Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

When we show up, we win.

Everybody saw this coming.

All hail the time of the bunny!

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

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

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

One way or another, he’s a liar.

Bark louder, little dog.

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

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

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

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

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  2. 2.

    MikeJ

    Before they went into warp, I transported the whole kit ‘nkitten caboodle into their engine room, where they’ll be no tribble at all.

  9. 9.

    Suffern ACE

    I wonder if the partition of california would go as smoothly as the partitions of Yugoslavia, India and Sudan, or would it be kind of like Moldova?

    ETA: Sorry. Thought this was an open thread. Your cat pictures are much better.

  11. 11.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Suffern ACE:

    That “split California into six separate states” is the harebrained scheme of a glibertarian douchecanoe venture capitalist, who should be scheduled to ride in the tumbrel right after that Perkins twatwaffle.

    Cripes these people are utter idiots outside of their own small little Galitan ponds.

  12. 12.

    Mnemosyne

    I’ll have to see if I can get a decent picture of Annie’s latest nap preference, which is to be at the top of the cat tower with her head and one front paw dangling down from the hole in the platform. Why this position is comfortable, I have no idea, but she’s been doing it a lot lately.

  14. 14.

    asiangrrlMN

    WHAT DID YOU DO WITH HIS LEGS, COLE??? I adore Sir Willie Whiskertons III.

    @Steeplejack: Hello, stranger! I hope you’re doing well.

    @Yatsuno: Hi, hon. Thanks for the catsignal.

    @Omnes Omnibus: OO! I’ve missed you and your commas.

    Halloooooo to all the nightowl old-time BJers!

    ETA: Patented triple reply AND an ETA. it’s like I never left.

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    PurpleGirl

    @Mnemosyne: There’s one cat foster parent who has a tower that has been nicknamed the “Enterprise”. The top platform is a ring called the “Bridge.” Any number of kittens and a couple of momcats have fallen asleep with their heads falling over the top edge of the Bridge. We watchers cannot comprehend how the position is comfortable but those little scamps keep sleeping that way.

  17. 17.

    Yatsuno

    @asiangrrlMN: If we need to tie you down this time we will! Only thing you need now is a time-warping comment and THEN all will be good.

    @Omnes Omnibus: I have a border collie on my bed. Right now he’s the only dog that matters.

  18. 18.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    Over the past 48 hours the hockey teams I’ve rooted for have outscored their opponents 9-6. They are 1-3 while doing so. I think I’ll focus on the former rather than the latter.

  19. 19.

    Mnemosyne

    Via Fred Clark, the greatest videogame of all time is in production:

    Goat Simulator

    But, sadly, no Mac version planned yet.

    (Basically, the game company animated a small amount of gameplay to demonstrate a new graphics thingamajig and people started demanding a full game. So they are complying.)

  23. 23.

    Luci

    Yes… yes he is one of the more magnificent beasts in this world. You got that right for sure! Thanks for posting and for getting better at pictures so we can SEE Steve!!!

  27. 27.

    WereBear

    @Mnemosyne: with her head and one front paw dangling down

    Our Tortie Boss, Olwyn, does the same thing. She also likes to drape herself over Mr WereBear’s chest, whether he’s lying down or not. Mine! All mine!

    All who are touched with the Maine Coon Magic (like from Steve or our Reverend Jim) are forever changed!

  29. 29.

    Botsplainer

    *guffaw*

    http://www.salon.com/2014/02/21/exxon_ceo_joins_anti_fracking_lawsuit_after_drilling_threatens_his_property_value/

    Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson is involved in a legal battle over fracking. The weird part is, he’s on the side that’s against it.

    Don’t worry, Tillerson hasn’t changed his “Drill, baby, drill” mentality or had a change of heart about the evils of regulatory oversight in general. He’s just worried about the effect that drilling is going to have where he lives. Specifically, he wants to block the construction of a 160-foot water tower next to his home in Bartonville, Texas, which would provide water for nearby fracking operations. In order to do so, The Wall Street Journal reports, he’s signed onto a lawsuit that details the many unsavory consequences of fracking:

    [Tillerson] and his neighbors had filed suit to block the tower, saying it is illegal and would create “a noise nuisance and traffic hazards,” in part because it would provide water for use in hydraulic fracturing. Fracking, which requires heavy trucks to haul and pump massive amounts of water, unlocks oil and gas from dense rock and has helped touch off a surge in U.S. energy output.

    At the Great Orange Satan, somebody said that this suit has Dick Armey (the head of the Dick Army) as the lead plaintiff.

    Methinks that this guy hasn’t considered how many fracking cases he will now be justifiably subpoenaed to testify in, or the effect that it will have on potential punitive damages.

  30. 30.

    Tommy

    @J.: As a marketing and cat guy I can’t believe I didn’t think of that. Sometimes a simple idea is the best idea.

  31. 31.

