Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

When I was faster i was always behind.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

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

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

Petty moves from a petty man.

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

Sometimes the world just tells you your cat is here.

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

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  2. 2.

    morzer

    I also can’t stop reading/commenting on Megan McArdle’s blog posts. Consider this an open thread to bitch about things that are of no consequence.

    However did you make a connection between McArdle and bitching about things of no consequence?

  4. 4.

    Paula

    Well, uh, I hate to take attention away from curb-stomp-gate but Obama did an interview w/ Eddie “Piolin” Sotero last week here in LA, all about immigration reform:

    http://piolin.univision.com/ar…..lin?page=2

    Obama did OK, but Piolin was a fucking wonder.

  5. 5.

    liberal

    …and I also can’t stop reading/commenting on Megan McArdle’s blog posts.

    I wonder if that kind of thing will be reified in DSM-V as a separate disorder. Probably Axis II, though; hard to treat.

  6. 6.

    Violet

    It’s bothering me that I can’t stop eating these things. I just discovered them, bought a bag on a whim, and am eating far too many of them. Very addictive.

  9. 9.

    General Stuck

    I think “stompgate” may have some donkey legs. No complaints other than poverty. But money can’t buy me love.

  12. 12.

    wmsheppa

    Realize I probably should have brought this up a couple weeks ago, but anyone interested in doing a BJ Fantasy Hockey league? Much better than fantasy football, and if we get the draft in before next Monday we still gave 20 and change weeks of the season left. I know we have a couple hockey folks on here (Yutsano among others), but have no idea if there’d be any interest.

  13. 13.

    monkeyboy

    I decided to make a version of Chili that contained only beef cubes, dried New Mexico pepper puree, onions, no tomatoes, and pineapple bits.

    It is definitely lacking something and I put in so much pepper that it tastes better the more pineapple I add.

  14. 14.

    valdivia

    So this is political which may not be too open thready but I wanted to drop this link. I thought it was a pretty strong assessment of where we are in the Obama presidency.

    @Violet:
    OMG if I become addicted I am blaming you! ;)

    any BJ people coming to dc on staurday for the rally?

  16. 16.

    eemom

    I never do this, but today I actually clicked on a Redstate post that was linked at memeorandum, just because I couldn’t quite believe my eyes:

    And Even STILL I Am Not Allowed To Make A Racial Slur About Our President?

    Wonkette has it covered.

  18. 18.

    max

    I also can’t stop reading/commenting on Megan McArdle’s blog posts.

    I can’t stand reading McArdle’s posts and comments, so I can’t keep up with the 24-7 McArdle (deserved) hatefest.

    I am also bothered by the notion of ‘paid trolls’. If there are such things, why the hell can’t I get that job?

    max
    [‘I am truly really bothered by all the people economists that believe inflation is already out of hand and we’re going to automagically turn into Argentina. Ugh.’]

  19. 19.

    licensed to kill time

    Those goddamned bugs on the teevee screen, crawling all over the place! Flashing ads and jump shots and shaky cameras practically trigger epileptic fits in this otherwise healthy person. I hates ’em.

    I wish I had a screensaver button on the remote. And yes, I know the cure…turn off the damned teevee machine. But there’s stuff I want to watch! Just not the in-between crap!

    (Nope, no DVR, Netflix, or even a fast Internet connection. I am doomed.)

  20. 20.

    jacy

    Bad week here: my son’s hamster died, and when he asked his religion teacher if they could say a prayer, she told him no, because pets have no souls and don’t go to heaven. I Let my husband handle the subsequent drama at school, because there may have been actual bloodshed if I had stepped in. All I got to do was write about it, and that seems oddly unsatisfactory. I have not been in a good mood since, and the rest of the bullshit happening in the world is NOT HELPING.

    Sigh, it’s too early in my work week to begin drinking heavily.

  23. 23.

    Bella Q

    Hi, I’m Bella Q and I’m a political junkie. I now read more Alaska blogs than I even knew existed before July of 2008 in an effort to get a sense as to whether AK will send a militia supporter to the Senate. I have, however, found that my blood pressure stays lower if I don’t read McMegan, though I do still peek at Sully now and again.

