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Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

He really is that stupid.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

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

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

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

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Republicans do not trust women.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

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Thought some of you might get a kick out of this:

[T]he Santorum, a milky mixture of Baileys, orange vodka, bitters and chocolate flakes, seems to be sticking.

We won’t explain how the drink matches up with an alternate definition of the word “Santorum,” as The Brooklyn Paper is a family publication — but the bar’s liberal proprietors are certain it’ll satisfy any boozy desires.

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  4. 4.

    Linda Featheringill

    Poor guy! That’s just his name. I normally would object to making fun of the dude for something that isn’t his fault except that he is such a protofascist pig I don’t want to defend him on any grounds.

    Savonarola rides again.

  12. 12.

    Spaghetti Lee

    The Santorum…seems to be sticking.

    Well for God’s sake, man, take a shower!

  13. 13.

    MattR

    Like this quote from the owner of the bar “I hope this drink makes Santorum want to throw up,”

    No chance I am ever gonna give that beverage a try.

  14. 14.

    DougJarvus Green-Ellis

    @AA+ Bonds:

    His name means that because of stuff he did and said

    I thought it was just a big coincidence, like when Lou Gehrig got Lou Gehrig’s disease.

  20. 20.

    Martin

    I don’t get the orange. I’m not sure I want to get the orange. I’ll take y’all’s word on it.

  21. 21.

    AA+ Bonds

    @DougJarvus Green-Ellis:

    But I guess that Linda’s comment means it’s working, the whole Dan Savage strategy I mean

    I never thought that it would end up there so quickly, that people would say, “quit picking on the guy, he can’t help that he’s named that”

  22. 22.

    Roger Moore

    @Martin:

    I don’t get the orange. I’m not sure I want to get the orange.

    I’m guessing it’s for flavor, not appearance. The concept may be cute, but they’re not going to be getting any repeat customers unless it tastes better than it looks.

  23. 23.

    danielx

    Eewwwwwwwwwwww.

    I’m already at the point where I can’t look at a chocolate milkshake.

  27. 27.

    Donut

    It’s like an Old Fashioned with Bailey’s (and chocolate flakes ) instead of bourbon.

    What could possibly be wrong about this?

    You guys are all homophobes!!

  31. 31.

    The Dangerman

    As long as I personally witnessed the Bailey’s being added, I’d drink it willingly; if it was made out of view in the, um, back, perhaps not.

    I recall having a drink called a “Gorilla Fart” once; it was pretty much a one shot deal as it sucked pretty bad.

  34. 34.

    khead

    I thought it was just a big coincidence, like when Lou Gehrig got Lou Gehrig’s disease

    Heh. I loved this.

    I’m afraid I’m gonna burn though.

  37. 37.

    Rafterman

    I feel like I should make a statement. I’m fucking hammered and I hate that fucker snatorum.

    The other day I gave the finger to some guy who was holding the sign: “Pray to end abortion.” I was like fuck you bro, don’t tell me what to do. Motherfucker tells me to pray, which is bullshit, and tells me to end the right for a woman to choose. Fuck him, he doesn’t give birth.

    The only criticism I have of your bl9og, is that I was cencoered for calling a college republican hot. I mean, she had great tits. Why can I not call her hot?f

  42. 42.

    Mayur

    Donut: that drink is *nothing* like an old-fashioned.

    Disgusting btw, but snarkalicious.

  43. 43.

    PIGL

    Like a “Sex on the beach” or a “Sloe comfortable screw against the wall”, would only be ordered by a customer drunk enough to think s/he might make points with the server or bartender…which is hard to imagine in this instance.

    We, on the other hand, invented the Blue Moose, which well may you ask.

  46. 46.

    Donut

    @Mayur:

    Uh, yes it is. It has whiskey, bitters, citrus, and sugar from the Bailey’s and chocolate.

  47. 47.

    trnc

    Regardless of whether they actually sell any of these, it needs to be listed with the ingredients as a permanent special in every gay bar in the US.

  50. 50.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    It would look better if they whipped it up before adding the chocolate flakes.

    Maybe have a bit of it running down the side of the glass for added effect.

  52. 52.

    Soonergrunt

    [T]he Santorum, a milky mixture of Baileys, orange vodka, bitters and chocolate flakes, seems to be sticking

    That’s just wrong on so many levels.

