Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

American History and Black History Cannot Be Separated

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

I didn’t have alien invasion on my 2023 BINGO card.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

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My Pandora station for the Red Hot Chili Peppers is currently playing Splender-I Don’t Understand, and this is why:

Base on what you’ve told us so far, we’re playing this trach because it features a subtle use of vocal harmony, myld rhythmic syncopation, repetitive melodic phrasing, and many other similarities identified in the music genome project.

Simply amazing.

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  1. 1.

    John S.

    Damn, John, and I thought I loved my MSN Radio.

    I’m grooving to my Morcheeba station while I try to do pre-press on all the year-end ads we are running.

  3. 3.

    Rick Moran

    John – I got the same response when I put in Sugarland except they added the word “twang” somewhere.

    RHCP and Sugarland don’t have much in common which leads me to believe that Pandora is indeed somewhat limited – not even as good as my Comcast Rhapsody radio station builder that does the same thing.

  4. 4.

    Fledermaus

    John, what pop song doesn’t have vocal harmony, mild rhythmic syncopation and repetitive melodic phrasing?

  5. 5.

    Nikki

    I’m playing a smooth jazz mix and somehow ended up with Percy Sledge and the Blind Boys of Alabama. And both worked!

  7. 7.

    Nash

    Timeless prose by Pandora that is not.

    I would simply like to know when Stirling Newberry started to write for Pandora. Isn’t there a payola scam here? Or something.

  12. 12.

    p.lukasiak

    actually, john is listening to a station full of show tunes, after entering “The Pajama Game” as his favorite…

  14. 14.

    demimondian

    No, I work for the Gubment, so trying to find a way around is, er, iffy.

    Well, I assumed that you were clerking for the Ninth District in Ankorage, actually. Depending on the beast, though, it may be a config issue on your client side.

  15. 15.

    Pooh

    Close enough for, er, government work Dem. Let’s just say that it might not be worth my effort (or wise) to try and find a workaround

    ;)

  16. 16.

    demimondian

    john is listening to a station full of show tunes

    one could do far worse than a day of _Pal Joey_. Problem is, the lyrics tend to be NSFW.

  17. 17.

    Angry Engineer

    Splender – there’s a name I haven’t heard in about five years.

    I’m interested to see what Pandora suggests based on my recommendation of “Husker Du”.

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