  24. 24.

    lamh32

    @Paula:

    I actually, posted an excerpt of the President’s answer on Immigration in one of the threads yesterday. I wrote a good bit about it there, but I actually thought his answer comparing immigration to the civil right movement was a good answer

  25. 25.

    Punchy

    Anyone got any ideas for a 1st year Anniversary gift? Since it’s “paper” (whatever that means), I’m leaning towards some YMSB tix. Or is this too “also meant for me”-ish?

  26. 26.

    Omnes Omnibus

    I am bothered that one of my clients is not returning my phone calls [even though/because] I need to get some documents from her to turn over to the other side by Friday. The practice of law would be so much easier if one did not have to deal with clients.

  27. 27.

    Amir_Khalid

    I like wearing tan desert boots. Why have they gone out of style?

    Okay, so it’s not much of a gripe …

  28. 28.

    lamh32

    Ugh,

    I know Jimmy Carter is beloved by liberals, but damn it sometimes I just wanna say would you please just STFU!!!!

    Carter: Bloomberg can stop Obama

    Seriously, dude is just soundbite happy these days. Is it old age? I’m too young to remember, but would ya’ll ole timers say that Jimmy Carter was “politically savvy”?

  29. 29.

    JC

    A few weeks ago, I heard “Like A G6” in a bookstore, and then – immediately – used the Shazam app, to identify it, and then used ITunes to buy it.

    Since I was out and about in the retail section of San Francisco – Century Mall, Apple store, etc – had the song on repeat for 30 minutes. Didn’t get tired of it.

    don’t know why, but the song is especially good, walking down a sidewalk, if you get into a groove on the walk.

    I’m too old for that immediate love of a song, but with last.fm, pandora, I’m always finding new things to get enthused about. Last few months it’s been Vampire Weekend and related type songs, a few months before that, it was Kings of Leon and Black Keys, last year, was Arctic Monkeys, Kooks, and related pop-punk new Brit.

    Technology can be marvelous.

  31. 31.

    morzer

    @Punchy:

    It depends on what your significant other would enjoy, I think. Does your SO have any special hobbies? Obsessions? Lifelong devotions?

    (No, I am not about to suggest a framed picture of you!)

  32. 32.

    sven

    Thanks to Like a G6 I now know the term getting slizzard.

    I am sure the young people will be suitably impressed.

  34. 34.

    jeffreyw

    The damn wifi router/ap “easy fuckin peasy” set up is killin me. Goddamn computer can’t see the the ip addy so I can’t get to the browser based admin page and I’ve tried and I’ve tried with resets and reinstalls and now the goddamn thing won’t take a hard reset at all and my knee hurts when I stand on it so cooking anything more involved than frying eggs is just right the fuck out and the big wind early ths morning blew the tops out of some pine trees and a bradford pear that the fucking inland hurricane raped in ’08 has another chunk out of it and it’s layin on the ground daring me to fire up the chain saw what are you a goddamn pussy? and my fuckin knee is killin me but I already told ya that. Fuckin shit.

  35. 35.

    JGabriel

    wmsheppa:

    Realize I probably should have brought this up a couple weeks ago, but anyone interested in doing a BJ Fantasy …

    Say wha’?

    … Hockey league?

    Oh. (Shoulders slump again to usual dejected posture.)
    .

  36. 36.

    Redshirt

    How ’bout them Cowboys?

    They suck. As does Favre. But that won’t stop ESPN talking about nothing but for the next week…

    until it bleeds into the “Randy Moss returning to Foxboro” angle, once Favre gets benched.

    Just like with the MSM, sports needs narratives too!

  39. 39.

    Poopyman

    I’ve got a pulled deltoid that’s bothering me right now. Otherwise, I can’t say that the things that are bothering me are of no consequence. And that in itself bothers me. But, again, not of no consequence. Which again ….

  40. 40.

    pk

    Rand Paul tied up a woman years ago and forced her to bow to the aqua Buddha, and his supporters hold down and stomp on a woman’s head. And yet he will be the next senator from Kentucky.

  43. 43.

