Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

You cannot shame the shameless.

“But what about the lurkers?”

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Why did Dr. Oz lose? well, according to the exit polls, it’s because Fetterman won.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

John Fetterman: Too Manly for Pennsylvania.  Paid for by the Oz for Senator campaign.

T R E 4 5 O N

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

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

Americans barely caring about Afghanistan is so last month.

Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

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

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

I really should read my own blog.

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We got hammered with snow today, so everything is pretty much shut down. There really isn’t that much snow (only seemed like about 6 inches when I went outside a few hours ago), but it looks like there is a foundation of ice underneath on the roads and things are a mess. The bulk of it also came down around 4-6 am, so there was no time to clean it up. At any rate, in honor of the weather, some snow pets:

Also, remember that pretty picture of the fall colors in Rhode Island that one of our readers mailed in:

Here is a winter update:

Claim your pets.

*** Update ***

Another snow pet:

Reader Interactions

37Comments

  1. 1.

    Krista

    Thanks for posting those John — am having a seriously shitty day at work, so it’s nice to see cute animals and sunshine.

  4. 4.

    The Moar You Know

    Well, John, now you can write that review of Limits of Power you keep promising us, since you’ve got nothing better to do. Right?

  6. 6.

    Media Browski

    DC’s metro-trains are in chaos, my cat (who doesn’t go outdoors but psychically knows when it snows) refused to leave the bed, and I nearly got frostbite trying to read this blog on my handheld while waiting for a train.

    That said, cute pets! There’s no joy quite like introducing a puppy to snow!

  9. 9.

    jake 4 that 1

    I would guess the cat belongs to someone covered in a lot of Band-Aids.

    Mine went barging outside this morning. I left them out for a while to figure out their terrible mistake.

  10. 10.

    The Other Steve

    Red State just sent out an urgent communication letting us know that we should express outrage at Sen. Cornyn for voting for Timothy Geithner!

    PRIMARY CHALLENGE AGAINST CORNYN NOW!

  11. 11.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    If snow is a pain in the butt, ur doin it rong.

    I’m heading out tonight just as the heavens open up here, so I’ll have 10-15 centimeters of my own to shovel tomorrow. Joy.

    (Here’s something else to cheer you up, Krista. Probably NSFW.)

  13. 13.

    Punchy

    Nice to see that the Republicans, after demanding and getting the removal of some stupid shit in the stimulus bill, have decided they’ll vote against it anyways. Apparently, there’s not enough in there with regards to tax cuts, hookers, and blow to satisfy the House and Senate Repubs.

  15. 15.

    dr. bloor

    That before and after comparison of RI is one of the more elegant explanations I’ve come across for the exploding use of grain alcohol consumption therapeutic light boxes in these parts during the winter months.

  16. 16.

    John Cole

    @dr. bloor: This is sort of related, but I started to think about the “why” colors please us when looking at the Rhode Island comparisons, my mind then wandered to one of my favorite topics- how people perceive things and the language they use. For example, look at that sky in the first RI picture- we would all agree it is what we would call “blue,” but when we say the word blue without looking at that picture, everyone of us would have a different concept of the term “blue.” Mine might be a vibrant bright blue, someone elses might be a darker blue with hints of grey, bordering on purple. Someone else might think of azure blue, and so on.

    Now take that same concept and apply it to “fun” or “happy”- of course, with brain chemistry, for the most part we are all going to be experiencing physical reactions when we have “fun,” but are we really experiencing it the same way?

    I assume this is all in the realm of psychologists, psychobiologists, and others.

    And there was no real point to this comment.

  18. 18.

    AhabTRuler

    @dr. bloor: And yet, I am more entranced by the second picture. I mean, the pretty fall colors are nice and all, but it’s boooooring. Give me heavy cloud cover with snow coming down and I am happy.

  19. 19.

    dr. bloor

    @John Cole:

    I assume this is all in the realm of psychologists, psychobiologists, and others.

    It is, but to quote our esteemed president, those questions are beyond my pay grade.

