Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

No one could have predicted…

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

You cannot shame the shameless.

Republicans in disarray!

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

Usually wrong but never in doubt

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

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

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Why did Dr. Oz lose? well, according to the exit polls, it’s because Fetterman won.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Second rate reporter says what?

Eh, that’s media spin. biden’s health is fine and he’s doing a good job.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

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Sorry for the lack of posts- Homecoming is this weekend and it is the 25 year one for a bunch of my brothers, so we have been racing around cleaning, cooking, and making sure there are ample places to crash. Figure I have room for about ten people, and then my friend Walt is taking couples in at his house.

Don’t forget, your chance to win Omaha Steaks is dwindling. Each ticket purchased goes to help defray the costs of insurance and mandated nationals travel. The drawing is less than 48 hours away!

I’ll check in tomorrow. GO PENGUINS!

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  1. 1.

    khead

    Todd Gurley….

    Adrian Peterson…

    Must be Stupid Running Back Day.

    Also, what is this “NHL” you speak of?

  2. 2.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    Are you seriously blaming a multiyear dereliction of your blogging duties on something that is going to happen this weekend?

    Yo yo dog, that shit ain’t right man.

  3. 3.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    Okay it would have been bad, very bad, crossing the streams bad, had McCain and Palin been elected, rationally I know this.

    On a pure entertainment level though you can’t help but feel just a little wistful about what might have been. I mean, this could easily have been on the WH lawn.

    officers described a moment where Todd Palin and his daughter Willow apparently got involved in yet another altercation with the owner of the house, Korey Klingenmeyer, while police were watching.

    “Todd Palin came walking back to the driveway confronting Corey (sic) asking him if he called his daughter a ‘bitch,'” one officer wrote in the report. “Willow Palin walked up and also got involved flipping Corey off and getting loud.

    It would have been like the Kennedys playing touch football with their extended family, except instead of touch football it would have been drunken brawls, and instead of the extended family it would have been with neighbors.

    I don’t even know what neighbors there are, maybe people from 1400 Pennsylvania Ave.

  6. 6.

    PsiFighter37

    Looks like WV did something right today – the state AG gave in and said they wouldn’t sue to stop same-sex marriage in the state.

    Now, if only they wouldn’t elect Capito Moore in November…but that’s probably asking too much.

    I am severely enjoying how the GOP is now scrambling to defend SD and KS in the Senate. I honestly think this is indicative of the bigger picture – the lack of good polling (there have been a lot of astroturf GOP polls, and even the ‘reliable’ pollsters have had some weird numbers this cycle) makes it really difficult to put where things really are.

    There should be more horse-race posts now that we’re a month out, and maybe a BJ effort to raise some money for worthy candidates? I felt like there was more of that activism a few years back.

  10. 10.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    @Roger Moore: Oh I’m definitely talking about the WH. Worst/best case scenario.

    Best for comedy, worst for, you know, civilization as we know it.

  14. 14.

    mai naem mobile

    So why does MTP have McCain on so much? Hes got terrible judgement. How can you not see that the whole Palin family is trailer trash.

  16. 16.

    Anoniminous

    The Newsmax headline tweaked my interest so I went looking to see what it was about. The usual bullshit but – damn – Huckabee sure has blimped out.

  19. 19.

    Jebediah, RBG

    Just saw that ABL has blocked me from following her on Twitter…. I have no earthly idea why. Got in no arguments with her – in fact was a pretty much just lurky. Oh well…

  21. 21.

    Roger Moore

    @raven:
    That’s NCAA for you. Rape children and they’ll conceal, deny, excuse, and only do something about it when public pressure is impossible to ignore. Give an athlete a penny more than the rules say he’s allowed, and they’ll never forgive or forget.

  23. 23.

    WereBear

    @Anoniminous: Huckabee sure has blimped out.

    If one is an emotional eater… and does not address the emotional issues… one will continue to stuff feelings down with food. Perhaps. (I do not do Internet Diagnosis unless it is a kitty behavior problem.)

    Thank you thank you thank you to the good Juicers who have donated to my blog cat-astrophe upgrade.

    Which is that much closer to being solved… as this post is being read, I am being moved to a new (and more expensive) server. But that’s how much traffic I have been getting! (Note to self: must monetize.) In the meantime, though, I am dependent on the kindness of strangers… and not really strangers :)

    Internet Diagnosis would make a good band name.

  24. 24.

    smintheus

    Rare event in Detroit moments ago. The refs actually penalized the Wings for interference. Haven’t seen that call made against Detroit in forever.

  25. 25.

    Roger Moore

    @raven:
    Sorry, but I can see the strings from here. UGA may have suspended him, but that’s because they know they need to throw the book at him or NCAA will throw the book at them. The prime mover in this case is the NCAA’s rules against paying athletes.

