Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

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

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

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

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

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

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

The willow is too close to the house.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

We still have time to mess this up!

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

This blog will pay for itself.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

Bark louder, little dog.

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  2. 2.

    General Egali Tarian Stuck

    I reactivated warcrack for a month and transferred a 70 alt to horde side to Eitrigg.

    Kids these days,

  4. 4.

    robertdsc

    He picked up playing Warcraft again and is asking for players to join him in a particular place and what character he’s going to be using.

    I’m on second Prestige for MW2. Trying to master the TAR-21 and get a thousand helicopters in on this playthrough.

    Also, MOAR TUNCH, plz. Thx.

  6. 6.

    Matt

    While not Tunch, I’m particularly happy with this picture I took on Sunday at an adoption event. I had to lie down on the floor of a pet store, but as far as pet stores go, it was fairly clean.

  7. 7.

    Joshua Norton

    `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
    Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
    All mimsy were the borogoves,
    And the mome raths outgrabe.

  8. 8.

    freelancer

    For those who want to get a glimpse into the wild world of WoW, Netflix Instant is now streaming a documentary about WoW players called Second Skin. It was cringeworthy for me, as I’ve lost friends to MMORPGs.

  12. 12.

    Gozer

    I’m destructing buildings in Bad Company 2…it’s addictive as all hell.

    Multiplayer maps are kind of limited, but the battles can rage on for 2+hrs in a good rush match.

  13. 13.

    Sentient Puddle

    Mazog, Robotsoul, Mensera, Perminas. Those are your best bets.

    Yeah, activity’s petered out a fair bit.

    Rest of you: Fuck you. And join us!

  14. 14.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    My cat’s name is Mittens.

    (You would never get into Paul Ryan’s totally cool frat, dude.)

  15. 15.

    Quicksand

    Huh. Google seems to think that’s English.

    But if you tell it the source is French, you get this output:

    I reactivated warcrack for a month and transferred to a 70 alt horde side to Vek’nilash.

    So I guess “Vek’nilash” is English for the French word “Eitrigg.”

    OK!

  17. 17.

    Punchy

    For a single guy, you sure use quite a healthy dose of chick-repellent. Oh…..wait…..

  20. 20.

    Josh Huaco

    I have no idea what you’re talking about, John. Video games for me ended somewhere around Sonic the Hedgehog. Balloon Juice is now my tech-vice.

  21. 21.

    Joel

    somehow, this reminds me of college when people were discussing the merits of Graffix versus Jerome Baker.

  22. 22.

    SiubhanDuinne

    My sister’s cat, Dinah, had three litters:

    Jabberwocky and Jubjub

    Mimsy, Momerath, and Bandersnatch

    Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision

    I just thought I’d mention that. Yes, it was close to 50 years ago, but there are some things even youth doesn’t excuse.

  23. 23.

    Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist

    I was a heavy-gauge video game junkie from about the time Pong came out until around 2000, and I’m happy to say that I didn’t understand this post either.

    I too have seen people go mad over video games – like scary mad, and it’s MMORPGs that do it. I don’t avoid them because I don’t like them; I avoid them because I’m afraid I would.

  25. 25.

    MikeJ

    and it’s MMORPGs that do it.

    New version of Civ comes out this fall. No multiplayer and has been destroying lives for twenty years.

  27. 27.

    Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist

    @MikeJ: I’ve seen people go nuts – and have done it myself! – over non-multiplayer, too. But in my experience it’s the online games that really grab people.

    I haven’t tried Civ.

  29. 29.

    mai naem

    I am watching Countdown with the piece about the woman in Ohio who has leukemia, after watching Rachel Maddow with JD Hayworth who had his stomach bypass surgery done under that awful public option that Congress has. Exactly why does blowhard JD Hayworth deserve good healthcare while this woman who actually worked all her life apparently doesn’t.

  30. 30.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Watching Ezra with Larry O’Donnell on HCR. O’Donnell is playing Debbie Downer against the world’s wonkiest cheerleader.

  32. 32.

