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Tossing up some fresh thread until someone comes along with actual content. In the meantime, here’s Max.

The confidence of youth

That 25-pound lab puppy semi-teabagging the doberman would be my friend’s awesome dog Mossy, whose personality comes pretty close to the Aristotelian ideal of ‘dog’. She goes way up on my kidnap-if-I-could-get-away-with-it dog list.

Max still puts up a fight when other dogs get up in his face an’ at, but on a warm day sooner or later Max will just flop over and say f*ck it.

Kind of like Max’s friend Lillemet the mastiff did way back when.

Max Lilemet 1

Payback, bitches.

In other news, make sure to find out whether your computer has a hidden virus called ‘DNS Changer’ that could cause your net connection to go dark this coming Monday, or start mainlining malware or something like that. Go here to do a quick check.

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  2. 2.

    Suffern ACE

    I’m waiting for the plane to take me to India. Two weeks of reading the Hindustan Times. I’ll see if there’s a David Brooks of India.

  4. 4.

    trollhattan

    @Suffern ACE:

    You’ll recognize South Asia’s David Brooks if somebody writes glowingly of the caste system. Have fun sweltering in any case.

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    Libby's person

    Thanks for the computer check link! You saved me from a search to find it, and from procrastinating until it was too late!

    Nice doggies. My GSD-aussie mix is calm practically to the point of being comatose, but I don’t think she’d let a silly lab sit on her!

  7. 7.

    JGabriel

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    David Brooks:

    A decade or so ago, people started writing books and articles on the boy crisis. At the time, the evidence was disputable and some experts pushed back. Since then, the evidence that boys are falling behind has mounted.

    Say what?

    Seriously, you’d think a New York Times writer would know better than to use the words boys, behind, and mounted in the same sentence — particularly in a sentence ostensibly about education.

    Is David trying to tell us something?

    .

  8. 8.

    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn

    TPM (yeah, I know) is reporting that Obama is killing Mittens with words of kindness about MittenCare, or whatever it is the Mass. law’s name goes by.

    I’d say this campaign is gonna be a knee slapper, exceptin’ Romney might have nothing left to run on but a buttfull of dog whistle by the time autumn rolls around. So far, I’m not so sold on his upstanding character to think he won’t go to that well if he’s desperate. If anyone wants to convince me it won’t really sink to that, I’m all ears (well, eyes).

  9. 9.

    Jay in Oregon

    The problem is that DNSChanger rewrites your network settings to point to a set of DNS servers that the malware writers controlled.

    Malware writers could use bad DNS servers to impersonate legitimate websites in order to obtain banking info or usernames and passwords. (The article below also said that it redirected users to bad sites in order to drive up ad impressions illegitimately.) They could also have been command-and-control servers for a botnet that could be used to relay spam, perform denial-of-service-attacks, or worse.

    The DNS servers were seized by authorities, who cleaned them up and left them running in order to give users time to get their systems fixed. Now they are talking about taking them offline; at last count they estimate 300,000 machines are still infected with DNSChanger and will lose the ability to resolve domain names when the servers go offline, effectively knocking them off of the internet until the Trojan is removed and their network settings are restored.

    Here’s a decent summary, and info on finding tools to see if you are infected by DNSChanger.

    http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57322316-263/fbi-tackles-dnschanger-malware-scam/

    (Yeah, the link in the original article would have worked too.)

  12. 12.

    JGabriel

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    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn:

    … Romney might have nothing left to run on but a buttfull of dog whistle by the time autumn rolls around. So far, I’m not so sold on his upstanding character to think he won’t go to that well if he’s desperate.

    We already know from Romney’s campaign so far that he isn’t too upstanding to lie, and from his business record that he isn’t too upstanding to cheat — brazenly.

    .

  13. 13.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    Maxpuppeh and friend! Thank you.

    My good thoughts for chopper, who said goodbye to Sophie. And for OHM, who’s awaiting some testing. Both items in dead (or perhaps just mostly dead)threads, so I’m posting this here.

