Ignore the meatsack in the upper quadrant and focus on the SQUEEEE in the center part of the image:
Awwww. It looks pretty downcast for a frolicsome pup, but I’m sure it harbors no ill will toward the self-important baboon who has it in his clutches, despite the editorial comment I attributed to it. That’s the great thing about dogs: They love us far more than we could ever deserve.
Please feel free to discuss whatever.
raven
I’m sure his bubbleheaded bleach blonde bimbo bride will be cleanin up dof shit any minute now.
schrodinger's cat
They are here, the three kittehs of the lolcalypse
Jerzy Russian
In which one of the houses will this pup end up?
Violet
TPM is uploading the Bridghazi documents and is looking for help going through them. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/christie-documents-raw
Mino
A Chessie!
schrodinger's cat
Pup seems sad.
Boudica
When is our bloghost going to update us on the WV chemical spill water disaster?
jharp
Growing up my friend’s Dad would take us duck hinting with his Chesapeake Bay Retriever and that dog was amazing.
I would fake throw a tennis ball into the woods and she’d scamper off after where my arm motion went. Then I would do a 180 and throw it into the woods in the opposite direction.
And she’d find it every time.
Working dogs are so fucking cool.
srv
Some dogs are Republican.
@Boudica: Right after we get a Subaru Fieldcam.
Violet
@jharp: Well of course McCain got a working dog. He couldn’t be seen with a lazy moocher dog. As it is, it’s pretty amazing the dog is brown.
jharp
@Violet:
Thank you Violet.
That is going to be my reading this evening.
I predict double digits of blockbusters. I hope I can be the first to find one.
srv
@Violet: He was told it will turn white, like a Lipizzaner.
NonyNony
@Violet:
Bridghazi? Is that really going to be a “thing”?
I suppose it’s better than “Bridge-gate” though.
(Couldn’t it be “George Washington Bridge Dome Scandal”? We need more scandals referring back to Teapot Dome. It would help make 9th grade history more relevant to today’s youth!)
Betty Cracker
@jharp: My “working dogs” (boxers) labor at farting and drooling on my sofa daily. But yeah, I love the group. They have a “let’s DO this!” gene even if they’re lazy slugs.
Violet
@NonyNony: “Bridghazi” was a “thing” yesterday, although “Bridge-gate” took over on Twitter. Even the Today Show was talking about “Bridge-gate” being used on Twitter.
elftx
Fingers are seriously crossed in hopes JC and family (yes I mean pets too) are ok
WereBear
Working dogs my favorite!
Strictly speaking hunting dogs are “sporting.” And Chessies are Very Serious, even as pups.
However, properly raised, my mother’s Papillon had a job: amusing everyone around! Pure ham, that fellow.
scav
@Violet: This is nostalgia day on the interwebs.
Bill E Pilgrim
@NonyNony: I’m thinking of proposing Closure Gate. Pronounced, “Close Yer Gate”. I haven’t decided yet though.
JPL
@elftx: If you are worried about the chemical leak, Cole is closer to Pittsburgh than he is to Charleston.
The Washington post is saying that Christie had a meeting at the Port Authority the week before the shutdown.
Calming influence
Maybe Moral Hazard could give Gilley some tips on dealing with dickish humans.
Violet
@elftx: The WV water issue is in the southern part of the state near and around Charleston. John Cole lives in the northern part of WV near Pittsburgh. His small town is not in one of the counties that was listed last night when I checked.
I used to live in southern WV so I went to check to see who was affected.
Mnemosyne
@Violet:
To be fair to John McCain (I know, but still), he doesn’t have any problems with brown people in his immediate family — not just his daughter Bridget (adopted from Bangladesh) but also his new daughter-in-law.
But if they’re not immediate family members, they can go fuck themselves.
Trollhattan
@Mino: @jharp:
Love Chessies–sweet, smart dogs. If I didn’t have an inviting fish pond, I’d get a triev of some sort.
