Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

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

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

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

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

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Fucking consultants! (of the political variety)

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

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

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

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

We still have time to mess this up!

How stupid are these people?

When I was faster i was always behind.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

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

Is trump is trying to break black America over his knee? signs point to ‘yes’.

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  1. 1.

    MattF

    And not just on Christmas, either. My mother was a mediocre cook, so we ate out a lot– consequently, my childhood food-memories are mostly of Chinese food.

  8. 8.

    c u n d gulag

    Speak for yourself.

    As an Agnostic, and though I’m not a practicing Christian, my family celebrates our Russian Orthodox Christms on January 7th.
    When I was a kid, it was great getting a day off from school right after the holiday break. And getting a small gift (the main gift-giving had been Americanized to December 25th).

    But now, all I get is the usual annual BS about why I don’t want to go to church?
    Uhm… Hello! I don’t believe, maybe THAT might be a factor – ya think?

    I went for years to keep the family peace, but for a few years now, I just don’t feel like going. What’s the point of going if you don’t believe?
    To keep the remaining living members of my family happy?

    Why does my NOT wanting to go to church make everyone else unhappy?
    I’ll take my Mom, and pick her later, like I do when she wants to go on Sundays. Or wait in the car. But oh no, that’s not good enough! No, I have to go in!

    I don’t push non-belief. i don’t even talk about it, until they start God-bothering me. Please be kind enough not to push your beliefs on me.

    I’m 55, and an Agnostic/Atheist my whole adult life. And I swear, I still get treated like I’m a wayward teenager, just going through a phase!
    I’ll be glad to come to your house on Christmas. Or, you can come to mine. But please don’t ask me to go to church!
    OY! ! ! And this from a family that’s NOT overly religious, believe it or not.

  11. 11.

    hamletta

    I’m watching Love Actually on DVD right now. Neener.

    Had my traditional lox & bagels this morning. Will probably have more later. Yum! Got the bagels from a new place, Bagelface Bakery. It can no longer be said you can’t find a decent bagel in Nashville. Had a friend who got tired of hearing about it, and threatened to move to NYC so she could bitch about the dearth of decent cornbread.

    Got through two services last night and spent half the late service begging the Lord to keep me from puking on the chancel. Slept the sleep of the dead.

    Still have more Christmas movies to watch — Elf; A Christmas Story; Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang — so no need to get vertical till tomorrow.

  12. 12.

    ET

    Well after my aborted trip to NOLA I got stuck in DC. Had cheese grits for breakfast and took a walk to see the Capitol Christmas tree and walk around the Botanic Gardens. Other than the CVS and buses, the only things opened were the 2 Chinese restaurants.

  14. 14.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    My husband and brother are trying to figure out the technology to get the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas music to play since my dad has it in iTunes but can’t remember where he put the original disk. In other words, a typical family Christmas.

    God bless us, every one!

  15. 15.

    RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    I’m sitting up at home fighting off the last of some kind of respiratory infection. No energy to go out to the family dinner so I’ll sack out early instead.
    Trying to sort out 2 weeks worth of work expenses in 2 countries, 2 currencies and 5 different states.

    But I’m home, I’m warm and I’m safe.
    I wonder if Jade Garden delivers…

  16. 16.

    Mike E

    Damn…forgot my copy of Gremlins back at the crib. Guess Miss E and I will have to watch Life of Brian instead, she needs to graduate from Holy Grail anyways!

  19. 19.

    ant

    What people eat in “Chinese restaurants” isn’t really Chinese food, in my view.

    My favorite item is the crab meat rangoon. lol, Chinese people can not digest dairy products…… that shit is american food.

    Chinese food is fish. fish, and peasant/poor people food.

    All the funky hog parts that southern ‘soul food’ likes to incorporate is closer to what Chinese food is than egg rolls.

  20. 20.

    RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    @ant:

    All the funky hog parts that southern ‘soul food’ likes to incorporate is closer to what Chinese food is than egg rolls.

    I spent 6 days in Mexico last week, then ran aground in central Iowa. Tried an ‘authentic’ Mexican restaurant by the hotel. I really love the food in Mexico. I so did not love this place’s overcooked, over-seasoned version of it.

  21. 21.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    @ant:

    lol, Chinese people can not digest dairy products…… that shit is american food

    Welcome to the immigrant experience. Pizza was invented here as a bar food and exported back to Italy. They never eat corned beef and cabbage in Ireland — Irish immigrants used corned beef because they couldn’t get the Irish bacon they used back home. Etc.

  22. 22.

    Juju

    We are having rosemary and thyme crusted standing rib roast, oven roasted greenbeans, garlic and onions with balsamic vinegar sauce and wild mushroom bread pudding. The baked goods are things I have been working on the last few weeks and they include: linzer torte, toffee bars, chocolate raspberry bars, lemon custard shortbread bars, almond sticks, pralines and chocolate truffles. Sad thing is, it’s only for four people.

  24. 24.

    Shadows mom

    Watching Santa Clause series when not in kitchen. Why isn’t santa clause series available to stream on netflix grumble

    Ham nearly done going to glaze with lingonberries. Trying these cinnamon/chile roasted potatoes . Brussels sprouts for him, asparagus for me, plus a nice salad.

    Happy Holidays to all!

  25. 25.

    eemom

    Merry Christmas y’all.

