Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Republicans can’t even be trusted with their own money.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

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

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

A consequence of cucumbers

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

I conferred with the team and they all agree – still not tired of winning!

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

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

DeSantis transforms Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Ah, the different things are different argument.

Let there be snark.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

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  2. 2.

    Tokyokie

    Um, how come I can remember seeing rainbows in sprinklers for as long as I can remember sprinklers. Was I psychic and foretelling an awful truth from the future, or is this a false memory inplanted by the creators of the Tokyokie cyborg?

  8. 8.

    Mark S.

    Sprinkler rainbows are my promise to my lawn after I over-watered one time that I would never do it again.

  12. 12.

    scav

    @Irish Steel: Ah, but this one was from Nor Cal so it’s metallic salts (presumably non-Himalayan, those are just pink) oozing out of the ground. Different geographies are more likely to bring up the flag connection. Anybody think to check for errant ground-proximate rainbows in Tennessee foot and mop-washing stations?

  17. 17.

    Mister Harvest

    Oh, for heaven’s sake! It’s not HAARP that causes that! That’s stupid.

    It’s chemtrails. Everyone knows that.

  20. 20.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    @raven:

    I can’t be arsed to watch sports, but I heard Loyola Marymount (my grad school alma mater) was doing well. Is that still the case?

  24. 24.

    The Dangerman

    @efgoldman:

    Maybe he was, when he bought that tie.

    I know the UCLA AD was, when he hired Alford (who will last between 3 to 5 years before he’s fired).

    ETA: Used to play pickup in Pauley; still hallowed ground to me and Alford makes me grumpy. Time for more beer.

  27. 27.

    raven

    @The Dangerman: My brother is an LA native and huge Bruins fan. He went to Sac State and we got to go to a game there a few years back when Sac was on the schedule.

  28. 28.

    trollhattan

    Gots to be.

    O’REILLY: I’ll tell you why [religion’s] not a scam, in my opinion: tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can’t explain that.

    SILVERMAN: Tide goes in, tide goes out?

    O’REILLY: See, the water, the tide comes in and it goes out, Mr. Silverman. It always comes in, and always goes out. You can’t explain that.

    The People rest.

    (Of course, the gummint never rests.)

  29. 29.

    Vico

    Also. Love’s “(My Love) She Comes in Colours.” It antedates “She”s a Rainbow,” and I think it’s better, though “Rainbow” is great.

  30. 30.

    MattF

    And it only happens when the sun is behind me! So I can’t watch and see what it’s doing! Behind my back!

  31. 31.

    The Dangerman

    @raven:

    What a stiff.

    A complete desperation hire; the AD swung and missed at Stevens and Smart and, at that point, needed someone (ANYONE) to take the job. The AD should be fired and then flogged (possibly reversed). Last bit of MADNESS in March.

  36. 36.

    1badbaba3

    Didn’t she speak at CPAC? Right after Our Miss Katie K. and before Go-Go Gohmert? Genius like this must be savored, nurtured, put in a jelly jar and studied. What? Did I put holes in the lid? Er, um, what lid?

  38. 38.

    raven

    @eemom: Their Satanic Majesty’s Request. Weird 3d cover. I re-bought it a few years ago, good song, lousy album.

  39. 39.

    raven

    “One proposed cover-a photograph of Jagger naked on a cross-was scrapped by the record company for being “in bad taste”.[12] Initial releases of the album featured a three-dimensional picture of the band on the cover by photographer Michael Cooper. When viewed in a certain way, the lenticular image shows the band members’ faces turning towards each other with the exception of Jagger, whose hands appear crossed in front of him.[citation needed] Looking closely on its cover, one can see the faces of each of the four Beatles,[citation needed] reportedly a response to the Beatles’ inclusion of a doll wearing a “Welcome the Rolling Stones” sweater on the cover of Sgt. Pepper.”

  41. 41.

    Amir Khalid

    It’s shocking that whoever made this video isn’t in some form of custodial care. Or making a fortune writing comedy for RV and movies. Or both.

  42. 42.

    The Dangerman

    @khead:

    Pickup hoops in Pauley? Pretty cool.

    It was a joy (this was back when Pauley was far more available for games; with the Wooden Center, that doesn’t happen as much any longer, if at all).

