Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

This fight is for everything.

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

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

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

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

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

When I was faster i was always behind.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

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

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

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  4. 4.

    PurpleGirl

    The weather in NYC is gorgeous — blue skies, a few clouds and a good breeze. (You should see my bedroom curtains dancing in the breeze.)

    I’ve managed to get together enough money to pay the August rent.

    I gotta get out and take a walk. It’s too nice to stay indoors.

  5. 5.

    Hunter Gathers

    NFL free agency is about to start. Not that it’s anything really positive, but a cramming 2 months’ worth of activity into two weeks should at least be interesting.

  7. 7.

    keith

    The GOP appears to be a week or two from attacking one another with machetes. That is positive AND entertaining!

  8. 8.

    jwest

    I assume that by “positive” you don’t mean the polls showing Obama losing by a landslide?

  11. 11.

    Linda Featheringill

    I just got back from the doctor’s office for a checkup and I’m even healthier that I thought I might be. I’m actually in better shape than I was last year.

    It looks like I’ll be able to stick around and aggravate you guys for a looong time yet.

    :-)

  13. 13.

    wenchacha

    1. My daughter returned safely from her first cross-country trip!
    2. Not as hellaciously hot as it was all last week.
    3. I am reaping quarts of blackberries and raspberries daily from my yard.
    4. There are probably some other things for which I can be thankful/grateful.
    5. I do not depend on the vicissitudes of Congress for my happiness, although I suppose Congress could make my future less bright. I will endeavor to be “in the moment.”

  14. 14.

    bemused

    I would be chortling about the US Chamber and business groups heavily funding teaparty republicans and now not being able to control the monsters they created if we aren’t all screwed as a result. Karma isn’t supposed to come back on the victims, just the perpetrators but it isn’t working out that way.

  19. 19.

    Raenelle

    When I need something to take my mind off politics, I go watch the Arrested Development Chicken Dance montage on YouTube. It really helps put things in perspective for me.

  21. 21.

    JPL

    Well good news the Braves won last night, unfortunately it was because of a bad call.
    The fix is in all the tea party reps appear to be backing the boehner plan.

  23. 23.

    Montysano

    On Monday night, Mrs. Monty and I lucked into tickets for a concert by The Civil Wars. This show, like 95% of their shows, had been sold out for weeks.

    It was marvelous.

  24. 24.

    AAA Bonds

    All the Brit and American alphabet men are screeching that Abdel Basset al-Megrahi was at a pro-Gaddafi rally in Libya (REALLY? NO!)

    I thought bombing Libya was just a terrible idea before this, but holy shit, someone we released to Gaddafi is at a Gaddafi rally? 180 DEGREE TURNAROUND IMMINENT.

    Don’t worry, though. I’m sure that “steady stream of defections” they’ve been talking about since May is just about to kick in. A real corner-turner!

    So no, Doug, not really.

  25. 25.

    The Moar You Know

    I’m sitting on top of a metric fuckton of ammunition, booze, cheap cigarettes and silver. Bring on the default, I’ll be sitting pretty as the neighborhood warlord.

  27. 27.

    Poopyman

    I have many cats and they are all healthy. As is Mrs P, but there is only one of her.

  30. 30.

    Omnes Omnibus

    The apartment to which I am moving this weekend has cherry hardwood floors.

  31. 31.

    TooManyJens

    I took two Vicodin for my back pain without having had breakfast or lunch, so I’m feeling pretty mellow.

    Edit: OH! And Doctor Who is coming back on August 27.

  32. 32.

    Han's Big Snark Solo

    To think of anything positive to say today. Can you think of anything?

    Yes, I’ve been informed by my conservative relatives that global climate change isn’t real. Which is great news! It was 104 yesterday and I was starting to worry that Al Gore is not only fat, but that he is correct as well!

    Whhhoooo, that’s a relief!

  33. 33.

    Violet

    Okay this cracked me up:

    Boehner Asks GOP for Unity on His Debt Plan
    __
    Faced with a conservative Republican rebellion, House Speaker John Boehner asked for Republican unity Wednesday, saying he needed “an army” standing behind him to support his plan to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit.

    He’s got to beg his own party to stand behind him? Bwahahahahah!

    And when did Cantor get on board?

    Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) also defended Boehner’s plan, saying in the meeting that he was tired of hearing Republicans criticizing other Republicans on cable television. He told lawmakers “we all need to rally together,” the aide said.

    Are they starting to panic a little bit?

  34. 34.

    JC

    After all the sound and fury, aren’t we looking at a version of the Reid plan, with some adjustments?

    Which does NOT cheer me up, by the way. All the sound and fury, just to have RELIEF that the country made it past this manufactured crisis, while celebrating the fact that the rich are asked to do NOTHING MORE, and we have no plan to stimulate the economy.

