Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Trump should be leading, not lying.

Dear legacy media: you are not here to influence outcomes and policies you find desirable.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

I really should read my own blog.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

There are times when telling just part of the truth is effectively a lie.

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

No Kings: Americans standing in the way of bad history saying “Oh, Fuck No!”

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

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  14. 14.

    Ash Can

    The Cole household menagerie is going to finally succeed in tripping Cole down the stairs in the dark. Tunch will eat Cole, Rosie will bury the bones in the yard, and Lily will drive the getaway car.

  15. 15.

    ulee

    Cole will put down this coup. He controls the food distribution and entry/exit apparatus. Of course, if Cole is already dead it becomes a power struggle between Tunch and Rosie and how to proceed now that the coup has succeeded. And what to do with Lily, clueless to the plot.

  17. 17.

    Wag

    @ulee:

    Lily will stand guard over Cole’s body and force all to starve rather than sustain themselves on the flesh of the Master.

  21. 21.

    Alison

    Been seeing lots of scary weather/power outage/accident tweets, and thus far have refrained from commenting on the beautiful, mild, breezy days we’ve had here lately…

    Oops. #refrainingfail

    Watching the women’s gymnastics trials now. These ladies are fucking awesome. Breaks my heart a little every time they fall. One tiny slip-up can be such a huge thing :(

  24. 24.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Yutsano: Look, marines get nervous if they get too far from a beach. Lots of work needs to be done inland. That is my point. If you want the artillery vs. infantry thing, I can do it too.

  25. 25.

    ExurbanMom

    Listening to awesome Pandora station, built on Prince. Giving me Bill Withers, Kool and the Gang, The Time, and some awesome live Prince stuff. Helps to be +2 also. Glad the curtains cover the windows of the room where I’m dancing like an idiot.

    Hope Cole can see the beady eyes of Tunch by flashlight, so as to protect himself from any storm-induced kitty onslaughts.

  26. 26.

    Todd

    Goddammit, Netflix is fried because of the derecho. Bed, pay per view, iTunes over apple tv. Those are my choices.

  27. 27.

    Yutsano

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Look, marines get nervous if they get too far from a beach.

    Have you been to San Diego? Honestly do you blame them?

    Dawgs respond better to tummy rubs. Nyah.

  31. 31.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Yutsano: Oh, good lord, I love Vancouver. Blackcomb-Whistler… Damn…. I won’t emigrate – ever. My family was here before the assholes and we aren’t leaving. Scalia, Alito, Arpaio, and the rest can fuck off.

  32. 32.

    Yutsano

    @Omnes Omnibus: I would for a positive reason (and almost did though he wasn’t ready) but I ain’t getting chased out. My family was on this continent a long fucking time before most Americans.

  34. 34.

    Joey Maloney

    This is three minutes of unbearably cute audio:

    Hartford-based WNPR reporter Jeff Cohen has two little girls: Sadie, 5, and Eva, 3. Recently, Sadie decided to give Eva a homemade haircut, which, as you might expect, didn’t end up looking very good.
    __
    Their dad wanted to get to the bottom of the hairdressing debacle, so he did what any good public radio reporter would do: He sat them down, turned on his recording equipment, and conducted the cutest interview imaginable.

  36. 36.

    Yutsano

    @Omnes Omnibus: Only child unfortunately. His little brother died when he was 18. He never quite got over it. However I bet Comrade Mary has a few options…

  37. 37.

    Dee Loralei

    @Omnes Omnibus: Same here, in 2032 or so, my family will have been in the US for 400 years. I am so glad that I am here to mark the occasion. And I’m so glad my future grandkids will be here for the 500th Anniversary.

  40. 40.

    burnspbesq

    Ladies and gentlemen, R.A. Fucking Dickey. First 12-game winner in the majors this year. Yet another shutout. Made the Dodgers look silly. Somewhere in Heaven, my grandfather the New York Giants fan is sucking on a Ballantine Ale and smiling.

  42. 42.

    YellowJournalism

    Whatever happened to Julie Brown, anyway? I’m one of the only people I know who ever watched Just Say Julie and really enjoyed it. I miss that time period o MTV. I also really liked Remote Control. I had a computer game version of it that was actually on a floppy disc. I memorized all the answers and would get great scores. Loved fooling people into thinking that I was a walking tv encyclopedia (now realize I kind of am one anyway). Good times.

  43. 43.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Dee Loralei: 1608 on one side and 1629 on the other. Fuck the right-wing assholes, we’ll stay. Our ancestors killed enough brown people to cover our share, right?

    @Yutsano: Actually, due to an elbow injury, I am frightened of Canadian women. Long story.

  48. 48.

    Yutsano

    @Omnes Omnibus: Just to check: are you related in any fashion that you know of to the Dionne quintuplets?

    (My grandfather’s second cousins. I’m too lazy to figure out what that makes me to them.)

  49. 49.

    suzanne

    My husband is a descendant of George Washington’s brother. Which makes him….ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. (Quoth Dark Helmet).

    I am getting my long hair chopped off tomorrow. That’s one way to lose weight.

  50. 50.

    jl

    All my ancesters were European peasants. They wandered over here to the New Country between 1700 and sometime in the 1850s. Had damned lies exagurations tall tales treasured family lore told to me as an innocent child about fancy pants people in Scotland don’t you know.

    But, later on, the truth sunk it. Yeah we was related, but my people were peasants all the way down.

    The Civil War heroes turned out to be three month enlistees that popped in and out of the records, sometimes serving after the first payday, sometimes not. One was last heard of heading off to a Confederate prisoner of war camp, so I don’t want to make too much fun.

