Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

Republicans in disarray!

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

When we show up, we win.

Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

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

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Come on, man.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

In my day, never was longer.

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  1. 1.

    Suzanne

    IPad site is still a mess. When viewing the iPad site, you cannot click on anyone’s links or videos, the home button works only about half the time, and you can’t tap the top of the window to scroll to the top. When viewing the desktop ste on the iPad site in portrait mode, the third column is still the widest, and the middle column adjusts to only be about three words wide. In landscape, it looks fine.

  2. 2.

    dmsilev

    Something’s going on with the database for the site and we’ve notified the support people readied the sacrificial goat.

    More accurate.

  3. 3.

    dmsilev

    Something’s going on with the database for the site and we’ve notified the support people readied the sacrificial goat.

    More accurate.

  4. 4.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! WordPress just ate my astute yet muy picante comment on another thread! Therfore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  5. 5.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! WordPress just ate my astute yet muy picante comment on another thread! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  6. 6.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! WordPress just ate my astute yet muy picante comment on another thread! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  7. 7.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! WordPress just ate my astute yet muy picante comment on another thread! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  8. 8.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! WordPress just ate my astute yet muy picante comment on another thread! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  9. 9.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! WordPress just ate my astute yet muy picante comment on another thread! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  10. 10.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! My astute yet muy picante comment on another thread just got eaten! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  11. 11.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! My astute yet muy picante comment on another thread just got eaten! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  12. 12.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! My astute yet muy picante comment on another thread just got eaten! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  13. 13.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! My astute yet muy picante comment on another thread just got eaten! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  14. 14.

    Keith G

    At first I thought Steve was asserting his new powers as a test. Please keep the site up. If it’s down, I will have no excuse for not stripping and cleaning my wooden floors.

  15. 15.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! My astute yet muy picante comment on another thread just got eaten! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  16. 16.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! My astute yet muy picante comment on another thread just got eaten! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  17. 17.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! My astute yet muy picante comment on another thread just got eaten! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  18. 18.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! My astute yet muy picante comment on another thread just got eaten! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  19. 19.

    Calming Influence

    OMFG! My astute yet muy picante comment on another thread just got eaten! Therefore, this website is in some ways comparable to Hitler.

  28. 28.

    dance around in your bones

    I’ve been trying to get a Happy Birthday message to SiubhanDuinne all freaking day………my comments just spin in the “connecting” mode and eventually disappear.

    This one prolly will, too.

    If, by any chance this gets through – I am singing to you through the ‘tubes SiubhanDuinne!

    I really dislike it when BJ is down :(

    eta: Naturally, this one made it through.

    eta2: Happy Birthday Omnes! Yay!

  36. 36.

    gbear

    Honestly, glad to have BJ back. I’ve been spending time on other blogs today while doing laundry and everything seems to be about hatred of teh gay (especially teh gays getting married) or else extreme Obama derangement.

  43. 43.

    Fort Geek

    I considered composing a sternly-worded letter to FYWP. Took a nap and had some pizza instead, in that order.

    Pizza wore me out, considering another nap.

  45. 45.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @gbear: Obama just doesn’t want anyone to celebrate anybody’s b-day except his this weekend.

    ETA: I hope Obama doesn’t see this, though he probably will, happy b-day to SiubhanDuinne & Omnes.

  49. 49.

    Amir Khalid

    I just want to add to the birthday wishes for Siubhan and Judge Omnes. And what the heck, for President Obama too.

  50. 50.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @JPL: He might not, but what about the NSA. Though when he suddenly appeared on Colbert’s show in Iraq, he said he knew due to his large ears.

  52. 52.

    burnspbesq

    The FUBAR’ing of the database is, I submit, a coded message from a higher being.

    My interpretation of the coded message is “ban T&H for good or face my wrath.”

  55. 55.

    NickT

    @burnspbesq:

    You’d think a Higher Power would have struck T & H down after his many incidents with a non-consenting dead chicken. Still, perhaps it’s a test of Faith.

  59. 59.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @spudvol: *user would like to respond but has fallen and cannot reach the keyboard*

    Also, too, cats are appropriately scared.

  61. 61.

    Cassidy

    @burnspbesq: No, no, no,… The real crime is making a comment that mix and Anne don’t like. Suggesting Betty be raped anally and that children like being ducked by adults is all good, because it makes drawerings for Cole.

  63. 63.

    dance around in your bones

    @SiubhanDuinne: Well, as long as you beware the JubJub bird and shun the frumious Bandersnatch, it’s all good.

    P.S. Make sure you keep that uffish thought going, and rest beside the TumTum tree today.

