Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

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

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

Our messy unity will be our strength.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

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  1. 1.

    Soonergrunt

    Movie with the wife and kid. They can’t seem to figure out what to go see, so we don’t know as yet.

  2. 2.

    Yatsuno

    @Soonergrunt: Heard tell Man of Steel is decent, but I missed my chance to see the midnight showing at the IMAX. Damn this getting old thing.

    Eating cheesecake for lunch. Don’t hate.

  3. 3.

    the Conster

    Those NewsMax headlines are always so fucking full of LOLWUT win – “Trump Iowa Visit Raises 2016 Speculation” – because what the GOP needs is a bigger better birther clown show in 2016. Alas, I’m afraid Jeebus doesn’t love us that much.

  4. 4.

    Suffern ACE is a Basset Hound

    Thought this was an interesting poll from pew on the differences between perceived global threats. The list is kind of US biased in that it lists the common bugaboos our leaders have. I’m a little surprised that the US itself rates so lowly as a threat in most places. But I wonder as well about the differences between places. The Koreans and the Greeks seem to be concerned about everything. The Jordanians are not really concerned. Maybe that’s because their number 1 concern-that the Syrian Civil War might spill over into their territory-isn’t on the list. Nor for that matter was anything to do with Israel. Or maybe they’re just ok with the world.

  7. 7.

    scav

    Solid little storm currently overhead in Chicago. For once not disappating too much before it hits the lake I think.

  9. 9.

    Cacti

    Working on my plan to become a left wing internet hero.

    Still deciding what felony I should commit, and where I should flee to avoid prosecution.

  10. 10.

    Comrade Mary

    @Yatsuno: I’m heading out for some weeknight carousing, so no time for cheesecake. I have a springform pan, so maybe I’ll whip one up this weekend.

  11. 11.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Tweety Matthews just called Dianne Feinstein– pro-war, pro-surveillance, pro-Bush tax cut, pro-filibuster, unemployment-makes-the -poors-lazy Dianne Feinstein– he just called her a “liberal Democrat”. I had to rewind the Tivo just to be sure I heard that right.

  12. 12.

    BGinCHI

    @scav: Stuck at work now as I rode my bike in. Should have been watching the radar. That hit pretty hard when it got here!

  13. 13.

    Yatsuno

    @Comrade Mary: Nigella has a lime-chocolate cheesecake that I’ve been dying to whip up, but I’ve been ocupying myself quite a bit over the weekends these days. Poor me I know.

    BTW thanks for the condolences re: NYD, but I’m wondering now if it’s less of a split and more of a pause. He doesn’t seem all that interested in completely letting me go, but he is going on vacation for awhile before law school. I figure I’ll ride it out for now.

  14. 14.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    pro-war, pro-surveillance, pro-Bush tax cut, pro-filibuster, unemployment-makes-the -poors-lazy Dianne Feinstein– he just called her a “liberal

    They used to use “liberal” like a dirty word. I guess it is now.

  15. 15.

    piratedan

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: according to the modernist definitions in place, I guess she is…..Tweety tho, remains a hack who believes in the magic of the bully pulpit and that both sides do indeed do it. He focuses on all the wrong shite and has his lips still firmly affixed to the deceased carcasses of Daniel Moynihan and Tip O’Neil as if the Democratic Irish Political machine still was in effect.

  17. 17.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @piratedan: A few weeks ago he was talking about Obama needing to do something BIG! something to define his presidency for history, to make people realize he’s the PRESIDENT! like Reagan did when he fired the air traffic controllers. Saving the auto industry doesn’t compare, I guess. Mr Blue Collar Lunch Bucket Working Class Roosevelt-Kennedy Democrat, with a waterfront house on The Cape.

    I still give him props for calling out the Romney campaign on its race-baiting, he was about the only white guy doing it, especially on the TeeVee.