    Madeline

    I don’t mean to interrupt this thread of utterly incomprehensible collections of letters that I assume probably form words that some here understand, but I’ve reached the end of my rope on this. I’m begging somebody, anybody, please tell me how I can stop getting served that standard Blogads “Gruesome Video Footage” ad that I believe is about slaughterhouse practices. I’m naught but a lowly lurker and I swear I usually click on as many BJ ads as I possibly can, but this one…I can’t. I just can’t do it. I am afraid I will accidentally mouseover and open it somehow and be subjected to horrors that will haunt my dreams. I’ll click on anything else. I’ll buy swag. I’ll paypal you the value of the click. Just please, please tell me how to make it go away.

  33. 33.

    James K. Polk, Esq.

    I put down the warcrack pipe about 2 years ago, almost never think about it anymore.

    I shudder to think of /played at this point. I could have learned something useful.

    Like juggling while riding my unicycle.

    /off to play ME2

  34. 34.

    mr. whipple

    I reactivated warcrack for a month and transferred a 70 alt to horde side to Eitrigg.

    What?

  35. 35.

    debit

    It’s sad that I’ve never played WoW and I still knew what Cole was talking about. My daughter plays a horde hunter and has a druid healer alt and talks about them. A lot.

  36. 36.

    You Don't Say

    @Madeline: I hear ya. Wish I could help.

    Am glad to know I am not the only one that didn’t understand a word of John’s post.

  39. 39.

    demkat620

    John, I am offended. You act like we are not enough entertainment for you. Do we not laugh together? Cry together? Smile? Gambol? Rage against the Malkinites?

    After all we have shared? You would leave us now to return to the crack?

    My heart, she weeps for you.

  40. 40.

    Comrade Jake

    In WoW, I go as BigTentDemocrat. I’m well known for kissing some major PUMA ass.

  43. 43.

    Rick Taylor

    Alas, I’m an EQ2 addict, but anyone here is welcome to give me a wave on Erikamouse on Antonia Bayle.

  44. 44.

    Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist

    @MikeJ: LOL – I know that sort of game.

    These days, I only rarely indulge in any video gaming, and when I do it’s in very deep-geek fandom stuff.

    (I consider Mother 3 to be to RPGs what the movie Serenity was to TV series.)

  45. 45.

    mcd410u.

    Starting the evening with a Chimay Blue.

    Loved Civ2 and SMAC. Wonder how many saved unfinished games are on the hard drive …

  48. 48.

    Corner Stone

    @Sentient Puddle: Ok, listen. You are one sick motherfucker who should just step away from the damn brew thingies.
    G-D Orange-Choc-Stout!?

    I will now officially refer you up on charges to The Hague.

  50. 50.

    PurpleGirl

    I have no idea what you’re talking about John… Hope you find the people you’re looking for.

  51. 51.

    Corner Stone

    @El Cid: I play Super Mario Bros for Wii with my boy and am damn happy I’m still better at it than he is. For now.
    This nerd-fest shit just ain’t doing it for me.

  53. 53.

    Corner Stone

    It’s odd. I think Thandie Newton may be the worst working actress in modern times. But I still find her amazingly sexy.

  54. 54.

    El Cid

    @Corner Stone: I am ancient, ancient. I’ve tried to play more recent games like Halo, etc., with younger friends, but I don’t own these games or systems, so I seem to specialize in dying by falling off stuff or not knowing how to make a special combination of 14 different moves.

  55. 55.

    robertdsc

    @ajr22:
    On my first Prestige, I completed the 1K kills challenge and Mastery for the Scar-H. Great gun, great sights, great power, sucky reloading animation. This Prestige, I’m continuing my quest to master all the guns, thus the TAR. Right now, I use it with the holographic sight and am about to unlock FMJs.

    I lost far more time in my life to all the CIVS than warcraft.

    If the original Civ was on the iPhone, I would die happy.

    A Huge Barbarian City!

  61. 61.

    PeakVT

    @mr. whipple: I think you meant to say “LOLWUT?”

    PS: Never read Through the Looking Glass, but I think Mimsy Were the Borogoves is a pretty damn good short story.

  62. 62.

    cs

    Anyone here play on the EU servers? Probably not. Oh well.

    So what do you play John? Really should post your race / class / spec so that the few players here can find something unproductive to say about them. At least I’m glad you’re Horde. Lok’tar Ogar! Or something like that.