    102F expected today. Too fucking hot. But power is on, and central air is a wonderful thing.

  14. 14.

    scav

    I adore Max’s tongue in the top photo. I’ve got the collapse in a heap down but I want a tongue that big and floppy to evaporate with (either one is good, but Max’s has especial flop that calls to me).

  15. 15.

    trollhattan

    @JGabriel:

    Both Benen and Chait have been pounding the snot out of Willard lately, and he keeps handing them more ammunition, hourly. I know it’s a naive viewpoint but it seems like the election is Obama’s to lose, as I don’t see how Willard gets the job done based on his skill set.

    But hey everyone, just listen to the Annbot: “Really, if you just get to know him he’s super keen.“

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    catclub

    @Libby’s person: I was amazed.
    That is the first ever “Warning WARNING Warning: Your computer might explode!”

    That I have seen that was actually from a trustable source and not just more spam.

  20. 20.

    gvg

    Schrodinger’s Candidate

    From Sully’s website but it wouldn’t let me cut n’ paste so I retyped it and he said a reader sent it and that it was “going around the internet”

    Until specific voters or interest groups look at a Romney, it is impossible to know his position. The outcome will vary depending on the observer. When the box containing the Romney is closed, all positions are possible, and the only certainty is that Schrodinger’s cat will end up strapped to the roof of the car.

    I find this amusing.

  22. 22.

    Culture of Truth

    That photo reminds me of the last time John McCain visited Meet The Press

  23. 23.

    Violet

    Do you think that Romney as any idea that he comes across as a rich, out of touch, entitled asshole to the average voter?

  24. 24.

    JGabriel

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    trollhattan:

    I know it’s a naive viewpoint but it seems like the election is Obama’s to lose …

    I don’t think that’s a naive viewpoint. Nate Silver’s Election Model (right sidebar) has President Obama beating RMoney by more than 2 to 1 (68.3% of the time v. 31.7%) out of ten thousand runs, assuming Nate still uses 10k runs per forecast.

    Since Nate’s model is pretty much the most sophisticated election forecast being updated & published on a regular basis, the view that Obama has the advantage hardly seems naive.

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  25. 25.

    trollhattan

    Giant balls on that stalker-killer guy, Zimmerman.

    The statement posted on Zimmerman’s website this afternoon read:
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    “For those that think Mr. Zimmerman has been treated unfairly by the media, for those who feel Mr. Zimmerman has been falsely accused as a racist, for those who feel this case is an affront to their constitutional rights – now is the time to show your support.”

    http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/07/george-zimmerman-bond-set-at-1-million.html

    Maybe Sheldon Adelson can go his bail?

  26. 26.

    beltane

    @Violet: Romney simply does not care about how he appears to the average voter. The average voter belongs to a class of humanity that is, and always has been, invisible to the Mitt Romneys of the world.

  27. 27.

    Culture of Truth

    “For those that think Mr. Zimmerman has been treated unfairly by the media, for those who feel Mr. Zimmerman has been falsely accused as a racist, for those who feel this case is an affront to their constitutional rights support him precisely because he is a racist, – now is the time to show your support

  28. 28.

    trollhattan

    @JGabriel:

    In my (cough) defense I’m a reflexive pessimist. That way when I’m surprised it’s usually by something good happening.

    My fervent hope is the president will have a coattail effect in November, both with congress and certain governorships. GOTV will be a Very Big Deal, as are the vote suppression campaigns.

  29. 29.

    JGabriel

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    beltane:

    The average voter belongs to a class of humanity that is, and always has been, invisible to the Mitt Romneys of the world.

    Overheard at Romney HQ*:

    Campaign Advisor: We’re a little concerned about your favorables among people with income of less than a hundred k.
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    Mitt Romney: Pshaw! Poor people don’t vote.

    (*Not intended to be a factual statement.)

  32. 32.

