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Scarah, Scarah, Scarah……….how how are you going to fix this little problem…….whoa girl you are in hot water now. And this news station says it was your decision to leave EARLY. Bad move Scarah. Now you have to tell another whopper, hmmmm, wonder how many will believe you. YOU ARE STUPID!
I hope everyone of those people take their books BACK for a refund and tell EVERYONE what you did to them.
Hey Mudpups, get this viral, the psycho screwed up and through her fans under the bus.
http://www.theindychannel.com/video/21672163/index.html
November 20th, 2009 at 1:14 PM
BuffaloGal – Here’s another on Palin quitting the book signing – don’t know if you have seen it yet – VERY interesting comments.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/20/palin-angry-book/
November 20th, 2009 at 1:23 PM
One more for you BuffGal – with a video clip as well.
http://www.plunderbund.com/2009/11/20/video-from-all-night-palin-booksigning-campout-in-dublin/
November 20th, 2009 at 1:42 PM
96 Kate, thanks for the quote from a Cafe Press PR person who is trying to stop the exodus from Cafe Press.
Well, guess what, these weasel words make me even more determined to never, ever do business with them again. There is nothing to debate when some design implies that the Obama children should be fatherless and Michelle a widow.
This press release should have an apology not some justification/excuses because they realized that they are losing business.
I have followed this story and I haven’t seen any statement from either ACLU or ADL.
November 20th, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Wow, what a surprise that she would quit. Wonder what kind of (lie) excuse she’ll have for those left out in the cold. I guess she thought she was so well loved by her fans that anything she did would be forgiven.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Fairfax protest sign Ideas for VAVoter:
“I’M A REAL VIRGINIAN. YOU’RE A REAL PHONEY!”
November 20th, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Sign idea:
“Hey Sarah, QUIT MAKIN’ THINGS UP!
(We all KNOW you’re GOOD at QUITTING!)”
November 20th, 2009 at 4:04 PM
This is from the LA Times, but reminded me of the Bong Hits for Jesus guy:
Customs finds surprising cargo in Chinese shipment
The 860 boxes with Christmas ornament labels turn out to contain 316,000 bongs and other drug pipes. No arrests have been made and an investigation is pending.
November 20th, 2009 at 4:10 PM
How very interesting……….
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/permafrost_friday_a_hair_raising_week
“On Wednesday in a surprise move, the man Palin hired to study an in-state gas line resigned his position. Lawmakers say he was forced out because of pressure from DNR Commissioner Tom Irwin who viewed Noah’s work as a threat to his AGIA project.
Irwin was hired under Palin and has done more than any other DNR Commissioner in recent history to risk the state’s economic future by tying Alaska’s gas pipeline hopes to his ego and a failing strategy that Palin has very Palin-esqly termed competition.”
November 20th, 2009 at 4:13 PM
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/1021703.html
……Wha’cha think Levi?
November 20th, 2009 at 4:38 PM
I, for one, wouldn’t part with one penny of my money to put in her pocket…I already know all I need to know about her, and her own views are irrelevant and meaningless to me! …it’s just more of the same anyway…lies and whining.
I’ll just get my news from reliable sources, like Mudflats.
November 20th, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Yeah Book Shop Santa Cruz – ! one of my old hangouts long ago.
November 20th, 2009 at 6:31 PM
I know this is “Off Topic” — but to me it fits right in with Palin Nutz. This is the message I sent to Cafepress Customer service Dep’t.
I will no longer order ANYTHING from ANY vendor through CafePress. Because your site allows Obama Psalm 109:8 materials, I can no longer have ANY of my money going to you. I was an Obama supporter, as I voted for George W. Bush — i don’t care who the President is, this type of hate speech and wishing for the President’s death is inexcusable and I refuse to support any group or vendor (including you as the site host) who allows and implicitly supports this type of “call to action”.
Sorry to be sending you no more money and sorry that you did not exercise better judgment.
November 20th, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Reading the Pictures: When is Piper Next Going to Have a Normal Halloween?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-shaw/reading-the-pictures-iwhe_b_364903.html
November 20th, 2009 at 7:58 PM
I just “read” the transcript of Palin’s O’Reily interview–as my sign-in says, OMG!
Remember to scroll down to the meaty bits:
http://www.billoreilly.com/show;jsessionid=97EF205920733D48A29D00E20B4AEA73?action=viewTVShow&showID=2476#1
November 20th, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I’m sick to death of the word ‘patriot’ being thrown around as if you have to be an evangelical to be patriotic and love this country…it’s wrong and I’m tired of it!
November 20th, 2009 at 9:23 PM
For a Fan in Ca #124 re Psalm
Quotes from ACLU and ADL reps are given in the article at the Christian Science Monitor. The ADL rep is particularly senseless, I think.
