Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

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

Innocent people do not delay justice.

Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

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

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

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

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

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

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

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

One way or another, he’s a liar.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

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

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What’s chafing the shorts of the dominating monotheist practitioners or other victimology addicts in your area this evening?

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  1. 1.

    Raven

    Tough day in Georgia, about 70 degrees, no humidity and a truckload of compost unloaded on the garden.

  2. 2.

    lamh35

    Really rainy here in DFW. It felt like I was back at home in NOLA.

    Anyway, the Obama’s released their new official White House family photo. The last one was in 2009. I believe I read somewhere that they decided on a new one because the girls have changed so much they wanted to capture the moment.

    White House Family Portrait 2011

    Here’s the 2009 pic: Offical photo: 2009

    That’s one handsome family. It’s interesting to see that the oldest daughter is as tall as FLOTUS already at 13 years old. And young Sasha has def gotten taller too.

  3. 3.

    BGinCHI

    I’m in Paris, staying at the best hotel in the city, right on the river. The weather is nice and later I’m having dinner with the young Catherine Deneuve. After that I really can’t say.

    Wait, no I’m not. I’m grading papers in my office. Must have nodded off there for a sec.

  4. 4.

    realbtl

    2 inches of snow in NW Montana and I just picked up a new scooter yesterday. Probably won’t be able to ride it until March or April grumble piss moan.

    Oh well, December up here is lousy for riding but great for buying. Any sellers are by definition desperate.

  6. 6.

    Phylllis

    72 here today; supposed to be about that again tomorrow. One of my principals gifted everyone with ribeyes, so we’re gonna fire up the grill tomorrow evening. Tomorrow is a half-day, then two weeks off for the ‘winter break’–I like to call it that just to wind up the war on xmas folks who practically spit ‘Christmas break’ at me.

  9. 9.

    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn

    TPM reporting Wisconsin GOP suing to stop Walker recall drive.

    Somebody seems a teensy bit worried.

  11. 11.

    Redshift

    What’s chafing the shorts of the dominating monotheist practitioners or other victimology addicts in your area this evening?

    According to my friend who attends local Tea Party meetings to keep an eye on them, the guest speakers at their post-election meeting were “Hagee-type preachers” from downstate.

    But as our librul media keep telling us, the Tea Party are different from rank-and-file Republicans, because they’re just concerned about fiscal issues, and not social issues.

  13. 13.

    Mike E

    What’s chafing the shorts of the dominating monotheist practitioners

    Why, the War on Lil Baby Jeebus, of course…but when the calendar flips it’ll be teh geyz again. Also.
    @BGinCHI: I’ll have what you’re having! Not the ‘grading papers’ part…

  14. 14.

    Davis X. Machina

    Just bought a snowblower. This guarantees a green Christmas, and don’t get that season’s pass or lift ticket just yet.

    What color wax, or is it klister, does one use on grass?

  15. 15.

    R-Jud

    I got the PT’s blessing to start running again this morning. I only managed 25 minutes, slowly, but it was bliss. I’ve been happy all day.

  16. 16.

    cathyx

    I always get a little melancholy when I read the heading ‘Evening Thread’. It’s not evening here yet, but I feel like it is now and the day finished too quickly because it’s as if it’s evening already. And besides, I don’t like this time of day too much anyway.

  20. 20.

    lamh35

    Wait, there’s another debate tonight? Good Lord why!

    Anyhoo: POTUS on the GOP: ‘Anything that Obama’s for, we’re against’

    In an interview with ABC News’ Barbara Walters, President Obama accused Republicans of grinding the government to a halt over personal animosity toward him — as well as an inability to compromise.

    “You know, you never want to say, ‘It’s all them,'” the president said in a Yahoo!/ABC News interview, faulting the GOP for congressional and legislative gridlock. “But I do think that right now at least, in the Republican Party there are a couple of notions. Number one is that compromise is a dirty word. Number two, anything that Obama’s for, we’re against.”

  21. 21.

    Mike in NC

    What’ll cause the audience at tonight’s “debate” to start booing? I’ll go with someone observing that the war in Iraq is officially over.

