Thursday, July 16th, 2009
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5:33 pm - Comic-Con Advice Sought!
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Believe it or not, next week will be my first time ever at San Diego Comic-Con. Have you been there? Do you have advice or thoughts about navigating the event, eateries, local transit or anything else? I welcome your input!
Venture Brothers panel Saturday the 25th at 6 pm, Room 6DE.
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
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9:42 pm - Political Podcast!
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Crazed conservative Ben Domenech and loony liberal James Urbaniak verbally tussle over Sarah Palin in a partisan fight to the death! (Actually, we have an amiable and amusing conversation with many points of agreement.) Fun Fact: Mr. Domenech is a major Venture Brothers fan.
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
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1:40 pm - TV Update: The Ultimate Battle
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Tonight at 10 pm I go up against myself when I appear simultaneously on a new episode of "Weeds" on Showtime and a rerun of "CSI:Miami" on CBS. Which one of me will remain standing?
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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
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8:13 pm - Maverick Logic
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I dare you to make less sense.
Early in speech:And we made common sense conservative choices to eliminate personal luxuries like the jet, the chef, the junkets... the entourage. Later in speech:And so as I thought about this announcement that I wouldn’t run for re-election and what it means for Alaska, I thought about how much fun some governors have as lame ducks… travel around the state, to the Lower 48 (maybe), overseas on international trade – as so many politicians do. And then I thought – that’s what’s wrong – many just accept that lame duck status, hit the road, draw the paycheck, and “milk it”. I’m not putting Alaska through that – I promised efficiencies and effectiveness! In other words: My administration eliminated junkets of the exact sort that I would be forced to go on if I remained governor
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Saturday, July 4th, 2009
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4:03 pm - Shorter Sarah Palin Resignation Speech
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Hi Alaska.
You are great. They laughed at you at first, but you proved yourself great.
My administration has accomplished much, including the ethics reforms we instituted against the unethical. As good conservatives, we eliminated personal luxuries. I do not have a jet or an entourage. I am not luxurious. I'm smiling broadly right now because it's so hilarious to think that I would be in any way greedy! Ha ha! In fact, I recently said thanks but no thanks to money! I resisted stimulus money! Coulda taken it but I believe Big Government spending is obscene.
But you don't hear much good stuff in the press anymore, do you?
When I became a national figure last year, partisan operatives tried to smear me as unethical. Their accusations were so silly! They once said I was unethical because I held up a fish in a photo! Can you believe it? Insane! And you know what? All these silly accusations cost the taxpayers money and time. And I can't get anything done because of all these dismissed charges that are in the past. It's crazy!
Some say: stay in office. Ignore these dismissed charges that are in your past. Stay in office, they say, and do nothing. But that would be the quitter's way. And because I am not a quitter, I am resigning my position. Hence, I will not be doing nothing, but rather, something.
When I am no longer governor I can truly fight for my state. And for my country. I will fight for people who are proud to be Americans. I cannot stay in office and allow your tax dollars to be obscenely wasted Obama-style on silly-billy federal indictments that the liberal media will focus on because they never focus on the nice things. Like our troops.
I recently visited our troops in Kosovo. They are great Americans. They care about what's important. They do not care about wasteful, partisan corruption charges that are totally bogus and in my past. Seriously, I was once told I was corrupt because I held up a fish! Just think about that the next time you hear something "bad" about me. Which you won't. Didn't mean to imply that. May we all learn from our troops. God bless them.
This decision has been in the works for a while. By the way, I want to thank Todd for flying here at the last minute. I also want to thank my spokeswoman who is in New York and couldn't get a flight back in time for this long-planned announcement.
I'm not leaving the court, I'm passing the ball! So our team can win! Go Alaska! Winners!!
In the words of General MacArthur, "I'm outta here."
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
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1:38 pm - Holy. Fucking. Shit.
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She is angry and pissed and was dragged to that podium kicking and screaming. There's a shitstorm about to break.
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009
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8:43 am - Joke Corner!