  18. 18.

    the Conster

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    There is a narrative. There has always been a narrative, and all facts and opinions exist to serve the narrative. Whomever here said the epitaph of this country will be that it was killed by the media’s narrative arc should step up and claim their internets.

  19. 19.

    Mandalay

    PEACE THROUGH PORK!

    In the fall of 2010, patriots from Idaho County, Idaho sat around a campfire enjoying an adult beverage. The discussion turned to concern and disgust that a mosque was being built at ground zero. Everyone in attendance agreed that freedom of religion is paramount for all peoples of Earth but this showed poor taste and had a sense of “rubbing our noses” into 9/11 tragedy. The discussion turned toward possible solutions to stop such a great insult.

    History of dealings with radical Islam from the days of Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates to actions of Gen. John J. “Black Jack” Pershing in the early 1900’s in the Philippines gave clarity to a modern day market solution-Jihawg Ammo. Our preference is peace first but if a fight is to be had we are determined and resolved to win. Thus came the beginning of the truest form of defensive ammunition ever created in history.

    A natural deterrent that prevents violence just by owning it but will strike fear into the hearts of those bent upon hate, violence and murder. Jihawg Ammo is certified “Haraam” or unclean. According to the belief system of the radical Islamist becoming “unclean” during Jihad will prevent their attaining entrance into heaven. Jihawg Ammo is a natural deterrent to radical and suicidal acts of violence.

    Our Porcine Coating (Pattern Pending) is infused with the highest quality pork product made right here in America. Jihawg Ammo is produced in the great state of Idaho.

    We at Jihawg Ammo hope you will stock up on Jihawg as a natural deterrent to the ever growing threat of radical Islam and Sharia Law. We, however, stress that the nullifying principle of our product is only effective if you are attacked by an Islamist in Jihad. Otherwise, our ammo functions just like any other ammunition so we obviously insist upon defensive use of our ammo only-not offensive.

  20. 20.

    Yatsuno

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Jeez. Someone FINALLY gets a major health care overhaul through that will kick us to single payer within a decade, and it doesn’t give Tweety sufficient wood. Why the fuck does that not shock me? I wonder when he’s gonna openly advocate for war with Syria so he can fap properly.

  22. 22.

    ruemara

    I decide to make melon vodka pops and drank the left over melon vodka juice. Who new less than 3 ozs of vodka was so potent. ruemara +???? and a total lightweight. That being said, very good flavor, ginger and stevia sweetened. I’ve been job hunting since I sat down at 7 am today in my home office. Can’t wait to go in to work tomorrow and …relax by working.

  24. 24.

    Comrade Mary

    @Yatsuno: Hmm. There’s a possibility that a pause could be something that would work for you both. I don’t know how it will end up for you, but I have my fingers crossed!

  26. 26.

    the Conster

    @ruemara:

    Hey girlfriend! I’m job hunting too, and drinking rum and tonics because that’s all I have on hand, but am thinking of switching to something and ginger ale, because ginger! Also, you know vodka doesn’t freeze, right?

  27. 27.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    also, too, set your DVRs for Sundays when the Usual Suspects will gin up their outrage over the partisan targeting of Demcorat-friendly political groups. Yes, they will. I’m sure of it!

    IRS Chief: inappropriate screening included search terms ‘Progressive,’ ‘Occupy,’ ‘Israel’.

    and, non-snarking, all the sound and fury has indeed signified nothing, as Josh Marshall says.

    But if they were targeting obviously political groups across the political spectrum, the story seems rather different than what we’ve been led to believe.

  28. 28.

    Cacti

    @Yatsuno:

    Someone FINALLY gets a major health care overhaul through that will kick us to single payer within a decade, and it doesn’t give Tweety sufficient wood. Why the fuck does that not shock me?

    Almost makes you think that old saw about “work twice as hard to get half the credit” thingy might apply to the current POTUS.

  32. 32.

    Roger Moore

    @Cacti:

    Still deciding what felony I should commit, and where I should flee to avoid prosecution.

