Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You cannot shame the shameless.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

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

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

No one could have predicted…

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

The revolution will be supervised.

T R E 4 5 O N

Everybody saw this coming.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

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  4. 4.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @kdaug:

    Yup. If they were from Russia you can bet that someone would be raising hell right now. Well some repub probably will be raising it but it’ll be at the local level and ignored by the rest of the repub pols and media.

    That way they can get their hate of Joos and Messicans on, raise money and win elections!

    The important things that the GOP loves about America.

  8. 8.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Bnut:

    The price of local weed has been dropping over the last few years. You can score an oz. of killer green for $150 around these parts. I pay a bit less than $100 an oz. for mine but I am a MM card holder so I get to pay cost. The hard economic times are even hitting that industry but at least the markets for it makes corrections to keep sales up, something our Galtian Overlords ought to try every now and then.

    But then these guys are just trying to make a few bucks to get by, unlike the Masters of the Universe.

  12. 12.

    Jager

    We make the best damn drones in the world, why would those bastards buy drones from anyone else? They buy all their guns from us, why are they fucking with us when it comes to the drone market. I want Issa on this as soon as the new congress is seated! Ungrateful fucking Mexicans! i knew you couldn’t trust those shifty bastards! Obama was just down there, this is probably his fault. A guy like John Bolton would never put up with this kind of bullshit from Mexicans….

  13. 13.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Doin’ okay tonight. Another hectic Christmas shift, but it didn’t really get to me. I’ll just be glad when it’s over.

    And I don’t think the economy is back yet. The stores are busy, but, to take ours as an indication, we’re not doing as well as planned. We were supposed to do about $45,000 today and did about $38,000. And we’ve been dragging like that the last week or two.

    How you doin’? Are you getting enough cold weather and snow?

  14. 14.

    Bnut

    @Odie Hugh Manatee: Jesus H Christ. That’s some good prices, wherever your parts are. I pay ALOT more for really, really good stuff here in the NYC. I do have a delivery service, so that is a factor. Talking the same price for a quarter. And yes concern trolls, I have no qualms about talking about this on the internet. Uncle Sam already took my good health, why do I care if I get monitored?

  15. 15.

    Angry Black Lady

    oh good. i was just about to post an open thread because someone ::looks around:: insists on touting the benefits of freezing one’s ass off on my gomer pyle thread.

    i’m considering turning the heat on. there’s wet stuff outside. and i’m cold. so cold. i don’t think i like LA’s attitude right now.

  17. 17.

    Roger Moore

    If they’re going this crazy over one little drone crash, imagine what they’d be like if a local wedding party were blown up with a Hellfire missile. But somehow they lack the capacity for self-reflection necessary to recognize the irony of their complaints.

  19. 19.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Jager: You. You made me laugh hard. I appreciate it.

    @Steeplejack: I’m glad it wasn’t too bad. Sucky about the economy, though. Sigh. I went out tonight. 11 degrees. Was nice. Still have our snow piles, so I haz a happy.

    @Angry Black Lady: Girl, don’t make me have to think about getting off my flat ass and cutting you. ‘Coz I will (think about it, I mean). I have my heat set for 60 degrees at night. And, I sleep nekkid. So there!

  20. 20.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut: I am not above playing matchmaker here. It would definitely be worth it just for the priceless family reactions. Though I am in a situation where the worst thing I could bring home is a Marine, so there is that.

  23. 23.

    Jager

    @Roger Moore:

    Yes sir, if a big old Baptist wedding party was blasted in some shit ass border town, there would be hell to pay.

    Of course if it hit the reception hall it would only kill the women, children and the fucking hillbilly band, cause the men would all be out sneaking drinks in the parking lot. If they hit the lot the men would be dead along with a few kids getting laid in pickups, Monte Carlos and Firebirds. I’ve been told that how it works at a Texas Baptist wedding.

  25. 25.

    Roger Moore

    @Jager:
    But it might be a good thing if we flattened a few wingnuts’ houses. After all, it would force them to go to the government for help, which would teach them the importance and value of a strong government.

  26. 26.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut: The wedding would be worth it for the food alone. Knishes and challah for days. And I do make a mean rugelach if I do say so myself. Plus the two of you breaking the glass together would make quite a sight.

  27. 27.

