SPENCER: So there was this event last night where my friends Ezra and Yglz held forth on where progressivism is at these days, and Ezra said something that's haunted me all night. It's probably totally obvious to anyone who isn't an economic illiterate: Liberals are about to (PROBABLY HOPEHOPEHOPEAUDACITYHOPE) take power, on the headwinds of promises to restore a sensible balance between government and the market. There will be expectations, naturally, of doing... stuff. You know, delivering on promises about health care and education and the sort of robust safety net that distinguishes liberalism from its alternatives. But there's no money for that stuff anymore — the crisis has wiped it out. So now liberalism is in an awful dilemma: power, but without the means to use it; a consensus around nationalizing huge swaths of the market, but without the ability to get it to deliver on the purchase. Later he and his fellow panelists qualified the idea to death or dismissed it, but shit, you know?

I actually knocked on doors and shit and campaigned and now I just want to go get very very drunk. Forever.

This shit is fucking crazy. OTOH, this brings to mind all that FFVII Hojo business, and apparently there was a sock account (a counter socking?) claiming it wasn't true.

THE FOX ATE MY BACK BUTTON.

This is going to be such a pain in the ass.

Oh and I Queenofcrimea did make that icon thank you and if it was yours I would have credited it

Haha, unwarrented overreaction.

Of course the hentai-vaizard was Shunsui's fukutaichou.

At least this explains why Ichigo was able to run into Soul Society and beat everyone senseless--all the hardcore people got kicked the fuck out.

He's off by a decade or so on the jazz thing, but meh.

ETA: Dear Bleach fandom, Learn to read.

I kind of love all the people who seem to be quite earnestly voting for Cleolinda as the new mod.

Thanks for the spam, Anon-wannabe.

So a friend of mine invited me and I've got the ten day trial thing on WoW; I'm considering starting another character just to see if I still want to play, because I'm beginning to suspect that the annoyance of soloing as a priest is a cross-mmo thing.

That and I really just want a blood elf. :/

I'm also trying to get through FF12, and I'm having fun turning Princess Ashe into a tank. The plot is standard FF fare so far, so I'm waiting for the SUDDEN PLOT TWIST to drop. I know it's coming soon, because I have the precocious yet naive kid as a guest in my party.

Shut. Up. You douchebag.

Shut off anon commenting and be done with it.

ETA: omg snacky \o/

Apparently it's nostalgia anime night, and that's okay.  Oh Gundam Wing, you crazy ass show. <3

I don't really care if it's raw, to be honest--I never saw the odds & evens to begin with.

I'm trying to decide what's more of a trainwrek here; her dress or the fact that she's trying to cover Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Tarja, stick to Ave Maria, okay?

New Nightwish.

Old Nightwish.

...I'm a bad bad fan, I like that the new girl isn't quite as shrill. Also, House of Blues, you suck for being so damn expensive.

Today was probably not the best day for re-doing my JF layout. But I've got the big stuff done, and the minor stuff can be picked at later.

I've never used someone else's template before, but it was way easier than I thought it would be.

Edit: And you may say to yourself, this is not my beautiful post! Is she that much of a tool?

\o/

This comes out on my birthday! My kingdom for a Wii. D: