Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

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

Let there be snark.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

So fucking stupid, and still doing a tremendous amount of damage.

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

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Stay strong, because they are weak.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

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In this video, James Drake took 600 photos from NASA’s Gateway to Astronaut Photography on Earth and combined them together into a 62-second reel.

This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon. Also visible is the earths ionosphere (thin yellow line), a satellite (55sec) and the stars of our galaxy.

h/t: i09.

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  4. 4.

    Sarah Proud and Tall

    Thankyou, dears. It’s all been very distracting in recent weeks, but I have a little tale about Ms Bachmann and Ms Palin that I’m working through at the moment. Stay tuned.

    How are you both?

  9. 9.

    jl

    Breath taking clip, SPaT. Thanks very much.

    Edit: I can see my house in the clip! (broadly speaking, with just a tad of slight exaggeration)

  14. 14.

    piratedan

    boy talk about a lost generation….. remember when space used to be “cool”? It’s funny how all that money invested in space led to advancements in all sorts of disciplines across the board in medicine and science and yet it seems that people think that any money invested in “space stuff” is just a waste of time and money, but make sure to get me faster and more complex handheld personal computer savants that keep me in touch with the world….

    missing the days when explorationexploitation of space was used as a centerpiece of hope and achievement and forward thinking. I think when our dreams of space died, so too did the renaissance of our national soul.

  17. 17.

    BruinKid

    So the more I read about the Amanda Knox case in Italy, the more it looks like she’s innocent of murder, and the prosecutors are vicious thugs who just wanted a conviction, any conviction.

    Anyone else get the feeling she’s innocent?

  18. 18.

    YellowJournalism

    The Knox case also smacks of sexism and sensationalism with its focus on her as a sex fiend. Yeah, I have the feeling she’s innocent.

    On a happier subject, I’m curious if Ms. Sarah has any stories connected to the space race. Weightless orgies abound, I’m sure. Or maybe we would find out the real reason he’s called Buzz.

  20. 20.

    YellowJournalism

    And speaking of unconventional sex acts, why is John tweeting about not wearing pants?!

  24. 24.

    MattR

    @YellowJournalism: Not wearing pants is unconventional? Who knew that I’ve always been a maverick. Time to run for president.

    @asiangrrlMN: Ahh. That makes much more sense. Does that mean that I won’t be getting millions of dollars in slush funds money?

  26. 26.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: A Marine is making me buy alcohol tomorrow. This is merely informational. I have to taste it while communicating with him. It could get entertaining.

    @YellowJournalism: I don’t see that as unusual. I’m naked with a kitten in my face.

  27. 27.

    MattR

    @Yutsano:

    I’m naked with a kitten in my face.

    It’s teed up and just sitting there, but I’m not gonna touch it.

    @asiangrrlMN: Spousal privilege. (Although I can also think of different directions to take his comment)

  30. 30.

    MattR

    @Yutsano: So many Yankees, so few opportunities to make fun of them. Damn shame that my fantasy baseball team has both Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira, although in my defense neither of them were Yankees when I added them to my team.

  32. 32.

    YellowJournalism

    Co-ed naked tweeting/posting. (Cat butt optional.)

    Technology at its best.

    I’m going to wake everyone up here from laughing if I keep reading and don’t get back to bed. G’night my lovelies!

  34. 34.

    Yutsano

    @MattR: I will take every single possibility to make fun of that chemically enhanced whining crybaby serial adulterer on a hot wife two-faced liar that comes my way. And that’s me being nice about him.

    Texiera is honoring an old FTFY tradition of going just after the prime of their careers for sweet Steinbrenner monies. Of course he was a fucking god on the Rangers.

  35. 35.

    Amir Khalid

    @asiangrrlMN:
    I suspect Omnes didn’t mean that kind of smack. Think “Keith Richards”.

    @no one in particular:
    Around this time of year, the fancier retailers in Kuala Lumpur start promoting autumn and winter clothes. We’re in the tropics, so WTF?

  38. 38.

    jl

    @Amir Khalid: Hey there, Asiangrrl. I’m fine, but so sleepy I have to go in a few minutes. Hope everything is well with you.

    Maybe you can make a comment to help Cole climb out of whatever absurd psychological hole he has dug himself into this time.

    Hey! Cole! Did you watch the clip? You didn’t watch the damn clip, did you? Watch the damn clip and get inspired and in a good mood for once.

  39. 39.

    jl

    I think one of the white blobs in the clip over the left is Tunch.

    Hey! Cole! Did you let Tunch out again? I think you can see him there on the clip.

  40. 40.

    Amir Khalid

    @jl:

    @Amir Khalid: Hey there, Asiangrrl. I’m fine, but so sleepy I have to go in a few minutes. Hope everything is well with you.

    Yep, that looks like conclusive evidence of sleepiness to me.
    Good night.

  42. 42.

    amk

    Any news on how the boyz did on the 3rd quarter fund raising front ? I saw politico speculating 55 mil for obama, 11-13 mil for mittens and paultards dropping 5 mil down the toilet … again.

  43. 43.

    Lysana

    @Sarah Proud and Tall: Truthfully, I’ve had better years. It’s pressing down harder than usual due to a confluence of almost-right medication and bureaucratic grinding. And the temptation to blast this comment with the whole sorry story is a bit too great. But I sincerely loathe how my mind is going these days and I pray I can hold on and get something better in a week.

  44. 44.

    JPL

    Morning. MSNBC has a story about nestle’s ad for beneful that has high tones to attract dogs. I played the video for Miss Moxie and she was not impressed. Maybe it was the language barrier..lol
    link

    @Lysana: hang it there..

  45. 45.

    harlana

    Isn’t it interesting that Perry prayed for rain and instead, he got this? What is God trying to say to Rick Perry?

  46. 46.

    Lysana

    @JPL: Thanks. I’m applying chewy rock and helping others anonymously online to the current issue. It’s helping. I have to deal with the bureaucrats Monday. Perhaps it’ll be painless. It reads like a mistaken send due to someone not clicking the right box or something. Or so I hope. I can do it anyway; it’s just going to be easier if they say, “Oh, I see. You’re fine, then.”

    ETA: By “chewy rock,” I mean I told Pandora I wanted to hear Disturbed and let it go from there. What can I say, 21st century distortion rock comforts me.

  47. 47.

    Mark S.

    Sarah Palin apparently thinks President of the United States is just another “title”:

    [I]s a title worth it? Does a title shackle a person? Are they — someone like me, who’s a maverick — you know, I do go rogue and I call it like I see it. Somebody like me — is a title and is a campaign too shackling? Does that prohibit me from being out there, out of a box, not allowing handlers to shape me and to force my message to be what donors or what contributors or what political pundits want it to be? Does a title take away my freedom to call it like I see it and to affect positive change that we need in this country?

    Also, Sarah seems unaware that calling someone a “flavor of the week” is not a compliment.

  48. 48.

    hamletta

    Hey, I just quit working!

    I have 150 articles in my reader, but what the hey!

    I’m working on the ultimate artist’s Web site. When I get it all in Git, I’ll be able to crank ’em out.

    Know any artists that need a Web site?

  49. 49.

    JPL

    Has anyone read The Given Day by Dennis Lehane? It takes place in Boston just after World War I, although there is a character that lives outside of Tulsa. The class warfare and anti-union sentiment is so strong it has correlations to what is happening today. I’ve read about the race riots in Tulsa previously but I’m only a fifth way through the book so I don’t know if the riots are covered.
    It’s not the most uplifting book.

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