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tomscocca

  1. Can somebody explain to Pajamas Media guy @DavidSPJM how feminists react to imagery of someone being shut up by a cock stuffed in her mouth? about 9 hours ago via web in reply to DavidSPJM
  2. @Ugarles You COULD read one woman hitting a pinata of another woman as a spectacle of internalized misogyny. But you'd need to argue it. about 10 hours ago via web in reply to Ugarles
  3. "WHY WON'T FEM-LIBS CONDEMN HUSTLER MAGAZINE???" is the greatest moment in straw-personhood since the Scarecrow took over the Emerald City. about 12 hours ago via web
  4. You're writing how Liberals Enjoy Misogyny Against Conservatives and you type "Planned Parenthood...condemned the photo" and...keep going? about 13 hours ago via web
  5. We ran a slant out of the shotgun on the 40, but the refs called a clip and screwed us. deadspin.com/5912832/ about 16 hours ago via web
  6. @mikedebonis It's paywalled: newyorker.com/reporting/2012… about 19 hours ago via web in reply to mikedebonis
  7. "We're going to fix our daily newspaper by publishing only on the high-margin days of the week!" about 19 hours ago via web
  8. MInus the part where someone notices that dumb incentives are causing the industry to self-destruct. about 19 hours ago via web
  9. Boy, that Times-Picayune release reads just like the New Yorker piece about how Big Steel set the paradigm for suicidal business plans. about 19 hours ago via web
  10. One-Sided Dialogues With an 8-Month-Old, Vol. 2: "Hey! Where did you get that knife from?" 8:36 PM May 22nd via web
  11. One-Sided Dialogues With an 8-Month-Old: "Sit down. Why are your knees locked? Why do you think you're in a tub of water?" [Baby urinates.] 8:34 PM May 22nd via web
  12. 1940-2012 tomscocca.com/2012/05/my-fat… 9:01 PM May 21st via web
  13. Hey, Google, what happened to ASKING before you pull crap like deciding "General Bridger" must mean I want "brigadier general"? 6:40 AM May 21st via web
  14. @marklotto It's an honor, but also sad, to see your great analytic gifts applied to my clever Tweet, because TWITTER IS SOO IMPORTANT. 5/5! 7:50 AM May 19th via web in reply to marklotto
  15. @marklotto And rage, asshole. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FORGOT RAGE. 6:49 AM May 19th via web in reply to marklotto
  16. Why is the lib Times even airing these partisan complaints about Rick Scott's fight against potential voter fraud, by illegal voters? 11:54 AM May 18th via web
  17. "The push...is viewed by some as an effort to single out Democratic voters, many of them black and Hispanic." 11:51 AM May 18th via web
  18. "The move comes amid other efforts by Florida’s Republican-led Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott to...combat potential voter fraud." 11:50 AM May 18th via web
  19. More liberal propaganda from NYTimes: "Florida Steps Up Effort Against Illegal Voters" 11:50 AM May 18th via web