  26. 26.

    Howard Beale IV

    @WereBear: I had a spare motherboard I could have shipped you-problem is I’d have to put on a low-profile heatsink to fit into a 1U rack.

  28. 28.

    Steeplejack

    @WereBear:

    I will drop some coin on you in the next few days. I tried to contribute via PayPal last week, but I got derailed into a convoluted “update your PayPal account information” detour that pissed me off and that I wasn’t prepared for.

  29. 29.

    Howard Beale IV

    @khead:

    Adrian Peterson…

    Has to take a piss test and said he did a doobie.

    The prosecutor’s now looking to revoke his bond (as he should).

    Incredible.

  32. 32.

    Steeplejack

    I made a good, simple chili tonight—or a chili-like stew, for you purists, since it did have beans in it—and then ate too much of it. Just tasted so good, and I hadn’t had any in ages. Now thinking about going to bed early. Although this week’s Agents of SHIELD got posted for on-demand viewing and is beckoning me.

    I thought the NFL game would be good, but the Colts are up 17-0 already.

    ETA: Okay, that’s it. The Colts just went up 24-0. I’m not prepared to wait around for the Texans’ snooze alarm to go off. And Agents of SHIELD will still be there tomorrow.

  33. 33.

    BruceFromOhio

    @WereBear:

    Internet Diagnosis would make a good band name.

    We were on a roll earlier with band names:

    Sunblock Gunship
    Larf of Slarth
    100 Calorie Borg
    Litterbox For Days
    Mayan Ire
    Even The Fierce Will Perish

    In for a pair of raffle tickets. Mmmm, steak.

    ETA @Steeplejack: AoS! Splutter! Mmpphh mmppph mppphh ** covers keyboard with hand so as not to spoil it **

    ETAA: Leverage was the family show I could get both TeensFromOhio and MrsFromOhio to sit and watch together. It lives on in re-runs… but now there is … Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Here, there be Friends of Phil.

  35. 35.

    The Dangerman

    @Baud:

    24 points in 1 quarter.

    Houston is about as disinterested as I’ve ever seen an NFL team; utterly shameful. They are going to have to get rid of these Thursday games (except after a bye week, perhaps) in the next CBA. Someone’s gonna get hurt.

  36. 36.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Karen in GA:

    I’ve cast two votes for Iggy so far. Is there some kind of “vote early, vote often” limit, or can I basically go nutz with my clickz?

  38. 38.

    WereBear

    @Howard Beale IV: Thanks, but the problem wasn’t on my end. I’ve got enough traffic (with triple-weight spiking a few times a month) that my previous hosting situation just wasn’t up to handling. Now switching to one who can.

    And is it me, or is this something my hosting company should be handling? If one of the customers needs more heavy lifting, shouldn’t they show up, muscles bulging, and offer to do so?

  41. 41.

    Mike J

    @WereBear:

    If one of the customers needs more heavy lifting, shouldn’t they show up, muscles bulging, and offer to do so?

    If they have any sense at all they would offer to take care of traffic spikes for a bit more money. Which is fair. The fact that they’re not offering to do something that would make them more money means they’re too lazy and/or stupid for you to deal with.

  42. 42.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @lol chikinburd: That is wonderful news. Aside from the fact that I think that is blatantly unconstitutional, there is no way that municipal clerks could have rolled it out in time.

  43. 43.

    askew

    breaking news Supreme Court blocked Wisconsin’s odious voter ID bill from taking effect this election. Huge news as Walker was counting on disenfranchisement of tens of thousaands of UW students and minorities to help win his re-election.

    Also, TX court threw out TX voter ID law and said they would consider arguments for making TX a pre-clearance state under Voting Rights Act.

  44. 44.

    The Dangerman

    @Baud:

    And then they score.

    Let’s see if Houston’s D decides to play tonight.

    As for injuries, I’m thinking the most serious could be the advertisers that paid for time in the 4th.

  46. 46.

    Howard Beale IV

    @WereBear: They should have increased the caching at a minimum and let you know that you were drawing a heavier load. Sadly, technology is like everything else in life-you get what you pay for.

  50. 50.

    WereBear

    @Howard Beale IV: Which is why I’ve basically fired their slothy behinds.

    And I just realized… where you offering me my own server? Sigh. One day.

    I know enough IT to understand most of the good advice I get, but not enough to implement it myself.

  52. 52.

    Howard Beale IV

    @WereBear:

    And I just realized… where you offering me my own server?

    A Core i7 with 4GB memory, natch. Still have to replace the heatsink so it could fit in a 1U rack, but that wouldn’t be that big of a deal.

