Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

The lights are all blinking red.

You would normally have to try pretty hard to self-incriminate this badly.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

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

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

Human rights are not a matter of opinion!

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

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

White supremacy is terrorism.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

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

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  9. 9.

    John O

    I hope the Pens rebound from the brutal thrashing they suffered at the hands of the mighty SC Champ Blackhawks, because I dream of a Cup final with those two involved because of this blog.

  12. 12.

    Punchy

    Holy sheeeeot. Im watching THE Tom Levenson….from BJ….on the H2 channel of my TV. Surreal. Didnt know he was that famous. When do Cole’s fat digits make the small screen?

  13. 13.

    srv

    We didn’t ask for this blog, or Putin’s giant head in the sky either.

    At least my car is where it’s supposed to be and not some art piece in a farmer’s fi… Oh wait, I don’t own a car.

  15. 15.

    scav

    Damn it, I personally don’t want to be yelled at by the host eithout my putting some effort into meriting it first. He’s just spoiling us now.

  20. 20.

    JPL

    @Punchy: Not all of John’s friends are animals. BTW what is h2? Can I watch by streaming because I’m pretty sure my antenna can’t pick it up.

  29. 29.

    revrick

    For a real full contact sport that leaves a lot of blood on the floor, you gotta watch Fashion Police with Joan Rivers. Never has backstabbing been so hilarious.
    Oh, and John, us Calvinists call the suckitude of humanity total depravity. Sounds classier, too.

  30. 30.

    mainmata

    Wow, this thread is totally spacey. Not seeing BJ-ers so wildly random on an Open Thread in a while. Or I’ve missed stuff. For the record, I think Czar Putin’s “press conference” was under the influence. He is either delusional or indulging in the “little water” (translation of vodka).

  32. 32.

    IowaOldLady

    @mainmata: Are we doing random? I won an award today from IEEE–Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Communication. How’s that for an English major?

  34. 34.

    JGabriel

    We’re here at the NY meet up and someone who I guess overheard us wanted to know who the “sick bastard” was who shaved his cat’s ass.

  35. 35.

    joel hanes

    @IowaOldLady:

    Congratulations.

    If you happen to meet Angela Burgess in the award process, please tell her that joel hanes says “Hi”.

  36. 36.

    Chickamin Slam

    I think John Cole wants to invade Russia by himself. Just give him a jar of mustard and Cole will be making Putin sing in no time.

  37. 37.

    lurker dean

    there were some funny folks on that curtain thread. the burlap idea was winning.

  40. 40.

    Pogonip

    @David Koch: Meh. The rest of us are INfamous. Let’s see Tom beat that.

    My car is not paid off, but I am pleased to report that it does not live in a field. Also pleased to report that my father just turned 87. When asked how it feels, he reported that it feels much like being 86. So now we know.

    Also, I hope everyone is enjoying Fat Tuesday.

  45. 45.

    Comrade Mary

    @Pogonip: I’m out of flour. I’M OUT OF FLOUR. I was not able to make either pancakes or communion wafers today.

  46. 46.

    MomSense

    Just watched an episode of icarly with my youngest. Are they serious with that show??

  51. 51.

    Belafon

    @MomSense: What do you mean by serious? The only thing truly serious about that show was whether Freddy would choose Carly or Sam, and that more people watched that show than anything that has ever been on Nick.

  52. 52.

    Mnemosyne

    Also, as an update to this morning, I put two King Cakes on the table in our office kitchen at 9:00 am. When I went back at 9:25 am, one was completely devoured. The kids love their King Cake.

  53. 53.

    Anne Laurie

    @IowaOldLady:

    I won an award today from IEEE–Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Communication. How’s that for an English major?

    Congratulations!

    Spousal Unit (dual major, English/linguistics) is a technical writer. He describes his job as translating what the software developers think is English into something non-computer-oriented business people can understand.

    I sometimes refer to him as a Speaker-to-Hacker; since most geeks have read the Ringworld books, they get the joke.*

    *in the Ringworld universe, there is a race of ferocious carnivores whose word for ‘diplomat’ translates as Speaker-to-Animals.

  54. 54.

    NotMax

    Also, you people suck.

    Practicing the line in case you should suddenly have the urge to crash CPAC?

  56. 56.

    IowaOldLady

    @Anne Laurie: Oh yeah! That sounds familiar. I was an academic, so what I did was shadow engineers in industry watching them try to communicate. We borrowed methods from ethnography and observed engineers in the wild, so to speak. In their native habitat.

  59. 59.

    Mnemosyne

    For the knitters (I think there are a couple around tonight), I’m almost done making a pair of these Mary Jane slippers. I would have finished sooner, but I was lazy and got sucked into TV Tropes. I just have to sew up the back of the second one and then add the strap to both.

    (I used Deborah Norville Serenity Chunky — because I had a ball I had bought on sale — and size 7 needles. I knit pretty loose, but the recommended needle size is 8 so they’re dense enough.)

  60. 60.

    MomSense

    @Mnemosyne:

    Cool! I made duffers for everyone this Christmas. I love wearing knit slippers because they are so soft and warm and you can curl your feet up under you and not have hard soles get in the way.

    I’m almost done with a sweater I’m designing for my son and am at that I’m so sick of this I just want to be done already stage. It’s an Irish fisherman sweater in a bold blue.

  61. 61.

    Jacks mom

    I’ve got a brother that sucks worse than anything you guys can ever come up with.
    My mother and father worked their asses off to raise and educate 5 children. They had a small business and at the end of my dad’s life he gave the business to my brother (who had worked it but also made sure that his siblings didn’t have a chance to). The deal was that my brother would pay them (my parents) the legal amount that could be gifted for tax purposes and he would get this business.
    My dad passed away from cancer in August of 2084. In January that brother I mentioned above cut his moms payment in half.
    She is now 87 and I’m trying to take care of her on a reduced payment and he has informed me he isn’t obligated to pay her anything. My dad expected him to take care of them.
    Any advise out there?

  62. 62.

    MomSense

    @Belafon:

    I just can’t believe that it is a show. It’s just awful–overacting and stupid plots. Tonight they all wore purple clothes and wigs for a skit and one of the kids misunderstood the directions about the dad’s car and spray painted the car entirely purple.

  68. 68.

    MomSense

    @Mnemosyne:

    Well it is a great pattern and will be totally worth the wait. One of these days I am going to try steeking and zippers.

    Forgot to ask if you are on ravelry.

  69. 69.

    Howard Beale IV

    @NotMax: A few years ago there was a Conservative Cruise. Too bad it didn’t get whacked with a fatal strain of norovirus.

  71. 71.

    Comrade Mary

    @p.a.: JEALOUS! I haven’t had a wafer in decades, but I really miss the lack of taste and suffocating texture.

  73. 73.

    p.a.

    @Comrade Mary: I haven’t had one in decades. My main memory is of the occasional one that would weld itself to the roof of my mouth. You can even touch them now!

  74. 74.

    HRA

    I was reading about the curtains when we had a blackout at work and didn’t get a chance to ask my question about them.
    Are those shower curtains?

    Ducking…..

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