Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

How stupid are these people?

The world has changed, and neither one recognizes it.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

“They all knew.”

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Second rate reporter says what?

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Petty moves from a petty man.

Giving up is unforgivable.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Find someone who loves you the way trump and maga love traitors.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

I would gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Fucking consultants! (of the political variety)

Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

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  1. 1.

    Larkspur

    Who needs dignity when you can be comfy? Comfy and safe and maybe you get a tummy rub now and then. Look at her little smile. Dignity shmignity.

  6. 6.

    Comrade Mary

    Aww — ROSIE!

    BTW, the combination of your thumb and her left paw looks like a goose head and neck going for her nethers. Her claw forms its malevolent dark eye.

    Or maybe I’m just sleep-deprived.

  8. 8.

    PsiFighter37

    Ermergherd (this is the new OMG, just giving everyone a heads-up so they don’t act surprised when it goes mainstream), I’ve got hiccups. Contemplating a Mickey D’s run to grab some FRANCH FRAAAAAS

  10. 10.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    @PsiFighter37: Many years ago, at Hozie’s Club Voltaire in Ocean Beach, San Diego, I had a killer round of hiccups. I tried everything: holding my breath, drinking a glass of water upside down, swallowing a spoonful of sugar dry. Then one of the patrons suggested something else and what the hell, IT WORKED!

    I was so drunk I never remembered what it was.

    PS it was definitely not McDonald’s.

  12. 12.

    PsiFighter37

    @Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason: I don’t care. I’ve just made an executive decision to damage my body.

    I’m going to grab some pants and be back in 10 minutes. If I’m not, call the McD’s at 28th and Park and make sure I didn’t pass out in the bathroom.

    ETA: Along with the pants, a large fries. Don’t get the impression I’m pulling a John Cole T-minus 1.5 months now.

  14. 14.

    suzanne

    I have a unique ability to turn ferocious strays into the most pathetic lapdogs ever.

    That’s why you’re the Douche Whisperer.

    @PsiFighter37: My eight-year-old has been saying “ERHMAGERD!” for weeks now. It’s annoying.

  15. 15.

    Yutsano

    BTW you’re honing in on Sister’s Sarah’s dirty pictures monopoly. I shudder to think how that front pager war would end.

  16. 16.

    suzanne

    @Citizen_X: I worked at McDonald’s when I was sixteen, and there were DEFINITELY some drive-thru patrons who weren’t wearing pants. There was also a dude we caught masturbating in the playland, which is still something that gives me nightmares.

  17. 17.

    trollhattan

    Jeez, that dog has less dignity than mine. A very low bar, BTW.

    But it’s fall and their little fuzzy furnaces area again useful. Mine’s trying to gas me out of the joint at present, and I’m not sure she’s not winning this round. Bleccch.

  19. 19.

    JohnK

    You have been scratching Rosie’s belly again. Admit it, you tummy rubbing monster, Madre de Dios!

  20. 20.

    PsiFighter37

    @suzanne: He/she has been doing it wrong. The middle syllable also requires an ‘er’ sound.

    AND I AM HOME SUCCESSFULLY FROM MCDONALD’S BTW. Mystery meat patty + medium fries in tow. Victory never tasted so good, until it does 4 weeks from now.

  22. 22.

    PsiFighter37

    And I promptly declare defeat on myself. Goodnight all.

    PF37 + 14 + McD hamburger + medium fries

    / this is going to end terribly tomorrow AM

  24. 24.

    suzanne

    @Citizen_X: The scary thing is that I’m not sure that was the grossest thing that ever happened in there. At least once a month, some kid would crap or puke in there. Numerous times, I would find out that there were unattended kids in there whose parents would give them five bucks and leave them there all day while they went to work. A few times, I saw kids left there without shoes. As much as I hated it at the time, that experience taught me more about compassion for my fellow human more than really any other experience I can think of. Including years of church.

  26. 26.

    max

    TPM:

    The new WaPo/ABC poll: Obama 49, Romney 46.[…]
    I’ll probably catch some grief by how I’m defining ‘premium’ here. It’s somewhat arbitrary. There are various polls I put a lot of stock in that I’m not including. But just to be clear I’m referring to the polls put out by CBS/NYT, NBC/WSJ, WaPo/ABC and Pew. This is the first from the first three on that list since the debate, if I’m not mistaken.[…]
    The swing state numbers over the weekend were a bit more friendly to Obama — particularly the one of Ohio by PPP. So is Obama coming back? Or was he never gone? I suspect it’s a bit of both. But things have been so weird and chaotic over the last six weeks I wouldn’t bet on anything.

    Well, I would. Going in we were solid, the smoke clears some and… coming out we’re still solid. Main thing seems to be that Romney increased his solid support from about 42 to about 44 (the rest is soft as butter), and Obama’s solid support fell by about a point to 46-47 or so, and even that wouldn’t have happened without the support of people like Sully. BFD. Now we’ll go back the other way.

    Onwards! Queue up the next media freakout!

    max
    [‘Who are these people panicking and where did they come from? Is anyone thinking they were going to vote for O? Also, could they go back to Planet Panic now?’]

  31. 31.

    The Dangerman

    Can we get a NSFS (last S being for sleep) tag here? First Mitt, then Muff, then playing with the balls in the balls. My dreams could be a John Waters film tonight.

  33. 33.

    Jebediah

    She has the same little smile as my Juno, who was also a stray and is now living the good life… thanks for the pic!

  37. 37.

    Debbie(Aussie)

    The Mighty Trowel
    If you are still around, just wondering if you had met a huntsman spider yet? My D-I-L (from Oregon)has been visited by a couple and is very aracnaphobic, frighten the living daylights out of her.
    I saw my first red-back last year. Am 50 and lived in SE Qld all my life :)

  38. 38.

    TheMightyTrowel

    @Debbie(Aussie): I have met many a huntsman – more shudders but less visceral fear. Actually within a few weeks of arriving, went to dinner at a colleague’s. She has a huntsman problem at her place. We got in the car and all realised 2 or 3 minutes later that one of her giant huntsman was sitting on the bonnet of the car – it surfed there for 20 min as we drove back home (up to 90 km/hr too!). We pulled over and used a stick to knock it off the car by a bit of bush. I don’t want a spider that butch in my garden!

  39. 39.

    Origuy

    Don’t miss today’s Google doodle. In the US, at least, it is an animation in honor of the creator of Little Nemo, Winsor McCay.

  41. 41.

    JoyceH

    @Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason:

    Many years ago, at Hozie’s Club Voltaire in Ocean Beach, San Diego, I had a killer round of hiccups. I tried everything: holding my breath, drinking a glass of water upside down, swallowing a spoonful of sugar dry. Then one of the patrons suggested something else and what the hell, IT WORKED! I was so drunk I never remembered what it was.

    Here’s what you do. You hold your breath. Count of ten, fifteen, whatever. Then, when you’re about out of breath and know you need to breathe, take an inhale but DON’T EXHALE. And hold your breath a little longer.

    I learned this trick a while back, can’t remember where, and since I’ve known it, I’ve never known it to fail.

  42. 42.

    Luthe

    I remember back in the day when pictures of Lily like that would be censored. That standards around here have really gone downhill. *sad headshake*

  43. 43.

    AkaDad

    I have a unique ability to turn ferocious strays into the most pathetic lapdogs ever.

    Are you talking about your pets or the people who comment here?

    :D

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