Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

The revolution will be supervised.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

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

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

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

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

There are times when telling just part of the truth is effectively a lie.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

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

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

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  1. 1.

    shortstop

    Not trying to rub it in, but since we suffered mightily through the last winter, I will say that I am thrilled to be having such a lovely fall day!

  2. 2.

    pat

    Lovely warm fall weather in western Wisconsin. Just got back from a 20 mile bike ride on the Root River Trail. This weather is much too good to be wasted pulling weeds and pruning shrubs.

    Walking in the Octoberfest Parade tomorrow in support of Mary Burke for Gov. Would be wonderful to send Scotty packing.

  3. 3.

    Suffern ACE

    Will you recognize me? Call my name or just walk on by? Rain keeps falling down. Down. Down.

    Or something like that.

  7. 7.

    Mnemosyne

    Looking at new apartments this weekend. Again. G had a bit of a freakout about moving to a more expensive place, but I think we’ve talked it through. I was very tempted by the house for rent in Pasadena, but it would have required buying stuff we don’t already have, like a washer/dryer and a dining room set. Still thinking, though.

  9. 9.

    gelfling545

    Here in WNY we are enjoying some of the most beautiful fall weather ever: warm, sunny days, cool nights, clean up the garden time; and we savor every minute of it because Dog only knows what winter will be like (although it’s rarely as severe as those in other areas seem to think.)

  10. 10.

    Betty Cracker

    @Mnemosyne: We’ve been looking at houses lately in preparation for an empty nest (kiddo is 16 but graduating early). We won’t be able to downsize much as we always want to have a place she can come home to; we’ll likely settle on something around the same size. But the mister wants more land even further out in the boonies.

    It’s been fun looking and dreaming about the possibilities, and we’re far enough away from taking action that there’s no immediate pressure. But the thought of moving fills me with dread. Just the logistics of it.

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    The climate in Malaysia is rather like that in Florida, I’ve been told. Over here we have rain, which can get very heavy; sunshine; and haze, due to burning of trees in Indonesia in illegal forest clearing by locals/commercial plantations owned by Malaysian Big Ag. Sometimes all three on the same day.

  14. 14.

    Betty Cracker

    @Roger Moore: I’d send it your way if I could. I usually like rain, but we’re to the point now that you can’t walk in the yard without the mud sucking the shoes off your feet.

  16. 16.

    srv

    @BillinGlendaleCA: It’s a liquid that falls from the sky! Literally!

    I saw it once, nobody knew what to do. Cars crashing, people slipping, all sorts of chaos. Apparently it’s good for plants.

  17. 17.

    Mnemosyne

    @Betty Cracker:

    We move about every 10 years — we moved in together in 2004, and before that, each of us had lived in our previous apartments for 10+ years. I think it’s safe to say that neither of us likes to move.

    Though at least this time we have enough money that we can hire people to move the big stuff rather than seeing if anyone has a buddy with a pickup truck who’ll do it for beer money. I do NOT want to try and maneuver our couch down those friggin’ stairs.

  18. 18.

    Violet

    @BillinGlendaleCA: I was in southern California quite a few years ago now and it rained. My friend who lived there had invited me out to experience the great weather and it rained the whole week. Not the entire day every day, but we did have rain every day. It flooded and on one sightseeing drive we noticed that people had pulled over to look at something. It was a creek or small river that was overflowing and creating a huge waterfall.

    So yeah. It happens. I’ve even seen it!

  19. 19.

    GHayduke (formerly lojasmo)

    Beautiful and cool in Southern Minnesota. Took a run in the woods today. Very nice.’

    Kind of wish we’d get some rain. Just added another down spout, and hopefully killed off the last damp spot in our basement. Need proof.

  22. 22.

    Trollhattan

    @Lizzy L: Got a whopping quarter-inch yesterday–first we’ve seen since…May? April? Everything looks a little greener today, on account of four months of dust being washed off.

  25. 25.

