Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

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

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

I really should read my own blog.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

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

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

People are weird.

Fight them, without becoming them!

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

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  1. 1.

    PaulW

    Watch her body language as he’s giving a brief bio of her film and tv career. The way her eyes look up when he gets to Mad Men. Oh good lord, she’s still acting!

  2. 2.

    LGRooney

    Had a thought on the bus this morning regarding the indictment against John Edwards. Usually these things take place after some RW rage-a-thon about how nothing’s being done about this latest national trauma. So, I was thinking, way too optimistically I am sure, that perhaps this is a prelude to Wall Street prosecutions or prosecutions of some GOPers on similar grounds and going after Edwards give them a solid arrow in their righteousness quiver that it is not about prosecutorial persecution of Obama’s enemies.

    A man can dream…

  3. 3.

    gypsy howell

    Huge MM fan. Still hate the ending of season 4. Hate hate hate the direction Matt W took this.

  4. 4.

    tomvox1

    In which Bobo goes to bat for Ryan’s “premium support plan.”

    Keep it up Brooksey! You’re going to help hand us the House back!

    As an aside: When Brooks says this to express his derision about gubmint programs and their largess…

    Republicans at their best are skeptical about top-down decision-making. They are skeptical that centralized experts can accurately predict costs. In 1967, the House Ways and Means Committee projected that Medicare would cost $12 billion by 1990. It actually cost $110 billion.

    …we have no idea which dollar year(s) he is using to make this comparison: 1967 dollars? 1990? 2011? One from column A & one from column B? Who knows? But, uh…bureaucracy bad!

  7. 7.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @tomvox1:

    In 1967, the House Ways and Means Committee projected that Medicare would cost $12 billion by 1990. It actually cost $110 billion.

    One has to wonder if Bobo has ever heard of a thing called “inflation”, or if the figures provided were discussed in 1967 dollars projected out to 1990. Some context would be cool, here.

    But Bobo’s intellectual dishonesty is legend, so I’ll let y’all make the call.

  12. 12.

    PurpleGirl

    @WereBear: Awww!!! Kitteh pictures are cute — especially the one where the cat is being tickled. Hoping you have much success with the new site.

  16. 16.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @The Snarxist Formerly Known As Kryptik:

    OT, sort of…the web does this thing…

    That link goes to CBS, and they’re characterizing Weiner’s leaked photo as “explicit”. Um, no. A rascal wrapped in cloth is not “explicit”, unless they care to describe the package displayed by the deserting coward as he stepped onto the flight deck of the Abraham Lincoln as “explicit”.

    But, then again, IOKIYAR applies. Silly me.

  17. 17.

    BerkeleyMom

    Thanks for the Mad Men fix…and Meghan’s teeth. Please don’t hurt her Don.

  19. 19.

    Tim, Interrupted

    OK, I’ll say it: Is it just me? Am I the only MM devotee who thought this young lady’s acting on the series was HORRIBLE? She looks great in mid century clothing, this is for sure; like she stepped right out of a 1964 Life Magazine ad, but good god, the woman is wooden and there is just something weird in her affect that put me off and seemed inauthentic.

    Also, too, furthermore, and additionally: Can we talk about the overbite? Jessica is beautiful until she talks and then one keeps wondering what’s with the buck teeth? My partner and I discussed several times if it was possible that Weiner had her wearing prosthetic teeth for some bizarre plot reason. Perhaps she would turn out to be a Soviet spy in disguise?

    Either way, the first time Draper kissed her character, I expected her to pull back from the lip lock with Don’s severed tongue clenched between her horse teeth.

  20. 20.

    gypsy howell

    @Tim, Interrupted:

    No it isn’t you. That’s all the MM-related blogs could talk about for weeks and weeks. And weirdly, Matt W even made a script point out of her teeth.

    I don’t dislike Jessica Pare, but I just could NOT get into her character. Despite all the rapturous talk about MM’s stellar writing, I thought the whole Megan character was poorly written, and her story arc very stilted. Plus, it seriously creeped me out in every scene that she and Don were romantically involved. And the ending…. UGH. Turned me off to the whole season.

  21. 21.

    Tim, Interrupted

    @gypsy howell:

    Gypsy, now that you mention that, I do remember Don and Meghan on the balcony somewhere and her saying something about her teeth and him replying he thought they were beautiful or some such bullshit. Actually, I think it wise of Weiner to go ahead and acknowledge something everyone’s noticing anyway.

    AS for the weirdness of their relationship, I agree, BUT it is creepy/off kilter stuff like that helps keep MM very interesting and keeps me coming back.

    The engagement proposal and Don’s attraction to Meghan is very unbelievable and bizarre, UNLESS you consider that Don Draper may still be far stranger and bizarre than we have any idea. Sometimes I think I wouldn’t be terribly surprised to see him show up at the ex-wife’s and do a murder/suicide, kids and all.

    Of course, I would not mourn Betty, but…

  26. 26.

    JenJen

    @BerkeleyMom:

    Please don’t hurt her Don.

    Unpossible!! You just know he’s going to crush her somehow.

    I wasn’t crazy about the direction Season 4 took, but at least Megan is nice to little Sally Draper. Bet Sally’s gonna be a hellraiser in Season 5 though. I can’t wait!!

  27. 27.

    Skipjack

    I think Jessica Pare had a real challenge on her hands to make Megan interesting beneath the surface. She says herself she didn’t know much about the character until near the end of the season, and anything she did to make herself “interesting” might have thrown off the more important ensemble work going on. She got a chance to show us much more of her character while they were in LA and I think that was sufficient to show how Don could pull a Roger.

    Now that I’m used to her teeth I also think she’s totally gorgeous.

    And for anyone who is surprised that an actor would act while being interviewed, don’t forget that they are there to work.

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