Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

No Justins, No Peace

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

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

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Ah, the different things are different argument.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

The GOP is a fucking disgrace.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Second rate reporter says what?

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

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Book Chat Announcement: This Town

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Commentor Lahke reminded me — over the holidays, I asked about doing another Book Chat group-reading. Executive decision, next Monday, January 20th, at 9pm EST, I’m going to start talking about the first few chapters of Mark Lebovitch’s This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral—Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!—in America’s Gilded Capital. Anyone wants to can hate-read along with me.

Suspect we’ll be bored with that chew-toy after a couple or three weeks, and then I’m going to move on to Elizabeth Cline’s Overdressed: the Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion. Which is not about getting dressed up or picking out styles — as Katha Pollitt puts it, “Overdressed does for T-shirts and leggings what Fast Food Nation did for burgers and fries.”

Nine o’clock may be a little early for West Coat readers, but I don’t wanna keep any Easterners up past their bedtime. Next Monday is a holiday (MLK Day) for at least some of us, so it’s probably as good a test as any to see if we need to switch to a different day or time.

Any questions?

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    Mike in NC

    Uploaded and read the first chapter to “This Town” on my iPad but not sure I care enough to go further.

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    hitchhiker

    @Mike in NC:

    It’s a terrible book. Smarmy, smug, self-important dicks talking about each other — the whole junior high thing without the youth & the raging hormones.

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    SiubhanDuinne

    Thanks, Anne! Reminder that if you’re downloading or ordering it from Amazon, click through to your account from this page so John gets a few pennies.

    Which reminds me, I have a question about how that works. Does John get a flat amount whenever I shop with Amazon through BJ, no matter how much or how little I spend — or does he get a percentage of the purchase? Not that it matters to me either way, I’m just curious.

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    OzarkHillbilly

    9 pm (8 here) is past my bed time. Also, my nappy time is from 1-2:30 in the afternoon.

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    henqiguai

    Monday is a holiday (MLK Day) for at least some of us, so it’s probably as good a test as any to see if we need to switch to a different day or time.

    So I’m confused. Yes, for some Monday is a holiday, but *Tuesday*, the morning after the late-night read (yes, my bedtime is around 21:30) is still a get-up-early-dammit day. Where’s the bennie of Monday being a holiday? Or is that just me?

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