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Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

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

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

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

“In the name of Zandar, I will fight the Stupid!”

Hot air and ill-informed banter

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

You cannot shame the shameless.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you don’t.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

A consequence of cucumbers

Israel, don’t be dumb like we were in the US after 9/11!

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

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

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

Joe Lieberman disappointingly reemerged to remind us that he’s still alive.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

People are complicated. Love is not.

The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.

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  4. 4.

    The Grandest Panjandrum

    For those without the NFL channel, here’s a great video of Ann Coulter calling Huckabee a weakling on his disbelief in evolution.

    Guess ol’ Reverend Huckabee aint pretty enough to be called a faggot, eh?

  5. 5.

    Alan

    Heh heh.

    I’m just amazed that Rush and Coulter don’t seem to get that they created Huckabee with the stupidity they shovel.

  9. 9.

    Jen

    Changing the subject to alcohol, since I am having some, have you ever tried Belgian peach lambic beer mixed with champagne? It’s damn good. Festive, too.

  11. 11.

    John Cole

    Changing the subject to alcohol, since I am having some, have you ever tried Belgian peach lambic beer mixed with champagne?

    And they tell me Hola Fruta sounds gay…

  12. 12.

    Jen

    Raspberry is also good.

    I’m a GIRL dammit.
    I am not meant to drink straight Macallan 12 or whatever it is you’re drinking over there.

    Or Southern comfort with Dr. Pepper for that matter, either, Demi.

  14. 14.

    Bob In Pacifica

    Sorry. A good beer or Jameson’s. Otherwise, what’s the point.

    I have no plans to buy NFL Network. Either they’ll give up this crazy idea or Congress will mandate that I get it while being tortured. Or briskly interrogated. Whatever.

  15. 15.

    4jkb4ia

    -> Parker out for the season

    Aww, what a shame. The Giants without Shockey may be going nowhere also.

  16. 16.

    demimondian

    Jen — Urghk.

    And, like I said, the problem I had with Ms. Coulter was that she couldn’t count and or watch discards. That she had such hideous taste in alcoholic concoctions was not a huge issue for me. [Yes, her first name was Ann. No, she was neither tall, thin, nor blonde.]

  17. 17.

    Krista

    I’m a GIRL dammit.
    I am not meant to drink straight Macallan 12 or whatever it is you’re drinking over there.

    Here now, you’re just perpetuating stereotypes, darlin’! (takes another sip of her Crown Royal on the rocks.)

  22. 22.

    4jkb4ia

    You’re in the playoffs. Mazel tov.

    Bob Costas on the radio: “Healthy and with a little luck, the Rams could be 10-6”. There has actually been some improvement. In the first half of the season getting any kind of offense was like pulling teeth.

  24. 24.

    The Grandest Panjandrum

    Lambic. Trippel. Abbey ale. Quadruppel. Saison. Ho Ho Ho! Now thats what I call a Merry ChriFSMas. We are taking a trip to Belgium next year so I’m have been brushing up on my Flemish. And beer drinking. I like to call it “training.”

    … at least my sox have done some good lately.

    They have caused thousands of Yankee fans to be placed on suicide watch. That alone is enough to warm the heart of any Mets fan.

  25. 25.

    Dreggas

    John Cole Says:
    Fuck me.

    I am pretty sure this was not a proposition but just in case…John I like you but I don’t LIKE you, sorry buddy.

  26. 26.

    Andrew

    And both the champagne and the lambic are gone, and there were only 3 of us.

    So you only had 3 or 4 bottles of each, then?

  27. 27.

    jimmiraybob

    I usually just slip in and out quietly but I just have to say that I hope you guys have learned your lesson from the drubbing that we allowed you to give us tonight. I’d say that we gave you all several solid minutes of nervous tension. Take that.

    Go Ra….. oh nevermind.

  29. 29.

    Ranger 3

    I would prefer the Steelers had Parker healthy… so they won’t have any excuses when they flame out in the playoffs.

  30. 30.

    Sensitive Pony Tailed Girly Man

    Lambic is beer, but only in the technical sense. Sort of like the Washington Redskins are technically a professional football team.

  31. 31.