    Might I suggest a few troublesome Supreme Court Justices who somebody might rid us of?

  35. 35.

    Violet

    @Yatsuno: I had ice cream for an afternoon snack. Real full fat ice cream. Just a tiny bit left in two separate pints, so finished it off. Added in a few chocolate chips just for good measure. Now I feel gross.

    I had my calf worked over today during therapy, so I think I was feeling sorry for myself. Plus it’s about a zillion degrees here, so I’m using a little ice cream therapy to cope.

  37. 37.

    Mandalay

    @piratedan:

    Athiest targeted ammunition with bullets covered in the combined elements of ashes from burned Korans, Bible squeezings and Talmud shavings

    I presume their bilge is perfectly legal, and IANAL, but I feel like there should be some kind of law against it….fomenting religious hatred, or something along those lines?

  41. 41.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    @Mandalay:

    ….fomenting religious hatred, or something along those lines?

    Do not go down that road. The fundies are already wailing that they’re oppressed.

  42. 42.

    lamh35

    There is only 3 reasons why I’m gonna check out Pacific Rim, 1)IDRIS ELBA is in it, 2)did I mention IDRIS ELBA is in it and he using his REAL ACCENT???!!! 3) it’s directed by the Hellboy crew (Guillermo Del Torro) and Hellboy himself (Ron Perlman) is in it!

    http://youtu.be/5guMumPFBag

  44. 44.

    piratedan

    @Mandalay: well I don’t disagree with you here, but the American Taliban has always played by their own rules, Gods Laws above those of men and all of that. Yet, I’d be hard pressed to know exactly what law they have broken, especially since we know that all guns must be free to roam the land unhindered and I would assume that would apply to Christian God Fearing ammo too.

    I get the feeling that these guys would love to be in the sequel called WACO II, The Nigrah is coming for our gunz!

  47. 47.

    the Conster

    @Mandalay:

    The media default narrative is that every Democrat is a tax and spend liberal, every Republican is a deficit hawk keepin’ us safe, and there is no such thing as a worthwhile government program because government programs by definition make everyone not a defense contractor lazy and entitled. Those are the basic assumptions every political story reported on by our SCLM begins with.

  48. 48.

    piratedan

    @raven: been meaning to catch that, although he was electric in The Wire, but then again, there were so many good things about that series that I I can’t list them all here.

  51. 51.

    Comrade Jake

    One of you goofballs recommended The Fall on Netflix, and damn if that isn’t a pretty good show. It took me all of three days to wrap that up. How long before season 2 appears on the BBC and then Netflix?

  53. 53.

    Yatsuno

    @Comrade Mary: There are two rules: he has to come visit me after the hips get fixed, and I get an invite to his law school graduation. He does want me to meet his mom, I guess she’s a force of nature. Or he wants to vet me. I am keeping him very very far from mine for the time being. He rides horses. She’ll fall in love with him on the spot.

  54. 54.

    Cassidy

    @the Conster: Honey Whiskey and Ginger Ale. You’ll never look back. I like the Jack Daniels Honey because it still tastes like whiskey and isn’t too sweet.

  56. 56.

    The Friendly Libertarian

    Snowden a Public Relations Nightmare for USA.

    He’s showing one of the many crimes of the Federal Government to the entire world and there’s nothing Obama or his thug Holder can do about it.

    We need more Snowdens, not fewer. I hope for a million Snowdens and Assanges too.

    The new generation in the USA and the rest of the Western World–the ones the Federal Government will need to staff its mega-security state–thankfully are fascinated by principled libertarianism and anarcho-captialism–especially those in the tech sector. It will be the Federal Government’s undoing.

  57. 57.

    Baud

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    But if they were targeting obviously political groups across the political spectrum, the story seems rather different than what we’ve been led chosen to believe.

    Fixed for accuracy.

  59. 59.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    @The Friendly Libertarian:

    The new generation in the USA and the rest of the Western World–the ones the Federal Government will need to staff its mega-security state–thankfully are fascinated by principled libertarianism and anarcho-captialism–especially those in the tech sector. It will be the Federal Government’s undoing.

