Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

This fight is for everything.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

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

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

“Squeaker” McCarthy

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Let’s finish the job.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

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

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

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

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

T R E 4 5 O N

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

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

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  3. 3.

    the Conster

    What an embarrasment for baseball: 2 of 4 members of Fox panel dishonored MLB by gambling on games or cheating wih PEDs half of career.

    -Greg Mitchell

  5. 5.

    the Conster

    As a Red Sox fan, I find all the blue confusing. Also, these ballparks are charmless. Fenway Park in late October is a moody intense place where seemingly everyone in the park is on top of the action.

  6. 6.

    benw

    Betty, your fantastic sketch made me think of this quote from Bob Ross:

    I think each of us, sometime during our life, has wanted to paint a picture. I think there’s an artist hidden in every single one of us. And here we will show you how to bring that artist out, to put it on canvas. Because you, too, can paint almighty pictures.

  7. 7.

    tsquared2001

    I’m gonna discuss the Go Jays! part. Had a guy tell me I HAD to cheer for KC since the Twins are a Central Division team.

    Fuck that noise!

  10. 10.

    Betty Cracker

    @benw: Thank you! I used to watch Bob Ross all the time — happy little clouds! He and my father almost got in a fist fight once (this was in the late 80s / early 90s, I think). Mr. Ross had set up his easel and was preparing to film a painting session at my dad’s marina, and my dad was pissed off because he felt like the taping was interfering with business.

  23. 23.

    Redshift

    So, summary of the Hillary event in Alexandria this morning — Good, enthusiastic crowd. It took a while to build, but by the time the speechifying started the plaza was full.

    Hillary gave a very good speech. She devoted a good bit of it to recapping how Obama rescued the economy despite relentless opposition from Republicans, and declared that he doesn’t get the credit he deserves. She specifically mentioned Biden, saying she agrees with him that the Obama record is worth defending. She mentioned the law exempting the gun industry from liability, and how it was a present to the NRA, but didn’t mention Bernie, which is probably the best way to handle the issue. (It can’t really be called negative campaigning if she only mentions positive things about herself that he happens not to share.) Talked a lot about family leave, minimum wage, college affordability, voting rights. Plenty of good applause lines and some good stories.

    The only things I would fault the campaign for were having the initial (brief) speakers, and then nothing for a long time before Hillary and McAuliffe came out. (Long waits are par for the course, but the big gap in the middle wasn’t.) More important, for an event that was billed as a grassroots organizing event (even though it was really a rally), there wasn’t enough organizing going on. Most likely this was because there isn’t going to be any campaign activity or offices until close to the primary in March, but it would have been good to at least try to get people to commit to something.

    But overall, it was a fun event, a good speech, and I got to stand ten feet in front of the next president, which is pretty darn cool.

  24. 24.

    ruemara

    I really, truly think we’re missing something in life by not having a channel devoted to classic, cheesy, horrible movies. Because I could totally go for Attack of the Killer Shrews right now.

  26. 26.

    MobiusKlein

    @tsquared2001: fuck the fucking strike zone.
    Heisenberg proved the strike zone can not be determined, depending on the speed of the pitch.
    Ergo, it’s the ump’s game, we just are set dressing

  27. 27.

    tsquared2001

    @Redshift:

    “I got to stand ten feet in front of the next president, which is pretty darn cool.”

    Damn right it is. I had a chance to see Mr. Obama in ’08 during a Minneapolis visit but couldn’t get off work. Cue Frank with the regrets, I’ve had a few line.

  29. 29.

    benw

    @Betty Cracker: You are welcome. I’ve read on the internet that Mr. Ross was an ex-drill instructor who was tired of all the yelling, so a throw down between Bob and your dad may have been pretty exciting!

  32. 32.

    Mike in NC

    @Redshift: I so much miss Old Town Alexandria. We lived several miles away — outside the Beltway — for about 10 years, and it was filled with lots of wonderful restaurants and other attractions. I’d move back in a heartbeat if that were an option.

  35. 35.

    Wally Ballou

    I can’t believe I didn’t realize this before, but this will be the first-ever World Series to pair two expansion teams. It’s only taken half a century.

  36. 36.

    Yatsuno

    I’m in Dallas with several Canadians and they are NOT happy with tonight’s results. But baseball is what it is in the end. Bonne nuit.

  37. 37.

    tsquared2001

    @Betty Cracker: I’m paying major ducats for HBO just so I can watch Veep.

