Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

The words do not have to be perfect.

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

‘Museums aren’t America’s attic for its racist shit.’

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

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

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

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

Everybody saw this coming.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

You cannot love your country only when you win.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

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Sorry for dropping off the face of the earth. I heard there was naked hiking on the Appalachian and took the day off. Someone tell the old people the wrong date next year. Also, Death by Mosquito Truck- you really gotta shave your back, bro.

Actually, comcast decided I didn’t deserve to have access to this site.

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  3. 3.

    Politically Lost

    Being a fur bearing animal myself, I always get uncomfortable when those of us with manback are mocked.

    I know that I’m closely related to chewbacca but, let’s be clear about this…I didn’t give my permission for it.

    I’ve told my wife that I draw the line at ear hair. I’ll do whatever it takes to prevent that. Laser, earpindectomy, whatever it takes man.

  4. 4.

    Violet

    Glad Mark Sanford didn’t kidnap you on the AT.

    Reminder to post Other People’s Pet Pictures. You did ask for one.

  7. 7.

    calipygian

    He’s off in Kenya looking for the Lost Wingnut’s Gold. You know, the birth certificate.

  8. 8.

    J.

    Where are those pet pix you promised? Sigh, while we are waiting, surfer dogs to the rescue! (The bulldog and the basset hound totally crack me up. Btw, two Jack Russell Terriers won their divisions. Time to get Ginny and Guesly a board.)

  10. 10.

    MikeJ

    Naked Galting….Yehaw!

    I now have a vision of a glibertarian Ice-T singing “Let’s get buck naked and GALT!”

  11. 11.

    JGabriel

    John Cole @ Top:

    Someone tell the old people the wrong date next year.

    But then you’ll miss it!

    (So will I.)

    .

  12. 12.

    Keith G

    I been having trouble getting to random sites. Figured the tubes were just tired.

  13. 13.

    Krista

    Naked Galting….Yehaw!

    Better than naked mopping — we all know how that turned out.

  14. 14.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    Well I’d love to stay and play with all of you, cause you’re so much fun, but the new Evanovich* has arrived and I must read. Put Dirty Dozen Ears to the Wall on and I’m good for the night. See you all tomorrow.

    *In case anyone thinks that’s a totally shallow read, I’m also reading the Extraoridnary Chemistry of Ordinary Things and finding out I might actually like chemistry.

  15. 15.

    Svensker

    @J.:

    Sigh, while we are waiting, surfer dogs to the rescue! (The bulldog and the basset hound totally crack me up.

    Has anyone sent the basset hound surfing to TBogg? I can’t get into his comments, but he’d love it.

  17. 17.

    shelley matheis

    ‘Naked Hiking Day’, eh? Guess they want to get it in before the mosquito season really gets under way.

    Saw those surfing canines on the news. Hang 20!

  19. 19.

    Tim (The Oher One)

    Cole, are you high ? You sound “blitzed” in this post. In a good way. Maybe I’m just not getting the sub-text.

  20. 20.

    Krista

    *In case anyone thinks that’s a totally shallow read, I’m also reading the Extraoridnary Chemistry of Ordinary Things and finding out I might actually like chemistry.

    Who gives a sweet damn if anybody thinks it’s a shallow read? I’ve never understood why people need to apologize for just enjoying a good story. I love reading what many would view as “fluff”, and make no apologies for it.

  23. 23.

    Rosali

    Fuck Mark Sanford, Fuck John McCain, and Fuck Norm Coleman

    and Richard Nixon can be skull-fucked too.

  25. 25.

    demkat620

    @Krista: I scour the budget book tables for “pool” and “beach” books. I really don’t need anything heavy and the fluff is just fine.

    No apologies for liking it.

  26. 26.

    DougJ

    I now have a vision of a glibertarian Ice-T singing “Let’s get buck naked and GALT!”

    I like this one.

  28. 28.

    JK

    Mousavi, Celebrated in Iranian Protests, Was the Butcher of Beirut
    http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/spytalk/2009/06/mousavi-celebrated-in-iranian.html?referrer=js

    Nice to see at least one journalist do some quality reporting as opposed to meaningless bullshit like Judy Woodruff’s pathetic and clueless interview tonight with Lindsey Graham and John Kerry debating the tone of Obama’s rhetoric on Iran.

    The Newshour with Jim Lehrer used to be a useful antidote to cable news but it’s becoming as big of a joke as any other tv news program

  30. 30.

    Comrade Stuck

    So is Calderone from the WATB Politico.

    Reporters typically don’t coordinate their questions for the president before press conferences, so it seemed odd that Obama might have an idea what the question would be. Also, it was a departure from White House protocol by calling on The Huffington Post second, in between the AP and Reuters

    New rules to press.. Take yer proteeecals and shove ’em sideways..

  33. 33.

    ninerdave

    @Laura W:

    Please join us in the previous thread. That seems to be the happening place for all things Sanford Fun Related.

    Oh that’s about all I have to say about Sanford, except I sincerely hope he’s ok.