Bob In Portland
Not all dogs get to have a true misanthrope for their master.
kindness
What ya bet Gilley is smarter than Sarah Palin?
Violet
@Mnemosyne: Yes, I know.
Trollhattan
@Betty Cracker:
Eternally grumpy that Dalmatians are stuck in “non-sporting.” Nobody who’s ever had one would consider lumping them in with that lot.
Say, aren’t all the big dog shows in January? Can’t wait.
Trollhattan
@kindness:
I believe you’ve just crafted a new defacto definition of “sucker’s bet.”
mike with a mic
@Violet:
McCain’s anything but a racist. I know technically all white males are racist by virtue of being white males, and all conservatives are racist by virtue of being conservative, but McCain is not one of the ones freaking out about Mexicans, browns, and blahs.
debit
I’ve been at the U of M vet clinic since 7 this morning. Chloe went in for X-rays, cleaning and possible tooth extraction. They are pulling 7 teeth. Thank FSM I had money in my savings, because this is going to set me back 2 grand. At least.
jharp
Gotta post it but reading through the just released e mails I am finding quite exciting.
There are going to be a lot of eyeballs looking those pages. Lots and lots.
Can’t wait to see additional evidence. So exciting.
Felonius Monk
Does the above Tweeter tweet make it official that McGrumpy has gone to the dogs?
Omnes Omnibus
@mike with a mic: Do you mean to sound bitter?
Just Some Fuckhead
John McCain smells like death.and bad mouthwash.
Violet
@mike with a mic:
If you say so.
“Complete the dang fence.”
schrodinger's cat
@mike with a mic: Remember, Build the dang fence? when he was running for the Senate. He may not be racist, just pandering to his racist base, what difference does that make? Plus he chose Sarah Palin, who was pretty darned racist and divisive in that 2008 campaign. McCain gets no pass from me.
ETA: Violet got there first!
SiubhanDuinne
@jharp:
“QUAAACK!” (knowwhatimean, nudge nudge, wink wink)
schrodinger's cat
@Mnemosyne: WTH is Cindy McCain wearing?
Mnemosyne
@mike with a mic:
It’s an interesting philosophical question: if you are not personally racist towards people but benefit from racism both politically and professionally, do you “count” as a racist?
I would argue that McCain benefits from the racism of the current Republican Party even if he himself is not personally racist, and even though he was personally hurt by that racism in the 2000 primary.
Mnemosyne
@schrodinger’s cat:
What do any of those Republican wives wear? It doesn’t matter how it looks, it only matters what it cost.
(IMO, yet another reason they hate Michelle Obama — she looks far more sophisticated and elegant wearing clothes from J. Crew and White House/Black Market than they ever will wearing their most expensive designerwear.)
IowaOldLady
@schrodinger’s cat: Rich lady clothes. Remember Lady Romney?
Violet
@schrodinger’s cat: A 1960’s-era mod chandelier?
Would also add that John McCain’s son marrying a black woman doesn’t mean John McCain himself isn’t racist. He’s not so racist that he won’t show up at his own son’s wedding. Outside of that, who his son marries says nothing about John McCain’s racism.
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodinger’s cat: Part of it appears to bleached lily pads. And gauze maybe?
ranchandsyrup
@debit: Yikes! Sorry to hear that.
schrodinger's cat
@IowaOldLady: She looks ridiculous. Did anyone see Parade’s end. Rebecca Hall’s clothes were rich lady clothes done right. Although Hall could look good in anything even a sack.
edited for clarity
Ripley
This is the puppy he’s going to skullfuck on live TV, right?
catclub
@Violet: p 159 or 169 of exhibit E, was a good summary of:
“What in the world are they doing!?”
Gravenstone
@jharp: How well did the ducks take your hints?
catclub
@schrodinger’s cat: Those cats look completely un-phased by the snow.
schrodinger's cat
Omnes Omnibus: Looks like a craft project gone wrong. Plus that pale color is hard to pull off.
