Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

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

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Human rights are not a matter of opinion!

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Bark louder, little dog.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

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

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

The lights are all blinking red.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

I did not have this on my fuck 2025 bingo card.

The low info voters probably won’t even notice or remember by their next lap around the goldfish bowl.

Let me file that under fuck it.

I would gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today.

“But what about the lurkers?”

Giving up is unforgivable.

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  2. 2.

    Svensker

    So my once sweet, intelligent and very fun aunt just posted approvingly to a FB post that comes from a neo-nazi website hatin’ on the mooslims. I gotta go unplug and read a book. FOX has a lot to answer for.

  3. 3.

    Steeplejack

    DVR Alert!

    Pretty good (over)night on TCM:

    10:00 p.m. EDT: The Blue Dahlia (1946), Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix. “A Navy pilot’s unfaithful wife is found dead in a bungalow, shot with his automatic.”

    12:00 a.m. Various shorts from 1909–1915, including an early 12-minute one (The Curtain Pole) directed by D.W. Griffith. Mack Sennett, Charles Chaplin, Mabel Norman.

    2:00 a.m. Seven Samurai (1954). Akira Kurosawa’s four-star epic. “Feudal villagers hire seven warriors to defend them from a bandit gang.”

  4. 4.

    ultraviolet thunder

    Not watching TV.
    Friday: Detroit/Atlanta/Birmingham – Tuscaloosa
    Saturday: 13 hour workday in Tuscaloosa
    Sunday: Tuscaloosa-Birmingham/Atlanta/Charlotte
    Monday: Charlotte/Atlanta/Portland – Vancouver WA.

    I’ll get home (Detroit) at some point but right now it’s planes, rental cars, factories and hotels for a while.
    And this is my 3rd trip to the west coast in 4 weeks.

    I really need to go somewhere not entirely man-made and sit until my head stops buzzing.

  7. 7.

    Howard Beale IV

    @Svensker: It gets worse.

    Police: Officers fatally shot 2 men who opened fire outside Garland, Texas, center hosting Muhammad art event

    The organizer of this ‘Muhammad art event’ is none other than the SPLC-idenified hate group American Freedom Defense Initiative co-founded by the shreiking harpy herself, Pamela Gellar. Allegedly this group was offering a $10,000 award for the best drawing entered.

  8. 8.

    Mike in NC

    No self-respecting wingnut fringe group can name itself without including the words “American”, and “Freedom”, and/or “Liberty” in its title.

  9. 9.

    Kay Eye

    I need travel advice from West Virginia Juicers. We will be driving away from Barn With Inn, which is above Wheeling, on May 13, headed for Green Bank and a Thursday tour of the radio astronomy telescope site. Where in the world do people stay overnight that is close enough to Green Bank to get there by 11 a.m.?
    Plus, Barn With Inn turned out to be the prime destination for this little road trip. We built the whole thing around getting there. And if they are as nice as their emails we may not want to leave.

  10. 10.

    F

    Apparently Rick Perry is going to announce his candidacy on June 1. One more clown for the car, wooooo.

  15. 15.

    Germy Shoemangler

    Speaking of Game of Thrones, here is HRC in 1969. Photos from Life Magazine:

    mashable.com/2015/04/25/hillary-clinton-early-days/?utm_cid=lf-toc

    Hillary’s key moment came when she was elected to be the first student in Wellesley college history to give its commencement address, a powerful speech that received a seven-minute standing ovation.

    According to a 1993 article in the Boston Globe, even then, some of her fellow Wellesley students believed she may one day be the first female president of the United States.

  16. 16.

    Kropadope

    Well, a couple things are clear. They intend on doing both the entire fourth and fifth book this season.. We’re also way off the book.

  18. 18.

    Keith G

    @F: Thanks to Wikileaks, Rick Perry has been in the news down here for other things.

    From the Dallas Morning News:

    Former Gov. Rick Perry often boasts about a strong Texas economy and shares his die-hard belief in less intrusive government. One accomplishment he fails to mention: He presided over the creation of a secretive statewide surveillance detection network put in place by former FBI agents with assistance from former CIA personnel.

    That’s right, a statewide surveillance network designed by a Virginia-based company (run by former spooks) and purchased via contracts (complete with generous finder’s fees) by the tax payers of Texas who seem to be shielded from ever learning the details of the deal …Not unlike TPP, it seems.

  20. 20.

    Howard Beale IV

    @ranchandsyrup: I was almost going to tweet back to this ammosexual, but I figure he’s inhaled so much lead dust at the range he lacks the cognitive ability to understand a logical thought-and the proof was his persecution assertion pronouncement.

  21. 21.

    kindness

    These last two shows have moved the plot along but have been more informative than exciting. Still gonna watch though. Still enjoy it.

