Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

T R E 4 5 O N

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

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

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

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

Let there be snark.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

How stupid are these people?

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

Bark louder, little dog.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

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  3. 3.

    General Stuck

    Joe Scarborough Slams Mitt Romney: ‘A Real Conservative Would Be Winning’

    Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
    The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
    And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
    But there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Mitt has struck out.

  4. 4.

    Jerzy Russian

    @BGinCHI: Who is this “Bush” person referred to in those charts? I poked around the transcripts of the RNC convention and similar sources a bit, but could not find any mention of this person.

  10. 10.

    BGinCHI

    @MikeJ: It’s stunning, eh?

    That’s one fucking stellar echo chamber over there on the right.

    The public employment numbers just floor me. You know the second there’s a GOP Prez those are going straight back up. What a world we live in.

  11. 11.

    MikeJ

    @BGinCHI:

    The public employment numbers just floor me.

    And the people that cheer loudest for cutting public jobs complain the most if they have to wait 10 minutes at the DMV.

  13. 13.

    General Stuck

    @Suffern Ace:

    I suspect Joe is happy as a clam with his new gig, getting paid big bucks for being an idiotic redneck jerk, just like he’s always been. Where the worst that can happen is Mika making a funny face at him for saying stupid shit.

  14. 14.

    Dennis SGMM

    @Suffern Ace:

    FORT WALTON BEACH, FL. – Lori Klausutis, a 28-year-old office worker for Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-Fl), was found dead in the congressman’s district office. Police said preliminary findings from the medical examiner’s office showed no foul play or any outward indication of suicide.

    Link

  15. 15.

    gene108

    I and my whole family are near sighted. I find it shocking that there exist people, who do not need to wear glasses.

    I wonder how many people are actually near sighted and do near sighted people just attract to each other and produce near sighted off-spring?

  17. 17.

    RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    I got conned into going back to the job that I recently left for an emergency ‘repair’ task today. It turned out to be the simplest sort of user service that the most cursory glance at the machine would have revealed. I’ve ruined these people. My strategy was to repair their equipment and train them to keep it up. What happened was I repaired their equipment and they got complacent and dumb. They’re doomed without me. I won’t go back.

  18. 18.

    RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    I was thinking it would be good if Punditry had coaching. If a pitcher leaves fat hanging curve balls over the plate for batters to spank over the center field bleacher he gets an early shower for his trouble. If a TV talking head does it, no consequences. We need someone to call a time out and change pundits when their brains go soft. Well, I can dream…

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    trollhattan

    @MikeJ:
    Some asshat from the McCain campaign was on NPR yesterday telling us that unleashing the EPA to make draconian new regulations is one leading reason our economy is in the toilet.

    I wish I were making that up. I guess the responsible thing would have been to leave them tied up in the closet, where they’d been the previous eight years. Speaking of being locked in the closet, this story is simply appalling. Putting a kid in a duffel bag is appropriate treatment at a school?

    http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2012/09/applying-the-lessons-of-abu-ghraib-to-our-schools

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    raven

    @RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist: My dad used to run a couple of swimming pools in a townhouse complex in Chicago for a summer job. He did it from the beginning and he knew the filtration system inside out. He sought a little raise in the summer of 65 and the association declined. He said, “OK, have at it”. No one could figure the damn thing out. He got the $$.

  22. 22.

    RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    @raven:

    Yeah, I don’t wanna go back. They decided to save money by not buying replacement parts for machines about last Nov. By spring busted stuff was piling up. $6,000 machine useless for want of $150 in service parts, etc. That’s when I decided they weren’t serious about repairs and started looking elsewhere. Too bad. The work was hard but I liked the people and I had a great boss. But they’re on their own now.

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