    Bnut

    @Yutsano: You have never lived until you’ve had my father’s raspberry rugelach. That’s usually what I lead with on the first date. 26 and single, who could guess? lol

  28. 28.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Bnut:

    Yeah those are good prices! Two years ago the same guy was unloading it at $300 an oz. and straight-up for a qp ($1,200). Now you can get a qp (street) around here for $450, $1,600 for an lb.

    Believe it or not, it’s the medical marijuana reform here in Oregon that did it. Now that people who qualify can get, grow or have someone grow it the sales of illegal pot have dropped and the dealers have all had to adjust.

    Egads! I just realized that soshulized weed is destroying the free market! Someone tell the libertarians and conservatives!

  29. 29.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Roger Moore: Except, they would decide it’s OK for them because they are special flowers who deserve it. Not like those damn welfare queens and such. Sigh.

    @Yutsano: I’ll wear black and cry into a hankie and wail about how my baby is all grown up! I’ll bring the wontons and the dumplings. Oh, hell yeah. It’s going to be the event of the century. And, I will bring my famous Kung Pao Chicken. It’s the one dish I make well.

    @Bnut: Oooh, younger man! This is getting more and more intriguing.

  30. 30.

    Joey Maloney

    No, it means they have the emotional maturity, intelligence, and general grasp of reality of a roomful of brain-injured toddlers on a meth-mescaline cocktail.

    S(illy)A2SQ.

  31. 31.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut: I am indeed sensing a plan of attack here. Methinks some frequent flyer miles may come into play. One small hang-up: are you allergic to dogs?

    BTW have a great rabbi friend who would officiate in a heartbeat. And possibly be my date as well.

    @asiangrrlMN: Morticia gown. Nothing more nothing less. And black lace hankie. If anyone gives you grief, say it’s traditional for weddings in Taiwan. The fact that this is true for Japan does not change your answer.

  33. 33.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut: Female rabbis are da shiznit bar none. Every one I have ever met was amazing. Lemme know how your cousin does and if she would like a mentor/friend from a gay bodybuilder rabbi from Atlanta. I told you he was cool.

  36. 36.

    Bnut

    @Yutsano: I have zero place in my life for religion, but if I did, reform Judaism is where it would be. That girl loves her bacon more than I do.

  38. 38.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut: I’ve done kept my kashrut kitchen, and I totally respect those that can.

    :: stares at Emily Hauser ::

    But Judaism is as much a culture as a religion. We had to be. We wouldn’t have made it this long more or less intact without that unique cultural tie. Plus according to Frank Herbert we make it as far as 10,191 CE.

  40. 40.

    Mnemosyne

    I haz a sad — the rain kept us away from the Holy Petting Zoo tonight. It’s kind of been our holiday tradition.

    Oh, well. At least I got some good progress on my gift knitting.

  41. 41.

    Yutsano

    @Angry Black Lady: To quote that great food critic and faboo gay gentleman Ted Allen, “Bacon is nature’s most perfect food.” And yes one of these days I will work up the nerve to make my own. Though I may have to borrow my dad’s smoker.

  42. 42.

    Bnut

    @Yutsano: I find myself defending Jewish culture and practices, even when I don’t agree with it. I’m only half-Jewish, yet I identify with that half more than the WASP Kansas other side. I suppose it’s just being with whatever people are more accepting. If I married a black woman, my mother’s mother would have shit a brick. My dads side (the Jewish one) could give 2 fucks.

  43. 43.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Mnemosyne: Oh man that looks like fun. Too bad you couldn’t go. You’re in CA, right? Damn rain! Doesn’t it know it’s supposed to stay out of your state? Except for SF. Yay for the silver lining, though.

    @Yutsano: I love Ted Allen. He’s just soooo…yeah.

  45. 45.

    Mnemosyne

    @asiangrrlMN:

    It is, because they usually bring in some cool animals, like llamas and burros, in addition to the usual goats and sheep. Last time, they had little potbellied pigs running around in the pen.

    Sadly, only kids or people with kids get to actually go inside the pen, but it’s still fun to watch and to pet the ones who come close enough to the fence.

  46. 46.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: The crack I used to make was Kyan was the one I would fuck, but Ted I would marry. He is happily off the market however. Sigh. I always have Peyton though.

