Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

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

American History and Black History can not be separated.

We still have time to mess this up!

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

Let me file that under fuck it.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

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

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

When they say they’re pro-life, they don’t mean yours.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

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

Celebrate the fucking wins.

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  2. 2.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    Bob Dylan is offering a free download today and tomorrow only. Sounds pretty damn good to me.

    If I could give you a link to Hola Fruta, I would.

  3. 3.

    canuckistani

    Here is a virgin thread.

    Does that mean there’s no booze in it? Send it back and bring it back right.

  4. 4.

    Colonel Danite

    For all our faults in Illinois (Blago, Shimkus, Stroger, etc.), we do have an easy renew-by-mail driver’s license process.

  11. 11.

    John Cole

    @Colonel Danite: I quit driving for several years, forgot my license expired, and had to go take the stupid damned written test and then take the driver test again. “Shit. This expired.” It was irritating and took three hours.

    I also had a Larry David moment and argued with them about several of the questions on the written test which were just really stupidly written questions. Check out this gem from the practice test:

    A policeman is at a traffic light and motions you through a red light, do you?
    a. Wait for a green light
    b. Obey the police officer and go through the red light
    c. Run over the police officer
    d. Sound you horn after the light turns green to alert the officer

    What kind of stupid question is that?

    At any rate, I am now street legal again, so mom and dad will shut up about having a damned car. I’ll probably keep taking the bus though, since driving irritates me so much.

  14. 14.

    Laura W

    @John Cole:

    I’ll probably keep taking the bus though

    Are you aware that this involves being trapped in a small space with other people in larger numbers and far more unknown states of sanity and hygiene than a carpool?

  15. 15.

    AhabTDefenestrator

    @John Cole: On my test they had one that was:

    Blind pedestrian is partway through the crosswalk when the light turns green, do you:

    a. wait for the pedestrian to proceed through

    b. honk your horn loudly

    c. proceed forward and nudge pedestrian with your vehicle.

    It was c, of course.

  16. 16.

    The Other Steve

    A policeman is at a traffic light and motions you through a red light, do you?
    a. Wait for a green light
    b. Obey the police officer and go through the red light
    c. Run over the police officer
    d. Sound you horn after the light turns green to alert the officer

    I go with d.

    -A Concerned Citizen

  18. 18.

    demkat620

    c. Run over the police officer

    That’s the one you picked right?

    I hate driving as well. I used to have a 5 minute ride to work that is now 40(My office moved).

    Driving sucks.

  22. 22.

    ThymeZoneThePlumber

    Directions given by traffic officers take precedence over signs, signals or pavement markings. If a traffic officer signals you to stop at a green light, for example, you must stop. If an officer signals you to drive through a red light or stop sign, you must do so.

    From a well-known state’s driver’s manual. I think all states have just about the same rule.

  24. 24.

    James K. Polk, Esq.

    If you would like to feel less pissy, I highly recommend taking a little walk.

    You will lower your blood pressure and burn off some of the hate.

    Get your mp3 player out and put some earbuds in to avoid interacting with the hoi polloi.

    Nature is a big plus. Tweeting birds and whatnot.

  25. 25.

    ThymeZoneThePlumber

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

    Brings back memories. I snatched a cat off the freeway. Off the center divider, to be exact.

    I am here to tell you, it is not a thing that I would suggest that anyone ever do. I should have been killed and had I been killed, they would have nominated me for a Darwin Award. I deserve no medal and no praise.

    The cat turned out to be a pretty good pet.

    This was 33 years ago.

  26. 26.

    ricky

    From a well-known state’s driver’s manual. I think all states have just about the same rule.

    I’d go with instructions from the little known states unless the unknown state has some better idea.

  27. 27.

    ThymeZoneThePlumber

    @ricky:

    Well, just find a state that says that the driver should ignore the officer directing traffic, and let’s compare and contrast.

    I can tell you three states not to look in, AZ, CA and NY.

    So you only have to examine 47 driver manuals.

  30. 30.

    The Cat Who Would Be Tunch

    @Laura W:

    Taking public transportation helps build your immune system, no?

