Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

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

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

I would gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

We still have time to mess this up!

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

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

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  2. 2.

    demimondian

    Indeed. So, Tim, have you ever watched “Die Duvve”, a takeoff on the film you reference with your picture?

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    canuckistani

    The Seventh Seal is an awesome film. Bergman was also my first exposure to the Magic Flute. RIP.

    Indeed. So, Tim, have you ever watched “Die Duvve”, a takeoff on the film you reference with your picture?

    The badminton game with death also foreshadowed Bill and Ted.

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    Johnny Pez

    You know who would be the absolutely perfect person to do a eulogy for Bergman? Tom Snyder.

    Oops . . .

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    mrmobi

    For any die-hard Bergman fans out there, his film “Smiles of a Summer Night” was adapted by Stephen Sondheim into a truly wonderful musical called “A Little Night Music.”

    Was Max Von Sydow ever that young? RIP Ingmar.

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    RSA

    Anyone know how to pronounce “von Sydow”?

    On Bergman, I really like “Smiles of a Summer Night”. Reminds me I should look up more of his older work.

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    demimondian

    fon See-dov, iirc

    Of all films I’ve ever seen, _The Seventh Seal_ is my favorite. It’s so wonderfully claustrophic…

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    Vadranor

    Actually, in Swedish, the Y is equivalent to the German U with an umlaut or the French U in word such as tu. Although the W is pronounced like an English V, in final position, it is closer to an F sound. So an approximate pronunciation would be fon Sudoff.

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    Michael af W

    Actually, as a Swede, I can tell Vadranor that you’re correct, except for the “w”. In this case it is quite close to the English pronunciation of W.

    And, of course, the “von” should NEVER be spelt with a capital V, not even in the beginning of a sentence. (Compare with de Gaulle, for instance.)

    And, yes, vila i frid Ingmar! Most likely the most prominent Swedish artist all categories for at least the last 50 years.

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    demimondian

    And, of course, the “von” should NEVER be spelt with a capital V, not even in the beginning of a sentence.

    Not in English, in which aristocratic particles are treated as all others words.

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    Njorl

    Michelangelo Antonioni died just a few hours after Bergman. It’s like Addams and Jefferson.

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