    @Bnut: I’m the exact same split: Dad is Jewish, Mom is Catholic (guess how fun THEIR wedding was! NO ONE from either side attended!) and I always gravitate more to the Jewish side. I’ve also discovered this amazing richness and diversity even within Judaism. Plus I love the whole we rule the world thing.

  47. 47.

    Angry Black Lady

    @Bnut: my mom is jewish and she married a black man in the 60s. my grandparents (the jew side) were a little “really? wtf?!” at first, but quickly adapted. then my mom was all “oh yeah, we’re adopting a black baby.” by then nothing could really phase my grandparents.

    ETA: my dad grew up catholic. went to catholic school. it didn’t take.

  48. 48.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Mnemosyne: That would be awesome just to see–even if I couldn’t pet them. But, but, but, that’s singlism/childfreeism/! I can’t really blame them, though. I suppose it’s just easier that way.

    And, y’all are making me sad because I am not part Jewish or part Catholic. Mom was Christian and Dad was nominally Buddhist when they met. He converted, so to speak. Since they met and married in Tennessee, no one from either side of the family was there.

  49. 49.

    Mnemosyne

    @Angry Black Lady:

    ETA: my dad grew up catholic. went to catholic school. it didn’t take.

    Out of sheer nosiness, was your dad originally from Chicago? That seems to be where Catholicism made the most inroads. (Though I guess New Orleans probably has a lot of black Catholics, too.)

  51. 51.

    Bnut

    @Angry Black Lady: You realize you are not helping your own cause here. Apparently we are betrothed. A whip-smart lawyer and a jaded former Marine. Sounds like a match made in divorce, lol.

  52. 52.

    Yutsano

    @Mnemosyne: I had it in my head there was a large black Catholic community in Baltimore as well. But that marriage sounds made in NYC to me, and they have just about everything there.

    @Bnut: And gawjuss. And loves dogs. And is more or less politically compatible. Sprout my little seeds, sprout!

  54. 54.

    Uriel

    @Angry Black Lady: @Yutsano: See, Really, on a fundamental level, don’t get this. I mean don’t get me wrong- I like bacon ok. But that’s it- it’s ok. That’s really it- it’s not like it’s creme brulee, or hollandaise sauce, or crab. It’s just you know, salty pork.

    But, for some reason, everyone I run into, mention bacon even in passing and they turn into this guy here.

    Heck, the bar i play trivia at, (which is a classy place that offers all of the items i mentioned above,) actually has a menu item entitled “cup of bacon.” It consists of, and I quote “six strips of bacon.” It sells for $3. And I totally don’t get it.

    I’m pretty sure it is this fact, and this fact alone, that leads to my continuing sense of existential separation form my fellow man.

  55. 55.

    Yutsano

    @Mnemosyne: It’s one of the funny things about Seattle: there really is no strong religious identity here. They all seem to be more or less evenly distributed. I have seen a few full face veils on the bus before. Some of the brocade work is stunning. I think it’s their way of expressing themselves but still staying true to their faith.

    @Uriel: Nope. Like any other food bacon can be made terribly and can also be overdone. But the way I get folks to start begrudgingly liking bacon again is carbonara. Bacon in an egg and cream sauce with tons of cheese and pepper in pasta. Nom.

  56. 56.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Uriel: Oh, shit. That’s the reason I feel so alienated! I don’t love the bacon!

    @Yutsano: I’ve had good bacon. I like it in things. I just don’t go into orgasmic raptures over eating bacon itself. Alas. It’s a cold, cold world.

  59. 59.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Bnut: Tease! I still haven’t figured out who you were in the last vid (besides tattooed pec guy). And, of course, no face shots. Harrumph.

    I’m out. Turn off the lights when you’re through.

  62. 62.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut: Oh she’s just pouting. She’ll get over it soon enough. Or keep hounding you for a better picture one of the two.

    BTW I can already tell this vid is gonna make me pine for the Dawg. Sigh. His ass better get home for Christmas leave soon.

  68. 68.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut: “Ahh Jesus. I like him very much. But he no help with curveball.”

    PS: I think we’re the only two left awake.

  69. 69.