    And now I’ve started thinking of the Horde as Republicans. Love war? Check! (for the orcs and forsaken at least) Love torture? Check! Fond of cannibalism? Sometimes! So check!

    Think that would hit all the bullet points required for membership in the modern GOP.

    (Except for the Tauren. Those fucking horny hippies would still be Obots.)

  64. 64.

    JD Rhoades

    @MikeJ:

    Yup, thanks to Civ2, I turned around one day and went “Honey, who’s that little girl?”

    “She’s our daughter, asshole.”

    But she turned out okay. I think. She’s around here somewhere.

  66. 66.

    Mike Kay

    watching countdown and Ezra just machine gunned down concerned troll Lawerence O’Donnell. What a sore loser.

  71. 71.

    SIA

    @Mike Kay: Yeah he did. Ezra sounded pretty world weary tonight. I know I’m supposed to like Laurence O’Donnell, and he has he fiery moments, but he’s full of himself.

  74. 74.

    lamh31

    @Mike Kay,

    I gave up on watching most of cable pol shows, but when I did, Lawrence O was one of my favs, but I have been reading a lot of blogs lately, that say the Larry O has been doing alot of “concern trolling” of late, particularly on Morning Joe.

    I wonder what gives. Maybe he’s trying to audition for another MSNBC show of his own.

  76. 76.

    Mark S.

    I bought one of those trial subscriptions to WoW one time but gave up after I got killed by a couple of kobolds.

    I’m playing Bioshock on the Xbox right now, which is pretty good but I bet would have been better on the PC. I’m waiting for Mafia 2 to come out, and I’ve read there may be a new Fallout.

  79. 79.

    Cain

    Well all the rites are finished and I’m heading back to Obama’land tonight. It was a good time if you can say such things when going to a funeral. We had a post mortem of what all happened and I was surprised that my grandfather suffered 3 heart attacks and was revived each time except for the last. That’s one tough bastard. Being revived from a second heart attack as I understand for his age was really slim. He tried his best.

    Speaking of religion from the last thread, I thought the process of rejecting the spirit so it wouldn’t hang around but leave to be kind of sad and tough. But we venerated him so he would come back and see that we were all happy. There was a smoky (burnt offerings.. we’d be breaking a lot of fire codes if this was at home) final ceremony and a lunch for everyone at the end. Food is an important part of Hinduism for some reason.

    Lastly, in the old days these rituals tend to be anti-women in the sense that they didn’t allow women to attend certain functions etc. Plus the widow was supposed to wear white, shave her head, etc. The religion has revised all that and my grandmother still wears the artifacts of her marriage. Even if it wasn’t, there was no fucking way we would allow her to be any different than she was. In general though, hinduism is greatly affected by the society at large, if society changes the ritual changes. Right now, the death ritual is 12 days representing each month as it it takes 12 months for the spirit to finally leave. That kind of stuff is going to get more compressed as things go one. It’s a great thing to see a religion leave the trappings of the past behind and try to stay relevant because the priests have decided that they need to do that. (there is no head of the religion per se)

    I have one final post to make later, and that is in regards to a dog that had adopted us several years ago. We gave him a wash yesterday after like 6 months. He stays outside, so he was riddled with ticks and fleas. It was really sad. There is a lady who used to come everyday to feed all the neighborhood dogs and cats, also was heading a project to get them all sterilized so they wouldn’t breed more unwanted animals. At some point, I’d like to write something about ‘brownie’ our dog. I’ll post a picture. He is so adorable.

    cain

  82. 82.

    SIA

    @Cain: Glad you’re headed back. Some interesting discussion around your experience when you commented here about it. Blessings to his spirit, and yours.

  84. 84.

    Midnight Marauder

    fail.

    Nerd.

    Christ, I have never felt cooler in my life.

    Boy, its a real Nerd Herd in this thread.

    I can see I’m not needed here…

    +5

  85. 85.

    ajr22

    @robertdsc: I got had to take a break for a little because there was a glitch throwing people into 18 player games on the smallest level. Also people running around with the double shotty got annoying. m16 best in the game, throw a thermal on it and its as good as a sniper.

