Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

American History and Black History Cannot Be Separated

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

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

Consistently wrong since 2002

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

We still have time to mess this up!

Take your GOP plan out of the witness protection program.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

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  1. 1.

    Daddy-O

    I guess there’s a good reason I read this blog, and only go to FDL once a week or less…

    I like the writers.

  4. 4.

    Poopyman

    @stuckinred:

    Bear down…

    Um, that’s what my doc tells me when he’s about to check my prostate. So I guess it’s totally appropriate for Da Bears then!

  5. 5.

    JPL

    I’m glad to see Awesome’s back but they should have shown the chute from last weeks episode in the opening scenes. That was awesome.

  9. 9.

    arguingwithsignposts

    I’m posting this here because not sure if asiangrrlMN saw it in earlier thread.

    Medical update: Went to ER this morning about 7 am.

    I have a possibly fractured radial head fracture on my elbow (x-rays unclear, but “abnormal”). I have to see an ortho doc on Wednesday for probably more x-rays. arm in a sling, pain meds, stayed home from work today.

  11. 11.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @Arclite:

    “A lot of libraries are atrocious,” Mr. Pezzanite said. “Their policies are all about job security. That’s why the profession is nervous about us. You can go to a library for 35 years and never have to do anything and then have your retirement. We’re not running our company that way. You come to us, you’re going to have to work.”

    Wingnut talking point bingo folks.

  14. 14.

    newhavenguy

    Thesis:

    Jane Hamsher : FDL

    =

    Martin Peretz : TNR.

    I used to like these publications a lot more; they’re still both sort of worthwhile, if you have the time to parse the byzantine internal politics of each. And know which hacky idiots to ignore/mock as needed.

    Now it occurs to me that Spencer Ackerman has had the pleasure of writing for both of these Egos. Lucky him!

  21. 21.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @arguingwithsignposts: I smashed up an elbow years ago. I was walking a Canadian girl back to her hotel on one of the Greek islands. Came down on the point of the elbow after she stumbled into me and knocked me over. I passed out momentarily, and she was gone. For the rest of my Greek vacation I steadily sipped ouzo as a painkiller.

  22. 22.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @arguingwithsignposts: I smashed up an elbow years ago. I was walking a Canadian girl back to her hotel on one of the Greek islands. Came down on the point of the elbow after she stumbled into me and knocked me over. I passed out momentarily, and she was gone. For the rest of my Greek vacation I steadily sipped ouzo as a painkiller.

  27. 27.

    Dennis SGMM

    @stuckinred:
    True that. I’m recovering from surgery on my spine and they gave me some pain pills that render me stupid. Sometimes that’s a good thing.

  32. 32.

    Dennis SGMM

    @stuckinred:
    Blew out some disks and the results pressed on some nerves so they had to go in and scrape. Until it happened, I had no idea that you could nearly pass out from pain while farting.

  34. 34.

    Dennis SGMM

    @MarkJ:
    Thanks. I grew up in places that had little to no TV so I never learned to appreciate it. Consequently, I find myself catching up with shows via HULU or DVD.

  36. 36.

    stuckinred

    And for obvious reasons this could be the best Monday Night Football game of the season! Go Bears!

  38. 38.

    Kristine

    Was today some sort of record for number of comments, emotional pitch, and Monday to the nth degree? I muttered “Green balloons” and went to visit The Daily Puppy.

    @arguingwithsignposts Ouch and ouch. Feel better soon.

  41. 41.

    JPL

    @John Cole: Probably for different reasons, but I agree. I’m glad the boys are back at the Buy More.
    Where’s Red Kitten.. she is normally here on Monday nts.

  42. 42.

    Gravenstone

    And this is why I so rarely watch the local TV channels – Ron Johnson commercial during the Packers game and I start screaming at the lying assholes on my TV machine. *sigh* Is it November yet so I can gleefully vote against Johnson’s science denying willfully ignorant hyper-hypocritical Republican ass?

  44. 44.

    MikeJ

    Just won a culture victory on Civ 5. Went poking around the menus to find the Hall of Fame, and saw that it had credits in the same sub menu. Then discovered that a guy I shared an office with was one of the writers.

    It’s a small world. That you should crush with mechanized infantry.

  46. 46.

    socraticsilence

    @newhavenguy:

    That’s a bit far- Jame will have gone the “full Marty” when she starts talking about how Obama is inhuman and frankly shouldn’t be allowed to speak in the oval office.

  47. 47.

    Linda Featheringill

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    Sounds like you’re going to live. Good.

    Apparently it was okay to wait until morning to see the doc. If you were in serious trouble, they would have admitted you and you would have seen the Orthopedic Surgeon today.