    I really only played the B games there. I played the A game once, but got dunked on by a Marquette player (good timing) so hard that I crawled back to the B games. Walter Downing, I still recall the name (and may still have the bruise). Lots of Lakers and Clippers came around occasionally for the A games…

    …as mentioned, a joy. For a hoops junkie, the best.

    Hey, the Prez is at Marquette/Syracuse!

  46. 46.

    trollhattan

    @Amir Khalid:

    To be fair, it’s possible she’s been in a padded box the last six years–has she made any others? Also, too, has she met “double-rainbow!” guy? They should talk.

  47. 47.

    JPL

    Since this is an open thread, I want to mention that Mr. Alice who was on the September page of the calendar this year went to kitty heaven today. He was my son’s cat that he adopted (found in front of a pizza place) as a kitten. Alice was diagnosed with feline leukemia when he was young and lived eleven good years. A few years ago my son and Alice lived with me while in between jobs. When the economy improved they moved on. I helped him pack his car but two weeks later when he picked up Mr. Alice I cried. Since Alice was failing and steroids and antibiotics no longer worked, he came to visit a few days ago. He loved to torment Miss Moxie my dog. Unfortunately that wouldn’t perk him up. He enjoyed a few bites of tuna but that was it. It was time. Sweet dreams dear prince and someday you can torment Moxie again.

  55. 55.

    JCT

    @The Dangerman: When I was a kid my dad used to take me to the games at Pauley, he was a huge Bruin fan. I “ruined” the family tradition by going to Cal, but my boy stepped up and is now a 4th generation UCLA man.

    He lives up on the “Hill” being Pauley and went to almost all the home games this year.

    I used to run track at Drake stadium when I was in high school, the memories really flood back whenever I visit my son.

  56. 56.

    daveX99

    OMG. That video is priceless. I am fighting the urge to post it on Fbook, in response to a friend’s relentless chemtrail/flouridation/drones-are-gonna-kill-us-in-our-sleep/maybe-it’s-only-natural-that-people-want-to-horde-guns-because-after-all-our-government-is-experimenting-on-us posts.

    But I’m too fucking NICE to do it. :(

  60. 60.

    The Dangerman

    @raven:

    Ever play on that court in Laguna Beach?

    No, that place is ALWAYS maxxed out and I’ve never been into outdoor ball (wooden courts much easier on the joints). There was a good place in Manhattan Beach to play outdoors. Maybe it was Hermosa, I forget. There was lots (and lots) of good places for pickup in LA (Venice is legendary).

  61. 61.

    Emma

    If I understand you all correctly, the person posting the video thinks that the sprinkler rainbows have something to do with the GA? Really?

    Oy.

  63. 63.

    The Dangerman

    @JCT:

    He lives up on the “Hill” being Pauley and went to almost all the home games this year.

    I was in Hedrick Hall (top of the hill) my first year there; there used to be some courts between Hedrick and Sproul that had good games, but they are long gone, I think.

    I used to run Drake and occasionally see Ducky around campus (damn, I’m an old fart). Met Wooden (of course). Those were the days.

  65. 65.

    raven

    @The Dangerman: I was lucky enough to play there with my brother when the Illini were in the Rose Bowl in 84. He played at Hawthorne and was pretty good. Me, not so good. There are those courts on North Valley in Manhattan Beach that have a pretty good draw. I haven’t shot the rock in a decade. Last time I did just dickin around I dislocated my pinky. Knew it was time.

    eta He has a nice picture of him and Wooden on a bench from camp.

  66. 66.

    MikeJ

    Watching John’s recommended movie. I hope they get on the stick and start killing people soon because his channel surfing is sadly too much like what’s really on TV.

  67. 67.

    MaximusNYC

    Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water? Vodka, that’s what they drink, isn’t it? Never water? On no account will a Commie ever drink water, and not without good reason. Water, that’s what I’m getting at, water. Mandrake, water is the source of all life. Seven-tenths of this Earth’s surface is water. Why, do you realize that 70 percent of you is water? And as human beings, you and I need fresh, pure water to replenish our precious bodily fluids. Are you beginning to understand? Mandrake, have you never wondered why I drink only distilled water, or rainwater, and only pure-grain alcohol? Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation. Fluoridation of water? Well, do you know what it is? Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face?

  69. 69.

    trollhattan

    @daveX99:

    You sure came to the right place. My suggestion:

    “You know how I’ve been skeptical about chemtrails and such? This video might just have changed my mind!”

