Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Consistently wrong since 2002

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

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

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

The GOP is a fucking disgrace.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

White supremacy is terrorism.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

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

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Infrastructure week. at last.

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

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  2. 2.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    I’m slightly confused — is it a retail store with that mural on it, or a church inside a former retail store space? Retail space churches are very, very common here in the big city, especially for those evangelical micro-churches with 30 members and their own special interpretations of the Bible.

  6. 6.

    skerry

    Denver Post has identified the 2 people killed in the Planned Parenthood shooting, in addition to the police officer previously ID’d. Ke’Arre Stewart, a 29 year old father of 2 and Army veteran, and Jennifer Markovsky, a 36 year old mother of 2.

    3 police officers are still hospitalized. 5 other people, including 2 police, were released yesterday.

    American Taliban.

  7. 7.

    Another Holocene Human

    That’s no Passover seder–not a one of them is lounging!

    (Heck, they’re not sitting, either, the way the muralist has it.)

  8. 8.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @skerry:

    Each of the three shooting victims was the parent of two children. That’s six fresh orphans created by the “pro-life” community.

  10. 10.

    Botsplainer

    Hymn 43
    Jethro Tull

    Oh father high in heaven — smile down upon your son
    whose busy with his money games — his women and his gun.
    Oh Jesus save me!

    And the unsung Western hero killed an Indian or three
    and made his name in Hollywood
    to set the white man free.
    Oh Jesus save me!

    If Jesus saves — well, He’d better save Himself
    from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death.
    Oh Jesus save me!

    I saw him in the city and on the mountains of the moon —
    His cross was rather bloody —
    He could hardly roll His stone.
    Oh Jesus save me!

  11. 11.

    bystander

    Every time I consider the Repub line-up, I feel as if I’m living through the prequel to Stephen King’s The Stand.

  17. 17.

    bystander

    I was just reading that the Houston Zoo has made a highly controversial decision to post a ban prohibiting guns on their premises. How insane are those people? Do they have any idea how truly crazed this is?

  21. 21.

    GHayduke (formerly lojasmo)

    Mrs. Hay duke got a down skirt at Costco today for $20. I got one too. Down skirts are great!

  25. 25.

    Schlemazel

    happened to just catch a Papa John’s “pizza” commercial. The sound was muted but the visual was very clear. Some musclebound young stud was struggling with all his might to force a piece of that crap into his mouth. It appeared as if he was unable to complete the disgusting act as they never showed him with his mouth violated or later puking. I was stunned at the honesty of the commercial, admitting it is an act of will to be able to consume their sludge.

  26. 26.

    p.a.

    @Mornington Crescent:

    It was a Last Buffet.

    Stay away from the salmon.

    I wonder if there was schlock art in the Renaissance? Religious or otherwise. “Note the muddy colors in Turbido’s Pietà, and the unfortunate product placement of the ad for Sampson’s Sandals in the Jerusalem Post in the background.”

  29. 29.

    Mike in NC

    Around these parts I’ve seen churches open up in seedy strip malls, old gas stations or garages, former restaurants, and even what was once a liquor store.

  34. 34.

    shell

    In 1943,the refectory where the original Last Supper was painted, was bombed. Everything was pretty much destroyed except the wall that the mural was on. It was hailed as a miracle. But lets give man’s efforts a little credit. The wall had been been heavily sand bagged and scaffolded as soon as war broke out, against just such a disaster.

    I don’t see anyone going to such great efforts for this particular version.

  37. 37.

    debbie

    @p.a.:

    Sadly, there may have been. This from Wikipedia:

    Black velvet paintings originated in ancient Kashmir, the homeland of the fabric. These original paintings were generally religious and portrayed the icons of the Caucasus region which were painted by Russian Orthodox priests. Marco Polo and others introduced black velvet paintings to Western Europe, and some of these early works still hang in the Vatican Museums.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_painting

  38. 38.

    Randy P

    @p.a.:

    “Note the muddy colors in Turbido’s Pietà, and the unfortunate product placement of the ad for Sampson’s Sandals in the Jerusalem Post in the background.”

    The “product placement” was to paint the guy who paid for the painting in there, as one of the saints worshiping whatever holy scene.

  43. 43.

    p.a.

    @Randy P: Also, depending on painting topic, malefactors were represented as various “demons and imps” (h/t Oh Brother Where Art Thou), or their victims.

  46. 46.

    Randy P

    @shell: The Last Supper has had a hard life. Napoleon used the room as a stable, and I believe at one point in its life it was plastered over. Nobody knows what non-traditional formula Leonardo used to paint it, and all attempts at trying to restore the colors have made it worse.

    I was in a smallish art museum in Milan this fall, the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, and they turn out to have one of the biggest Leonardo collections in the world, including a full size canvas of the Last Supper (with very nice colors, hardly faded at all). I was wondering what the story with that was since I knew the original was right across town, until I finally found in a guidebook that it was a copy commissioned in 1611 for the Ambrosiana, because the patron was afraid the original was fading and would soon be lost.

    I’m coming across in this thread like somebody who knows art. I really don’t, but I do like art museums and the things that I like (like Leonardo) I really like. I don’t necessarily know why.

  47. 47.

    ThresherK

    @Elmo: Wait, it’s “…and Orr scores on the rebound!”

    I grew up in New England. Where did everyone else hear this joke?

  48. 48.

    max

    If there’s a better visual metaphor for the shocking hollowness of 21st century American Exceptionalism, I’ll be damned if I can recall it.

    For American Exceptionalism to be hollow, it would have to exist in the first place.

    max
    [‘Still it moves! it…I can’t see it.’]

  49. 49.

    ThresherK

    Ottawa has taken a 13-0 lead over Edmonton in the Grey Cup.

    I understand some other football has been played in North America this weekend.

  50. 50.

    Schlemazel

    @ThresherK:
    It’s like Iowa jokes, who the punchline includes depends on where you first heard it. I first heard it at bible school in a hockey crazy neighborhood but not one infiltrated with the NHL . . . home of Herb Brooks though

  52. 52.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    @p.a.:

    I thought it was the salmon mousse.

    Also, of course there was schlock art throughout history. We only get to see the good stuff, because that’s what people bothered to preserve. It’s like people who remember the “golden age of Hollywood.” They forget that Hollywood used to produce 300-400 movies every year and we only see the top 10 or 20 from each year, at best. The rest are rightfully forgotten.

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