Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

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

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

The lights are all blinking red.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

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

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

Fight them, without becoming them!

Let there be snark.

Consistently wrong since 2002

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

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

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

“They all knew.”

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

Fear and negativity are contagious, but so is courage!

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

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  2. 2.

    Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader

    Making cheesesteaks for dinner. Prolly gonna watch the Steelers lose tonight and giggle a little.

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    PsiFighter37

    Figure that running a half-marathon is as good a way to kick off my annual ‘getting into proper shape’ drive in the fall…so I’ll be kicking off another round of P90X in about 5-10 minutes.

    Other than that, I just feel a bit weary overall. This year went by quickly, but it never stops. There are times where I would like to just blow off work for a month or two and fully recharge myself – I haven’t had a long stretch of free time since my middle school summers (I worked during all my summers in high school and college). Taking a sabbatical from work for a few months, even if unpaid, would be awesome.

    I’m also afraid that I’d like it too much and decide to never come back.

  9. 9.

    Roger Moore

    @Baud:

    WaPo tweeted a list of mass shootings under Obama.

    Obviously it’s his fault for taking guns away from law abiding Americans so that we can’t defend ourselves from the bad guys. Duh!

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    Elizabelle

    @Cassidy:

    SPOILER dude.

    Some of us are still languishing in the first season of BB. (Arrested attention spans.)

    Also: having snarked this morning about how cynical I’m getting about the mass shootings, I am just so sad tonight. The idea of 12 local families without a loved one returning home tonight, just for having gone to work on a grey, slightly rainy morning in Washington, DC.

    ETA: I was drinking coffee on the deck while they were being killed or injured, and we shared the same sky. Horrifying.

  11. 11.

    PsiFighter37

    @ranchandsyrup: Or, if you’re the Bluths and have tricked enough people, it might be Cinco de Quatro.

    I know not everyone was a fan of the new season of AD, but I thought it was really cleverly done. My only request is that if they do another season, they have to make sure everyone has more time to spend together. It’s not quite the same show when you only get 1/3 or 1/2 of the insanity at the same time.

  12. 12.

    Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader

    I may keep an eye on Balloon Juice this evening to ensure things don’t get out of hand. I saw Martin fantasizing about destroying things or people on another thread so he’ll prolly be too tuckered out to cause problems but the rest of the rabble here will certainly need a firm hand.

  13. 13.

    Elizabelle

    @Roger Moore:

    My mom was telling me today she is thinking of cancelling her WaPost subscription.

    Reminded her of the good things one gets with the Post (her local paper, after all), but finished weakly with “but of course, it’s gone downhill so badly.”

  14. 14.

    hildebrand

    We are actually getting some significant rainfall here in the Valley – the northern bits and pieces of Ingrid – woo hoo!

  17. 17.

    shelly

    Did Jessie die after he was shot last night? I

    Well, don’t want to bum out anyone else who hasn’t seen it yet and doesn’t want to know. Go to Television Without Pity and you can read their recap.

  23. 23.

    TaMara (BHF)

    It was a good day here in over-soaked Colorado. Cleanup and rescues are zipping along. Unfortunately death toll is up to 7, but lots of people on the unaccounted for list have checked in. And the sun was out most of the day. For the first time in days, it feels like it might be ok. It’ll take time, but we’ll get there.

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    SiubhanDuinne

    @Anne Laurie, top:

    Besides mourning, what’s on the agenda for the evening?

    Okay, I saw what you did there.

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    lamh36

    Right now though, I’m watching the original Superman and realizing that even though I liked the remake, it really does pale in comparison to the Richard Donner film, even with the new hot guy as Superman…lol.

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    Poopyman

    @PsiFighter37: I was Sequestered out of my job back in March, and I gotta tell ya, thinking about getting back to it just makes me sad. Mrs. P would, ahhhhh, not be pleased if I opted out of my financial responsibilities, however.

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    Corner Stone

    @PsiFighter37:

    There are times where I would like to just blow off work for a month or two and fully recharge myself

    What the fuck are you babbling about? This entire summer was you on vacay in FL, the Hawaii, then CA, and I may have missed some trip to the Caribbean in there.
    You’ve done shit else but take vacation trips this whole fucking summer.
    What’s the matter? Didn’t quite make it to the Greek Isles?

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    PsiFighter37

    @Corner Stone: It’s more the mental aspect of it. It’d be nice to wake up and have whatever is next be out of sight over the horizon, instead of constantly hanging over my head like a cloud.

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    SiubhanDuinne

    @ranchandsyrup:

    Putting together a bassinet?

    Is mrsranchandsyrup in the ranchy syrupy family way? Did we know this? Have we said congratulations?