“If they’re just referring to him being out of office, that’s one thing. If they’re referring to him being dead, that’s so offensive. It’s protected speech, but it’s clearly offensive.”
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/11/16/biblical-anti-obama-slogan-use-of-psalm-1098-funny-or-sinister/
November 20th, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Ah, Scruz. Possibly my favorite place on Earth.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:16 PM
@124 A fan in CA:
As another fan in CA, I share your view of Cafe Press. If they had to do a poll to figure out that the Ps 109 stuff was objectionable, they are prima facie worthless.
No more business from me.
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:10 AM
I came to this blog, through a friend of mine’s pages, PenniD, over at NewsVine, and I was told of all the Sarah Palin “cliff notes” that you had on your pages.
Judging from what I have read so far, it seems that you don’t take kindly to Palin, and all the fanfare she has been getting lately in the heartland, and one of the examples that you posted about: Alaska being #2 in hunger, in the US.
Surprisingly, I saw North Dakota at the bottom of the list at #51! (I thought there were only 50 states, but I guess you have to count DC as a separate state, for these purposes.)
Anyway, I shouldn’t be so surprised that North Dakota IS at the bottom of the list, as they appear to be one of four states, that are not running a budget deficit. I forget what the other four are.
The reason as to why, (reading from numerous sites pointing to this anomaly) is the way North Dakota handles the state’s BANKING and Financial matters (they have their own state bank, and handle matters in certain ways, counter to all the other states)
What does this have to do with hunger? Well, It could be because North Dakota’s bank is a Farmer’s bank. and the way that they handle
food-financials in that state, and the fact that the State government uses that bank as their bank for payroll, accounts, and what-ever-else.
(but I suppose you could come up with better reasons than I.)
Anyway…I’d like to take a moment and ask if you saw Defeat the Debt’s YT site, lately. Sure, those doing research about the organization will report that it’s Berman’s front for the Corporate Lobbying that he’s doing, for Corporations that want not to see the minimum wage raised. I’ve seen numeroous websites claiming that Berman is a snake, a shyster, whatever…but, perhaps, like you, my first exposure to Berman was through watching the “Pledge” video…seeing all those kids pledge allegiance to America’s National Debt, “and to the Chinese government that lends us money”
And amidst all the “China OWNS us” crap that keeps getting chanted like some drunken prayer, in the media. I decided to actually do something about it: submit to Berman a solution!
Here’s my whole idea: What if…we could pay off the national debt…with just ONE COIN? Sounds too impossible to even take a second to think about it?
Here…try this idea: What if…we took the whole tax burden that America now pays to, not only service the national debt, as well as the government services, that we “enjoy” (:-/), and,
take it OFF the shoulders of working americans, be they rich or poor, or whatever…increase it up 100-FOLD, and place it on the shoulders of the Federal Reserve Corporate Entity?
And through simple paperwork (Fed sending promissory note to Treasury, and Treasury sending the “COIN” or the “Tax Credit Certificate”), done in whatever government offices, This “Coin” that I speak about, will help to do EXACTLY what I said it would do! And Government no longer needs to float another BOND (savings or otherwise) to obtain funds to pay for anything, meaning that THE DEBT, STOPS GROWING!
In other words, we use our central bank to be the “beast of burden” that Congress, unwittingly, made it to be.
Doesn’t anyone here realize that when Congress made the FED, and the IRS in 1913 Congress made the very tools that it COULD HAVE USED to create money DEBT-FREE, AND without having to take from your pockets to do it!
Sure doesn’t seem like it, now, does it? Well, it’s probably because of hard-headed backward thinking, from all involved parites. The misplaced sense of justice, when we utter “Pay your FAIR SHARE”, because no one thinks anyone else is doing that, and everyone thinks they themselves are paying UNFAIR SHARES…
Here. Let me stop here, and let you go and look at my proposal. It’s in the channel comments over at http://www.youtube.com/defeatthedebt, right underneath the video, at the bottom of the channel page.
Again, my internet handle is Kapt. Blasto, and you can find my little? messages at various places across the web by googling my handle “kapt blasto” and reading whatever you want to read. Yes you’ll find my missives on a whole plethora of things, and even previous thoughts concerning the FED and the IRS, that has been transformed into what I’m proposing now.
My full name’s on my driver’s license, credit cards, and my Social Security card. They have me with a first name, a last name, and an initial for the middle.
But my real name, I was blessed to have my mother give me:
My name’s Augie. how the hell are you?
And not only do I approve this message. I wrote it, too! So THERE!
have a blessed turkey day, folks…and don’t eat too much!