  22. 22.

    Nicole

    Taking a break from work (I record textbooks on mp3). Reminds me of yet another reason I would never make it as a politician- after awhile I get sick of the sound of my own voice.

    But, on the bright side, I got word today the numerous tests done on our small, skinny 18-month-old have come back normal, indicating that most likely he’s small and skinny because, well, he’s just small and skinny. Big relief.

  23. 23.

    dance around in your bones

    The two oldest grandboys are completing levels on some incomprehensible iPad game. Why is the music for those games always so execrable?

    Also, can’t find my iPhone charger thingy. What’s that called again, Pasty People Problems or something?

  25. 25.

    BGinCHI

    You know who never loses her iPod charger or loses a GOP debate or supports senseless wars?

    That’s right.

    Catherine Deneuve.

  27. 27.

    Raven

    @Chat Noir: I enjoyed “The Lover”. It starts on the road in the delta where I drove convoy’s and it was an eerie feeling seeing that after all those years.

  29. 29.

    R-Jud

    @Nicole:

    But, on the bright side, I got word today the numerous tests done on our small, skinny 18-month-old have come back normal, indicating that most likely he’s small and skinny because, well, he’s just small and skinny. Big relief.

    We had a similar thing recently. Our two-year-old flaps her hands when she’s excited, and a health visitor found this alarming enough to have her evaluated for autism and various other things. She was run through a battery of tests, at the end of which the pediatrician concluded: “I think she’s just very excitable.”

  32. 32.

    Suffern ACE

    If your shorts are chafing, you might want to buy some of these to change into. Also cures twisted panties.

    I had my office party tonight. Only 364 more days before the next meal on the company.

  33. 33.

    SensesFail

    A couple of mouth breathers in my office today were joking about how President Obama takes so many vacation days to play golf.

    I had a difficult time convincing myself not to go over to them and say, “NOW WATCH THIS DRIVE!” and then punch each of them in the throat.

    Anyone have any advice on how to deal with Republicans in the workplace? Do you ignore them, argue with them, or deck out your cubicle with Obama 2012 signs?

  35. 35.

    Violet

    @Mike in NC:

    What’ll cause the audience at tonight’s “debate” to start booing? I’ll go with someone observing that the war in Iraq is officially over.

    Good call. Ron Paul will make some comment about how we shouldn’t have troops everywhere in the world and he’s all for the Iraq War ending and the audience will boo.

    They’ll also boo something along the lines of Mitt attacking Newt. Newt will suggest it’s anti-Republican for Mitt to attack him, Mitt will protest and he’ll get booed. Or something like that.

  37. 37.

    Citizen_X

    What’ll cause the audience at tonight’s “debate” to start booing?

    I know that Whatever Horrible Things Republican Debate Audiences Have Done Now has become a depressingly predictable topic, but I do want to point out that in the last one, they actually cheered when Newt doubled down on the child labor thing.

  38. 38.

    Cap'n Magic

    So, what will YOU do if SOPA/PROTECT-IP passes?

    If it passes, the mother of all boycotts needs to happen.

  40. 40.

    trollhattan

    @BGinCHI:

    Remember “Mannix”? Dude must have had his brake lines cut every other episode. Caution: watch for a hurtling Plymouth!

    As to the vacation kerfuffle, make a “967” sign. That was Dubya’s vacation total over two terms.

  41. 41.

    Violet

    @SensesFail:

    Anyone have any advice on how to deal with Republicans in the workplace? Do you ignore them, argue with them, or deck out your cubicle with Obama 2012 signs?

    Depends who they are and how badly you want to keep your job. If they’re your boss and/or your boss’s boss, then I’d keep my mouth closed. Wingnuts are notoriously thin-skinned and I wouldn’t put it past them to see any comments you make as insubordination and use it as a chance to fire you. Perhaps I’m just sensitive because I live in a red state, but I keep my mouth closed in such situations.