    (FYWP or its close cousin FYSC wanted to change “ranchy” to “raunchy,” but thankfully I was too quick for it.)

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    lamh36

    @Mnemosyne: Damn! I know it. But wouldn’t it be something if 1/3 (?) of the nominees for Best Actor Oscar were African American?????

    Say What??? Idirs Elba for Mandela, I’ve read the movie wasn’t quite critically acclaimed, but Elba’s performance was strong. Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years A Slave, which as you linked to it, has been getting great reviews at the film fests. Michael B Jordan for Fruitville Station and hey, the academy already loves Forrest Whitaker, so the Butler may have a nom somewhere too!

    It’s tots exciting.

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    Corner Stone

    @PsiFighter37: Jesus Tittyfucking Christ, you little whiny bitch. I haven’t had three consecutive business days off in over five years.
    You’re 22 and already slacking it off?

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    PsiFighter37

    @Corner Stone: Ah, there’s the asshole we all know and love.

    And I’m not 22, so you can go fuck yourself. Stalker-ish enough to memorize where I travel to, JFC. Fucking creep.

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    lamh36

    @Geoduck: Lordy, then I’m way too superficial…lol.

    Cause even at a young age, I looked at Ichobad and was like bleh…lol.

    Johnny Depp was so hot, it even made me forget for a moment that he and Ricci actually met when she was like 9 (they’ve been in other movie, but Sleepy Hollow is the only one where they wre MAIN characters) and were playing as love interests…lol.

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    Corner Stone

    @PsiFighter37: WTF, are you talking about? You came to this public blog and week in and week out told everyone here where you were going and for how long.
    It seemed baffling to me that anyone could take that kind of time off their first job out of college and also be able to afford that kind of travel.

  52. 52.

    lamh36

    Ok, now how naive was Superman to tell Lois Lane that he couldn’t see through Lead or that he was form Krypton and it could hurt him. And what does she do, she blabs in her front page story…SMDH
    #OriginalSuperman

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    Mnemosyne

    @lamh36:

    I don’t know exactly what part Michael K. Williams plays in 12 Years a Slave, but he is always awesome, so he may get a Supporting Actor nomination somewhere along the line. I also heard really good things about David Oyelowo, who plays the son in The Butler.

    And what’s with this invasion by black British actors? Elba, Ejiofor, and now Oyelowo. What are they putting in the London water these days? :-)

  55. 55.

    Anne Laurie

    @Corner Stone: Oh, be nice for once. The kid’s young, he hasn’t got the mental calluses one gradually develops from staying in harness year after year. Nor, I suspect, the hostages to fortune; you’re always aware at some level that if you were to throw up your job and run away forever, it would have bad effects on one or more people you’ve learned to love more than your own happiness.

  57. 57.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Mnemosyne:

    I also heard really good things about David Oyelowo, who plays the son in The Butler.

    I thought he was really good. Would like to see more of him.

  58. 58.

    IowaOldLady

    Getting ready to head out of town tomorrow to meet a friend I haven’t seen in about a year, assuming her employer doesn’t decide to haul her into work instead.

    Also rejoicing because while the workmen are still here, at least they’re putting my house back together rather than ripping more pieces off.

  60. 60.

    normal liberal

    @lamh36:
    All kidding up thread aside, I devoutly hope it means that he’s bowing out because our AG Lisa Madigan is finally going to run.

    I won’t be happy until the incumbent, Pat the Exceedingly Hapless Quinn, announces that he is dropping out.

    Illinois, where one or more of your governors may already be in jail.

  61. 61.

    lamh36

    ok, lord help me but it’s finally happened I’ve started taking Superman too seriously.

    So Lois dies in earthquake. He “rewinds” the Earth which rewinds time so that Lois’ car does not get buried.

    So wait, wouldn’t it also turn back the devastation that also occurred? No wait, I guess he was just too late? But wasn’t he late cause he was trying to fix/save people from the damage?

    SMH…ugh, thinking too hard…must stop…lol

  62. 62.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @lamh36: I’m walking on eggshells here because it is so easy to offend inadvertently (and please call me on it if I do, and I will retract and apologize immediately) — but I yearn for the day when an AfAm film actor can play a role that isn’t necessarily defined by being a Role of Colour.

    It’s happening in opera, has been in fact for several years. I saw a Met performance of Rossini’s La Cenerentola about four or five years ago in which Cinderella was white, Prince Charming (Prince Ramiro) was African American (Lawrence Brownlee), and nobody blinked. Lots of other examples. A black Ariel in a version of The Tempest, and I’m sure I’m forgetting lots of examples. Point is, it’s a medium where race is becoming/has become almost irrelevant and has nothing to do with the part the singer plays. That’s where I’d like movies to go.

    Again, if I have inadvertently offended I do apologize.