    Come join us, Luke….

  70. 70.

    The Dangerman

    @raven:

    There are those courts on North Valley in Manhattan Beach that have a pretty good draw.

    Yeah, had to look on Google Maps, but those were the MB courts I hit from time to time. Good place for a game.

    I can still shoot, but my hops are gone and I’m not even remotely close to being in game shape. I’d like to lose a few and see if I could ever dunk the ball again, but those days may be long, LONG gone.

  71. 71.

    MTiffany71

    What’s in the ‘oxygen supply?’

    Really?

    Shhhhh. No one tell her the ‘oxygen supply’ is 80% nitrogen!

  73. 73.

    Ben Franklin

    Between 2009 and 2013 there has been a tremendous push by President Obama, Big Mainstream Media, the Pentagon and Defense Industrial Base, and businesses large and small, to pound the Cyber security, Cyber Safety threat into the consciousness of the American public. The verbiage and theater used in this process is nearly the same as that used for pushing other threats and, subsequently, waging war at an incredible cost in lives and treasure. Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Iraq, Iran; and illicit drugs come to mind. The US is already at war with Iran having inserted computer viruses into the SCADA’s of Iran’s industrial equipment and assisting in the murders of Iranian scientists. Who knows where other US created Cyber Weapons will create havoc.

    Yup. Internet for gubmint only. HTS rules !

  74. 74.

    eemom

    @JPL:

    As many pets that I have had, it always sucks.

    Very sorry about Mr. Alice (great name), and you are absolutely right. A loved and lost animal is no more replaceable than a human being.

    My second generation of doggies, Maggie and Rocky, have been with us 10 years, and are thankfully doing well…..but I still get teary at the memory of their predecessors, Rambo and Max, who have been gone since ’02 and ’05, respectively.

  76. 76.

    dance around in your bones

    Oh Mah Gah! Oozing rainbows!

    (That would be a great name for a band).

  77. 77.

    Redshift

    @JPL: Sorry to hear that. My bunny Georgia, who is also in the calendar, had to spend the night at the vet’s last night because she’d stopped eating for a day, which is much worse for a ruminant than a carnivore.

    She was enough better to come this morning, and is eating some, but she’s still not out of the woods. We have a bunch of meds and get to give her sub-Q fluids until she’s eating and drinking properly again. (And, of course, we have a big vet bill which was not what I needed while still being unemployed, but we do what we have to.)

  80. 80.

    raven

    @Litlebritdifrnt:

    Katy tried,
    I was halfway crucified
    I was on the other side of no tomorrow
    You walked in and my life began again
    Just when I’d spent the last piaster I could borrow
    All night long,
    we would sing that stupid song
    And every word we sang,
    I knew was true
    Are you with me Dr. Wu
    Are you really just a shadow Of the man that I once knew
    Are you crazy are you high
    Or just an ordinary guy
    Have you done all you can do
    Are you with me doctor?

  81. 81.

    Gravenstone

    @The Dangerman: Alford got his coaching start at my alma mater. Took them to the Div III finals his last year, then bolted to SE Mo State. Grasping, grasping little fucker. I will enjoy watching him implode in the bright lights of LA.

  85. 85.

    Gravenstone

    @Litlebritdifrnt: Doing the repeats on BBCA in the run up to tonight’s new one. Also, Matt Smith and Jenna Louise Coleman will be on the Nerdist tonight, so that could be amusing.

  87. 87.

    Gravenstone

    @raven: Dunno, it was a few years after I’d graduated. Don’t remember hearing whether he’d brought pops along for the coaching staff.

  88. 88.

    Redshift

    @scav: I know! We joked that she was just faking being sick to get out of Easter Bunny duties. I’m really glad she’s okay, though; I was really worried last night. It’s possible the overnight stay was just the new guy at the vet’s being overly cautious, though; they often don’t eat well for part of a day when they first start shedding. However, if we squirt some water in their mouths to get things going, that usually clears up by the next morning, and this didn’t.

  89. 89.

    raven

    @Gravenstone: Ugh, I like him even less now that I know he’s a thumper too:

    In fact, when Alford took the head coaching position at Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State), the school gave him permission to hire his father as an assistant coach. “That was a tremendous blessing,” he says. “One, for God to open up that door; and two, for Southwest Missouri State to allow us that opportunity. A lot of universities and colleges wouldn’t allow us to do that.”

