Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Also, are you sure you want people to rate your comments?

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

A tremendous foreign policy asset… to all of our adversaries.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

To the privileged, equality seems like oppression.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

He really is that stupid.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

They spent the last eight months firing professionals and replacing them with ideologues.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

The words do not have to be perfect.

This fight is for everything.

“But what about the lurkers?”

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

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Note to NL Managers

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If Major League Baseball ever institutes mandatory drug testing, I would suggest they start with Bobby Cox:

Barry Bonds leaves the ballpark as quickly as possible these days — not because he doesn’t love the game, but because he has somewhere better to be.

And when the Atlanta Braves dared to throw a hittable pitch to him in the 10th inning Thursday night, Bonds sent everybody home for the second time in three dramatic nights.

Bonds hit his 652nd career homer on the first pitch he saw from Trey Hodges, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory Thursday night and a three-game sweep of baseball’s best team.

With his second extra-inning homer in three days, Bonds moved within eight homers of his godfather, Willie Mays, for third place on the career list. He’s climbing the chart with a heavy heart while spending most of his free time with his cancer-stricken father, Bobby.

“I was just trying to hit the ball, but I’ve got to go somewhere now,” Bonds said as he left the clubhouse.

Barry Bonds for the year is batting .337 with a paltry .519 on base percentage and a miniscule .755 slugging percentage. Clearly, when the game is tied, it is the bottom of the tenth, there are no men on base, no outs, and Bonds is batting, you pitch a meatball to him. Right, Bobby?

Idiots. WALK HIM. Maybe the San Fran home crowd will boo you for the decision, but shouldn’t that be a BIG HONKING HINT?

I know managers like to stick to the way they have been doing things for years, but it should be abundantly clear that the rules of baseball do not apply to Bonds. And I am starting to feel that way about Pujols.

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Attention Anti-Semites and Conspiracy Theorists- The Ivy League is Hiring

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Words fail me:

Cynthia McKinney, the feisty former 4th District congresswoman, is headed for the Ivy League.

Officials at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., confirmed that McKinney has been named a visiting professor at the institution. Under her contract, she will serve as a guest lecturer for three years, beginning this fall.

“Cynthia McKinney is a person of considerable achievement in the political sphere,” said Porus Olpadwala, dean of Cornell’s School of Architecture, Art and Planning, who served as chairman of the 13-member faculty committee that selected McKinney for the part-time professorship.

“She is an internationally renowned advocate for voting rights and human rights. She has taken clear stands on a number of critical issues and been a strong voice in Congress,” Olpadwala said.

I really am speechless.

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I’ll Just Wait

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Rather than commenting now, I am going to just sit back and wait to see how this is blamed on the United States:

American investigators looking into the suicide bombing of the United Nations compound on Tuesday are focusing on the possibility that the attackers were assisted by Iraqi security guards who worked there, a senior American official here said today.

The official said all of the guards at the compound were agents of the Iraqi secret services, to whom they reported on United Nations activities before the war. The United Nations continued to employ them after the war was over, the official said.

The official said that when investigators began questioning the guards, two of them asserted that they were entitled to “diplomatic immunity” and refused to cooperate. Diplomats working in foreign countries are often entitled to immunity from prosecution by local authorities, but the official said the two guards could make no such claim.

The article once agin restates that the UN rejected American offers to help with security.

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Sorry, I Just Don’t Get It

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I do not understand why illegal immigrants keep getting a pass in our society. I would favor increasing our immigration limits, but that would be for legal immigration. I also understand that the INS is a disgrace, but, it is, after all, a federal agency. What did you expect? At any rate, check out this graf from the Washington Times:

An order by the chief Border Patrol agent in San Diego for his agents not to arrest illegal immigrants on city streets or question them except along the border has been overturned by Robert C. Bonner, commissioner of the new Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.

Now, replace the words that have been bolded and underlined with any of the following, and tell me what your reaction would be:

A.) Jaywalkers

B.) Shoplifters

C.) Drug Dealers

D.) Petty Criminals

E.) Speeders

All of these individuals are breaking the law. Why don’t we cut them a break too?

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Recall Humor

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Arnie says:

Schwarzenegger, a former Mr. Olympia, jokingly dismissed the controversy yesterday as he reaffirmed his staunch support for Proposition 13.

“I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 sit-ups,” he said. “So he’s not going to talk about that ever again, I can guarantee you.”

(via the Wunderkinder)

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Last Stop for the Bus

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It looks like the end of an era in Pittsburgh:

Jerome Bettis had no inkling he would be demoted for the first time in his career with the Steelers after concluding a training camp he called one of his best.

“I was surprised,” Bettis said, shortly after Coach Bill Cowher announced Amos Zereoue would open the season as the Steelers’ starting halfback. “I wasn’t mad, but I was disappointed. As a competitor, all you want is for it to be a decision on the field and it wasn’t a decision on the field.” Citing a “gut feeling,” Cowher revealed his decision yesterday at a news conference as training camp concluded at St. Vincent College in Latrobe. It’s the first time Bettis was benched to start a season with the Steelers.

Bettis was their starting halfback since he joined them after a trade with St. Louis in 1996. His 11,542 yards rushing ranks 10th in NFL history and needs only 771 to surpass Jim Brown and move into sixth place.

Cowher also chose newcomer Jay Riemersma to start at tight end ahead of Mark Bruener. It will be the first time Bruener does not open the season as their starter since 1996, his second in the NFL.

For what it is worth, I thought this was the most mature response I have ever heard from an athlete who has learned he/she has been demoted:

“He just said it was a decision he came to,” Bettis said. “I’ve been on the better side of most of Coach Cowher’s gut decisions and this is the first time it has not gone in my favor. I can deal with it, having been on the better side of most of them.”

I love Jerome Bettis, but even Stevie Wonder can tell he has lost a step. I hope the front office manages to find a place for him- people outside the region probably have no idea how loved Bettis is- and I definitely hope he does not go the way of Emmitt Smith and Franco Harris and end his career elsewhere.

Speaking of Emmitt Smith, his former team, the Cowboys, is in the ‘Burgh tonight for a pre-season game. I am not exxagerating when I say I hate the Cowboys almost as much as I loathe Osama. Put it this way- if the Browns and Cowboys were in the Superbowl, I would root for injuries.

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