Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

The revolution will be supervised.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

John Fetterman: Too Manly for Pennsylvania.  Paid for by the Oz for Senator campaign.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

I did not have telepathic declassification on my 2022 bingo card.

Infrastructure week. at last.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Bark louder, little dog.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Second rate reporter says what?

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

“More of this”, i said to the dog.

Everybody saw this coming.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

A Senator Walker would also be an insult to reason, rationality, and decency.

A Senator Walker would be an insult to the state and the nation.

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…. Or just show him this:

The team behind “Kill Your Darlings” is planning a reunion in another collegiate setting, as Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan are attached to star as Lee Atwater and Karl Rove, respectively, in John Krokidas’ sophomore feature “College Republicans,” multiple individuals familiar with the indie project have told TheWrap…

Based on true events from 1973, the story finds aspiring politician Karl Rove (DeHaan) running a dirty campaign for national College Republican Chairman under the guidance of campaign manager Lee Atwater (Radcliffe). The duo take a spirited road trip to drum up support for Rove’s candidacy…

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  7. 7.

    dogwood

    I have to admit that even though I don’t watch shows like American Idol or The Voice with much regularity, I don’t think I missed an episode of The Voice the season that Shakira took Christine Agulera’s place. She is as smart as a whip, funny, charming and self-deprecating. However, I don’t think those are the qualities that T-Bogg so admires.

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    Oh, that video is pure distilled essence of hotness …

    How many years will it be, before news stories about Daniel Radcliffe no longer mention Harry Potter?

  30. 30.

    Steeplejack

    @Little Boots:

    Mostly because leg is sore. Took a tumble on the ice last Sunday and dropped like a sack of potatoes. I’ve been limping all week, which has made me feel like (more of) an old geezer.

  43. 43.

    Monty

    TBogg’s expiration date was like a year before he “quit.” He’s a funny guy, don’t get me wrong…but srsly? All he does is mock the lowest of low hanging fruit.

    And what the fuck is up with the commentariat’s sudden discovery of the word ‘anodyne?’ Is that the new ‘pivot??’ oh an let’s not even

    10: if “twerk” then print “twerk” else 20
    20: if 10 goto 10
    30: end

  63. 63.

    PsiFighter37

    I think that video got 20 million views yesterday (which was the first day it hit YouTube). Not surprising. And if I may say so, Shakira is looking mighty fine at the ripe young age of 36.

  64. 64.

    Botsplainer

    Scocca at Gawker hates David Brooks, too.

    http://gawker.com/why-wont-mean-poor-people-let-the-rich-come-down-and-j-1513478046

    Brooks’s vision of neo-Whiggism involves creating “a group of Simpson-Bowles-type commissions” to come up with policy suggestions that transcend the current party divisions—suggestions that Brooks helpfully pre-supplies, starting with policies to “improve family patterns” before working around to more early-childhood education, wage subsidies, and job creation. Far better that the president should convene commissions to eventually tell him the country needs jobs than that he should create any jobs.

    (Also Brooks believes the president ought to ditch his “political operatives” and staff up the White House with a rising generation of “social entrepreneurs” to serve as a new ruling technocracy. These people should come from places like “the Clinton Global Initiative,” where they are innocent of any connection to political operations.)

    The alternative to this dynamic approach of setting up commissions would be to give in to the stagnating power of divisive populism. And the poor will never advance in America if they insist on talking about the fact that they have less money than the rich. Our classes will remain estranged, by meanness.

  65. 65.

    Ultraviolet Thunder

    @Botsplainer:

    I keep waiting for Brooksie to fade into irrelevance. He’s an old fud before his time, and would rather assemble theoretical worlds in his head and solve their problems than take a glance at the messy and irrational state of humanity. How did he show up at the doorstep of the NYT without a single useful idea, and why did they hire him?

  66. 66.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Ultraviolet Thunder:

    I keep waiting for Brooksie to fade into irrelevance.

    I thought he became irrelevant on March 23, 2003. Or at least, that was the day I vowed to give up self flagellation.

  67. 67.

    burnspbesq

    @Amir Khalid:

    How many years will it be, before news stories about Daniel Radcliffe no longer mention Harry Potter?

    At approximately the same time that people stop referring to a certain Uruguayan as “Hannibal.”

    Time for football: Tyne – Wear derby up first.

    And the college lacrosse season officially begins today. Yay!

  68. 68.