    Dave L

    Not to worry, John, the impenetrable Steeler defense will carry them.

    All we have to do is figure out what happened to the impenetrable Steeler defense.

    And, by the way, if YOU’RE bummed about Parker, just think how Roethlisberger is taking the news. He can expect about 10 sacks a game now.

  32. 32.

    Cassidy

    Lambic is beer, but only in the technical sense.

    It’s beer that’s flavored with fruit instead of hops. Personally, it’s one of my favorites.

    Steelers, schmeelers…someone beat fuckin’ New England already. That’s all I want to see.

    FYI, my DirectTV package comes with the NFL network, and it isn’t any of the sports packages.

    The Pitt-Duke game was great.

  33. 33.

    Sensitive Pony Tailed Girly Man

    Sorry for that bad analogy. It’s unfair to compare Lambic, a fine quaff however you categorize it, with the Washington Crybaby Johnnies, who are a disgrace to PROFESSIONAL Football on the field and in the media room.

  35. 35.

    Jen

    The beauty of peach lambic mixed with champagne, is that it’s like a Bellini, but, and here’s the great part, with more alcohol. It’s win-win-win, as they say on the Office.

  37. 37.

    Jen

    I’m already disturbed enough that we agree on Lambic and the wonderfulness that is a Duke loss, okay, Cass? In the little Venn diagram that represents our respective universes, we’ll put those two things in the middle.

  38. 38.

    Cassidy

    If it makes you feel better, I’m more of a strawberry or black currant guy, when it comes to Lambic.

  40. 40.

    myiq2xu

    And, by the way, if YOU’RE bummed about Parker, just think how Roethlisberger is taking the news. He can expect about 10 sacks a game now.

    I missed the game go I didn’t hear how Parker got injured. Did he get his sack tore off? Yeah, that would hurt.

  41. 41.

    cleek

    if you, as i, have grown weary of trolls here on BJ, i bring tidings of comfort and joy; comfort and joy: as a Pastamas present to all of you, i’ve written a Greasemonkey script that will disemvowel the comments of people you don’t want to read, on this blog (i also have similar scripts for Obsidian Wings, Matt Yglesias and Washington Monthly).

    here it is.

  42. 42.

    Jen

    Ack, a Merlefest-obsessed computer geek? Cleek, you’re my dad.

    The Duhks played at the Hideaway BBQ a short time back. They kicked much butt, and the fried pickles kicked any butt that was left over.

  43. 43.

    4tehlulz

    (i also have similar scripts for Obsidian Wings, Matt Yglesias and Washington Monthly).

    Jesus, that Washington Monthly script would crash my browser. Kevin Drum probably has the worst trolls in the blogosphere.

  44. 44.

    cleek

    Ack, a Merlefest-obsessed computer geek? Cleek, you’re my dad.

    i wouldn’t quite call myself obsessed with Merlefest, but i can’t think of a good reason to turn down a five-day weekend of camping, drinking, and sometimes listening to live music with friends.

  45. 45.

    cleek

    Jesus, that Washington Monthly script would crash my browser.

    heh. it works fine :) but, yeah, of all the scripts i have, my WM has by-far the most people to filter. after my script gets done with them, about a fifth of the people there end up talking about pie.

  46. 46.

    Jen

    Yes, Merlefest is good times, although we rent houses because we are wusses. My folks start planning Merlefest in approximately July of the year before. I usually just go for the weekend and bitch all of Saturday about how many people there are.

  47. 47.

    cleek

    that’s why you gotta go on Thursday and Friday – nobody’s there! the porta-johns aren’t overflowing yet and there’s no line at the BBQ stand.

  48. 48.

    Punchy

    Parker out for the season

    Worthlessberger is in some trouble. Davy cannot carry the load, as he’s too long been only a 3rd down back. Bad Ben is about to pull a Jenna Jameson, and know how it feels to be pounded while laying on one’s back for a stretch. Yikes. Better hope Those Long Haired Freaks on yer D can hold N’england to only 59 points.

    The Pitt-Duke game was great.

    I cannot believe Pitt hits that trey to win the game. What a sac move that was. Too bad that sorry cracker from Duke, probably an All-American, was too limp-wristed to nail the bunny at the end. Figures. Duck Fuke.

