Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Second rate reporter says what?

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

Republicans in disarray!

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

I don’t recall signing up for living in a dystopian sci-fi novel.

Republicans do not trust women.

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

Nothing worth doing is easy.

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

We do not need to pander to people who do not like what we stand for.

Fight them, without becoming them!

Optimism opens the door to great things.

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

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

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

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I’m watching the Pens get systematically dismantled by the Rangers, so I won’t be watching. I’ll catch POTUS and Cecily Strong on youtube later. I hate the whole concept, but at the same time, I think Obama is normally pretty funny.

Gonna really go out on a limb and predict President Obama won’t be making any drone strike jokes this year.

*** Update ***

The nerd prom is tomorrow. I’m not really on top of things with the Pens facing elimination.

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    I hate the whole concept, but at the same time, I think Obama is normally pretty funny.

    Agreed.

  4. 4.

    dww44

    Heard John Oliver on Terry Gross yesterday ( a replay from one some months ago) and when asked about things like the Correspondents Dinner, his response (and I paraphrase) was that there was really something unseemly about reporters and politicians being chummy with each other. That the both of them should be wary of each other and a certain amount of tension ought to be in the air whenever they’re in the same room. He remarked that the only folks that reporters should be friendly with are their families and other reporters. Said the same thing about comedians. He’s right.

  7. 7.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @dww44:

    That the both of them should be wary of each other and a certain amount of tension ought to be in the air whenever they’re in the same room.

    Wasn’t that I.F. Stone’s operating principle as well?

  9. 9.

    Baud

    @Mike J:

    If Clinton wins, she should get rid of it. It would make liberals happy, and I don’t see her as a good stand-up comedienne.

  10. 10.

    jl

    Hey wait a minute, wasn’t there one of these nerd prom things a few weeks ago?
    Who is more disoriented here, Cole or me?

    Or did I see some BS for the ‘build up’ a couple of weeks ago?

  11. 11.

    Baud

    @jl:

    I think I know what you’re talking about. It was a nerd-prom like event, but it was different. Not televised.

  15. 15.

    Mike J

    @Baud:

    If Clinton wins, she should get rid of it.

    And then it will be proof that she’s too snooty and doesn’t know how to laugh at herself and gross girls just take the fun out of everything!

  17. 17.

    muddy

    I adopted a kitten/cat (kind of borderline) this week. I was afraid my younger dog would have a prey issue, but her maternal side came out instead. It was remarkable, I have never seen crazy Gracie so calm and sweet. Then the big dog barked at the kitty and Gracie ran him off, unnecessarily protecting the wee one.

  18. 18.

    Pogonip

    @Jay S: What dinner?

    No sooner di you turn your back on the Internet than something interesting finally happens.

  19. 19.

    dww44

    @Omnes Omnibus: I believe you may be right.

    I also remember seeing a Brian Lamb C Span interview with a young female journalist whose name I forget. It was probably 8 or 10 years ago when he had that regular Sunday night interview series. She had the same view of the role of journalists in their relationships with the powerful and privileged. What stood out to me was how critical and almost disrespectful of her he came across when she asserted those opinions. She also proffered that it wasn’t good for journalists to become more famous than those they covered. I wish I remembered her name and I still remember how almost cavalier with her Lamb was in that interview. She didn’t take offense, although I would have.

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    Linnaeus

    I’m watching the Pens get systematically dismantled by the Rangers, so I won’t be watching.

    Dunno, looks like a very exciting game right now.

    ETA: Wow, Rangers were pressing in the offensive zone and missed a WIDE OPEN net.

  21. 21.

    geg6

    I just sent Cole a photo of Lovey and Koda laying side by side, gnawing on a couple of deer antlers. Koda and Lovey are getting along like gangbusters.

  23. 23.

    Linnaeus

    @efgoldman:

    I don’t really think it matters who comes out of the East. Nashville, Chicago, or Anaheim will crush them.

    I think the Rangers can hang with any of those teams, though I think they’d still be an underdog.

  24. 24.

    Peale

    @Mike J: yeah…but…look, There are people meant to tell jokes and people meant to laugh at thosr jokes and those who can do neither. Hillary falls into that middle group. She looks good laughing, but Phyllis Diller she is not.

  25. 25.

    Pogonip

    @geg6: If he doesn’t post it I will call his cat and say, “Steve, your owner has a razor in his pocket and is just waiting for you to fall asleep…”

  27. 27.

    Howard Beale IV

    @dww44: The only place where I hear real journalism (and even there it’s pretty rare) is on BBC World Service.

  33. 33.

    Howard Beale IV

    Richard Corliss, longtime Time movie reviewer, died yesterday, age 71, from stroke.

  36. 36.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Howard Beale IV: It was on the Caddell Williams catalog cover and was funny. That’s the only purpose in posting; sort of a Steve joke…

  37. 37.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Pogonip: I am fine. I didn’t have a funeral to deal with. I don’t know if I would deal more poorly with the loss of my father or my mother. I wouldn’t handle either well. That is why I asked. Good thoughts headed your way.

  39. 39.

    Tenar Darell

    @Pogonip: My condolences on your loss. I was sorry to realize that this was why you stepped away.

    @Pogonip: I have missed your requests for pupdates for chez Cole and friends.

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