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Doing some housecleaning, at the request of the blogmaster, and found this. Yes, Paisley got to perform this at the White House, too.
What’s on the agenda for the evening?
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.
We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.
Everybody saw this coming.
You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.
GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.
Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?
After dobbs, women are no longer free.
Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.
There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.
The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.
Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.
I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.
Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”
The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.
The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.
Weird. Rome has an American Pope and America has a Russian President.
No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.
Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.
T R E 4 5 O N
Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.
Only Democrats have agency, apparently.
Good lord, these people are nuts.
The unpunished coup was a training exercise.
’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’
ranchandsyrup
reading oral argument transcripts. laughing at scalia trolling everyone.
The Fat Kate Middleton
Testing new server (with true statement): really inspiring video.
smintheus
I don’t know whose agenda this is part of, but it’s unwelcome.
lamh35
So the LA Galaxy visited the White House today. So I assume that Beckham will also be there. I really hate when someone objectifies the opposite sex, so I’m ready to admit that in this case I’m a big ole hypocrite, particularly after seeing these pics of Becks.
um okay…wow! I luv me some David Beckham, but DAMN these pants are too “toi-oh-ght”. I feel like I’ve asked this question before, but seriously, guys, how the hell can you even wear underwear with pants so tight. I agree with the headline though, these damn pants are tailored to within an inch of there life!
A Very Important Thank You Note To David Beckham’s Tailor
As a connoisseur of the athletic male bottom, I really appreciate Mr Beckhanm’s tailor.
I know, I know, I’m a hypocrite.
The Fat Kate Middleton
My first comment on the new server didn’t load at all – and this was with my superduper new router installed by my two techie sons.
Omnes Omnibus
Have the new squirrels gone on strike?
smintheus
I don’t know whose agenda this is part of, but it’s unwelcome.
gogol's wife
@efgoldman:
I’ve been having trouble even getting the site.
PsiFighter37
New server is being slow (and crashed for about 15 minutes there)…not cool!
On the bright side, my 2-day week has come to an end. Going to enjoy this 5-day mental break from work, as well as a long weekend in Chicago. Going to enjoy it (and all the delicious food we have planned)…
I should say that I am very, very heartened by all the red equal signs showing up on my Facebook feed. I do have more liberal friends to begin with, but it’s a great sign to see how many young people these days are down for the cause of marriage equality. Good on my generation for pushing this change faster than it ever would have come otherwise.
And are there any random population of Juicers that would have interest in a meetup the 2nd weekend of May? My fiancee is out of town for business for several days, and I’m contemplating flying somewhere random for kicks.
JPL
@ranchandsyrup: I’m listening to the oral arguments. So far it appears that Scalia wants to outlaw gay adoption. Scalia is now at the point asking about when it became unconstitutional.
dance around in your bones
Ok, just about had a heart attack – couldn’t access the site for over 15 minutes! oh mah gah!
Even tweeted Cole about it, for which I will no doubt be mercilessly mocked.
(actually, one of my first tweets ever, since I didn’t want to email JC and incur the wrath of GAWD.
ranchandsyrup
@efgoldman: I’ve heard about those effects from alzheimers. Sad. No one can convince me that Fat Tony’s heart pumps anything but bile.
JPL
I hate Scalia.
Higgs Boson's Mate
@smintheus:
Too funny! Wonder how many guys are going to pee all over themselves trying to win.
Litlebritdifrnt
@gogol’s wife:
Me too
PsiFighter37
@JPL: I think if you’re a human being with a functional level of empathy, that’s the appropriate feeling.
ranchandsyrup
@JPL: that’s one of the petty ways that Fat Tony tries to exert his control…..
kc
@ranchandsyrup:
He even physically LOOKS like a troll. Especially when his big fat troll head is poking up from behind the bench . . .