    At the University of Iowa, Sam Alford became Director of Basketball Operations under his son before retiring in 2004, which allowed Alford and his father to spend nine years together in college basketball.

  90. 90.

    dance around in your bones

    @JPL: RIP, Mr. Alice. What can I say? It’s always heart-wrenching.

    @Redshift: May Georgia pull through.

    When I first met my husband, he had a rabbit named Mother – all white with a black ring around one eye. Fully trained to go in a litter box and just the neatest bunny ever.

    Also, I hear you about the vet bills. I remember going off on the vet’s receptionist once because I wanted to pay the bill for my cat (bitten by a coyote) in installments….””We don’t do that” says she. I said remember I just paid you guys $800 last week for my dog?(shot in the paw by some gun nut/surgery/cast) I cannot DO this, I live paycheck to paycheck. Vet came out and we worked out a plan. Gads. I think I started screaming about them playing off our love for our animals. I’m sure they loved that. Shit.

  91. 91.

    Redshift

    Oh, and everyone think good thoughts for me this week — an old boss got me an interview with Amazon, so I’m furiously studying to make a good impression. Software engineer interviews now seem to involve answering questions about computer science concepts I haven’t used in twenty years, most of which I probably won’t use again after I start work.

  92. 92.

    quannlace

    “What the heck is in our water supply..?”

    Yes, Honey. I really wonder what’s in the water you’re dringing.

  95. 95.

    coriolisification

    This is very late to the game, but has she ever been to Niagara Falls? They even named the bridge after this conspiracy!

  96. 96.

    JoyceH

    So – here’s a lady who lives in a neighborhood with a constant serenade of sirens and with a fence that appears to be riddled with bullets… and the thing bothering her the most is the sprinkler rainbow?!

  98. 98.

    Spike

    @raven: Louisville-Syracuse still a possibility.

    And before anyone gets those plucky underdog feelings about Wichita State, take a look at the name on their home arena.

  99. 99.

    Jay C

    @Litlebritdifrnt:

    Well, some news for Whovians: despite her disappointing-to-the-fans demurral on Graham Norton;s show a few eeks back, it looks like Billie Piper AND David Tennant will be back in the TARDIS for the Doctor Who 50th-anniversary special airing in November !

    The first episode of the first series of the first incarnation (starring William Hartnell – The First Doctor) aired Nov. 23, 1963 – as the BBC later noted: a classic case of bad timing….

  104. 104.

    Jebediah

    @JPL:
    Condolences – it’s never easy, whether its expected or not.
    I always try to take some consolation by dwelling on the good life I (hope I) managed to give them.

  105. 105.

    La Caterina (Mrs. Johannes)

    @JPL: You guys had an incredible run with Mr. Alice. I’ve never heard of a cat with feline leukemia living that long. I raised two leukemia kittens once; even with homeopathic vet care, homemade organic food and lots of vitamins they both died within two years.

    Kudos to you for loving a leukemia kitty and my condolences on his passing.

  107. 107.

    dance around in your bones

    @SiubhanDuinne: I’d like to ooze a rainbow or two.

    Unfortunately, I have to cook dinner instead. Where’s my rainbows!? Spoze to rain this weekend, so maybe we’ll see one of those suspicious rainbows in the sky and wonder what the nefarious Kenyan is up to ;)

    eta: WTF? moderation with no known keywords to trigger it. FYWP>

  109. 109.

    Uncle Cosmo

    I know I’m late for the party, but–

    Doghelpus! The very effin’ laws of physics are conspiratin’ ‘gainst our FRRRRREEDUMBS in OUR GUBMINTS NEVER-ENDING THRIST FOR ENERGY SOURCES!!!

    ::ROTFLMAO::

  117. 117.

    Another Halocene Human

    @daveX99: I feel sorry for chemtrails people. They’re either suffering from migraines, organic brain disease (maybe schizophrenia), or bad allergies+depression and the medical system has offered them no relief or told them to forget it or it’s all in their head. They’re sure something in the environment is causing their problems which are ruining their lives but since authority has denied all the conventional sources (with schizophrenia, however, it’s just part of the disease), so they find fellow sufferers who assure them that it’s a secret reason. Aha! No wonder nobody will/can help them!

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