  22. 22.

    ruemara

    I got to work with a famous type person. It went fairly well. I’m always leery of famous type people. But I’m rather cheesed that after a lot of restraint and focus on the business to be done, the picture for my mom was badly done. This is what happens when I”m not behind the camera. Getting back on the workout schedule nearly killed me but at least I did it. Also, I made this kick ass lamb shank roast with garlic mashed cauliflower and a masticated kale and golden beet salad. I recommend it. Now I can rest for the rest of the weekend. That’s what, 3 hours?
    YAY!

  23. 23.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    Anyone know if this is the infamous Pam Geller, or just a namesake? Because of the incident I suspect it is that the crazy one.

    Pamela Geller, an organizer of the event, spoke to to CBS 11 from lockdown via phone at 7:45p CT. In addition to echoing our ground team, she told a news producer, “I heard officers talking of possible explosions in backpacks and the car.”

  24. 24.

    Mike in NC

    @Keith G: Before we sell Texas back to Mexico for terms to be named later, I’d settle for selling them Rick Perry for fricking anybody…

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    Tracy Ratcliff

    @Kay Eye: I’ve been to Cass Scenic Railroad many times, just south of Greenbank, but nearly always we’ve gone in the RV. We once stayed at Boyer Station, a slightly shabby 70’s style roadside motel with an attached restaurant that apparently the locals enjoy. If you need upscale, there are plenty of motels at the Snowshoe ski resort on up (way up) the mountain from Cass.

  37. 37.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Kay Eye: They’re friends of Cole (as I recall), so I’m sure he can offer some travel tips. Also JR in WV probably has some good ideas, and is more likely to see your question.

  38. 38.

    Kay Eye

    @Tracy Ratcliff: Thank you, Tracy. Boyer Station might work, I wasn’t looking South of Green Bank. Not too far away, but everything seems to be on a winding mountain road. Distances all seem to be 12 miles on the back of a crow, 3 hours by car. I’ll work on it.

  40. 40.

    Tracy Ratcliff

    @Kay Eye: The big tourist draws in that area are Snowshoe and Cass Scenic, with the radio observatory being distant third. Boyer Station is right on WV 28, so it’s a (fairly) straight shot down the road to the observatory.

  41. 41.

    Tracy Ratcliff

    @Tracy Ratcliff: From google maps, it’s about 5 miles from the visitor’s center. My two-million-miles-of-semi-driving partner said the roads from Snowshoe to Cass were “damned twisty”

  43. 43.

    jayackroyd

    Spoiler alert! No GoT content on the GoT thread.

    I guess the good news is that people who have read the books are just as lost as those who haven’t.

  44. 44.

    Kay Eye

    @Tracy Ratcliff: Thank you for helping me sort that out. I had stumbled on to a cycle club’s map from Boyer to Green Bank to Boyer to Greenbrier, a 55-mile trip. Navigation is not my forte.
    Found the google map. Boyer is perfect.
    Yes, I am one of those old people John is always ranting about. We may be grizzled, but we are screaming liberals, by god.

  45. 45.

    SFAW

    Game of Thrones? What’s that? Is it like “Settlers of Catan”? How long does it take to play a game?

  46. 46.

    SFAW

    Re: Seven Samurai

    A great film, great story, great performances. Mifune’s speech is pretty good, too.

    But I gotta say – and maybe it’s just a case of “everything was better back in my day” – but I’m underwhelmed by the Criterion Collection version. Something about it just doesn’t seem right. Doesn’t keep me from watching it, of course – nor Yojimbo nor Sanjuro – but, still …

  47. 47.

    J R in WV

    @Kay Eye: Snowshoe Ski resort, which offers summer outdoor stuff after the snow melts, is pretty close. Cass Scenic Railroad has 20 “company houses” that can accommodate 4-20 guests, and they get good scores from Tripadvisor. Also Franklin, WV, and Marlinton WV have motels, not fancy, but OK, Seneca State Forest has “pioneer” cabins, but those may be sold out already, they’re pretty popular. Franklin is the furthest, just over an hour. Everything will be rustic but Snowshoe.

    Snowshoe and Cass are the closest, less than an hour. Elkins is just over an hour, so Buckhannon will be another half hour on top of that.

  48. 48.

    Shawn

    @jayackroyd: I was thinking the same thing. Not that many GoT fans over here I guess.

    They are going off book, I think partly because the show is being produced faster than the books.

  49. 49.

    jayackroyd

    @Shawn:

    The book is way too complex to stay on. But I expected subplots to be dropped and simplified. Character changes of this magnitude is more surprising.

  50. 50.

    Bucky

    I am getting bored with this show. It keeps glorifying the 1% in our society. I am tired of all the good people dying and the villains alwasy getting what they want. The show needs to be more up lifting for a change. Yes, I know it is to be a dark fantasy, but in these times we need something on the 99% side too.

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