Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

We still have time to mess this up!

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

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

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

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

Hot air and ill-informed banter

American History and Black History Cannot Be Separated

You can’t love your country only when you win.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

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

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

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  3. 3.

    Zifnab

    “Conservatives value charity and self-sacrifice and community and the family unit and cooperation and synergy. That’s six things! Liberals just value helping people. That’s only one thing. Conservatives win! Now lets gut social security and medicare.”

  4. 4.

    David Hunt

    Like Pat Buchanan’s speech at that Republican Convention years ago, I suspect the above quote sounded better in the original German.

  6. 6.

    the Conster (f/k/a Cat Lady)

    I’m not getting out of the boat but feel safe to say that it’s a sociopath rendering judgment on fellow sociopaths as being intellectually, hence morally superior to all of us natural serfs, amirite?

  9. 9.

    the Conster (f/k/a Cat Lady)

    @ant:

    It’s only a lone nutjob who all of the neighbors liked. Disregard the Mark Levin, Turner Diaries and Glenn Beck books, and The 5000 Year Leap obsession.

    /MSM

  10. 10.

    Chris

    As a scientist and a human being, I’m offended. Saletan clearly knows nothing of either science or morality.

  16. 16.

    RD

    @efgoldman:

    What’s the point, except as just another news story?

    Who knows.

    Perhaps the point is that you’re a pussy that deserves to lose.

  21. 21.

    Peter

    OT: Apparently Obama signed some kind of jobs bill yesterday? I can’t find any source with details though. Anybody in the know?

  23. 23.

    Jennifer

    Ok, I am sorry, I am NOT a good person, but this from the comments on Kinkade’s passing over at the SA forums was just too good not to pass along:

    Aziraphale posted:
    You should have seen the Andrew Breitbart thread. Holy cow you’d think that guy was Hitler.

    Hey guys I like watching Bob Ross have you all had a chance to piss on his grave yet?

    Bob Ross taught millions to paint happy trees. For free. Devoted that part of his life to share the joy of making art with people. Kinkade ran something that could be described as a painting sweatshop, and made millions by exploiting the alzheimers-riddled nostalgia of the elderly.

    If I find myself pissing on Bob Ross’ grave you bet your rear end I’ll be drawing a tree with the stream.

    Also, it really makes me want to go read the Andrew Breitbart thread.

  24. 24.

    Baud

    @Peter: Not a real jobs bill. I think it loosens some rules to make it easier for small businesses to get investor funding.

  25. 25.

    KG

    @Roger Moore: I think another part of it is the idea that they thought “standing athwart history yelling ‘stop!'” was actually something they could do. And they’ve come to the conclusion that history will just run them the fuck over.

  26. 26.

    KG

    @Jennifer:

    If I find myself pissing on Bob Ross’ grave you bet your rear end I’ll be drawing a tree with the stream.

    happy little trees, I hope

  27. 27.

    Peter

    @Baud: Ah, okay. It was the subject of a Backers email for the Wasteland 2 Kickstarter today, and I’ve spent all the time since wondering what the hell they we’re talking about. I found a few articles about the signing but none with any real details.

  28. 28.

    samara morgan

    you and saletan could both benefit from reading the Republican Brain, dougj betrayer in chief.
    how about a BJ book club post?
    I’m sure chris already gave John a copy.
    ;)

  29. 29.

    gogol's wife

    @samara morgan:

    “betrayer in chief”? What is the problem now? Why am I asking this question? Procrastination is a terrible thing. It makes you do things like this.

  33. 33.

    samara morgan

    @gogol’s wife: dougj uses one translation of the arabic phrase OBL applied to Obama.
    I’m just giving alternate interpretations of the arabic to capture what OBL really meant.
    dougj thinks “head of infidelity” is funnie in the “look at those stupid muslims” sense.
    it just means westerners are poor translators of arabic.
    OBL hated and feared Obama far more than Bush.
    understandably.

  36. 36.

    beltane

    @RD: I am hurt that BOB hasn’t made an appearance yet. Maybe our better trolls are trolling more heavily trafficked websites than this one, although I would like to remind them that they get more bang for their buck here as we actually take the time to read and respond to their trolling.

  37. 37.

    Bruuuuce

    I’m sorry, but neither the Shadows nor the Vorlons are worth acceding to. This is OUR galaxy now!

  38. 38.

    Citizen_X

    @Roger Moore: As a real scientist (“pure?” What the unholy fuck?), I say we follow the blah dude with a chick, a Messkin, and a Mooslim dude in the White House (all somewhat liberal, of course), so that the sociopaths may continue to identify themselves and repel all but their fellow 27%ers.

  40. 40.

    Tyro

    The unintentional conclusion Haidt makes is this: “Conservatives Hate Us For Our Freedoms”

    Unfortunately, he’s so caught up in his Stockholm-Syndrome-like affection for his conservative subjects that he doesn’t see it.

  45. 45.

    RSA

    A pure scientist would let us purge these traits from the gene pool by fighting and killing one another.

    I guess for Saletan, true scientists are all eugenicists.I wonder if he got a different message from Lord of the Flies than the rest of us?

  48. 48.

    samara morgan

    ahh.
    another banning in process.

    I’m slowly disappearing like the cheshire cat.

    that last thing to go will be my smile……

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