What’s Hot/What’s Not: Submissions…
Post your nominations for this week’s What’s Hot/What’s Not. I’ll post the finalists on Sunday night. And, no, the dearth of ICN posts this week is not a topic for the Not Hot category. I already know it was bad. I don’t need a reminder.
August 4, 2012 at 2:33 pm
First!!!!!!!!!
August 4, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Curses!
Hot: chicken sandwiches, swimmers, girl gymnasts
Not: MSNBC – makes a better sports channel
August 4, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Hot: Fox News twisting itself in knots trying to figure out what to do with a candidate accused of not paying taxes for ten years, and clearly not willing to “show us the certificate”. How’s them “baseless accusations” feel now, kids? #gandersauce
August 4, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Hot: Spoiler Alerts
Hot: CNN’s Jim Walton has puzzled so long that his puzzler is sore.
Hot: Chick Fil-A broo-ha-ha
Not: Next day Chick Fil-A Bro-ho-ho…
August 4, 2012 at 5:03 pm
I love the fact that Dems are justifying their Senate Majority Leader making baseless accusations by comparing it with the Bachmann/Arpaio-level birthers. There’s a proud, proud moment.
August 4, 2012 at 5:08 pm
There was something on CNN about two guys who kissed at the Great Event. Amusing that they had to make sure people knew they weren’t actually g@y.
August 4, 2012 at 5:10 pm
The Fox & Friends crew demanded it, too, and Fox had Trump on talking about it for weeks. Hence, the comparison in a comment about FNC. And no, I don’t mind Reid’s tactics. I don’t think he would say it unless he was convinced, and it’s fair game against a candidate who habitually takes POTUS out of context in ads. Mitt Romney is a slimey, ruthless politician, and he’s getting what he gives. Show us your papers, slimeball.
August 4, 2012 at 5:21 pm
- I don’t mind Reid’s tactics -
Yep. There ya go. Slime on. All’s fair when you agree with them.
August 4, 2012 at 5:22 pm
I don’t think he would say it unless he was convinced
That’s a load of crap. He said that from the Senate floor knowing that doing so makes him immune to the laws that the rest of us have to follow. Harry Reid has long been a liar.
August 4, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Bottom line is that he doesn’t care that Reid’s lying. Whatever it takes.
August 4, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Time out, time out: Is someone seriously comparing some dolt who goes on Fox and Friends and make unproven charges with the Senate Majority Leader speaking from the Senate Floor making unsubstantiated charges?
No, it must be a joke, right?
August 4, 2012 at 5:28 pm
See what I did there? You guys make this too easy. Now get back on Not/Hot and behave yourselves.
August 4, 2012 at 5:35 pm
Romney’s unwillingness to denounce and distance himself from a guy with a dead squirrel on his head weakens his credibility in criticizing Reid.
He’s got no one to blame but himself.
Anyway, I think it’s dead.
Not Hot: Dead squirrels on your head.
August 4, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Harry Reid is a wife beating, non-tax paying illegal. Someone told that to me. It’s Harry Reids job to refute all of that. Harry won’t even show his taxes.
I would like to know when showing your taxes became a requirement to run for the Presidency?
http://www.presidentsusa.net/qualifications.html
I don’t see that listed as one of the qualifications.
You do have to be a natural born citizen- hence the birth certificate “proof” some have wanted to see. That clearly has to do with whether he can legally run or not.
CHICK FIL-A and FREE SPEECH WIN
So happy to see the huge turnout to support Chick-Fil-A. Gov Huckabee should see a 2-5% cut of that says profits. Amazing outpouring of support that the mainstream media (major networks) avoided. Cable news and local stations covered. Where were the majors?
The great KISS-IN flop. Laughable.
The missed stories in Chick-Fil-A controversy:
1) Liberals try and ban things they disagree with. They are intolerant.
2) Liberals will try and falsely claim those who don’t agree with them are “intolerant” and “hate”. Liberals project too much. Its they who are filled with the hate. Its they who vandalize, call in bomb threats etc because someone has a different opinion.
3) The whole b.s. about liberal news people quoting the Old Testament and then using the tired old, we eat shellfish etc nonsense. They forget its also in the New Testament. Twice. They also fail to point out it talks about marriage in the New Testament. But they always fail to mention that in their lame Old Testament attack.
4) The hypocrisy of the liberal Dem’s who won’t go attack the black churches for their views
5) The hypocrisy of the liberal media for not calling out Muslims who instead of are against it– call for death.
6) Poor Shep Smith. Poor Shep.
7) The media failing to point out Obama held the same view as the Chick-Fil-A owners up till 4 months ago. Then, even worse, Obama sold out his views because he wasn’t getting money from Hollywood. And even worse, Obama was going to “sit” on that news till a more appropriate time and Biden’s gaffe made him open up sooner.
8) The hypocrisy of the boycott when the Dem’s convention will pour Hundreds of Millions into North Carolina. Yet another state who voted to ban G.M. Of course in Obama’s evolved view, he believes its a “states right”. Hence, Obama is fine with 31 or 32+ states banning GM.
