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Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

It’s easier to kill a dangerous animal than a man who just happens to have different thoughts/values than one’s own.

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

Russia bombs Ukraine’s maternity hospitals; Republicans in the House can’t sort out supporting Ukraine.

The Supreme Court is corrupt. Democrats must win in November and force court reform.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

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

I conferred with the team and they all agree – still not tired of winning!

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

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

I was promised a recession.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

I didn’t have alien invasion on my 2023 BINGO card.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

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

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

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  5. 5.

    yeahyeahwhatevs (Studly Pantload, once upon a time)

    Tunchers!

    We have an orange tabby, Butters, of similar size (he’s big boned!). If those two got together, they could be a Steelers draft choice.

  13. 13.

    Maude

    Is it suppertime? He looks a bit peckish.
    Welcome home, we missed you and we did behave which means we all need to go for a check up. No tearing down the place.

  14. 14.

    Allen

    And I thought my oldest cat, Kitzel, was big, But Tunch is in the running. Get them running together and you could follow there progress on a seismograph.

  19. 19.

    JPL

    @HumboldtBlue: Many years ago I had a shar pei and a golden retriever. The golden was good at tearing and chewing and the shar pei not so much. The shar pei could jump up on furniture and toss down the pillows from the sofa onto the floor. At that point, the golden could shred it and the shar pei could play with the leftovers. Good times. One time upon arriving home, I discovered there were a few chunks out of the edge of an oriental. After staring in disbelief and knowing the now ex was on his way home, I moved the rug and hid the edge under the furniture. The ex is long gone but i still have the rug and the edge is still under the furniture. lol

  20. 20.

    JPL

    @lamh34: UHOH.. Roger Ailes still thinks she is hot so I guess her job is secure. Greta is jealous because she is trying to justify his comments as meaning popular. I guess Roger never called her hot.

  22. 22.

    pragmatism

    re: greatest grifter ever, i was a bit surprised to read in an interview with one of the advisors on the mccain/palin shitshow campaign:

    “There certainly were discussions — not for long because of the arc the campaign took — but certainly there were discussions about whether, if they were to win, it would be appropriate for her to be sworn in.”

    http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2096190,00.html

  23. 23.

    trollhattan

    @lamh34:

    I’ll sit here patiently whilst some brave soul harvests some sweet, sweet sarahpac tears for sharing.

    Also, too, can kitteh surface area be measured in acres?

  27. 27.

    pragmatism

    @TuiMel: she’s gonna get the 2 minutes of hate from the griftards for sure. plus her book will never appear in the wasilla library.

  28. 28.

    MikeJ

    @trollhattan: Ok, I went ashore and picked some mangos. Here’s three separate comments from c4p:

    Joe McGuiness won. This is an American Tragedy.

    well i guess praying doesn’t help because we are doomed now.

    No one will care who she supports. She has destroyed her career, she was a threat as President not another boob on the tube. We could work delegates, have them revolt at the convention, nominate her there. But people don’t trust her anymore

  30. 30.

    JPL

    Who is the first presidential candidate that will ask Sarah to campaign side by side with him?
    hmmmmm They are all calling for her endorsement but who wants to be seen with her?

  31. 31.

    trollhattan

    @MikeJ:

    You are a brave fellow!

    she was a threat as President not another boob on the tube

    Shouldn’t that be in plural form?

  32. 32.

    Elie

    Well, Tunch looks in charge — as usual…

    Buddy is sitting right here as I type. He has no idea that in ten days he will be in a caryall on his way east…

    When Alan and I moved out here, we drove with Buddy and Bill in the “extendacab” part of the truck. Buddy was cool but Bill bitched the whole damned way cross country…

    I tried some of that “Cat Be Calm” stuff for their water, but I don’t think it did much. Will try the new pheromone spray this time, though I am hoping Buddy will tolerate travel like he did the last time.

    John, how does Tunch travel? How about other people’s experience with “travelin” cats?

  33. 33.

    Turgidson

    We could work delegates, have them revolt at the convention, nominate her there. But people don’t trust her anymore

    Bahahahahahahaha.

    [breathes]

    Bwaaaahhahahahahahahaha.

    awesome.

  37. 37.