  87. 87.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @lamh31: O’Donnell’s a great guest, but a lousy host. Bring back Allison Stewart! Or at least Schuster.

  92. 92.

    Captain Goto

    I briefly got hooked on my nephews’ Starcraft installation…which, apparently, no one gives a s**t about any more.

  95. 95.

    SIA

    @Martin: oh I gotcha. Yeah, that’s true. Starting with Morning Ho in the a.m. Maddow has been impressing me quite a bit lately. I always learn something – every show. She does her research. She’s collegial and polite. It looked like interviewing JD Hayworth tonight was getting under her skin a bit. And she does get a little silly some times, but she is young. As far as I’m concerned she’s the best thing liberals have going as far as TV goes.

  97. 97.

    General Egali Tarian Stuck

    @SIA: Yea, Odonnell has been a disappointment through out this HC debate. I still like him and his usually on target riot act readings. But he has spread some misinfo about HCR and or just bone dumb analysis on the machinations in the senate in particular. Which has befuddled because he once worked for the senate as general counsel for a committee. He is full of himself, but that is OK so long as he’s right, which he most times is.

  98. 98.

    SIA

    @General Egali Tarian Stuck: Yes I agree with that. I did hope for more from him on health care reform issues, but I noticed a lot of “you dirty fuckin hippies can’t have no public option”. And it looks like we won’t. For no damn good reason.

  100. 100.

    Mike Kay

    @SIA: There is a reason (a bad one). Insurance contributions bribes to a number of senators, like Loserman, Mutual of Omaha’s Ben Nelson, Bayh, Conrad, Baucus, etc.

  101. 101.

    Midnight Marauder

    @Corner Stone:

    Not until you come correct.

    In all honesty, this Lakers-Warriors game is giving me a basketball boner like none other. You might just get your wish by halftime, sir.

    +6

  102. 102.

    SIA

    @lamh31: Great post at the Field. What he’s writing about encapsulates the intense discussion here at BJ and elsewhere over the last couple months. Thanks for the link.

  103. 103.

    Corner Stone

    Listen. Sir Mix A Lot at King Arthur’s Court on Robot Chicken.
    Fuck all you haters. That shit is awesome.

  104. 104.

    taylormattd

    John, you’re suppose to transfer your level 80s to Garrosh. We have a 200 person strong lefty guild (“Wreck List” named sort of lovingly after the Daily Kos recommended list) there. If I’m not mistaken you rolled a level one toon there, and (Balloon) and spoke to our guild master, DKosmama. Hope to see you there soon. Our ICC 10s and 25s could use you. :)

  105. 105.

    Corner Stone

    @taylormattd:

    John, you’re suppose to transfer your level 80s to Garrosh. We have a 200 person strong lefty guild (“Wreck List” named sort of lovingly after the Daily Kos recommended list) there. If I’m not mistaken you rolled a level one toon there, and (Balloon) and spoke to our guild master, DKosmama. Hope to see you there soon. Our ICC 10s and 25s could use you. :)

    If this isn’t the lefty version of speaking in tongues then I don’t know what is.
    Thank FSM this sounds like Brokaws “warble warble” on CoT to me.
    Thank you FSM. Thank you.

  107. 107.

    Cain

    @SIA:

    @Cain: Glad you’re headed back. Some interesting discussion around your experience when you commented here about it. Blessings to his spirit, and yours.

    I saw! Due to time differences I couldn’t respond. I thank everyone for their condolences and well wishes!

    cain

  110. 110.

    Chuck Butcher

    Hah.
    L4 Horde Orc on Eitrigg and quit because too slow moving toon meant said toon was dead real quick at L4. Not useful to L70 characters anyhow.

    Probably the fault of the previous computer, but I’m not interested enough to go on.

  111. 111.

    burnspbesq

    Losers? Oh, you mean the West Virginia women’s basketball team. If by some happenstance they get by Texas in the second round, we will kill their asses in the Sweet Sixteen.

  114. 114.

    Anne Laurie

    @Matt:

    I’m particularly happy with this picture I took on Sunday at an adoption event. I had to lie down on the floor of a pet store, but as far as pet stores go, it was fairly clean.