The Yawnful Olympics. Does anyone care to see a bunch of pros compete? In fact a study showed that far more women care than men.
The return of the Black Panthers polling case.
August 4, 2012 at 5:47 pm
Last I heard, Romney won’t answer questions about Bachmann and the Bachmannettes, either. That actually means something to those of us who aren’t fond of baseless accusations.
August 4, 2012 at 6:00 pm
That’s Romney’s M.O.: If it’s crazy batshyte Tea Party crap, he’ll blow it off and take the vote. Obama’s a Kenyan, Huma’s infiltrating the WH for the Muslim Brotherhood..it’s all good. Vote for me!
August 4, 2012 at 6:01 pm
You keep saying “baseless accusations”. Dana Bash seems to think there’s something to it.
August 4, 2012 at 6:08 pm
Huh. How did I miss the Mormon connection?
http://www.beatweek.com/blog/12866-mitt-romney-tax-evasion-leak-may-be-from-within-mormon-church/
August 4, 2012 at 6:09 pm
Dana Bash thinks there’s something to the birther nonsense, Joey?
August 4, 2012 at 6:09 pm
Nice religious bashing, you creep.
August 4, 2012 at 6:11 pm
- Dana Bash -
Yeah, I’m sure. Candy Crowley also calls him “honorable”, which I’m sure would apply equally to Bachmann, et al. Anderson Cooper seemed to get a good laugh out of the whole thing, since we’re quoting CNN as a source.
August 4, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Thanks, a$$holes..good talkin’ to ya.
August 4, 2012 at 6:19 pm
^ BWs, obviously.
August 4, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Not: Joe using this topic for his BS tax nonsense and his excesses of jerkilitis. I’m disgusted with his shameful behavior toward Mormans, and he needs to appologize to them.
August 4, 2012 at 6:42 pm
No.
August 4, 2012 at 6:48 pm
HOT: Harry Reid’s Pederasty
NOT: That guy in the Chick-Fil-A drive thru.
OFF THE BOARD: Any discussion of the economy. No wonder Reid brought up Romney’s taxes. Beats having to explain the rise in unemployment…
August 4, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Joe, I heard that yo haven’t paid taxes either, and the allegations about your beating your wife must be addressed.
Prove me wrong.
August 4, 2012 at 6:51 pm
He hates cats, too.
August 4, 2012 at 7:14 pm
What, where, Mancow has a show on Fox?? I’m..argh.
August 4, 2012 at 7:38 pm
FNC has been trying desperately to get their ranking to fall but CNN & MSNBC have proven themselves to be suck-ier. Now Fox pulls out its ace (in) a-hole: Mancow.
File this under NOT.
August 4, 2012 at 7:54 pm
Was there not a more revolting human being available? According to the guide, he’s hosting a “debate” between a truther and a fireman. Because we’ll all be so much better after that’s done. Morton Downey called and he wants his format back.
August 4, 2012 at 8:53 pm
“He hates cats, too.”
Love it!
August 4, 2012 at 10:06 pm
Okay, I’m watching Mancow. I have no pride. I think my five minutes is up.
Btw, is Rahm Emanuel aging in office like Abe Lincoln, or do I need a new TV?
August 4, 2012 at 10:37 pm
Sure, Mancow is obnoxious. But there are people out there who actually believe the world’s economy would change if Romney would release his tax returns, and Ann would get rid of her horse!
Anyway, I can’t believe no one has commented on Joe Theisman and his obnoxious prostrate commercial. He keeps using the term “going to the bathroom” constantly. STHU!
August 4, 2012 at 10:38 pm
And where is Joe – hiding under his desk? Hopefully he’s looking for 0bama’s transcripts.
August 4, 2012 at 10:47 pm
It’s like that feature in Reader’s Digest: I am Joe’s prostate. Remember?
August 4, 2012 at 11:02 pm
Some of those commercials make you long for the innocent simplicity of Viagra and the Side Effect that Must Not Be Named.
August 4, 2012 at 11:13 pm
Sorry Missy, I’ve been busy hanging with my cat! Princess, btw. And Laura’s cat is Snowflake. That’s right, people, I know the name of Laura’s cat! How do ya like me now?
August 5, 2012 at 4:33 am
“Princess” is an adorable name for a cat, and of course so is “Snowflake” (another pure white cat, I presume – just like Missy).
So I have fellow cat owners on this site! Very nice.
August 5, 2012 at 4:45 am
Hitler’s dog was named Blondie.
August 5, 2012 at 4:46 am
“It’s like that feature in Reader’s Digest: I am Joe’s prostate. Remember?”
I do prefer the short version.
August 5, 2012 at 4:48 am
Rick Perry refuses to release his Texas.
August 5, 2012 at 5:11 am
NOT: any and all coverage of Harry Reid’s unsubstantiated accusations against Mitt Romney. Even the New York Times bitchslaps him today:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/opinion/sunday/bruni-truculence-before-truth.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120805
August 5, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Fox went back to regular programming at three. MSwhatever stuck with Olympic programming, presumably from the time that the news broke. CNN has actual news.
