Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

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

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Bark louder, little dog.

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

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

Consistently wrong since 2002

The republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.

He really is that stupid.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

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

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

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Weird. Rome has an American Pope and America has a Russian President.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

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

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  2. 2.

    demo woman

    Thanks for the post. As much as I tried not to feed the troll, I did. I must go bang my head on the wall and then I’ll listen to the song.

  7. 7.

    John Harrold

    This hasn’t hit the front page of google news yet, but I’ve gotten two emails from the university of buffalo saying they’ve evacuated the library on the north campus and classes have all been canceled tonight. There’s a lot of speculation, but it doesn’t look good.

  8. 8.

    demo woman

    @jeffreyw: I lived in LA for a few years and that definitely looks Chinese to me.
    I had some Jambalaya today that was awesome but no pictures to share.

  11. 11.

    demo woman

    @John Harrold:

    The University at Buffalo’s Amherst campus has been locked down after a surveillance camera showed what appeared to be a man with a rifle slung over his shoulder entering Lockwood Library, the Buffalo News is reporting.

    from USA Today

  13. 13.

    John Harrold

    I don’t know squat, but here are the two emails I’ve received:

    Subject: UB Alert: Lockwood Library Being Evacuated
    To: [email protected]
    UB Police have evacuated Lockwood Library on the North Campus. Please stay away until further notice.

    Subject: UB Alert: Classes cancelled on North Campus
    To: [email protected]

    UB Police have evacuated Lockwood Library on the North Campus. All classes on the North Campus this evening have been cancelled. Please stay away from the campus until further notice.

  14. 14.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @demo woman:

    This is all I could find so far:

    AMHERST, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo has evacuated a library on its suburban Amherst campus and is telling people to stay away.

    University police issued the e-mail alert about Lockwood Library about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday. University spokeswoman Christine Vidal could provide no additional information.

    The university, the largest in the State University of New York system, canceled Tuesday evening classes. Police cars and ambulances are posted at campus entrances.

  22. 22.

    Martin

    @John Harrold: That happened where I work about 6 months ago. Turned out it was someone from the dorms heading out to do paintball. Created a hell of a ruckus.

  25. 25.

    The Dangerman

    Enjoying Olympic curling, not Mardi Gras (seems like a fine sport for drinking heavily while you’re trying to get your opponents rocks off).

  26. 26.

    Martin

    Didn’t mean to sound critical. I don’t fault my employer for the reaction, just that false positives are (not surprisingly) on the increase.

  29. 29.

    Cat Lady

    French is so superior to German when it comes to party time!

    ETA: unless it’s about Tea Parties, in which case the speeches are better in the original German/

  30. 30.

    Mary aka Comrade Mary

    Women’s snowboard cross was great this afternoon. It’s like steeplechase without the horses.

    EDIT: Yep, Fat Tuesday it is. I’m having Yorkshire pudding instead of the usual pancakes.

  31. 31.

    John O

    Never saw that one, and I’m not sure I’ve ever heard it, but maybe.

    That might be just because I wanted to get up and dance, though.

    Thanks, DougJ.

  32. 32.

    PurpleGirl

    JeffreyW: Orange chicken is still okay timewise — lunar new year celebration goes on for several days.

  36. 36.

    Molly

    Young Jane Ayn McArdle, 16, in the throes of teenage rebellion. “I hate you! And when I grow up, I’m going to join the Peace Corp and build schools for AIDS orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa! There’s nothing you can do to stop me, either!”

  38. 38.

    DougJ

    @Mark S.:

    Don’t get me started.

    1. McArdle writes something stupid.
    2. Sully links to it
    3. Someone intelligent debunks McArdle.
    4. ?????]
    5. Profit

  40. 40.

    Laura W

    @JenJen: You’re always really nice to me so I’m gonna ask you this: Why the fuck is Mardi Gras now? Isn’t it the first Tues in March, or am I hallucinating again?

    5 minutes till Lean Men in Tight Tights on Ice!

  44. 44.

    JenJen

    @Laura W: As far as Mardi Gras timing, I don’t know, it’s a Catholic thing. Ask them, because I haven’t a clue.

    Can’t go wrong with the basic Hurricane, leaving out dark rum. If you don’t plan on remembering this Mardi Gras, then add another 1 1/2 oz of dark (Meyer’s) rum to this recipe. Tall glass, packed with ice, stir, don’t shake:

    1 1/2 ounces Southern Comfort
    2 ounces orange juice
    2 ounces pineapple juice
    3/4 ounce sweet and sour
    3/4 ounce 7-Up or Sprite or some such
    Splash of grenadine
    Orange slice, maraschino cherry and lime wedge for garnish

    Have you been watching “Be Good Johnny” on Sundance? Johnny Weir’s reality show? It’s so awesome, I’m actually rooting for him and his ridiculous costumes and flamboyant gayness that sends the Olympic Committee all up in a tizzy.

  48. 48.

    NovShmozKaPop

    Thanks so much for that!

    On a somewhat related note, my teenaged son has just grabbed my bass and is learning EWF tunes. Doesn’t get much better :-)

  50. 50.

    Phyllis

    Anyone else watching the Westminster Dog Show? I’m afraid it’s been overshadowed some by the Olympics. Love the sporting group.

  52. 52.

    Mary aka Comrade Mary

    Mardi Gras is on a different date every year because Easter is on a different date every year.

    Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, which can be March 20 or March 21.

    This year, spring starts on March 20, Easter is on April 4, Palm Sunday is one week before on March 28, and the first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday, is 40 days before Palm Sunday and starts February 17 (tomorrow).

