Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

No one could have predicted…

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

American history and black history cannot be separated.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to speak about ethics, morals, or rule of law.

The world has changed, and neither one recognizes it.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

The snowflake in chief appeared visibly frustrated when questioned by a reporter about egg prices.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

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

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

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  4. 4.

    Josie

    @DougJ – That is truly impressive. I have two brothers and I don’t think either one would have done that for me. I hope she appreciates you.

  5. 5.

    stuckinred

    “After being inadvertently hit with an opposing player’s elbow in the lip while playing basketball with friends and family, the President received 12 stitches today administered by the White House Medical Unit. They were done in the doctor’s office located on the ground floor of the White House.”

  7. 7.

    Sue

    @Josie: Don’t be impressed until you find out what kind of commentary that brother dear was providing during the movie. Unless I miss my guess, DougJ neglected to mention that his sister is no longer speaking to him, several items were thrown in his direction, and the phrase ‘get the hell out of here’ or age-appropriate equivalent was uttered.
    Three brothers, why do you ask?

  15. 15.

    asiangrrlMN

    You would have to pay me BIG monies to watch that movie. And, fortunately for me, football started at 11:30 a.m. Central whatever Time. Hm. I think it’s time for breakfast. Gotta move the kittehs.

    @jeffreyw: Man, I want that biscuit. I want it now.

    ETA: I cannot wait for the first stretch of sub-zero temps.

  16. 16.

    Keith

    From the Wikipedia of this film – “Released by Random House, the novels tell the continuing story of four young girls who acquire a pair of magical jeans that fit all four of them perfectly, even though they’re all different shapes and sizes.”

    You’ve got to be kidding me.

  17. 17.

    stuckinred

    @BGinCHI: It’s starting to get cold here. It’s about 40 in Birmingham and falling here on the Emerald Coast but this week has been great so no whining here. I just hope it’s warm enough to get out on the bay tomorrow morning, if not I’ll have to surf cast in my foul weather gear.

  20. 20.

    jacy

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Agreed. I don’t think you could bribe me enough to watch it. Maybe if I was plied with plenty of liquor, but I’m thinking that would just increase my mocking powers.

    It’s a blustery 50 degrees here — which is cold for our part of the country. And a 10% chance of snow!

  22. 22.

    JCT

    Daughter home from college for Thanksgiving — everyone is thrilled to see her including her beloved cat, Mango.

    He played it very cool at first — a little standoffish, but this morning he revealed how much he missed her by leaving a BIG dead rabbit in front of the TV so she couldn’t miss it. I have no idea how he got it through the cat door.

    This is the first time he has ever brought in a rabbit — I hope it is the last. Even my 16-yr-old son was horrified.

    Sigh.

  23. 23.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    @Mark S.: Damn right they’re fortunate, Mark.

    Could not happen to a nicer, classier program. Sonsabitches. Hope it just goes downhill for them from here. If it does, we’ve always got cheap shots and ejections from Auburn to entertain us.

    Now the halftime crew is lamenting them calling the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Nick “Sorry Cheapshot Motherfucker” Fairley. “The worst discretionary call I’ve seen in ten years.”

    Fuck you, whoeveryouare, and fuck Nick Fairley. And Cam Newton. And Gene Cheez-it.

    Never thought I’d ever say this, but Roll Tide.

  25. 25.

    Cat Lady

    @jeffreyw:

    Good goddamn jeffreyw, that right there is for the mf’in WIN.

    I see no problem with magical pants that fit no matter what, also too. I guess it’s a girl thing.

    ETA: especially if I was mrs. jeffreyw.

  26. 26.

    R-Jud

    I know what a Medal of Honor feels like, too! It’s metallic and pleasingly heavy. I think they cheaped out on the ribbon, though.

  29. 29.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    @stuckinred: Well I’ll tell you here in a couple of hours whether it was a good trade.

    So far, it appears that the Alabama team from the first half went out for beers and dressed out a different team in the second.

  30. 30.

    stuckinred

    @Evolved Deep Southerner:It was a good trade sho nuf. I have caught big fish on boats in deep water, from the surf and on the bay. Driving back to Athens yesterday or today would have been a bummer so ESPN it is. The game is tomorrow night, you knew that right?

  31. 31.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    Classic hoekstroika, DougJ.

    I am waiting for the bus home after a long day of retail. I know how the Bataan death march felt.

  34. 34.

    stuckinred

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: I went to the Ga Tech-Va Tech game last year a Dodd. The Jackets scored late to seal it and we headed out. Some undergrad decided it would be funny to jump on me and whack my head. I popped him in the mouth and the look on his face was priceless. I asked if he wanted more but he declined.

  36. 36.

    Nutella

    @Keith:

    The pants are a bit of magical realism but other than that it’s a classic young-hero-meets-challenges-on-way-to-adulthood story with girl heroes.

  38. 38.

    JPL

    Watching the Bama game is frustrating. I really don’t care who wins except for the fact, the BCS sucks and a Bama win could help secure its fate.