    Oh, and the 10 year ‘adjustments’, also do nothing to increase revenue, which is absolutely needed.

    Isn’t this the endgame of this?

    The only good news is mainly political, in that the Rethugs actually LOOK LIKE thugs, although muted by the ‘both sides do it’ BS of the press.

  35. 35.

    AAA Bonds

    We are still at war in Libya, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, and Somalia. Those are the ones we know about.

    And isn’t that why we elected Obama in the first place? I’m positive!

  36. 36.

    A Mom Anon

    I’ve been rewatching the Ken Burns National Parks mini series again. It’s a really good peek into a large chunk of American history. It’s a very beautifully made documentary. I watch that and Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations when I am massively bummed out,it helps.

    I have a bad feeling that I’m going to have to hire a lawyer. The insurance company of the lady who plowed into my car Friday won’t return my calls or emails. I managed to reach their 800 number and they said they’re sending an adjuster out to look at my car tommorrow,but the claims rep was supposed to call me on Monday and so far she’s unreachable. Meanwhile I have no car and I really cannot afford a rental indefinitely. This wasn’t my damned fault,why should I have to pay for a damned thing? Gah. Time to watch more DVDs,lol.

  37. 37.

    Montysano

    I’ve been working my way through a list of 30 great movies of the ’70s, and forcibly inflicting some of them on our 17 year old daughter. This results in much sullenness, heavy sighing, and eye-rolling.

    Last night was “Cabaret”. She thought it was “awesome”.

  39. 39.

    TooManyJens

    @JC: On the bright side, the Bush tax cuts are still set to expire. So there’s another opportunity to raise revenue coming up. Not saying it’ll happen, but at least there’s another shot — and it doesn’t require getting a bill past the House.

  41. 41.

    FlipYrWhig

    @ JC:

    Oh, and the 10 year ‘adjustments’, also do nothing to increase revenue, which is absolutely needed.

    I think next year we’ll see a big push on “tax reform,” and we’ll see what that yields. The Grand Bargain there is probably a tradeoff between lower rates and fewer deductions and incentives, what Obama called “expenditures in the tax code.” The Republicans will probably renew the push to make the additional upper-income tax cuts permanent, but a larger discussion of tax policy could outflank them.

    ETA: TooManyJens got there before me!

  42. 42.

    Martin

    The insurance company of the lady who plowed into my car Friday won’t return my calls or emails.

    Why are you doing that? That’s why you have an insurance company. Call them, and they do all that shit, and if it was the other person’s fault, they’ll get their money from the other persons’s insurance company, and if lawyers need to be involved, they have lawyers.

    And ask your insurer to cover a rental.

    Remember, the other company doesn’t want to talk to you – you’re not their customer. Your insurance company does want to keep you as a customer. If you were rear-ended, that’s pretty open and shut the other person’s fault.

  43. 43.

    quannlace

    The weather in NYC is gorgeous—blue skies, a few clouds and a good breeze. (You should see my bedroom curtains dancing in the breeze.)

    Ditto. After last week’s hell-fire heatwave, today we’re having a perfect summer day. Also, my tomato plants are finally setting fruit and just saw my first little zucchini.

  47. 47.

    Ash Can

    @Omnes Omnibus: Don’t harsh the poor guy’s buzz. Getting trashed for breakfast is all he’s got.

    @Violet: I saw that too. It makes me think the big-money players are really bringing the hammer down at this point.

  48. 48.

    JC

    I’m positive.

    I’m positive that the Rethugs are retards.
    I’m positive that the press are amoral careerists.
    I’m positive that there is no political movement to challenge the banksters and the wealthy.
    I’m positive that global warming is getting worse.

    I’m positive about all kinds of things!

  49. 49.

    Judas Escargot

    @(bemused, Omnes):

    Maybe the rest of us are picking up some karmic credit.

    Karmic Default Swaps?

  50. 50.

    Martin

    @FlipYrWhig:

    but a larger discussion of tax policy could outflank them

    That’s part of the reason to reform the tax code. The ‘Bush Tax Cut’ issue has become toxic for both sides. Rewriting the tax code simply eliminates it as an issue.

  51. 51.

    TenguPhule

    House Speaker John Boehner asked for Republican unity Wednesday, saying he needed “an army” standing behind him to support his plan to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit.

    I’m positive the term that comes to mind here is Fragging.

  52. 52.

    Brachiator

    @Ol’ Dirty DougJ:

    Can you think of anything?

    Sadly, no. I have been really moved by this listing of the Norwegian Dead.

    As Dante said in “The Inferno,”
    ch’i’ non averei creduto
    che morte tanta n’avesse disfatta.

    I could not believe death had undone so many.

  54. 54.

