Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

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

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

I really should read my own blog.

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

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

T R E 4 5 O N

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

We still have time to mess this up!

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

No Justins, No Peace

The revolution will be supervised.

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

People are complicated. Love is not.

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

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

The willow is too close to the house.

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  2. 2.

    Tom Levenson

    I really am a bad person, because I couldn’t take my eyes off that for a second. Tule fog time on the I – 80 and a sixty four car pile up. It was that bad.

    And I loved it. The Giants!

  5. 5.

    General Stuck

    I like that Giants now that Bonds is gone, but just lost interest when the Reds got beat in the div playoff. Looking like it could be a 4 gamer sweep this year. The good news is the Browns have piqued my interest again, at least for the present. They have a bye I think this Sunday.

  7. 7.

    Bella Q

    this porbably goes more appropriately here, in the open thread.
    At least McCance is going to resign. And in other wingnut news, Jean Schmidt talked about abortion to a school assembly in Cincinnati and the principal had to send a letter home as it was a 1st – 8th grade group. He asked that they keep it within the school community, but they didn’t! Perhaps it will get some traction for her opponent. And maybe people will be offended that Boehner is campaigning with Rich Iott. And slightly more southern, isn’t it interesting that a money funneler for Rove in KY just happens to own a nursing home that Jack Conway is prosecuting, for elder abuse. FYWP I can’t link any sources, but there’s some press out there (it’s not like Jack called to tell me).

  10. 10.

    kindness

    Jeez not only that…the Giants who had hardly scored much against Atlanta & The Phillies have run up 20 runs in two games…

    I’ll be damned. Why can’t Democrats kick butt like that?

    btw-you had Barry Bonds before the juice. Him & Bonilla. It’s amazing how long ago that was now.

  12. 12.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Bella Q: Thank you for the first link. You know, he really was doing all right in the apology category (for such a horrific thing to say) until he started whining about how he’s the victim here. Sigh. Same ol’ same ol’.

    Texas: Yeah. WTF, man?

  13. 13.

    RalfW

    In the open thread category: A winger who is willing to sell her own uncle down the river for her own Christianist electoral goals.

    The uncle of the Wisconsin lieutenant governor candidate who compared same-sex marriage to marrying a table was so upset by her statement he gave $500 to the opposing candidate’s ticket….Pfauser, who has been in a relationship with partner Rob Gow for 18 years, said he was once very close to his niece.
    “For years, I was told and led to believe that she was in full support of my relationship,” Pfauser said.

  14. 14.

    BerkeleyMom

    Can’t figure out why the pitcher wasn’t pulled after two walks for pete’s sake. Even this Giants fan felt sorry for the kid. Sheesh. Has a pitcher ever walked in three runs in a WS game?

  15. 15.

    RalfW

    WI winger-gal also compared gay marriage to marrying a clock. To which my boyfriend said “Honey, you’d like that. I’d be more likely to be on time!”

  18. 18.

    Hunter Gathers

    but I honestly don’t recall the last time I saw an entire bullpen breakdown like the Rangers did in the bottom of the 8th tonight

    You are obviously not a Cubs fan.

  19. 19.

    Yutsano

    @Geoduck: Ouch. Yup. It cuts deep, but it’s twue. Though I am wondering now how Griffey is gonna ratfuck us next season.

    @freelancer: Dude…why are they hating on the Stomp like that? They do some kickass shit with trash cans and just about anything else they can beat.

  21. 21.

    Scamp Dog

    Since this is an open thread…

    In a bizarre event that boggles my mind, Tommy Friedman wrote a column that makes sense, except for his reflexive dig at the public service unions. It’s called “Can’t Keep a Bad Idea Down”, about how Republicans are pushing the same ideas that got us into our current mess. (I’m not linking on general principles. If he can write good columns for an entire Friedman Unit I might start.)

    Our problems must be pretty bad if somebody as clueless as Tommy has noticed.

  24. 24.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Tired as hell, kinda sorta looking forward to my birthday Saturday and kinda sorta not so much, and I possibly haz a stalker at work. How’s you?

  25. 25.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Oooh! A stalker at work. That’s not good. Disregard my stalking-you comment in the above thread, plz. Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Yuuuuutsy, happy birthday to you! OK, it’s not Saturday yet. Deal.

    Me? I’ve had better days.

  26. 26.

    Commish

    That was awesome!

    As a Giants fan I’m in full partisan mode, while hoping that Rangers kid who walked 3 gets over it and comes back better than ever…..next year, vs. the Yankees.