    On a different note, did anybody catch this today?

    Cheney: Obama will “never make it in the major leagues"

    I’m still working my way through the New Yorker article, which is by Seymour Hersh, but what the hell is that even supposed to mean? And where’s Chip Reid to defend against this outrageous attack on a former Veep’s honor?

  31. 31.

    Karen

    Because people have gotten so nuts in the last few years, it’s much easier to be driven anywhere, than to drive myself.

    Case in point: during the blizzard last Thursday, an idiot was tailgating the car in front. That wreck shut down the right hand lane, causing a traffic jam in the left because nobody will allow other drivers to get in front of them. I would hate to see the traffic in a really large city when it snows.

  32. 32.

    Leelee for Obama

    @ThymeZoneThePlumber:

    Thyme Zone,

    I wanted to let you know your riff on the rare condor totally ate my "Doge"! I was happy there was no drinking happening when I read that.

  33. 33.

    TrishB

    Consider your message a PSA. It reminded me that I’d forgotten to renew my tags back at the end of January. I’ll just have to hope that no county sheriff pulls up behind my car before I receive the new stickers.

  35. 35.

    garyb50

    You’re crabby? My dad died last March & and he named me executor. His estate was little more than nothing when you factor in 4 sisters. I’ve spent hundreds of hours this past year on hold with people from India to the Philippines to Wichita, Ks. You don’t even know crabby. Questions you would not believe; forms that practically drove my insane.

    But I’ve got his Jeep pickup in the drive I have yet to put in my name even though I have 7 forms from ex-wife & sisters, a death certificate and 3 other state forms filled out. I can’t bring myself to go to the DMV & do it.

  37. 37.

    OriGuy

    Hey, at least you didn’t have a dental implant today. I don’t know if the surgery or writing the $1900 check hurt worse. (With more to come.) Insurance is supposed to pay 60%, but I’m anticipating a hassle.

    Origuy +1 (Vicodan)

  39. 39.

    Cain

    Shit.. I’ve been reading blogs too much. I somehow shortened ‘insurance agents’ to insurgents.

    cain

  41. 41.

    Carnacki

    Not to get all regional on you, but the DMV in Martinsburg is superfast. How often does someone speak well of a DMV? That’s how good the one here is. I remember when I first moved out here it took hours to get through a line in order to get anything. Last time I was there, it was 5 minutes from beginning to end on a fairly typical Friday. Scoreboard Berkeley Co.

  42. 42.

    skippy

    john, you know you don’t have to tell us you’re a member, that’s what the "anonymous" stands for.

    oh, you said a a a !

    never mind.

  43. 43.

    RSA

    You’re crabby?

    I go out to my car this morning to discover a flat tire. A few minutes later, I discover that the key to the locking lug nut is somehow not where it should be, in the trunk. A half hour later, after much cursing and skinning of knuckles and inept use of pliers and wrenches and such, I start calling car dealerships and tow companies. Two and a half hours later, I’m told that the tire is not only irreparable–there’s enough wear on all the tires that I should really replace them all. I arrive in my office at 4:00pm, ready to go to work!

  46. 46.

    MMM

    to paraphrase Tom Waits, the keyboard has been drinking, not me, not me, not me, not me, not me

  53. 53.

    guest omen

    pbs frontline is covering the healthcare crisis next. sounds like fun. i look forward to being told how i’m not really covered even though i have insurance.

  54. 54.

    4jkb4ia

    By an odd coincidence, I am crabby because MetroStink made buses run less frequently or not run at all on all three routes I was depending on. Could not face C&J with this. But I did log on and rec two diaries.

    (Yesterday MetroStink implemented all the cutbacks because the taxpayers wouldn’t give them any more money because of their own stupidity) (Cost overruns and the like: the taxpayers may have been greedy but I can’t say they were stupid)

    However, this blog lifted my mood considerably. It is VERY late, but if Paul Krugman thought about the political consequences of what he was saying he might not have been out there harshly criticizing the Bush admin and gaining the trust of many readers who expect him to be a straight shooter. His responsibility is to them too.

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