Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Even though I know this is a bad idea, I’m off to do it anyway!

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

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

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

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

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself. We’re allowed to grow past that.

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

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

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

T R E 4 5 O N

The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.

You cannot shame the shameless.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

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

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

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  2. 2.

    Cat Lady

    A second Icelandic volcano is erupting, so Gaia’s pissy too.

    ETA: I blame Al Gore, who is still fat.

    Update I: At least this time we’ll be able to say its name. Also. Too.

  8. 8.

    aimai

    Don’t argue with reformed druids. Or unreformed ones, either. I’m in a bad mood because we fixed a hole in our roof and a bird seems to have been trapped inside–maybe inside the dryer vent which is on the second floor. I need to find someone who can pull the entire stacked washer/dryer out of the closet, open the vent, and catch the bird. Its patriot’s day and everyone is off.

    arggh.

    aimai

  11. 11.

    Cat Lady

    @Punchy: MSNBC just had a breaking news banner about Hekla volcano pluming (a bigger volcano), but weirdly, they just took it down.

  13. 13.

    MattF

    Note this. Sistah Sarah is now claiming ownership of a very specific, critical constituency in the Republican Party. I’m getting less skeptical about the Palin-in-2012 ticket.

  17. 17.

    licensed to kill time

    When life gives you a pissy mood, make piss and vinegarade. Give us a good ol’ fashioned Colerant!

  18. 18.

    KDP

    Ditto. Also, too.

    The news is both depressing and frustrating. I fear a lack of the voter enthusiasm needed to prevent the Confederate Republican party from gaining significant seats.

  20. 20.

    Pangloss

    I’m in a pissy mood.

    Me too. And I have a particularly low tolerance for Right Wing crap today. Maybe it’s because it’s the 15th anniversary of a Right Wing lunatic blowing up a federal building and killing 168 men, women and children?

  21. 21.

    Violet

    @Cat Lady:

    MSNBC just had a breaking news banner about Hekla volcano pluming (a bigger volcano), but weirdly, they just took it down.

    It’s a couple of other places too. Not very widespread news at the moment. Maybe it’s not as big a deal? Or maybe it’s huge.

    Towelroad came up as the top link when I searched for news of Hekla.

  22. 22.

    RedKitten

    I’m off to christen a tree.

    Well, if John’s in a pissy mood, he could probably help you with that.

    That was the kind of “christening” you were talking about, right?

    Ugh, don’t mind me…my brain is fried. I’m doing up a communications plan for an organization about which I’ve just started to learn, so I’m a little bit punchy right now.

  23. 23.

    peach flavored shampoo

    @Violet: the update on “towelrod” said it’s a false alarm.

    I cant imagine the riots that will ensue if another ‘cano eggsploads before they can clear all these people out of the airports.

  24. 24.

    Mnemosyne

    For the foodies, I discovered yesterday that you can make posole (aka pozole) with sausage. Black Bean and Sausage Posole, actually.

    I wanted to make it completely with things I had in the house (which is how I ended up looking for sausage-y recipes with hominy in them) and thought I had succeeded when I substituted some diced microwaved white potatoes for the frozen hash browns. And then I ended up having to go over to store anyway because I had regular canned tomatoes, not canned tomatoes with peppers. Grr. It all ended up tasty, though.

  28. 28.

    gbear

    Go listen to John Lewis’ speech to the 50th anniversary of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). It’ll kick the pissiness right outta you. (audio may not be posted until after 1:00 Central. I listened to the first half over lunch break. Wow.)

  34. 34.

    Punchy

    Cole — go listen to some Yonder Mountain String Band. Via Pandora if necessy. You’ll be a WHOLE lot better in a matter of hours…and hooked on bluegrass.

  40. 40.

    Tlazolteotl

    Cheer up!

    I ordered a Tunch apron from the swag store, and I can’t wait until it arrives!

  43. 43.

    Basilisc

    Here’s something that brightened my mood, can’t say if it’ll work for you but worth a try:

    Q1: What do these people have in common? Henry Cabot Lodge, William Miller, Edmund Muskie, Sargent Shriver, Bob Dole, Walter Mondale, Geraldine Ferraro, Lloyd Bentsen, Dan Quayle, Jack Kemp, Joe Lieberman, John Edwards.

    A: They’re the losing VP candidates from 1960-2004.

    Q2: How many of them were nominated by their party in the next presidential election?

    A: Exactly one, Mondale. (Dole got it 20 years later.)

    So if the ex-half-term governor is getting you down, remember that primary voters (in contrast to activist crazies) generally don’t look too kindly on their party’s losers from the last round.

    Yeah, sure, a different nominee will make Obama’s time a little harder in ’12, but the thought of that shrieking simpleton getting a richly deserved commeuppance on the campaign trail should be enough to bring a smile to the pissiest among us.

  45. 45.

    Paul L.

    Tolerant Democrats

    The National Center on Lesbian Rights points to a civil rights suit 77-year-old Clay Greene has filed against Sonoma County, California. According to the suit, when Harold, Greene’s partner of 20 years, fell ill, the county refused to let Greene visit him in the hospital, despite the couple’s meticulous efforts to name one another in their wills, powers of attorney, and medical directive documents. The county then went to court to argue that the local government should be given control of Harold’s finances, which for 20 years had also been Greene’s. (The county referred to Greene as a “roommate.”)

    Sonoma is a strongly Democratic county in Presidential and congressional elections. The last Republican to win a majority in the county was Ronald Reagan in 1984.

  48. 48.

    Bob K

    Comedy Central should have to start paying the RNC for writing “The Daily Show” for them.

    http://thinkprogress.org/2010/04/19/perry-on-bush-legacy/#comments

    There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

    There is another theory which states that this has already happened. – Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

  51. 51.

    Bob K

    @ myself

    When a Rasputin poll predicts the Rethuglican incumbent is behind in the polls how much do the numbers really $uck? Is this a reverse strategy to rile up the base and get them to vote? In Texas why would this be necessary? Or is this like where Richard Nixon ordered up Watergate even though he was ahead in the race? Otherwise I don’t understand.

  52. 52.

    twiffer

    @Cat Lady: this is what black smokers look like above water. if iceland wasn’t the highest point of the mid-atlantic ridge, this eruption would be making tube worms happy, instead of pissing off airlines.

  54. 54.

    trollhattan

    @Basilisc:

    If we end up with Senator Whitman, maybe she’ll decide to spend some more ebay bucks to upgrade to preznit. She could just pay Sarah to stay home for the year (somewhere, there’s a Palin price schedule).

  60. 60.

    Alex S.

    I’ve been listening to a lot of James Brown lately and, wow, he was a god. Probably the best live performer I’ve seen.

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