Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

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

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

The willow is too close to the house.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

In my day, never was longer.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

“Squeaker” McCarthy

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

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

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

T R E 4 5 O N

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Let there be snark.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

“But what about the lurkers?”

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

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

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

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From constant commentor Yatsuno (aka Yutsano):

Yatsuno says:
December 17, 2013 at 7:04 pm (Edit)

For those interested: I am not dead. Pretty much stoned out of my gourd though.

Explanation here, for those who missed it this morning.
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If that is insufficient for your entertainment needs, genuis snarkster Alex Pareene is doing this year’s Hack list awards in the channeled voices of the recipients. And while all entries so far have been excellent, my personal favorite is #6 — Erick Erickson:

Erick Erickson has gravely betrayed conservatives everywhere.

I wish I could say that I am surprised. I prayed I wouldn’t have to write this, but here we are.

How can it be that Obamacare remains in effect despite Erickson’s so-called opposition? Did he do anything to halt its advance beyond writing ineffectual blog posts “demanding” that Republicans repeal the ACA? Did Erickson take advantage of the stunning political success that was the recent government shutdown to finally write the blog post that could have crippled the liberty-killing advance of Obamacare? No. He did not. This is, as I said, a grave betrayal, and a shocking dereliction of duty…

Erickson should know that conservatives like myself will now devote themselves to doing everything in their power to remove him from his blog, unless and until he starts showing some results, or my bosses tell me to lay off of him…

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79Comments

  1. 1.

    Violet

    Enjoy the good stuff while they’re giving it out, Yutsy! Glad everything went well. Don’t be a hero–take enough medication to keep the pain down. Keeps you out of the pain loop.

    Linked the Hack list Number 8 down below–Nooners. A bit I enjoyed:

    People are angry with Peggy Noonan. They’re mad. Most of all, they’re disappointed. They’re tired. Reading Peggy Noonan, and seeing her on television every Sunday, the Lord’s Day, when Americans, young and old, rich and poor, used to go to church, with their families, now just makes Americans feel exhausted.

    But they’re optimistic. Americans are always optimistic They know Peggy Noonan will eventually retire.

    Could it be possible, that Peggy Noonan will retire? FSM be praised.

  4. 4.

    lamh36

    Posted late in last thread, so posting in new thread.

    Glad Yats is okay

    Obama sends message by naming Sochi Olympic delegation

    The White House delivered a strong message of opposition to Russia’s anti-gay laws Tuesday with the announcement of its delegation to the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics.

    The White House delegation will include an openly gay athlete: tennis great Billie Jean King.

    It will not include the president, first lady or the vice president, all who headed the previous four Olympic delegations, or a cabinet secretary, only a former one. This marks the first Olympics since the 2000 Sydney Summer Games that a U.S. president, vice president, first lady or former president has not been a member of the delegation for the opening ceremony, which will be Feb. 7 in Sochi.

    A statement from the White House said President Obama’s schedule doesn’t allow him to travel to Sochi. “President Obama is extremely proud of our U.S. athletes and looks forward to cheering them on from Washington,” the statement said. “He knows they will showcase to the world the best of America — diversity, determination and teamwork.”

    The delegation “represents the diversity that is the United States,” the statement said..

  7. 7.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    Actually I believe the formal mode of address is “Yahtzee”.

    Bon courage, Yatz! er Yuts…er, bon courage!

  8. 8.

    Mark S.

    Erickson is starting to look like Jonah Goldberg.

    I see Richard Cohen is only #5 this year. I’m surprised the shithead still has a job after that “gag reflex” column.

  11. 11.

    Violet

    @Mark S.: You made me go look. When did he get hipster glasses? He looks like a middle manager at an insurance company. An unhappy one whose wife expects him to parent the kids and he wishes it was 1954 and he could tell her it isn’t his job.

  12. 12.

    dmsilev

    @Violet: Wonder how wingnuttia will react. For some reason, they love them some Putin.

    (repressed homosexuality is probably the reason in some cases. Wishing for his policies to be implemented here probably explains most of the rest.)

  13. 13.

    YellowJournalism

    For those interested: I am not dead. Pretty much stoned out of my gourd though.

    Reliving the good old days at Wazzu, Yutsy?

    Glad to hear you’re okay!

  14. 14.

    scav

    The really scary thing about the state of American health care is that Yatsy had to have his vowel transplant without the good drugs. At least he’s got better coverage for this, his next trick trip ….. oh, decisions, decisions. . . .