    Did it hurt when you pulled that out of your ass?

  60. 60.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Baud: What if our galaxy is jut an atom in the fingernail of a giant Edward Snowden?

  61. 61.

    Redshirt

    @Yatsuno: I just saw Man of Steel.

    No spoilers! I liked it, but I’m a nerd. If you’re not a nerd, or don’t like other superhero movies, you probably won’t like it.

    Awesome special effects.

  62. 62.

    The Friendly Libertarian

    @Higgs Boson’s Mate:

    Those who study information technology are almost always anarcho-capitalists or libertarians of one stripe or another–technology attracts the kind of person that wants information to be free and government power decentralized and neutered if not totally destroyed.

  66. 66.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    @The Friendly Libertarian:

    I just retired from a nice second career in information technology. I was a senior manager. Much of my time was spent in mentoring young employees, most of whom I am still in touch with. You are full of shit.

  67. 67.

    cmorenc

    Today’s southern words and grammar lesson focuses on an essential word to know when think it’s likely the person you’re talking to disappointed your expectations: “dindija”., as in “Did you do what ah asked? Dindija?”

  68. 68.

    The Friendly Libertarian

    This story has also really separated the honest, anti-authoritarian leftists (DKos, Juan Cole, FDL) from authoritarian leftist bootlickers like this site among others.

  70. 70.

    lamh35

    @Redshirt: i saw it last week. I liked it too, but wasn’t blown away. I was trying to figure out why, and I realized, I was genuinely distracted by Henry Cavill’s looks. They dude is seriously hot, and between the skin tight suit, and all the profile shots the Superman movies tend to do, it was a bit distracting.

    Also too, I wasn’t really impressed by the Lois & Clark relationship. It seemed kinda quick.

  71. 71.

    the Conster

    @Cassidy:

    Never heard of it, but rye and ginger is my first choice – this will be my second choice. Ginger ale is another way of letting us know that god loves us and wants us to be happy.

  72. 72.

    Thlayli

    Some guy named “John Cole” is having a major sad on Twitter because the commenters here aren’t as enthralled with Glennzilla as he is.

  73. 73.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    First there is a Snowden. Then there is no Snowden. Then there is.

  77. 77.

    Hal

    I bought a 5.99 bottle of rum with agave infused tequila with hints of lemon and lime. Local liquor store over stock. Enormous bottle. Not bad. Watching regular show and adventure time on cartoon network.

    Not a bad day off.

  80. 80.

    Steeplejack

    Just heard that a friend’s son has been signed as a pitcher by the St. Paul Saints (North Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball) and will probably make his début in tonight’s home game against the Lincoln Saltdogs.

    The Saints’ starter already got shellacked for three runs in the first inning, so look for Hugh Adams (late of Florida Atlantic University and career save leader in the Sun Belt Conference) in relief at some point. Go, Hugh!

    It’s “Hipster Night” and “Buck Beer Monday”—very auspicious signs. And one of the Saints’ owners is actor Bill Murray, listed as “team psychologist” on the Web site.

    Tried to find some video somewhere, anywhere—“If it’s almost a sport, it’s on the Ocho”—but had to settle for streaming audio.

    I must note that the Central Division of the AAIPB is currently led by the Wichita Wingnuts. Priceless.

  81. 81.

    the Conster

    @lamh35:

    This was the same take-away from a middle aged woman friend of mine – dude’s distractingly good looking, but the rest of the movie is hung on his poses.

  83. 83.

    lamh35

    Ok, I love Johnny Depp, but this Lone Ranger movie, aside from just looking awful, just rubs me the wrong way. Oooh, Johnny Depp playing and Indian…Um forget that stereotype that was Tonto anyway, and I get that the dude to directed and produced the Pirates of the Carribean movies are attached to it and they like working with Johnny Depp, BUT THEY REALLY COULDN’T FIND AN ACTUAL NATIVE AMERICAN ACTOR to play the role…REALLY??? I get that they wanted a “big name” for the movie, but it’s the Lone Ranger. Who cares if there’s a big name attached? Is there THAT man Lone Ranger diehards left? Who is the market for this mess?