    Montysano

    I hate it when the gas pump says “Please pay first”, so you schlep across the parking lot, into the building, up to the cashier, who then says “Go ahead, I turned on the pump for you”.

    Fer gawd’s sake, I just walked, like, 150′ for nothin’.

  44. 44.

    Capri Sun-Bagger

    I can’t stop shooting her01n into the veins in my pen1s, but at least I’m not addicted to McArglebargle.

  46. 46.

    Crusty Dem

    @Punchy:

    You shouldn’t have to worry about that (assuming the SO actually likes YMSB, I’m having flashbacks to my mother giving me a Linda Ronstadt box set for my birthday), anniversary gifts that are “together” experiences are the best!!

  47. 47.

    morzer

    @R-Jud:

    My mother makes her own, rather good pizza, and she lives in Lincolnshire. I must say, I have never found good fish and chips in the US though.

  50. 50.

    Lev

    All those mental health breaks. It’s like McArdle realizes she’s crazy and is crying out for help.

    Anyway, what’s bothering me today is Marco Rubio, and specifically pundit speculation of his inevitable future presidential run. Considering his campaign is underperforming among Hispanics (most polls have him in the low-to-mid 40s overall, but his levels among Hispanics are in the 30s), his craven and stupid endorsement of the Arizona immigration law, and his aloofness toward the issues that matter to Hispanics, I think he’d turn out quite a bit like Palin did, with perhaps a bit more composure. But you be the judge: http://levsarea.blogspot.com/2010/10/rubios-future-considered.html

  52. 52.

    morzer

    @Punchy:

    Since it is “paper”, you might consider finding a book that your SO has always wanted, or maybe a really nice edition of an old favorite.

  54. 54.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Punchy: My wife and I bought a set of Tumi luggage for ourselves as a joint present for our first anniversary and first Christmas. The two are a week apart.

  56. 56.

    russell

    classic ASP is a PITA. just saying. since we’re all about the bitching here today.

    At a certain point I stopped reading McArdle, stopped reading about McArdle, stopped giving McArdle any space in my brain at all.

    I recommend it.

  59. 59.

    Mark S.

    @Redshirt:

    Maybe Favre could sign with the Cowboys. Then ESPN wouldn’t have anything else to ever talk about.

    A couple weeks ago, I watched some NFL Countdown or something, and the question of course was what’s wrong with the Vikings. Trent Dilfer’s theory was Favre’s heart wasn’t in it or something like that. Merril Hoge (sp?) then said the Vikings had problems on the right side of their line and then analyzed video showing the right tackle getting blown by on about four different plays. That was nice, and then there was 45 more minutes of analysis on Brett Favre.

    The point of that was just to say there are a lot more Mark Halperins than Nate Silvers in the sports punditry business.

  60. 60.

    Bulworth

    The curb-stomper is apparently getting dragged into court while the real criminal, the dude on the Internets who used the phrase “curb-stomper” is just getting off scottfree. Also, too.

  61. 61.

    CynDee

    @morzer: First time I ever had fish and chips was at the Turf Tavern in Oxford on my first day in England. Unforgettable. Loved the peas, too.

  64. 64.

    bemused

    I am grinding my teeth trying to find ways to store all the stuff grown kids left behind when they left home but who still live in very small apartments so I can’t tell them to get their crap out. Sigh. It doesn’t help that one kid ignores my pleading to at least go through his things and get rid of something when he does come home. I’m thinking of telling him he can’t come home for Christmas until he promises to do that. Too harsh?

  65. 65.

    david mizner

    My kind of thread. I don’t like how some are trying to give navel-gazing a bad name. It’s time to push back.

    Speaking of, I just started commenting on Daily Kos after an eight-month hiatus, and I need another hiatus already.

    In other important news, I watched the first season of Men of a Certain Age with Ray Romano and found it surprisingly good.

  66. 66.

    morzer

    @bemused:

    Tell him he gets one cupboard/bookshelf/chest of drawers to store stuff he really wants to keep. Anything else goes with him or to the junk heap. It’s amazing how clear guidance can help your loved ones make those difficult decisions.

  67. 67.