  50. 50.

    Jen

    that’s why you gotta go on Thursday and Friday

    yes, but, all appearances to the contrary, I do have a job…

  51. 51.

    edmund dantes

    Tufdaawg Says:

    hey, john, i feel your pain. i am a red sox fan and a steelers fan. at least my sox have done some good lately.

    Yeah. I know what you mean. I mean it’s not like the Steelers have won a Super Bowl in the past 2 years or anything. God they suck!!!

  52. 52.

    Andrew

    I cannot believe Pitt hits that trey to win the game. What a sac move that was. Too bad that sorry cracker from Duke, probably an All-American, was too limp-wristed to nail the bunny at the end. Figures. Duck Fuke.

    I wholeheartedly concur.

  53. 53.

    cleek

    I do have a job…

    i’d recommed a vacation day, but vacation days are a consequence of the liberal fascist impulse.[1] only a fascist would deny his employer the benefit of an honest day’s work.

    —

    J. Goldberg, Liberal Fascism (Doubleday, 2007), pp 178-194.

  54. 54.

    myiq2xu

    i’d recommed a vacation day, but vacation days are a consequence of the liberal fascist impulse.[1] only a fascist would deny his employer the benefit of an honest day’s work.
    —
    J. Goldberg, Liberal Fascism (Doubleday, 2007), pp 178-194.

    I keep having the same instinctive reaction to every quote from Lucienne’s mutant son – “He didn’t really say that, did he?”

    His book is like satire written by a half-wit with no sense of humor. Is Doughty Pantload just a wingnut spoof of Stephen Colbert?

  55. 55.

    cleek

    I keep having the same instinctive reaction to every quote from Lucienne’s mutant son – “He didn’t really say that, did he?”

    same here. it’s mind-boggling.

    and that makes me feel confident that, aside from the page numbers, my fake citations will probably turn out to be accurate in some manner.

    Is Doughty Pantload just a wingnut spoof of Stephen Colbert?

    a spoof of a spoof of a disingenuous hack ? Goldberg is either the smartest, or the dumbest, person alive today.

  56. 56.

    demimondian

    I’m following DPL’s dictum the way he truly meant it…I’m taking a vacation day and working at home.

    Yes, I am a total loser. (OTOH, I’m leaving in about an hour to go pick the oldest up from college and bring him home for a month. So I guess I am not a COMPLETE loser…just an almost complete loser.)

  57. 57.

    Punchy

    OTOH, I’m leaving in about an hour to go pick the oldest up from college and bring him home for a month

    I can just picture you grilling him on his cosecants, null sets, and partial derivatives while he nurses The Hangover to End All Hangovers and blares The White Stripes in his 80 GB iPod and puts money on the FAU/Memphis game tonite…

  58. 58.

    Bombadil

    …while he nurses The Hangover to End All Hangovers and blares The White Stripes in his 80 GB iPod and puts money on the FAU/Memphis game tonite…

    Remember when you were young and could actually multitask like that? Those were the days.

  59. 59.

    Jen

    Vacation days are for Europe, the Caribbean, the Outer Banks, and God willing someday a three week culinary and wine cruise to South America, Cleek.

  60. 60.

    demimondian

    You’re right, Punchy, that would make me an even more complete loser.

    Realistically, my guess is that we’ll load his stuff into the car, pour him into the passenger seat, and he’ll fall asleep as we leave the campus and sleep all the way home. After all, why nurse a hangover when you can sleep it off, instead?

  61. 61.

    Keifus

    The NFL network sure has a lot riding on the three league games it’s airing this year. I mean, their ads attempting to extort viewers into paying for extended draft selection analysis in June, or for watching Jason Sehorn banter with Eddie George over extra-super-advance fantasy strategies aren’t going to be so blazingly effective.

  62. 62.

    Punchy

    extra-super-advance fantasy strategies aren’t going to be so blazingly effective.

    For merely $10 dollars, I’ll give you some supah-dupah advanced clandestine double-secret probation fantasy strategies: dont draft Frank Gore, and pray you play the guy who does at least 3 times.

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