Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

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

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

Come on, man.

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

The words do not have to be perfect.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

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  1. 1.

    Yatsuno

    I want one snowfall this year. Just one. Then I’ll be happy, especially since I can’t drive for another two months. It might happen while I’m recovering at the ranch, but we’ll see.

  2. 2.

    MoeLarryAndJesus

    It’s been snowing for 24 hours but my deck is still almost clear because of the wind.

    Weirdest storm ever so far.

  3. 3.

    piratedan

    @Yatsuno: hope your recovery continues apace….. know that it will be a long slog yet having the surgery behind you has to be such a lift, that I’m sure that each day seems a bit brighter.

    I won’t regale you guys with how it is in Tucson today, knowing that payback for the summer months is just half a year away, still hunker down my northern amigos and think of layered clothing and hot soups and beverages.

  4. 4.

    max

    WOO HOO! Boomer Sooner!

    All of four inches. Really goddamned cold and windy though.

    I won’t regale you guys with how it is in Tucson today, knowing that payback for the summer months is just half a year away

    I can imagine, and besides, the sunshine is nice even if it is hot.

    max
    [‘So no need to gloat.’]

  5. 5.

    Yatsuno

    @max: Arizona heat is different from Louisiana heat. In Arizona, the sweat literally disappears from your skin so fast you hardly notice it was there. Louisiana, you’re drenched as soon as you step outside. But that’s why humidity sucks.

  8. 8.

    mclaren

    So all the players killed one another and the league decided to shut down the sport permanently?

    Good show. Glad to hear it.

    Ending sports in America would represent a giant leap forward for this benighted country.

  10. 10.

    piratedan

    @burnspbesq: damn straight, but our “monsoon” season is kind of awesome in its own way, temps in the 100’s humidity in the 50-70% range and some awesomely powerful lightening shows and thunderstorms around sunset.

    if you’re unlucky, maybe you get a haboob/sirocco if you’re out and about.

  11. 11.

    burnspbesq

    @mclaren:

    If you hate everything about this country (as you seemingly do), why are you still here?

    You’re running your mouth, but you’re voting with your feet.

  12. 12.

    CaseyL

    I’m having a fabulous TV night: just watched “The Empty Hearse,” the season 3 premiere of BBC’s Sherlock; and am about to watch the season premiere of “Elementary,” where the US version of Sherlock Holmes once again encounters his nemesis, Jamie Moriarty. (Yes: Jamie. Moriarty is female in this version.)

    A Holmes-heavy evening. Much fun.

  13. 13.

    MomSense

    @CaseyL:

    BBCs Sherlock was tonight?? How did I not know this?? They are going to make me turn in my Cumberbitch badge.

  14. 14.

    Yatsuno

    @CaseyL:

    Moriarty is female in this version

    I enjoy that fact. A lot. I might have to re-up the Netflix account when I get to the ranch and take a gander at that. It’s too bad that idea was anathema in Doyle’s time. Think of that strange dynamic and the hidden sexual tension he could throw in.

  15. 15.

    The Dangerman

    FWIW (admittedly, not a lot), but Bruin boards are saying new Vikings punter (Locke, a Bruin) has said Coach Priefer hasn’t made any bigoted remarks in his presence. Of course, we are talking different seasons here.

    Sounds to me like that Coach had it in for Kluwe (another Bruin) and wanted to get inside his head; he may have succeeded. Bottom line, I have no idea what happened or who to believe.

  16. 16.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    At one point England had Australia 5 for 97 and you thought, just maybe, that they could escape this Ashes without losing all five matches. Then Brad Haddin, The Destroyer stepped into the crease for 75 off of 90 balls, helped in this innings by Steve Smith, who is currently not out for 112. With Australia now 7 for 302 things look dim for the boys from the Northern Hemisphere.

  18. 18.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    Hey! It’s supposed to get up to about positive 20 degrees tomorrow. Then negative 24 on Sunday night.

  20. 20.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    @MikeJ:

    The PBS site is saying that the season 3 debut is January 19.

  21. 21.

    CaseyL

    @MomSense: The episode aired January 1 on BBC, and it’s on their website. If you have access to a BBC1 player, you can watch it before PBS airs it on the 19th.

    @Yatsuno: Oh, it’s even twistier than just the genderswap. Definitely worth checking out. The Moriarty episodes are what convinced me to finally watch “Elementary.”

  22. 22.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @The Dangerman: Remember it was 2013 not 2012, Locke was still kicking in the Rose Bowl when it was an issue in MN. Also after seeing what happened to his fellow Bruin, he might have kept his head down. I’ll have to see what going on on the boards.