    Redshirt

    @Mark S.: Yes, a “Favre joins the Cowboys” moment would result in the explosion of ESPN and I believe is one of the TRUE SIGNS of the Wingularity.

    Favre should have just stuck with Chat-roulette, or whatever that stupid site was.

    I felt bad for Packer fans Sunday night: They win this close, hard fought game, a big division game, and after the game is over, not a word was said about them. All about Favre’s various limbs.

    He’s about to explode/implode however, and it will be fascinating to watch the storyline get re-written. I suspect by the end of the season it will be as if there never was a man named… Brett Favre.

  69. 69.

    chopper

    @freelancer:

    lol “UNHINGED STALINIST Who tried to murder Rand Paul, Who Is also a Paid Far Left Activist and a cousin of president barack ‘born in kenya’ obama, deliberately put her face in the way of a proud patriot’s boot to try to discredit jesus”

  70. 70.

    DougJ

    @david mizner:

    The commenters there are brutal. No matter what I posted on, I had at least one person tell me I didn’t know how to win elections, one tell me I was a Blue Dog centrist, and one tell me I was too shrill.

  72. 72.

    morzer

    @chopper:

    How long before Professor Beck explains that Joe Stalin also wore a wig and also interfered with elections in Ole Kentuckah?

  74. 74.

    R-Jud

    @morzer:

    I must say, I have never found good fish and chips in the US though.

    There was a place in Chicago that Mr Jud rated highly, but I can’t for the life of me remember where it was or the name. I loathe fish and chips. I grew up in an apartment attached to the inn and restaurant my parents ran, and far too many of my childhood meals came out of the deep fryer. I can’t eat that stuff anymore.

  75. 75.

    Montysano

    I can’t get the “Like a G6” song out of my head

    Sweet Jeebus, I wish I hadn’t heard that. Auto-tune is evil.

    Meanwhile, my journey through the Parliament/Funkadelic catalog continues (they were quite prolific), with Motor Booty Affair being the latest discovery. Somehow, I just didn’t “get” these guys back in the 70s; now, I’m addicted. Are there any more tragic, massively talented, and under-appreciated musicians than Eddie Hazel and Glen Goins?

  76. 76.

    jl

    This certain, and perhaps somewhat dubious blogologist Dougj punks me on a regular basis with snark that is over my earnest and innocent little head. That’s what.

    If the issue hasn’t been resolved, I say DougJ should take in a cute little Tasmanian Devil named Rosie for his sins.

  77. 77.

    DougJ

    @morzer:

    You know what else I like there?

    “Why are you posting about X, you should be posting about Y?”

    “Why are you posting, you should be out canvassing?”

  81. 81.

    Mark S.

    Please just stop: Rumor: Lucas Planning New Star Wars Trilogy

    At the very least, a new Star Wars trilogy would likely have some cool lightsaber battles in it

    No, they weren’t cool. They had no tension because you didn’t give a shit about any of the characters, and watching a green muppet fly around sword fighting was probably the nadir for me.

  82. 82.

    morzer

    @DougJ:

    Oh, it was much better than that back in the balmy palmy days when the PUMAS roamed the land. One could hardly leave the screen to take a Cheney without being accused of personally fellating Satan/Bush/Obama/Clinton/Satan and Obama/Satan and Clinton, Satan and Bush and Obama etc etc…. And this was only in response to an innocent suggestion that perhaps beating the snot out of fellow Democrats wasn’t the best way to win an election against McHasbeen and Jeebus Juggs…..

  83. 83.

    Martin

    @Punchy: First year? Jewelry. Seriously. Something that ties back to your wedding. You can’t lose if you find ways to bring attention back to that day. But this is your first anniversary, so set a good tone with it. Create a tradition around the day as well. 20 years on you’ll be thankful.

    Wrap it in paper.

  87. 87.

    Mary G

    I am being inundated with free return address labels from charities I have never given any money to. I may be oldish, but I almost never use snail-mail, why won’t they stop?

  88. 88.

    Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther

    Things of no consequence… hmmm… as a curmudgeon, I of course believe that that which bothers me is OF GREAT CONSEQUENCE INDEED.

