Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

No one could have predicted…

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

So very ready.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Everybody saw this coming.

Keep the Immigrants and deport the fascists!

“woke” is the new caravan.

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

This is dead girl, live boy, a goat, two wetsuits and a dildo territory.  oh, and pink furry handcuffs.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

We will not go back.

Also, are you sure you want people to rate your comments?

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

Dear legacy media: you are not here to influence outcomes and policies you find desirable.

All hail the time of the bunny!

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

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  1. 1.

    srv

    It’s monday. Time for you to apologize for any hurt fee-fees.

    George Zimmerman on Monday accused President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder of making a “scapegoat” of him but that he does not know why they would do so.

    In an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo, Zimmerman said he believes that in his trial for the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin he faced a “miscarriage of justice,” and he described himself as a “scapegoat.”

  4. 4.

    shortstop

    Ready to off myself over this weather. Happy to be heading to the backcountry of Big Bend National Park all next week. Trails, stars, birds and other wildlife, river, peace…and relative warmth. Maybe real warmth, if we’re lucky.

  5. 5.

    Violet

    Johnny Weir is the best thing to happen to figure skating announcing in forever. Love him. Always have loved how fabulous he is and he’s bringing it this Olympics.

  7. 7.

    Mustang Bobby

    Watching “The Young Lions” on TCM with Marlo Brando in a blond dye job and hokey German accent playing a good German soldier vs. Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin as good Americans.

    Spoiler alert: America wins.

  9. 9.

    gbear

    It has been snowing overnight and isn’t going to stop until sometime this afternoon. I am so fucking sick of snow and cold. The piles on either side of the driveway are taller than I am and high enough that the rabbits are climbing them to eat the bark off the branches of my crabapple trees. Not a flake of the snow we’ve gotten this winter has melted – we missed out on our January thaw.

    I’ve got an appointment with my cardiac doctor this afternoon, and I’m going to have to spend an hour shoveling 6 inches of snow before I go.

  10. 10.

    Ben Franklin

    Anyone have experience with pure sine wave inverters in the 2000 continuous watt range? 6 volt batteries? Totally non-techie and electricity is a muddle for me. I’m taking my Skystream off-grid as I don’t trust or get specific data from SCEdison on what I feed their coffers. They also pay at the lowest level for what they get. Bastards.

  12. 12.

    Amir Khalid

    Es geht.

    @srv:
    The fucker. Zimmerman killed an unarmed kid for no good reason. The only miscarriage of justice happened when he was acquitted. Why does CNN think he’s got anything worthwhile to say?

  14. 14.

    Helmut Monotreme

    @Amir Khalid: They just want to get more footage of him on file so that when he more or less inevitably returns to deadly violence as a problem-solver, they will have clips of him to run with the news.

  15. 15.

    The Dangerman

    @raven:

    I was shocked to read that LBJ was 64 when he died.

    Karmic justice for the shenanigans of Billie Sol Estes and Mac Wallace.

  16. 16.

    Pogonip

    Warning: the next person who uses the stupid term “fee-fees,” I am going to tell Steve you are plotting to shave his butt. Enough is enough.

    Stupid Security Theatre, Private Sector Division: Verizon sent me a message that my bill is ready. How much is the bill? I may never know because they suddenly don’t recognize any of the devices on which I tried to look at same, no matter how many times I answer the silly security question.

  17. 17.

    icedfire

    Good: I put a new set of tires on my Prius yesterday (Bridgestone Ecopia EP422s) and the improvement in traction is astonishing. They had no trouble at all this morning during another snowy Minnesota commute.

    Bad: I’m leaving work early today in order to attend a meeting at a hospital in Saint Paul, where we will be discussing hospice options and defining care for my partner’s more-or-less terminal mother. 53 years old and a nonfunctional liver…simply tragic from all angles.

    Ironic: I will not be eligible for bereavement leave when she passes because now that same-sex marriage is legal in Minnesota there is no longer an HR provision at my company for equivalency for same-sex relationships, and we are not married. As frustrating as that is, I can’t legitimately complain…it would be hypocritical of me when the high-minded ideal is for equal treatment no matter one’s orientation.