Suffern ACE
@NonyNony: Well since they closed off the road to the tollbooths, it should be called Gategate. And now we can finally retire -gate.
Ruckus
@schrodinger’s cat:
I know this was already answered but I had to add.
Something expensive.
And Ugly.
Hawes
“Cheasepeake Bay? What about an Arizona Retriever?”
– McCains next primary challenger.
BGinCHI
Finally something will shit on McCain after all the times he has been shitting on everyone else.
Violet
Does anyone know if John McCain has had a dog before? He looks like he’s nervous holding the dog. And the poor puppy doesn’t look too happy. It’s kind of an uncomfortable photo.
debit
@ranchandsyrup: thanks. I knew she had some issues based on her suddenly foul breath, but not to this extent. She’ll feel better, and that’s what’s important.
Omnes Omnibus
@Suffern ACE: Phantom Tollbooth-gate
Violet
@debit: I hope Chloe feels better after all that work! That’s a long day at the vet. And a lot of money. Aww…poor thing.
Jibeaux
@schrodinger’s cat: it looks a lot like my tub mat, whatever it is.
ranchandsyrup
Took our cattle dog to his “Senior Wellness” checkup and there’s a new vet at the office. He went through the history and noted that our dog had been in there in the past for consuming a bag of coffee beans and 3 bags of chocolate chips. He said that if those didn’t kill him, not much would. I started to try to explain the increasingly elaborate gating system that should prevent these sorts of incidents and he just laughed and said (correctly) that my dog’s way smarter than I am.
Suffern ACE
@Hawes: He may have bought it for his next run. He’ll be 82 for his next run. A puppy says “does it look like I’m planning on dying any time soon?”
debit
@ranchandsyrup: hah! We ended up gating Chloe in the kitchen during the day after catching her jumping from chair to dining room table and then leaping to the side table with the cat food. And I couldn’t figure out (before) why she just wasn’t losing weight.
And that’s a lot of chocolate for a dog to eat and survive. Wow.
Gin & Tonic
@Omnes Omnibus: Please don’t ruin my favorite book that way.
Cassidy
PSA: If you’re into Hong Kong action movies and open world video games, Sleeping Dogs is free on Xbox Live if you have a gold account.
David Hunt
@elftx: It’s my understanding that the trouble is in the Elk River which is a good distance to south of where I think Cole lives. The Elk River is in Central WV, while I think Cole lives in the upper panhandle. Still, best wishes to all the people/creatures impacted by this event.
debit
@Violet: Thanks. She’s the sweetest little old lady dog. You do what you have to do for your pets. I’m just glad I had the funds.
scav
@Gin & Tonic: Ditto, to the very echo.
ranchandsyrup
@debit: My wife and I often discuss putting a go pro camera on him to see what he does all day.
The cattle dog had to stay overnight for the chocolate and get the activated charcoal and hydration. Good times for all.
Sending good thoughts to Chloe. Cats are amazing leapers.
Violet
@debit: Aww…what a sweetie. Poor thing. Is she going to get to come home today? She’s earned some extra snuggles for sure.
NCSteve
I had to go see how Somersby was dealing with his colossal wrongness on the bridge thing. Why, by citing Christie’s very own words to show how very wrong MSNBC was about Wildstein being a “high school buddy” of Christie’s, so, there, of course. Because that’s the most important thing, right?
It was sad, really. Like hearing about a favorite professor of at the old alma mater who’s gone completely off the deep end and is now a joke among the UG’s but won’t retire sad. Not going back.
NCSteve
I had to go see how Somersby was dealing with his colossal wrongness on the bridge thing. Why, by citing Christie’s very own words to show how very wrong MSNBC was about Wildstein being a “high school buddy” of Christie’s, so, there, of course. Because that’s the most important thing, right?
It was sad, really. Like hearing about a favorite professor of at the old alma mater who’s gone completely off the deep end and is now a joke among the UG’s but won’t retire sad. Not going back.