    (I’ll be nice and leave Eastern Orthodox Easter out of it.)

  53. 53.

    General Winfield Stuck

    I still remember my first Fat Tuesday in Biloxi. Went out in the street with everyone else and soon was adorned with about eleventy billion party beads. By the time I left, the shack i lived in was fully furnished with them, as was my car. Party Bead crazy it was.

  58. 58.

    Laura W

    @Max: You’d think being born, raised and edumacated Catholic (until the nuns kicked me out after my Junior year in high school for “talking too much in class”), I’d recall that?

    As if there were not enough going on this week with the CP store Grand Opening, Valentine’s Day, Pres. Day, Chinese New Year, the Olympics, Mardi Gras, the first day of Lent, some Hindu festival honoring Shiva…tomorrow is my bday too! What a week. Aquarians seem oddly “vocal” on this site.

    I like this for my birthday song.
    What if we never learn from our mistakes?

  59. 59.

    WaterGirl

    @jeffreyw: Yay for Homer! There seem to be only half a dozen dogs at our humane society and they all seem to be black. Is that true where Mrs. J. works?

    Also, I haven’t told anyone yet, but I brought two kitties home yesterday. Litter mates. I still cry every day, missing my sweet boy Quiver (gone two months on valentine’s day), but it seemed like time to add more life to the house.

    I wasn’t sure how I would do, since Quiver is the only cat I have ever loved, but they are very sweet.

  63. 63.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Demo Woman #24

    Thanks for the ref. Just got home, working my way backwards through the threads. I’ll have a look and see what all the excitement is about.

  65. 65.

    PurpleGirl

    In case it hasn’t been answered… Easter is moveable holiday, tied to the lunar calendar. From Wikipedia:

    Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the vernal equinox.[3] Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on March 21 (regardless of the astronomically correct date), and the “Full Moon” is not necessarily the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefore varies between March 22 and April 25.

    Therefore, Ash Wednesay and Mardi Gras are also moveable holidays.

  66. 66.

    South of I-10

    I haven’t read a damn post, but it’s Mardi Gras and I’ve been drinking since 10. I love all y’all and happy Mardi Gras!

  67. 67.

    Laura W

    @DougJ: Was it the sweat-stained, piss yellow, short sleeved uniform shirt with the brown and yellow plaid skirt that clued you in?

    Or my bitter and cynical, passive/aggressive, poorly suppressed, hostile personality that was the give away?

    Or maybe I still have the stench of Frankincense on me from the Stations of the Cross?

  69. 69.

    John Harrold

    It looks like it was a false alarm

    To: [email protected]

    At 7:45 PM tonight the UB Police Department completed their search of Lockwood Library and no suspicious person was found. UB Police say that there is no threat to the campus.

    The Library will remain closed for the evening. UB Police will be available until 9:30 p.m. tonight to escort any student or staff member who may have left belongings in the building.

    At about 4:03 p.m. today, University at Buffalo police responded to a call of a suspicious person seen entering Lockwood Library, possibly with a gun.

    Police responded and began conducting a thorough search of the six-floor library. The area was evacuated as a precaution and the campus was notified to avoid the area at 4:40 p.m. Officials announced at 5:40 p.m. that classes and activities on the university’s North Campus were cancelled for the evening. During this event the Buffalo Police assisted by patrolling the south campus and Amherst Police assisted UB Police with the search of the Library.

    “The safety of our students, faculty and staff is always our primary concern,” said UB Provost Satish Tripathi. “The university’s campus alert and emergency response was enacted quickly and appropriately. Police patrols will be increased on the North Campus.”

    All classes and campus activities will resume normal schedule tomorrow Wednesday morning.

    The university will continue to provide information to students, faculty, staff and the public on its web site http://www.buffalo.edu, as well as through email and text messaging.

  70. 70.

    Max

    @Laura W: Happy Birthday in advance!

    It would have dawned on you when tomorrow you started seeing people walking around with the ash cross on their forehead.

  71. 71.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Laura W #67: I’m guessing it was the patent-leather shoes.

    @Demo Woman #24: BTD, ho-hum. Now that I read a few of his/her posts, I recognize the style. I haven’t seen anything so far to make me crazy; if anything, I’m a bit bored by the unwarranted pomposity. Mind you, I haven’t yet prowled through yesterday’s BTD wankfest. Off to the archives go I!

  73. 73.

    DougJ

    @Laura W:

    Or my bitter and cynical, passive/aggressive, poorly suppressed, hostile personality that was the give away?

    This. And I mean that in the best possible way.

  77. 77.

    Mnemosyne

    I was very popular at work today — I collected a dollar from everyone last week and brought in a King Cake from the local Cuban bakery. Plus they had a big ol’ bag of day-old Valentine’s Day cookies, so I brought that in as well.

    (No, I don’t know why the Cuban bakery makes New Orleans King Cakes in Los Angeles. Just go with it.)

  78. 78.

    scarshapedstar

    I gotta say, after the Super Bowl and the Saints Parade (biggest in New Orleans history, and that’s saying something) and Bacchus… I have Saints Fever. And not in the good metaphorical way. I wish I was out there today but all this partying has taken its toll.

    Nevertheless…

    WHO DAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  79. 79.

    LanceThruster

    My favorite Cajun music (hopefully makes this post not OT) is the song “‘Parlez-nous à boire’ (‘Let’s Talk About Drinking’), ” by Dewey Balfa from the movie “Southern Comfort” done in a slightly different version here by The Balfa Brothers.

    Parlez Nous A Boire – The Balfa Brothers

    I wish the Southern Comfort version was available somewhere.

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