    Well, sometimes life just equally sucks…hard.

  18. 18.

    Violet

    @Cassidy: It’s what he does. I’ve always loved him so I guess I give him a pass. I can understand he’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

  19. 19.

    the Conster

    Whatever the equivalent of an earworm is for the brain, I’ve got that for True Detective. I feel like Ep 1 probably has all the clues, and although I’ve watched it 3 times, I’m going to watch it again to catch every word. It’s making me as crazy as Rust.

  21. 21.

    Shakezula

    Despite the best efforts of D.C.’s Metro system, I made it to work.

    Apparently we’re due for some more frozen precip tonight and tomorrow, which is fine, provided it snows; ice has given me a concussion this year.

    On Friday it is supposed to hit 63 and rain, which will make everything melt at once, which will mean my new kayak will come in handy if I want to get to the store. But really, I hope it snows instead.

  24. 24.

    Pogonip

    @icedfire: Very sorry to hear about the mother-in-law and your predicament. If it were up to me, everybody would get an automatic 2 weeks or so of bereavement leave and the company would not pry into how you used it. If you wanted to take it because your turtle died, fine. If you were so fortunate as to not to need the bereavement leave that year, it would roll over and convert to long-term disability, which most people will need sloner or later.

  26. 26.

    donnah

    I just broke in my new health care with my first visit to a new doctor. My husband and I have gone without health insurance for a long time, and this feels great.

    It’s a high monthly payment, so I hope we can keep it going, but with a small deductible and a fresh start, we feel good. I am hoping for a good relationship with our new doc and am excited to have coverage.

  28. 28.

    Cassidy

    @Violet: I only noticed it today. I’ve lived his commentary and they made an excellent choice in commentators in picking people who were recently competing. I agree, his flamboyance has been pretty cool. Today, though, he sounded like someone who’s grumpy he’s not competing anymore. I’ve always liked him too, though.

  32. 32.

    Violet

    @Cassidy: I’m watching today and I haven’t picked that up. I am impressed by how the announcers are quiet during the skating for the most part. They make occasional comments, but it’s very different from the Scott Hamilton crew in the evening where they announce every upcoming jump or whatever before it’s happened. I like just watching the skating and figuring out stuff on my own then watching the replay with their commentary.

  33. 33.

    icedfire

    @Elizabelle:

    Thinking of you and your partner. 53 is too young.

    Thanks, Elizabelle. She had reached out for help in her fight with alcoholism, but her condition was such that they would only accept her on an inpatient basis…and her insurance would only cover outpatient. She simply could not afford the help she needed, though her condition may have been too severe at that point anyway. It’s hard not to be bitter about how far we have to go to build an accessible, civilized health care industry in this country.

    @Pogonip:

    Very sorry to hear about the mother-in-law and your predicament. If it were up to me, everybody would get an automatic 2 weeks or so of bereavement leave and the company would not pry into how you used it. If you wanted to take it because your turtle died, fine. If you were so fortunate as to not to need the bereavement leave that year, it would roll over and convert to long-term disability, which most people will need sloner or later.

    Thanks to you as well, Pogonip. Mandating bereavement leave is obviously part of that slippery slope that leads to heathen commie ideas like maternal (or paternal…*shudder*) leave, livable wages, and gay orgies in the streets. I need my smelling salts…I’m all verklempt!

  36. 36.

    Elizabelle

    @icedfire:

    Sad to hear about the mom reaching out for help, at whatever stage, and it was not available/affordable to her.

    Tokyo expat put up a fascinating Reuters story on cancer healthcare in France. Here’s link to expat’s comment on Richard’s officiating and spite blogpost:

    balloon-juice.com/2014/02/17/officiating-and-spite/#comment-4873516

    Here’s link to the Reuters story. Worth a read. I hope we see healthcare along this scope in our lifetimes.

  38. 38.

    PaulW

    I adopted a cat recently, turns out she was preggers when I got her, she gave birth to a litter of six kittehs all of whom are now open-eyes and getting able to wobble-walk their way towards escape…

  40. 40.

