Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

We still have time to mess this up!

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

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

When we show up, we win.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

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

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Let there be snark.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

Those who are easily outraged are easily manipulated.

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  2. 2.

    RossInDetroit

    I’m amazed and depressed by the dumb factor in the USA. Do people in other countries also lack the remotest idea how their tax dollars are spent? Tell me we aren’t the only ones.

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    hamletta

    Took me a while to get that cartoon. I think “leaden” is the perfect description.

    In happier news, 54° on Sunday! Break out the guitars with whammy bars! Scumberland beach party!

  5. 5.

    Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)

    Is it cool if I punt on the whole Stalin thing? The neighbors are from Georgia, you see and, gosh, I’d just hate to make a big fuss over all that.

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    General Stuck

    Republican family values ain’t what they used to be. And I for one, applaud this woman for lending her magnificent attributes to public service .

    Tennessee state Rep. Julia Hurley (R) told Hooters Magazine that her experience as a waitress at Hooters “helped prepare her for a run for public office — even when opponents tried to make a campaign issue last summer about her past employment and photos from her modeling career.”

  8. 8.

    jnfr

    My weather addon is telling me that it’s three degrees outside but helpfully adds “it feels like minus two”. I am always sick of winter come February, but this year more than most.

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    Ija

    Hilarious poll at the League in response to DougJ’s question on evolution and global warming. Aren’t these people clever? They are soooooo clever and brilliant. DougJ should be ashamed of himself for calling them out. They are brilliant and reasonable people, damn it, how dare DougJ imply anything else?

  11. 11.

    Cliff

    I wish the wind would STFU already, but I guess it’s supposed to be here for a while.

    I was hoping to get some sleep before Europe opens, but it sounds like that’s not happening

    aaaaarrrggggghhhhhh!!!!!!

    sigh.

  14. 14.

    J. Michael Neal

    I didn’t get the auditor job I interviewed for last week, fuck it. I sent out a bunch more applications today. And I’m mostly over a cold.

  16. 16.

    suzanne

    @J. Michael Neal: I’m sorry. :(

    I can’t get the baby to sleep at a sane and reasonable hour. This is Teh Suck.

  17. 17.

    Suffern ACE

    @RossInDetroit: I’m assuming that we are relatively unique in that average folk (and even reporters) can find out for the most part where the money is spent at all levels of government. Generally speaking.

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    piratedan

    @suzanne: if you have a bassinet Suzanne, try placing the babe in the basket and place it on the dryer and set it for fluff cycle….when my kids were small we found that or driving in the car the best way for them to calm down from sensory overload of the day

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    hamletta

    @General Stuck: To be fair, she worked at Hooter’s to work her way through Maryville College, which is one of those good little librul arts schools you’ve never heard of.

    But then she got knocked up.

    And then her manager at Hooter’s hired her back and worked with her until she worked off her baby weight. Which is really heart-warming and not at all slutty because…shut up, that’s why!

    She’s probably pretty smart and hard-working (say what you want about Hooters, but waitressing is hard enough without the meat parade), but I can’t help but think she’ll shut off avenues to help young women who find themselves in similar situations.

    Because it’s what Republicans do.

  22. 22.

    Chris Grrr™

    @Yutsano:

    To quote Jim Rome: “Oh I get it. It’s just not funny.”

    Ah.

    I write a lot of things that aren’t funny, though they’re supposed to be… and no one’s currently paying me any ducats at all.

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    Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)

    @Ija: good grief. That’s what passes for funny @ LoOG? ‘Cause I know some 6yos. They know some knock-knock jokes. Blow the doors off that joint for reals.

    I think you’re right. A straight poll would reveal things about their readership they’d prefer not to know. Better to sway to the siren-song of their fawning, cheeto flecked commentariat.

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    goblue72

    Sully’s glibertarian stunt doubles are at it again. This time, the argument is that since Social Security was so effective at reducing elder poverty so that seniors don’t wind up eating catfood anymore, its evidence that…wait for it…we don’t need social security:

    http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/02/what-if-we-scrapped-social-security.html

    These guys couldn’t be bigger idiots if they tried. There’s a reason the best jobs they can hope for are Koch-licking glibertarian pundits.

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    Yutsano

    @goblue72:

    The limited time I’ve spent covering public employee unions makes me think that Wilkinson is right

    When your own damn words are telling you to STFU, then maybe, just maybe, you should heed that instinct young Conor.

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    MikeJ

    If all these public sector young bucks employees are driving Cadillacs and eating t-bone steaks why hasn’t Conor signed up?

