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I wanted to watch Barry’s speech on the big screen TV tonight rather than the others I’d been checking out via Elections.Reuters.com (h/t to Soup for bringing both spoon and fork to his coverage), and when the network I had on abruptly cut away FROM THE FUCKING PRESIDENT to its regularly scheduled broadcast of an amateur talent competition, I flipped over to CNN (which I almost NEVER watch) and happened to catch Ari Fleischer saying something douchey, so this tweet had me laughing for almost a solid minute.

Amazing pic of some sweet President-on-President action at tonight’s DNC, as photographed by my pal Kris Krüg.

danforth:

Melissa Harris-Perry

Love this so much.

election:

Betty White to Barack Obama: ‘Thank You For Being a Friend’

Hey, remember how Clint Eastwood created memes for centuries by talking to an empty chair at the RNC? In the words of Matthew and Peter Slutsky — twins, political activists, Betty White lovers, staffers at Change.org and WordPress.com, respectively — Eastwood gave “old people a bad name.” So, last week, the duo decided to launch a campaign for another old person — Betty White —  to introduce Obama at the DNC, to, shall we say, to set the record straight. It went, well, viral. 

So, Slutskys: Why Betty White?

We live in serious times and lots of people are struggling. We Slutskys believe that a little more Betty White in all of our lives is just what America needs to pull us out of this rut. 

What can Betty White teach America?

In all seriousness, a lot of the discussion post Clint #Eastwooding has been centered around the fact that he’s “lost it” was “off his rocker” and just plain “old.” Not all old people talk to empty chairs and almost all of them vote! So, we wanted to shine a light on our favorite older American (besides our Grandmom Helen, of course) and tell America that old people are hip (they don’t just break them).

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This article is nice, but also just photoshop me over my girl BDubs there and it’s pretty much GPOY 24/7.

squashed:

You are better off than you were four years ago

Apparently the pundits are spending today on the question of whether you are better off than you are four years ago. Above is a graph of the United States seasonally adjusted employment for the past five years. The first plane is placed where Obama took over as pilot. The second plan is where we are now now. You will notice two things:

1. The planes are at about the same level.
2. The first plane is in the process of crashing.
3. You would rather be on plane #2 than plane #1. This is not a difficult question.

I chose seasonally adjusted employment—but you’re welcome to try this yourself with any metric you want. May I suggest United States Exports, the DJIA, and GDP. Some have a bit more turbulence than others—but the overall arch remains consistent. Obama took office in the middle of a crisis. Things turned around relatively quickly. Now the trend is pretty good.

So much Point #3.

iamsosorry:

(Apologies to Dick Giordano)

ericmortensen:

jamesurbaniak: (h/t @matthewjgallant)

DING DING DING! We have a winner! 

The Baracktopus = best shirt I’ve seen in a while.

Not a bad way to close out one’s birthday week… amirite, Bar?

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barackobama:

Clear eyes, full hearts.

suitep:

Just look at them.

Dayum.

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