    EDIT.. Also, too I want to tell stuckinred to enjoy eating that nice looking fish he caught.

  39. 39.

    Gin & Tonic

    @JCT: My late lamented #1 cat once brought a rabbit into the house that she assumed was dead. It wasn’t. My wife didn’t like that very much.

  40. 40.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    Auburn is going to win this fucker, too, looks like. Son of a motherfucking bitch.

  44. 44.

    stuckinred

    @BGinCHI: Snapper season ended last Sunday. I went out Tuesday and we caught quite a few. The mate said, “they say you can’t keep em but they don’t say you can eat em” and proceeded to fry up a whole mess right on the boat. Proper southern fish fri it was!

  45. 45.

    Ash Can

    @Sentient Puddle: Between this and the earlier thread about the WaPo punking itself, I have to think that the folks at The Onion are getting drunk for breakfast these days.

  46. 46.

    stuckinred

    @BGinCHI: Snapper season ended last Sunday. I went out Tuesday and we caught quite a few. The mate said, “they say you can’t keep em but they don’t say you can eat em” and proceeded to fry up a whole mess right on the boat. Proper southern fish fri it was!

  50. 50.

    tesslibrarian

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: The only surprise about that play is it wasn’t Fairley that knocked McElroy out. Auburn hits to injure, not stop. That shit has to stop, and I don’t see why that isn’t an issue in NCAA the way it is in NFL.

    ETA: We’re going to the GaTech game tomorrow night, after our annual chili cookoff for the last tailgate. Right now our house smells of the Grit’s black bean chili. Mmmmm….

  54. 54.

    The Dangerman

    @stuckinred:

    I hate Auburn but that took cajones.

    Agreed; giving it over on downs with the other team in Field goal position … and with the other QB out … took guts.

  59. 59.

    tesslibrarian

    @stuckinred: He does, but he’s half-retired now. Jeff’s related to *everyone,* it seems.

    We live in Five Points, near Butts-Mehre. Before the Redcoats got their own practice field, we could hear them practice. We got out of the car to see the house for the first time, and could hear the band playing. At that point, my husband just hoped there wasn’t anything too wrong with the house, because he knew I’d just bought it.

    Damn, I hate Auburn. My freshman year, Auburn beat Georgia, and the players grabbed handfuls of hedge and threw it at the Georgia students in the stands. Amazingly, they have become less classy with time. I hope they lose it all.

  60. 60.

    Steeplejack

    @BGinCHI:

    Sorry for the delay. I had to grab some alcohol therapy and get off my feet when I got home.

    It was very busy at the second-tier mini-mall where my Big Box Bookstore is located. We were busy, but not swamped, all day. I had the season’s first occasion where I had to call a manager to come get some money from my register because I was carrying too much. (The system automatically tells you, and the manager took away $500 in twenties. The tills start the day with about $100-150 in them. And note–this is a store where at least half, if not most, of the customers pay with credit/debit cards.)

    After I got off work I went around to the grocery store, and all the other stores seemed to be doing big business: Ross, Michael’s (crafts and tchotchke store), the shoe warehouse place, etc. Parking lot very crowded.

    I don’t know whether the Black Friday frenzy will hold up through the whole season, but it was brisk out there today.

    Steep +2

  62. 62.

    tesslibrarian

    @tesslibrarian: I obviously am distracted by Grit chili right now. :-/

    If you frequent Big CIty, I’m sure we’ve crossed paths. I love that patio, and there is no comfort food quite like cheese toast made from one of their baguettes.

    Apparently, I need to go make dinner now….Go Dawgs!

  63. 63.

    sherifffruitfly

    Sheesh. I was hoping for Bama to win, to get bsu a shot at the title. But DAMN what a helluva comeback for Auburn – all props to them. And DAMN Bama really imploded themselves with dropped passes and turnovers.

  64. 64.

    stuckinred

    @tesslibrarian: We go every day but only from 7-7:20. I’ve been in Athens for 26 years so it’s a safe bet we have bumped. It’s leftovers here after days of fresh fish.

    As far a music in the air, we’ll miss the bugle from the Navy school.

    woof

  66. 66.

    JGabriel

    DougJ

    … I watched Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with my sister. Now I know how the Medal of Honor feels.

    I could be wrong, but aren’t there worse ways to spend two hours than ogling Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively, and Amber Tamblyn?

    .

  67. 67.

    parsimon

    @Steeplejack:

    It was very busy at the second-tier mini-mall where my Big Box Bookstore is located. We were busy, but not swamped, all day

    Ah, a fellow bookseller!

    That is good news; I’m curious whether you had a sale on to stimulate business, or whether this was just Black Friday ™ retail hoppin’.

  68. 68.

    Gemina13

    I watched Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with my sister. Now I know how the Medal of Honor feels.

    No. No, you don’t. And if it’s that much of an ordeal to you, do your sister a favor and never watch any film she likes with her again.

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