Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

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

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

American History and Black History Cannot Be Separated

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

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

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

The willow is too close to the house.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

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

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

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

After roe, women are no longer free.

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

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

This fight is for everything.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

I didn’t have alien invasion on my 2023 BINGO card.

People are complicated. Love is not.

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  1. 1.

    arguingwithsignposts

    So I’ll just leave this and this here, since I put it in an old and dying thread a few minutes ago. Airport kitteh blogging. In Edmonton over the weekend, not quite as exciting as S.F. for DougJ, but maybe I’ll get to see some real hockey at some point.

  2. 2.

    General Winfield Stuck

    So I guess you two have kissed and made up. And don’t run him off again, mr. Obot!!

  10. 10.

    HumboldtBlue

    Lovely photo of the interspecies love. Just be aware of the video from Eureka that purports to show Sophie the dog reqcting to our 6.5 magnitude earthquake last Saturday.
    Sophie’s a wonderful dog, but she didn’t pick up on those p-waves any quicker than the humans stuck on the second floor of the Times-Standard building in downtown Eureka.

  11. 11.

    amorphous

    Oh god, 30 seconds into the Texas Republican Gubernatorial debate and you should hear the amount of crazy coming out of Rick Perry. Secession. Nullification. The government program he loves most is “the military.” I can’t get out of this state soon enough. Four weeks and counting.

  12. 12.

    Cat Lady

    Thanks JSF.

    Obligatory Ghostbusters reference.

    I think we better split up.
    Good idea.
    Yeah, we can do more damage that way.

  13. 13.

    Dave

    For some reason, this makes me miss my basset hound/ beagle mix Rufus, who we had to put down for cancer back in 2001. He had a friendly rivalry with our cat. Swatting of asses was a common theme.

  15. 15.

    MikeJ

    @Cat Lady: During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!

    Although I believe what he actually had in mind was:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ZOKDmorj0

  21. 21.

    eric

    to all the matchers out there, i just gave the good folks at docs without borders $500. thanks

    eric

  26. 26.

    arguingwithsignposts

    Since I’m taking this as an open thread, if you’re in need of new music of the folkish variety, I invite you to sample Chris Pureka. You can get her albums via emusic, too.

  27. 27.

    eric

    @Laura W: no prob. i find that when i give to causes, people love to match offers because it empowers everyone involved …. thanks to all of you …eric

  28. 28.

    Shell

    crazy coming out of Rick Perry. Secession. Nullification.

    Hmmm. I have a feeling that the those in this country ranting on how it’s Haiti’s government that should be helping it’s people, are the same ones who maintain that our government should be doing as little as possible to help our citizens. Laissez-faire, y’all.

  29. 29.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @eric:
    And your generosity shall be recorded in heaven, or wherever they do that recording stuff.

    But it’s been recorded here in the land of balloons and juices, so that’s just as good. Well done, sir.

    I put a call out on my professional blog today for donations, and I’ve donated by text as well. I actually like that method – as it funnels donations through an already extant channel of payments. WTG, relief agencies.

    ETA: I was in the air while this “match” thing was going on. I regret not being able to get in on that.

  31. 31.

    Jim

    @Shell:

    Hmmm. I have a feeling that the those in this country ranting on how it’s Haiti’s government that should be helping it’s people

    I was expecting that from the ‘righties. As vile as Limbaugh is, I could practically have scripted his remarks in advance, and the “both sides are equally to blame” schtick that John Harwood brought to Scabrous this morning and that David Broder is no doubt polishing up right now for tomorrow Kaplan and Hiatt Chronicle. I was sad to see a thread devoted to “Obama cares more about Haitians than Americans” at Eschaton. That place has become a sewer.

  32. 32.

    Laura W

    @arguingwithsignposts: Maybe someone else will step forward and we can do it again for Oxfam!
    They were second on my give list until eric made me give twice to DWB.
    I’d give $50 to Oxfam if someone will throw up a $500 match deal a la eric. (Probably even if not, but it is worth a try.)

  34. 34.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @Laura W:
    Good idea, is there some way to get an actblue type thing going for a relief agency? That would be something, if we could give in the name of Balloon Juicers. A match would be sauce.