    The Lone Ranger

  85. 85.

    Cassidy

    @the Conster: Give it a try. It’s Jack Daniels, so if you’re a fan of boutique or small batch bourbon you might be disappointed, but it’s a good mix.

  87. 87.

    David Koch

    Just saw Ed Markey on tee vee calling for Snowden’s imprisonment.

    What fascist. He’s worst than Bush, not even Bush has called for Snowden’s imprisonment.

    Stay home. Don’t Vote. Teach Ed Markey a lesson!

  89. 89.

    the Conster

    @lamh35:

    The real scandal is that Hollywood is completely out of ideas, and when they come up with a bad one, the default is Johnny Depp as a parody of an Indian instead of a parody of a pirate. What’s next? Johnny Depp as everyone in a remake of the Village People movie?

  90. 90.

    David Koch

    @Thlayli: If Leni Riefenstahl had a twitter account and if she was a fan of greenwald, Cole’s twitter feed is what it would look like.

    greenwald could rape a nun on tee vee and join the Waffen-SS and Cole would defend him.

  91. 91.

    lamh35

    @the Conster: true. Who’s idea was it to make a Lone Ranger movie anyway? Unlike some of the other “remakes” and “tv to film” movies, were there really a large number of people clamoring for a Lone Ranger move???

    And yet, they STILL can’t get a Wonder Woman film made. It boggles my mind

    And like I said, I truly to love Johnny Depp, but this is a bit too much. It makes me think that maybe Depp is dead broke and just needs money, or he’s just through with it all and is just picking things he can just “dial in”???

    IDK.

  93. 93.

    Cassidy

    @lamh35:

    And yet, they STILL can’t get a Wonder Woman film made.

    This is not a bad thing. Every idea they’ve come up with lately has been garbage.

  95. 95.

    Yatsuno

    @The Friendly Libertarian: I call bullshit. Technology lives and dies by patent protection. Who is that guarding that patent? Oh yeah, that ebil state. That means courts and police protection and other governmental structures in order to ensure that information stays the property of the inventors. So yeah, without the state your whole raison d’etre goes poof. And oh yeah no state also means no development dollars since the main source for research and capital dollars is the government.

  96. 96.

    Redshirt

    @lamh35: They keep trying to make Wonder Woman, and it always falls through. Our Lord Joss was attached to the last effort, and even he couldn’t make it happen.

    It’s probably got something to do with the inherent sexism of comic book fans, for starters. Also, how do you make her “dark and gritty”?

  97. 97.

    Roger Moore

    @Yatsuno:
    You’re talking about theoretical libertarians. He’s obviously talking about real world libertarians, i.e. those who believe that the only valuable parts of government are the ones they use.

  98. 98.

    lamh35

    BTW, I’m really not obsessed with movies, I just get that way during the summer, plus I follow ALOT of movie mags on twitter.

    So anyway, this is happening???
    Liam Neeson Eyes Another ‘Taken’ Movie for Fox

    Ok, seriously, HOW.MANY.THINGS.CAN.HAPPEN.TO.THIS.FAMILY!!! Shit, no insurance in their right minds should ever offer these people a policy.

    So in Taken, they took the daughter. In Taken 2, they took the wife. So in Taken 3….???? I don’t recall that there were anymore children or spouses to “take”…

  99. 99.

    Southern Beale

    This story made me want to scream. Try to do something nice ….

    Quirky garden artist Henry Docter has been surreptitiously planting flowers in public places on four continents since 1979. His unauthorized beautification efforts have frequently aroused surprise and delight — but never a problem until this month, when he ran afoul of Washington’s Metro transit system.

