Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

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

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

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

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

We still have time to mess this up!

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

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

Human rights are not a matter of opinion!

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

So very ready.

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

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  1. 1.

    Darnell From LA

    Lemme’ just say thing one time: It doesn’t matter that Romney gives crisper answers in debates.

    It doesn’t matter that Perry lies, dodges and otherwise dissembles.

    Listen to me: It doesn’t matter.

    — Perry IS a Christian, while Romney is a Mormon.

    — Perry is from Texas, while Romney is from “Tax-a-Gay-o-chussets.”

    — And Perry one of “them”, while Willard IS NOT.

    Perry WILL be the nominee, even if it short-dicks the GOP elite, Fox News, and the Media-villagers. The rump of the GOP will see to it! See if I’m not right!

  2. 2.

    schlemizel - was Alwhite

    I think we’re all glad to see the end of this particularly angry and brutal Silly Season…

    WAIT . . . you think it is going to get better?!? Crap, I wish I could share your optimism but next year is the election year & I’m afraid angry and brutal will look like the golden days of summer by this time 2012.

  3. 3.

    harlana

    I for one, always hate to see the summer end. Here’s hoping more republican fuckbuggery will provide enough entertainment to keep me warm.

  4. 4.

    BruceFromOhio

    Hmm, lessee, onset of seasonal affective disorder, aggravated arthur-itis, dickheads who forget how to drive in the snow, even though it snows every Gaia-damned year, dead brown gardens, no more hammock time …

    Sorry, I’d like it all back again. I know the folks down south would prefer to move ahead, but I’m still stung that August is over.

    (sulks)

  5. 5.

    harlana

    @Darnell From LA:

    Perry WILL be the nominee,

    Please let it be so. I’m counting on it, that’s how I’m able to laugh at these evil clowns – they will be irrelevant soon enough.

  6. 6.

    schlemizel - was Alwhite

    @Darnell From LA:

    I’m reminded of an old Charlie Brown cartoon (from back in the time when it was actually funny). Charlie is mad at being abused by the others and finally shouts, “You just wait, some day I’ll be the President! Then you’ll be sorry!”

    Lucy looks back dead-pan, “You bet we will be sorry.”

    I used to tell that joke about Boy Blunder & it got big laughs. Perry could make him look like an Apostle if he wins.

  8. 8.

    TheMightyTrowel

    @harlana: To answer your question from the last thread: Gay republicans exist for a number of reasons, some of which are as follows: they don’t much care about gay rights AND/OR they aren’t terribly thrilled to be gay AND/OR they don’t much like women/minorities AND/OR they are very wealthy and like living as plutocrats AND/OR they are proponents of US militaristic imperialism AND/OR they are fundamental christians who buy into much of the social conservative schtick AND/OR they are climate change denialists AND/OR they are liberatarians AND/OR they are Andrew Sullivan AND/OR they were raised that way.

    A lot of gay people, like most everyone else, have lots of unexamined priviledge, some of which makes it easier for them to support and vote for politicians who work against (some of) their interests. Also, speaking as a lefty member of the LGBTQI alphabet soup, gay people of all stripes are just as variable in their beliefs and practices as non-gay people – why shouldn’t some of us be f*ck-wits like the str8s?

  9. 9.

    Lojasmo

    Temps slipping into the mid sixties, and I could not be more pleased. The board is waxed and sharpened, and we have season passes to two local ski areas. Bring the snow.

  11. 11.

    Earl

    the end of this particularly angry and brutal Silly Season…

    Don’t worry, the angry and brutal silliness will continue…

  15. 15.

    Omnes Omnibus

    Autumn is my favorite season. Summer is my least fav. (except for the one day in August that is my birthday; please send presents).

  17. 17.

    schlemizel - was Alwhite

    I just read that an active duty military member got boo’ed at the debate last night. Anyone here with constitution strong enough to have sat through that shit fest that could elaborate?

  18. 18.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @THE: I have always admired the persistence and tenacity shown by those you in the Southern hemisphere. It must be such a struggle and effort not to fall off the earth.

  24. 24.

    beltane

    As I age I’ve noticed the summers growing shorter and shorter. When I lived in NYC I welcomed the fall, now that I live in northern New England, I dread it. It’s not the cold that bothers me so much, but the darkness.

    @schlemizel – was Alwhite: Yes, a gay active duty military member was booed in response to a question about DADT. None of the flag-lapel wearing candidates on the stage dared to rebuke the audience for booing.

  28. 28.

    Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal

    the most important thing about fall is football. baseball is boring, soccer is for kids who can’t play other sports or have overprotective whiny parents who know deep down their kids are inferior. hockey iis great but its not football.

    football is great because every type of athleticism has its place within the game, its fully integrated and explosive.

    i never rue the end of summer, because it always comes with the start of football. when you have sweat through 2 and 3 a day practices, the rain, the cold, the chill, is like a respite that only sharpens the senses.

  33. 33.

    THE

    @Linda Featheringill:
    In Australia we count the seasons from the first day of the month, but I’ve always thought the cardinal points, equinoxes and solstices, make better sense — climatically too.

  35. 35.

    Linda Featheringill

    Anne and everybody:

    Happy autumnal equinox!

    It’s nice to see that the universe is still rolling along and all the little bodies are still in place.

    Autumn is frequently lovely in this part of the world but that will happen this year only if it quits raining! Darn!

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    jon

    Half the year one hangs lower than the other. Half the year the other hangs lower than the one. Today? They’re equal. It’s the Scrotumnal Equinox.

    My underwear fit very well this morning.

  38. 38.

    geg6

    @Paul in KY:

    From what I have heard, yes, that is the best this band can manage. Maybe I’m another old fart, but I think Florence and the Machine are the worst Grammy nominees since Debbie Boone.

    As for autumnal equinox, love it. Fall is my favorite time of year. From the return of students to campus, to the start of football season (and the end of the worst sport evah, sorry baseball fans), to the fabulous foliage, to Thanksgiving, it’s simply glorious. The only thing I hate about fall is Halloween. And an extra special bonus for me this year, my birthday falls on my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving.

  39. 39.

    Paul in KY

    @geg6: IMO, if you want to see a young lady who can rock & has her name as part of the band’s name, try ‘Grace Potter & the Nocturnals’.

    Much better than ‘Florence & the Machine’.

  40. 40.

    geg6

    @Paul in KY:

    Will check them out. I’m truly am an old fart, but my musical tastes aren’t old, I don’t think.

    Oh, and I totally agree with cleek about Florence being in dire need of a stylist. I thought maybe her Grammy outfit was just one bad choice. Apparently, with her, there are only bad choices. I’m available for a fee if she’s up for it. ;-)

  41. 41.

    Paul in KY

    @geg6: I saw Grace & the band at Bonnaroo. Did a great set in 99 degree heat. She was dressed appropriately though :-)

  42. 42.

    Amir Khalid

    Today is the 62nd birthday of that cool rocking Obot in the USA, Mr Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen. News from AP is that he will soon convene an E Street Band meeting to decide whether/how to carry on post Big Man.

  44. 44.

    Elie

    anne:

    Thanks for the nice meditative piece.. I definitely appreciated.

    I like all the seasons inc. winter — though it gets a bit old sometimes. I just think of our home planet as it flows around the sun, the beauty and power of the cosmos that humans cannot really affect at all — thankfully.

    Happy weekend coming up to all.

    I am preparing for my move East for “the new job” in the DC area. Not selling our digs here on WA coast but will miss it terribly. No water views and clamming where I am going but hubby and I will be together again. Will work to celebrate the Chesapeake…

  45. 45.

    geg6

    @Elie:

    Never been to WA, but the Chesapeake Bay area is pretty fucking awesome.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay

    As for no clamming, seriously?

    The Chesapeake Bay is home to numerous fauna that either migrate to the bay at some point during the year or live there year round. There are over 300 species of fish and numerous shellfish and crab species. Some of these include the Atlantic menhaden, Striped bass, American eel, Eastern oyster, and the Blue crab.

    The bay is mostly known for its seafood production, especially blue crabs,[21] clams and oysters

    You haven’t lived until you’ve had a Maryland blue crab feast. But I’ve never had better seafood anywhere I’ve ever been. IMHO, the Chesapeake is the best seafood in all of America. YMMV.

  46. 46.

    Elie

    @geg6:

    No worries — I definitely dig the Chesapeake area. Worked there in Baltimore for 5 years. Met hubby there and got married there. DIG blue crabs and rock fish and will work on enviro issues to help the Bay.

    That said, I will miss the coastline and sea that has become my home on the Left Coast. The rugged shoreline, mountains and the fat legged crustacean answer to the Blue Crab, the Dungeness… I have worked for years to help restore salmon runs in local creeks here… so many issues to preserve this beauty and richness.

    I love both and will support both habitats with all my heart and soul until the day I die. For real

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