    I tend to think that at the physiological level, people are much more alike than they are different in terms of how their central nervous systems respond to pleasurable events, but the events we deem to be pleasurable in the first place, how we label those experiences, and the magnitudes of those responses are unique.

    (If you really want some food for thought, consider the exception to the rule, alexithymia.)

  20. 20.

    dr. bloor

    @AhabTRuler:

    The winter itself doesn’t bum me out, but I’m a seasonal transition junkie, and at this point of the year I’m farking tired of winter Just Because. It doesn’t help that winter needs to be shoveled.

  21. 21.

    Krista

    I just saw the snow-covered Airedale! I love it! To whom does he belong?

    He looks exactly like my in-laws’ dog, Gibby.

  22. 22.

    AhabTRuler

    @dr. bloor: I’m not hot on winter, cold, ice, rain, or freezing rain, but give me snow and I am as happy as a Husky. And I say this as someone who has an intimate familiarity with the black dog.

  23. 23.

    demkat620

    John, will we get an update on the pups and the snow? How are your Mom and Dad doing with the critters?

    Will we get puppies in the snow pics? Yowza!

  25. 25.

    Krista

    (Here’s something else to cheer you up, Krista. Probably NSFW.)

    That was absolutely hilarious. Thanks, hon! It helped a lot.

  26. 26.

    Shinobi

    OMG Someone get that sweet kitty out of the snow ASAP!

    She only looks sweet, it’s an act. What she’s thinking there is "You are never sleeping through the night again, you bitch."

    That’s my cat by the way. Her name is Dora, she is not an explorer.

  28. 28.

    Cyrus

    Yeah, it’s snowing here in DC too. It was just half an inch or so when I got to work, but it’s the first time I’ve seen snow on the ground since moving here. Not counting trips back to my parents’ home in Vermont.

    There’s talk about the office being closed early due to the snow, which I would actually be opposed to because I have a deadline coming up. Which means I should probably stop commenting…

  30. 30.

    Nancy Irving

    When my cat Caruso (now departed, RIP) first saw snow as a kitten (in Pittsburgh), he rushed out, ran around like crazy and didn’t come back for two days. It was the first time he’d stayed out all night.

  32. 32.

    alhutch

    @Krista: Krista – That’s my dog Egan. He’s actually a Wire-haired Fox Terrier, but he won’t hold it against you (some of his best friends are Airedales).

    He absolutely loves the snow, but not the cleanup.

  33. 33.

    Krista

    @Krista: Krista – That’s my dog Egan. He’s actually a Wire-haired Fox Terrier, but he won’t hold it against you (some of his best friends are Airedales).

    Oops. Sorry. It must be the lighting in the pic or something that made me think he was an Airedale. (Plus, I’ve only ever seen Wire-Haired Fox Terriers with a show cut, so his adorable curly head misled me as well.) And his ears are similar to Gibby’s.

    He’s still ridiculously adorable, and is being awfully good, standing still in the sink like that. Is he usually that docile, or is he full of beans like most terriers I know?

  34. 34.

    Jay

    Hey! My Diggity Dog, Natty – the Labradoodle with the snowy beard – got Balloon Juiced!!

    Thanks, John.

  35. 35.

    new day rising

    Greetings from Ro-die-lan, land of the clamcake (yum), the unofficial state food. The view out my window looks just like the winter scene above, minus the frozen water. Hey, if you can’t do anything about winter and you’re not a snowbird who escapes to Florida each winter, then the best thing to do is to get out and enjoy it.

  37. 37.

    alhutch

    He’s still ridiculously adorable, and is being awfully good, standing still in the sink like that. Is he usually that docile, or is he full of beans like most terriers I know?

    Krista – Wires tend to be industrial strength in their terrier stubbornness, but Egan knows when it is better to be calm (sink, bathtub) to get it over with. He’s wild when it’s done though.

    Gibby does look like he could be Egan’s brother. He is one of the lightest colored Airedales I have seen. Very cute fella.

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