    If they’re just your co-workers and you don’t care about annoying them or fear they can get you fired, my tactic would be to ask them direct questions regarding their opinions. “How many vacation days DOES President Obama take for golf? Have you seen any actual numbers?” [They will not have seen any actual numbers.] “Do you know how the number of his vacation days compares with the previous presidents, say Bush II, Clinton and Bush I?” [They won’t know.] “It sure would be interesting to know how many days our recent presidents have taken as vacation days. Maybe we should go look it up.”

    This sort of tactic will usually shut them up without making it look like you’re trying to get into a fight. Facts have a well known liberal bias, so if they go look it up, they’ll be surprised to see that Obama isn’t taking way more vacations than any other president.

    I talk politics with wingnuts quite regularly, but I try to keep it very even-keeled and keep emotion out of it. It’s fun to ask them questions because they generally don’t have answers.

  42. 42.

    dance around in your bones

    I am just finding it so funny that Repubpeeps are even TALKING about Newtie. Good gawd, if he wins the nom…

  44. 44.

    Violet

    @Citizen_X:

    I know that Whatever Horrible Things Republican Debate Audiences Have Done Now has become a depressingly predictable topic, but I do want to point out that in the last one, they actually cheered when Newt doubled down on the child labor thing.

    At least one candidate will mention the War on Christmas and audiences will cheer or boo, depending on how the subject is framed.

  50. 50.

    Hill Dweller

    The Daily Telegraph is calling bullshit on Romney’s claims of an austere life during his mission in France. Apparently he spent at least some of his time in a mansion with a chef.

  51. 51.

    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn

    @dance around in your bones: I think it was Andy Borowitz who recently tweeted, “Man in coma since ’94 comes to, can’t believe Newt Fucking Gingrich is still leading the Republicans.”

  53. 53.

    dance around in your bones

    @Svensker:
    ♫ ♬ Banana-rama,yer face is a mess, banana-rama,I love you to death ♫ ♬

    That sounds pretty liberal ;)

  54. 54.

    Egg Berry

    @BGinCHI: Oops. I was following links provided earlier. The fact that David Broder was on the list should have been a tell.

    Edit: having found the 2011 list, WTF is Andrea Peyser?

  56. 56.

    The Snarxist Formerly Known As Kryptik

    To be fair, guys, ‘Mission’ and ‘Mansion’ sound pretty close.

  57. 57.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @trollhattan:

    That’s almost four times as many vacation days over an eight year period as anyone on active duty military service can accrue, and they’d have to use all but 60 of those days or they’d just go away.

  60. 60.

    Jerzy Russian

    @BGinCHI:

    Wait, no I’m not. I’m grading papers in my office. Must have nodded off there for a sec.

    Me too, including the nodding off.

  61. 61.

    harlana

    @lamh35: from a previous thread

    and can the media just put the rest all the concern-trolling about whether you should judge a presidential candidate by his past affairs/plural marriages just because we are talking about a fucking republican candidate here? are they fucking serious?? these are the assholes who started this shit. Newt started this shit. he should be hammered bloody with it. he should be beaten to a pulp with a picture of a beautiful, smiling Obama family.

    Thank you!

  62. 62.

    Amir Khalid

    @Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn:
    Ich bin kein Anwalt. But the grounds for a lawsuit seem frivolous at best. The recall procedure has been in place for decades, as the story notes. Ten days to challenge petitioners’ signatures has been considered enough time all this while. How does the state GOP expect to convince a judge that this time it’s not enough?

  63. 63.

    Hal

    Just looked at Netflix new dvd’s and noticed Atlas Shrugged. Rating from reviewers? 3.7 stars from 13000 reviews. I didn’t even know that many people saw the film.

  65. 65.

    Raven

    @Chat Noir: Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Maugerite Duras.

    “The solitude of writing is a solitude without which writing could not be produced, or would crumble, drained bloodless by the search for something else to write. When it loses its blood, its author stops recognizing it. And first and foremost it must be never be dictated to a secretary, however capable she may be, nor ever given to a publisher to read at that stage.” (from Writing, transl. by Mark Polizzotti, 1998)

  68. 68.

    Faisal

    People talking about Hitchens’ death on Twitter wound up using a #GodIsNotGreat hashtag for their posts. It started trending.

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