August 5, 2012 at 3:25 pm
^ Fox was back at it for the news conference and CNN is still covering this thing… repetitively.
HOT: CNN’s high-definition feed from Oak Creek WI is a noticeably better quality image then either CNN of FNC’s in-studio one.
August 5, 2012 at 4:19 pm
FNC has Anna Kooiman reporting on the shooting, MSNBC is running Caught On Camera. I’m not sure which is more insulting.
August 5, 2012 at 4:50 pm
NOT: the India power grid, as Joe (Duffus) Biden would say, “literally”. Six hundred and forty thousand customers without power. The root of the problem is one of many leftovers of India’s post-independence experiment with socialism. Half of India’s power stations are coal-fired. Indian coal is produced by a state monopoly (Coal India). The price is controlled by the state, as is the price of electricity itself. The private firms running power stations are trapped between a lump of coal and a hard place. They cannot even trust the regional distributors to order the right amount of power.
August 5, 2012 at 5:19 pm
– repetitively –
Yeah, there’s that. My favorite moment was when Don Lemon reflexively referred to the gunman as “he or she”. I’ll eat my socks if it was a woman. Hell, I’ll eat your socks.
August 5, 2012 at 5:36 pm
“Six hundred and forty thousand customers without power”
That’s 640 million customers.
But, hey, it’s good to know that some of the $800 billion stimulus from three years went to upgrading our electrical grid. I mean some of it went to that, right?
Eight hundred billion dollars.
Right?
August 5, 2012 at 6:07 pm
Hell, I’ll eat your socks
I don’t think so. Primum non nocere comes to mind.
August 5, 2012 at 6:27 pm
-Right?-
If you were going to spend hundreds of billions of borrowed dollars on “infrastructure” projects, using that toward modernising our power grid would have at least provided a long-term benefit.
Truth is, though, there’s already a mechanism to provide such funding without federal monies. Unfortunately, Obama administration regulators hell-bent on pushing not-ready-for-market green energy technologies effectively redirected private funding away from grid modernisation projects.
August 5, 2012 at 6:28 pm
Watch your mouth,
August 5, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Green technology. Chasing windmills.
August 5, 2012 at 6:34 pm
Krauthammer made the point that Obama had spent all this money, and what was there to show for it? All this talk of the wonderful things that only government can do, and what has he added to it? As far as anyone can tell, he pissed away $800 billion, and what is there to make his mark upon the land, besides begging for more?
August 5, 2012 at 6:39 pm
Private industry has made drastic changes to our grid since the big outage of 2005. Computerised load management and switching have, short of mother nature’s storms, have kept things running pretty smoothly even with the high demand of this super-hot summer.
August 5, 2012 at 6:41 pm
^Exactly. Did we build a damned thing?
I think some sort of stimulus was needed at that time. But not the one they pulled off.
This is what gets me about Krugman and his followers. Okay, let’s say we need another $500 billion-plus stimulus. Where’s the evidence that the money will be used for actual projects that will hire people and inject money into our economy?
This is where Krugman’s partisanship blinds him. He’s a brilliant guy but he’s got blinders on that nothing can get through. And when Fareed Zakaria has him on he never challenges him on this area.
August 5, 2012 at 6:46 pm
A lot of the stimulus was used to prop up state budgets for a couple years. When that ran out, unless you were lucky enough to have a Republican In charge smart enough to balance by bringing in new revenues, the big layoffs in the public sector hit. Ohio’s governor was one of the good ones. That’s why we are at 6% unemployment.
August 5, 2012 at 6:50 pm
Yes, amazing how the states that are doing well just happen to be run by Republicans. And our brilliant populace rewards that by crediting Obama, or at least giving him better numbers in those states. This country is too stupid to survive.
August 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Oh, right. HusseinCare. How could I ever have forgotten that other pile of money?
August 5, 2012 at 7:23 pm
This country is too stupid to survive. HusseinCare.
Who hacked Laura’s WordPress account?
August 5, 2012 at 7:30 pm
-Chasing Windmills-
There’s a couple of windmill farms I pass on the road to my place “up north”. I’ve often noticed that even on windy days many (sometimes most) of the blades aren’t going roundy-go-round. Turns out they shut them off whenever there isn’t a buyer for the energy – even several states or provinces away – to cut the wear and tear on the turbines. If they leave them running the surplus power has to be diverted straight to ground because the technology necessary to store the energy for later use hasn’t been invented yet.
-HusseinCare- Brought to you by the party that promotes GSA-style stewardship of your money.
August 5, 2012 at 7:38 pm
It’s Laural 2. The sequel.
August 5, 2012 at 7:59 pm
White male, around 40. No socks for me.
August 5, 2012 at 8:45 pm
^ Known for white supremicist crap. Great.
August 5, 2012 at 10:10 pm
Fox is in rerun (Geraldo and the Jackson). CNN is on Mars, you should pardon the expression.