    (I read Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass about a hundred times when I was a kid. I had Jabberwocky memorized and even recited it for a poetry class in 3rd grade).

    Back when they had stuff like poetry class in the schools o_O

    @Amir Khalid: Uh, yes, he might! Michelle might open up a can of some whoop on his ass.

  64. 64.

    JPL

    The house that I bought several years ago needed a lot of work and now that the inside is done, I have been tackling the outside. I have a large deck, a smaller cement patio and about 1000 sq ft of flagstone that had lots of gravel between each piece. In order to soften the look, I’ve decided to lift the flagstone and put it back in an area about 600 sq. ft. and fill the rest with grass. Three weeks ago for my birthday, the sons lifted all the flagstone and the last two Saturdays we have been trying to put it back down with only inch space in between. hahahahahahahaha I can lift up to fifty pounds but some of the pieces are 3 ft plus and guess what they are all different shapes and sizes. After two Saturdays of hard work and only about 200 sq ft done, I’m ready to call in a crew. This is not a job for a perfectionist.

  65. 65.

    Suzanne

    Häppy bïrthday to Omnes and SiubhanDuinne! YAAAAY!!

    I hope you both are older than me.

  67. 67.

    Calming Influence

    Wait, I invoked Hitler. There should be no comments after mine. (Sorry mistermix; who coulda node they were actually getting through?)

  68. 68.

    JPL

    @Ruckus: yup…
    That is actually a job that we can’t do. Flagstone looks great close together with sand paver in between and we are just to intense about it. We are attacking it like a puzzle with to many pieces.

  69. 69.

    Ruckus

    @JPL:
    And nothing more.

    I was raised by perfectionists. It took me decades to figure out that in most things I attempt, I’m my own worst critic. Once I got there my life got a lot simpler. It didn’t look any different, it was just a lot easier.

  70. 70.

    Suffern ACE

    Off to my 25th class reunion. After a nice day in Madison celebrating the wonders of mustard, I expect the evening to be a downer. Happy National Mustard Day to y’all, if you didn’t get my card in the mail on time.

  72. 72.

    Ruckus

    @JPL:
    Step back and try to picture the overall effect, not the small, inconsequential details. In other words don’t over think it.

    I built a flagstone porch end of last year and as I was doing it for someone else I wanted it to be outstanding. I spent two days trying to figure it out and get it just so. Finally said screw it and just put stones in place and cemented them in. The property owner loved it and in the ene I didn’t bust a single neuron getting there.

  73. 73.

    raven

    @Ruckus: Our addition project has been dead in the water for three months and, now that the survey is done, we are waiting to see if we can get sewer easements for huge line relocation. Meanwhile I took down our back deck and stairs and the yard is mud. Whoo hoo!

  74. 74.

    Ruckus

    @raven:
    I seemed to recall that some one else was accepting responsibility for the easement and that you thought things were going forward.
    Another roadblock?

    ETA Or is my brain set on old?

  76. 76.

    raven

    @Ruckus: The city has agreed to relocate. Originally they only thought they’d go through our two lots (we own the house next door) and around one of the houses it runs under. Slope issues and the fact that is runs under another house resulted in the plan being extended nearly three time further. One lady owns the bulk of the impacted properties and she’s in a home. Her son is very nice and Ive kept him informed but tried not to be too pushy. The city asked us to let folks know what was up but they have to do the actual legal part so we are just biding our time and hoping for the best.

  78. 78.

    Redshift

    It’s peanuts compared to most of the projects people are talking about here, but I started cutting up the dead tree that’s been, er, seasoning in our driveway since it died a couple of years ago. A friend who does lots of barbecuing said he could use it (it’s maple.) I didn’t want it to go to waste, but we don’t use our fireplace any more, and I couldn’t find any friends who do either.

    There’s still plenty more to do, since I’m using a saw, and I didn’t want to wake up with a massively sore shoulder tomorrow, but hey, it’s a start.

    I also pulled down some wild grape vines that had overgrown our holly bushes. A mockingbird loudly objected to my cutting up his usual perch, and messing with his holly. I tried to explain that there would be more of the berries he likes if it didn’t have vines growing over it, but there was a language barrier.

  80. 80.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    The rain sodden fruit brought two of my elderberry tree branches down and left the fruit in the dirt. I harvested them all and after they were removed from the stems I have about 10 pounds of fruit to turn into jam tomorrow. Cloud, silver lining and all that.

  81. 81.

    Redshift

    @raven: It does! I still have to deal with a gate to the back yard that no longer opens because it’s been overgrown with various vines, the large dead tree (of a type that FYWP won’t let me name) that’s somewhere under those vines, and the raspberries that took over much of the back yard (again) because I was spending my weekends last year on the presidential campaign instead of doing yard work.

