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

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

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Their freedom requires your slavery.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Americans barely caring about Afghanistan is so last month.

People are complicated. Love is not.

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I was promised a recession.

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  3. 3.

    Elizabelle

    Sarah: it’s so lovely to see you back and posting more. Bringing us some snark from (way!) Southern climes.

    I’ve not yet read your opus on gay marriage, but bookmarked it and will.

    Just getting into Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.

    Heard they’re wonderful (they are); think they’re touring again now that Miss Jones has recovered her health. They sell out the 930 Club here in DC area, which is a great place for shows.

  5. 5.

    Amir Khalid

    Les Misérables, auf Deutsch, on YouTube. (Don’t tell Cameron Mackintosh.) It’s for my German listening comprehension.

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    dmsilev

    @RSR: Emails Link Top Christie Aide to Bridge Lane Closures:

    But the emails show that Bridget Anne Kelly, a deputy chief of staff to Mr. Christie, gave a signal to the Port Authority to close the lanes about two weeks before they occurred.

    “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” she emailed David Wildstein, Mr. Christie’s close friend and appointee at the Port Authority.

    This scandal is proceeding right on schedule.

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    RSR

    Wow, Christie’s bullying ways have caught up to him-

    @EricBoehlert
    Christie aides were JOKING about the fact school buses couldn’t get thru the massive traffic jam they orchestrated; http://bit.ly/KDGAxO

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    Esme's Mom

    Fangoria!

    Hey, anybody know where to get the BJ 2014 pet calendar? Toss me a linky, please?

  12. 12.

    dmsilev

    @RSR: Jesus Christ, are these people human?

    In one exchange of text messages on the second day of the lane closures, Wildstein alludes to messages the Fort Lee mayor had left complaining that school buses were having trouble getting through the traffic.

    “Is it wrong that I’m smiling,” the recipient of the text message responded to Wildstein. The person’s identity is not clear because the documents are partially redacted for unknown reasons.

    “No,” Wildstein wrote in response.

    “I feel badly about the kids,” the person replied to Wildstein. “I guess.”

    “They are the children of Buono voters,” Wildstein wrote, making a reference to Barbara Buono, the Democratic candidate for governor, who lost to Christie in a landslide in November.

    Also, too, if these are the sorts of people that Christie appoints to government posts, that by itself should be a disqualifying factor for him holding any sort of elected position.

  14. 14.

    cleek

    What are you listening to to get you out of bed?

    breeeezzzpzppp!! breeeezzzpzppp!! breeeezzzpzppp!!
    MOTHERFUCKKKKK… SLAP
    UGH.

  15. 15.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Esme’s Mom: Still in production, I believe. Designer had a family critical situation to focus on, and new designer was sought.

  16. 16.

    jayjaybear

    The sound of my nurse here at Shady Pines looking for a finger to bleed. Thank god I have permission to wear my leg and I can get out of here soon…

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    Amir Khalid

    @dmsilev:
    “Hoodlum” doesn’t seem too strong a word, either for Christie or for his people and their actions as described in the story. This bit of business looks like malicious abuse of authority to me, but am I correct in guessing that it doesn’t rise to the level of criminal conduct?

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    MomSense

    Unfortunately, I woke to the sound of the constantly running furnace and wondered if I had enough juicy stories to sell to pay the gas bill as I am a little too old to make a sex tape.

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    Elizabelle

    @dmsilev:

    And, at 10:03, a NYTimes subscribers’ email alert went out, highlighting the emails about Christie bridge closures.

    And it’s Wednesday. Not Friday night.

    You must keep us apprised what those smart Villagers and cable talkers are saying.

  23. 23.

    JPL

    @RSR: I found this on the NYTimes

    On Wednesday morning, Gov. Christie cancelled an 11 a.m. public appearance at a firehouse on the Jersey Shore.

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    catclub

    @dmsilev: “this is deadly for Christie. ”

    This would be deadly for a democrat – see Vitter versus Weiner. Whether it is for a GOP pol remains to be seen. I can promise you he is not going to resign over it.

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    divF

    Having a little East Bay Grease for breakfast with my coffee, after which I’ll be back on the streets again.

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    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    As Nicole Hollander said, the sound of two cats upchucking is guaranteed to get you up and out of bed in no time at all.

    I just got to hear “I Will Always Love You” because the vet’s office has the “lite rock” station on. Charlotte did just fine with her dental exam — now we’re waiting for the vet portion of the appointment. Annual exam FTW.

  29. 29.

    kindness

    What am I listening to when I get out of bed?

    The coffee maker telling me my legal morning stimulant is done brewing.

  30. 30.

    Origuy

    Dancing is also a good way to injure yourself, which I did Saturday night during Scottish country dance. Twisted my knee and spent the rest of the evening listening to the band. My dance class was hosting, so I felt obligated to stay and help with the potluck after.
    Just strained a muscle, says the doc, so I should be ok in a couple of weeks. No dancing or running for a while though.

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    MattR

    @catclub: One of the angles I am pushing because I think it will damage Christie with Republicans is that even if the traffic study was legitimate, it was stupid and irrepsonsible to limit access to the GWB on the anniversary of 9/11.

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    Fort Geek

    Currently it’s “Red Barchetta”, “One Little Victory”, “Marathon”, and “Prime Mover” all by Rush. I’m celebrating 5 years since I took delivery of an ’81 Chevy Citation X-11 that needed rescuing. Most of the work I’ve done is little stuff, but it’s pretty neat having taken the car from “um…can I fix this?” to having folks compliment me on it. Ten-year old boys are the best: “WOW!! Cool car!!”

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