JGabriel
Betty Cracker @ Top:
The puppy looks like he’s thinking, “I smell old-man-smell.”
shelly
Oh Honey, I feel for ya. One of my own old pups suddenly developed a serious dental abcess. Extraction. Other surgery. Final bill around 1500 bucks.
Next dog addition to the family gets pet insurance. (Does Obamacare cover that?)
Fort Geek
Bridgeghazi will be Christie’s Hurricane Sandy!
…er wait…
beltane
@Omnes Omnibus: It looks like a preschool art project.
debit
@ranchandsyrup: She’s actually a dog. :). However, she may possibly thinks she’s a cat as she’s outnumbered by them in our house.
jharp
@Gravenstone:
Not too well. Several ended up in the roaster.
My friends Dad just died not too long ago. I remember the last time we went I shot a wood duck. It was in 1978. Don’t think I’d do that again. They are amazingly beautiful birds.
ranchandsyrup
@debit: Damn my reading comprehension. The cat food tripped me up. That’s even more impressive!
Villago Delenda Est
(As McCain wanders around the podiums at the Presidential debates): Gilley! I’ve got some beggin’ strips for you! Gilley!
The poor puppy. Can you imagine being told, repeatedly, to get off John McCain’s lawn by John McCain himself?
schrodinger's cat
@catclub: They are well insulated with all that fur.
Omnes Omnibus
@Gin & Tonic: @scav: I sincerely apologize for any and all harm I may have caused.
debit
@shelly: I think pet insurance is on my to do list. 3 of our pets are now in official elder status and this sort of thing will, I suspect, become increasingly common.
debit
@Violet: yep, she just got out of surgery. Bad teeth, abscesses and an ulcerated wound on her tongue, probably from rubbing on one of the bad teeth. God, I feel like such a shitheel. She must have been in so much pain.
LanceThruster
“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”
― Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
elftx
Glad to hear Cole is prbly not affected by this disaster.
Also too, after a quick perusal of the Bridge-gate doc dump, some poor guy who bought a mirrion dollar mansion to be close to the bridge and called to complain..now has his name and phone number out there
scav
@Omnes Omnibus: No lasting harm. FWIW, the Humbug we’re dealing with at the moment has fewer redeeming qualities.
Betty Cracker
@LanceThruster: Mr. Hitchens pretty much nailed that.
Omnes Omnibus
Aside from the Foye email has anyone found anything good in the doc dump? I can’t access it right now.
kc
@elftx:
I saw that; surprised they didn’t redact his name.
He did sound like a typical rich asshole . . .
kc
@Omnes Omnibus:
9/9/13 email to Wildstein and others from one Tina Lado giving the recipients a “heads up” that “traffic administration” had called her and advised her of problems with the increased congestion, including two incidents, one involving a missing a child (later found) and another involving a 91 year old lady who suffered a cardiac arrest.
JPL
@Omnes Omnibus: According to the Washington Post, Christie had a meeting with port authority officials the week before the shut down.
eddie blake
six column article in the greying lady by weisman about how much of a cruel autocrat and vicious dictator harry reid is, not ONE mention of the over four hundred fillibusters, not ONE mention of routine obstruction, not a word about making O a ‘one term president’
goddamn pathetic rag- does ANYONE edit that shit anymore?
Trollhattan
Am I correct in assuming Christie’s outsized, uh, ego assures he won’t pull a Palin and resign to “spend more time with his fridge”?
rikyrah
Veronica Mars Movie Poster Is Here and You’re Going to LoVe It
“She thought she was out,” but fans wouldn’t let Veronica Mars stay dead. The official movie poster for the highly anticipated Veronica Mars movie is here and it’s a doozy.
Our heroine, Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell), is front and center with her trusted camera. To her right: film reel with shots of her friends and family. Please note there are two images of Jason Dohring as Logan Echolls and only one of Chris Lowell as Piz. We’re not picking sides, just pointing it out.