    The sign recalls the pitch perfect answer Justice Kagan gave in her confirmation hearing when Lindsey Asshole Graham asked her if she remembered where she was last Christmas Day (i.e., the Christmas of the underwear bomber).

    “Well, Senator, like all Jews, I was at a Chinese restaurant.”

    Awe.some.

  26. 26.

    karen marie

    Motherf&cker! Every time I try to post a link to 1channel which has Love Actually streaming for free, my comment disappears into the ozone, or something. Google 1channel, sign up (it’s free and no credit card # required) then search for the movie.

    Also watched The Hobbit on there last night but I slept through most of it.

  27. 27.

    Charlie Dodgson

    And then there are the Kosher Chinese restaurants (like Taam China in Brookline, MA) that allow those Jews so inclined to observe all their traditions simultaneously…

  29. 29.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Haydnseek:

    That’s one of my favorite scenes in the entire movie, just because it shows all these people having a good time in the spirit of the holiday, less the item that could put your eye out.

  30. 30.

    piratedan

    am I a bad person if I say that my favorite Holiday film is Die Hard?

    I may do some Notting Hill later tonight tho…..

  31. 31.

    ruemara

    hrm. Watching BBC sci-fi, K-9 and Doctor Who marathons on competing channels. Have the x over. Showed him the Christmas card I did, he barely grunted. Not even an, “oh, you finished”. Went back to watching his tai chi videos. As I have said before, you’re an X for a reason. Wish I was not quite so good a person to leave him alone, friendless and with leftovers for Yule. Gonna go hang out on Azeroth.

  33. 33.

    ruemara

    Thank the goddess, no. I think I had another nasal passage blood vessel fracture, but I’ve been ever so good about hypertension meds that it got to clot and seal. My Christmas gift was not another trip to the ER and no more nose tampons. Yes, they are called nose tampons.

  34. 34.

    nellcote

    Y’all should be watching the best christmas movie ever: A LION IN WINTER.

    King Peter O’Toole and Queen Katherine Hepburn with their sullen children. Just Awesome!

  36. 36.

    Roger Moore

    @ant:
    Restaurant food is rarely the same as home food in any culture. Do you think French people eat French restaurant food at home? A major point of restaurants is to make special food that people aren’t going to cook for themselves. There’s a lot of Americanized Chinese food, but there’s still plenty of reasonably authentic stuff, too, especially in places with large Chinese immigrant populations.

  38. 38.

    gbear

    I’m looking forward to tomorrow when all of this holiday nonsense will be over.

    I take it that you don’t do ANY shopping the day after Christmas?

  41. 41.

    Anne Laurie

    @Rafer Janders:

    How is Love, Actually not on Netflix???

    Oh, you can get it on disc from Netflix — that’s how me & the Spousal Unit were able to watch it last night!

    Netflix streaming depends on which studios they’ve been able to cut deals with, so I’m always finding new stuff Instantly-available… and others Gone with the Whim. Keeps me checking the site, anyways…

  43. 43.

    lamh35

    I’m currently at work right now and I’d just like to say that someone should tell certin “MeDical professional” that “bedside manor” should also extend to their fellow medical professionals and co-workers even if we are lowly lab workers…bastard. Ugh, I’ve still got 3 1/2 hours left in my day and I’m pissed enough to just go my ass home. Ugh…woo-sah, woo-sah, woo-sah!

    Anyway, Happy Christmas, Kwanzaa, Festivus, whatever.

  47. 47.

    Schlemizel

    Just got back from our first ever Chinese Christmas dinner. It was very good, in the spirit of the season we way over ordered and over ate. Got enough left overs that we won’t have to cook for a couple more days. Also over-tipped, the place was a mad house & the staff looked like they had everything they could do to try and keep up.

  51. 51.

    burnspbesq

    @danah gaz:

    “Love, Actually” – oooh I love that movie =)

    This may be the only thing you and I agree on. Although I continue to be unable to comprehend the concept of cheating on Emma Thompson.

    Enjoy it, and enjoy the rest of your Christmas.

  52. 52.

    workworkwork

    @burnspbesq: My wife and I watch that film every year. (I, too, can’t imagine cheating on Emma Thompson.)

    My eyes start misting up in the first five minutes. I’m just an old softie….

    On Christmas Eve we went to a stage production of ‘White Christmas’. We’re both fans of the movie and this show was just as, if not more, wonderful. Many happy, sentimental tears….

  53. 53.

    Jay C

    We did the usual family-get-together “Jewish Christmas” thing again this year: a fine time was had by all: but oddly, this year, half the family decamped before we got around to the Chinese food part of the festivities. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that The Glenlivet 18-Year-Old was the prime star of drinks-time before dinner – I swear, there’s only about (at most) two fingers left in the bottle: whoever came up with the “Jews don’t drink” canard obviously never met my in-laws – but (as usual) everyone left happy. And hopefully Aunt Yetta, 96 (yes, people, such figures of folklore DO still exist!) will make it to next Jewish Christmas with appetite undiminished. And since Hurricane Irene (2011) and Superstorm Sandy (2012) haven’t done for her (though having to be evacuated both times), the odds are pretty good.

    Hope everyone’s day was reasonably as happy…

  54. 54.

    mclaren

    “Love, Actually” is most certainly available on Netflix.

    Maybe you mean it isn’t available on the pointless bandwidth-wasting Netflix instant. But you can get the DVD shipped right to your door, assuming you have the brains to prefer the actual physical disc to the useless worthless evanescent low-quality streaming video.

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