Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Democrats are back in array!

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

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

Ah, the different things are different argument.

Second rate reporter says what?

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

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Usually wrong but never in doubt

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

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

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

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

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  3. 3.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    I haven’t seen that flick in eons. Right now I’m recovering from doing my husbandly duties; pulling the living room apart and rearranging it for my wife. I remember when this used to take an afternoon to do, now it takes nearly a week. It doesn’t help that our entertainment center, stereo systems, computer systems, network, musical gear and I think the toaster, are all tied together.

    What’s sad is that I enjoy the electrical work and hate everything else…lol!

    AV nerd to the end.

  4. 4.

    Steeplejack

    Anyone else do crosswords on line? The USA Today puzzle is stuck at last Thursday for me, and I’m wondering if it’s because I let Java upgrade itself.

    Just go to this link and see what date puzzle comes up. There should be puzzles available for Friday, Saturday and (now) Monday, but I can’t get past Thursday. If this happens for anybody else, I’ll quit trying to fix it and start cursing the darkness.

    ETA: I think that link plays a brief ad first. I use Ad Blocker, so I didn’t think about that. Apologies.

  6. 6.

    Steeplejack

    @Geoduck:

    When you say “works,” do you mean the puzzle comes up with the one for today?

    What I meant in my previous post is that, although the puzzle “works,” it comes up with the puzzle for last Thursday, and I can’t navigate past that with “Next puzzle” or “Today’s puzzle” (or by manually changing the URL).

  8. 8.

    jl

    As a helpful aid to anyone’s insomnia, here is Kruguam, who just decided to move the scary Great Depression analogy from 1937 to 1931.

    The Great Abdication
    Kthug, NYT
    June 25, 2012
    http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=966454&f=28&sub=Columnist

    Edit: Spoiler Alert!

    ” Among economists who know their history, the mere mention of certain years evokes shivers. For example, three years ago Christina Romer, then the head of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, warned politicians not to re-enact 1937 – the year F.D.R. shifted, far too soon, from fiscal stimulus to austerity, plunging the recovering economy back into recession. Unfortunately, this advice was ignored.

    But now I’m hearing more and more about an even more fateful year. Suddenly normally calm economists are talking about 1931, the year everything fell apart. “

  16. 16.

    Freemark

    Blues Brothers is one of those movies I watch almost every time I see its on TV. Anytime my old friends want to get together we just send messages that ”we’re getting the band back together”

    The sad is that way to many 20 somethings and younger have never seen it. And of course don’t get my references making me feel old.

  20. 20.

    j

    If you are interested, this guy (Herve Attia) has a hobby of redoing movies shot for shot and comparing how the backgrounds have either changed or stayed the same. Here is his “Blues Brothers” video. This guy is good! He even inserts himself into some scenes. For some scenes he added comments in a box explaining plot devices and what happened to all the buildings.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_SbLi-X8JI

    He also did “Home Alone” “Ferris Beuler’s Day Off” and other movies.

  22. 22.

    redshirt

    I bet they got “SCMODS”.

    Love this movie so much, and it seems to get better with time.

    Fun theory: At the Church scene with James Brown, the Blues Brothers are anointed with HOLY LIGHT and from that point on, they are invincible. No matter the obstacles or efforts, they are untouchable.

    IE – Blues Brothers is a Christian Super Hero movie.

  24. 24.

    slag

    My big plan was to go to bed after Newsroom, but once again I got sucked into a complete viewing of the Blues Brothers.

    My big plan was to go to the store this morning, but I ran out of gas. I… I had a flat tire. I didn’t have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! IT WASN’T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!

  25. 25.

    Mnemosyne

    My brother had a black cat with a white spot on his chest. His name, of course, was the Rev. Cleofus James (though mostly we just called him Cleo).

    Also, too, The Blues Brothers was the first R-rated movie I ever saw without adult supervision. Our parents had gone out for date night, and my brothers (who were old enough to get into R-rated movies) decided that we should all go see it.

    So we’re standing in line waiting to get into the theater, and walking out from the previous show are … my parents.

    They look at me. They look at my brothers. They say, “It’s a good movie,” and they keep going.

    Because, come on, I lived in a house with four older brothers. It’s not like I was going to hear any bad language I hadn’t heard before, and there’s really nothing else in the movie that gets it an “R.”

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