    PaulW

    so, now that I’ve got six kitten mouths to feed along with a mama cat… I need 50,000 people buying my ebooks so I can pay the food bills!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHhhhhh

  42. 42.

    PaulW

    @chopper:

    how am i supposed to have a good day knowing that glenn greenwald is gay?

    You can have a good day by knowing beer exists and can be healthy in moderation.

    Also, two more months until the Captain America sequel movie.

    Also also, there’s a possibility the cake is not a lie.

  44. 44.

    PurpleGirl

    PaulW: Babeh kittehs. Joy, rapture. Some pictures, please. Where do you live? Maybe a BJer or two would like to adopt a kitteh or two (or more) from you.

  46. 46.

    Glocksman

    @kindness:

    All I’ve got are a few Washingtons and a Lincoln.
    I need some Grants and Jacksons to properly honor the Presidents on this fine holiday.

    Though I wouldn’t mind honoring former SecTreas and Chief Justice Salmon P Chase. :)

  47. 47.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    Good news from the kitty cardiologist – Charlotte has a slight thickening of one of her ventricles, but her heart is functioning around it just fine. We’re supposed to get it re-checked every year but she doesn’t need medication or any lifestyle changes.

    It’s a little depressing being here, because one family just got bad news about their dog and we can hear them crying in the exam room. Ugh. I’ve been there.

  48. 48.

    Paul in KY

    @raven: His biography said that once he got on that plane in 1969, he immediately resumed smoking & increased drinking, etc. No power, no reason to live.

  50. 50.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    @PaulW:

    KITTEHS!!

    Also, call the rescue group you got her from – if you’re willing to foster the kittens, they will almost certainly help you find homes for them. Prepare to have one of them win your heart so you will be forced to keep him/her.

  53. 53.

    burnspbesq

    @chopper:

    how am i supposed to have a good day knowing that glenn greenwald is gay?

    There are plenty (perhaps as many as 99) reasons to not like Greenie, but that ain’t one of them.

  54. 54.

    Elizabelle

    @Paul in KY:

    I think you and I got the same score on presidents.

    Was surprised to find out who “his rotundness” really was. And it left me wondering how much US Grant was alleged to drink, daily.

    If we ever labeled a politician “his obtuseness”, one would never know to whom it referred. Too many suspects.

  55. 55.

    burnspbesq

    There are plenty of reasons to not like Amazon, but customer service is not among them.

    I logged on around 11:00 p.m. Saturday to notify them that I would be returning something. The replacement arrived about 15 minutes ago. I will be using the box in which they shipped the replacement to send back the first, defective unit.

  59. 59.

    shortstop

    @WaterGirl: Nah. Highly doubt the sheltered old goat has ever heard of the song, and he has a very well-established history of missing obvious snark in these threads. You might say he’s as tone deaf about humor as you are about race issues.

  60. 60.

    PaulW

    @Mnemosyne (iPhone):

    KITTEHS!!
    Also, call the rescue group you got her from – if you’re willing to foster the kittens, they will almost certainly help you find homes for them. Prepare to have one of them win your heart so you will be forced to keep him/her.

    I rescued her all on my own. She was this little thing meowing outside my apartment, I asked around, no one was missing her, so I took her in.

  61. 61.

    PaulW

    I am, for some reason, unable to post the blog address of the site where all the kitteh pictures are being shown off.

    try visiting
    wittylibrarian
    blogspot
    com

  66. 66.

    Howard Beale IV

    And true to form, Gus at LGF does not disappoint over Greenwald and crew winning the Polk:

    Greenwald et al to Receive Polk Award – From the Home of the Homeland Security Management Institute
    “Many of our students hold management or executive-level positions in agencies such as the…National Security Agency.”

    Can’t smear ’em directly, so you do it by giving a dog a bad name and hanging it.

  67. 67.

    Howard Beale IV

    @PaulW: This is a critical time in the kitteh’s development where hoomin interactions make all the difference in the world. Don’t know how many kittehs are in the litter, but if its an even number it’s best if they are paired off when they go to their forever homes.

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