    Violet

    @A Mom Anon:
    Having just gone through something similar, it was a huge relief to finally hire a lawyer to take care of it. Dealing with the other person’s insurance, my insurance, the health insurance companies (who don’t want to pay for any injuries because they’re from a car accident so the car insurance should pay, or so they say), was a huge hassle. They’d call at all sorts of hours all the time, but if you tried to call them they wouldn’t return calls or they’d put you on hold for two hours (yes, TWO hours).

    When the lawyer was hired, all those calls magically stopped. Plus, the lawyer knew the ins and outs of how to deal with the other party’s various representatives, and in one case the other party (who said they were “too busy” to be deposed).

    Also, what EVERYONE who had been through it before said was DO NOT SETTLE for AT LEAST six months. It takes time for injuries to show up and the minute you settle, you can’t claim for anything else. You can settle for the property bit (car, any other losses) but settling for the injury part too soon can be detrimental to you.

    Good luck. I’m so sorry it happened. I hope you are okay.

  55. 55.

    Corner Stone

    Turkey Club sandwich for the free lunch win!

    See? It’s easy to be happy if you choose to.

  56. 56.

    JPL

    JC, Will the news portray them as idiots? Personally, I don’t think so. Boehner will pass a bill that insures the downgrade of US government by rating agencies and still be perceived as a hero by MSM.

  57. 57.

    bemused

    Omnes @19,

    Hopefully! I think Karma, FSM or God work on a different time frame than we do. I have seen some interesting outcomes in my life, Karma-wise, that took some time before happening.

  58. 58.

    Paul in KY

    Montysano, surely she liked ‘The Sting’ and ‘American Graffiti’? How can you not like either of those?

    Same with the 1st 2 Godfather movies.

    Edit: Good point Martin on the Insurance stuff.

  59. 59.

    Linda Featheringill

    @A Mom Anon: #37

    Not a good sign when the insurance company is not returning your calls. Wonder what the heck?

    Maybe you should go a little higher in the organization and complain that you need a bit of attention and returned phone calls, too.

  60. 60.

    eemom

    @ Mom Anon

    be aggressive with the fuckers. Find out who the company’s CEO is and send him/her an e-mail setting out the history and threatening to sue them for bad faith if they don’t get their shit together.

    Bad faith is, yes, an actual claim that can be brought against an insurance company that fails to fulfill its contractual obligations. Generally it’s brought by the insured person but I’m pretty sure a claimant can assert it as well.

    Fuckers.

  61. 61.

    MagicPanda

    On the bright side, the sun won’t turn into a red giant and destroy the earth for another 5 billion years.

  62. 62.

    Paul in KY

    Brachiator, went over to the list. So sad. I hope they make that smug fucker’s life a living hell from now on. I would try & fix it so he never sees the sun again. Every court appearance in the basement of some building. Transport him at night, etc. etc.

  63. 63.

    JC

    Toomanyjens, flipyrwhig,

    It will still be crazy Republicans that Obama has to deal with.

    Although you are correct, having the Bush tax cuts expiring, is quite the leverage.

  64. 64.

    Jules

    Captain America did not suck.
    New Dresden Files book Ghost Story is on my Kindle and I stayed up till 3 AM reading it.
    I work for myself so I slept late.
    My dog who sometimes pees on the floor has figured out I do not get mad if you do it on the linolium instead of the carpet.

  65. 65.

    martha

    @31 Omnes
    Cherry floors? Sounds great…east side, west side, Isthmus? I hope you’re as well as you can be on a somewhat rainy Wednesday in the summertime. Good luck with the possible job…

  66. 66.

    JPL

    Paul in KY @ 63.. In my perfect world, Beck would go on FOX and apologize and show all the pictures of the dead. At that point he would be thrown in a dungeon for being a danger to mankind.

  67. 67.

    artem1s

    @freelancer:

    I crew for a friend. Wednesday is race night. he has a Frers 33. 1980s racing/cruiser. Similar to a C&C.

    Heading to Put-in-Bay next week with a friend on her Pearson 26.

    It’s much cheaper to sail on other peoples boats. :-)

  68. 68.

    Martin

    Just FYI. A few years ago my wife was rear-ended, sounds similar to A Mom Anon’s story. We called our insurance, they cleared us for a rental, got an adjuster out the next day, got our car approved for the repairs, and we paid the deductible. They contacted the other person’s insurance and the police, the police put the fault on the other driver, their insurance paid our insurance and our deductible which was refunded to us or credited to our next bill, I forget, and the rental cost. Apparently there was some irregularity on the other persons’s end (college student out of state, who wasn’t covered to be out of state permanently, so they actually sued the driver for the full amount of the claim, something like that – but we got that through someone who happened to know the other driver) but we didn’t have to deal with any of that.

