Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Books are my comfort food!

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

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

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Giving up is unforgivable.

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

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

The way to stop violence is to stop manufacturing the hatred that fuels it.

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Our messy unity will be our strength.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

I did not have this on my fuck 2025 bingo card.

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    I debating between freaking out over projections based on 3 day old pols in which Obama is still ahead in the EC or doing something productive to help the campaign.

    Thoughts?

  3. 3.

    Ding dong

    Anybod else think romneys four more weeks sounds really really dumb. When I hear it I think of yeah, four more weeks of Romney.

  5. 5.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @Baud:

    Thoughts?

    Get a big ol’ carton of ice cream and curl up in front of a Meg Ryan movie until the urges subside.

  10. 10.

    PurpleGirl

    Going to two crafts fairs tomorrow with some friends. We’ll have lunch between the two fairs. I’m looking forward to getting out of the house and away from politics for a few hours.

  12. 12.

    gogol's wife

    @jwb:

    Okay, now you’re getting PsiFighter mixed up with Psy of Gangnam Style.

    I can’t believe I just typed those words.

  15. 15.

    MikeBoyScout

    Paul Constant …. just one more demonstration of how much of a live wire the Pacific Northwest has become.

  18. 18.

    wrb

    @KoolEarl:

    UGH. Silver tweeted RMoney still gaining and near 40%. Hopefully Biden stanched the bleeding

    It’s up.

    38.9%

    That was fast.

    I hope Sully & Mathews are pleased.

  19. 19.

    Flying Squirrel Girl

    Tomorrow morning I’m loading my dogs onto a flight from Costa Rica to Houston to begin new lives which I will shortly join (Mr. FSG is meeting them in Houston). But tonight I’m just a big ol’ ball of anxiety about the whole thing. My babies!!!

    ETA: FSG +2ish (don’t judge, we had a 20 second earthquake this week too!)

  21. 21.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    @hilts:

    FUCK THE GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING NY YANKEES

    You got that right. Arggh. O’s loaded ’em up in the 8th and stranded them all. Argghh again.

    OTOH, what a series. Five nail-biting pitcher’s duels.

  22. 22.

    Flying Squirrel Girl

    @redshirt: Fantastic and incredibly frustrating! I’ve been here 5 years and a lot of the shine has worn off, but doesn’t that happen anywhere? We have lived very rurally, and although what I wanted was to be off the beaten path, I misunderestimated the education gap and cultural gap that comes with living OTBP in a third world country. But I wake up to howler monkeys almost every morning, which has never ever lost its awesomeness.

  24. 24.

    WaterGirl

    37 seconds. That’s as long as I could take that video.

    Edit: I see gbear made it one second longer than me. gbear, I hope you’re okay.

  26. 26.

    WaterGirl

    @Ding dong:

    Anybody else think romneys four more weeks sounds really really dumb. When I hear it I think of yeah, four more weeks of Romney.

    Thank you! I actually laughed out loud at that. It’s been a long 10 days or so since the Obama-Romney debate, so I needed that.

  28. 28.

    Suffern ACE

    So Europe won itself a peace prize today. Next year, I think it goes to Doctors Who Don’t Leave Home, and other valiant groups.

  32. 32.

    wiscomom

    @Baud: So I got tired of freaking out at the polls and seeing the daily RNC mailers and getting their daily “calls”. Instead of donating more money I signed up to do “something” on the ground. Not sure what that means. Maybe doing something positive/tangible will help.

  34. 34.

    Flying Squirrel Girl

    @redshirt: Came here in 2007 after many wonderful vacations to the same area. Close friends were already living here and making it look easy and we thought, “If they can, why can’t we?” It looked like everyone was making killer money buying and developing/selling land and all the services that go along with newly created infrastructure. But we moved here just as things started REALLY tanking in the states, and from then it has seemed like a good place to weather the storm. As things got worse in the states everything dried up here: building, property management, etc. (we are at the end of the road at a somewhat famous surfbreak in CR — Playa Negra).

    As for why Houston of all places (believe me I know), Mr. FSG and I are both from TX and that’s where the contacts, family, jobs and low cost of living are for us; in short, lots of support and opportunity.

    I will miss this pace of life and am immensely grateful to have been able to have heard the ocean every day for 5 years. And the monkeys too.

  35. 35.