    Botsplainer

    @Ultraviolet Thunder:

    How did he show up at the doorstep of the NYT without a single useful idea, and why did they hire him?

    He has never done anything other than punditry, even in school. Buckley, of course, snapped him right up – that fascist douchebag always recognized a propagandist when he saw one. Wouldn’t let him run the joint, though – NR is Catholic in culture, and having a Jew run it was a nonstarter.

  69. 69.

    Ultraviolet Thunder

    I’ll say this for David Brooks: he sounds reasonable on the radio. I was in the car for about 11 hours total over the last 2 days and listened to a lot of NPR. They did their weekly Brooks/Dionne thing. Brooks sounds rational, calm and intelligent until you turn the slightest attention to his actual words. Then the clown pops out of the box.

  72. 72.

    Baud

    Help. I mistyped my email address and now have a bunch of comments in moderation. Please delete them.

  74. 74.

    Schlemizel

    Brooks’ job is to keep the third class passengers calm while the first class ones get to the life boats. As long as they don’t panic and rush the line everything will be alright . . . for the first class, everyone else is going down with the ship. Thats why He speaks calmly and soothingly, its his job.

    When he is on NPR all I hear is “Nearer My God To Thee” wha-wha’ing out like a Charlie Brown special

  75. 75.

    Baud

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    I was trying to say that Steve Karnacki should get an award for his reporting. I spent a long time thinking that award was a prohibited word before realizing the problem.

  76. 76.

    the Conster

    Karnacki is killing it this morning – he’s broken the code about how and where the Sandy money disappears. Christie’s a filthy money grubbing lying whore surrounded by sycophantic greedy psychopaths. He’s deader than dead politically.

  77. 77.

    SFAW

    @burnspbesq:

    And the college lacrosse season officially begins today. Yay!

    Outstanding!

    But what’s this crap about the Championships being held in Balto? Do they play lacrosse down there? I would think Citi Field would be closer to the heart of American lacrosse.

    (Incoming!)

  79. 79.

    geg6

    @Baud:

    I agree. Kornacki has been just stellar. Not just with breaking news, but in putting it all in context. He’s single handedly the Woodward and Bernstein of this story. The local papers have also been just fantastic. But Kornacki is the star of this show.

  83. 83.

    oldster

    more evidence that I am older than the hills.

    I watched that video with shakira and rhianna, noted to myself vaguely that they were pretty girls, and then got really incensed, really pissed off, when I saw them smoking cigars.

    “Why the hell are they still peddling death to young people? Why is this legal, why would these two condone it, who has bought them off? This is appalling!”

    Yup, that’s right. I’m at an age where the only thing that reliably gets aroused is my sense of outrage.

  85. 85.

    SFAW

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    The world will be a significantly better place the day Brooks’ broken, exsanguinated body is found in an alley someplace Fort Marcy Park.

    Fixed, to comport better with certain conspiracy theories.

    But if I had my druthers, I’d rather see him mentally broken, to the point where he’s only able to spout gibberish.

    Oh, wait ….

  86. 86.

    SFAW

    @oldster:

    I’m at an age where the only thing that reliably gets aroused is my sense of outrage.

    Amateur.

    Why, when I was your age ….

  87. 87.

    askew

    Ah, Shakira finally made it to the front page of Balloon Juice. Awesome. I just adore her. Anyone who has the guts to have a pro-peace Super Bowl ad during the run up to the Iraq War and featured an anti-Bush Iraq War video during 2003-2004 on her first American tour after her English crossover is impressive. She also stood up against the Arizona Immigration Law and let’s not forget her building school for poor kids in her native Colombia through Barefoot Foundation.

    Add that to her great Spanish albums. I just adore her and hope this duet is a huge hit for her so we get to see do a tour and more promo in the U.S. Because with her hot Spanish Footballer, she’s been spending a lot less time on her career which is too bad.

  88. 88.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    @SFAW:

    But what’s this crap about the Championships being held in Balto? Do they play lacrosse down there? I would think Citi Field would be closer to the heart of American lacrosse.

    (Incoming!)

    Since you’re expecting return fire, here it is: The heart of lacrosse is in Maryland. And in Maryland it’s Baltimore. And in Baltimore it’s Towson. And in Towson it’s Kelly Post.

  89. 89.

    Tehanu

    @Little Boots:
    I think it’s safe to say that he does, actually. She has built a lot of schools in Colombia, where she’s from, and is very outspoken and smart.

    @askew: Thanks for the details about her, which I was too lazy to Google.

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