  53. 53.

    gbear

    Ricky’s latest campaign zinger:

    “The dangers of carbon dioxide? Tell that to a plant, how dangerous carbon dioxide is,”

    This guy can’t be sent back to his cave fast enough. What a dick.

  56. 56.

    Martin

    @gbear: Someone should make him a fertilizer smoothie. “Attempted murder? Fertilizer isn’t dangerous – ask any plant!”

  57. 57.

    Raven

    Cool Rachel hammered the Athens paper for not running Doonesberry with a bullshit explanation that, because there is similar legislation pending in Georgia, running the cartoon might confuse people.

    Given that the Georgia General Assembly is considering an abortion bill — House Bill 954, sponsored by Rep. Doug McKillip, R-Athens, which would prohibit abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy — I made a unilateral decision not to publish the “Doonesbury” strips intended for publication this week. Quite simply, I thought there was a real possibility that readers might confuse the topic of this week’s “Doonesbury” with Georgia’s proposed abortion legislation, and I didn’t want to add any confusion to the ongoing concerns, pro and con, about House Bill 954.

  58. 58.

    Southern Beale

    @Raven:

    I thought there was a real possibility that readers might confuse the topic of this week’s “Doonesbury” with Georgia’s proposed abortion legislation….

    Ummm …. ? It’s different how?

  62. 62.

    scav

    There’s got to be one for H. Cain, but I’m stuck on a martini with a pepperoni instead of an olive and that is simply not yuck enough. Something along the lines of a Bloody Mary? only it’s got to have the pepperoni. Oh, and 9 ingredients, preferably in units of 9.

    I’m also wondering about a tea party, Vodka (wish I could used aged vodka but it’s not white enough), too much bitters, some sort of creamy stuff, hopefully curdled, ??, and of course, a tea bag.

  64. 64.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Hahaha, I’m getting an ad for Kellogg’s CRUNCHY NUT.

    sometimes I just don’t even want to know about Google’s algorithms.

  68. 68.

    Gordon, The Big Express Engine

    Does it say something about me that I have all four of those ingredients at home?

  74. 74.

    lamh35

    @Martin: yeah, I figured it was…I was just being silly.

    But yeah let’s see what happens after 2 weeks. Personally, I’d be happy to get Rush off of Armed Services Radio. If this can lead to that I’d be very happy.

  75. 75.

    Soonergrunt

    @lamh35: it’s the same kind of a deal that I’m suspending my sleeping with Christina Aguilera for two weeks.
    And by that, I mean that it’s EXACTLY like that.

  78. 78.

    Martin

    The thing to remember is that Rush earns $50M a year on his contract. In order for that contract to work, he’s got to hold onto paid subscribers and he’s got to hold onto advertisers. That’s the whole point of Rush – bring in listeners, and as a result bring in ad revenue. Turn off the ad revenue, even if he keeps the viewers, and he’s going to get dropped.

    It’ll be interesting to see how he handles the next 2 weeks. If he caves, he might lose the listeners. If he doesn’t, he might lose the advertisers forever. The GOP is its worst enemy right now.

  79. 79.

    lamh35

    @Soonergrunt: is Christina Aguilera your go-to fantasy girl…hmmm I’m trying to think what that says about you…lol.

    in reference to the Armed Forces Radio petition to get Limpballs off the air, how can that realistically be done?

  80. 80.

    PoliticalHack

    There’s no f**king way I’d ever drink something named “The Santorum”. No. F**king. Way.

  81. 81.

    J. Michael Neal

    @Bootlegger:
    Minnesota over Cornell
    Wisconsin over Boston College
    Minnesota over Wisconsin.

    Really, you should have posted the brackets last week before the quarterfinals, but since the home team won all four games, it’s not a big deal.

  82. 82.

    muddy

    @Maude:

    Does it come with a barf bag?

    I was recently introduced to the new (ish?) style of barf bags at the hospital. I hollered for a basin and was given this blue plastic ring. The bag portion drops out of the middle. Despite my illness I was delighted by this new design, so much better than the lunch bag style in planes, or the plastic kidney shaped “emesis basin” of hospitals whose volume is inadequate for aught but spitting.

    I called it the puke condom and bizarrely, none of the health professionals got it. What? Hello, a ring, a tube extends, it’s blue plastic. A condom for the gods. Or for my breffus.

  84. 84.

