Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

It’s not hopeless, and we’re not helpless.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

The revolution will be supervised.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

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

Republicans in disarray!

Today in our ongoing national embarrassment…

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

An almost top 10,000 blog!

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

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

Republicans don’t trust women.

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

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

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

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  2. 2.

    Xenos

    You know what to do.

    I’ve tried and I’ve tried,
    and I’m still mystified.
    I can’t do it anymore and I’m not satisfied.

  3. 3.

    Haltelcere

    I can’t. That #8 jointer plane on E-bay was taken by someone else. Sometimes I don’t shop so victoriously.

  7. 7.

    Dennis - SGMM

    I’m getting a little creeped out by Bill Clinton’s acting as an attack dog for Hillary – down to getting in a reporter’s face for asking if he thought that Hillary’s campaign should take a stronger stand against the Nevada lawsuit.

    Jonathon Alter, on “Countdown” tonight made the point that George H.W. Bush did not go out and campaign for his son after the younger Bush’s New Hampshire defeat.

    I understand that Clinton wants to support his wife’s (and his) return to the White House but it seems to me that he’s setting a crappy precedent.

  9. 9.

    andante

    Or is that “bated”?

    Either way, sounds a bit stinky to me. I use chicken livers for bait, and you can’t get much stinkier than that.

    Unless you work for the White House these days.

  10. 10.

    Krista

    I just saw the Goldberg interview on Stewart. Goddamn…that man is beyond retarded. Organic food is fascist? How does he manage to get dressed in the morning without hurting himself?

  11. 11.

    D-Chance.

    Casino caucuses… they’re going to happen. Hillary’s attempts to disenfranchise minority voters fails.

  13. 13.

    incontrolados

    Organic food is fascist?

    I saw it too and think that he was using the term ‘organic’ in a way that made this list. Cute, right? Like the rest of his vocabulary.

    (But not as cute as puppies! — New crappy pics up — they are 7-8 weeks old now and got their first heartwormer last evening.)

  14. 14.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    Now Krista’s got me watching the Daily Show. Wat has u done!

    “The gloves are coming off”
    “The gloves are coming off”
    “The gloves are coming off”
    “The gloves are coming off”
    “The gloves are coming off”
    “Are the gloves are coming off?”

    lawl.

    OK, I loaded up the Goldburger interview. I’m going to brace myself… maybe take down a couple shots of 121 proof… before I hit play.

  16. 16.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    Re: Daily Show and Goldberg, sittin’ in a tree

    – The New Republic is now a liberal magazine?

    – Goldberg actually looks like his brain is functioning on this issue… I’m guessing he knows how to get to Hypothesis, and then he dumps all over it and calls it an Argument.

    In other words, he’s a fat lazy bastard, innit he?

    hahaha “‘WTF’ is the beginning of the conversation”. ha. moron.

  17. 17.

    Jake

    How does he manage to get dressed in the morning without hurting himself?

    I heard him speechificate at a local Borders and started to feel sorry for the guy.

    Have you ever had that dream where you have to give a speech or presentation and you didn’t know you had to give a speech and then you realize you’re not fully dressed and everyone you know is there you wake up?

    JoBurg sounds like you would sound in that dream if you didn’t wake up.

  19. 19.

    incontrolados

    I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m pretty sure J. Goldberg makes way more money than I do. If I answered my students’ questions the way I have seen/heard/read him answer in his interviews, I wouldn’t have a job.

    Preaching to the choir here, I know, but isn’t wingnut welfare lovely? It’s one of my basic problems with conservatives. . . among all those others.

  20. 20.

    Doug

    If I ever campaign for the Presidency, I’m going to get a big fat lead, then blow off South Carolina. When the press asks me why; I’m gonna say, “Ever hear about Fort Sumter? Fuckin’ traitors.”

    “South Carolina: First in Treason,” I’ll say.

    And then I’ll lose.

  21. 21.

    Krista

    Now Krista’s got me watching the Daily Show. Wat has u done!

    Bwah-ha-ha!

    If you need to purify and soothe your mind after watching Goldberg, try watching clips of the late, great Luciano Pavarotti on YouTube. One “Nessun Dorma” and one “Ave Maria”, and I’m as serene as a sleeping baby.

  22. 22.

    myiq2xu

    I’m getting a little creeped out by Bill Clinton’s acting as an attack dog for Hillary – down to getting in a reporter’s face for asking if he thought that Hillary’s campaign should take a stronger stand against the Nevada lawsuit.

    Oh yeah, he totslly lost it, just like the time he tried to murder Chris Wallace.

    Just like when Hillary went apeshit during the NH debate and tried to stab Obama with he nail file.

    Just like when the two of them murdered Vince Foster.

    Yep.

    /end snark

  23. 23.

    PaulW

    OMG! I was just watching the Daily Show, and they revealed that it was 10 years ago today, Jan. 17th, that Monica Lewinsky entered the political discourse. Along with BJs, the definition of the word “is”, and the more unsavory uses for a cuban cigar.

