Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

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

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

White supremacy is terrorism.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

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

American history and black history cannot be separated.

When we show up, we win.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

T R E 4 5 O N

Let me file that under fuck it.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Come on, man.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

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  5. 5.

    Max

    (via @senatus)

    Watch C-SPAN 2 LIVE at 10am Weds as President Obama addresses & takes questions from Senate Democrats at their retreat.

    It’s going to be good folks.

    But, I’m an O-bot and not a “real dem” or part of “the base” so what do I know.

  7. 7.

    Fergus Wooster

    Meh. Work and politics have done me in.

    I think I’ll be hanging in tonight with the baby, Bizarro-Tunch, and Bizarro-Lily.

    I foresee drinks, leftover braised rabbit, and possible Futurama.

    More excitement in your homes?

  10. 10.

    Martin

    @Max: Yay! Moar of this plz!

    Can we get an executive or congressional order or some fucking thing etched in a tablet that says that the prez needs to do this every full moon or some damn thing in strict round-robin format with House GOP/Dems, Senate GOP/Dems, Governors, [insert appropriate elected officials that I may have missed] and broadcast from on high?

  13. 13.

    Colette

    Damn, DougJ’s discovered that I’m actually a 350-pound 17-year-old hermaphrodite posting from my cell in juvenile hall.

  17. 17.

    Zifnab

    @Max:

    as President Obama addresses & takes questions from Senate Democrats at their retreat

    Wow, there’s a double entendre here.

  32. 32.

    Max

    @Violet: I know! Me too. I’m on the West Coast, so I can shower @ 6:30am and then listen while I get ready for work.

    Moving back my 9am meeting, just in case.

  35. 35.

    freelancer

    @DougJ:

    Bunch of crumby people talking about crumby politicians and how they grew up to be guys that talk about their gas mileage, and took pictures of their food on some slick typewriter thing nobody ever reads, like some dirt old geezer trying to find the name he scribbled on the bathroom stall twenty goddam years ago. Who the hell would ever do that? And why the hell would anybody ever think it’s any kind of a joke. Like fun it is, and you’d never catch me doing any some such goddam thing.

    @Sentient Puddle: Ha!

  36. 36.

    Sentient Puddle

    @DougJ: In one of my writing classes in college, we had an in-class assignment where we were given a literary passage and had to write about something while attempting to mimic the voice of the piece as best we could. The professor didn’t say where the sample came from, but I immediately recognized it as Holden Caulfield. I gleefully got to work, picking some mundane topic and writing fully stream-of-conscious, going off on as many tangents as I could. I then sprinkled “goddamn” where appropriate, and turned it in. She said that I captured the voice the best out of everyone in the class by far.

    I could go all Holden Caulfield on you all. But I’ll spare you. And besides, it would make me totally hate myself.

  38. 38.

    Violet

    @Max:
    Heh. I’m clearing my calendar. Hope the link doesn’t crash. Will set it to record on DVR. That’s kind of sad, isn’t it?

  42. 42.

    Stooleo

    I had a thought. Instead of getting rid of the filibuster, say you start each two year session with a set number times (100) each party can filibuster. That way, a point the opposition party would be forced to participate in at least some legislation. Also, you could save a few and still be able to knock down really odious legislation ( privatization of SS).

  49. 49.

    Chyron HR

    President Obama addresses & takes questions from Senate Democrats at their retreat

    About time, they’ve been in retreat for a couple weeks now.

  51. 51.

    Violet

    @jeffreyw:
    We used to have possums all the time in our relatively urban neighborhood. They don’t need a lot of greenspace to live, apparently. And they’re totally unafraid of you. I remember I was outside BBQing dinner when this possum just walked right across the deck in front of me. Glanced over at me, then kept on walking. Didn’t bother it that I was out there moving around. Probably would have come right up and taken the food off the grill if not for the actual fire.

  57. 57.

    Mike E

    @Fergus Wooster: If you’re gonna watch Futurama, may I suggest a menu of gooseburgers and a special eggnog made out of bourbon and icecubes.

    Everybody else, I’m gonna have to see some ID.

  59. 59.

    slag

    @Violet: Seriously. I’m unreasonably excited about this. But I’ll try to keep my expectations low. My new slogan: Having low expectations makes the world a better place. I’m sure it’s on a bumper sticker somewhere already.

  62. 62.

    demkat620

    Hey guys, word of warning. There is a really nasty stomach bug going around.

    Knocked me flat on my ass. Literally.

  64. 64.

    demo woman

    Is it wrong of me to assume that Sarah was more concerned about Bristol because Rahm used the word fucking.
    We all know that the dems are retarding the passage of health care laws.

  65. 65.

    Chat Noir

    @jeffreyw: Wow! Gorgeous pix.

    We have many cardinals, dark-eyed juncos, and black-capped chickadees. When I fill the bird feeder, I dump out extra seed on the deck so the ground feeders can nosh. A couple days ago, we had five mourning doves eating.

    It all makes for excellent kitty television.

  67. 67.

    bob h

    Now that HCR has stalled, the tens of millions of uninsured have magically disappeared, the doctors and hospitals do not have to worry about treating them, employers have stopped dropping coverage for employees, private insurers have stopped the recission of sick customers and raising premiums to unaffordable levels, and the seniors have had their pill donut holes filled. We owe this all to Senator Brown.

  70. 70.

    Fergus Wooster

    @Mike E:
    Beats Slurm and Bachelor Chow.

    I’m just getting caught up on the four “movie” installments. I’m as far as Bender’s Game. This toddler thing is forcing me to regress in my TV viewing.

  75. 75.

