Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

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

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

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

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

All hail the time of the bunny!

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

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  4. 4.

    Phyllis

    Watching Democracy Now, with an engrossing story about Canadian protests against the Winter Olympics. They gave a figure of at least 1 billion just for police & security, which boggles, and a total cost to Vancouver of 6 billion.

    One really has to question what communities and countries are actually getting by vying for the ‘opportunity’ to host the Olympics. Seems backward to me-the Olympics should be the ones beggng to pay.

    Of course, I’m the radical who thinks that if the NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, etc want a K-16 feeder/farm system, they damn well ought to pay school districts and colleges for the privilege.

    ETA: Roger Ebert has an interesting perspective of the impact on London in a post on his blog (havng link fail in edit function-sorry).

  7. 7.

    Incertus

    @Phyllis: They ought to pay for their own stadiums as well, and chip in for the needed infrastructure to support them. The so-called economic benefit a team brings to a city never matches up to what they take out of it.

    Happy Lundi Gras everyone!

  8. 8.

    Laura W

    @Napoleon: I suspect the two women who have purchased the “Classic” OBEY thong have a slightly better chance, but I could be wrong.

    No boxers have sold. Now see…that would turn me on, to see a guy in a pair of OBEY boxers. But I’m a freak.

  10. 10.

    Brachiator

    @Phyllis:

    One really has to question what communities and countries are actually getting by vying for the ‘opportunity’ to host the Olympics. Seems backward to me-the Olympics should be the ones beggng to pay.

    Without the Winter Olympics, how would we ever find stars for the inevitable “Snoopy on Ice” figure skating shows? That’s gotta be worth billions.

    Apart from this, the morans protesting the Olympics surely could be doing something better with their time.

  11. 11.

    Phyllis

    @Brachiator:

    Apart from this, the morans protesting the Olympics surely could be doing something better with their time.

    Wow, way to totally reduce the issues at hand such as gentrification, marginalization of indigenous peoples, and how massive public resources are being used to their barest essence. And I don’t mean that as a complement. ‘Protesting the Olympics’…not so much.

  12. 12.

    EIGRP

    Since it’s an open thread….

    I got an electronic survey to fill out the other day (e-rewards anyone? it’s good for free magazines). Anyway, this was the first political one I’ve gotten. There were some beauties that it wanted me to rate on a scale of 1-10 and gather other info from me

    —

    The best way to stimulate our economy right now is through an economic agenda focused on returning money to taxpayers through tax cuts

    The actions of the Obama administration and the Democrats in Congress have made me feel like I’m losing my country

    In this financial crisis, if you played by the rules, paid your
    mortgage, paid your taxes and acted responsibly, you got stabbed in the back by people who didn’t

    Democrats and liberals are the ones to blames for the financial crisis

    President Obama’s plans to share the wealth, move the country to a green economy, and provide healthcare [NB – not my fault there isn’t a complete sentence there]

    Abortion is morally wrong

    Just over a year ago there was a presidential election between Barack Obama and Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket and John McCain and Sara Palin on the Republican ticket. For whom did you vote?

    —

    There are other typos in there as well, and even placeholders that never got filled out. I’m sure my answers will make their heads explode, and they paid me $15 do it.

    Also, I can’t believe they spelled Sarah’s name wrong. It was like that in multiple places.

    Any ideas who might have funded such a survey?

    -Eric

    And FYWP

  13. 13.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Phyllis: That’s why Leonard Cohen wasn’t there! Damn. I knew there had to be a reason. I agree with you about pro-sports, too. It’s why I have such a conflict watching them. And yeah, they need to pay for their own damn stadiums.

    @jeffreyw: Thank you, Sir, for continuing to post pictures of your various fauna.

    @Laura W: Two? Who’s the other one?

  17. 17.

    Brachiator

    @Phyllis:

    Wow, way to totally reduce the issues at hand such as gentrification, marginalization of indigenous peoples, and how massive public resources are being used to their barest essence.

    I do the best I can.

    And I don’t mean that as a complement.

    I doubt that you meant that as a “compliment” either.

    The issues the protesters raise would exist whether or not the Olympics are being held. And since no one is going to cancel the games, and fewer are going to even pay attention to the protesters, their attempts at consciousness raising at this point in time is weak tea. The sad fact is that more Canadians are concerned that their country win their first gold medal than with infrastructure.

    As for whether spending money on stadiums instead of people is a misuse of resources, I suggest that you ask the opinion of the good people of New Orleans.

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