  16. 16.

    Felonius Monk

    Wishing you a speedy recovery, Yatsuno. Waking up semi-lucid on the other side of surgery is usually a good sign.

  17. 17.

    Betty Cracker

    I knew Yatsuno would be okay. If he didn’t exist, we would have to invent him. Plus, all seven chickens and myself paused this mornng, made a slight bow to the Northwest and sent healing vibes his way. Speedy recovery, my friend.

  21. 21.

    Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader

    @Betty Cracker:

    If he didn’t exist, we would have to invent him.

    Why? Do we really need someone yelling out the number of comments on every thread?

  31. 31.

    Anne Laurie

    @Betty Cracker: Nah, I take karmic credit for this good outcome. I should be watching the simulcast of the Royal Ballet Nutcracker right now, but instead we’re waiting for the snow to stop so we can shovel the new five to eight inches off the walk/driveway, adding to the previous ten inches from Sunday’s storm. Obviously, all the good fortune I shipped off to Seattle during the wee hours made the difference… (/snark)

  32. 32.

    Mnemosyne

    @lamh36:

    I remember the Olympics where Kurt Browning wore shiny pants and no dance belt. That was WAY more than I ever wanted to see of any athlete.

    ETA: For the uninitiated, a dance belt is what male dancers and figure skaters wear so spectators don’t get a too-detailed view of their anatomy in tight pants. Women wear a similar one to avoid camel toe during performances.

  33. 33.

    Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader

    @Baud:

    You know, it’s helpful to those of us who can’t read.

    Then get rid of the message numbers. He should at least have to work for it.

  34. 34.

    Yatsuno

    Just had my first PT session and it went great! They have me standing up but no steps yet. I’m also on liquids right now as a just in case thing. All in all not feeling too bad.

  41. 41.

    Poopyman

    @Yatsuno:

    All in all not feeling too bad.

    Those are the drugs talkin’. Hope things are still looking up in the AM.

    Glad to read yer OK and following therapists’ orders! (You are, aren’t you?)

  43. 43.

    trollhattan

    Feel the grift? Do you?

    A ballot measure submitted by a political consultant for education advocate Michelle Rhee seeks to remove seniority as a factor when California school districts lay off teachers, requiring that they instead base decisions on performance ratings. Performance, under the proposal, would be determined in part based on student test scores.

    Those policy proposals have been at the core of Rhee’s advocacy efforts as head of StudentsFirst, a national group headquartered in Sacramento. Rhee, who is married to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, has said she established the group to try to counter the influence that teachers unions have in decisions about public education. Unions generally reject the idea that teachers should be rated based on their students’ test scores, and prefer contracts that call for the most recently hired teachers to be the first let go during layoffs.

    The California ballot initiative was submitted Monday by Matt David, a political consultant to StudentsFirst. David was communications director to Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and worked on the presidential campaigns of Republican Senator John McCain and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr.

    David said he submitted the measure on his own behalf and that StudentsFirst has not yet endorsed it.

    “I would hope to get their support on this, assuming the language isn’t changed (by the attorney general),” David said. “But they haven’t taken a position yet and I’ve advised other groups not to take a position until we get the language finalized.”

    StudentsFirst spokesman Francisco Castillo said the group has been in talks about advancing a ballot measure in California next year, but hasn’t yet decided if this will be it.

    http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/12/michelle-rhee-pushing-california-ballot-measure-to-change-teacher-laws.html#storylink=cpy

    Now you’re feeling it, yes?

  48. 48.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    Keep feeling good Yutsy! Enjoy being loopy; it beats post op pain, as I recall.

    @raven – how did your lovely bride’s MRI interpretation go?

  52. 52.

    raven

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Pretty well, the neuro feels that the stenosis is very mild and the problem is in the shoulder as opposed to a nerve issue. She’ll see the bone and joint folks Friday and chart a non-surgical course. I also decided to go to my GP and get a referral for my shoulder since it is not getting better. I’m also hoping for the non-surgical route. thanks

  53. 53.

    Bill Arnold

    This from AP channeling T. Friedman was perfect:

    Because while some old media dinosaurs are going extinct thanks to the asteroid of globalization and the giant dust plume of hyperconnectivity, Friedman is a cockroach.

  55. 55.

    WaterGIrl

    @raven: Hi Raven. You wrote: “the problem is in the shoulder as opposed to a nerve issue”, but I think you said earlier that it was in the joint. Did you just type shoulder by mistake because you were thinking of your shoulder?

