Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

People are complicated. Love is not.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself.

American History and Black History Cannot Be Separated

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

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

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

I wonder if trump will be tried as an adult.

“And when the Committee says to “report your income,” that could mean anything!

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

No Justins, No Peace

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

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

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

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  1. 1.

    PsiFighter37

    In line at SFO security checkpoint. Then it’s off to the airline club for a little pre-flight booze.

    Meetup in 7 hours!

  4. 4.

    Zifnab

    Remember the glory days of America’s youth when no one fought about anything and we all joined hands in singular political unity?

  6. 6.

    Mnemosyne

    @Punchy:

    Littlerock is out in the Palmdale/Lancaster area in the high desert (had to look it up). My guess is that some the meth dealers out there have started up a dog fighting operation, too. Either that, or their guard dogs escaped from the trailer.

  8. 8.

    the Conster

    If the Bruins don’t wrap this thing up tonight, I’m going to have a coronary. I escaped Wednesday night with only terrifying the cat.

  9. 9.

    askew

    The media and GOPs have finally found their Obama scandals. They are going giddy over the IRS targeting conservative PACS + Benghazi. I expect both to be calling for impeachment by 5 pm.

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    KG

    @Zifnab: well, after the one time where the sitting Veep shot the former Secretary of the Treasury, we had the Era of Good Feelings… of course that all fell apart when members of the Senate decided to start caning each other over slavery, and then Lincoln had to go and win an election… it’s been all down hill from there

    (I really hope I don’t need the /sarcasm tag here)

  11. 11.

    Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)

    @askew: Was just coming over to post a link about that from boston.com.

    Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky called on the White House to investigate.

    ‘‘Today’s acknowledgement by the Obama administration that the IRS did in fact target conservative groups in the heat of last year’s national election is not enough,’’ McConnell said. ‘‘I call on the White House to conduct a transparent, government-wide review aimed at assuring the American people that these thuggish practices are not under way at the IRS or elsewhere in the administration against anyone, regardless of their political views.’’

    Ugh, just what we need now.

  12. 12.

    KG

    @Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS): it was just some low level grunts trying to blow off steam, it’s not like anyone was hurt…

    Oh, wait, that’s the response of Real Murkins to torture. This however, where no higher ups knew about it, that’s tyranny of the tyrannical sort and definitely grounds for impeachment because, shut up, that’s why!

    ETA: I notice the article says the primary purpose of 501(c)(3)’s has to be social welfare, not politics. I want to know what kind of bullshit these bastards threw out there to get around that – since, you know, no one actually had their tax exempt status denied.

  14. 14.

    Hill Dweller

    The IRS Commissioner during the time of the unfair scrutiny was a Bush holdover.

  15. 15.

    Steeplejack

    About to call it a week and have a martini. The housecat is cleaning herself and giving me the occasional “Admire my private parts” look. Charming.

  17. 17.

    jl

    OK, one last blast at Ferguson re Keynes poofter comments.

    You know, the vast majority of famous economists run unbelievably boring lives. Are you surprised, my beloved BJ commenter brethren?

    Yes, I know you are astonished. How could that be?

    I dunno, maybe three or four famous economists who have lead really interesting lives? Probably. And Keynes was one of them.

    So, you don’t have to dip much into Keynes’ biography to see how he talked and wrote, about and to, people he was emotionally or sexually involved with, both male and female. We have the letters.

    The very idea that Keynes’ written description of Carl Melchior indicated anything other than the fact that Keynes could observe closely and write well (when he wanted to) indicated anything at all? Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous.

    Ferguson is also guilty of total laughable ignorant BS, IMHO. But I’m not sure how that rates in the scheme of intellectual and academic crimes.

  18. 18.

    Suffern ACE

    @KG:

    ETA: I notice the article says the primary purpose of 501(c)(3)’s has to be social welfare, not politics. I want to know what kind of bullshit these bastards threw out there to get around that – since, you know, no one actually had their tax exempt status denied.

    My guess that they claimed to be voter registration groups.

  19. 19.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    @Mnemosyne:

    Palmdale became the dumping ground of choice for LA County ex-cons after the cities of Fontana and Ontario raised hell about being for years the dumping ground.

  21. 21.

    El Cid

    I prefer politicians with calm, modulated voices recorded in quiet, non-echoey studios, and with short, jaunty upbeat jazz bits segueing between their happy points and sad, wind instrument pieces transitioning to bummer points.

  22. 22.

    ranchandsyrup

    Pitbulls sometimes attract owners that aren’t interested in owning a “difficult” dog to handle but want the cachet. It’s a shame.

  26. 26.

    MomSense

    Just read that a 4 year old brought a loaded semi-automatic handgun to pre school in a town nearby.

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    Hill Dweller

    So the State Dept. spokeswoman at the heart of the newest trumped up Benghazi controversy is a former Dick Cheney aid, and the IRS commissioner in charge during the Tea Party scrutiny was a Bush appointee.

    We’re still paying for Dubya’s fuck-ups.

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    Amir Khalid

    @MomSense:
    It amazes me that authorities would ever balk at prosecuting parents. If letting your kindergartner get his hands on your gun isn’t criminal;ly reckless, I don’t know what is.

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    R-Jud

    I spent the day editing a 60-page corporate proposal for one of my clients. I was tempted to ask my contact to check whether or not the person who drafted it had recently had several small strokes.

  30. 30.

    El Cid

    @MomSense: About time we heard some good news on this blog. That child’s parents must be so proud. If only all our children were so precocious in defending freedom.

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    Mnemosyne

    @Trollhattan:

    That’s a little trickier, though, because the police and owner seem to agree that the woman jumped into the fenced yard where the dog was kept. Most dogs would probably attack in that scenario.

  32. 32.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    @William Franklin: As someone who has to worry about these laws, and what I know about them, the State Department is acting within the law. As someone who thinks being able to print a gun should only be allowed if it blows up if you use it, I think these should come down.

    In other words, what if the diplomats in Libya had been killed by these types of guns because the US left them up? And yes, I’ve heard the argument that they would have developed them anyway. Doesn’t fly: If some group used the supplied plans to print out guns, they didn’t design it themselves. (I know, I’m speaking about hypothetical guns, but we can look at history: Atomic weapons.)

  34. 34.

    MomSense

    @Amir Khalid: @El Cid:

    It is incredible isn’t it??? Can you imagine if the boy had taken it out of his backpack and killed another student, himself, or a teacher??

    I’ve been very active in organizing locally around gun violence prevention and we have a number of disaffected NRA members in our group. They all think that gun owners should be required to have insurance policies. It is such a smart approach for a lot of reasons.

    BTW–there was a bill introduced in the Maine legislature calling for authorizing people in our schools to carry guns. It isn’t going anywhere–even here where we are very pro-gun. There was also an interesting story about how a significant percentage of the guns involved in criminal activity throughout New England are purchased in Maine before being resold in the secondary market.

  35. 35.

    El Cid

    @MomSense:

    Can you imagine if the boy had taken it out of his backpack and killed another student, himself, or a teacher??

    Exactly! It could encourage all kinds of liberal gun haters to blame the gun for this totally unpredictable, sad, completely inexplicable tragedy!

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