Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

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

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

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

I desperately hope that, yet again, I am wrong.

The US Supreme Court is on the ballot in november.

T R E 4 5 O N

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

“woke” is the new caravan.

No one could have predicted…

Can we lighten up on the doomsday scenarios?

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

It looks like winning debates is a black job!

This fight is for everything.

The lights are all blinking red.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

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

The willow is too close to the house.

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GOP Minority Outreach Continues in Earnest

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Bless their hearts:

District Attorney Daniel Donovan has been selected as the Republican Party candidate on Staten Island for the empty congressional seat.

Party Chairman John Antoniello selected Donovan after interviewing him, as well as Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, on Saturday morning with executive committee members.

Party bylaws allow the chairman to be the sole determiner of the party candidate in this case.

Antoniello will meet with Brooklyn GOP Chairman Craig Eaton to discuss their respective nominees. Eaton had indicated that the Republican Party in Brooklyn supported Ms. Malliotakis informally as their candidate. That committee still must hold a vote to formally select their nominee.

However, Staten Island’s vote heavily outweighs Brooklyn’s vote and will ultimately lead to Donovan being the Republican candidate for the bi-borough congressional district.

The executive committee met with Ms. Malliotakis for between 15 to 30 minutes and then Donovan at Annadale Terrace, a revamp of the former Annadale Diner next door.

“At the end of the day, we felt, the committee felt, overwhelmingly that Dan Donovan would make a better candidate,” Antoniello said to the press after the committee interviews.

He said Donovan’s experience in law enforcement led the committee to select him.

Donovan is the DA who failed to secure an indictment in the homicide of Eric Garner.

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  2. 2.

    Corner Stone

    Donovan is the DA who failed to secure an indictment in the homicide of Eric Garner.

    In other words, the perfect candidate for that CD.

  4. 4.

    RepubAnon

    Mr. Donovan would certainly seem to embody the Republican Party’s policies toward minority voter turnout…

  5. 5.

    karen

    Donovan is the DA who failed to secure an indictmen who succeeded in the aquittal of the murderer in the homicide of Eric Garner..

    FIFY

  8. 8.

    Hunter Gathers

    Daniel Donovan, proud protector of white people with microscopic genitalia. Which, evidently, means most of us.

  11. 11.

    Mike in NC

    In all fairness, the GOP cares very deeply about one of America’s minority communities: billionaires

  12. 12.

    NotMax

    And this somehow comes as a surprise?

    (Missed a bet on using either Grimm Reminder or Grimm Reaper as the headline.)

  13. 13.

    Lavocat

    Out of the mouths of babes:

    When I voiced my outrage over this topic, my son told me “to chill”. I informed him why I was NOT chilling. He then said this: “Dad, don’t worry, there aren’t any dinosaurs any more, there aren’t any Neanderthals any more, and in another generation or so, there won’t be any more Republicans.” THAT stopped me dead in my tracks and I belly-laughed like hell.

    It seems those born in the new millennium fucking get it after all.

    Of course, after I stopped laughing, the cynic in me wondered (to myself) this: is a “generation or so” enough time to shut down these bastards – or is it giving them more time than they need to destroy us all?

  14. 14.

    Poopyman

    Please!

    “Bless their hearts.”

    And really? “Experience in law enforcement” makes you more qualified to be a Congresscritter? Only if you’re a 21st Century Republican, I guess. Because what other issues could there be at the national level other than law and order?

  15. 15.

    Mike J

    @Poopyman:

    “Experience in law enforcement” makes you more qualified to be a Congresscritter?

    Proof he’ll protect the interests of white people.

  19. 19.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @rikyrah: Everything they talk about sounds better in the original German, mainly because most of us can’t understand it.

    Those of us who do understand German know them for exactly what they are.

  21. 21.

    Poopyman

    I’m not at all a fan of the Pats, but at least the asshole Ravens fans at work will shut up now.

  22. 22.

    condorcet runner up

    @eemom: it’s super disappointing. it’s as if they’ve completely forgotten where we originally came from. there are a couple similar knuckleheads down in Florida too.

  24. 24.

    Poopyman

    Oh, and ESPN is reporting that Christie has taken Jerry Jones up on his offer to sit in his lap owner’s box for this week’s game.

