Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Biden: Oh no. We’ve upset Big Pharma again.

The problem people have with Biden’s age is the color of the VPs skin.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

“That’s what the insurrection act is for!”

Found liable for massive fraud, is required to post a massive bond, gets a break, then files a *fraudulent* bond!

…and a burning sense of injustice to juice the soul.

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

Can we lighten up on the doomsday scenarios?

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

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

Fani Willis claps back at Trump chihuahua, Jim Jordan.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

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

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But if you’re not watching BROADCHURCH on BBC America tonight, well, I don’t even want to know you.

 

Submitted for your perusal:

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Make of this what you will: Exclusive, Intercepted Calls Prove Syria Used Nerve Gas, US Spies Say.

Noah Schachtman is generally pretty reliable and not a shill to my knowledge.

 

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  8. 8.

    Poopyman

    TV sucks and I got lots better to do. Sadly, I’m not doing those other things, I’m reading BJ.

  14. 14.

    Howard Beale IV

    Awww, hell-it’s bad enough I had to rip my 2-channel OTA tuner out of my HTPC to install a HD audiocard capable of 196kHz/24 bit resolution, but it’s not even hooked back up to the cable stream, after I got done ripping it apart and installing a new amp.

    Now I’m just waiting for my NOS Mullard 12AX7’s to come in…..

    (yes, each of the above’s a separate link….)

  15. 15.

    lamh36

    Lordy, added without comment, cause I’m sure ya’ll will have better ones than I would! My comment would be much too vulgar and not likely to make it past the filters…lol

    Rumsfeld Says Obama Hasn’t Justified Syria Attack

    Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, “who ushered the U.S. into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2001 and 2003, said the Obama administration has not clearly justified an attack on Syria,” The Hill reports.

    Said Rumsfeld: “One thing that is very interesting, it seems to me, is that there really hasn’t been any indication from the administration as to what our national interest is with respect to this particular situation.”

  17. 17.

    Heliopause

    Just ran across this fascinating quote from the US State department:

    On Wednesday, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf admitted as much. “The commander-in-chief of any military is ultimately responsible for decisions made under their leadership, even if … he’s not the one that pushes the button or said, ‘Go,’ on this,” Harf said. “I don’t know what the facts are here. I’m just, broadly speaking, saying that he is responsible for the actions of his regime. I’m not intimately familiar with the command and control structure of the Syrian military. I’m just not. But again, he is responsible ultimately for the decisions that are made.”

  21. 21.

    gogol's wife

    @raven:

    And Cassidy showed up on a thread below, as you predicted (although the thread is not about football).

  24. 24.

    kdaug

    @lamh36: Obama has justified it. It’s to the north, south, east and west of Damascus.

    Don’t fuck with owls. They ain’t kidding.

  26. 26.

    auntie beak

    that’s the owl that calls “who cooks for you, who cooks for you all” right? we hear them around our house all the time, sometimes even during the day. wish i could see them, too.

    and i don’t get bbc america in hd, so i save broadchurch for later on demand viewing. it’s really worth watching in hd. very moody and atmospheric.

  27. 27.

    Howard Beale IV

    @Elizabelle: They aren’t owls-they’re flying cats with big claws.

    Just like parrots aren’t birds-they’re flying bolt-cutters.

  29. 29.

    No nim for this post

    Broadchurch,

    Seen the whole series, will not spoil, but just watch for the character development, acting, atmosphere,etc. It’s not a great whodunit, or even a whydunit, good series nonetheless.

  33. 33.

    Calliope Jane

    @lamh36: I loved watching that and those pictures are great! And on a completely shallow note, I loved the First Lady’s dress. Stunning.

  35. 35.

    Pogonip

    Does anyone else like Rick Yancey’s Monstrumologist books? The *sob* last one, The Final Descent, comes out 10 September . I was hoping Yancey would shop the series around to another publisher, but an interview with him that I read recently sounded as if he had decided to call it a day and move on with something else.

    I was really surprised that the series was marketed to teenagers. To my mind, these are heavy-duty grown-up horror.

  36. 36.

    Howard Beale IV

    Just looked at the live stream of #catvidfest …

    Looks pretty punk-not a good sign for The Walker, especially since they charged $10/head.

  38. 38.

    Adolphus

    Broadchurch? It looks okay, but I am an American. I can’t relate to a detective who doesn’t have a quirky psychic/author/insane person sidekick to help them solve crimes. Oh wait! It’s a man detective. Sure they can solve crimes without help, but American viewers know women detectives need a non-professional to help them. (It’s why I can’t get into Fallen. Gillian Anderson needs a cockney sidewalk magician to help her solve the murders, or it’s just not realistic)

  41. 41.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Calliope Jane: I just had a conversation with a fellow (female) FLOTUS and FLOTUS-style fan, and we agreed that being superficial and shallow about Michelle’s dresses can sometimes be very deep.