    @efgoldman :Alito, Thomas and Fat Tony dissented from the ruling but for now it’s a-go.

  54. 54.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @efgoldman

    : IANAL, but all SCOTUS did was stay the appeals court ruling without deciding the action on the merits, yes?
    They could turn around next week with a “never mind.”

    Yeah, they just blocked implementation of the law. While they could theoretically reverse themselves, it is vanishingly unlikely that they will.

  55. 55.

    TriassicSands

    Excuse me, but hockey-schmockey. Yes, the Supreme Court just blocked Wisconsin’s voter ID (suppression) law.

    I just had to add this to the others, because in some universes this might be considered more important than hockey, or football, or baseball, or…

    Back to the ice.

  56. 56.

    skerry

    Pinkwashing: Fracking Company Teams Up With Susan G. Komen to ‘End Breast Cancer Forever’

    I can’t even believe this is real.

    The carcinogenic dangers of fracking begin at the job site and extend far beyond. They include silica dust (a lung carcinogen); volatile organic air pollutants (linked to lymphoma); radioactive wastes, such as radon and radium (lung and breast cancers again); and drinking water contaminants, such as arsenic and brominated byproducts (both bladder carcinogens). Indeed, cancer hazards are present at every stage of the drilling, fracking, processing, and distribution process.

  57. 57.

    Karen in GA

    @SiubhanDuinne: Daily. I think it can be done more than once per day on different devices — so, phone for one vote, iPad for another, that sort of thing, I think. But I have nothing better to do — he’s confined until November 1st, so I’m not going anywhere for a while, so I have time to follow stuff like this.

    @WereBear: Thank you!

  60. 60.

    askew

    @skerry:

    I can’t say I am surprised. I’ve noticed that lots of companies that had pink items for sale with money going to Susan G. Komen have replaced them with another cancer charity in the past year or so. They did a lot of damage to their brand name with the PP boycott and are likely struggling to find sponsors to replace their lost sponsors.

  61. 61.

    WereBear

    @Karen in GA: Awww, thanks so much! Kisses for Iggy.

    Ya know, if every person who visited the blog in one day donated ONE DOLLAR, I could finance the blog for the next year… be able to implement my Shelter Sorting Program which helps adopters get the right cat for them…. and turn myself into a non-profit foundation, which is my dream.

    But I’m sure all that will come in time. Look how far it’s gotten already! I treasure the supporters I have, and won’t worry about the supporters yet to come.

  63. 63.

    lectric lady

    BREAKING!
    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Wisconsin from implementing a law requiring voters to present photo IDs, overturning a lower court decision that would have put the law in place for the November election.

  65. 65.

    Jasmine Bleach

    Maybe it was mentioned earlier, but looks like the governor of West Virginia today made same-sex marriage legal in the state to comply with recent federal court decisions. Nevada actually made it official yesterday as well.

    Congrats, Mr. Cole! If desired, you can now officially get gay married!

  67. 67.

    max

    The Hawks forwards are not on at all tonight – Crawford is carrying the team. The Stars are pretty much firing on all cylinders. 2-1 at the start of the third.

    max
    [‘Weird game.’]

  68. 68.

    WereBear

    @Jasmine Bleach: It’s funny, I was chatting with someone from another country who was praising our President, but was “unsure” about our gay marriage advancements.

    It was all I could do to not say, “It’s not required, sir!”

  73. 73.

    cckids

    @WereBear: Please remind us again next week! I love your site & have gotten wonderful info there, but am soooo broke until the 15th :)

  74. 74.

    Tree With Water

    Between Luck, Foster, and Watt, there is some real talent on the field in Houston tonight. Virtuoso performances being turned in by each.

  75. 75.

    max

    And the Hawks played the third like it was the regular season. But not enough. 2-2 to send it to overtime.

    max
    [‘Nice opener.’]

  76. 76.

    MomSense

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I was pleased to see this news earlier today. It seemed like a crazy idea to try and implement a new voter ID law while elections are already taking place. Obviously I’m opposed to voter ID laws at any time but this seemed especially egregious.

  77. 77.

    danielx

    @WereBear:

    I’ve often thought Black Velvet Elvis would make an excellent band name…some sleazy southern bar band, with twin lead guitars and a horn section.

    There was/is a local rockabilly band called Bigger Than Elvis, with a lead guitarist/vocalist who is not only bigger than Elvis but may well be bigger than Graceland. A seriously big dude, who sings like Roy Orbison and plays excellent psychobilly guitar…

  81. 81.

    lorimakesquilts

    @efgoldman: Executive office building is to the west and Treasury is to the east. Parks to the north and south (North is Lafayette Park, a favorite of protesters.) I think there’s plenty of potential for fun with the neighbors.

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