    That dawg looks like a Ferengi. Great shot!

    I figure pet store floors stay fairly clean, because the ‘clients’ guarantee that there will be mop-ups done on a very regular basis…

  116. 116.

    Yutsano

    @burnspbesq: I will say this: the NCAA tournament did get me a free trip to DC when I was in college. I had a fantastic time too, basketball players turn out to be much more fun to get drunk than football players. But as always YMMV.

    BTW are you still on the other side of the Pacific?

  118. 118.

    DPirate

    WoW is for the right. Leftists play EQ. Just compare the names: Warcraft vs Everquest.

    I don’t know how to pigeonhole Eve.

  119. 119.

    Arclite

    Never played WoW. By the time it came out, I had a family already and didn’t need that kind of ongoing addiction. SP games are bad enough, but at least I can get in and out at will: i.e. when family demands. Played a bit of Asheron’s Call back in the day. It was pretty good.

    Civ II is the only game that caused me to stay up two nights in a row without sleep. Not even college visited that horror upon me.

    I’m currently replaying a game of Alpha Centauri (on the lap top when I can’t use the good machine). Great setting, great gameplay. The game is 12 years old, but it holds up.

    Also playing through the first Mass Effect. What a great game, and what a great sci fi story.

  120. 120.

    Arclite

    @ DPirate
    Eve Online is for pure Capitalist cutthroats. It’s what happens when there’s an unregulated market backed by military might. Sort of the direction the neocons want to take us, in fact. It’s a completely market-driven game.

    And WoW is for the right? Really? I dunno, it’s too geek-fantasy for the right. The Wingers are all playing Modern Warfare 2, I’m sure.

  121. 121.

    JMC in the ATL

    I’m a legacy Friends & Family status player in my hardcore raid guild from back when we were a small casual guild in Classic that merged its way up. I was feeling very out of place since the majority of the guild was always in raids when I was able to play.

    So I tried playing in Taint for a while, but ended up having to filter out guild chat into another tab. I went back to my guild after having a ‘grass is greener’ experience.

    Anyway, I had no idea there was a BJ guild. Cool.

  122. 122.

    BethanyAnne

    @JMC in the ATL: Aye, Taint is a mixed blessing at best. If I was interested in Alliance, I think La Familia de Stonewall would be a better fit. As it is, I’m not all that attached to any guild at the moment. My old Alliance guild from Classic was wonderful folk, but … Alliance, meh. When I’m on my Taint toons, I tend to hang out in a chat tab that doesn’t have gchat, but does have the Taint girls’ channel. I’d prolly have found another Hordeside Proudmoore guild, but I’m a bit bored with WoW overall atm.

    /babblebeth

  124. 124.

    Seanly

    @MikeJ:

    Hell, yeah. Looking forward to a new version of that.

    BFBC2 is a good game, but I can’t get into the MP. Spawn, die, respawn, die, respawn, get a kill, die…

    In MW2 I could at least get a couple of kills.

    Trying to stay away from getting back on the Warcrack on my PC.

  125. 125.

    Remember November

    oh pish tosh- come to Garrosh and hang with some Kossaks in Wreck List….

    for what it’s worth, the head of the FCC has an 80 Shaman….

  127. 127.

    hoot

    omg so many wow haters! anyway, john transfer to misha. its a totally cool east coast serv, thats got some of the best icc 10 and 25 progression in the us realms. oh ya btw 80 human dk, blood dps spec. dk’s ftw son!!!

  128. 128.

    geordie

    Too bad John – we at the Wrecklist (DKos people guild) were hoping you’d come over to Garrosh so you could play with us. Oh well.

  130. 130.

    Xenocrates

    I feel your pain, John. After about a 2 1/2 year solid addiction, I tried to quit in January. First, they sent me a 10-day free account; that was my downfall. I had been raiding Alliance side, but had rolled Horde with a couple of RL friends. Well, I now have and 80 mage and a 64 warrior on Bladefist. The new LFD tool makes it all worthwhile again. For the Horde!! For all who were mystified by the original post, John was saying that he had moved a character from one server to another. Glad to be of service, and enjoy your game time, sir.

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