Higgs Boson's Mate
@PsiFighter37:
I empathize with anyone who suffers Alzheimer’s. Unfortunately for us, there’s no way short of impeachment to remove Scalia from the bench even if his bolts back off all the way. OTOH, oral arguments may become extremely entertaining.
SteveM
So I guess the modern country songs that aren’t three-chord versions of right-wing op-eds are three-chord versions of Andy Rooney commentaries.
Roger Moore
@lamh35:
Were you the one who had questions about Daniel Craig’s tailor on Skyfall?
Schlemizel
@lamh35:
The Minnesota Gopher Women’s hockey team with take their 49 game winning streak and back to back national championships to the White House in the near future.
Yet I have never though of any of those beautiful women in that way no matter how they dress.
No real point to this except I get to say it again – 49 games in a row with out a loss or a tie. Minnesota Gopher Womens hockey team, back to back national champs.
Yutsano
@PsiFighter37: I put up a post as the red blocks started showing up all over my FB feed this morning. I just said I have awesome friends. And I do. For a lot of them I was the first out gay person they ever knew. I can’t take credit for that today as I’m certain they’ve met others, but maybe I made them just a bit less scary.
I’d suggest Seattle, but, well, you’re already coming out this way. :)
ranchandsyrup
@kc: If the FSM is creating alternate universes, it does not need to create one where Rush Limbaugh is a supreme court judge. We’re living that one here.
Schlemizel
@Higgs Boson’s Mate:
Maybe if we get lucky the delusional episode will be highly paranoid and he will convince himself that Thomas wants all the white women & we will end up with 2 fewer living justices on the USSC
The Fat Kate Middleton
New server’s been pretty much a disaster at this end so far. That being the case, and since it really did ignore my last comment, I’m going to break one of my rules about online vulgarity, just to say I, too, hate that fat little fucker, Scalia.
Higgs Boson's Mate
@Schlemizel:
I’d bet my next check that Scalia could show up dressed as the emperor Nero then play the lyre through oral arguments and Republicans would still refuse to vote to remove him from the bench.
Hill Dweller
If Republicans take over the Senate in ’14, I’m drinking Drano or fleeing the country.
The Fat Kate Middleton
@PsiFighter37:
I’d so enjoy having such a gathering here … we have a wonderfully spacious house in the country (four miles from the airport) for entertaining, but I really can’t believe anyone would want to be in Iowa this time of year.
Redshirt
Gonna go try and catch the zodiacal light. Anyone here ever seen it? I’ve been waiting for weeks, but it’s been cloudy every single night to the west, until tonight.
JPL
@The Fat Kate Middleton: Your among friends.
eemom
@JPL:
I do too, but let’s take comfort in this thought: if the reported collegiality amongst the Justices is for real, the ladies and Breyer must be giving him all kinds of shit. “WTF, Tony? What fucking century are you living in? I mean even your BFF Cheney knows better than this….”
Higgs Boson's Mate
@The Fat Kate Middleton:
Two to one you’re using a Mac.
[Ducks, runs out of room.]
PsiFighter37
@Yutsano: Haha, yeah – but I will still see if maybe a post-dinner drinks event on Saturday or Sunday night would be of interest to anyone that weekend!
Any other cities have interest?
PsiFighter37
@The Fat Kate Middleton: I actually would not mind that, as the only time I’ve been in Iowa was when I was driving through it nearly 20 years ago when my family moved from CA to NY by driving cross-country. At this stage in my life, going to as many places that I’ve never been to / have vague memories of because I was too young is a very top priority of mine.
lamh35
@Roger Moore: ooh, yeah i bet I was…lol. Hi, I’m LAMH & I’m a….what 12 step program do I enter?
Yutsano
@lamh35: Buttaholics Anonymous?
@PsiFighter37: You could hit up the LA area since there are quite a few folks in So Cal who I bet would love an excuse to meet in meatspace. Or possibly not. I just know there is a large concentration down that way.
lamh35
@Schlemizel: I know, I know I’m a horrible person.