    I mean honestly, shouldn’t I be concerned that the fliers/progress reports/etc that come home from my kids’ schools always have typos, misspellings, or grammatical errors? These are schools!

    This was what was driving me nuts this morning. That and the fucking election.

  89. 89.

    Eric S.

    @R-Jud: My friends swear by The Duke Of Perth on Clark St., in Chicago. It rates well on Yelp, too.

    It’s the only place I’ve ever had fish and chips (new to eating fish) and I have to say I found it all rather bland. Then again that fits the stereo type.

    The local brewery, Goose Island, was said to have good fish and chips at one time but that was before my fish eating days. They’ve since changed the menu a dozen times and each one for the worse. It’s still some damn fine beer though!

  90. 90.

    morzer

    @DougJ:

    Brett Favre? If you don’t mind waiting two months and having to send three cousins down to Ole Miss for the answer.

  91. 91.

    quaint irene

    I know this has been said before….
    Come this Tuesday.
    The Republican version of ‘Having your cake and eating it too.”

    If they make substantive wins it’s “The American people have spoken! We’re taking our country back!!”
    If they dont…
    “Voter fraud!! Acorn! Acorn’s responsible! Black Panthers….somewhere. Doing something. A recount of every democratic win. Pout, pout, whine, whine.”

  93. 93.

    celticdragonchick

    I also can’t stop reading/commenting on Megan McArdle’s blog posts.

    I saw you there. I managed to really piss off a few of the folks as well. I have been labld a “hyper partisan troll”.

    If they only knew…

  97. 97.

    Poopyman

    @Martin:

    First year? Jewelry.

    And second year, third year, fourth ….

    Seriously. If she wears jewelry at all you should go for it. Mrs. P gets silver regularly, but after 19 years I must say I’m running out of ideas.

  98. 98.

    General Stuck

    Colonel Mustard lays it on extra thick with a double entendre side dish.

    Prior to the Kentucky Senate debate in Paducah last night, a woman with a history of politically-inspired vandalism who was dressed in disguise approached Rand Paul to present him with a Move-On.org “award,” and was pulled to the ground by Paul supporters, one of whom needlessly pushed her back to the ground momentarily with his foot.

    ooooh, an award giving act of activist vandalism.

    Note to grammar nazi pedants – don’t fuck with me

  106. 106.

    R-Jud

    @Eric S.:

    It’s still some damn fine beer though!

    I ran the Chicago Marathon earlier this month, and they gave out free Goose Island at the end. It was terrific, especially since the temperature cracked 85 during the run.

    I’m virtually swimming in great beer now that I live in the UK, but I do miss Goose Island (and Chicago).

    ETA: On reflection, the Duke of Perth may have been the very place Mr Jud liked.

  110. 110.

    morzer

    @celticdragonchick:

    It might add zest to the platforms, not to mention the campaign commercials….. As for the joys of volunteering…

    UPDATE: I assumed you meant elections about fucking *grin*, rather than a fish and chips tour…

  116. 116.

    Cat Lady

    I’m finding out that most of what we talk about here on this blog is completely and totally off the radar of most of the people I interact with day in and day out, and I can’t figure out if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I get the sense that apart from wingnut Fox viewers, a lot of people I’m in contact with still seem to possess some common sense and skepticism about the shit that passes for conventional wisdom, but what do I know, I’m from Massachusetts.

    I did just have the guilty pleasure of enjoying an acquaintance’s recent job loss from the financial industry, who told me a couple of years ago (before the Wall Street FAIL) that immigration was the biggest threat to our country, because “it dilutes our white heritage”. He of the Polish last name. I guess that makes me a bad bad person.

  118. 118.

    Redshirt

    I know it’s old hat, but since we’re talking about things that bug us: The Moderation system here. I’m in moderation for a deeply hilarious post about Brett Favre. No swear words, no drugs, no links, yet Moderation. I have no idea why.

    I say – with experience – if you’re system produces these kinds of results, it’s not a very good system. But it’s all harmless stuff regardless, of course.

  119. 119.

    lamh32

    Well darnit, I posted what I admit was a pretty long comment, it looks like the “moderator” ate it.

    Is there a length cutoff for comments?

