Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on February 5, 2011

Welcome to your weekend open thread. Are you ready for the Superbowl? Who are you cheering for? I’m rooting for Green Bay. I did my graduate work in Wisconsin, so it’s required.

This story is awesome and full of win.

Around 9 this morning I got messaged by a few twitter followers that a group called National Organization for Marriage (NOM) had posted a comic of mine. This was the comic, which was in no way conceived of or related to gay rights issues.

My first response was to ask my followers to post some ascii dicks to their comment board. Unfortunately, they moderate their comments there. Then, someone told me that they had hotlinked the image. In case you’re not aware, “hotlinking” means the image they display is accessed directly from my database. That is, whatever image their computer requests from my computer, their computer gets.

This presented an opportunity.

I messaged my brother/webguru Marty Weiner, who sprung into action. He worked on figuring out how to change the image without affecting the SMBC main page while I worked on finding an image. My initial idea was to post some dirty pictures, but I figured I could get more traction if I went the classy route.

Heh. I wonder how the people visiting the NOM website reacted?

There seems to be a lot of stories about how all these new Republican representatives are completely clueless about health care. The latest is Ann Marie Buerkle from NY:

Buerkle, who voted to repeal the health care reform act, was twice asked about the health insurance she receives as a government employee. At first she said she couldn’t understand why people were so interested in her health insurance, and that taxpayers didn’t pay anything for it. She later corrected herself after being handed a note from a staffer. Like most employees, she pays for a portion of her insurance and her employer, the government, pays the rest, she said.

She didn’t even realize that taxpayers are paying 70% of her healthcare costs. I bet she thinks it’s easy to get coverage and that we should take a chicken to the doctor or something.

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  1. fightingbluehen says:

    Speaking of football and Ronald Reagan. Did you know that Cristiano Ronaldo was named after Ronald Reagan.

  2. Geezer says:

    In the interest of keeping the football record straight, Ronaldo’s dad liked Reagan for his acting, not his politics.

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/sunday-mirror/tm_headline=secret-agony-of–31mronaldo&method=full&objectid=18943891&siteid=98487-name_page.html

  3. Capt.Willard says:

    I guess I’m a lot like Ronaldo’s dad.
    I travel to Vegas just to gaze at all the pretty lights and subscribe to PLAYBOY for the fine articles and fashion tips.
    Merry SUPER BOWL everyone!!!!

  4. Naomi K. Syken says:

    I can’t believe no-one is writing about this or don’t you all care?
    Isn’t there one person that read todays newspaper?

    http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110206/NEWS03/102060344/Delaware-schools-hidden-spending

    Delaware schools’ hidden spending
    Parking fines, rocking chairs among items paid for with taxpayer money; Markell orders changes
    By NICHOLE DOBO • The News Journal • February 6, 2011

    “Delaware’s online checkbook lists expenditures for state agencies, so members of the public can easily log on and see how their tax dollars are being spent.

    But of the more than $4.7 billion spent shown on the state’s online checkbook for 2010, more than $90 million is not available for review because purchases were made with state-issued credit cards.”….

  5. Jason330 says:

    Muckraking. Or maybe (gasp!) blogging. Whatever it is, it didn’t remind me of journalism.

  6. Naomi K. Syken says:

    Really? I thought it was more along the line of an “expose” of facts and very well written for all to understand who reads it.
    I guess that sort of investigative journalism doesn’t appeal to you, when things are “uncovered and made public” for people to find out about. I do understand that sometimes the truth hurts…….

  7. Miscreant says:

    I do admire the guy who would go off contract to save money. I did it frequently, and saved the state a small fortune. Many businesses will negotiate discounts for large quantity purchases. Try that with a contract vendor. In terms of saving money, many state contracts are useless. Combine that with poor service and business practices, purchases for many products and services usually cost significantly more than can be had locally.

    It seemed like every new Governor and Cabinet Secretary would solicit ideas from employees on how to save money. I always recommended that if a product could be purchased for 10% lower than contract price, they should be allowed to go off contract. I believe it would save money, encourage realistic bidding for contracts, and keep the taxpayers money in the local economy.

    “I do understand that sometimes the truth hurts…….”

    Jason is quite used to that. The truth kicks his ass on a daily basis.