Serious question about the Women’s soccer league & WNBA. Aside from Olympic time coverage, is there still big ratings getter for sports channels or have they become delegated to local access coverage only?
Schlemizel
@ranchandsyrup:
Whenever Scalia is involved I think its not oral arguments.
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don’t tell me you don’t see this next line coming
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when its Scalia they are anal arguments
Josie
@Higgs Boson’s Mate: I honestly don’t think you can blame the 15 minute blackout on a Mac. I’m pretty sure it happened to everyone.
I also hate Scalia.
ranchandsyrup
@eemom: Or they just ignore his crazy side and engage him only on benign topics……
Fat Tony is so ideologically cocooned that getting ribbed by libtard justices (especially the wimmens) probably proves to him that he’s right.
PsiFighter37
@Yutsano: Interesting, I never got the feeling a lot of Juicers were in LA. One of those towns that I really like a couple areas (Santa Monica, downtown around Pershing Square), and can take/leave the rest.
Yutsano
@PsiFighter37: I personally can’t stand LA for the most part, but then a friend took me to Little Tokyo and I was hooked on that area. I also have friends from college down that way, so it does become marginally tolerable. At least for visits. Oh and I like the Santa Monica area too, but way too expensive to live there, at least for me.
Another Halocene Human
OMG, I just found out there is a wingnut “news” service called CNS News. Wingnuts do have a CNS, as in Central Nervous System problem alright. Sometimes about amygdala something something. CNS News, ladies and germs!
Schlemizel
@lamh35:
Hell the national championship game wasn’t even on the Ocho! A big part of that is that the NCAA owns the rights & both the Big10 network and Fox Sports made bids to broadcast the game but it was not enough money for the NCAA I guess.
Seriously though – the game was sold out & as we went in a guy asked us if we had an extra ticket. He told us a scalper offered him an SRO ticket for $200! The press is reporting several people asking $150.
True, it was an unusual situation, an undefeated team, playing in their home town, in a rink with too small a capacity. But there was plenty of interest.
The championship game was a very good game, BU is the third best team in the nation no doubt, but Friday’s game against BC (the second best team in the country) should be seen by anyone who enjoys hockey or even if they would just like to see why people love hockey.
Higgs Boson's Mate
@Josie:
The words “New server’s been pretty much a disaster at this end so far,” may have been a tipoff.
The Fat Kate Middleton
@Higgs Boson’s Mate: You’re absolutely right about the Mac … and I meant to mention that in my previous comment. It’s all OK, though – I’ll just switch machines with husband, who has a beautiful new laptop I gave him for his birthday.
ranchandsyrup
@Schlemizel: *rimshot!
back in the 90’s I attended a lunch with Scalia at the Fort in Boulder. He was extremely rude to the staff. All I needed to see.
Josie
@Higgs Boson’s Mate: But I’m on a Mac and have had no trouble with the new server until this recent blip – or am I just not understanding what you are saying?
gogol's wife
@The Fat Kate Middleton:
Have you had problems other than this afternoon? I haven’t seen you around lately — if it was this afternoon, then it seems to have been a universal problem for about 15 minutes, not the Mac.
The Fat Kate Middleton
@PsiFighter37: Well, you’re definitely invited, and there are lots of very cool things to do just down the road in Iowa City (and in Cedar Rapids, for that matter-just check out legionarts.org, among others). But again, I so understand anyone not viewing IA as the ultimate tourist destination. That said, we’d love to have you visit here – and any other BJers.
Southern Beale
Kentucky approves a “Christians-only” healthcare plan, provided participants are required to sign a waiver acknowledging they’re aware they may not have their claims paid.
Sounds like a scam to me.
The Fat Kate Middleton
@gogol’s wife: Probably the fifteen minutes thingy – haven’t been online since doing the spring break thing in FL for the last two weeks. Still, until the last few minutes, it’s been taking me a ridiculously long time to simply access the blog, and for my comments to load. I gave up a couple of times, and just went elsewhere.
