Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

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

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

I wonder if trump will be tried as an adult.

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

Nothing worth doing is easy.

The revolution will be supervised.

After roe, women are no longer free.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Spilling the end game before they can coat it in frankl luntz-approved dogwhistles.

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

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

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

It’s a doggy dog world.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

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  1. 1.

    TenguPhule

    They are getting more adorable, which is hard to believe.

    Comrades, a few more weeks of dogwashing and Comrade Cole will evict that fatball and get a dog.

  3. 3.

    Libby

    Awwww….. They really are getting more adorable all the time. They’re such a tonic against the toxic news. Thanks.

  5. 5.

    Krista

    Hee hee…look at Ginny, acting all bashful, but you know she’s totally ready for shenanigans. And the eyes on Guesly! How could you ever say "no" to a pooch with such an adorable mug?

  6. 6.

    blahblah

    I like dogs and I like cats. But I really hate it when a dog licks my face, leaving it akin to dripping bukkake. Why do dogs do that? All I know is that cats don’t. Unfortunately, cats also won’t play catch in the yard.

    Oh! What is mankind to do?

  7. 7.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    blahblah, some cats really do lick faces. Some nibble. And some are equipped with such fearsome papillae on their tongues that a mere lick can flay you to the bone.

    Go for the dog slobber. You’ll stay prettier longer.

    (Oh, and some cats play fetch, too. Really, you can get the best of both worlds.)

    Ginny wants me. I can tell. John, tell your parents I’ll be glad to take her off their hands.

  9. 9.

    Montysano

    How could you ever say "no" to a pooch with such an adorable mug?

    When I found it dismantling fine audio gear, as happened in my case.

  12. 12.

    Mnemosyne

    @blahblah:

    Unfortunately, cats also won’t play catch in the yard.

    Keaton is not allowed in the yard since he would decimate the local bird population (well, and also because we don’t have a yard), but he loves to play fetch in the house. His favorite game is when you throw the toy straight up in the air so he can jump 4 feet straight into the air from a crouching position to grab it, but he’ll also run after it and bring it back to you to be thrown again.

    In my experience, boy cats seem more likely to be willing to fetch than girl cats. I’m not sure why.

  13. 13.

    Comrade Michael "OuttaSorts" Brown

    Why…It’s actually a PupDate!

    C’mon, Cole, you slack-jawed yokel, get with the program. The intertrons have long suffered from a shortage of "Ys", and now you’re using up all the "Ps" and "Us" with these insanely long headings ….

  14. 14.

    blahblah

    And further to Mr. Cole:

    Yours has become my favorite blog of late. dkos is a bore, and and the academics and serious journalist types like DeLong, Juan Cole, Josh Marshall, are worth reading but provide little entertainment value.

    This place is like Kuro5hin back in 2000. Smart, funny, and razer sharp criticism. Keep it up.

    (edit: my only complaint is this WordPress software, which seriously blows chunks. I’d prefer something – anything – that supported threaded comments and real logins).

  15. 15.

    Krista

    But I really hate it when a dog licks my face, leaving it akin to dripping bukkake.

    Not all dogs do that. My MIL’s two terriers aren’t into face-licking and neither was my late dog, a Lhasa mix. Dogs that have a little bit of attitude aren’t as likely to be big on licking faces because they’re not 100% submissive to you and while affectionate, aren’t out-of-control with it, so slavish adoration isn’t their style.

  17. 17.

    GReynoldsCT00

    Hey John, how about an action shot of Tunch hanging off the ceiling with those two visiting? Both doggies look like adorable little handfuls of fun – they get cuter all the time.

    I have cats that love to give you a facial and I’ve had cats that fetch. And yes it was a male cat. Used to love to chase after an old wool mitten of mine and bring it back to me…for hours

  19. 19.

    blahblah

    Mnemosyne, Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse:

    Clearly, what you have are not cats but animals infected with that Resident Evil parasite. Because stupid-fun video games and bad unfun movies are always the truth.

    My cat likes to hop in the bathtub and get under the flowing faucet right after I take my morning shower. Yeah, these animals sometimes do shit no one expects. They may not be able to post snark on BJ, but they do have some measure of real cognition.

    They’re more than just unfeeling machines without a soul. Which by saying so, doesn’t make me a PETA convert.

  21. 21.

    Brandon T.

    The dogs are a nice change of pace from the usual mix of schadenfreude and outrage that I generally get from reading this blog.

    In other news, more awesomeness from NYT’s newest columnist:

    One successful foray ended on the guest bed of a high school friend’s parents, with a girl who resembled a chunkier Reese Witherspoon drunkenly masticating my neck and cheeks. It had taken some time to reach this point–"Do most Harvard guys take so long to get what they want?” she had asked, pushing her tongue into my mouth. I wasn’t sure what to say, but then I wasn’t sure this was what I wanted. My throat was dry from too much vodka, and her breasts, spilling out of pink pajamas, threatened my ability to. I was supposed to be excited, but I was bored and somewhat disgusted with myself, with her, with the whole business… and then whatever residual enthusiasm I felt for the venture dissipated, with shocking speed, as she nibbled at my ear and whispered–"You know, I’m on the pill…”

    All I have to say is: holy fuck. I don’t think I’ve seen evidence of so many different neuroses, hangups, etc all crammed into a single paragraph. Douchehat indeed.

  23. 23.

