Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

People are complicated. Love is not.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

We can’t confuse what’s necessary to win elections with the policies that we want to implement when we do.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

This is dead girl, live boy, a goat, two wetsuits and a dildo territory.  oh, and pink furry handcuffs.

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

The National Guard is not Batman.

Reality always gets a vote in the end.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

I did not have this on my fuck 2025 bingo card.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Petty moves from a petty man.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

We are learning that “working class” means “white” for way too many people.

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

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Okay, this time you really can shoot me

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I’m pretty sure this — carrying the byline Seth Borenstein AP Science Writer — isn’t sarcasm:

He shows a fascination with science, an all-too deliberate decision-making demeanor, an adherence to logic and some pretty, ahem, prominent ears.

They all add up to a quite logical conclusion, at least for “Star Trek” fans: Barack Obama is Washington’s Mr. Spock, the chief science officer for the ship of state.

“I guess it’s somewhat unusual for a politician to be so precise, logical, in his thought process,” actor Leonard Nimoy, who has portrayed Spock for more than 40 years, told The Associated Press in an e-mail interview.

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Seriously- It is Time To Move On

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Think Progress:

Yesterday morning, former Bush adviser Karl Rove went on NBC’s Today Show and said that if President Obama decides to send 30,000-35,000 troops to Afghanistan, he would be “among the first to stand up and applaud.”

Immediately after President Obama’s prime-time address last night — in which he announced that he would be deploying 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan — Rove went on Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor and responded. However, he definitely didn’t “stand up and applaud.” Instead, he and O’Reilly bashed the President for underperforming (although he acknowledged that the “core” of Obama’s message was acceptable).

Honestly, who cares what Karl Rove thinks? Other than Bill Kristol and Dick Cheney, is there a more discredited person on the planet (and yes, I remember the Harriet Meiers/Hugh Hewitt days)? They are lying hacks who care only about immediate political gain- nothing else.

We seriously have to move on from these people. Fox news is not a news channel, and while our beltway elites keep shoving them in our faces with their usual nonsense, the only sensible response is- “who cares?” I’m as guilty as everyone else, but we have to start ignoring these people. Stop linking to ABC, CBS, NBC websites when they talk about them. Stop watching Meet the Press when McCain is on. Stop linking every blatant attempt by the Politico gossip columnists to stir shit up.

I’m going to do my best to follow my own advice, and we’ll see how spectacularly I fail on that account. But again, who cares what Karl Rove thinks? Would it matter to any of you if he endorsed Obama’s course of action in Afghanistan? Not me.

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One more McCain media mancrush post

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This is really more John’s territory, but here’s McCain’s schedule yesterday (from his website via NoMoreMisterNiceGuy):

**U.S. Senator John McCain will be appearing on the following television programs TOMORROW December 2, 2009, beginning at approximately 7:00 am ET.

7:00 am NBC’s TODAY Show with Matt Lauer

7:00 am ABC’s Good Morning America with Robin Roberts

7:00 am CBS’ Early Show with Harry Smith

7:30 am CNN’s American Morning with John Roberts

8:00 am Fox News’ Fox & Friends

7:00 pm CNBC’s Kudlow Report

5:30 pm BBC Newsnight with Gavin Esler

7:00 pm BBC World News America with Matt Frei

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WOW! What A Get!

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It must have been super hard for David Gregory to secure President McCain for this week’s Meet the Press. What, with McCain running the country and all that, on top of his big list of legislative initiatives.

I, for one, have no idea what he might say. I wonder if he agrees with the guy who kicked his ass in the last election? No way he is bitter and that might cloud his judgment- the man ran the Straight Talk Express! What a score for journalism, Mr. Gregory!

For the record, I was joking yesterday when I said Gregory would have McCain on.

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Here Is An Idea

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This sounds like an excellent use of stimulus funds:

When Hurricane Ike slammed into Galveston on Sept. 13 last year, the storm buried nearly 8,000 acres of oyster reefs in sediment from the Bolivar Peninsula, state wildlife officials said. Half of the oyster habitat was wiped out, destroying the livelihood of more than 100 fishing operations.

Lance Robinson, regional director for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, said the state had begun to restore the reefs on the east side of the bay, where 80 percent were destroyed. State workers distributed more than 18,000 tons of river rock over 20 acres of water.

“This is to give oyster larvae, called spat, a chance to adhere to the rock and keep the life cycle going,” said Jennie Rohrer, an oyster restoration biologist for the state.

Sammy Ray, oyster pathologist and professor emeritus at Texas A&M University at Galveston, said that if the larvae did not have a clean, hard surface to attach to, they would sink to the bottom and die.

That is why the state also plans to start dredging in the spring to uncover the layer of shells beneath the sediment, which are needed for the oysters to reproduce, Mr. Robinson said. About $1.3 million has been allocated for this project, he said.

I have not been following the stimulus spending, other than to laugh at every right-winger yelling about porkulus and chanting 800 billion dollars, when a sizable portion of those funds were tax cuts. Who knew Republicans hated tax cuts so much? But isn’t this the sort of thing that stimulus funds should spent on? Aggressively pursuing projects that will in the short term create jobs but also ensure that more long-term jobs are saved?

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Pet Rescue Story

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Now for something different:

adopted-pets

Adopted babes Ronin + Bella. Ronin (black-ish) came from a great organization here in Portland called Second Chance Companions – http://www.sccpets.com/ He’s plott hound(bear hunter)/lab and needless to say hes…. Assertive. Bella(redish brown/black) came from the humane society – http://southwesthumane.org/. We know she is lab/something. I like to say lab/pretty – but maybe shepard of some sort. Best dogs ever. I’m glad you found yours.

Had enough of twitters and blogs. Off to bed.

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