    I really hope that makes sense. And again, if I stepped in it, I

  63. 63.

    PsiFighter37

    @normal liberal: Haven’t people been hoping Madigan runs at some point for something higher for a long time now?

    Besides, wouldn’t there be loads of stupid psychodrama written in the paper about the governor being under the thumb of her father (he’s Speaker of the House, right)? I’m not super-familiar with Illinois state politics (except that it might be even more fucked up than NY state politics, even though Democrats run the show), but that seems like something our wonderful MSM would drool over.

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    lamh36

    @SiubhanDuinne: no offense, but in all the movies I’m talking about the characters are real people who are all people of color so by definition the roles they are playing have to be defined by being P.O.C.

    Colorblind casting is all well and good, but in these cases, the fact is that the people they portray are P.O.C. Nelson Mandela, Solomon Northup (the real free man who was sold into slavery) and Oscar Grant. This is not a case of blind type casting, but I do agree with you comment there.

    So your sentiment while all well and good in other cases, doesn’t fit in the cases I’m presenting.

    Unfortunately though, we are still at a point in the world where the first Miss America of Indian descent is being racked over coals by bigoted idiots…so sensibility in casting ain’t happening anytime soon

  65. 65.

    Belafon

    @lamh36: I thought the new movie did a number of things correct, even while it chose to go in a slightly darker (supposed to be modern) direction.
    1. We watched the original movie after the new trailers started showing but before the movie came out. If you watch, you will see the “S” being worn by Jor El. The new movie explores it more.
    2. It got rid of the whole “how does Lois not know who Superman is?” thing. I was the only one who laughed at “Welcome to the Planet.”
    3. It played with how Superman would actually hide in the 21st century. Though, if you’ve seen Justice League, you know it’s only a matter of time before they figure it out, especially since Lois did.
    4. How Lex figures out Superman is allergic to kryptonite in the original was lame. Glad they left it out.

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    PsiFighter37

    @Belafon: I’m not a huge ‘Superman’ fan (for whatever reason, I subjected myself to 7 torturous seasons of ‘Smallville’ before I decided to give it up; and I saw ‘Superman Returns’, which was bad in many, many ways), but I thought the new one was done decently. I do wish there was a bit more backstory on Clark as a kid, and I thought the way they handled Jonathan Kent was a bit contrived, but if anything, I thought they did a really good job. One of the main complaints was how much the end of the movie was just pure action – but it made total sense. If you have Kryptonians fighting each other and humans, it shouldn’t be a fair fight – it should be an absolute demolition derby, which is what happened.

    In all, I thought it was pretty solid. I don’t know if a Superman/Batman movie is really going to work well together, Ben Affleck aside…in the universe they’ve created, Morgan Freeman is going to have to be hiding some really fucking awesome toys in that underground bunker of his for Batman to even fight anywhere close to the same level as Superman.

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    normal liberal

    @PsiFighter37:
    Yes, we’ve been Waiting for Amy for quite some time. No one seems especially concerned about the Daddy problem (Madigan pere isn’t the drag that, say, Richard Daley the Elder was).

    She’s been AG for forever, without drama and scandal. As you note, she hasn’t seemed like she wanted it. She could easily have had Mark Kirk’s Senate seat, but I’d prefer it if she turfed out Quinn and stomped on whichever victim the Republicans run this time. Quinn barely hung on the last time, and the state can’t be having with the creeps that form the R front bench.

  69. 69.

    Belafon

    @SiubhanDuinne: I can think of a couple of movies, but I’ll list one:
    The Avengers. A white Samuel Jackson could have played in the role, but I don’t think we have a white Samuel Jackson. The comic book character is white, though.

  70. 70.

    PsiFighter37

    @normal liberal: Well, on the bright side, if a Republican gets elected governor, it should be their turn to go to jail for something, right?

    That said, it does sound like Lisa Madigan won’t run for governor as long as her father runs the House…and he’s been Speaker for nearly the entire past quarter century (thank you, Wikipedia). Talk about having an iron grip on your caucus…basically just like Sheldon Silver here in NY (that fucker will never, EVER quit. He will always be 1 of the 3 men in the room).

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    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @Belafon: The Marvel Cinematic Universe is actually based on the alternate Ultimates timeline. When it was first under development in the comics back in 2001, the artist decided to base the look of his Nick Fury on Samuel L. Jackson, who gave them permission on the condition that he get the role if they ever used Fury in a movie.

    Since the spectacular success of the Avengers movie, the main timeline has been shifting the characters’ appearances toward the movie visuals: Hawkeye’s costume has changed and he’s gone from blond to brunette; the original Colonel Fury has disappeared and been replaced by his son, who looks an awful lot like a young SLJ; Coulson shows up frequently.

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