Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

In my day, never was longer.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

Republicans in disarray!

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

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

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

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  1. 1.

    J

    Hmm, somebody in there around 50 seconds or so certainly looks good in leather. I don’t know about the song though — no sound here at work.

  3. 3.

    Joe Beese

    “Here’s video of President Obama Friday afternoon, signing his tax cut deal into law and hailing it as a bipartisan victory for middle-class families”

  4. 4.

    arguingwithsignposts

    Since this is an open thread, I have to mention this post by MattyY that includes the following words strung together:

    As a fan of David Frum, and of Mitt Romney

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    at the end of the day Ross Douthat is right

    That’s some serious Juicebox Mafia circle-jerking there.

    via Instaputz

  6. 6.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    @Joe Beese: I shouldn’t write this here perhaps but my favorite headline of the day was Wonkette:

    Tax-Cut Thing Passes House Easily, Sent To President Bush For Signature

    You don’t have to think “Obama is just like Bush” or even that it was the wrong move in order to find that depressingly funny, in my opinion, just the idea of signing the Bush tax breaks into law again….. oy.

  8. 8.

    General Stuck

    Time for another moment of wingnut Zen

    Looks like another Federal Judge down in Florida is getting ready to rule against ACA, seemingly the increasingly legal meme of somebody got to stop obama and the libtards.

    The lizard brain opines

    But lawyers representing the state officials argued that the insurance requirement was unconstitutional because it would, for the first time, require citizens to buy a commercial product.

    That’s right, life saving medical care is a commercial product, like buying a teevee, or car, or Xbox. And the commies are out of control, and something needs to be done. This rabid savior complex mentality is sweeping through the winger cadres like Cholera. And I now fully expect the SCOTUS five robed masters of the universe, to save the American wingnut damsel in distress and draw a line on use of the Commerce Clause with the HCR mandate, therefore opening the Pandora;s Box of wingnuttery to go after every progressive law that has ever been passed with the CC.

  9. 9.

    Omnes Omnibus

    Today is my 6th anniversary. Tonight, we shall be dining at L’Etoile. I am looking forward to it. I am have trouble deciding between the 4 and 5 course tasting menus.

  13. 13.

    Crusty Dem

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    What, considering going w/o the cheese plate? In Madison? I don’t even know you anymore..

    Not that I ever knew you..

    (Edited for local precision)

  16. 16.

    Dennis SGMM

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    Congratulations! Staying in a relationship is sometimes not for sissies.

    “She may get weary,
    Women do get weary,
    Wearing the same shabby dress.

    When she gets weary,
    Buy another shabby dress…”

  17. 17.

    Crusty Dem

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Then skip it. I’m not the biggest beef eater, but I’d get two separate courses of the Fountain Prairie Farm beef.

    Congratulations and have a great dinner!

  21. 21.

    Mnemosyne

    Any Arizonans (?) in the house? I’m thinking about donating to an Arizona animal shelter in my mom’s name instead of buying her a gift she won’t use. Any recommendations? No kill is preferred.

  26. 26.

    Jewish Steel

    Don Van Vleit. That sucks.

    69 for a rock legend is like 400 to you and me. The guy mustve been made of steel.

  29. 29.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

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    It was very wise of President Obama to sign his Bush Tax Cuts Deficit Upgrade bill so quickly; otherwise, Republicans may have accused him of holding it hostage until the DADT, START, DREAM Act and government spending bills were passed.
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    Uncle Clarence Thomas

    @Corner Stone:
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    Uncle Clarence Thomas, why did President Obama legitimize President Bush’s country/soul destroying tax cuts this way?

    Corner, the answer is transparently obvious to even the most casual observer: because in order to save the country. And you can quote me on that.

    But remember, this is only the 7th Dimension of his overall strategery.
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  37. 37.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

    @Corner Stone:
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    Uncle Clarence Thomas, if He is saving the country by destroying it, then what can we expect during the next 4 dimensions of His strategy?

    Corner, President Obama will select only the very best ideas from every party – Republicans, Tea Baggers, Conservatives, and the Religious Right. The next four dimensions are going to be the deepest, richest ones… the big, fat ones.

    That reminds me – Ginni! Four dimensions letters, bitch… C-O-K-E… And here’s four more – N-A-O-W!

    I has spoken.
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  39. 39.

    BobS

    Sad news about Captain Beefheart. Safe as Milk is an easy introduction to his music for those unfamiliar.
    I picked up a copy of The Headphone Masterpiece a couple months ago. It’s a nice hybrid of R&B/hip-hop that sounds like Cody ChesnuTT was paying attention when his parents played their 60s/70s music.

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