    Didn’t cost us anything but inconvenience and the temporary loss of our deductible. No mark on our insurance since it wasn’t my wife’s fault, and we had the car back the next week, and a rental the whole time it was out for repair. I think it was 2 phone calls from us total, and everything else came from our insurance company.

  69. 69.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @ martha:

    Moving from the Isthmus to the west side, near the Middleton border.

    Unrelatedly, but connected to the hiring a lawyer part of the thread, I just received a letter from opposing counsel in a case accusing me of trying to squeeze money of his client by threatening to drive up costs unnecessarily. I simply had detailed some of the discovery avenues that would need to be pursued in order to prepare for litigation. I then suggested that these expenses could be avoided on both sides if we settled. The thing is, if we go to trial, I will have to pursue the avenues I detailed. Unnecessarily, my ass.

  70. 70.

    jibeaux

    The weather outside, as Robin Williams said in Good Morning, Vietnam, is hot and shitty, with continued hot and shitty in the afternoon. But the good news is they’re calling for 105 on Friday and it’s not Friday yet! It’s still only Wednesday.

    Also, I discovered this show Justified, which is a guilty pleasure. Rawr.

  71. 71.

    eemom

    Just saw over at memeorandum even a Politico headline admitting

    GOP IN CHAOS

    tee hee.

    I bet NoBoner needs a drink reeeeaaaal bad right about now.

  73. 73.

    JC

    It is gorgeous weather here. And I’m feeling good, when not thinking about politics.

  74. 74.

    bemused

    Judas @50,

    Ha, good one.

    Wild blueberries are ripening. We just started picking and have 6 qts in the freezer. More berry picking tonight. Except for mosquitos it’s lovely and quiet out in the woods. After getting her fill of slurping up blueberries, one of our dogs found herself a moose jawbone. She looked pretty funny and proud of herself trying to balance the bone as she carried it back to our pickup. Yes, she got to take it home.

  75. 75.

    jwb

    Ash Can: They are still only trying ideological persuasion at the elite level. They are going to have to cut the astroturfing money spigot off and get Fox, Limbaugh and the rest of the Wurlitzer to start hammering the teatards to get this thing under control. I also question whether the overlords actually have a consensus that the teatards are a problem. There is undoubtedly also a contingent who believe the beast can be controlled without killing it. At this point, I do believe that killing the beast is their only real option, but, unfortunately, I think too many of the overlords are still in denial.

  77. 77.

    burnspbesq

    In 23 days, I will be done with BigLaw, hopefully forever. The idea of not having a paycheck scares the shit out of me, but I am confident that there is demand for what I do.

  78. 78.

    A Mom Anon

    @Martin 69
    Well,it took my huband calling corporate and threatening to hire an attorney,but I now have a rental car reservation and the adjuster has moved me to the first appt tommorrow. Heh. Pisses me off though,it’s almost like they didn’t want to deal with a mere”girl”. The claims rep called and the lady who hit me totally lied about what happened so this could get ugly. According to the cops,she was at fault(she slammed head on into the back of my car)so there shouldn’t be an issue,but it pisses me off that she’s totally lying her ass off.

  79. 79.

    Brachiator

    @JPL:

    In my perfect world, Beck would go on FOX and apologize and show all the pictures of the dead. At that point he would be thrown in a dungeon for being a danger to mankind.

    In a perfect world, families would not be mourning.

    Inigo Montoya: Offer me anything I ask for.
    Count Rugen: Anything you want…
    [Rugen knocks Inigo’s sword aside and lunges. But Inigo traps his arm and aims his sword at Rugen’s stomach]
    Inigo Montoya: I want my father back, you son of a bitch!

  81. 81.

    Paul in KY

    JPL, that would be fine for Beck. I was talking about the POS murderer.

    Edit: burnspbesq, what will you be doing? Enquiring minds want to know.

  84. 84.

    burnspbesq

    @eemom
    @ Paul in KY:

    Solo. The theory is that there are a growing number of small and midsize companies going international, who need international tax planning and transfer pricing services and will be happy to pay a lot less than BigLaw/Big Four prices. Plus I have very extensive tax controversy experience.

  85. 85.

    catclub

    “Plus I have very extensive tax controversy experience.”

    I assume that does not mean a long term in a federal penitentiary.

    But you never know.

  87. 87.

    4jkb4ia

    Big trade today. Colby Rasmus, star of the future, Trever Miller and Brian Tallet for Edwin Jackson (starting pitching), Dotel, Mark Rzepscysnski, and Corey Patterson.

    This counts as good news because my Mom swears that Rasmus doesn’t really understand baseball. Not sure it was needed because all the starting pitchers except for Carpenter are pitching over their heads.

    Good luck, burnspbesq.

  88. 88.

    burnspbesq

    @catclub:

    It means I know what to do if Yutsano or any of his pals send you nasty-grams.

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