    Amir Khalid

    Obviously, I’m not going to be putting money in the hat for George Zimmerman’s bail. But surely he can’t complain that the media didn’t treat him fairly; if anything, he has been treated more fairly than he would like. If it weren’t for a public outcry, he wouldn’t be facing a charge of murder two.

    Since Zimmerman has also been accused of reckless vigilantism, dishonesty (by the judge, no less) and stupidity, I’m sure he’s been accused of racism. After all, he is white whereas Trayvon Martin was black. Zimmerman’s one black great-grandfather doesn’t necessarily mean he can’t be a racist. But I for one am content to let trial testimony show whether or not he picked on Trayvon out of racism.

    I’m quite mystified as to where in this case Zimmerman’s lawyer sees an affront to the US Constitution.

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    opie jeanne

    I saw a mention on BJ that the 4th was supposed to be some sort of re-birth of the Tea Party. Don’t remember who mentioned it and I can’t find anything online.

    So, was this a miscarriage?

  36. 36.

    danielx

    Been in my home since 1998. Today is the first time ever the thermometer on the back porch has registered 100 degrees, and the thermometer is in the shade. If I could stay inside for the next three days I would.

  39. 39.

    trollhattan

    @opie jeanne:

    I.C. what you did there.

    This year’s San Diego fireworks show would make a nice Tea Party “rebirth” metaphor. “We’re older, we’re whiter, and we’re even more apt to explode at a moment’s notice.”

  40. 40.

    WereBear

    @TooManyJens: Zimmerman’s victim act is working for him: Zimmerman Raises 20K in a Day After Judge Says He Was Ready to Jump Bail.

    Holy crap, but that makes me mad.

    However, I am hanging on tight to my fervent hope that he will, indeed, pay for his crime.

  41. 41.

    scav

    Is Zimmerman sure not to come up in front of the same judge again (entirely clueless here)? I’d be wary of pissing him off more on the subject of cash and looking like an opportunist, or is the lawyer thinking this “show” of public support is likely to win over jurors?

  42. 42.

    MikeJ

    @scav: The lawyer is thinking that this jerk doesn’t have anywhere near what it will take to go to court and he wants to get paid. I don’t blame the lawyer at all.

  44. 44.

    trollhattan

    @scav:

    I wonder whether his lawyer-o-the-week is clever enough to keep Zimmerman in the news so much that he is granted a change of venue to the moon?

  45. 45.

    scav

    @MikeJ: Ok, so you’re thinking this one is lawyer-originatedspawned (ETA: Use English for a change). I’m still not seeing how it helps his case but I guess that’s not a part of the calculation whatsoever, good or bad for his client. OK. ta.

  46. 46.

    Svensker

    Cute puppeh tongues!

    Urgent urgent urgent! Puppeh in Philly will be euthanized (tonight is the deadline, I think)unless fostered or adopted asap. This from my rescue dog cousin in Philly. Anybody out there who can help?

  47. 47.

    Linda Featheringill

    Hot. It was necessary for me to be out and about during the middle of the day. Just now got inside. “Feels like” 105. Wind is 1 freaking mph. [Why bother?]

    Fuck you climate change! Fuck you climate change! Fuck you climate change! Fuck you climate change! Etc.

    Tomorrow is supposed to be even worse. Arghhhhhh!

    But . . wet hair and wet T shirt and a fan directly on my feet. I feel like I might live.

  48. 48.

    Linda Featheringill

    @TooManyJens:

    Apparently, Zimmerman needs a lot of collateral for this bond.

    If you were a bondsman, would you trust him?

  53. 53.

    Ron

    We just adopted a second dog. Maggie is a 2-3 year old Lab/Boxer mix that was left on the side of road after being hit by a car in Alabama. She was then moved from a high-kill shelter in AL to a shelter in Waterloo, NY where she sat for several months. She has a minor injury to her paw or leg and to her jaw. She’s super sweet and she’s been a great addition to our home.

    The other dog in this picture is our 11-year old dog, Gypsy, also adopted from a shelter that we theorize is a whippet-terrier mix.

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