    OMG! Jon Stewart looked a lot smaller back then. He looked like a 13-year-old cousin wearing your uncle’s 3x dinner jacket for school or something…

    10 years ago, people, 10 years ago the GOP witch hunt machine went ape-sh-t and began the process that led to the Bush years. (insert screams of the damned here)

  26. 26.

    myiq2xu

    10 years ago, people, 10 years ago the GOP witch hunt machine went ape-sh-t and began the process that led to the Bush years. (insert screams of the damned here)

    The GOP witch hunt machine was running at full steam when Monica was still a virgin.

    Well, maybe not that long ago. Since 1992-93 at least.

  27. 27.

    Zuzu

    Caidence (fmr. Chris) Says:

    Re: Daily Show and Goldberg, sittin’ in a tree

    – The New Republic is now a liberal magazine?
    – Goldberg actually looks like his brain is functioning on this issue… I’m guessing he knows how to get to Hypothesis, and then he dumps all over it and calls it an Argument.

    ous/2007/12/i-rIn other words, he’s a fat lazy bastard, innit he?

    hahaha “’WTF’ is the beginning of the conversation”. ha. moron.

    For a really good discussion of this (over a couple of threads) by someone who actually knows what he’s talking about:

    Acephalous

    He actually tried to help Goldberg at one point and got a supremely arrogant blowoff:

    In October of 2005, Goldberg unashamedly used his Corner pulpit to ask other people to do his research for him:

    I’m working on a chapter of the book which requires me to read a lot about and by Herbert Spencer. There’s simply no way I can read all of it, nor do I really need to. But if there are any real experts on Spencer out there—regardless of ideological affiliation—I’d love to ask you a few questions in case I’m missing something.

    Repeat after me: “Real scholars do their own research. Real scholars do their own research.” Since I was genuinely interested in what someone else had to say about Spencer, I responded to Goldberg’s plea. (Why not aid a fellow Jew maintain the illusion of integrity?) He told me what he thought Spencer was up to.

    I informed him (politely) he couldn’t be more wrong.

    He responded (haughtily) that other people said Spencer had said that.

    I informed him (politely) those other people were wrong too.

    He inquired (brusquely) why they wrote it then.

    I said (politely) Spencer is the most misunderstood thinker of the 19th Century.

    He told me (angrily) I hadn’t helped him at all and not to write back.

    So, without even having read the book, I can say with certainty that whatever it says about Herbert Spencer will not reflect anything Spencer himself wrote or believed. (For that you should go here.) I’ll even go so far as imitate Spencer and draw a sweeping general conclusion from this particular incident:

    People should not write books about things they haven’t read. (That’s what blogs are for.)

    More Acephalous

    In fact, I think Klein has come up with the very best description of the thing so far:

    “Liberal Fascism: Two Words Next to Each Other.”

  28. 28.

    myiq2xu

    Zuzu Says:

    This time I’ll try for a good link to my favorite example of fascist liberalism:

    Nazi product launch

    OMG! Hitler really was a liberal!

  29. 29.

    MJ

    Anybody know a good home remedy for strep throat? Short of pulling my tonsils out myself that is.

    You need an antibiotic. So may be grow some mold or better yet see a MD.

  30. 30.

    myiq2xu

    Anybody know a good home remedy for strep throat? Short of pulling my tonsils out myself that is.

    Liquor in large quantities.

    It won’t cure anything but you won’t care as much about being sick.

  31. 31.

    Bob In Pacifica

    Recount from Manchester, New Hampshire, District Five:

    Clinton 683 (Diebold), 619 (recount)
    Obama 404 (Diebold), 365 (recount)
    Edwards 255 (Diebold), 217 (recount)

    That means the Diebold was off +64 votes for Clinton, off +39 for Obama, off +38 votes for Edwards.

    People farther down the ballot apparently lost votes. There’s a saying, “Close enough for government work,” but this is Diebold miscounting (not the government) and these vote totals aren’t so close. Even if no intentional fraud is found (and it may not be, considering that it’s only a partial count, no one seems to know where the memory cards for the machines went, and there doesn’t seem to be any appreciable chain of custody security over the paper ballots themselves) this is such a piss-poor showing of the privatization of our elections that it should be a ringing endorsement of getting rid of these machines.

    And these particular Diebold optiscan machines, while easily hackable, at least do use paper ballots. What do you do with the touchscreens they’ve got in South Carolina?

    And so it goes.

  34. 34.

    Punchy

    If I ever campaign for the Presidency, I’m going to get a big fat lead, then blow off South Carolina. When the press asks me why; I’m gonna say, “Ever hear about Fort Sumter? Fuckin’ traitors.”

    “South Carolina: First in Treason,” I’ll say.

    And then I’ll lose.

    /scratches chin….pontificates….scratches chin again.

    Liquor in large quantities

    Chicks like this?

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