Many, many thanks to commentor Comrade Darkness for the news that brilliant cartoonist Allie has a new post up at Hyperbole and a Half:
Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving
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Packing all of your belongings into a U-Haul and then transporting them across several states is nearly as stressful and futile as trying to run away from lava in swim fins.
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I know this because my boyfriend Duncan and I moved from Montana to Oregon last month. But as harrowing as the move was for us, it was nothing compared to the confusion and insecurity our two dogs had to endure.
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Our first dog is – to put it delicately – simple-minded. Our other dog is a neurotic German shepherd mix with agonizingly low self-esteem who has taken on the role of “helper dog” for our simple dog. Neither dog is well-equipped with coping mechanisms of any kind…
You should click over and read the whole piece immediately. Unless you are eating, maybe, or at work in the sort of environment where fits of helpless laughter are considered ‘inappropriate’. Fair warning: If you have yet to be exposed to H&AH, it is the sort of blog that makes it very, very easy to lose all track of time. But reading it will improve your mood, and probably your day.
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
Looks like DADT will pass and Lieberman will get a fair amount of credit.
Remember how the Professional Left™ wanted to throw Lieberman out of the caucus and when he was kept, someone we all know went all Glenn Close in “Fatal Attraction” and bellowed it was a “BETRAYAL!”.
How will the Professional Left™ deal with the egg on their face?
Will they still launch a holy war to defeat him in 2012, and if they do, will anyone care after the biggest civil rights victory in 45 years?
In short, isn’t the repeal of DADT a significant blow to the Professional Left™ ability to raise funds and sow self serving dissension?
Anyways, congratulations to Lieberman on getting re-elected in 2012. Hell, I’m gonna send him a maximum contribution just pee off the PL™.
NobodySpecial
@Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century): Hmm. Collins and Lugar have announced they’re gonna help stop a filibuster, and Murkowski and Ensign have indicated they’re gonna vote for repeal.
And yet Mike Kay can only give props to his buddy Lieberman.
Kay must have had his wallet stolen by a hooker who looks like Jane Hamsher long, long ago.
LesGS
I have a friend who is both a devout evangelical Christian and an Ayn Rand Objectivist. No, I have no idea how she fits both of those approaches to the world in her brain at the same time.
I’m a liberal UU atheist.
But we both agree that H&AH is freaking amazing.
Lysana
Loooove H&AH.
Her explanation of the problem of responsibility and how she can’t handle it? SO true. I am not an adult, either.
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
@NobodySpecial: I have to give him props, it’s on the noted right wing rag, Daily Kos.
But I love this. This is delicious. You guys who claim to be members of a reality based community are so overcome with emotion, specifically hatred, that you’re taking leave from your precious fealty to rationality, reason, and reality to ignore and discount all accounts, even by the Ayn Rand loving/fascist DKos, that the little midget from Connecticut deserves credit for rounding up votes for the bill he directly sponsored.
in short, you claim to be better than the teabaggers, but in reality you’re just as emotional and irrational.
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
@NobodySpecial:
how dare you say she looks like a “hooker” — that’s sexist.
My goodness. I never! How obscene.
hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahah
you better call a doctor and see if he can get that bullet outta ya foot.
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
@NobodySpecial:
man the signing ceremony is gonna kill the PL™.
The hated and loathed secret republican Barack Obama presiding over a dramatic moment in US history with Lieberman in the first row. Hell, dare I say it, it will even be …. no, I can’t say, okay…. bipartisan.
I can hear you guys already choking.
Joey Maloney
What’s the matter, you didn’t get enough negative attention on the previous thread? Does someone need a time-out?
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Ol’ Serpenthead, classy as always…
Carville: If Hillary Gave Obama One Of Her Balls, ‘He’d Have Two’
Suffern ACE
@Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century): You’re really on the wrong blog. Why don’t you go over to Americablog and try to make them cry there if you need to spend your venom?
Seriously, I’m happy that DADT is very close to being repealed but you’re killing my buzz since you seem intent on not actually letting me be happy. You’re actually no different from the professional left either.