The Veronica Mars movie picks up several years after the series ended its three-season run in 2007. Veronica has moved on from Neptune and private investigator work and hasn’t seen Logan since. She’s got a great boyfriend, Piz, is about to graduate law school and Jamie Lee Curtis might be giving her a job! But then Logan’s accused of murder. What’s a girl to do when her epic LoVe is in trouble?
The official logline:
“In the film, Veronica Mars has put Neptune and her amateur sleuthing days behind her on the eve of graduating law school. While interviewing at high-end law firms, Veronica gets a call from her ex-boyfriend Logan who has been accused of murder. Veronica heads back to Neptune just to help Logan find an attorney, but when things don’t seem right with how Logan’s case is perceived and handled, Veronica finds herself being pulled back into a life she thought she had left behind.”
http://www.eonline.com/news/497949/veronica-mars-movie-poster-is-here-and-you-re-going-to-love-it?cmpid=sn-000000-twitterfeed-365-kristin&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitterfeed_kristin&dlvrit=51396
http://youtu.be/wq1R93UMqlk
J.
Waiting for Melissa Harris-Perry to make a joke about McCain’s new brown grandpuppy. (What, too soon?)
kc
@kc:
Also interesting, a few emails discussing the fact that Fort Lee police apparently observed them setting up cameras a few days in advance of the lane closures (for traffic counts). Fort Lee PD requested copies of the videos that were made. Even after this no one apparently bothered to tell the PD that they were going to be shutting down lanes for an unspecified period of time . . .
Trollhattan
@eddie blake:
Say what? They’re going all “Harry Reid, history’s (latest) worst monster”? I thought he was supposed to be the feckless one?
So very confused.
Violet
Being in Florida during a crisis worked out so well for Christie last time that he’s doing it again.
Scott must be pretty desperate if he still wants Christie to show up.
ranchandsyrup
Walmart called in the police to protect bottled water deliveries in WV.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/10/3149971/crisis-wal-mart-west-virginia-water-delivery/
JPL
@Violet: The folks down there will think he’s a hero cuz at least he addressed the issue, unlike you know who.
rikyrah
First Look: How Colorism Affects People Around the World
Tune in Friday, January 10, at 9/8c. on OWN
http://youtu.be/chXEbdMT9kU
jharp
@kc:
Damn. That was the one I found too.
Should be something good for the judge to know at sentencing.
JPL
This NY Times article is about the number of e-mails trying to hid the political reasons for the shut down of the toll booths. link
LanceThruster
@Betty Cracker:
Indeed. Hilariously true.
kc
@JPL:
Oh, yeah, baby:
kc
@JPL:
Annnd, from your link:
scav
Ah. Although a little out of character for them to resort to empirical studies supporting their theory of Intelligent Parking.
jharp
So then. Any new faces involved in the attempt to fake a study?
Anyone know? Thanks in advance.
Jebediah, RBG
@debit:
Sorry to hear that – as someone currently going broke over vet bills,I feel your pain. Once the teeth are out, is everything else OK?
raven
@Omnes Omnibus: 4:28 p.m. ET – Amid the controversy surrounding access lane closures near the George Washington Bridge scandal for alleged political reasons, documents released Friday show that a traffic study did in fact occur.
Trollhattan
@scav:
This is almost exactly like Governor George Deukmejian ordering the Loma Prieta earthquake to determine what effect removing bridge sections would have on bridge traffic. There are reports, and everything.
SiubhanDuinne
@JPL:
From the linked article:
Darcy Licorish. Best.Name.Ever.
tybee
@Omnes Omnibus:
she had a terrible accident with a windchime
rikyrah
Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser
Follow
Christie: I was on baseball team in HS. Dunno what Wildstein was doing. Coach: Wildstein was team statistician. http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116177/chris-christie-did-know-david-wildstein-high-school-coach … Oh.
12:25 PM – 10 Jan 2014
J R in WV
@Violet:
Hey Violet, where in southern WV did you once upon a time live?