    Snarki, child of Loki

    People! That drink isn’t for drinking!

    It’s what you should have on hand in case you’re unfortunate enough to have Santorum show up nearby.

    Then you spill it on him.

  86. 86.

    Elias

    Blegh. Still trying to work on my shot. The Hindenburg. Yes it crashes and burns. Just too damn much mint still. On a good day it tastes like gum. On a bad day, toothpaste. Great concept though if I can get the flavor worked out.

  89. 89.

    Soonergrunt

    @lamh35: Well, the Admin has to move carefully. Best to wait until there’s a Dem majority in the House, which may actually be possible if the Reps keep the nihilistic self-destruction thing going, and then simply do it when there’s no congressional committee that can complain.
    Also, they could simply cancel him and replace him with a conservative that isn’t a total shitbird.
    My answer would be to remove political speech from AFRTS completely. Since there’s no liberal analog to Rush Limbaugh, there’s no liberal show to remove. Else demand that Ed Schultz get equal time since he’s the closest thing.

    I’d attack it from the angle that it is immoral for our service women and minority personnel to be exposed to his racism and misogyny through official channels at taxpayer expense. Best bet would be for a female/minority GS employee to file an EEO complaint with the EEOC for a hostile and intimidating work environment.

  90. 90.

    Soonergrunt

    @lamh35: It says that I’m into incredibly smart, talented women of accomplishment who happen to be blonde.
    In other words, a somewhat less hot version of my wife. (she’s reading this over my shoulder, so I’m hoping that I won’t be in too hot water tonight.)

  91. 91.

    Martin

    @Soonergrunt:

    Since there’s no liberal analog to Rush Limbaugh,

    What?! What about CNN? What about the Washington Post? What about the NYTimes? What about the Wall Street Journal? What about PBS? What about NPR? What about the BBC? Egad, man!

  94. 94.

    S. cerevisiae

    How about the Romney? I’m thinking skim milk with a few drops of imitation vanilla flavoring.

  97. 97.

    The Dangerman

    @S. cerevisiae:

    How about the Romney? I’m thinking skim milk with a few drops of imitation vanilla flavoring.

    With little stirrers that are just the right length.

  99. 99.

    danielx

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Don’t start talking about violations of the laws of nature, or some Republican will propose legislation banning drinks with more than two ingredients, or requiring you to go through a colonoscopy before consuming one. Probably be on the grounds of having too much fun…no more Sazeracs for you.

    Now about this whole Santorum/plant relationship. Not to spread rumors, but I’ve heard tell that his nickname while in the Senate was “Legume”. Not that I’d want to speculate about unwholesome relationships with plants, but it would be irresponsible not to. Not that I’d want to compare Ricky’s intelligence with that of a tomato (even an heirloom tomato), but evidence seems to suggest a closer relationship than is visible to a casual observer…

  101. 101.

    J. Michael Neal

    @S. cerevisiae: Not the way they’ve been playing lately. I thought losing to Ohio State would have gotten their attention. Apparently not. I thought letting you guys abuse them for 60 minutes would wake them up. Apparently not, given that they almost found a way to lose to Mercyhurst.

    Right now, they aren’t the best team in the country. Meanwhile, we’ve allowed two goals in five playoff games, and it’s not all Noora Raty. We’re on the best sustained run of hockey we’ve played in two years. I’ve said for months now that, when we are at the top of our game, we’re the best team in the country. We take too many games off for me to say that on an everyday basis, but it doesn’t look like we plan to do that.

    Still, let’s focus on Friday first and making sure that a week from now we can still say that the WCHA is the only conference ever to win an NCAA championship in women’s ice hockey.

  103. 103.

    SRW1

    The guy who invented that recipe is going to Stockholm to pick up a Nobel. Cause that thing’s gonna cure alcoholism.

  104. 104.

    Marcellus Shale, Public Dick

    the romney

    decaf, sweet and low, non-dairy creamer, and a sneak flask containing liquor that changes with every refill.

  106. 106.

    bootsy

    @Marcellus:
    I say that’s fine for The Romney, but in addition everyone in the bar has to get paid $17.23 by the person ordering it, who then gets strapped to the roof of the building.

  107. 107.

    chopper

    that bar is two blocks from my house. anyone want me to try it and report back?

    for this blog, i’ll totally drink a glass of santorum.

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