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    Dr. Psycho

    Seems like the stupid is almost as thick as the snow out there.

    Liar! There is nothing unusual about the snow falling outside! There is nothing unusual happening in the planet’s climate, you revisionist swine!

    Quit looking out the window! If Fox News tells you that there is nothing of interest in the weather, then there is not!@matt: @suzanne:

  32. 32.

    Blackfrancis

    Oh yeah!

    http://teapartyreview.com/

    The first national magazine for, by and about the
    Tea Party Movement
    NOTE: Please be advised that Explore is not showing our webpage correctly. Use Firefox, Safari or Googlechrome.

    What the hell is Explore?

    The video on their page is priceless as well.

    “We will give you the truth, the facts, and the best way to respond.”

    (You can’t think for yourself, let us do it for you)

  36. 36.

    Mark S.

    @goblue72:

    Conor quoting some other dipshit:

    For example, we could enact something like a Guaranteed Minimum Income and abolish Social Security entirely, saying, in effect, we’d rather not provide lifestyle insurance at all (if you want a comfortable retirement, then you’d better plan for it) but we don’t want anybody to live in conditions of true poverty, elderly or not.

    Christ, if you’re living on Social Security, you’re probably not having steak dinners every night.

    It would be nice if Sully could get some guest bloggers who have matured enough to have descended testicles had at least some fucking life experience, or, barring that, have at least talked to some people who have. Cause I sure know some old people who aren’t living high on the hog, and I sure as hell don’t think they need their benefits means tested.

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    Yutsano

    @Dr. Psycho: I wonder if you hold a mirror up to their faces if they actually see a Republican staring back. I doubt it. But I bet you don’t see criticism one of Republican policy in that rag.

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    goblue72

    @Mark S.: They’re unmitigated selfish pricks. I mean, sheeeee-it, if only we had something like a “Guaranteed Minimum Income” – you know, a check every senior got in the mail every month with just enough money to make sure they could pay the rent and not live off catfood. Wouldn’t it be just great if we had something like that?

    Balls out morons. Wouldn’t survive one day in a real academic discipline.

  39. 39.

    JGabriel

    @Ija:

    Hilarious poll at the League in response to DougJ’s question on evolution and global warming. Aren’t these people clever?

    Snooze. That place is a sausage fest. Boys clubs are boring.

    That said, the poll itself is about as funny as a Fox News joke. I knew conservatives couldn’t write a decent joke if their lives depended on it — which, to be fair, isn’t the ideal joke-writing environment — but I thought libertarians were supposed to be at least semi-competent at it.

    Guess I was wrong.

    .

  40. 40.

    goblue72

    @JGabriel: Comedy requires empathy for the Everyman, the Other, the Oddball and the Profane. Empathy your average liberal has in spades, but your average conservative does not.

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    JGabriel

    @Yutsano:

    I wonder if you hold a mirror up to their faces if they actually see a Republican staring back.

    You know how Dorian Gray’s painting gets older? Republicans keep a similar painting in their attics, only instead of getting older, it grows red horns and an evil black goatee. And once in a while, it cackles.

    .

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    Boudica

    @Mark S.: Perhaps this is referring to people like my in-laws who have quite a comfortable retirement income and don’t need social security but take it anyway. (They paid into it, they earned it.) He would have Guaranteed Minimum Income paid to those who need it but cut it off to those who have other pensions/savings.

  44. 44.

    BruceFromOhio

    @Blackfrancis: I have signed up for the newsletter and look forward to the Tea Party news on “Conservative Woman.”

    Regrettably, the free market solution selected by the site owner has resulted in a remarkably shoddy site presentation. I conclude that the Tea Party also hates WordPress.

    Move America Forward has these clowns beat by a countrified mile.

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    Josie

    Means testing of a sort already exists. My late husband paid into social security for more than 40 years, but, because I receive teacher retirement (wow, I’m so wealthy) I cannot access any of his social security. An official told me that it was Reagan who did that when he “fixed” social security.

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    Emma

    Mark S: I used to laugh at imbeciles like this but lately I’m a little less forgiving. My parents saved for their retirement. They worked hard and did the best they could, until my father’s job disappeared and all he could get for the last seven working years of his life (well, sir, you have all this experience and we know we could get a good solid job out of you, but, see, there’s this 23-year-old right out of school with no experience at all but we can pay him about 1/3 the actual going rate for technical translators with expertise) was part-time work. Amazing how soon all those savings dribble away, especially if you’re without health insurance.

    They’re Ferengi without the funny.

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