  120. 120.

    morzer

    @Redshirt:

    I say – with experience – if you’re system produces these kinds of results, it’s not a very good system.

    Well, everyone knows that.. except Favre, Wilf and Clueless Childress.

  121. 121.

    Redshirt

    @Cat Lady: I’m from MA too, deep in the heart of supposedly “Ultra Liberal” Eastern MA, and I see WAY too many teahardists here. I suppose many of them can be blamed on NH, but I don’t like it!

    I do appreciate “Palin 2012” bumber stickers and the like, however, as its a super easy way to identify morans.

  122. 122.

    Capri Sun-Bagger

    Not even a ‘heh’ from DougJ.

    Damn, it’s hard to be a gangster combat commenter.

  124. 124.

    Tattoosydney

    The practice of law would be so much easier if one did not have to deal with clients.

    This. Oh, so this.

  125. 125.

    Capri Sun-Bagger

    Not even a ‘heh’ from DougJ.

    Damn, it’s hard to be a gangster combat commenter.

  126. 126.

    ThatLeftTurnInABQ

    @jacy:

    Sigh, it’s too early in my work week to begin drinking heavily.

    Sorry about that. I can relate. Sometimes it is too early in the heavy drinking to begin the work week…

    I hope this brings you a smile: all-dogs-go-to-heaven church sign war, courtesy of the blog authored by a veteran BJuice commentor.

  127. 127.

    Tattoosydney

    The practice of law would be so much easier if one did not have to deal with clients.

    This. Oh, so this.

  129. 129.

    Capri Sun-Bagger

    Not even a ‘heh’ from DougJ.

    Damn, it’s hard to be a gangster combat commenter.

  131. 131.

    Capri Sun-Bagger

    Not even a ‘heh’ from DougJ.

    Damn, it’s hard to be a gangster combat commenter.

  133. 133.

    Comrade Sock Puppet of the Great Satan

    “I also can’t stop reading/commenting on Megan McArdle’s blog posts.”

    That’s distasteful. I know they’re fascinating, like a 5-car pile-up on the freeway with injuries and blood oozing on the pavement, but c’mon man, show decency not to gaze on the tragedy that is McArdle’s opus.

  135. 135.

    bemused

    @morzer:
    That sounds reasonable to me and the rest can stored in the garage, take their chances with mice. The kids are another story. They used to bend to my authority just fine when they were under our roof. Now they think they should just be able to chill out when they are home. I admit I have spoiled them more after they grew up because they all live so far away and can’t get home that often.

  138. 138.

    srv

    IF I HEAR ONE MORE G*DAMNED PERSON SAY THE TEABAGGERS ARE RACISTS, I’M GOING TO STOMP YOUR HEAD!

    Even Tom Proffitt has a black friend!

  141. 141.

    WaterGirl

    We have all these posts where we can imagine Obama being impeached (and other negative things) and every time I turn around there are scare tactic headlines: “what if barney frank loses”.

    I seem to recall Hillary having the nomination locked up and that Obama couldn’t win in 2008. The election hasn’t happened yet, so we don’t know the outcome.

    How about some other “what if” front-page posts, such as:

    What if we keep both the house and the senate?
    What if the enthusiasm gap is all a myth?
    What if not a single tea party candidate wins?
    What if the democrats grow some balls?
    What if we are able to get rid of the filibuster?

    If it’s all fantasy and all in good fun, why can’t we consider some of the positive stuff?

  143. 143.

    Maude

    @Cat Lady:
    Glad he’s unemployed.
    I’ve noticed that a lot of people don’t talk about the issues much.
    Can’t think of anything to complain about. I’m calling the doctor.

  144. 144.

    Comrade Dread

    Hmm, what bothers me? Got a while?

    Let’s start with Politics. I know, I’m on the wrong site, but I’ll be glad when this election is over and done with. Everywhere I go, I’m subjected to the insane, the stupid, the banal, and things that just make me want to weep for humanity and drink myself into a stupor.

    The system only succeeds in creating a spectacle.

    How about traffic? Why the **** can’t we build some commuter rail lines that travel down the center of the freeways? I would give up my car in a heartbeat if I could just hop on two trains and walk a quarter mile to my office instead of the bloody four train plus a bus transfer that it takes now?