    Howard Beale IV

    From a young Rand Paul:

    “To the editors: After reading Mr. Wilzrkarth’s editorial (Feb. 2) condemning President Reagan’s plan for a ‘New Federalism’, every national person should contemplate the essence of the system that has created such a controversy. The main thrust of the article lies in the assertion that neither state governments nor private charity can absorb the immensity of the welfare system. We have been taught as Christian people that it is wrong to steal. But underlying the whole welfare concept is the principle of theft. Money in the form of taxes is confiscated from the producers in society and redistributed to those who can’t or won’t produce. The immoral act of stealing, thus, has become moral in the eyes of society. Immediately, I sense the horror stricken faces of those persons finishing the previous paragraph. Why, he would let the needy starve! My reply would be: How many realistic people believe there are 22 million Americans who need food stamps to survive? How many open-minded people believe 11 million Americans actually need sustenance? Let us assume a highly unlikely percentage, such as half, truly need some support. If individuals were not burdened by taxes incurred by this wealth transfer system, the truly needy would surely be supported. Randall H. Paul; Biology, ’85”

  26. 26.

    Karen in GA

    70s in Georgia. Pleasant, from what I’ve been told. I’ve been in the house all week with a nasty cold I started coming down with the day I left London — woke up Sunday morning with a sore throat just in time to spend 9 hours on a plane, which I’m sure was a huge help.

    Last time I got sick after a trans-Atlantic flight, it became full-blown bronchitis, which led me to quit smoking. So I actually have a weird fondness for plane-aggravated illness.

  27. 27.

    Violet

    @Roger Moore: You know what, I’ve probably got pictures somewhere. It would be kind of sad for me, though, because this friend is no longer with us. Sad loss for me.

  31. 31.

    Trollhattan

    @Howard Beale IV:
    Am shocked, shocked young Randall was a douche all the way back in the ’80s. Do you suppose he gelled that head-badger back then and hung out in discos? Aqua Buddha didn’t light itself.

  32. 32.

    Cacti

    It’s the final week of September here in greater Phoenix, and we still hit triple digits in 4 of the last 7 days.

    Looking forward to the dip into the 80s projected for next week (finally!).

  33. 33.

    Howard Beale IV

    @Turgidson: @Trollhattan:

    The reality is that Paul the Lesser is in actuality no different than Grover “Drown the Government in the Bathtub” Norquist-and worse-he’s a fucking US Senator-who tries to curry favor by appearing to be for civil liberties, when in reality he’d shred them faster than Arthur Anderson during L’affaire Enron.

    He’d be another person for the ‘Render no assistance to’ list.

  35. 35.

    NCSteve

    “arrogant” is just Wingnut for “uppity.”

    The election season is upon us. It’s all dogwhistles and Blair Witch Project meltdowns from here til November.

  36. 36.

    tybee

    the weather “services”, both public and private, have predicted the biblical deluges here for a week. so far, they have not delivered. since i have obligations this weekend and cannot venture out upon the briny, despite the 80% chance of precipitation, i anticipate sunshine and zephyrs.

  41. 41.

    Frankensteinbeck

    Rand Paul blasts Obama as arrogant ‘autocrat.’

    Arrogant autocrat = Black man who successfully does things White People (as opposed to white people) don’t want.

    It’s rationalization. They’re SURE they’re not the racists, so what else could these feelings of frustration, anger, and inferiority mean?

  42. 42.

    Jay C

    Looking forward to our (again) Last Pool Day Weekend here in the Scenic Berkshires: late Sept. is usually the start of Fall: but the forecast is for two more sunny days in the mid-high 70s: no complaints, mind: today (Fri) was lovely – sunny, low 70s – just have to remember to hit poolside early: the sun goes in a lot sooner than it does in July…

  43. 43.

    Linnaeus

    Fall started very quickly here in the Puget Sound area: we went from sunny and low 80s on last Sunday, to low 70s and a mix of clouds and sun on Monday, then to showers/rain/showers/some sun/showers/cloudy from Wednesday through today with temperatures in the upper 60s to around 70.

  45. 45.

    Chris

    @Howard Beale IV:

    I… just… fucking… LOATHE this guy, and everyone like him. That is all. I really would feel zero compassion at seeing him guillotined in front of an entire crowd as he so richly deserves.

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