Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

The words do not have to be perfect.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

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

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

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

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

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

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

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

This really is a full service blog.

Not all heroes wear capes.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

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  2. 2.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    John Cole: more like the Hound or the Mountain?

    You report, we decide!

  5. 5.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    @raven:

    Do these people spend much time on planet Earth?

  7. 7.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    @raven:

    Information wants to be free! (Sometimes, for cunning people).

  9. 9.

    Belafon

    I guarantee you that the war caused by tonight’s episode of cosmos will dwarf anything on GoT.

  10. 10.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    @Belafon:

    “For the night is dark and full of creationists!”

  13. 13.

    Punchy

    GoT my ass. Hawks up 1 at the end of the 2nd. Goalies giving up more scoring than a Tri-Delt house. Go Blackhawks!

  14. 14.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    @HinTN:

    Of course. They need their dose of adrenalin, rage and hysterical ignorance for the week. It’s cheaper than methadone, so there is that to be said for it.

  20. 20.

    max

    @Elmo: Nope. The Viper died first.
    And it was hubris that killed him.

    I know! The Viper had the sonofabitch! God! Finish him! But no. He had to have the confession. Sonofabitch. And Pedro Pascal was fuckin’ cool.

    Sansa in black is pretty goddamn awesome though.

    max
    [‘Things now get strange.’]

  22. 22.

    Biscuits

    @max:

    Agreed. I wanted the Viper to be around for a while. Enjoyed his snarky presence. Also like the conniving Sansa.

  23. 23.

    mainmata

    @Mike in NC: I agree but there was also a lot of chatter about who killed who before he died so much remains unclear (I’ve never read the books). But certainly dramatic episode.

  25. 25.

    PaulW

    This isn’t even the most shocking episode yet we can expect. There’s still Tyrion (spoiler blocking) and then Brienne finding (spoiler blocking) while Arya (spoiler blocking) and we haven’t seen Gendry this entire year. Yet.

  26. 26.

    PsiFighter37

    That was kind of soul-crushing, even given what has happened on this show previously.

  31. 31.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    I really do not want the Kings to win this game. Go ‘Hawks!

  34. 34.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    @efgoldman: Yeah, sure, maybe. But as a Blackhawks fan, I still get to be disappointed. Go Rangers, I guess.

  35. 35.

    James E. Powell

    @Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):

    Sorry my balloon-juice friend, but I am doing Snoopy Dance for the Kings, though certainly not at your expense. Until the OT goal went in, I at no time believed the Kings were going to win the game.

    Alec Martinez, whose shot was deflected in for the winning goal, compared his team to cockroaches. Straight faced and he meant it as a compliment.

  37. 37.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    @James E. Powell: For me the rooting order is: Blackhawks; Original Six teams (not including the Red Wings); teams with real winters (except Minnesota); fuck it, I’ll just see how the Brewers are doing and how the Packers’ OTAs are going.

  38. 38.

    ulee

    I haven’t watched hockey in a long time but they seem to be bad asses. They don’t need to be tall or big. They do need to be able to skate and to take a beating every time they go to the ice. And all those missing teeth–it’s just the cost of doing business.

  40. 40.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    @ulee: The missing teeth thing has changed a lot over time. Helmets, face shields, and mouth guards have made a difference.

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    ulee

    @Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): It’s amazing that these guys used to fly around the ice with their freak flags and sideburns and no helmuts and bladed feet, kicking the shit out of each other. When I was a youngster in Maryland, my parents brought us to a Washington Capitols game, but we left, to my dismay, when a fight broke out between the teams and just didn’t stop for fifteen minutes.

  44. 44.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    @burnspbesq:

    I think you should work on your acquaintance with reality.

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    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    @Biscuits:

    It’s a pleasant surprise to see Sansa stop being a weepy doormat, even if her transformation is not entirely convincing.

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    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    @ulee: I played rugby in college. My mom made me promise to always wear a mouth guard. I still have all my teeth. I have no problem with safety measures to protect athletes.

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    lamh36

    @scav: same thing I was thinking.

    The swiftboating of this soldier and his family has begun and we may look back on this Tapper tweet as the start of it all

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    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    @PaulW:

    Not to mention Hotpie emerging from the [REDACTED] and Varys turning out not to be an [REDACTED].

  50. 50.

    ulee

    I read that Ty Cobb used to sharpen his cleats so when he slid into a base with his feet up his opponents would be intimidated. I don’t think the sharpening was necessary. Everyone knew to get out of his way. He was a bastard, but probably the best ballplayer of all time at smallball. Then Ruth came along and fucked it all up.

  51. 51.

    Hill Dweller

    I do find it amusing that the Village hates Obama just as much as the Republicans do, and they make the same stupid mistakes trying to tear him down.

  55. 55.

    max

    @Biscuits: Agreed. I wanted the Viper to be around for a while. Enjoyed his snarky presence.

    Just so.

    @Elmo: Sansa almost made up tonight for her puling victimhood. Loved her tonight.

    She even dyed her hair black, I think.

    max
    [‘Big change.’]

  56. 56.

    Ash Can

    The Blackhawks played the Kings twice during the regular season and beat them both times. They played the Rangers twice and lost both times. Outright, not in overtime.

    Just sayin’.

  57. 57.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    @scav:

    Looks like David Cameron must be really desperate to keep the British housing boom going.

  58. 58.

    max

    @PaulW: This isn’t even the most shocking episode yet we can expect. There’s still Tyrion (spoiler blocking) and then Brienne finding (spoiler blocking) while Arya (spoiler blocking) and we haven’t seen Gendry this entire year. Yet.

    I figure Brienne finding [REDACTED] is the last episode of the season. I surely hope they do not [REDACTED].

    @Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers): Not to mention Hotpie emerging from the [REDACTED] and Varys turning out not to be an [REDACTED].

    I think the Hotpie thing already happened. On the other hand, Varys already gave a broad hint, so that’s also in the last episode.

    max
    [‘I think Carmen Maura and Pedro Pascal should be in a movie together, because that would be too fucking cool.’]

  59. 59.

    max

    @lamh36: The swiftboating of this soldier and his family has begun and we may look back on this Tapper tweet as the start of it all

    I think that happened awhile ago. The Tapper tweet is the Village getting in on the action.

    max
    [‘Because BENGHAZI! continues to not produce the juicy stuff.’]

  60. 60.

    Geoduck

    @lamh36:

    The swiftboating of this soldier and his family has begun and we may look back on this Tapper tweet as the start of it all

    The right-wing echo chamber was up and running before Tapper weighed in; Annie Laurie’s last post was about this subject.

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