John McCain takes a break from chasing his wife with a pitchfork
-McNasty? Try McTotalPrick-
In his new book, The Real McCain, Cliff Schecter relays an incident that occurred during John McCain's 1992 Senate race.
"At one point, [McCain's wife] Cindy playfully twirled McCain's hair and said, 'You're getting a little thin up there.'" Schecter writes. "McCain's face reddened, and he responded, 'At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt.'"
At this point, Cindy displayed remarkable restraint by not beating Gramps to death. According to the book, "McCain's excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days."
Many people have commented on McCain's temper, but what bothers me here is that John can't seem to make up his mind over what century he wants to live in -- I mean, who uses "trollop" and "cunt" in the same sentence? That's like saying, "Heed, ye pestulant doxy, do I applieth cosmetics as one might with a crude mason's trowel? I do not, motherfucker."
Seriously, it's just weird. (Raw Story)
-Quote of the day-
"No, I didn’t, thank you. I did not read it. .. I did not read it. But I could still read it, and I probably should. So, who’s on my staff?"
That was Republican congresscritter Chris Shays of Connecticut at a town hall meeting. What hadn't he read yet? The pre-war NIE that laid out Bush's rationale for invading Iraq.
Sound out the long words, Chris. (Think Progress)
-Headline of the day-
"Air Pollution Eyed as Raw Material for Plastics."
Well, not exactly. More like carbon that otherwise would be air pollution. According to the report, "Sucking the carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions could enable a process by which the heat-trapping gas would be turned into a raw material for making polycarbonates, a type of plastic, and keep it from raising global temperatures even more, according to two groups of researchers who presented their findings today at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans."
CO2 is not only cheaper than other materials used to make plastics (including petroleum), but also less toxic. So we may be able to sequester our own carbon, then sell it as soda bottles and DVDs.
It's still a few years off, though, so don't think you get to go nuts with the greenhouse gases. And plant a damned tree, for chrissakes... (LiveScience.com)