    Bnut

    @Yutsano: He def didn’t help my sorry ass with it. As my coach once told me (and kept me on the team to keep the average GPA up) “Shake a tree, 10 gloves fall out, and 1 bat”. I was a glove.

    P.S: Probably true. But those elitists have sweet jobs. So fuck them, lol.

  70. 70.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut: I was a proud band geek for a reason. Only one of my brothers who had zero interest in sports. It kinda broke my father’s heart because when I could be persuaded to play SS I was a brick wall. Pretty accurate with my throws too.

  72. 72.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut: Music took me just about everywhere in high school and college. And you know, not to put too fine a point on it, but playing in a military band is a pretty sweet gig if you can get it.

  73. 73.

    srv

    You know you’ve reached the end of the internets when google shows you as the top result of a random search on something you haven’t thought about in 10 years.

  74. 74.

    Bnut

    @Yutsano: No joke, last day of boot camp, joking around with the DI’s, one mentioned he was originally in the Marine Corps band. I asked if he played the skin flute. Was not a good day for me.

  75. 75.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut: And you lived? :)

    It would explain if you have a rather well-defined chest however. You were probably doing push-ups and pull-ups through graduation.

    @srv: We haz reached Peak Interwebs?

  76. 76.

    Bnut

    @Yutsano: I had the luck of having 3 former gang members as DI’s. No love for white boys, Jews, or smartasses. And no one leaves bootcamp ripped. You run too much, eat too little and are far too stressed to gain weight. I went in at 200 lbs, came out at 175, and have kept it at a solid 160 since then.

  77. 77.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut: Yeah. The Dawg dropped to 230 in OCS then hit the weights like mad and topped out at 275. Pretty impressive for 6’7″.

    And I’m spent. And you should probably find your pillow as well.

  80. 80.

    Shalimar

    @Mike Kay (Democrat of the Century):

    one the most hideous neo-cons EVER (amity shales) opposes the tax deal.

    She opposes it because Republicans had to give 10% to get 90% and that is against her code. Because Amity Shlaes is the kind of woman who would mug a homeless man just to teach him that his life expectations were too high.

  81. 81.

    Moses2317

    Today should be the big day for the Senate vote on DADT repeal. Here are the Senators who need to hear from us most to urge them to vote for fairness, equality, and military readiness by repealing DADT. While you are at it, also urge them to vote for the DREAM Act and the START Treaty ratification.

    Olympia Snowe (Maine) – (202) 224-5344

    Susan Collins (Maine) – (202) 224-2523

    Scott Brown (Massachusetts) – (202) 224-4543

    George LeMieux (Florida) – (202) 224-3041

    George Voinovich (Ohio) – (202) 224-3353

    Jim Webb (Virginia) – (202)-224-4024

    Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) – (202) 224-6665

    John Ensign (Nevada) – (202) 224-6244

    Richard Lugar (Indiana) – (202) 224-4814

    Mark Kirk (Illinois) – (202) 224-2854

    Joe Manchin (West Virginia) – 202-224-3954

    Winning Progressive

  82. 82.

    amk

    Daymn, mehicans seem adept messing with and in getting a rise from amurikkkans in more than one ways.

  84. 84.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Angry Black Lady: “ETA: my dad grew up catholic. went to catholic school. it didn’t take. “

    Same here. I guess the ‘spirit’ never ‘moved’ me. I always felt like an outsider, like I was only going through the motions so everyone else wouldn’t know. I was even an altar boy for four years (and escaped any errant groping). I finally gave it all up at about 14, after my parents divorced because my devout dad thought seven kids was too much and found another devout catholic to start over with.

    I made the right choice and have never looked back.

  87. 87.

    JGabriel

    Shalimar:

    She opposes it because Republicans had to give 10% to get 90% …

    Almost literally. 50 billion for the 10% unemployed vs. 100 billion for the top 2 %. Do the math and it means we’re giving an extra 10 dollars to everyone in the top 2% for every 1 dollar we add to unemployment benefits.

    That’s fucking evil.

    .

  89. 89.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Bnut: With tons of gear surrounding it! I demand clear pics. I demand clear vids. If I am going to encourage ABL to be your betrothed, I need to know what I am she is getting into. Ha! You and Yutsy are so damn funny. Sorry I missed the rest of the convo.

    Amity Shales needs to go back to Amityville and STFU.

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