Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Everybody saw this coming.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

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

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

The revolution will be supervised.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

This blog will pay for itself.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

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  1. 1.

    Jo

    Yes, but Suits isn’t back on until summer. That sucks, especially with Mike and Rachel getting back together. Sarah Rafferty is still the hottest woman on that show, just saying.

  7. 7.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    The most over-the-top-watches-fox-listens-to-rush-reads-drudge conservative at my job also likes Psych.

  8. 8.

    guachi

    Yay from me, too. It’s been a REALLY LONG break. Something like 11 month hiatus.

    Favorite show on TV, by far.

  10. 10.

    Mike in NC

    Good to have Psyche back but I’m looking forward to Game of Thrones returning at the end of March. Last night’s Justified was terrific and The Americans is growing on us.

  11. 11.

    Yutsano

    @Omnes Omnibus: I think it’s good that he spoke up. I just am aghast that he would be asked something so inappropriate. What the fuck does that have to do with how well he blocks or how good he is at catching short passes?

  14. 14.

    Alison

    Yay Psych! I will forever love this show for that old Ebony and Ivory promo ad. That was the funniest shit ever.

    Also tonight is the Top Chef finale and it’s a cool situation to have two kick-ass women left. I’ll be happy with either of them winning, so it’ll be fun just to see what crazy shit they have to do.

  15. 15.

    dance around in your bones

    Never got into Psych, or Chuck for that matter.

    Not that I didn’t try, based on your enthusiasm.

    Sorry, dude.

    ETA: Game of Thrones! Dexter! Breaking Bad! Downton Abbey! Whatever else I forgot!

  16. 16.

    The Dangerman

    @Violet:

    Agreed. Bet speaking up costs him.

    Also agreed; he lost some money…

    …but the NFL is about to make some people instant millionaires. I suspect they tiptoe up to the line without crossing it to get their information. Doesn’t make it right, of course.

    FWIW, I was asked similar questions for my former Top Secret and, again, they tiptoe up to the line to get the information they need.

    ETA: Just to be clear; in the case of clearances, as I recall, openly gay is fine. Not sure how that would play in the NFL.

  18. 18.

    Yutsano

    @Violet: I also think it would suck if he lost a chance to play on the next level just because he refused to be intimidated. I’m convinced to this day that’s why my ex isn’t an Avalanche, even though he was flown down to skate and wowed the fuck out of them. But he was almost two metres tall and over 100 kilos. He’s a big boy.

  19. 19.

    Violet

    @The Dangerman: I can understand asking those kinds of questions more if you are getting a security clearance or something. You’re looking for things that might compromise someone, and if they are gay and not out then they might be more vulnerable to blackmail or something. Doesn’t make it right, but I can understand the thinking behind the questions being asked.

    But NFL players? Who the hell cares if they’re gay or not? Is it like in the example I linked above, that the players can’t handle it and thus it might affect team cohesion or something? If so, that’s a lousy excuse. The team owners and coaches need to set the example that any kind of discrimination isn’t tolerated and tell the players to deal with it. Hell, at one point the African American players weren’t all that welcome either. But somehow they managed to get past that.

  20. 20.

    The Dangerman

    @Violet:

    But NFL players? Who the hell cares if they’re gay or not?

    Well, for one, Las Vegas (as you say, it’s a security clearance issue, only, with the NFL, it’s a shitload of money on the line).

    ETA: I may be FOS (wouldn’t be the first time), but, I think, in 2013, an out player in the NFL would be accepted. If there’s a “hidden secret”, well, that might be a problem.

  21. 21.

    Violet

    @Yutsano: That just sucks. I hope he doesn’t lose his chance to play. That sort of discrimination just burns me up. It’s so subtle and not technically illegal. Just stupid and wrong. And it hurts everyone.

  22. 22.

    donnah

    I love Psyche! And I’m soon to catch up on Season Two of Downton Abbey (no spoilers, plz) and am also waiting for Luther and Sherlock. And Dr Who.