  29. 29.

    Tommy

    @Botsplainer: So freaking cool. Mark me down as officially jealous. I am an atheist, but if I was religious I’d be a Buddist. Heck I guess at many levels you don’t even have to be religious to believe many things a Buddist monk might believe. Kind of think I already do and really working hard, with limited success I hate to admit, on meditation and finding an “inner calm/harmony.”

  34. 34.

    Belafon

    @Omnes Omnibus: When I googled to find out who she was, the first line that popped up said she was the first Hispanic representative from her area. So I replied with that. When I went and read her page further, it then stated that she was also Greek.

    So my joke failed.

  38. 38.

    Howard Beale IV

    More bitter tears for a homophobe:

    A state attorney fired for an anti-gay campaign against a college student can’t collect unemployment benefits, the Michigan appeals court says, rejecting claims that his off-hours activities were protected by the First Amendment.

    The attorney general’s office was justified in firing Andrew Shirvell in 2010 because his posts on Facebook and an anti-gay blog, as well as his campus visits and TV appearances, clearly had an adverse impact on the agency’s credibility, the court said in a 3-0 decision released Friday.

    In a separate matter, a federal jury in 2012 ordered Shirvell to pay $4.5 million to Armstrong for defamation and emotional distress. An appeal is pending.

  39. 39.

    Elizabelle

    Watching Fritz Lang’s Metropolis on TCM, with the restored footage found in 2008, and it’s one of the most beautiful movies I’ve ever seen.

    But this thing is almost 3 hours long and TCM is not giving us the intermissions. Very glad to have taped it as well.

    Amazing for being almost 90 years old. With so many iconic frames.

  41. 41.

    eemom

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    the fuh? Just cuz we Greeks invented civilization and the Romans stole it doesn’t mean I don’t celebrate siblinghood with my Latino brethren and sistren.

  43. 43.

    divF

    @Botsplainer:

    A few years ago, we were invited to dinner with an A-list cinematographer who lives in the neighborhood. After dinner, he wanted to know if we would like to see his vacation pictures from Myanmar. We all agreed (of course) and he went back to his house and brought a box of 2’x3′ high-res glossies of photos he had taken of brightly-painted giant statues of Buddha and of Buddhist temples, including a beautiful reclining Buddha. Stunning, and not at all what we expected.

  46. 46.

    NotMax

    @Elizabelle

    Old vaudeville joke about an uncultured matronly woman dragged to see Hamlet for the first time:

    Her friend, after the performance: So, what did you think?

    Matron: I don’t understand why it’s so popular. It’s nothing but a bunch of cliches!

  49. 49.

    raven

    @NotMax: I watched the doc on Milius the other night and they were talking about the take over of Hollywood by the suits. He told a tale of a female MBA type who was asking him abut a script. He proceeded to tell her a long story and, when it was over, she just said “that will never fly” and left. He had told her Hamlet and she had no idea.

  51. 51.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @raven: When my ex was doing her MBA, I was rather amazed at the cultural ignorance of her classmates. To be fair, a lot of people I met in law school were nearly as bad.

  52. 52.

    Elizabelle

    Has anyone ever seen the 1980s version of Metropolis with the Giorgio Moroder score? Will be on the lookout for that one next. I hear it’s hard to find.

  53. 53.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Elizabelle:

    You misunderstand me.

    I chose to interpret the words in a way that allows me to cause trouble. How is that inconsistent with being a lawyer?

  56. 56.

    Elizabelle

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Shakespeare had a few things to say about lawyers. And maybe Fritz Lang too. I am new to his work.

    ETA: There are villains in this movie. None of them are lawyers. At least. professed lawyers.

  58. 58.

    Gin & Tonic

    Just spent 15 minutes outside with binoculars trying to spot Comet Lovejoy, making its closest pass to Earth. The fact that’s it’s currently 8 degrees made this a pretty short event.

  60. 60.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @raven: My uncle was part of the original crew of this. He was on it when this photo was taken; my baptism had to be delayed until that around the world trip finished and he got leave – he was my godfather.

  62. 62.

    KG

    @efgoldman: it’s raining in Southern California, which likely means I’m probably going to get around to watching Guardians of the Galaxy, finally.

