From the CSMonitor, because it just seemed appropriate for this particular Monday.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.
Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.
I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.
When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.
Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.
Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.
Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.
Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.
A tremendous foreign policy asset… to all of our adversaries.
Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.
The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.
He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.
Celebrate the fucking wins.
One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.
Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?
When we show up, we win.
There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.
Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.
When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.
Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.
It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.
American history and black history cannot be separated.
With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.
🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵
demkat620
Good morning Juicers. Yes, I am up and having coffee then treadmill and off to work.
My office relocated last week. I went from a five minute commute to a 45 minute one.
Sux. Ass.
Americanadian
I’m up this early to defend my property from the apparent return of the Vikings. I suppose Iceland had to fix its economy somehow.
Sly
So that’s how Norway manages such a large welfare state and high GDP per capita.
Joey Maloney
Assmunch. [facebook.com]
MikeJ
Ick. Wind advisory until 7 tonight, 30-39 gusting 45-57. My UPS has kicked over twice in the past hour.
dmsilev
“We’re going to need a bigger hose”
dms
jurassicpork
It’s been a while but considering the past week, how could I not do a new Assclowns of the Week?
Der Blindschtiller
Quick question: If magnitude of this spill is as bad as they think it, is safe to say that BP has caused more damage to the US, than any foreign army/terrorist organization in history? In terms of sheer dollars and physical damage, they’ve certainly eclipsed anything by Al-Queda.
In fact, the last foreign army to do this much damage to the US mainland was the Brits back in 1812.
Does this make them a candidate for a little “shock and awe?”
By “them” I mean, BP, not the Brits.
Der Blindschtiller
Oops, I posted in the wrong thread and the option to delete comment doesn’t appear.
arguingwithsignposts
@Der Blindschtiller:
It’s an open thread, so it’s all good.
ETA: just watching “This Week” and George Will gets his ass handed to him. Is this the first liberal-weighted roundtable ever?
Toast
That picture actually made me jump a little.
wrb
couple a thoughts on the unpleasantness in the gulf.
•It was argued that while the lack of the acoustic switch, while showing a lax attitude, didn’t contribute to this mess because the switch just would have just worked on the same rams the subs couldn’t activate. Made sense at first but now I’m not convinced.
The issue is time. Hours passed before the subs got there. The switch could have been activated in minutes. The damage that prevented the blow out preventer from working could have occurred in the interim.
• I read one explanation that was most telling, I thought.
One or two of the rams in the BOP work by crimping or shearing the pipe. The explanation was that if the portion of the pipe that was in the BOP was a section were two segments join, this wouldn’t work because the pipe wall is thicker there.
This is simply a matter of the size of the hydraulics and the accumulator (basically a gas bag that stores potential energy that powers the hydraulics when the pump isn’t running).
The thing was value engineered to work 95% of the time?
Bad Horse's Filly
Do Not Meddle in the Affairs of Dragons, for You are Crunchy and Good with Ketchup.
Oh, and by the way, your water hose has no effect on me, you should be using an ABC Extinguisher.
Keith
The picture would be even better if that was a T-shirt launcher.
SGEW
@Bad Horse’s Filly: That would be a travesty; I am best served with a sauce bourdelaise and demi-glace, and should be deboned. I mean, really. Dragons have no taste.
Bnut
@Keith:
If it’s Russian, it’s probably about as useless.
Creature
Love that photo.
trollhattan
Before reading the caption I thought the photo indicated the Greenpeace-Japan whaler battles had entered a new, exciting phase.
I’m a bit disappointed with the real explanation.
Linkmeister
@trollhattan: I thought it was (at last!) evidence that Nessie really existed.