    Many good things come to those who wait…

  23. 23.

    Yutsano

    @Violet: I can only imagine the epic rant that is building up in Chris Kluwe as we type. I bet as soon as he gets wind of this there will be a minor nuclear explosion in the vicinity of the Twin Cities. Then there will be a very sternly worded letter.

    I think the kid was already gagged. He wasn’t allowed to name the organisation that asked him the questions. Personally I wanna know now, especially if it was the Seahacks. That shit won’t fly here.

  24. 24.

    Violet

    @The Dangerman: Vegas will manage. They don’t care if a player is gay. Vegas only cares how a team is doing. Now if there’s some reason that a gay player is going to either not play as well or make a team not play as well, then that’s an issue. But being gay won’t affect how a player plays, and as for affecting the team, as I said, that’s up to the coaches and management to make sure it’s not an issue. I think being part of the team that is bold and non-discriminatory might improve team cohesion instead of be a negative.

  25. 25.

    dance around in your bones

    @donnah: Luther and Sherlock are fantastic. No spoilers!

    ETA: I want to watch Dr. Who just because of all the peeps here who rah-rah it? But I feel like I have to watch it from the very beginning, and I don’t know where to start.

  27. 27.

    The Dangerman

    @Violet:

    But being gay won’t affect how a player plays…

    I wasn’t clear; it could be a blackmail issue (“throw the game or else”).

  28. 28.

    Yutsano

    @dance around in your bones: You actually have two good places to start. You can go all the way back to the very start of the series in 1963 with the original Doctor William Hartnell. Or you can go with the reboot after the dark period in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston. Either place is a good one to start picking up, although there is more of a consistent arc if you go with the later series.

    Avoid the TV movie though. I thought it was horrid.

  29. 29.

    Yutsano

    @Omnes Omnibus: The Seachickens don’t really have a TE hole to fill although he was a DB in high school. I bet he’d be amenable to going back to defence plus he’s a big quick kid. I would hope this wouldn’t affect his chances to pursue his dream.

  30. 30.

    dance around in your bones

    @Yutsano: Thanks, Yutsano! I have to poke around on Netflix and see which option is available.

    I already have Dr. Who in my queue (whoo! I’m a poet!) but have no idea when/where it starts.

  31. 31.

    Violet

    @The Dangerman: Well, yeah, I guess there’s that. I hope they ask all the players about any possible skeletons in their respective closets. There are a lot of things that could be used to blackmail.

  32. 32.

    Scamp Dog

    @Violet: That’s been the worry, but it’s never actually happened that someone with a clearance got blackmailed into giving up information by a threatened outing.

  33. 33.

    dance around in your bones

    Jeebus – has anybody ever watched “My Strange Addiction” on TLC?

    Thumbsucking (at age 24), deodorant eating, obsessive lady weight-lifting work-outs (45 hours a week), carrying around a stuffed lamb and treating it like a child…

    I swear, these shows make me feel perfectly normal. Which I suppose is the point.

  37. 37.

    dance around in your bones

    @YellowJournalism: Ok, number one: I just saw boobies on The Third Man! Paging Seth McWhat’sHisName!

    Number two: Where is Dexter going to go in the last season? Seems like all his secrets are exposed, and he’s taking a lot of his peeps down with him. Dang.

  38. 38.

    YellowJournalism

    @dance around in your bones: I know! I was actually sad that a certain person had to go and pull the trigger. First thing out of my mouth: “Fuck balls!” (I adore Deb’s mastery of “fuck.”)

    And we should inform John that we’ve seen Chuck’s-girlfriend sideboob. I wonder if she’s coming back and what’s up with the black orchid if she is?

  39. 39.

    dance around in your bones

    @YellowJournalism:

    Deb has a wickedly smarht mouth (that was an approximation of a Boston accent – I don’t know why). It would be a shame to see her go down with Dexter.

    I’m on pins and needles.

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