    TexasMango

    @wrb: I know fuck them. You don’t see GOPers beating up on Ryan like liberals did on Obama. It’s really disgusting. No matter what happens, Sully, Mathews, Shultz, et al will be on my shit list forever.

  37. 37.

    beltane

    @TexasMango: Before the debate these same f*ckers were saying all Obama needed to do was avoid any major gaffes. Well, he avoided any major gaffes and it was the end of the f*cking world. We have no real allies in the media, none.

  40. 40.

    Hill Dweller

    Granted, there are tens of millions of ignorant, hateful people in this country, but I still have a hard time believing Willard is going to be elected President. Perhaps that is naievete or stupidity, but I just can’t believe a failed one-term governor can beat an incumbent.

  41. 41.

    piratedan

    @Southern Beale: i’m sure it’s just an isolated incident, it’s not race related and its probably related to all of those gun restriction laws that have been passed and second amendment remedies and surveyors symbols and FREEDOM!

  42. 42.

    jwb

    @TexasMango: They all thought they were polishing their independent judgement cred, but all except Matthews ranted their way out of a job if Obama loses. Sully probably cut his audience in half if Obama loses, Schultz even more.

  44. 44.

    TooManyJens

    I keep trying to find out when How I Met Your Mother season 7 will be available on Netflix streaming, but I have absolutely no idea where to get that kind of information. I’ve looked all over. Netflix has a list of what’s coming out in the next 2 weeks or so, but if it’s not on that list, I guess the customers just don’t get to know?

  45. 45.

    TexasMango

    @Hill Dweller: I don’t either. And I’m not going to freak out over a bunch of polls showing what we already knew: that Romney is going to blow Obama out with white Southerners and this will make the popular vote very close.

    Gee………….I wonder why?

    Every racist cracker is going to be voting against Barack Obama, but the media won’t talking about that shit.

  49. 49.

    James E. Powell

    Obama/Biden and the Democrats need to open a new front against Romney/Ryan, an issue that hasn’t been done to death in ads and press/media coverage.

    They need to have something swirling in the mix before the next debate, something that Romney has to answer for or respond to. It would be a mistake to wait until the debate, itself, to spring it.

    For some reason, everyone let Romney’s secret tax returns fade into oblivion. I am guessing that if you asked the ‘undecided’ voters, they would tell you that he already did.

    I don’t know what it could be or should be because my views are such that what matters to me are things the ‘undecided’ voters care about.

    You guys got anything?

  50. 50.

    trollhattan

    @red dog:
    I understand the Niners have committed to not napping on third down for the rematch. Should be interesting.

    Don’t know if I get to watch it here, but the #1 offense (Patsies) play the #1 defense (Seahawks) Sunday. Talk about a style clash.

  51. 51.

    piratedan

    @James E. Powell: immigration….. Latinos want it, full fledged support of the Dream Act. Work out proper treatment of “guest workers” that allow proper treatment and benefits while still allowing a game plan for citizenship and for agriculture to come to grips with what is a fair wage. Because if immigrant workers start getting minimum wage, you can expect to see dramatic increases in prices in your grocery stores.

  52. 52.

    Chris

    Apropos of nothing, I had previously never seen the Internet phenomenon (which I’m told is fucking ancient) “LEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOY… JJJJJEEEENNNKIIINSSSSSSS!” (youtube.com/watch?v=uVZ50qAQrpc) until now.

    This egregious hole in my pop culture having been filled, I am now cracking up in the empty library where I should be doing my homework.

    That is all.

  53. 53.

    PsiFighter37

    @redshirt: Is this supposed to be some kind of compliment? I can’t really tell, this DFH beer absolutely crushed me in a belated fashion.

    ETA: After reading a bit more – I think the election has caused me to drink more. There was a time not so long ago (namely, earlier this year) where my tolerance was absolute shit. Tuesday night, I went out for drinks with the team and did shots, drank beer, and woke up the next morning with zero hangover.

    If Obama pulls this out, I think I’ll be able to calm down. Otherwise, the liver is in for punishment for 4 more years.

  56. 56.

    redshirt

    @PsiFighter37: More honest assessment than compliment, though I think it was somewhat complimentary, in that you are revealing what others are probably hiding. Honesty – if that’s what it is – is usually cool.

    redshirt +2352.39

  58. 58.

    Mike E

    Yours truly doing the phone thing 6 days a week up until Election Day, doing my part here in Mayberry.

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