If Lieberman hadn’t rounded up the votes but instead it was Feingold would you think the win less than perfect because people wouldn’t be crying enough?
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
@Joey Maloney: yeah, you should check my last comment, sad to see so many lefties have no memory banks.
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
@Suffern ACE: people like me made this possible, the pragmatists. It’s was the hotheads who wanted to cut off their nose to spite the little bastard for CT who endangered it. And for what? For what? So they could get payback for Lamont.
this is a teachable moment.
This will happen again in the future. Hotheads will want to purge some ass like Lieberman from the party. But people should learn that it is wise you keep you enemies close, because you may need their future vote.
Purges and emotion solve nothing. But then again, I belong to a true reality based movement – the pragmatists.
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
Man, Americablog is gonna have an impossible time raising money now that they can’t manufacture outrage.
patrick II
@Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century):
As it seems to stand now, the vote will be about five over the needed amount. You would have a better case if Lieberman was the deciding vote, perhaps then I might believe he wasn’t just jumping in front of the parade.
stuckinred
My bride had to go out of town for a funeral last night and I’ll pick her up at the ATL airport at dawn tomorrow and head to the gulf coast for the week. Our pups go whack-a-doodle as soon as one suitcase comes out. With all the preparations the past couple of days they are just nutty. “Please take us, please please please please!!!”
donnah
Thanks for the dog link! I read it yesterday after I saw it at Dependable Renegade’s blog and have been sending everyone I know there to read it.
I laughed so loud I woke up my teenage son, which is saying something…
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
@patrick II: it’s his bill. he wrote it.
didn’t you know that? damn. our school systems are failing.
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
@stuckinred: congrats on the marriage, you old grunt.
What number is this for you?
Let us know who the beaches look.
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
@patrick II: See, if you kept up to speed then this old, old, old news story from March wouldn’t be such a surprise:
Phyllis
I love pie for breakfast.
JPL
Anne, The first thing I do when I get us is read about rescue animals. At first I was disappointed to see a link to another post but gotta say it made my day.
@stuckinred: Have a wonderful time.
Joey Maloney
@Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century): I saw your last comment. I thought it was equally as silly as your first comment. Your thesis seems to be that Joe Lieberman would vote against something he publicly said and privately thought was the right thing to do because his fee-fees would still be hurt if he had been kicked out of the caucus, or disciplined in some way, for voting against a bunch of things he publicly said and privately thought were the right things to do.
Here’s an equally reasonable counterfactual: Lieberman gets keelhauled and that serves pour encourager les autres. Then Harry Reid can tell Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln to quit fucking around on HCR and he has a credible threat to back him up. As it stands, Democratic senators know there are no penalties for destroying party discipline.
Of course if Harry Reid had the balls to do that, he’d have the balls to keep bringing up the defense authorization bill over and over, each time hammering the Republicans for their manifest hatred of “the troops”, until they slink off in abject humiliation. And I would have my own personal unicorn farting lavender-scented rainbows that drifted around my house, catching the sunlight in a most beguiling and attractive fashion.
Platonicspoof
Good morning Anne,
The last couple of years John has had posts where he invited the commenters to promote the crafts, paintings, etc., that they create.
I don’t see all of the BJ posts, so I wonder if he has done one of those lately?
If not, is John interested in doing that again?
/ I don’t sell anything myself.
Scott
Allie Brosh is the Demon Queen of Infinite Awesome.
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
@Joey Maloney: you seem to be talking past me now, perhaps it your booze or weed.
the question is simple, do you get his vote if you kick him out of the party? no.
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And what I don’t get is even if you keelhaul lieberman to encourage the stragglers to get into line, were do you get the 60th vote when lieberman lies at the bottom of the ocean?
JPL
@Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century): I’m shocked that you are indicating that Lieberman can be bought!
Suck It Up!
@Platonicspoof:
he did it over a month ago, I think.
Emma
Stuckinred: At least they want to go with you. My cat refuses to accept that I can be away from home for more than a day. He jumps on things while I’m packing, he snarls at the suitcase. However, he reserves his best for my return, The moment he hears the car in the driveway –and don’t ask how he knows it’s me, because usually I get picked up at their airport and not always by the same person — he goes to my bedroom and takes a dump on the bed… and stares at me with beady eyes as I complain.