I’m in Lincoln county now, and grew up in Beckley…
kc
@rikyrah:
Oh, that’s cold.
Nerull
So the thing that could never happen to bitcoin has happened to bitcoin – a single entity now controls 51% of the computation power of all bitcoin miners in existence, allowing direct currency manipulation.
Bitcoin users are now relying on the equivalent of a pinky swear promise that they won’t use their powers for evil. Good luck with that, guys.
“‘GHash.IO does not have any intentions to execute a 51% attack, as it will do serious damage to the Bitcoin community, of which we are a part”
kc
@rikyrah:
I was the class president and athlete. I don’t know what David was doing during that period of time
I remember Christie saying that. I took my eyes off the TV . . . was Christie making the big “L” sign when he said that?
debit
@Jebediah, RBG: It ended up being 8 when all was said and done. She’s an older dog, a rescue that I adopted a few years ago when she was nine or ten, and the vet suspects the tooth issues started from before her adoption. We’ll see how she does in her follow up in three weeks, but daily brushing or rinsing is going to be required at the very least to keep the gingivitis at bay.
Right now she’s still feeling the effects of sedation and roaming around the house going, “Parp?“*
Princess Leia
@ranchandsyrup: True, dat…for all us humans.
WaterGirl
FYWP.
WaterGirl
@ranchandsyrup: I like your new vet already!
Plantsmantx
@Violet:
Timothy Noah made a “Bridgeghazi” reference on Twitter, and Georgia congressman Steve Smith replied:
I wonder what he thinks about this Drudge link:
WereBear
@debit: We had a similar thing happen to our 7 year old cat; he got bad breath and I whisked him in to the vet. Next thing we know it’s massive infection that has almost reached his brain and we have to authorize surgery.
He came out okay.
But the vet grilled me:
“Are you sure he’s only seven?”
“Got him as a kitten.”
“Wasn’t he drooling?”
“He always drools!”
“Wasn’t he acting funny?”
“He always acts funny!”
In the end, he decided it was a congenital defect, some kind of runaway infection from flaws in the teeth. We got it checked in the nick of time.
Jebediah, RBG
@debit: It took Chucky a day and a half to get over sedation, a little bit longer for the full anesthesia of her last visit.
Sounds rough, but she’s a lucky dog to be living with someone willing to take proper care of her.
Rusty
“They love us far more than we could ever deserve.”
LOL. Sometimes the pet love on this site is unbelievable. Like picking up the dog’s shit, letting him out to pee constantly, wiping his paws as he re-enters, cleaning dog hair out of clothes and furniture constantly, cleaning up piss, vomit and shit inside when he’s manic, experiencing ripped up furniture and clothes when he’s manic, keeping a warm house in the winter and cool house in the summer, feeding him twice a day, bathing him once a week, paying vet bills to keep him healthy, and dealing with loud barking while on the phone or with guests is a tiny fraction of what the dog returns to us in love. Umm, no.
debit
@Rusty: Troll harder.
debit
@WereBear: Bad breath was the trigger in this case too. It went from dog breath to, “Holy crap, that’s rank!”
That sounds like a scarily close call with your cat. Glad the little guy is okay!
@Jebediah, RBG: She’s a great little dog who I suspect had not so great life when she was younger. If I can keep her healthy and happy in her last years, then I’ll consider it a very fair exchange in return for her devotion and companionship.
PurpleGirl
Thread may be dead but I have to answer….
Those things on Cindy McCain’s dress look to me like large and giant palettes (giant sequins) and that they were properly made out of stiffened dress fabric to match the dress’s fabric. IOW, very expensive dress but weird looking. There’s too many of the palettes, it would have looked better with fewer of them.
pluky
@schrodinger’s cat: Nah, just tired. Probably the only way they could get him to sit still for a picture; chessies have LOT’S of energy.
schrodinger's cat
@PurpleGirl: Thanks for the explanation. I also don’t like the color of the dress, its washing her out. May be it looks better in person.