Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

People are complicated. Love is not.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

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

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

In my day, never was longer.

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

I didn’t have alien invasion on my 2023 BINGO card.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

The willow is too close to the house.

He really is that stupid.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

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

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

DeSantis transforms Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

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  5. 5.

    KG

    @Yutsano: that’s the game I’ve been watching. ASU should have beat Wisconsin last weekend. I don’t think my Sun Devilette friend could take two tough loses in a row.

  6. 6.

    Stuck in the Funhouse

    Reds lost, but so did the Cards, so the magic number to clinch the division title is now two. A Reds win tomorrow and a Cardinals loss would do it.

    Can’t remember the last time I’ve been this disinterested in politics. At least ten years and it seems everything I read, even from people I once percieved to be somewhat neutral and respectful of the truth of things, or at least the effort in that direction, they now seem to have an angle and I likely do to. Maybe it’s just me, but my bullshit meter is always buzzing on false meme alert. Maybe this is what a crumbling political system looks like. Choosing up sides with little intent or interest of meaningful dialogue, and it is not only between the two great pol parties and the basic ideology of each, but also factions within them. Both the GOP and Dem parties. Everything seems a ritual of polemic posturing for a pre determined outcome, with little margin for compromise, and honest pragmatism for what works and blending of the best ideas. Tribal with fierce defense of friendly confines, all or nothing political desire. Oh well, I am rambling on, but I don’t ever remember it being this deeply and inconsolably fractured our country and society.

    night Lily, Tunch and Rosie. Night John Boy.

  9. 9.

    JWL

    On behalf of NFL beer drinkers everywhere, I propose a flip flop.

    College games should be played on Sunday.

    NFL games should be played on Saturday, that the less restrained fans within our ranks might imbibe more freely… to better rest on Sunday, before answering Monday’s bell.

  13. 13.

    Cliff

    Dunno ’bout that sports stuff. But,

    gonna head out for a night walk, they are really fun, y’all outta try em w/ the fullish moon and bright Jupiter.

    Go on, Do it!

    Beut night!, enjoy it while you can guys.

  18. 18.

    tessl.

    At least you didn’t have to watch Georgia play. How bad? Even Mark Richt threw his clipboard in frustration, and it wasn’t even the 2nd half.

    I don’t think our trip to Lexington next month will be as fun as we hoped. I hope the weather, at least, will be nice.

  22. 22.

    flukebucket

    It is hard for me to accept just how bad Georgia is and how far they have fallen. They looked pitiful tonight

  24. 24.

    KG

    @Three-nineteen: missed extra point to tie, kick return as the first half ended stopped at the one yard line, and a missed field goal of no more than 25 yards. Those are three plays that I remember. They should have/could have won that game, but didn’t.

    Tonight, the third quarter has been a very sad implosion. And as I say that, they score a touchdown to make it 42-31.

  25. 25.

    Three-nineteen

    @Three-nineteen: I have finished my wine and need to go to bed, so I will answer my own question and then reply.

    “Why do I think ASU should have beat Wisconsin? Because they only lost by one point! If Wisconsin didn’t block that extra point it would have been a tie game and gone into overtime, which ASU probably would have won because of momentum! Plus that kick return before the half almost was a touchdown.”

    Not exactly true. WI blocked that extra point with 4 minutes left in the game. WI then ate up the clock. When the Badgers finally took a knee with less than 1 minute left in the game, they were inside ASU’s 30 yard line. So I am pretty confident that even if ASU had made that extra point, the Badgers could have scored before regulation was over. As for the almost touchdown before the half, SUCK IT, ASU, THEMS THE RULES.

    ETA: Wow, I’m good, aren’t I?

  26. 26.

    KG

    @Three-nineteen: you missed the part about the missed field goal. And I said nothing about momentum, which I think is generally bullshit, especially in football. My point is only that they had plenty of opportunities to win that game and blew it.

  27. 27.

    Yutsano

    @suzanne: 42-31 Oregon. Kinda bites cause I know more Sun Devils than Ducks. Plus a good friend of mine is doing her MBA there, she’s the one I went down there for to see her get hitched last April.

    And the score no one noticed: Arizona 10 Cal 9. The Pac-10 is gonna bloody themselves senseless again this year.

  30. 30.

    Steeplejack

    I, too, am off to bed–early for me. I foolishly agreed to be picked up by my brother at 8:00 a.m. so we can drive to Longwood Gardens. These social outings always sound good a week ahead, not so much seven hours ahead.

    I am looking forward to it, but I am just coming off a nasty string of night shifts and would love to sleep in tomorrow morning and then putter around aimlessly in the man-cave for the rest of the day. The simple pleasures.

  33. 33.

    Three-nineteen

    @KG: The missed field goal was in the 1st quarter. That’s way too early to have had much of an effect on the outcome of the game (IMHO). Although it would have been interesting (read: bad) if ASU had tied or been leading at the half. I do agree that WI almost blew that game. The 70-3 result today was much better (although leave it to OSU to take the high score this week away from us, the bastards).

    And with that, I’m off to bed.

    Three-nineteen +5

  34. 34.

    Steeplejack

    @sherifffruitfly:

    Point taken. I’m just feeling beat down after being on my feet for so long. It will be a pleasure to sit in the car and admire the scenery. I’m just not looking forward to the shock of the alarm. (In my schedule I very rarely have to set an alarm, so when I do it’s a big deal.)

  37. 37.

    Cliff

    Weeeee! love weekends … times when we can go on the night walks, Molly loves em.

    ps, the comment in moderation, click coles amazon link and search 4 “Nite Ize” collar

  38. 38.

    suzanne

    @Yutsano: I’m happy Arizona won. I did my undergrad there, and my grad work at Arizona State, so I think I am a pretty good judge of both institutions. UA is a much better school, even though Tucson itself sucks ass. I don’t really give much of a shit about football, though. When you’re a Wildcat, it’s about basketball. March Madness has become very sad for me since Lute retired. Sigh.

  39. 39.

    suzanne

    @Yutsano: I’m happy Arizona won, and that ASU lost. I did my undergrad at UA, and my grad work at Arizona State, so I think I am a pretty good judge of both institutions. UA is a much better school, even though Tucson itself sucks ass. I don’t really give much of a shit about football, though. When you’re a Wildcat, it’s about basketball. March Madness has become very sad for me since Lute retired. Sigh.

  41. 41.

    Ruckus

    @Anne Laurie:
    My pleasure. There was a big discussion a while back that this was real or that it could be done. I think with a whole lot of time, energy, money and technology this could be made to work. But I don’t really care if it could be physical. It is very cool that someone had the idea and created it, using electrons. Jetpack indeed.

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