    When Elaine throws Jonah off Air Force 2…. a keep walking, bitch ethos is a hella drug.

  39. 39.

    tsquared2001

    @efgoldman: I make ’em sign a pledge.

    I was stunned when these women told me they had never seen Godfather, or Scarface, nor Bimbos. All of which where immediately borrowed out.

    Hell, I once wrote a 12 page treatise, detailing my 20 favorite movies. They may never have read it, BUT I was compelled to let them know.

  42. 42.

    PurpleGirl

    @Mike in NC: I had a friend from science fiction fandom who got married in Alexandria Old Town and I went down there for the long weekend. I roamed around, — it’s very walkable — visited the Torpedo Factory Craft Galleries and went into DC for a few hours at one of the Smithsonians. My friend and his intended had the marriage ceremony and reception in an old mansion over looking the river. It was a lovely setting. A good weekend all around.

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    tsquared2001

    @Omnes Omnibus: Being a self righteous, so full of himself, my shit don’t smell ding dong – well, that is no way to go through life, son.

    Man, that felt good!

  45. 45.

    tsquared2001

    Old Rose: 1,500 people went into the sea when Titanic sank from under us. There were twenty boats floating nearby, and only one came back. One. Six were saved from the water, myself included. Six, out of 1,500. Afterward, the 700 people left in the boats had nothing to do but wait… wait to die, wait to live, wait for an absolution, which would never come.

    I just love that line.

    Say what you will about Titanic but that is a monster line

  47. 47.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Steeplejack: You thought that

    Being a self righteous, so full of himself, my shit don’t smell ding dong – well, that is no way to go through life, son.

    Man, that felt good!

    was a humorous sally?

    I beg to differ. It seemed rude to me.

  48. 48.

    tsquared2001

    @Omnes Omnibus: I read your posts and I think – why does he have to be SUCH a dick all the time? The not so sly digs at Tommy really piss me off and I normally scroll over the Tommy posts.

    It might just be the Balloon Juice hermetic society but, man, you can be a serious ass.

  53. 53.

    PurpleGirl

    @tsquared2001: I can watch the beginning and the end of Titanic over and over. The character of Rose as a potter is based on potter Beatrice Wood. She specialized in making her own glazes. Beatrice Wood lived to 105 and went through several artistic phases becoming a potter late in life. She also wore a lot of jewelry and flowing dresses.

  58. 58.

    tsquared2001

    @PurpleGirl: Wow. The killer for me is the “waiting for an absolution that would never come” part.

    Damn hard to leave that Catholic upbringing behind.

    Gonna use my Google Fu and see what is up with Beatrice Wood. Thanks for the idea.

  60. 60.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @efgoldman: I stand by the statement. Both anti-black and anti-semitic comments have come from his keyboard. We can discuss details when we are both fully awake.

  63. 63.

    Steeplejack

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    About a week ago there was a comment from another (new) nym that was clearly him, but it disappeared literally within minutes. And it was a very short, bland comment. I don’t know what he did to deserve that kind of repeated, preëmptive ban-hammering when Right to Rise reappears with impunity.

    ETA: Huh. My first version of this comment with RtR’s nym disappeared. I had to neuterize it with empty brackets to get the comment to go through.

  66. 66.

    SFAW

    As a lame attempt to get an Open Thread back on track:

    Fuck Pete Rose.

    If Bud Selig or Bud Selig Junior ever tries to smooth the way for Rose to get into the Hall, I hope Zombie Bart Giamatti finds him/them and eats his/their braims.

    (Anything to get off of the slap-fight.)

  67. 67.

    SFAW

    @Lalophobic Insomniac:

    I think tsquared2001 was around long before the person (to whom I think you’re referring) was sent to Sibirsk.

    But I’ve been wrong before. (I know, I know, “alert the media.”)

  68. 68.

    Kathleen

    @Betty Cracker: Love that show. One of the best episodes IMO was from 1 or 2 seasons back, where she goes to Silicon Valley on a campaign trip. The send up of the tech world was spot on. One of the most brilliant comedy pieces I’ve ever seen.

  69. 69.

    canuckistani

    The Royals stole the ALCS with the assistance of a dork in the cheap seats and the baseball powers-that-be who knew that a Canadian team in the World Series is bad for revenue.

    So much more satisfying than “the Jays got outplayed”

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