Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

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

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

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

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

White supremacy is terrorism.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

People are weird.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

When I was faster i was always behind.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

This blog will pay for itself.

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

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

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

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  1. 1.

    Shirt

    Good Morning, y’all. Do you wonder if Rick Perry’s orifice is tightly puckered these days based on the Virginia corruption convictions?

  2. 2.

    Schlemazel [was Schlemizel till NotMax taught me proper yiddish!]

    Regrets? I’ve had a few, but then again too few to mention. I commented my way

  3. 3.

    Iowa Old Lady

    Twice when I’ve come to BJ, I’ve gotten an ad directing me to a survey on whether Sarah Palin should be president. Totally makes my day.

  4. 4.

    Schlemazel [was Schlemizel till NotMax taught me proper yiddish!]

    sorry, the whole karaoke thing in the last thread has gotten into my head (along with “Oh my favorite juice is Mother goose’s, Mother Goose’s sparkling wine. . . Made from natures sweet potatoes, in Mother Goose’s sparking wine, apple cores and old tomatoes and a dash of Turpentine”

    sorta wish I hadn’t listened to that

  7. 7.

    shelley

    Very glad my nephew is getting married tomorrow (outdoor venue) rather than today. More major thunder storms about to roll thru.

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    big ole hound

    A little late but back to Joan Rivers. The witch is dead and her desperate attempts to being funny or relevant are gone. Back in the day that big mouth did more to harm women’s lib than anyone.

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    WereBear

    Celebrating a new-purse win the last few days.

    Purses drive me crazy. They have to be comfortable to wear because I refuse to bent-arm-handbag it, they have to have enough room for all the necessities I have to tote and not so big it tempts me to promote junk to have-to status. I need to get at the stupid cell phone when it rings and get out my debit card without feeling like I’m python-wrestling. The bag needs a balance between organized enough to find things and not so rigidly compartmented that I can’t throw a trade paperback in as needed.

    I gambled on a small messenger bag and even though they sent me the wrong color I’ve decided they’ve done me a favor; this coffee color is lovely enough to eat with heavy cream. It has magnetic snaps because I’m DONE with velcro; that constant ripping sound several times a day drives me nuts and within months it accumulates enough lint to become inoperable. I’m not the kind of person to comb through it with a sewing needle; I have Victorian-orphan lace-making flashbacks.

    A girlfriend uses a wallet and clips her phone to her belt like Batman, but for that strategy one must be able to actually choose a wardrobe; I buy clothes second hand or on extreme sale and I never know if it will have pockets at all, much less if they are the correct size and placement.

    It’s so hard to find something I like I’ve never swapped purses to outfits. The one time I tried something like that I missed my ID and wound up in a car accident with transient global amnesia and no identification. For fifteen minutes I didn’t know who the heck I was but somehow also knew this situation led to a formless existence in the back of some mental hospital… it was a tense time until “I” came back.

    No purse switching. Ever.

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    Betty Cracker

    @big ole hound: I was not a JR fan, but I think your last sentence is self-evidently false and the prior bile is best reserved for truly evil ass-berets like Dick Cheney. YMMV.

    @WereBear: I enjoyed this comment immensely. I have similar difficultly migrating from purse to purse. My family uses me as a pack mule, so it’s always a challenge to find something that is both commodious and stylish.

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    WereBear

    @Ruckus: Being a female with male attitudes towards clothes (are they comfy?) and shoes (can I wear them all day?) and civilization accouterments (where can I put them so they are the least annoying?) is a never-ending challenge.

    Fortunately, I drifted into a profession (IT & related skills) where I didn’t have to put up with tortuous clothes; those knife-edge labels on the back of the neck and waistbands which dig in and stockings that activate my every nerve ending constantly and shoes that try to force all my toes into a space the size of a pudding cup.

    I never used to understand women who are able to leave the bathroom with half their dress stuffed into their pantyhose. Until I realized they had trained themselves to not notice what their clothes were doing to them.

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    Ruckus

    @WereBear:

    I never used to understand women who are able to leave the bathroom with half their dress stuffed into their pantyhose.

    I just figured that they were trying to get out of a really filthy toilet as fast as possible and really weren’t that interested in daintiness. Plus, isn’t it pretty hard to get properly dressed while squatting on the toilet seat? (I worked in a gas station during high school and had to clean the restrooms. And yes there were foot prints on the seat in the ladies room.)