And I don’t give a s/it how we got to repeal. It’s happening, and that’s all that matters. And since it will be repealed by Congress, it can’t be reinstated by fiat by any president.
Kristine
@Lysana:
That post is my favorite H&H, but this new one is a very close second. My pups stare at me, then come up to me and sniff and paw and try to figure out Why Mom Is Making All Those Strange Noises.
Violet
I just love Hypoerbole and a Half. Thanks for the heads up on the new post. I laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe. Allie has such a way of capturing the truth and hilarity of situations.
Omnes Omnibus
@Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century): Are you going to spam every thread with this? Will it be just this morning, or are you going to do it all day? It would help to know.
Svensker
@Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century):
Even Hitler was nice to his dogs and his secretary.
Lieberman is a disgusting, slimy piece of shit. I’m glad he appears to be doing something good for once is his twisted little life. Now let’s vote his ass out.
Sincerely yours,
The Eggless Left
themann1086
Hyperbole and a Half is so good. So, so good.
The alot is better than you!
JCT
@Svensker:
+1
I’d volunteer to put my boot to his back. Repealing DADT is simply the *right* thing to do, it’s a ridiculous law. You do not get a free pass from a career filled with craven mendacity just because for once you do the right thing. Wow, you think maybe that just might be setting the bar a bit low for our elected officials?
And thanks a million, AL for the link — I’ve been chuckling all morning.
JMC in the ATL
@Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century): Here’s a crazy freaking idea: you can dislike someone and disagree with 90% of what they stand for, and still work with them on those areas where you have common ground. There’s contradiction there, it’s called sucking it up and getting the job done. Aka bipartisanship. Aka governing. Lieberman is one the right side of an issue, which is great. I’m happy to agree with him for once, but that doesn’t change how I feel about his positions in general.
MattF
Hyperbole and a Half is wonderful. Tough to pick a favorite posting, but this one, whose final illustration is possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever seen, is a good candidate.
sherifffruitfly
That blog is 100% winflakes. The shower products for men video in the post after is fucking hilarious.
someofparts
wonderful link
thanx
ruemara
@Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century):
1. Quit crowing about the PL. They’re not always wrong, they’re just always loud.
2. Thanks for the link. Despite many attempts at asking for clarity, I’ve never gotten 1 article that explains what DADT repeal will be replaced with.
3. This will not save Lieberman’s ass. That’s what primaries are for and I can’t wait to support a real democrat. If he’s progressive, I’ll be living in my car, just so I can send checks to him.
You Don't Say
Thanks for the link to Hyperbole and A Half. Hilarious.
Gozer
Big ups to Allie Brosh.
My fave is the sneaky hate spiral.
licensed to kill time
Hyperbole and a Half is one of those sites that you send all your friends and relatives and passing acquaintances to, it’s just that good. It’s a place you can’t describe, because you have to see the drawings that complete the great stories to get the full experience.
It’s like the Happiest Place on the Internet(tm) :) Yay Allie!
daveX99
Thx, AL.
I have added H&1/2 to my own blogroll (where it now resides along w/BJ). Teh awesome.
Fleem
Farf?
Paul in KY
Damn, that was funny!
Paul in KY
@Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century): It ain’t passed yet.
Ab_Normal
My favorite H&H is the revised pain scale, which I’ve threatened to take to my doctor & physical therapist. “I’m somewhere between Seeing Jesus and Being Eaten by a Bear, thanks.”
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
@ruemara:
When have they ever been right? Every one they’ve ever supported has lost. Every one. It’s like the kiss of death. Geez, they even lost on the pot initiative in california, just two weeks ago.
Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century)
@JPL: why would you be shocked, he has a long history of corruption.
Adam C
Joe Lieberman continually campaigns for war, torture, and an authoritarian police state. But I forgive him now because he suggested one time that we stop actively discriminating against gays in the military. Whoo. Hoo.
Angry Black Lady
Allie is the funniest person on the internet.