  24. 24.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    That ended quickly, as Ben Stokes takes three wickets in an over and Australia is all out for 326. That said, England has only two innings in this series where they’ve scored more than 255, so they need to step up their batting to stay in this.

  25. 25.

    Suzanne

    We got home today from our vacation with Mr. Suzanne’s family. It was somewhat stressful, with lotsa family drama. Happy to be home and back with my pets. It was about 70 degrees when we got home, but the house was at least 10 degrees cooler. Now to get the house clean and laundry done and cook.

  27. 27.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    @BillinGlendaleCA: It’s also possible that Kluwe exaggerated. I agree with him wholeheartedly on the issues but have long had the sense that his writing has a larger eye towards entertainment value than factual accuracy.

    It is definitely entertaining, though.

  28. 28.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    @burnspbesq: I don’t think that one over, as impressive as it was, is enough to undo the forty that preceded it, though.

  29. 29.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN):

    I am soooo not looking forward to working at my second job site on Monday night/Tuesday morning. Not as cold as it will be up there in the Land of Ten Thousand Frozen Lakes, but it’s still going to be below zero- and I’ll have to spend about 45 minutes out in it.

  31. 31.

    Keith P

    I was pulling for Bama but they didn’t deserve to win at all. The offensive line was shit, the defense gave the QB all day, and the turnovers. It was like watching the Texans playing, but with more offense.

  32. 32.

    max

    @Yatsuno: Arizona heat is different from Louisiana heat. In Arizona, the sweat literally disappears from your skin so fast you hardly notice it was there. Louisiana, you’re drenched as soon as you step outside. But that’s why humidity sucks.

    Exactly. That’s why I would never have voluntarily moved from Dallas to Houston because PLEASE KILL ME. (I mean, besides the fact that Houston combines everything bad about LA with everything bad about TX with none of the good parts.) That’s also the crappy about the weather here – it doesn’t get really hot, but its so damn humid. Sweating while wearing a T-shirt just means insulates you from cooler air. West Texas/New Mexico/Arizona/SoCal is much more my thing.

    max
    [‘Plus, free tanning. And decent Mexican food.’]

  33. 33.

    jl

    I don’t understand the cricket talk (I assume that is what that ‘crease’ and ‘over’ stuff is).

    But I feel so refined reading it!

    American football talk is boorish by comparison, I reject revile and refudiate it.

    And some big blue meanies ruined the Rose Bowl, so the hell with it all anyway. But, no, I am not bitter at all.

  36. 36.

    burnspbesq

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN):

    Not with Carberry going down so tamely. I thought he was gone on the first ball he saw, but Australia chose not to challenge.

    First hour tomorrow could determine the outcome. Anderson is going to go down cheaply, so it’s going to be up to Cook and Pietersen to save England’s bacon.

  38. 38.

    Monty

    Currently -1°F here, bitchez.

    Was hoping for better via global warming. Fuckdamnshit. Probably going to need a jump tomorrow morning.

  41. 41.

    hamletta

    I love humidity. My brother lived out in Arizona, and I could feel my lips chap as I drove down the highway.

    When I got back to Nashville, I ran out of the terminal to thank the Lord for the humidity that’s kept me lookin’ good.

  43. 43.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    @max: I spent two weeks in Dallas one summer and it was the most humid place I’d ever imagined, let alone experienced. Stepping out of the air conditioned apartment was like walking into a wall made of ovens and wet towels. “Now Houston, that’s the humid one, not here” people told me, which made me think that I’d literally suffocate if I went there.

    Growing up in N California I barely noticed 100 deg. In humid places, like the entire East Coast, at 80 degrees I want to commit seppuku. I think some people must be ill-suited for it, in hot, humid weather my head feels like a sponge that’s going to explode.

  44. 44.

    MikeJ

    @Bill E Pilgrim: Houston has the added attraction of oil refineries and chemical plants, and the air quality you would expect from those industries and a culture where driving is required. I’m not really a fan.

  47. 47.

    tybee

    @hamletta:

    i know the feeling. some years back i spent a few days in the california and nevada deserts. had to hold a wet rag over my face to keep my nose from bleeding.

    was wunnerful to get back to the south east where everything is green and humid.

  50. 50.

    gogol's wife

    I’ve been reading the entire Sherlock Holmes oeuvre to my husband while he cooks. We’ve already read “The Empty House.” The other episodes seem to nod to “The Sign of Four” (“The Sign of Three”), which we’re reading now, and then we have to get to “His Final Bow” (“His Final Vow”). Conan Doyle was such a genius.

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