    (Not trying to nitpick, just hoping to prevent confusion.)

    Edit: Or maybe I flunked reading comprehension in the earlier thread.

  57. 57.

    Anne Laurie

    @Bill Arnold: …A cockroach made of stone. A cockroach made of stone that lives in The Cloud….

    I may be biased by my conviction that Friedman doesn’t read Pareene, and wouldn’t be bothered by the mockery even if someone read it to him. Erickson, on the other hand, I’m sure is suffering from a severe case of the Irks right now.

  58. 58.

    TaMara (BHF)

    Yuts, you’re stoned, Lie down. Just kidding, big, gentle hug to you buddy.

    So I have a problem with the new cat. He has bed head…on his entire body. Nothing I do tames his hair. Time for a good conditioner? /jest

    Also, too, cookies.

    I’ll post photos of the new boy once I’ve got some time, next week-ish. He has been a true joy and really helping in the healing process.

  61. 61.

    Mike E

    @Yatsuno: Glad you made it through the procedure with good spirits intact…PT is a plot hatched by therapists to see how creative your curse words can be. Try not to disappoint!

  63. 63.

    Pogonip

    Tell the chickens that their great god Yutzy, to whom they bow their heads in solemn worship, is feeling pretty durn good! Go tell it in the henhouse, over the hills and everywhere!

  64. 64.

    GHayduke (formerly lojasmo)

    @Yatsuno:

    It’s when the bipuvicaine wears off that the pain starts. Muahaha.

    Make good use of the old narcotic button. Set a timer or something so you don’t forget to push it.

  65. 65.

    raven

    @WaterGIrl: The shoulder has several joints:

    “Shoulder joint” typically refers to the glenohumeral joint, which is the major joint of the “shoulder,” but can more broadly include the acromioclavicular joint. In human anatomy, the shoulder joint comprises the part of the body where the humerus attaches to the scapula, the head sitting in the glenoid fossa[disambiguation needed].[1] The shoulder is the group of structures in the region of the joint.[2]

  67. 67.

    raven

    @GHayduke (formerly lojasmo): Yea, the thought of a second spinal surgery within 6 months of the first one wasn’t too great. I’ve been putting off dealing with mine for a couple of years and the thought of not being able to swim is a stone bummer.

  70. 70.

    mclaren

    @Betty Cracker:

    I knew Yatsuno would be okay. If he didn’t exist, we would have to invent him.

    Because it’s so useful have a crank who describes people quoting from the constitution as “off their meds.”

    Judging by Yatsuno’s typical post, he was stoned long before the surgery.

  71. 71.

    Jebediah, RBG

    @Yatsuno:
    The fuck? Wasn’t your surgery earlier today?
    Very glad it went well – Juno is willing to curl up on your lap for as long as it takes if it will speed healing.

  74. 74.

    coin operated

    @Yatsuno: If you can, make sure you have good pain meds on board for your next PT session. Anywhere between 30-90 minutes prior is just about right. The torture that a PT specialist can dream up would make the last administration blush with envy.

    /former nurse

  76. 76.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @lamh36:
    @Mnemosyne:

    I think we were both mixing him up with Kurt Browning.

    I think you’re both mixing him up with Brian Orser. Don’t you remember the “Battle of the Brians” in the 1988 Calgary Games?

  77. 77.

    Larv

    @Bill Arnold:

    The Friedman one is perfect. My favorite:

    I wish Thomas Friedman, House Republicans and Iran President Hassan Rouhani could all get together in a room and listen to the words of Winston Churchill, who once said, “The Hun is always at your neck or at your feet.” He was talking about Germans, but the Hun of today is runaway entitlement spending. Entitlement spending is also an unspecified number of cans. And young people are “the ones who will really get hit by all the cans we’re kicking down the road.” In Friedman World, cans that were kicked down a road somehow hit you when you reach them.

  78. 78.

    slippy

    Just finished the Noonan piece. Epic takedown of a vastly puffed-up ego.

    I found a real Nooners piece on the new Pope and it was composed of the exact same pretentious, Literary Masterpiece tone of voice, where she clearly believes she’s channeling some great 20th century author, instead of fapping in front of a mirror. I would never deny that I’m fairly narcissistic, but Jesus Christ, she thinks she’s the second coming of fucking Hemingway or something.

  79. 79.

    dollared

    Speedy recovery, Yatsuno! Keep pushing that button.

    And my two friends with new hips report that after the first month, it hurts a lot less than the old one, pretty much forever.

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