  42. 42.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Every time I see pictures of the President with kids it makes me smile. The kids look awestruck, grinning from ear to ear, and the President looks like a nice guy who bends over to be at eye level with them when he talks to them.

  44. 44.

    Pogonip

    @SiubhanDuinne: I have yet to get a coherent explanation from a conservative about why they think she’s fat. I just can’t see it myself. Looks average build to me, but they all insist she’s FAT.

  45. 45.

    eemom

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    There were some great pix making the rounds last fall of Obama with happy kids and Romtron holding little babies screaming to get away from him. “Kids just know”, they said.

  46. 46.

    Mnemosyne

    The person who pissed me off during a meeting yesterday abjectly apologized today, so that brightened my mood a bit.

    (I was so pissed off that I had to leave the room so I didn’t either cry or punch her in the face, so it wasn’t really something I was going to be able to let go without an apology, and she stepped up.)

  47. 47.

    Cacti

    Okay, I’ve seen this today on other left-blogs, and before anyone says it here, “Syrian chemical weapon attacks are okay because Dick Cheney!”

    Might be the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard.

  48. 48.

    Shakezula

    What if I don’t have BBC in America on my TV box?

    Also, my place of employment made a major acquisition today and I am convinced it will result in me being laid off in the very near future and I’m on a diet so I can’t drink away my sorrows/anxieties/neuroses.

    Ah, I’d rather look at owls, anyway.

  49. 49.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Cacti:

    Nope, I’ve only seen the ‘We can’t do anything in Syria until we prosecute surviving Reagan administration officials for not doing something about Saddam gassing his people.” comments from the ‘left’.

  50. 50.

    Mnemosyne

    I decided to dance (to this song) in my living room. It terrified Charlotte so much that she’s still hiding under the couch.

    Everyone’s a critic.

  51. 51.

    MomSense

    Watching Broadchurch and right now The Doctor is questioning Filch. Are there only 50 actors total in the UK?

  54. 54.

    Mnemosyne

    @MomSense:

    Have you ever seen Hot Fuzz? It’s a murder mystery with a little gore in it, but it’s like a cavalcade of British actors. There’s a scene near the beginning that starts with Martin Freeman as Simon Pegg’s boss then gets topped twice by who plays the boss above Freeman … but only if you’re familiar with British movies and TV.

    Plus it’s also a loving parody of “The Avengers” (the good British TV one with Patrick Macnee, not the comic book heroes), so if you love classic British TV, it gets good laughs from those references as well.

  59. 59.

    MomSense

    @NotMax:

    I just recently signed up for the phone program with Comcast (because my cell phone doesn’t work in my own house!!) and for 9.99 got a phone which came with an automatic upgrade to a better cable package. So I changed my cell plan, got a phone that will actually work, got more channels and it costs less.

  60. 60.

    Mnemosyne

    @NotMax:

    Streaming-only is pretty cheap — I think it’s under $15 a month — but it requires the recurring cost of high-speed internet, which is a lot more. Your local library has probably been stocking up on the DVDs.

    @MomSense:

    It is a little gory, just so you know, in a Scream kind of way. I try to warn people of that just in case they have weak stomachs.

  62. 62.

    NotMax

    It’s kind of sad (to me, anyway), what our almost every week gathering of friends has become.

    Ostensibly it is a dinner followed by an RPG session, usually with a dozen (plus or minus another handful) people. The game is really peripheral to the socializing. Or was.

    Used to be we would converse in small groups during the game time until someone’s turn came around.

    Nowadays, half or more of the people are busily occupied with their phones, or iPads, or even on a laptop they drag up to the gathering while awaiting their turn.

  63. 63.

    Rekster

    I didn’t want to read thru the comments for fear some Tool will spoil Broadchurch! I learned my lesson with Downton Abbey spoilers at the beginning of last season.

    I watch The Bridge first (because it’s GREAT) the watch Broadchurch on the DVR. I’m a sucker for Brit Series. So excited for 4 nights of LUTHER next week!!!!

  64. 64.

    Jay in Oregon

    @Bex:
    It aired on BBC months ago; I found it online (Doctor Who fan, and it has David Tennant and Arthur Darvill in it, so duh) so I won’t be taking that bet.

    To me, Broadchurch isn’t just about the whodunnit; it’s about how the family deals with its grief and loss, and how a small community reacts to the secrets that are unearthed during the investigation.

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