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    Ruckus

    @WereBear:
    I’m a guy and I dress for comfort. A fucking tie? Button the collar on my shirt? Tee shirts, shorts, comfortable shoes. When I lived in snow country, 501s, tee shirts and a jacket. You want to get dressed up to impress? Be my guest, but don’t expect me to go along. I do look good in a tux though. And because I had to wear one at our company awards banquet every year I bought one, because it actually fit me and therefore was comfortable. First thing to go when I left that job.

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    tsquared2001

    Any college football fans in the house? Right now Western Kentucky is trying to piss away a very winnable game against Illinois.

    Can you tell I have money on the Hilltoppers?

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    Mnemosyne

    @WereBear:

    Yep. I am so, so happy that there are now companies (like ExOfficio and Royal Robbins, to name just two) that make clothes that allow me to occasionally wear dresses and skirts that are comfy and non-binding.

    Also, I have fallen in love with Jambu shoes. A slight heel/platform that I can actually walk in? Yes please! Plus the mighty internet allows me to buy all of this stuff on sale from discounters like Sierra Trading Post and 6pm.

    ETA: My current issue is bicycle purses — finding a purse that will attach to my bike so I don’t have to try and ride with it slung messenger-style. Luckily, companies like Po Campo, Basil, and Timbuk2 have been coming through for me.

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    Ruckus

    @WereBear:
    Never having worn a skirt, or panty hose for that matter, I don’t really feel I’m in a position to comment on tucking my clothes into them.

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    Ruckus

    @WereBear:
    @WaterGirl:

    Ahhhh, No thanks. I have a hard enough time dressing myself in the simple clothes that I wear, am not going to start learning new things at my age. Especially as you both give me the impression that they can be uncomfortable. Might allow me to be stylish though. Naw, who am I kidding, that ship sailed long, long ago. Did look good in my Easter suit when I was 5. Mom thought pink was my color. Maybe she was right!

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    Mnemosyne

    @Ruckus:

    Apparently it has not been uncommon for troops on the ground in AfPak to wear nylons under their uniforms since they wick sweat and prevent chafing. But since you’re a Navy man, you probably never had to do that. ;-)

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    WaterGirl

    @Ruckus: Not me! If clothes aren’t comfortable, I don’t buy them, and I don’t wear them. Same with shoes.

    The only shoe exception is for the occasional wedding or funeral,and I still go as comfy as I can.

    My sister is the exact opposite – it’s all about how you look. Sometimes I wonder how we possibly came from the same family.

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    WereBear

    @Mnemosyne: I’ve heard that professional equestrians, of any gender, use pantyhose as an anti-chafing measure.

    I got some inexpensive bamboo tights to experiment with this winter, beneath some cute knit dresses I found on sale, but on the whole, I find such excessively formfitting items to be too intrusive upon my epidermis. My family nicknamed me “Princess and the Pea” very early on.

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    Mnemosyne

    @WereBear:

    Fleece-lined tights and leggings are now A Thing. There are versions ranging from H&M to pricey stores like Anthropologie — I originally found them at Target. I don’t need them very often in California, but I could see them being very cozy on the East Coast.

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    Ruckus

    @Mnemosyne:
    Most of my time on board ship was either in the Caribbean in the summer, doing general quarters drills in a closed up ship or sitting around GITMO in the evenings. Or on NATO cruses in the winter, sailing above the arctic circle. Either quite warm or quite cold and never the proper clothes for it. Fun times. But I never felt the need for pantyhose.

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    Ruckus

    @WereBear:
    @Mnemosyne:
    I do have some cold weather tights for riding my bicycle in the winter. Not too bad down to about 25 deg, but anything colder I stayed inside. I do wear spandex shorts when ridding, anything else is far less comfortable. Things to keep in place, not chafe, and not sit on, if you know what I mean.

  34. 34.

    WereBear

    @Ruckus: It’s sensible to not exert too much in cold weather; our lungs can’t always keep up with warming the air.

    Where I live -20 is the cutoff for going outside.

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    Ruckus

    @WereBear:
    That’s one of the reasons I moved. I don’t want to have know when it’s too cold to go outside. Forward refueling in the North Atlantic above the arctic circle in winter without the proper clothing? I lived, as you can tell but I don’t want to have to do that again, not for any reason.

  36. 36.

    Rook

    Sigh. I hate when I miss not being able to post a comment because of a WordPress update. Can you re-update so I can not post a comment?

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