    Metro threatened Docter with “arrest, fines and imprisonment” if he dared to weed, water or otherwise tend to more than 1,000 morning glories and other flowers whose seeds he planted in 176 barren flower boxes alongside the top stretch of the north escalators at the Dupont Circle station.

    Metro said it’s only concerned about safety. The boxes are set in steep, cobblestoned inclines, so Metro fears that Docter could hurt himself or others if he fell.

    That doesn’t impress the man who calls himself the Phantom Planter. He said Metro is exaggerating the risk. He’s had little difficulty walking up and down two narrow service ramps to get to the boxes since he started planting there in October.

    In addition, Docter has told Metro that he’s willing to use a harness as Metro workers do. He’d sign a liability waiver saying he wouldn’t sue Metro if he’s hurt.

    “I’ve never gotten in trouble for planting flowers,” Docter, 52, said last week. “Never has anyone overreacted with such an absence of common sense.”

    Docter spoke in the first interview in which he openly discussed 34 years of clandestine horticulture. The District resident estimated that he’s planted more than 40,000 flowers in spots ranging from the Israeli Embassy and Navy Memorial in the District to faraway locales, including Argentina, Spain and Cambodia.

    Arrested for planting flowers? What a world …

  100. 100.

    Melissa

    Ann Laurie,
    Thanks for this Stephen Fry post. I’ve just sent the url to my writing students.
    Maybe some of them will look over BJ and stay around.

  101. 101.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    @the Conster:

    McHale’s Navy of the Caribbean

    Starring Johnny Depp as Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale
    With Johnny Depp as Ensign Parker
    Featuring Johnny Depp as Captain Binghamton
    And Johnny Depp as the PT-73

  104. 104.

    Mandalay

    @the Conster: Sorry – I should have prefixed my post with “OT”. I wasn’t disagreeing with you, but ranting about how the media overuse and abuse the word “narrative”.

  105. 105.

    Cassidy

    @Redshirt: I don’t think it’s sexism. I think it’s because they won’t play it straight. They keep trying to update WW and make her more modern and it doesn’t work.

  109. 109.

    Mandalay

    @David Koch:

    If Feinstein isn’t liberal, then how did she capture 79% of the vote in liberal San Francisco?

    For the same reason that you don’t have to be able to run faster than the bear which is chasing you and your buddy. All things are relative grasshopper.

  111. 111.

    Suffern ACE

    While Johnny Depp will get slammed when Lone Ranger bombs, who the hell is Armie Hammer? Why don’t fourth generation scions stick to reality shows (well, maybe Juilia Louis Dreyfus aside. French fortunes don’t count anyway).

  112. 112.

    j

    @The Friendly Libertarian:

    This story has also really separated the honest, anti-authoritarian leftists (DKos, Juan Cole, FDL) from authoritarian leftist bootlickers like this site among others.

    Seriously? Crazy Jane’s coven of Obama hating malcontents (and Dan Choi / Bradley Manning fan boy site) is the same as DailyKos or Juan Friggin Cole, PhD??

    You obviously have never read any of those sites, and have a list of wingnut approved “talking points” with which to troll.

    You are a “Right Wing Troll-Boy.

    https://soundcloud.com/mike-in-raleigh/right-wing-troll-boy

  113. 113.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    @lamh35:

    I think that they did make a movie in the Nineties. IIRC Ernest Borgnine played the eponymous lead.

  116. 116.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    @raven:

    Oops. I’m running back and forth between re-packing my car camping kit and playing here. Yes, I heard of Arnheiter. I had COs who were great, COs who were assholes and COs I never quite figured out. I can’t imagine how terrifying it would be to have a CO who’s batshit insane.

  119. 119.

    Svensker

    Also, am I alone here in loathing Johnny Depp? Can’t stand him. To me, he looks stupid and self-absorbed and all his movies stink worse than rotten owl shit.

    It’s not a generational thing (I’m an Old), don’t think, since my 84-year-old MIL thinks he’s cuter’n’a speckled pup.

