Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

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

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

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

No one could have predicted…

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

The revolution will be supervised.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

White supremacy is terrorism.

“Squeaker” McCarthy

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

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

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

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

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

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  1. 1.

    Joey Maloney

    a madman, a drunken cuckold & a sadistic child

    Nixon, Clinton, GWB. Works for me.

  3. 3.

    max

    I think the problem isn’t the Iron Throne, but the crossbow on the table. Ewww.

    max
    [‘Hodor.’]

  5. 5.

    RobertDSC-Power Mac G5 Dual

    LOL. Fuck the GOP if they can’t take a joke. Come to think of it, fuck them anyway.

  10. 10.

    lamh36

    earlier today, this tweet from FLOTUS was posted to twitter:

    Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families. It’s time to #BringBackOurGirls -mo

    it includes a pic of FLOTUS holding up a white paper with the hashtag in black lettering.

    I figured that this WH wouldn’t have allowed the FLOTUS pic to be posted thereby attaching the Obama “clout” to the issue unless they were planning more than just administative consultation on the issue, as was previously reported.

    I may be wrong, but this from ABC news seems like newer info than I’d heard before.

    U.S. sending military team to Nigeria to help plan search for kidnapped girls: abcn.ws/1ita7TM

  11. 11.

    ? Martin

    @Suffern ACE: Someone needed to study that? Anyone who’s been the recipient of a good licking knows the answer to that question.

  12. 12.

    scav

    I’m sure if one examines the shadows and kerning very very carefully, this photo will be authenticated as 100% true.

  13. 13.

    ? Martin

    @lamh36: Obama mentioned a few days ago that he offered to send a team and Nigeria accepted the offer. Didn’t get widely reported, though. Maybe on Saturday or Sunday?

  14. 14.

    Violet

    My favorite part of that is the woman in the beige pantsuit. She looks befuddled and it looks like it’s her crossbow.

  21. 21.

    Morzer

    @Violet:

    They remind me of the time when, in my fiery youth, I was part of *blush* a Dungeons and Dragons group that so distrusted each other that our characters refused to set a watch for the night and instead sat around the campfire, crossbows cocked, looking inwards, watching each other for signs of treachery.

  23. 23.

    max

    @Omnes Omnibus: Hodor?

    Hodor!

    @KG: yeah, should have gone with a longsword

    Of good Valyrian steel, yes.

    max
    [‘There’s a young lady named Ros that would like to have a word with someone, or she would if she could talk.’]

  25. 25.

    jl

    By the bore Widths of Biden and the Heels of Hillary, what meaneth this Mannere of Image for ye Fate of ye olde tyme Constitutional Republick? I am agahst!

    Maybe Obama should have been riding a dragon in mid flare. I’d like to see the reaction to that one.

  26. 26.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @jl:

    Maybe Obama should have been riding a dragon in mid flare. I’d like to see the reaction to that one.

    Well, we’d here lots of DROOOONES screaming…or perhaps DRAAAAGONS!

    It would be better if he’s riding it over the Nevada desert. Just because.

  29. 29.

    mainmata

    @Violet: That’s Jack Lew, the Treasury Secretary. He doesn’t need a crossbow to mess with people. Don’t know who the two women are, though.

    ETA: What Martin said.

  30. 30.

    Mustang Bobby

    The House GOP leadership is going to open up an investigation into the relationship between the Obama White House and HBO now that they’ve cozied up to two of their series, Veep (with Joe Biden) and now GoT.

    There’s gotta be smoking crossbow.

  31. 31.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Mustang Bobby:

    There’s gotta be smoking crossbow.

    I’m sure it will be found.

    Probably in the same place as the Whitey Tape, the Kenyan birth certificate, and the true transcript of what happened in the White House on Sept 11, 2012.

  32. 32.

    Hawes

    All Hail Tommen, er…Barack First of His Name!

    And H.W. wasn’t a madman, though I like the Clinton/Robert, Dubya/Joffrey parallels.

  33. 33.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    Hey no fair George R.R. Martin and the White House for releasing spoilers. Now I know Dorne wins the Iron Throne.

  36. 36.

    Sherparick

    @Hawes: Nixon was a little bit around the bend, as the Brits would say. Yes, I agree, the Prez is just trolling the Republicans now.

    Reference GoT, is it not time for the Arrya/Hound team to kill some asshole or two in episode? I miss that delightful slight smile Aarya had as she administered the coup de grace to Pollver.

    Not noticed in the write up of the shows was a nice ironic touch in the last episode of GoT. Bran, who was crippled as the result of Jamie Lannister tossing him out a window, unintentionally avenges Jamie when he possesses Hordor’s body and uses it to murder Locke by snapping his neck like a twig. I did not quite see that coming. Also, I know many fellow book readers are upset with departures of the Bran story from books, but I think this is so much better on the show. Bran’s character, like Aarya’s, has come a long way on a dark journey from the little boy who steel himself to watch his father execute a Nightwatch deserter. He is now ruthless enough to possess Hordor’s body against Hordor’s will, and use it decisively and without remorse to kill with (Hordor’s barehands) to preserve himself and his mission. GRRM admits that writing the POVs on Bran’s are where he struggles and I think he fail to create insufficient action sequences (since character is revealed in action) to show how Bran’s character evolves. The scenes in Craster’s Keep reveal the evolution and darkening of Bran’s character (a great point of GRRM’s books (and his debt to Shakespeare) is that the monsters and the heroes are ultimately within ourselves).

  37. 37.

    Paul in KY

    I think King Tommen the Nice will certainly be a great advancement over the previous 3.

  38. 38.

    Morzer

    @Paul in KY:

    Tommen has a tender, well-marbled look. He’ll make a nice appetizer for Drogon when Daenerys finally decides to reclaim her throne.

  42. 42.

    Matt

    Given last 3 kings of Westeros were a madman, a drunken cuckold & a sadistic child

    Reagan/Bush I, Clinton, and Shrub? Sounds about right…

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