    I know, I know, I’m a horrible libertarian since rail lines are for DFH’s and I should be advocating privatizing the freeways and charging people premium tolls to commute to their jobs. It must be all of the time I spend living in reality instead of reading Atlas Shrugs.

    For that matter, what the hell happened whereby my mom was able to choose to stay at home and raise kids and we all lived fairly comfortably off of dad’s middle class income, and yet more and more American families are forced to work two jobs to keep up with the bills and the mortgage and leave their kids in Day Care?

    Also ****ing banks. No, I’ve got good credit and I’m paying all my bills on time… I just hate the reckless idiots and pretentious Randians.

  145. 145.

    RedKitten

    What’s bothering me? The fact that I am not one of the privileged few who can eat cheeseburgers and not gain an ounce. That pisses me off.

    What else pisses me off? The days getting shorter. I just fucking HATE driving to work in the dark and driving home in the dark. The only thing that makes it tolerable is hearing SamKitten perpetually babbling and asking, “Dat? Dat?” from the dark depths of the backseat.

    Politics pisses me off. Toronto evidently elected a mayor who wants to be just like Bush. We still can’t get rid of Stephen Harper, who also wants to be just like Bush, and is starting to emulate some of his tactics. I can see wingnuttery creeping into my country and spreading its tentacles, and I have no fucking idea of how to stop it, other than with my vote.

  148. 148.

    bemused

    @morzer:
    I think saying I’m done cooking Christmas dinner and turning it over to them will scare them more than the taser. That or threatening to drink up all their ales and other brewhouse beers that take over the entire basement fridge.

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    WaterGirl

    @soonergrunt: Hey, how about that “minor” surgery you mentioned in a previous post today? And now I can’t resist sharing my lame joke about that. What’s the definition of minor surgery? (answer: surgery being performed on someone else0

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    Dennis SGMM

    What’s bothering me? Nothing. I spent Sunday in the ER with my dear wife and although she is ill the illness isn’t fatal and she is recovering. We’ve only been together for 35 years, and married for 32. Compared to that I could give a shit less who wins what.

  153. 153.

    soonergrunt

    @WaterGirl: I’m doing OK. I started working out again. It fracking sucks, that part. I’ll get it back, but it will be a while.

    I had a user at work today who just about pissed me off to no end though, but that’s users for you so I’m going to have to deal with it.

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    WaterGirl

    @soonergrunt: I agree, if it weren’t for the annoying users and customers and clients and patients, I’ll bet our jobs would all be better.

    Every day, though, when I see your name I am still grateful that you came through okay. I was pretty annoyed last night when that guy last night said something about you and your apparent lack of introspection. ‘Cause I’m pretty sure you don’t go through all that without introspection. What an ass.

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    Cat Lady

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    A large population of a formerly discriminated against salt of the earth working class minority (Italian) voting against their own self interest because they listen to right wing sports radio and Fox and believe their hard earned tax dollars are going to currently discriminated against working class minorities. You know, morans.

  157. 157.

    Dennis SGMM

    @soonergrunt:
    Wonder if you can top this; back in the early days of EarthLink Network I worked in IT. One of the few secretaries called us to complain that “This new printer is no good – just like the old one.” Okay, this was in the days of Win3.1 so if someone said that their printer was squirting apple cider all over the room it was not beyond the realm of possibility. I went over to her cube and asked “What’s it doing?” She opened a document, hit “Print” and when the paper had made it an inch out of the printer she zipped it out and held it up. “See; it’s all smeared, just like the last printer.”

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    Dennis SGMM

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    Thank you! We pay through the nose for really excellent medical care and we’re seeing a Neurologist tomorrow to plot a course of treatment based on the alphabet soup (MRI, CT Scan, LP, etc) that she underwent. The old lefty in me couldn’t help but wonder what was going to happen to some of the other folks there, the ones for whom it wasn’t just a fifty dollar co-pay and then on to see the necessary specialists.