    I was stuck on a trans-con flight with one of the Pirates movies and I turned it off and stared into space for 2 hours. Utter boredom was better than that crap.

  127. 127.

    ruemara

    @lamh35: The dog.

    also, recipe? Who does that? But I will say that if you are interested, take a melon. grate about 2 tsps (2tablespoons if you’re like me) of fresh ginger into it bowl of about 2 cups chunks. puree with about 2 oz of likker. Probably a midori or rum might freeze more, but if you put it into very nice decorative cups, it’s a hell of a slushy. or make a nice granita-esque freeze.

    I was taking a shower when I realized that I’m probably dead and this is some sort of hell. I just can’t remember the why of being consigned here. It would explain everything.

  129. 129.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Svensker: As raven already noted, the Pirates movies are kids movies. Chocolat, Dead Man, Secret Window, Before Night Falls, and Benny and Joon, as examples, are all more mature fare, with some minor acting skills on display.

    Full disclosure: I think he’s hotter than the hinges of hell.

  130. 130.

    lamh35

    @Svensker: @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Oh, I love me some Johnny Depp, ever since his 21 Jump Street days (although, I did like Richard Grieco a little beter…lol). He still has a place in my heart…when he’s all cleaned up that is. Lately since the Pirates movies and his time in France, he’s gotten a bit skeevy.

  131. 131.

    lamh35

    My movie recommendation of the night for people who love romantic dramas. It’s a movie called Return To Me with Minnie Driver and David Duchovney. It also starred the late Carroll O’Connor. I think it was his last movie role before he died. Anyway, it’s a lovely little movie and it is def worth seeing. Give it a go. You won’t regret it, IMHO!

    http://youtu.be/oFD8ZE0Muf0

  136. 136.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @raven: Yup. I’d forgotten about Finding Neverland also too.

    I’m assuming you’re recovered from the procedure last week. How is the lovely Mrs. raven feeling?

  138. 138.

    Ripley

    …the kind of person that wants information to be free and government power decentralized and neutered if not totally destroyed.

    Ya know – morons!

  139. 139.

    Yatsuno

    @Svensker: You are not alone. I have never understood the appeal plus I don’t think he could act his way out of a wet paper sack.

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    FlipYrWhig

    I think the first and second Pirates of the Caribbean movies are surprisingly smart about empire-building and cooperation and how there are ethics more important than cold hard cash. Depp himself… I think he’s more charismatic than, you know, good at acting. More “movie star” than thespian.

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    A Humble Lurker

    @lamh35:
    I’ve heard Depp actually has some Cherokee blood, but yes, you wouldn’t necessarily be able to tell that just looking at him.

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    Amir Khalid

    @lamh35:
    Alas for Duchovny, any leading lady he’s aired with must compete with Gillian Anderson in the area of demonstrating chemistry with him. For me, he’s never really sparked with anyone else.

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    Zapruder F. Mashtots, D.D.S. (Mumphrey, et al.)

    Don’t know whether anybody will see this this far into the thread, but I saw this clip of a dog burying a puppy. The Huffington Post people said it the dog was mourning, though some of the posters scoffed at the thought of a dog mourning. I’ve been around dogs all my life, and I can believe dogs mourn. As an interesting sidenote, I thought it was striking that the dog didn’t bury the puppy by digging with its feet, as dogs normally do, but rather nosed the sand over the puppy. That could mean anything, or nothing at all, but it struck me as a kind of way to show respect. I might be reading too much into it, but I’ve never seen a dog bury anything that way.

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    YellowJournalism

    @lamh35: That movie is like comfort food. It’s the perfect movie for getting yourself out of the blues because you start off with a pretty tragic opening and slowly sink into the good feelings.

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    fuckwit

    @A Humble Lurker: There are some parts of the country (i.e. Oklahoma, hence Elizabeth Warren) in which most people have some degree of Cherokee or other Native blood.

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