    Go Giants!

  27. 27.

    WyldPirate

    @Scamp Dog:

    Man, they were talking about that column on Morning Blow yesterday after Mika read a print of the first Graf. Then, all of those stupid, overpaid fucks–Scaborough, Mika, Buchanan and that fucking useless twit Meachem were sitting there, saying, “I don’t get it, why do they want to listen to scientists and engineers”, and they need to “:make a climate that is good for business:”, and the American people get it, they know taxes don’t need to be raised”.

    All the while, the dumb fucks had the table covered with copies of the TIMES and wired to the gills crackberries and IPhones.

    BUT NONE OF THE GODDAMNED LAZY FUCKS COULD TAKE A FEW FUCKING SECONDS BETWEEN COMMERCIALS TO READ THE GODDAMNED COLUMN!

    And there is Friedman–once in every 6 months sounding sane and speaking the truth–that rampant spending and egregious tax cuts along with lax regulation was what got the economy in such fucked up shape.

    ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

    We are so goddamned doomed as a society when motherfuckers like those worthless pieces of dog shit on Morning Blow get paid exorbitant sums for being goddamned liars and fools.

  31. 31.

    Steaming Pile

    If there is still baseball to watch on Tuesday, I intend to watch it, and get my election results on Wednesday morning.

  32. 32.

    Steaming Pile

    @BerkeleyMom: Because his replacement wasn’t warm yet. The poor bastard was furiously warming up in the bullpen while the guy he was going to replace was falling to pieces. And then he came into the game while still not quite warm.

  34. 34.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: You’re allowed to stalk me though hon. It’s what a wifey is for!

    And this definitely is qualifying as unwarranted attention. He’s asked me several times now to hug him. It seriously is so disconcerting to ask that, especially of a fellow co-worker. If he shows up at my cube tomorrow (he’s done that twice now) with another something I’m gonna have a talk with our EEO folks. I’m really getting uncomfortable with this.

  40. 40.

    jl

    @Yutsano: Fine with me as long as he keeps it up. As you saw in a previous thread, we just have just so much damn fine food and booze in the SF Bay, no one can resist. Except me I guess, for the most part.

    See if you can persuade Cole to pop up to Seattle. I worry about the boy getting into trouble in Sin City. Two weeks is too long for him to be wondering around by himself.

  41. 41.

    freelancer

    @Yutsano:

    Wow. Uhhhh, I mean there’s a male nurse that is a little too enthusiastic to see me, but the worst that he’s gotten is asking about how my weekend was, so that’s harmless. Your situation sounds creepy as fuck, gay or straight, some people are just “off”.

  45. 45.

    Erikthe Red

    I honestly don’t recall the last time I saw an entire bullpen breakdown like the Rangers did in the bottom of the 8th tonight

    You must not have seen the Cubs in the NLCS in ’03. It wasn’t just the infamous Bartman incident that cost them that game.

  46. 46.

    Susan Ross

    They did the same thing vs. the Yanks in the first game of the ALCS, and looked pretty tentative throughout that series. They just aren’t very good, except for Feliz.

    This Red Sox fan doesn’t care who wins as long as the Yankees were sent home, although I admit to a growing fondness for the Freak & the Beard. Let Timmy Smoke!

  47. 47.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Ouch. No laughing matter. Yes. Do that. This guy, at the very least, has inappropriate boundaries. Good luck with that.

    @jl: By following him from thread to thread until he acknowledged me! Which took two seconds.

    @jl: Ha.

    See if you can persuade Cole to pop up to Seattle. I worry about the boy getting into trouble in Sin City. Two weeks is too long for him to be wondering around by himself.

    Bolded for emphasis. I like your Freudian slip.

  49. 49.

    shortstop

    I hit the wall at 8:00 last night after five nights of 2-3 hours sleep each. I missed the whole thing and it is killing me.

    @Erikthe Red: I’ll never forget the spooked look on Prior’s face. God, it was awful.

  50. 50.

    ricky

    They will talk about the bullpen collapse, but the Rangers would have lost 2-0 if their relief staff had worn the additional necklaces needed for proper circulation in the chilly Bay Area fall and done their jobs.

  53. 53.

    Byfuglien (pronounced Bufflin)

    @Erikthe Red: It’s considered bad luck and bad form to mention the name of that game and its anti-hero. We Cubs fans just call it “the Scottish game”.

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