    Comrade Stuck

    @TheOfficialHatOnMyCat:

    ( makes note in Blackberry )

    Make a note of this. Dogs don’t lick with their anus. Which is why I dropped of the Bukkake that offends my delicate sensibilities. Humph!

  25. 25.

    Comrade Stuck

    Don’t know what I was thinking picking Mississippi st. to win. Vapor lock, I reckon.

  26. 26.

    TheOfficialHatOnMyCat

    @Comrade Stuck:

    Uh, okay, I guess you have never watched a dog lick its ass for ten minutes, grab a drink out of the toilet, and then come over and want to lick your face.

    As they say, what you don’t know won’t make you hurl your breakfast, I guess.

    I don’t let dogs lick my face. But that’s just me.

  28. 28.

    blahblah

    Comrade Stuck:

    Make a note of this. Dogs don’t lick with their anus. Which is why I dropped of the Bukkake that offends my delicate sensibilities. Humph!

    Make a note of this, to paraphrase a great American philosopher: Disgusting is as disgusting does. I saw that in a book somewhere. Or a movie. Which in todays America is the same thing. I fully expect to see my copy of "The Accessible Hegel" to be turned into an action packed Schwarzenegger extravaganza as soon as the great people of California decide to help him find new work. Then I’ll read it.

    Also, what is it dogs and cats do to clean their asses again?

  30. 30.

    Comrade Stuck

    "You know, I’m on the pill…”

    Ross’s Vodki soaked lizard brain thinks

    Mi errant tadpole meets trollop egg and chemical murder ensues. Teh Horror!

  43. 43.

    Robert Sneddon

    Re: Hugos. Nice to see Scalzi getting a bunch of nominations — Novel, Best Related Book and Long Form Dramatic Presentation.

    My friend Charlie Stross made the Best Novel shortlist with his "Sexbots in Spaaace!" epic "Saturn’s Children". That’s six years in a row he’s made the Best Novel shortlist, beating out the nearest challenger Bob Silverberg who only managed a 4-year streak. On the other hand he’s up against "Anathem" and "The Graveyard Book" this year so his actual chances of adding to his Hugo rocket collection (currently one) are pretty poor.

  44. 44.

    Krista

    Along with the puppy cute I wanted you to have this hug from Scottie and I.

    Right back atcha, darling. We’re here for you.

    WRT to the dog saliva issue, I prefer not to let dogs lick my face, just due to the slobber issue. Mind you, if an otherwise reserved doggeh gives me a little kiss on the nose or chin every once in a blue moon, it’s hard to object to that, really. A little bit goes a very long way, though.

  45. 45.

    AhabTRuler

    Look, everyone just needs to recognize that it is the volume of dog slobber that is the safety factor. There is no backwash from taint to mouth, as, like a slug or snail, the surface of the tongue is protected from filth by an endless supply of slobber.

    Now, kitty spit, OTOH, is a different story altogether…

  49. 49.

    J. Michael Neal

    My friend Charlie Stross made the Best Novel shortlist with his "Sexbots in Spaaace!" epic "Saturn’s Children".

    I started reading Accelerondo, and that was the most annoying writing style since Neal Stephenson. Is that representative of all of his stuff? I’ve got too many things I want to read to ever pick up anything else by him unless anyone can convince me it gets better.

  53. 53.

    TheOfficialHatOnMyCat

    @Comrade Stuck:

    It’s fine with me if you want to let an animal lick its ass and then your face.

    I havent met you, but I’d be interesed in which one the dog thinks tastes better.

    If you had an end game for this exchange, this would be the place to reveal it :)

  55. 55.

    AhabTRuler

    Used to see those on Okinawa. Crunch-crunch on the street after the rain. Eww.

    Yes, and they were "running" to lick your face. If you had only lain down in the street and remained very still for several hours.

  57. 57.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    Goddamnit, I’m going to have nightmares about carnivorous snails tonight, right?

  58. 58.

    Annie

    AhabTRuler…we have yet to see a picture of Tunch. And, the puppies do look well fed. So, the question is, who ate whom?????????

  61. 61.

    Beej

    @Mnemosyne: I just got here, but I have to agree with you that male cats are more likely to play fetch than female cats. Of course, male cats (at least the neutered ones) are also more likely to be snugglers, lap-sitters, and catnip addicts. Females are more independent and tend to be a bit aloof. Don’t know what this has to say about male-female psychology, but it does mean that my Shadow makes a much better lap-warmer than my Sheba.

  62. 62.

    2th&nayle

    Used to have a big female cat that loved to ‘nurse’ (that’s the best description I can come up with) my neck. I never saw her do it to anyone else: just me. Never did figure out if it was a ‘comfort’ thing or she just like the way I tasted (and before you start: No, I don’t have nipples on my neck). Had another cat that liked to lick the part in my hair, if she could get to it. Unusual ph or something I guess.

  63. 63.

    Johnny Pez

    My first basenji (aka "The Girl") is all about the face licking. She actually wants to lick my ears, but you have to draw the line somewhere. My current backup basenji (aka "The Boy") seems to have picked up the habit from her.

  64. 64.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    @Comrade Stuck:

    I’m a person of class, Stuckmeister. I eat boutique smoked sausage made from meat that is dressed out from private reserve stock.

    Other, lesser people can eat hot dogs. I like to know what’s in my food.

    But don’t get me wrong, I love you, man. Being able to talk to you gives me street cred.

  67. 67.

    Gatsby

    So, those two graduated from the first round of obedience school, hey?

    I can tell they very happy they fooled you all. Just look at that twinkle in their eyes!

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