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Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: At first I assumed this joke referred to an actual incident but I checked online and can find no news reports that there was a chicken anywhere near a road. Why are you impugning America's farmers and the quality of their fences?
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Saturday, June 13th, 2009
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1:12 pm - The Treacher Thesis
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How a Peripheral Right-Wing Blogger's Flight of Fancy Became Conservative Gospel
"Worst Late Show joke ever!"
(Cross-posted on Twitter with feedback from Jim Treacher.)
June 8: David Letterman jokes about Palin daughter getting "knocked up" at ball game. Audience laughs at obvious Bristol reference.
June 9: Blogger/crank Jim Treacher posts logic-defying claim that Letterman's Bristol joke was actually about Willow's statutory rape.
Treacher's thesis: the imaginary events of the Bristol joke could never have happened because she was not actually at the ball game.
Treacher's post is linked on the popular political weblog Memeorandum and spreads like wildfire through the right-wing blogosphere.
In less than 24 hours, a peripheral blogger's loopy post is THE conservative talking point of the day.
The next day Letterman says the "knocked up" joke was about the daughter who was knocked up. Palin supporters react to this logic with fury.
June 12: Sarah Palin insists to Matt Lauer that Letterman was absolutely making a joke about the statutory rape of Willow Palin.
NY Republican assemblyman calls for CBS to fire Letterman. Team Palin has made the Treacher Thesis a key element of her political recovery.
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
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6:05 pm - Twitter Nation
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A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck this afternoon about two miles north of Hawthorne, close to the epicenter of Sunday's 4.7 temblor.
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The Los Angeles Fire Department went on alert, but spokesman Brian Humphrey said via Twitter that the department found no evidence of injuries or fires.
-LA Times Mr. Humphrey added that he just had some delicious risotto and was looking forward to seeing "Star Trek" tonight.
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
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10:44 pm - Those who do not remember comedy sketches are condemned to repeat them
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10:17 am - TV Update
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In a shark-jumping effort at total ratings domination, NBC has put me into tonight's season finale of "The Office." Your television just might explode.
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Sunday, May 10th, 2009
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5:15 pm - Oh, hello there.
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I admit it. I've been spending more time on Twitter. Sorry Livejournal. I haven't given up on you.
Tonight (Sun/Mon) at 12:45 a.m. the Adult Swim pilot "Snake 'N' Bacon" premieres on Cartoon Network. Created by the brilliant Michael Kupperman and featuring me as Bacon. Miss it not!
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
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9:46 pm - Friday Night Videos: Enable My Cookies Version
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Friday, April 17th, 2009
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9:50 pm - Celebrity Encounters
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This week I shot a part on the season finale (and hundredth episode) of "The Office." On my first day all around good guy John Krasinski told me that he is a major Venture Brothers fan and today he asked if I'd mind leaving a voicemail message as Dr. Venture for a friend of his who is also a major Venture Brothers fan. I did and later in the day said friend emailed Krasinski saying "No fucking way!" Thus was a friend of a major TV star beside himself that the guy who does Dr. Venture left him a message.
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
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11:36 pm - God
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5:51 pm - We'll call you
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This Orwellian video by the so-called "National Organization for Marriage" couches homophobia in the language of inclusiveness, describing those who fear and loathe teh gay as a "rainbow coalition" consumed with "love." I'm surprised the NOM spokesman doesn't make his appearance riding in on a CGI unicorn. Meanwhile, someone has released what appear to be the actual audition tapes for the spot, in which a parade of awkward amateur would-be victims (including those who won the gig) struggle to convince the camera that it's a dark day for this country when doctors don't have the right to deny treatment to gay patients. Don't quit your day jobs.
UPDATE 6:59 pm: Videos pulled by the NOM. The clouds are dark and the winds are strong. And I am afraid.
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
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10:58 pm - Friday Night Videos: The Triumphant Return Edition
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11:15 am - Whaaa?
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
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9:18 pm - The terms "Urbaniak" and "web series" are finally conjoined!
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
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8:27 pm - The Power of Power
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