  35. 35.

    eric

    @arguingwithsignposts: thanks for the kind words….my one real hope is that Haiti is no longer mistreated by the world (US included) and its people are not forced to rebuild shanty towns but that the world sees this as an excuse/reason to help build a real country without the onerous debt restrictions of the World Bank and the currency controls of the IMF.

    eric

  36. 36.

    mr. whipple

    I was sad to see a thread devoted to “Obama cares more about Haitians than Americans” at Eschaton. That place has become a sewer.

    For real?

  37. 37.

    beltane

    @eric: Thank you for doing this. It makes me feel like my small contribution was worth a little more than it was.

  39. 39.

    Laura W

    @Jim:

    I’m not sure how this matching thing works, but I’ll pledge 500 to Oxfam tonight if people want to do some kind of match

    $50 here!
    YAY JIM!

  43. 43.

    Kobie

    OT:

    Arguing with wingnuts on the internet can be an exhausting, if not fleetingly satisfying, distraction from work. Here was my latest exchange in a nutshell:

    WINGNUT: Argument that is specious, at best, about NYC vs. Upstate NY.
    ME: Prove it.
    WINGNUT: If you want facts and figures, get them yourself. I’m not your personal secretary. Don’t be lazy.

  45. 45.

    Laura W

    @Jim: My $50 is in.
    Thank you for your generous donation.
    Please tell your friends and family about Oxfam’s ability to make real and lasting progress, empowering communities to overcome poverty and hunger.
    Gift Information:
    Date: 1/14/10
    Gift Amount: $50.00

    Thanks a ton, Jim. This is such a great idea. I started to donate last night to Doctors W. B. and Oxfam but waited. And now I know why. My donation was doubled thanks to you and eric. Awesome.

  46. 46.

    demkat620

    Dr. Raymond Stantz: Good evening. As a duly designated representative of the City, County, and State of New York, I order you to cease any, and all, supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin, or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension.

    Dr. Peter Venkman: That ought to do it. Thanks very much, Ray.

    Love that pic. Thanks JSF

  48. 48.

    locanicole (lurker)

    @Jim: $10 Thanks for the link. Even posted the link to an annoying social site that keeps sending me guilty reminders to be friends with others.

  49. 49.

    Chris

    “dogs and cats living together….mass hysteria!!”…i guess i broke some kinda rule..but it was driving me crazy what the line actually was…so i had to google….apologies in advance..

  50. 50.

    donaquixote

    @ Jim and @ Laura: I just put in $25 to Oxfam. I’ve been a supporter of this org., as they’re on the ground in many 3rd world countries as well as the U.S. Also, I get corporate matching for them, but no longer for Doctors Without Borders because they’ve changed something about their tax coding, so that’s also a consideration–doubling the $$$

  52. 52.

    PurpleGirl

    Via Susie Madrak at Suburban Guerrilla (her post about the evil Robertson):

    Update: mgfarrelly points out another thing I didn’t know—the U.S. Congress is currently considering a bill called The Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation. Part of what this bill would do is help countries like Haiti get their debt canceled, without making that cancellation conditional on things like closing down free schools or raising the cost of fresh water. May be a good time to contact your representatives about about this bi-partisan measure.

    Sounds like a useful thing to do to help Haiti. Call your Congress critter and tell them you support the Jubilee Act.

    ****************************
    That post also has a bit of Haitian history that explains why they are so poor and so helpless. Read the whole post.

  53. 53.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Kobie #43:

    We have trolls at BJ that say stuff like that too. But at least here we have pie filters.

  59. 59.

    Gozer

    Egon: This is big, Peter. There’s definitely something here.
    Venkman: You know Egon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole in your head. Remember?
    Egon: That would have worked if you hadn’t stopped me.

    One of the all time great comedy films.

  67. 67.

    General Winfield Stuck

    @Carrie: LauraW is our resident Basketball expert., Wait till the NCAA tournament and the analysis will rock your world. Specially the uniforms, it’s all about the uniforms.

  68. 68.

    Mumphrey

    Dude, take some time off. Come on, you’ve wounded yourself. Go take some nice pills, lie down and sleep for a few days. The site will be here when you get back, we swear to you. If we break anything, you can take it out of our allowance.

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