Zippity
@The Fat Kate Middleton: Where are you in Iowa? I mostly just lurk, but would love to meet people. I’m in the Quad Cities.
Roger Moore
@lamh35:
I was actually curious because a few days after that, I saw a web site that had interviewed a bespoke tailor- not the guy who made Craig’s suits, but one who clearly knew his business- about how you would go about making suits for James Bond. I wouldn’t ordinarily have read it, but the discussion here of the very high crotch on Daniel Craig’s pants was still fresh enough in my mind that I was interested in what the guy had to say. Interestingly, he brought that up himself without the interviewer pointing it out, saying that if you wanted to be able to do martial arts kicks, you’d need to have pants that were cut that way. So the cut was probably functional and not made for purely aesthetic reasons.
The Fat Kate Middleton
@Zippity: That would be so cool! We’re just sixty miles or so down the road from Quad Cities, about six miles west of Mt. Vernon on Hwy 30.
lamh35
@Roger Moore: that does seem like am interesting article. I’m def gonna have to google search for it. high crotch pants do bring go mind Bruce Lees fight scene attire. As I recall, he used to hike up his pants right before he fought, right?
lamh35
Oooh!!! Calling all Summer Blockbuster fans. It’s almost that time!!! Can’t wait to get my Summer Movie Preview issue of Entertainment Weekly. I already have at least 2 movies I’m looking forward to. Anyone have any movies they are looking forward to?
My big 3 are (not surprisingly…lol) superhero movies: Iron Man & The Wolverine & Superman
Roger Moore
@PsiFighter37:
There are a fair number of us. I know there’s at least me, Mnemosyne, BillinGlendaleCA, and (of course) ABL. I know there are more of us, but those are the names that I can think of immediately. And you should try visiting us in Pasadena some time; it’s a really great area. And if you like Chinese food, the San Gabriel Valley has what’s probably the best on this side of the Pacific.
Maude
When going to next or previous post, the page jumps.
Tunch be on break from hamster supervision.
Schlemizel
@ranchandsyrup:
I am just stunned to hear that! It seems so out of character since he is such a warm, personable guy in public.
Zippity
@The Fat Kate Middleton: Very cool. I grew up in IC, and spent a lot of time in CR doing outside sales. I know the area pretty well.
Just Some Fuckhead
@JPL:
At least Scalia is a known quantity of evil. If you want to hate someone, hate Chief Justice Kennedy who never found a baby that wasn’t better chopped in half. And for what it’s worth, Bork would be dead right now, replaced by a moderately left justice in the vein of Kagan or Sotomayor.
Kennedy lives on, gleefully splashing in the blood of so many halved babies.
The Fat Kate Middleton
@ranchandsyrup: That pretty much says it all about that fat little fucker. (Please keep in mind that I, myself, am a fat little fucker – but I would never, never mistreat a service worker.)
The Fat Kate Middleton
@Zippity:
I’ll bet you do. You really are welcome here anytime.
Anya
@lamh35: You do not need to enter any support group. You are just appreciative of the male form. Very normal for those of us who bend that way. I must say, Beckham is one fine specimen of male hotness.
Higgs Boson's Mate
@The Fat Kate Middleton:
I was just ribbing you. I surf the net on an Altair 8800 myself.
geg6
@PsiFighter37:
Come to Pittsburgh. Cole doesn’t live far away and perhaps we could entice him to come, too. And I live just 15-20 minutes from the airport.
The Fat Kate Middleton
@Higgs Boson’s Mate: No need to apologize or explain. I taught many years among teenage techie geeks who had nothing but contempt for Macs. But I do have to say: an Altair 8800? I didn’t know they even existed anymore. But then, I’m pretty stupid about computers, even though both sons are in the biz.