    Mike E

    @Fergus Wooster: Well, keep your expectations low on the movies–the math geek docu on the 1st one is great tho. What is the sum of two cubes, indeed…

    My question: when is the new-ordered episodes gonna hit the airwaves? I’m missing Leela something fierce. And Bender is great. Also.

  77. 77.

    WaterGirl

    @Max: I hope someone here will live blog it – they took cspan2 off the cable line-up here a couple of months ago.

  78. 78.

    t jasper parnell

    Holden on American History

    If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is how the Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look and that kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

    via

  79. 79.

    Fergus Wooster

    @MikeE – Hermaphrodite was a nice touch though. My wife is a big LOTR fan, and loved it. The baby just loves Zoidberg.

    Not OT, but a little late to note – isn’t it redundant to call phony on a bunch of people posting under pseudonyms?

  80. 80.

    Something Fabulous

    @jeffreyw: Oboyoboyoboy! Puppeh #2 looks very much like my childhood dawg, facially. The vet guessed that she [the dog, not the vet] was mostly fox terrier with some pointer mixed in. If this one ALSO has weiner-dog shaped body, it might just be Peak Cutenut.

  81. 81.

    Max

    @WaterGirl: I will be online @ cspan.org, whitehouse.gov, etc. If that helps.

    I’d liveblog, but I will be wrestling with a flat-iron @ that time.

    :)

  82. 82.

    t jasper parnell

    I’ll try this again

    Holden on American History

    If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is how the Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look and that kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

    via

  84. 84.

    Jackie

    @Fergus Wooster: My dad had a rott/basset mix. Longest Dog On Earth. Incredibly sweet too. The shelter told my dad he was a basset/dashound mix and at six months was full grown. He got longer, and longer and longer over the next six months. He was so obviously a rott that I know they lied on purpose. But it was in a good cause so I don’t blame them.

  86. 86.

    Mike E

    @WaterGirl: Naw, just houndy. Put a strong leash on ’em and know they can smell your fear plus a squirrel fart from a mile away. My daughter’s dog is part springer, a million parts beagle, and a really sweet dog.

  88. 88.

    t jasper parnell

    Last try

    Holden on American History

    If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is how the Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look and that kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

    via

  89. 89.

    ThatLeftTurnInABQ

    @Zifnab:
    Brave Sir Robin Senate ran away – No!
    Bravely ran away, away – I didn’t!
    When danger reared its ugly head
    He bravely turned his tail and fled – No!
    Yes, brave Sir Robin Senate turned about
    And gallantly he chickened out
    Bravely taking to his feet
    He beat a very brave retreat
    Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin Senate!

  90. 90.

    t jasper parnell

    Holden on American History

    If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is how the Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look and that kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

  91. 91.

    mcc

    MEANWHILE, ON GOOGLE NEWS

    The I’s Have It: Obama Hits 45 I’s in Nashua, NH
    FOXNews – ‎1 hour ago‎
    Much attention has been given to President Obama’s persistent use of “I” when giving speeches to sell his administration’s agenda.

  92. 92.

    Fergus Wooster

    @Jackie:

    Awww. Sophie’s mom was a full rott, and her dad was some sort of Northern mix.

    Sweetest dog you can imagine, despite her size and muscle tone. Just wants to play with the cat, and the baby.

    But gives a bark and look that makes persons approaching the house piss themselves.

    I’ve become a zealous Rottie convert.

  95. 95.

    Jackie

    @Fergus Wooster: You should hear what happens when you put a bassett woo woo in a massive rottie chest. Sounded like a dinosaur should. Every rottie I know has a big heart to put in the big chest. Shame that they were the flavor of the month for the” I have a small dick so need a big, bad dog” set and got a bad rep.

  97. 97.

    Toni

    Somewhat OT, how come the Iranians are willing to ship out their Uranium now according to the UN deal? Seemingly all of a sudden they aren’t stalling, or wanting to change the deal as they were a couple months ago? What changed?

  98. 98.

    reality-based

    @gwangung:

    Ok, I’ll bite – as one of the hippies who got repeatedly punched around here for blaming the healthcare mess on Rahm –

    and now that a bunch of non-hippie centrists – Jonathon Cohn, Jonathon Raitt, Andrew Sullivan, Ezra Klein – have started pointedly blaming Rahm –

    NOW is it Ok to blame Rahm? And what IS it with the whole “leave poor Rahm ALOONE” stuff here at BJ?

    and since we were wrongly punched – who do we get to punch for free now?

    Rahm, after all, is in charge of implementing the President’s agenda, and turned the whole thing over to Max Baucus last summer, and then hectored Reid into bargaining with Lieberman, and made the deals with Big Pharma in the first place. He got royally rolled by the GOP – and now he’s out in the papers, loudly pushing off HCR to “some other time” in the future.

    So – NOW can we blame Rahm?

    (hey, just trying to liven up the place)

    I mean

  103. 103.

    polyorchnid octopunch

    @Max: Interesting. The two legislative groups that have probably caused the most problems to his legislative wish list… House Republicans and Senate Democrats.

    I bet he goes for the Supreme Pwnage there too. I wonder which ones he’s going to target for “humiliation!”.

    @Stooleo: Why not try something like Canada’s constitutional amendment formula? You want to filibuster, you have to get 1/3 of senators representing at least 50% of the population to vote for it.

  106. 106.

    I still need a name for in here

    You’re right, I am a fraud, I secretly have the hots for Sarah Palin.

    @mcc: An old friend posted a count of “I” and “me” from Obama’s SOTU address so I got my computer to count them in other addresses in history.

    Lincoln “I” 53 times in 1861.
    George HW Bush “I” 64 times in 1990.

    There’s a wide variance of I’s and me’s between the presidents, may be as simple as a speaker’s style or may be as simple as the I counters being simple like FOX News.

    Hmmm, Icounter, a new Apple product?

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