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She Wrote A Little Song About It: Lauren Mayer!

And … she sings. Yes, this is indeed the same Lauren Mayer of The Political Carnival fame! She's graciously agreed to let us post her highly hilarious musical satirizations and observations here at Laffy's Place at Radio or Not as well, and more tickled I could not be to have the pleasure of introducing her. Lauren's description of this week's 'tribute' to 50 Shades of Grey: The Real Reason Behind the Success of "50 Shades Of Triple Crap" The runaway success of these books (and now the movie based on the first one) could be seen as a sign [...]

By nicolesandler|February 17th, 2015|Tags: 50 Shades of Grey, comedy, humor, Laffy's Place, Lauren Mayer, liberals, Progressive Funnees, Radio or Not, Satirical Songs, The Real Reason Behind the Success of "50 Shades Of Triple Crap", Video|Comments Off

The Bernie Beat @ Radio or Not

It's going to be a busy Bernie week, his hair will be standing straight up by nightfall Wednesday. As the discussions of Authorizing the Use of Military Force in Congress bounce back and forth, Sanders tries to sue for peace when he gets a chance. He was also not having a whole lot of Netanyahu, refusing the R.S.V.P. early in a stand against John Bo(eh)ner's politico power-grabby move. The test of our progress... - Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt pic.twitter.com/Kzi2zn5K5K— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) February 16, 2015 The SAVE Act, signed into law by President Obama last week, meant a good deal [...]

By nicolesandler|February 17th, 2015|Tags: CNN, Disability, ISIS, Laffy's Place, media, Pinch-Purse GOP, politics, Radio or Not, Senator Bernie Sanders, social security, Suicide by Veteran, The Bernie Beat, The SAVE Act, Veterans Affairs, War and Peace|Comments Off

Best New Thing: The Oregon High Tech Gay Bears on Maddow

Maddow brought The Bears. We were delighted with the hologrammed owl already featured, imagine many regular Maddow watchers are fans of her quirky April Fool humor that prompts just these sorts of things on messnbc air Live … that Jon Stewart and John Oliver must salute … but 'Da Gay Librul' Pacific Coast Tech Bears were a triumph. Meet C.J. Phillips and Charlie Rainwater - pictured above, as a matter of fact, the self-described high-tech gay 'bears' who had the liberal foresight to purchase the domain name for www.JebBushForPresident.com back in 2008 -- and are instead using the site [...]

By nicolesandler|February 10th, 2015|Tags: Best New Thing, C.J. Phillips, Charlie Rainwater, Gay Tech Bears, humor, Jeb Bush, Laffy's Place, Life Is Too Short For All Serious Politicking, Nicole Sandler Show, Owls in Oregon, Rachel Maddow Show, Radio or Not|1 Comment

Homegrown Female Genital Mutilation In the U.S. Skyrockets

This is a number that should induce massive gender-neutral outrage. According to draft statistics in a CDC study released to The Guardian and offered at Raw Story for our communal horror, the reported amount of women and girls mutilated and [surviving] victims of FGM in America has shot up from 168,000 to 513,000. The population of my native state of Vermont is less than that without the seasonal flocks of second-homers. From the article, an excerpt on why the timing is so meaningful. And the facts so in need of noting and acting on. Post outrage. New figures [...]

By nicolesandler|February 5th, 2015|Tags: Big Bowl of Wrong, Brutality Against Girls and Women, Female Genital Mutilation, Jaha Dukureh, Laffy's Place, politics, Raw Story, religion, Sexual Trafficking and Slavery, The Guardian, women|7 Comments

Pachyderms Lumber Into Line For the ‘Free’ GOP Gold

Cartoon via TruthDig.com Quantity versus quality? What a waste of ill-gotten USD. For a 'political party' that publicly disdains Free Stuff (like basic nutrition and shelter for the folk they happily let languish in poverty and Social Security earned by those who worked two or three jobs to get their families by), Republican presidential candidates are lining up for campaign lucre with vulgar dispatch. And in vomitus variety and number. It appears that the loudest dog whistle of all for the Right Wing, is the one that alerts them to bags and bags of available campaign cash [...]

By nicolesandler|January 15th, 2015|Tags: 2016, campaign finance reform, Citizens United, Conservative Donor Gold, dark money, Free Stuff for Repubs, GOP Primary Hijinks, GottaLaff, Laffy's Place, politics, Republican Hypocrisy, Right Wing Asshattery, SCROTUS|2 Comments

Pricque o’the Week: Rudy Giuliani

NBC's Red Meat the Press host Chuck Todd lost complete control of last Sunday's show (The Ladies at The View would've cross talked less) and inadvertently got some highly useful intel out to the snarking viewer. On this guy: Rudy noun, verb, 9/11 Giuliani. I'd be hard-pressed to be as professional as Professor Dyson -- who stayed excruciatingly calm in the face of this deeply offensive display of Rudy cray cray. Which would somehow make Todd's ineptitude So much more noticeable. The Mayoral Insolence carried on, and framed the melee perfectly. Video from NBC News. See?!? Now for the juicy [...]

By nicolesandler|December 3rd, 2014|Tags: Asshat Alex Jones, Hate Radio, Laffy's Place, NBC Meet the Press, politics, Professor Michael Eric Dyson, Regressive Right, Rudy Giuliani|Comments Off

LGBT Miracle: The Lady Judges finally said ‘Hell to the No’

Unfurl your 'dress' rainbow and equality flags to wave high and wave proud - and let the euphoric, historic and speedy change wash over your progressive soul … and savor every hard-won human and civil rights moment. SCROTUS may have just made some equality reparations. Suh-weet! The United Stats of America just witnessed decades, centuries of LGBT oppression, sexuality and gender discrimination, and the lucrative political pay to play. Wisconsin and Utah are particularly satisfying, right? Was truly startled to hear Scott Walker throw in the gym towel … "We're done." From Talking Points Memo: "For us, it's over in [...]

By nicolesandler|October 7th, 2014|Tags: Gay Marriage Lollapalooza, Gender Equality, Human and Civil Rights, Indiana, Laffy's Place, LGBT Progress Extraordinaire, LGBTQ, Liberal Victory, media, President Obama, Scott Walker is 'done', SCROTUS Win, Smile Your Ass Off, talking points memo, The Times, they are a Changing … for the good, Utah, wisconsin, women|Comments Off

She Wrote A Little Song About It: Lauren Mayer!

Best New Thing: The Oregon High Tech Gay Bears on Maddow

Homegrown Female Genital Mutilation In the U.S. Skyrockets

Pachyderms Lumber Into Line For the ‘Free’ GOP Gold

Pricque o’the Week: Rudy Giuliani

LGBT Miracle: The Lady Judges finally said ‘Hell to the No’

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