    Did have some minor Revolutionary War officers in the family, though. So, ha! Apparently that is for real, at least my relatives who are willing to dive into this stuff tell me so.

  51. 51.

    cckids

    @Joey Maloney: That is fabulous, and boy, does it bring back memories! My daughter cut her curls off at 3 because the kids at day care teased her about them. She looked like a cancer patient, bald in spots with long golden curls in other. Had a Peter Pan haircut for months while it grew out. And she wouldn’t wear anything but dresses for that time, because people would assume she was a boy. Good times.

  52. 52.

    Brachiator

    The Mighty Thora

    Thora Arnorsdottir is running for president of Iceland in the June 30 election. The job is largely ceremonial, but has some significant powers. Thora is not yet married to her partner, and gave birth not too long ago. All this would make a wingnut go nuts if it happened here.

    Oh yeah, the current prime minister is a gay woman. Good times. Some background at the BBC site.

    bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18629907

  53. 53.

    Yutsano

    @Brachiator: I have friends there who (I think) are flying home tomorrow. It would be fantastic if they stuck around for the election.

  54. 54.

    jl

    @Brachiator:

    Thanks. Interesting story, Go, Iceland!

    If I were a voter, though, I would have to ask her what she would have done on the Icesave legislation.

    Grimsson saved Iceland from being another Ireland. I would want the president to be ‘politcal’ in that situation. Story doesn’t say he did anything improper, just exercised some rarely used powers of the presidency.

    But, the country has a lot of inspiring stories.

    Maybe from the mystical power of that glacier.

  59. 59.

    Elmo

    Well, my power has been out since 9 pm, and through the magic of iPad and iPhone, I am still managing to post here.

    Not that I have anything interesting to say, mind you. Except that was a hellofa storm here in NoVA and the dogs were terrified so they’re all in the bed. And it’s hot because there’s no power, so the dogs are all panting and making it much worse.

    Nope, that wasn’t interesting after all.

  61. 61.

    Elmo

    @Valdivia:

    Thanks! Dominion Power says there’s nearly a million customers out. I live out in Loudoun County, so I know we aren’t the highest priority. I don’t expect power back this weekend. 100 degrees plus and no AC! Can’t wait!

  63. 63.

    Elmo

    @Valdivia:

    We’ll be fine. I have lots of options, plenty of water (I’m on a well so I have to stock up for power failures), nice big house with lots of shade all around, and if all else fails we’ll get in the car and run the AC there.

  65. 65.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    My power went out at 10:45 last night, still off this morning. May flee to my brother’s house in Arlington, although I don’t know if the power’s on there either. Got to 103 F. here yesterday, 100 predicted for today. Good times.

  67. 67.

    Raven

    Meanwhile, in the land of cotton:

    “ATLANTA — Out-of-work Georgians will soon see their benefits slashed nearly in half and those seeking food stamps will have to pass a drug test under news laws that start Sunday.”

  69. 69.

    Origuy

    I was in Whistler two summers ago. Amazing women, it’s a miracle I didn’t walk into a wall.

    I have one Civil War ancestor that I know of. He enlisted three months before Appomattox. According to the unit history, he spent the next year guarding railroads in the South.

  71. 71.

    MeDrewNotYou

    I’ve been discussing Obamacare with a friend and I have a question. Google has proven to be insufficient; the results are too messy and mostly pertain to the debate over the bill. ETA- I’ve also glanced at the actual PPACA bill, but didn’t find what I’m looking for.

    Simply put, how do the enforcement mechanisms work against the insurers? Take rescission. I’ve been healthy and paid on time for years, but suddenly I’m diagnosed with bone-itis (Props to anyone that gets the reference.), which will cost $10M to treat. My insurer decides to drop me based on a mistake on my initial application, even though they’re no longer allowed to do so. What happens to them?

    I assume they’re fined, but my friend says he heard (but doesn’t know) that the fines are paltry, in the low five digit range. If they’re fined $10k for dropping me, but I would cost them $10M, what’s to stop them? Are the fines larger, are there other punishments, or what?

  73. 73.

    MeDrewNotYou

    @Raven: That was informative, but not what I’m looking for. I want to know what the punishment for the insurer is when they decide to break the rules in that document.

    I bookmarked that page, though, since it gives a great explanation of the effects of the bill. Most descriptions are pretty general, but that had some useful specifics.

  76. 76.

    MeDrewNotYou

    @Raven: Thanks for trying. And it isn’t like that link was useless. It has the best description of the provisions I’ve seen and should prove useful to wonkish friends wanting specifics.

    I think the problem is that I’m looking for the details of what most people take for granted. Congress passes a law saying you can’t hunt humans for sport and that’s that. People know that its now illegal and don’t ask for details. You rarely see a discussion about what’s preventing me from that hunting and what happens if I do take down a few Homo sapiens. Getting detail is tough, especially with a complex law like Obamacare that’s full of incentives and disincentives and is mostly a regulatory thing.

  77. 77.

    Marcellus Shale, Public Dick

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall:

    a blushing zinfandel wine tap. age does not matter because wine taps are neither appreciated nor savored, merely tolerated for the effect. the peggy noonan personality

  78. 78.

    Marcellus Shale, Public Dick

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall:

    a blushing zinfandel wine tap. age does not matter because wine taps are neither appreciated nor savored, merely tolerated for the effect. the peggy noonan personality

  79. 79.

    JPL

    @Raven: I wonder how many times Arthur Blank will have to pee in a cup in order to qualify for the 150 million handout he wants.

  83. 83.

    nastybrutishntall

    @ExurbanMom: Then you’ll love the Chaka Khan station. It does dip its toes in a lil adult contemp, but then you get a lot of Rufus and the Gap Band.

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