  34. 34.

    Johnny B. Guud

    Great news:

    U.S. Home Prices Drop 6.8 Percent in April as Foreclosures Rise

    June 23 (Bloomberg) — U.S. home prices fell 6.8 percent in April from a year earlier as rising unemployment and record foreclosures kept buyers out of the market…

    While U.S. builders increased housing starts by 17 percent in May to an annual rate of 532,000, a May 26 report from S&P/Case-Shiller showed home prices in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas fell 18.7 percent in March from the same month last year.

    All signs point to further declines. Yale University Professor Robert Shiller, co-founder of the S&P/Case-Shiller index, said earlier this month that prices will continue to fall, contributing to a prolonged recession.

    Wonderful…

    /sarcasm

  37. 37.

    passerby

    Comcast must have some kinked up cables somewhere, they shut me out a couple of times today, too.

    And thanks again John for the delightful EcoDrivingUSA ad. It’s gorgeous. (Did you happen to see Pam while you were out naked hiking on the AT today? Sounds like something she’d be into…)

  40. 40.

    Left Coast Tom

    @D-Chance.:

    So who’s been hiking the Appalacian trail?

    I had trouble a month ago finding a trail underneath knee-to-waist high snow. Now I know what it was like for the Donner Party.

  41. 41.

    Little Dreamer

    Actually, comcast decided I didn’t deserve to have access to this site.

    If not you, then who?

  42. 42.

    Brachiator

    @calipygian:

    He’s off in Kenya looking for the Lost Wingnut’s Gold. You know, the birth certificate.

    The weird thing is that while Sanford was looking for Obama’s Kenyan birth certificate, he ran into OJ, who was still looking for the “real killers.”

    And apparently, Sarah Palin can see Appalachia from her window.

    And in honor of Naked Galting Republican governors, Joe Cocker singing Randy Newman’s You Can Leave Your Hat On.

  43. 43.

    slag

    @D-Chance.: The only thing missing from that article: Any shred of evidence of impropriety. It’s not like Kaine just didn’t show up for work one day. Idiot.

  44. 44.

    Yutsano

    The only thing missing from that article: Any shred of evidence of impropriety. It’s not like Kaine just didn’t show up for work one day. Idiot.

    I can haz false equivalence?

  46. 46.

    asiangrrlMN

    Hm. I couldn’t access Washington Monthly for a bit today, either. Oh noes! Dez in mah toobz, killin’ duh librul sites!

    Damn, but it’s hard to type that way.

    @Brachiator:

    And in honor of Naked Galting Republican governors, Joe Cocker singing Randy Newman’s You Can Leave Your Hat On.
    43

    You just ruined one of my favorite sexy songs. Bastard.

  47. 47.

    Brachiator

    @asiangrrlMN:

    You just ruined one of my favorite sexy songs. Bastard.

    Sorry about that. It just seemed to fit the strangeness of the situation (as currently reported) so well.

    So, with all of the weirdness surrounding the SC governor’s Naked Galt experience, and the lack of rational explanation, how about Earl Scruggs and Steve Martin doing Foggy Mountain Breakdown?

  48. 48.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Brachiator:

    So, with all of the weirdness surrounding the SC governor’s Naked Galt experience, and the lack of rational explanation, how about Earl Scruggs and Steve Martin doing Foggy Mountain Breakdown?

    Wait, that’s that Steve Martin! He’s good! This song is perfect, so you are mostly forgiven for ruining a great sexy song. When I played your first video, all I could think about was Governor Sanford with a hat covering his, um, bush.

  49. 49.

    Comrade Darkness

    @ninerdave: So, I’m betting Sanford doesn’t actually show his face tomorrow.

    I bet he does. I think the man is such an egotistical f*ckwad that he is incapable of seeing that he’s done anything outside his rights.

    Also the king has no clothes.

  50. 50.

    MikeJ

    What D-chance describes isn’t hiking, it’s a fishing expedition. Republicans in Virginia want Democrats to have to explain where they are 24 hours a day in the hopes that they’ll a) make a mistake or b) not want to tell everybody in the world every detail of their lives.

    It’s certainly nothing like Sanford’s going AWOL. Just more dust to throw in the air to cover Republican corruption.

  51. 51.

    ** Atanarjuat **

    Has anyone here ever shopped on Woot? In case you haven’t, it’s one of those deal-of-the-day Web sites.

    What makes it unique among other such daily bargain places is not that they don’t often sell useless crap (which they do), but the intro to the product description is usually hilarious.

    Today’s is called “Sanford & Sling” — as in our favorite Travelling Governor and Hiking Correspondent, Mark Sanford.

    http://woot.com/

    “Believe me, being the governor of a small Southern state is no picnic at Fort Sumter. So every once in a while, I just need to drop out and get my head together, dig?”

    Awesome.

    -A

  54. 54.

    4jkb4ia

    Robin Soderling broken by the immortal Marcel Granollers-Pujol. That was his name! Thank you for putting this on the main page.

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