Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

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

You can’t love your country only when you win.

T R E 4 5 O N

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

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

You cannot shame the shameless.

This fight is for everything.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

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

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

When do the post office & the dmv weigh in on the wuhan virus?

Peak wingnut was a lie.

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

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

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  4. 4.

    AA+ Bonds

    Let’s see, Rick Perry . . . “Governor Bank-of-America”.

    “Governor BoA” . . .

    “Governor Boa”.

    Wow. Has anything ever seemed so right?

  5. 5.

    Hal

    Ben Folds is so unassuming and kinda nerdy looking, so I was pretty surprised to find out he’s been married four times.

  7. 7.

    Kane

    Can you imagine what the media narrative would be right now if the positions were reversed? Can you imagine what the media would be saying about Democrats in congress if they had publicly stated that their primary goal was to hamstring a Republican president? Can you imagine what the media would be saying if Democrats decided to sabotage the economy for the sole purpose to damage the reelection chances of a Republican president? Can you imagine the headlines if Democrats had held the economy hostage and caused a credit downgrade…and then cheered? Can you imagine the media’s take if in a recall election, Democrats had placed fake Republicans on the ballot just to muddy the political waters? Can you imagine the stories if a Democratic Congress, elected in a mid-term election on the promise of creating jobs, had failed to provide a single jobs bill eight months after taking office?

    It’s doubtful that the media would be blaming the Republican president. It’s doubtful that the media would be offering the popular meme of both sides do it. It’s doubtful that the media would be providing a neverending stream of stories highlighting the discontent within the Republican party’s political base towards the Republican president, rather than focusing instead on the outrage of the vast majority of the Republican base towards Democrats.

  8. 8.

    JPL

    @Kane: It’s treasonous to question the president during a time of war. When Kerry campaigned, he was limited to what he could say because after all our fighting men were in harms way. Those were the good old days or iokiyr.

  9. 9.

    AA+ Bonds

    That Bank of America ear-whisper – shit. I always assumed that the world wasn’t really like my hyperbolic posts, but there it is. Confirmation of everything I believe about the world.

    I just imagined, I don’t know, a nice restaurant? More spit in the handjob?

  10. 10.

    AA+ Bonds

    If y’all don’t adopt “Governor Boa” right now, you are straight fools. That is front page material you clowns ugh (dragged into kitchen by suit-wearing Italians)

  13. 13.

    hilts

    Reihan Salam sinks to new depths of flaming douchebaggery with this commentary:

    One thing that is undeniably true is that American conservatives are overwhelmingly white in a country that is increasingly less so. As the number of Latinos and Asian-Americans has increased in coastal states like California, New York and New Jersey, many white Americans from these regions have moved inland or to the South. For at least some whites, particularly those over the age of 50, there is a sense that the country they grew up in is fading away, and that Americans with ancestors from Mexico or, as in my case, Bangladesh don’t share their religious, cultural and economic values. These white voters are looking for champions, for people who are unafraid to fight for the America they remember and love. It’s unfair to call this sentiment racist. But it does help explain at least some of our political divide.

    h/t http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/08/19/081911-opinions-column-racism-salam-1-2

  14. 14.

    sneezy

    @cathyx:

    Now all they need to do is get a lead singer who can sing and they’ll be all set.

    That’s what I thought, too. I like the instrumental parts of that just fine, but the vocals are pretty much unlistenable.

  15. 15.

    Hal

    @hilts:

    for people who are unafraid to fight for the America they remember and love. It’s unfair to call this sentiment racist. But it does help explain at least some of our political divide.

    Um, that would be a white America, but they’re not racist. Salam is a ridiculous conservative apologist, one of those Republican minorities who job is to show how “diverse” the party is. Just like the Log Cabin Republicans, or Herman Cain.

  16. 16.

    Head Bulshytt Talker in Chief of the Temple of Libertarianism(superluminar)

    @burnsbesq
    Yeah that match didn’t end well…
    Alsotoo, Nasri’s a little shit who couldn’t live on just 90k/week, no, he needs 180k/week or he might as well not bother. Fucker.

  18. 18.

    brent

    @cathyx:

    LOL. Well its Ben Folds band so I don’t think they will be changing the singer, Ben Folds.

    Really I have never cared much for Ben Folds but I would say that his charms have never really been about wowing anyone with his singing voice. His voice is really fine, suited even, for the type of stuff he writes and performs. Its clear and expressive enough for music that is designed to be simple and unassuming. A kind of stripped down pop which I think is meant as a contrast to the sort of heavily produced music of its time. I think this particular song hit its height of popularity in the late 90s.

    Just my two cents.

  19. 19.

    Suffern ACE

    OT-but what is a moneybomb and should I be afraid of it or looking forward to it going off today?

  21. 21.

    Samara Morgan

    will i get props for being right AGAIN?
    dig my old frenemy AllahP.

    They’ve already moved her tea-party speech on September 3 to a larger venue to accommodate the crowd. As I said on Monday, contrary to popular belief, I think she’ll end up jumping in.

  22. 22.

    Frank

    Years ago, I walked past a tree branch where my niece Emily made a nest of sticks all in a row on the branch and I asked her what was it? She told me it was a Crocagator nest and it was to make them more comfortable and hide so they can jump out of trees to hunt for people. So watch out for the Crocagators, they’re lying in wait…

    Now she’s a teen and goth, and she’s embarrassed about it. but it’s a great story. And damned if it wasn’t true. So just call me stumpy.

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