    Or more likely, once my financial reserves recover from my recent unemployment, I’ll hire somebody to do all of that. Having a jungle out my back window actually looks quite pretty, but I’d like to have a back yard again.

  83. 83.

    Redshift

    @raven: It does! I still have to deal with a gate to the back yard that no longer opens because it’s been overgrown with various vines, the large dead tree (of a type that FYWP won’t let me name) that’s somewhere under those vines, and the raspberries that took over much of the back yard (again) because I was spending my weekends last year on the presidential campaign instead of doing yard work.

    Or more likely, once my financial reserves recover from my recent unemployment, I’ll hire somebody to do all of that. Having a jungle out my back window actually looks quite pretty, but I’d like to have a back yard again.

  86. 86.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Happy birthday to the birthday kids!

    (I hope WP doesn’t reject this for whatever reason)

  87. 87.

    JPL

    @Ruckus: Thanks…

    @raven: Actually I did this morning and it is gorgeous. A year from now you will be enjoying your addition. You might still have a mud pile but your addition should be done.

  88. 88.

    Josie

    @Yatsuno: I read your suggestion this morning about the Korean cooking site and told my son about it. Turns out that it is where he gets all his good recipes and he totally agrees with you that it is an awesome site. Thanks.

  89. 89.

    NotMax

    Sixty troops have been fired as sexual assault counselors, recruiters or drill instructors after the military investigators found they had committed violations ranging from alcohol-related offenses to child abuse and sexual assault, USA TODAY has learned.
    [snip]
    It is unclear whether the suspended soldiers have been discharged, […] or if they can be reassigned to other units.  Source

  96. 96.

    scav

    This one is brilliant. Some genre of Found Art from this unherdable lot and then put through an unusually frisky FYWP. Happy Randomday to all!

  98. 98.

    dance around in your bones

    @raven: She sure is, in her yellow ballerina costume, twirling through the town.

    Alan Bates tells her “We only have 3 minutes to live!” and she says “That’s great! So much time!”

    Wonderful movie.

  101. 101.

    dance around in your bones

    @raven: I kinda loved Alan Bates in almost anything. I remember being enamored with him in Georgy Girl back in the day.

    Maybe kind of embarrassing now – but it made a big impression on me as a teenager. Girl type :)

    ♪ “Hey there, Georgy girl, swinging down the street so fancy free ♫

    Great cast.

  107. 107.

    dance around in your bones

    @raven: Aw, Jeebus raven – you break my heart sometimes. What you all went through…..

    Ok, FIDO, right?

  108. 108.

    raven

    @dance around in your bones: Jeremiah Johnson “ah, what trouble”?

    It was just one of those songs, there were a zillion. Jet Plane, Green Green Grass, Soldier Boy. But the REAL anthem was “WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE, IF IT’S THE LAST THING WE EVER DOOOOOO!

  109. 109.

    dance around in your bones

    @raven: “Were it worth the trouble?”

    See, it’s weird for me, because I listened to all those songs but from the opposite side – the opposed to war and protest side. Plus, being a girl, I didn’t have the ‘getting drafted’ thing that so many of my male friends (including my soon-to-be husband) had to face. Every guy I knew fought hard to avoid going to Vietnam, because – by the late 60’s/early 70’s it was clearly a lost cause.

    I remember being with a (one-night) boyfriend and his brother knocked on the bedroom door and handed him his draft notice. His face turned pale. It was just so all-pervasive and awful.

    I had a brother-in-law who went to Vietnam and would never talk about it after. I had a male friend who came back a paraplegic and never talked about it.

    Ah, I don’t know what I am saying except that war is fucked up and I wish we would stop committing it.

  112. 112.

    raven

    @dance around in your bones: Seger Leaning on My Dream.

    I was addin’ the score when there’s a knock on the door
    was a letter addressed to me
    It read “greetings from the president, united states”
    I fell down on my knees

    The next day I was on the picket line
    and Lord you should have heard me scream
    “you know you’re leanin’ on my dream”

  113. 113.

    dance around in your bones

    @raven:

    Um, you sure about that “opposite?

    I’m sorry, that was bad phrasing. I think I was meaning not actually being in the shit and just listening to the same songs through a Stateside framework.

    I can’t even imagine what it must have been like for you guys that were in the shit and just wanting to go back to the world.

    eta: for an example, my little sister used to always tear up when she heard ‘Leaving on a Jet Plane’ because I left home at 15 and for her, it was emblematic of me leaving. She was 5 when I left.

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