In light of the AOL/Huff-Po announcement, thousands of conservative bloggers (writing for blogs with names that are some iteration of Obamar Muslin Teleprompter, LOL!) will break out their dormant long division skills and try and figure out what they are worth in imaginary internet dollars. Flush with potential cash, they will super-size their lunch today because good times are just around the corner, you just wait and see.
At least that’s what they tell their wives after turning down that sign-spinning job…




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Long division? Most of those bloggers couldn’t count past 20 and a half if they were naked.
How does one get their self-respect back after doing something like that? Sign spinning, that is.
Okay I had to look up sign spinning, and even then still didn’t understand what it was until I video Googled it. As far as I can tell it seems to be a merging of “sandwich board wearer” and “pizza chef”.
Branding is everything. This could ‘splain why Sarah Palin and Bristol Palin applied to trademark their names. Of course the papers were “kicked” by the USPTO because the Palins forgot to sign them…. You just can’t make this sh*t up.
OT but can we put together a class action suit against the NFL for intentional infliction of emotional distress? That wast the WORST half time show EVER. I thought maybe it was just me, but did a search of the intertubes and found a bunch of polls where the majority of people voting thought it was terrible.
The massive bid for the remnants of Pajama Media should be imminent. I’m guessing it will be somewhere in the range of twenty-five Frankenberry box tops.
Heh….Loved the little nod to Teabonics…..
http://www.asylum.com/2010/04/16/tea-party-tax-day-protest-signs-obama/
In a cascading effect, other mergers follow:
The Daily Caller is bought by Tucker Carlson’s parents. The Internet is aflame with gossip and speculation about what it all means, if you define “The Internet” as “The Daily Caller”.
Applebees buys David Brooks, installs him as a greeter on a revolving basis at each of their locations, prints up a “salad bar” cardboard cutout for him to stand in front of in a tongue-in-cheek bit of self-deprecation.
Pajamas Media is bought by J.C Penny, and will now be printed on actual pajamas.
Tbogg is bought by a mysterious group whose signatures on the contract look suspiciously like paw prints.
Ewww… now I’m stuck with the image of a naked Jonah Goldberg straining to reach his toes in order to count how many friends he could have if he was more popular.
This must be like a knife in the heart of those PJ Media assholes.
Did I say heart? Sorry, I meant black hole where their hearts should be.
Arianna’s foreign and hard to understand, so they might think she actually got 315 gazillion billion dollars. The real pain in pajama-land comes tomorrow, when The Olbermann announces his next venture.
Is it ironic that Arianna’s business model looks from afar like a damn the unions top down kind of organization, while conservative punditry is largely supported by wingnut welfare? Or is it just me?
hey, that sign spinning is a skill position, and those have the premium hourly scale. and why weren’t there any Basset commercials during the Super Bowl?
I freelance for Patch.com which is one of AOL’s newest ventures. So now Arianna is my boss I guess. Could do worse.
Arthur, ‘the Shar-pei, initials contracts, as a front for his Shanghai-based multi-national banking interests.
The spinners in my neck-o-the-woods wear dayglo-funkalicious-bluen (blue/green) Statue of Liberty getups.
That’s gonna throw zombie Reagan for a loop when they finally dig up his bones, pump him full of gooey American exceptionalism and turn him loose on the public.
I was thinking more of the floppy-eared boys in a hostile takeover so that every night is Basset night from now on while T is tied up in a closet somewhere.
gunsbeforebutter: See that’s a good example of the advantages and disadvantages of living abroad. On the one hand you miss a lot of references. On the other hand, I’ve never once seen anything even remotely like what you just described.
Are you going to have to explain to Arianna the subtleties of check-signing? Her operation has generally thought a simple “thank-you” to be (literally) more than enough compensation. A brilliant business strategy, of course, but perhaps unsustainable if the serfs fail to survive and procreate.
Breaking!!!!!
US Government to send Black Eyed Peas to Egypt to force Mubarak to leave.
It’s official – anybody who provides free content to HuffPo after this is a friendless loser who will do anything for clicks and eyeballs…or who is unable to negotiate a three figure price if they held the only known sex tape involving Shakira’s ass.
US Government to send Black Eyed Peas to Egypt to force Mubarak to leave.
Goodness – we’ll have the sight of mummies rising back to life just so they can rip their ears out and then kill themselves to avoid the ennui.
Damn — You live in Savannah too? Or is that happening everywhere?
I’m afraid to ask: Which appendage is the half?
That response is filled with awesome.
When I see a balding, middle-aged guy painted green and standing on the sidewalk dressed as the Statue of liberty, I see an actor living his dream.
Show biz, baby. It’s in the blood.
Most of those bloggers couldn’t count past 20 and a half if they were naked.
I see what you did there. “Awesome” indeed.
Dear FSM, these people are stupid! From the 2nd comment on your linked page, said commenter proving to us that Teabaggers iz smart and libruls iznt:
Loafer sales must be really big with the wingnut/teabagger crowd, because they are clearly too stupid to tie their own shoes.