    I suggest that you look up the John-Cole-god-my-shoulder-hurts comments and post them as your own. :-)

    [and how many people did I hurt with that one?]

    Glad to hear the good news, though.

  49. 49.

    newhavenguy

    @stuckinred: Nice one! Have to admit, it took my boring vanilla ass a minute to get it

    I have to admit that TNR permitted a lot more dissent from Marty’s Arab hating bullshit even when he was a real editor than FDL does now. Amazing… took a look at comments on one of the more fervent Firebagger posts and was disturbed to see that ALL of the 200+ comments were in lockstep agreement.

    Dissent is a patriot’s highest duty— unless you’re dissenting against a professional dissenter, apparently. Reason #1,036 I cannot and will not take Hamsher and the like seriously.

    The Firebaggers, Truthers and PUMAs are as close as we get on the left to what is now the center of GOP politics*.

    The (D)isorganized center/left coalition that I belong to won’t give them the time of day— not a point of pride, but more a point of departure, as far as I’m concerned. I don’t want a coalition with stuck-up, fundamentalist, holier than thou assholes— mostly because it never works. Elitist of me? Maybe.

    Then again, maybe Jane Hamsher should come to New Haven and explain it to us. Or not. (There are a lot of people here who never had a fireplace— maybe she should go back to hers, and watch the damn Lakers with her dog, rather than bloviating about how stupid and impure the rest of us are.)

    *Seriously, can we stop calling it “fringe”? It’s not anymore. It should be, but it’s not. Newt might be nuts, but he was on MTP more than anyone else last year. You might of heard of a certain former half-Governor, or about Angle, Paul, Toomey, the Militia nutter from Alaska, the sex fiend from Delaware, etc.

    Not fringe: those people are Senate candidates and kingmakers. I won’t even get into the House candidates… too depressing. Even if it helps us (D)s hold the House and Senate, there’s no way in hell this bad craziness is good for our country. And after all is said and done, we gotta live here.

  50. 50.

    Gravenstone

    Looking like it’s gonna be a long night for da Bears. Well, I can only hope it continues to be thus.

  52. 52.

    newhavenguy

    FOR THE RECORD

    Great blog; excellent comments, and I know it’s not because of moderation. (I know because mine sneak in there, too.)

    That should be implicit every time I comment here.

    A friend of mine is a stagehand, and before the big shows he gathers the staff and gives some variation on the same speech:

    “Please. Thank you. Remember that— that’s attached to every goddamn command I’ll bark at you tonight, and there will be a lot of them. I do mean it, and it’s not bullshit— but time’s short, and I won’t have time for it then. I do now, and I mean it. Now, let’s GO!”

    I’m too lazy to be gracious, too verbose even without the pleasantries— please understand that it’s there. As far as this series of tubes go, Balloon Juice is a pretty cool place, and I appreciate it.

  53. 53.

    Anne Laurie

    @arguingwithsignposts:
    __

    Was returning from weekend fun, filling gas tank, tripped over pump hose, broke fall with my arm.

    I once slipped on an icy curb and greenstick-fractured the top of my femur. Spent two days limping around in increasing pain before I went into the ‘urgent care’ facility and demanded xrays. Really impressed all the medical personnel, because “We never see that in grown-ups! Normally, if you’re past puberty, your ACL tears as your patella slips sideways!” Since fractures heal themselves but torn ACLs require surgery, it helped get me through the ensuing 8 weeks on crutches…

  54. 54.

    Kristine

    In honor of Dentist Day, this tale from Hyperbole and a Half.

    At some point during my childhood, my mother made the mistake of taking me to see an orthodontist. It was discovered that I had a rogue tooth that was growing sideways.

    I do enjoy that blog.

    Must try to do some work now.

    Go Bears.

  55. 55.

    asiangrrlMN

    @arguingwithsignposts: I did see it, and I am glad to know it’s not broken. However, it still sounds painful, and I hope you take good care of it. I also hope a certain Someone may be able to fly out and nurse you for a bit? Is Lady Smudge back in the house?

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’m still loving your double posts. They are amusing me, so keep it up.

    @newhavenguy: Welcome. We are a fractious bunch, but we’re also lots of fun–especially the late-night shift.

  56. 56.

    LikeableInMyOwnWay

    this may be the best Chuck ever

    Hilarious.

    I don’t know for sure but I think the phrase “best ever” means more when it isn’t used over and over again. That’s just been my observation, but what do I know?

    For my money, any show that features two hot women fighting like wolverines in sexy garb is always going to be the best ever. Until the next one.

    Can’t someone just make a show about hot women fighting like rats all the time? That would really make planning our viewing a lot easier.

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