PsiFighter37
@Roger Moore: That’s a bold claim, as I really like the Chinese food that San Fran has to offer. I have a soft spot in my heart for LA, as I grew up a few hours away and went to the general area not too infrequently.
@geg6: Funny how Cole went to Austin for a meetup but has never dragged his ass up to Pittsburgh (at least that we are publicly told of).
lamh35
@Anya: well thank you! My sister says I’m obsessed cause I ain’t getting any (I’m the only sister without partner at the moment)…LOL. Sisters, so compassionate…not!
MikeJ
@PsiFighter37: So are we doing a meetup when you’re in Jet City?
Yutsano
@geg6: Plus Kodakisses! Also. Too.
PsiFighter37
@MikeJ: I would like to. It’s not for a couple of months, but I think I can probably convince my fiancee that a few post-dinner drinks never hurt nobody…
Schlemizel
@PsiFighter37:
Invite him up for a fall Sunday when the boys are playing and you might see a change of heart
geg6
@Yutsano:
Koda AND Otis kisses. PsiFighter37 would have fun in the ‘Burgh and I don’t mind having a cocktail or two. We have loads of room for guests and if he gets lonely for his fiancee, Koda loves to cuddle in bed.
gelfling545
@Josie: I’ve been using a Mac all day with no trouble. I must have missed the 15 min. thing. The only issue I’ve had since the changeover is that the page won’t scroll down as far as the submit comment button initially but if I scroll up, then back down all is well.
Suffern ACE
@lamh35: I’m looking forward to Gatsby, Monsters Inc. 2, kick ass 2 and Now you see me. I’m wondering about the Robert Redford movie as well.
Roger Moore
@PsiFighter37:
The SGV has the largest ethnic Chinese population in the USA, and it’s strongly reflected in the local culture. People around here know what great, authentic Chinese food is like, and they demand it from the local restaurants. I’ve heard a number of people (including Chinese coworkers) claim that the food here is actually better than it is in China, primarily because there are better ingredients available here.
Original Lee
I’m trying to figure out what my household income will look like now that Obama has signed the continuing resolution.
I’ve heard that the CR maintains the sequester to the end of FY2013, but I don’t see that when I read the summary.
Hopefully somebody will make a nice accurate table or chart that will go viral on FB. As best as I can figure, we’re looking at either no change (no salary increase but no pay cut, either), an effective 10% cut (2 days a month on furlough), or an effective 20% cut (4 days a month on furlough).
Just Some Fuckhead
@Roger Moore: Gonna be in San Fran week after next. Is there some cool place I should eat?
PsiFighter37
@Just Some Fuckhead: There are a bunch of really freakin’ good places to check out in SF. What kind of food are you angling for?
lamh35
@Suffern ACE: kick ass2? I h8 to admit it, but I’ve never seen Kick Ass1. What’s the Redford movie
Just Some Fuckhead
@PsiFighter37:
Meh, don’t really care. Something cheap and recognizable.
PsiFighter37
@Just Some Fuckhead: Sotto Mare is a very hearty and delicious old-school Italian restaurant on Telegraph Hill. I had me the smoked salmon fettucine, which was as boss a dish as I’ve ever had. The risotto is also amazing.
Suffern ACE
@lamh35: the company you keep. Robert plays a 60s radical outed by by a reporter. The plus is Robert Redford. The minus is Shia whatshisname.
I’ll probably see superman and Star Trek. I liked Red 1, so maybe Red 2. It’s kind of sequally out there.
Movies I’m not seeing: 300 2, that Tom cruise movie. Smurfs 2, and after earth.
Jebediah
@Roger Moore:
I am in Culver City…
Yutsano
@Original Lee: Right now they’re planning one day per pay period of furlough for us. If that happens I want them all on Fridays or Mondays. Let the poor guy not have access to his bank account while I take a long weekend enjoying border collie kisses and playing with horses.