  63. 63.

    raven

    @Omnes Omnibus: Nice craft. He and my old man were in at the same time. When dad was the coach at North Chicago he ran the special services at Great Lakes during the summer. Golf course, pools and the baseball team and I was the bat boy. He was on the Lind and the Oriskany in those days.

  65. 65.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @raven: My uncle was always iffy about me going into the army. He would mention mud and dirt and I would mention sinking,

  68. 68.

    raven

    @Omnes Omnibus: My weak shit wouldn’t have gotten me in the Navy. Even in 66 they frowned on dropouts. I had so much to live up to and it probably wasn’t gonna happen since I was a punk ass little kid. I actually wasn’t bad at the soldier shit when we were DOING something but the day to day bullshit was hard for me to take.

  69. 69.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @raven:

    but the day to day bullshit was hard for me to take.

    Same here. My bullshit was different than yours, but it was bullshit nonetheless.

  72. 72.

    JordanRules

    It will be fun to see what Kam Chancellor does the rest of the playoffs not that he’s got the juice.

  73. 73.

    Ridnik Chrome

    News says two people arrested at Dick Cheney’s house. Unfortunately neither of the arrestees was Dick Cheney…

  74. 74.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @efgoldman: Not remotely right. An ex-girlfriend (crazy – seriously, like 25 messages each less sane than the last left for me on a night when I went to bed at 11pm with the ringer off and missed her booty call) said that I speak like Malkovich in Dangerous Liaisons. Probably closer than any other description.

  83. 83.

    Hal

    Donovan is the DA who failed to secure an indictment in the homicide of Eric Garner.

    I’m sure his desire to run for Congress and his office’s failure in securing an indictment are totally unrelated. *eye roll*

  84. 84.

    Tenar Darell

    @Elizabelle: I managed to catch that restored version in an old restored local theater a few years back. It was amazing. There’s something about seeing a silent in a movie theater.

  86. 86.

    Roger Moore

    @raven:

    He proceeded to tell her a long story and, when it was over, she just said “that will never fly” and left. He had told her Hamlet and she had no idea.

    I don’t know if that shows bad judgment. I don’t know if any movie version of Hamlet has been a commercial success. Just because it’s one of the classics of Western literature doesn’t mean it’s going to make money.

  87. 87.

    SRW1

    @eemom:

    the fuh? Just cuz we Greeks invented civilization and the Romans stole it doesn’t mean I don’t celebrate siblinghood with my Latino brethren and sistren

    .
    Shit, and there I thought civilization was invented between the Tigris and the Euphrates.

    But what do I know. My ancestors were roaming some steppe or forrest at the time.

  88. 88.

    Amir Khalid

    @Roger Moore:
    I don’t know if any movie of Hamlet has ever been a hit, either. But per IMDb, there’s been a lot of them made. So someone must think there’s commercial potential in the story.

  89. 89.

    Pen

    @Amir Khalid: That’s because college and high school theater and art courses and professors have been singing Shakespeare’s praises for generations. At this point it doesn’t even matter that a lot of the stuff that he wrote, and that they praise, is lowest-common-denomination Victorian-era entertainment. No, what matters is that he’s praised as a theater genius, and his works are pounded into generations of aspiring artists, and so we have to put up with new renditions of his works every couple years despite the long history of them being terrible on screen.

  91. 91.

    sparro

    @Omnes Omnibus: sorry, it was a joke that was funnier last night after several beers. Mallio = “hair” in greek, and “akis” is a generic ending, so it could be construed to mean “Hairy one”.

  92. 92.

    John M. Burt

    @Elizabelle: Here is my review from Amazon [http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Metropolis-Alfred-Abel/dp/B0040QYROA/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top] of the restored Metropolis:

    “From early childhood, I heard references, often wistful if not awed, to Metropolis. When I finally saw it, I was indeed dazzled, but also left with the feeling that I had not so much visited a wonderful city of the future as toured a collection of artifacts from its ruins. Now I have been there.

    “I fully believe that this film remains a high point, possibly *the* high point, of film-making. I question whether any later director and crew, with the benefit of sound and color and special effects and the simple advantage of decades of good films to watch and learn from, have ever surpassed it.”

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