Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

“They all knew.”

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

Fight them, without becoming them!

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

We are aware of all internet traditions.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

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

Finding joy where we can, and muddling through where we can’t.

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

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

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What up with that?

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I’m sure there’s a reason for this but I don’t know what it is:

Dede Scozzafava, the GOP nominee in a key upcoming House special election, is running dangerously low on campaign cash, according to several GOP sources familiar with her spending and fundraising.

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“Chairman Steele hasn’t put up a cent, not even the obligatory $5,000,” said a New York-based GOP operative. “There’s been no support from the RNC. Democrats are going all out for this race. Everyone’s in the same direction.”

My guess is that the teabag wing of the party wants the RNC to stay out, because it prefers third-party whack job Doug Hoffman in the race. But not even putting up the token 5K seems extreme.

Meanwhile, the Democrat, Bill Owens, has pulled slightly ahead in the race.

I grew up in this district and having picked Dede Scozzafava, the race should have been a gimme for Republicans. I still can’t believe they’re letting the nuts teabag the race away.

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The Obama recession is over, the Bush recovery has begun

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So says Neil Cavuto:

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I guess the next logical question is whether or not the ombudsman at the New York Times will explore the issue of why the paper’s reporters aren’t covering the Bush recovery that all the conservatives are talking about.

Sorry, Neil, you should have dressed as a pimp for that segment.

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Late Night Open Thread

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Translated from dog: “Look. It isn’t my fault you fell asleep on the couch for a few hours and I discovered the comforter while the duvet cover was still drying. Plus, look how cute I am. Don’t you want to rub my belly? Do you have any treats? Kisses!”

I seriously would be the worst dad ever. I would be simply incapable of disciplining my brood. Also, since this is late night:

It’s a little raw and the like, but it still makes me smile.

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As Usual, DougJ is Right

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No, we will not have a serious discussion about the death penalty. In fact, if you want to be exceptionally horrified, check out this Kay Bailey Hutchison statement referencing Rick Perry’s actions:

“As hard as Rick Perry’s office and his campaign may try to divert from the issue, this is not about one man or one case. The issue is Rick Perry’s heavy-handed politicization of a process and Commission established by the legislature to provide critical oversight. First, Rick Perry delayed the formation of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, then he tried to ensure it didn’t have funding and when all else failed, he fired everyone he could. The only thing Rick Perry’s actions have accomplished is giving liberals an argument to discredit the death penalty. Kay Bailey Hutchison is a steadfast supporter of the death penalty, voted to reinstate it when she served in the Texas House and believes we should never do anything to create a cloud of controversy over it with actions that look like a cover-up.”

She’s not concerned that an innocent man might have been killed by the state. She’s concerned that evil liberals might get in the way of killing more people.

And she is the “moderate.” These people are fucking sociopaths.

I’m reminded of the time a couple of weeks ago when Matt Welch finally, for a brief moment, mused that gun nuts attending Presidential events might not be a good thing, but only because Justin Raimondo pointed out that if someone did pop a cap in someone, it would be bad for… libertarianism. Again, you can’t make this shit up.

*** Update ***

Sorry, Publius. Kay is running to the RIGHT of Perry on this one. The real problem is not the possible execution of an innocent man or Perry’s apparent perversion of the investigation. The problem is the hash you goddamned liberals will make of the death penalty.

It isn’t a few bad apples with the GOP. The whole damned barrel is rotten to the core.

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The body of an American

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TNC on the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham:

The death penalty promotes our sense of order–it offers assurance that those who savagely violate our most cherished morals will be harshly penalized. The question, for me, is what will we tolerate to preserve that assurance? What I hope will come out of this case is a more honest debate about the death penalty. I strongly suspect that Rick Perry–at this point–knows that something went badly wrong in Willingham’s execution, and yet still believes in the death penalty. What I hope will emerge is death penalty advocates honest enough to admit that no system of state-sponsored execution can be infallible, because people are fallible. I want them to come out and say what’s clear–innocent people will be executed. I want them to stop treating us like children, and make the argument.

Unfortunately, this is not what will happen. Death penalty advocates will simply argue that we can’t say for sure that Willingham was innocent and so on. The burden of proof will shift, or has already shifted: it now must be proved, beyond reasonable doubt, that an innocent man has been executed.

Americans’ support for the death penalty is not isolated. It is of a piece with Americans’ (negative) attitudes about evolution, just to cite one example (I’m sure I could find others but I find the topic depressing); that is to say, it has more to do with superstitions and conceptions of good and evil than with reason. Probably the most we could ask for right now is to have the people administering the lethal injections dress as pimps so that in the event of another wrongful execution the New York Times and Washington Post treat it as an important story.

I think it’s important to highlight what happened in Texas, both with the conviction and with the cover-up. Because — not but — when it comes to reversing attitudes about the death penalty, it’s a long, long road.

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Wednesday Night Open Thread

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It appears the turf wars of 2009 are finally over, and Lily has ceded the futon to his royal highness Tunch, and now has made this old hand-me-down chair (every family has a chair like this- it was in my house as a toddler, then in my mom’s office for decades, then when she retired I didn’t say no quick enough when she asked if I wanted it):

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At any rate, don’t forget to vote for Bitsy. We are doing well this week- over 1600 already. I know we can crack three k.

Also, this:

Michael Steele, hamburger helper.

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