    MikeJ

    @trollhattan: Another good one:

    First and foremost, blessings to SP and her family in the years ahead. However, having said that, I can help but be angry and feel used about the last minute $$ push by SARAHPAC when Crawford wrote that we needed to really give to help Sarah decide. Didn’t like the last FB post of hers pushing the undefeated CD,Has this been a money ride all along? Did she decide months ago not to run, and just hung on through the end of the quarter to encourage donations to SARAHPAC?Shaken.

  38. 38.

    JPL

    @pragmatism: Perry has nothing to lose so he might go for broke. I can see that. He could promise her Secretary of State but personally, I would be afraid she’d bomb GA. (the state not the country since she does get confused sometimes.)

  39. 39.

    Alex S.

    @MikeJ:

    Haha, you suckers…

    Or to rub it in, you guys probably didn’t give her enough… it’s your fault she can’t run.

  43. 43.

    TuiMel

    @pragmatism:
    Ah, but her BOOK, which trades on the great poison she helped foist into our national public life, will make her COIN. She helped to toss an enormous turd into the punch bowl and now hopes to charge people to read about it. Wallace should have sounded the alarm at the time she and others were discussing whether or not it was “appropriate” for Palin to be sworn in. Nicole Wallace is an avaricious, cowardly toad (with appologies to actual toads).

  44. 44.

    Elie

    @Maude:

    Yeah, I was afraid you would say that.

    I am hoping Buddy will be cool.

    Cats get more “talkative” when they get older for some reason.

  45. 45.

    trollhattan

    @MikeJ:

    “Ya think?” seems too all-purpose for this lot, but like longtime coma patients that occasionally come to, I suppose there might be the oddball Sarah(tm) fans who’re not completely lost to the rest of humanity.

    Okay, maybe one.

  47. 47.

    Ash Can

    @MikeJ: Sounds like someone who’s been beaten over the head for so long that they’re starting to realize they’re being beaten over the head.

    ETA: And what a treat — pics and video of the Tunchmeister over the last day. Ooh, I just want to give him a big hug!

  49. 49.

    trollhattan

    @MikeJ:

    Holy crap, that’s quite a haul. I think he found jwest’s other identy: LouisLouis4

    LouisLouis4 in reply to Palin Prez
    No Need to write her in! She’s formally announcing her run on Friday! Today is just the first stage of her plan. Just watch. Incredible woman is she.

  54. 54.

    asiangrrlMN

    Tuuuuuuuuunchie! Oh, Cole. Two days in a row? You shouldn’t have. You spoil me!

    As for La Palina, PLEASE tell me this means I never have to hear her name again! (Yeah, I know).

  55. 55.

    JPL

    It pains me to say it but since Sarah wants to spend more time with family, is it possible that another grandchild on the way? What’s Willow been up to lately? It would be so wrong not to speculate.

  57. 57.

    asiangrrlMN

    @jeffreyw: One of the latest non-troversies drummed up by the rightwing. Dems spent $16 on muffins with our monies! Wah, wah. Yours would be worth it, though, I think.

    ETA: Damn eeeeet.

  59. 59.

    MikeJ

    Via rumproast, the reax from Free Republic: Do we know that this is really her voice on the radio? Could it be another Karl Rove plot using Tina Faye?

  60. 60.

    JPL

    @MikeJ: This is from the Sarah site
    Rusty Smith 22 minutes ago………………………..
    I’m about to throw up, I’m so disappointed, was at the Walmart to buy 5 DVDs to send out when the building was evacuated due to fire…glad it did now….think the last chance for this country just went down the drain…can understand her reasons, but she had it all, just like Reagan…sooooooo disappointed and fell like I been kicked in the gut….I will not, even if Obama goes back in vote for Mitt I’m sorry, but I’m having a hard time feeling any good thoughts toward Sarah right now, I’d put my total trust in her and at this moment am literally about to heave…..Our country needed her leadership

    According to his Facebook site, his favorite movie is SAW..

  67. 67.

    Platonicspoof

    Apparently he spent the day while I was away freebasing tender vittles and other such wildness.

    Or you spent the day cow Tunch tipping
    and laughing at the poor creature when he couldn’t
    roll back onto his little paws.

    What’s next, painting rings on his tail?

  73. 73.

    Triassic Sands

    I guess the diet isn’t going so well, huh?

    Oh, well, there’s always gastric bypass surgery.

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