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    4jkb4ia

    I already bitched about things of small consequence, so via Political Wire,

    Gallup sees that the economy, healthcare, and the size and role of government are crowding out all other issues. The economy and healthcare are more important for Democrats than for Republicans and Independents, but the size and role of government is more important for Republicans and Independents. 43% of independents and 36% of Republicans named the economy as the most important issue.

    I am annoyed that the Internet is preventing me from cleaning my house.

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    morzer

    @4jkb4ia:

    Well, all it would take is an outbreak of popular sanity in Utah and…

    Yes, you are right, it does require a miracle.

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    4jkb4ia

    @david mizner:
    I don’t want to be forced to go back. I want a general interest site that does campaigns and elections and doesn’t do mindless cheerleading. Open Left was that place but there may not be people to carry it during the week anymore.

  166. 166.

    Dennis SGMM

    @WaterGirl:
    That could be fun, it might get arcane fairly quickly though. I’m retired now, and I volunteer at our local Senior Center teaching folks how to use email, do searches, attach or download photos, and the critical importance of good AV software. It’s fun because I get to work on everything from PIII-500’s to brand new Macs.

    And I have cookies, also, too.

  167. 167.

    WaterGirl

    @Dennis SGMM: I don’t know, I think there are enough of us here for that not to be a problem. Besides, I sit though gaming posts and football posts, so this would only be fair!

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    soonergrunt

    @Dennis SGMM: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
    Today I had a user who was whining about not having AutoCAD 2011 installed. I told her that it wasn’t on the approved software list and that she needed to fill out the proper paperwork for an exception, submit it through her license manager and her supervisor, and that when it came back from security signed that I would install the software but not until then because that’s the law.
    She replied that the people across the hall got AutoCAD 2011 last week, which I knew because Installed it to 22 computers. I told her that they had done the paperwork and they were squared away on it.
    She began to rant about IT support and just started going off and bitching about how we just don’t understand and don’t care and how we’re a bunch of lazy fucking bastards and so on.
    I walked out. Her supervisor will be hearing from mine tomorrow if he hasn’t already.

  169. 169.

    soonergrunt

    @WaterGirl: Thanks. My issue is that firstly, nobody’s opinion of me really matters that much.
    I’ve already done my screaming and head pounding. I’m not some caricature, going to pull my hair and rip my clothes and throw ashes on my head and beg forgiveness for things I didn’t do from people whose forgiveness wouldn’t matter anyway just for their self-gratification.

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    Jim, Once

    shouldn’t I be concerned that the fliers/progress reports/etc that come home from my kids’ schools always have typos, misspellings, or grammatical errors? These are schools!

    This. And I’m a retired high school teacher. When I offered, as tactfully as possible, my services to our new principal as a proofreader/copy editor, he told me no thanks, he had complete confidence in his writing skills. After all, he informed me, he DID have a Ph.D. Within days, we and the local public learned how very misplaced that confidence was.

  172. 172.

    Dennis SGMM

    @soonergrunt:
    Autocad? Sweet jesus in the foothills on a tricycle. That is one powerful and complex app. The last few years that I worked in IT I was working for small to medium-sized medical practices – mostly doing electronic records and HIPAA compliance stuff. There was always someone who would complain that I’d Installed this or that app on someone’s machine but I hadn’t installed on theirs – even if they had no idea what to do with it.

    Note: do not ever work for small to medium-sized medical practices – particularly if they are Beverley Hills cosmetic surgeons. You will learn things that turn you off to humanity in general and “stars” in particular.

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    soonergrunt

    @WaterGirl: I think they’re probably a lot like our friends from last night. Totally clueless about anyone else’s life outside their little world.
    @Dennis SGMM: My users run the gamut from apprentice machinists and mechanics to PhD. engineers.
    The machinists are easier to work for and with, frankly. The AutoCAD and the other AutoDesk products take up a tremendous amount of my time. Don’t get me started on the custom apps. For every hour I spend working for the 400+ machinists, warehousemen, clerks, and bureaucrats in my group, I spend 90 minutes supporting the 93 engineers.

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    mclaren

    McArdle is actually hot. She’s an airhead, but damn, I’d do her — but I’d have to slap a ball gag in her mouth and pull her head back by her ponytail if she started babbling.

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