Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

I don’t recall signing up for living in a dystopian sci-fi novel.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

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

Shut up, hissy kitty!

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

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

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

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St. Paddy’s Day Open Thread

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Our Irish friends missed Burns Day this year so tonight everybody has to attend their Paddy’s Day party in a kilt.

In honor of the wrong holiday, here is the poem that I read at the last Burns Day.

AE fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae fareweel, alas, for ever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I’ll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee!

Who shall say that Fortune grieves him
While the star of hope she leaves him?
Me, nae cheerfu’ twinkle lights me,
Dark despair around benights me.

I’ll ne’er blame my partial fancy;
Naething could resist my Nancy;
But to see her was to love her,
Love but her, and love for ever.

Had we never loved sae kindly,
Had we never loved sae blindly,
Never met—or never parted,
We had ne’er been broken-hearted.

Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest!
Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest!
Thine be ilka joy and treasure,
Peace, enjoyment, love, and pleasure!

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!
Ae fareweel, alas, for ever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I’ll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee!

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  1. 1.

    Rome Again

    I just wanted to offer Paddy O’Shea some comfort, since nobody showed up for this party after several hours, at least you got the Irish Spring advertisement on the forum today Paddy. I hope that makes you feel better. ::smiles::

  2. 2.

    ThymeZone

    St. Paddy’s day …. named after the patron saint of Irish Expertise on Potato Plant Genetics?

    St. Paddy’s day …. when a little tiny country full of belligerant drunks decides that everybody in the world should wear a fucking green necktie and drink stupid green beer?

    Enjoy, everyone. Really, I mean it in the most nurturing way.

  4. 4.

    Rome Again

    St. Paddy’s day …. when a little tiny country full of belligerant drunks decides that everybody in the world should wear a fucking green necktie and drink stupid green beer?

    Oh heavens, I’m wearing blue, what now?

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    Rome Again

    No one doubted the finality of Perry’s message. The OMB, which sets the course for nearly every proposal coming out of the White House, is a much-feared department that raises or lowers its thumb on policy priorities, a sort of mini-Caesar at the interagency coliseum. But Philip Perry could boast one more source of authority: he was, and is, the husband of Elizabeth Cheney, and son-in-law of Vice President Dick Cheney. After Perry spoke, only Bostock dared to protest, though to little effect. “He was obnoxious,” Bostock recalls.

    I’m so sick of this nepotistic crap. Can we please have a government where family members don’t get preferential treatment?

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