    BGK

    I don’t really get the feline overlord cracks with respect to Steve. My two Maine Coon cats are the most polite, least demanding cats I’ve ever known. I once closed Rizzo in the laundry room for two hours. I noticed him missing, and looked everywhere. I finally opened the laundry room door and he was sitting there with an expression that said, exactly, “oh! May I come out now?” I once locked Sophia out on the lanai overnight. I come in the kitchen in the morning, turn on the light, and there she was outside the kitchen window, and all I got was a polite “meeeeep?” I let her in and she practically slobbered on me.

    Contrast this with Ava, the Siamese mix, who starts screeching when her bowl is half-empty…

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    Tommy

    Just starting to watch Up and I have to say it must suck to be Chirs Christie. Just when I think things can’t get worse for the dude, it does. But I guess you reap what you sow. I am an Illinois resident and I saw what happened to Blagojevich. When the Feds start to look into you they are going to find something.

  38. 38.

    Botsplainer

    @Baud:

    This time, being an entitled, high powered Textard oilboy may be too much stupid for even a fawningly obsequious board of directors to meekly accept. This is the kind of stunt that opens the corporate checkbook for a share price crushing damage award.

    I would be surprised if he isn’t quietly shuffled away now that this bit of news is spreading.

  39. 39.

    Tommy

    @Baud: My parents live in a town where people live in these huge houses and they have active oil wells in their yards (yes there is oil in Southern Illinois). I always felt that was kind of neat, well as neat as oil gets, that they live with the thing making them money.

  41. 41.

    Tommy

    @Botsplainer: Yeah I am not a lawyer but I would think if he wins this case, well every lawyer working for Joe/Jane Smith trying to stop fracking will cite that suit.

  42. 42.

    JPL

    @BGK: I don’t really get the feline overlord cracks with respect to Steve.

    Giving John, a difficult time is our job.

  45. 45.

    Tommy

    Could somebody from NJ explain the darn state to me. Watching Up and I can’t wrap my mind around the place. I get the concept behind the Port Authority, but they have their own police department? Local police have their pensions cut, didn’t support Christie, but the Port Authority did support him and funny thing, their benefits were not cut.

    Look the last four governors of my state have gone to jail. Illinois isn’t perfect. I feel like my state is fighting with Louisiana to be the most corrupt in the nation. But NJ seems like a total cluster fuck.

  48. 48.

    Tommy

    Oh a happy story:

    The Cook County clerk’s office says nearly 50 same-sex couples received marriage licenses after a judge gave the OK.

    U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman on Friday ruled that Illinois’ original ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. That means even though a state law legalizing same-sex marriage takes effect on June 1, there’s nothing to stop couples from marrying now.

    I can’t find the video of our Governor signing the law awhile back, but it was amazing. He said he wanted IL to be a progressive state. A state where a gay person would feel comfortable moving to. Starting a business or a family. Just happy my state is coming in the 21st century.

  49. 49.

    gf120581

    @Tommy: We’ve actually only had the last two governors go to jail. Thompson and Edgar were indicted, but never convicted. But that’s stil not much of an accomplishment.

    I’m not very high on Quinn, but at least he’s honest.

  51. 51.

    Elizabelle

    @Tommy:

    Morning, Tommy. Haven’t cooked anything Cajun since we last talked about the River Road cookbook, but when I think Cajun or Creole, I think of you. Pretty good for somebody in Illinois, no?

  53. 53.

    Tommy

    @Elizabelle: I got an 87. But then again I lived on Capital Hill for 15 years.When the opening credits on the show run I point out where all those places are :). I am stunned how much Union Station is shown. I lived like two blocks from it and I often think it is one of the most amazing buildings in the city. Maybe the third best building. The Library of Congress is stunning. And the National Building Museum. Those are my top two. Union Station third.

  55. 55.

    Tommy

    @Elizabelle: That makes me happy. I don’t have any children, so my niece is like my kid. Her fifth birthday is next week and I just ordered her a King Cake. I was born in Baton Rouge when my father was finishing his PhD. I went to grad school there. My brother and his wife don’t have the connection to the place like I do. I took him to Jazz Fest a few years ago, but that is all. Got to give Katie a little Cajun love!

  60. 60.

    Ted and Hellen

    He really is one of the most magnificent beasts I have ever seen.

    Yes, and it’s so cool that Tunch was torn to bits so that Steve could come along into your life. How’s the Pit Bull? Where’s the sister?

    It’s hilarious that you believe it equitable to tell an audience the entire tale in detail, leading up to and including the vicious murder by a creature that never should have been in your yard, brought there by a sibling, BUT suddenly the story stops being told and anyone who asks questions is a “dick.”

    As I’ve said, John, you can dish out the bile but you cannot take it. Insecure.

  61. 61.

    Texasdoc

    @J.:
    Did you see the story about the Girl Scout who sold more than 200 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in a few hours by setting up her table in front of a medical marijuana dispensary?

  62. 62.

    Texasdoc

    @J.:
    Did you see the story about the Girl Scout who sold more than 200 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in a few hours by setting up her table in front of a medical marijuana dispensary?

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