Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

No one could have predicted…

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

This fight is for everything.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Bark louder, little dog.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

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(Signe Wilkinson via GoComics.com)
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On the one hand, we need to replace the furnace and upgrade the electrical system and insulate the house, all ASAP, and just getting contractors to bid on those separate projects is turning out to be more stress than either I or the Spousal Unit can handle with equanimity.

On the other hand, when the latest contractor left the side gate open yesterday evening, and our demented rescue dog Zevon took the chance to go adventuring, he managed to get his fat little fluffy arse across two lanes of extremely dicey rush-hour traffic in the dark without getting killed, and both the pet retrieval service and our vet hospital called to let us know that he’d been picked up two blocks away by a nice man who took the trouble to call all the numbers on Zeev’s tags, so he was home within the hour, no harm done except to everybody’s blood pressure but his.

On balance, I’ve had worse weeks. How about you guys?

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    I hate dealing with contractors. Can’t find any good ones.

    Happy the doggie story turned out well. Scary.

    America is stronger in every part of the world than we were when Obama took over. That’s an easy one.

  2. 2.

    charluckles

    The project to erase George W. Bushes legacy from history continues apace. 2009 doesn’t seem that long ago; maybe I am misremembering, but things weren’t exactly hunky-dory when Obama took office.

  3. 3.

    Mustang Bobby

    I discovered a huge ant infestation along the east wall in the garage yesterday. It looks like an aerial shot from the classic film “Them!”. Raid and a call to the exterminator should take care of it. And, whew, they’re not termites.

  5. 5.

    Betty Cracker

    So glad your dog is okay — how scary!

    We had a neighbor once whose little Boston terrier would bolt at every opportunity. We’d pick the dog up or leash her and walk her back home, and the ungrateful toad of an owner wouldn’t even thank us — she’d be too busy berating the dog to bother. They’ve since moved away. Sometimes I think we should have just kept that dog…

  7. 7.

    Anne Laurie

    @Betty Cracker:

    Sometimes I think we should have just kept that dog…

    The little bastid probably would have run away from you, too.

    Some dogs just have that glitch in their programming — I’m fairly sure Zevon ended up in breed rescue because his first family eventually decided they just couldn’t cope any longer. We do our best to forestall escapes, but he’s nearly killed us with anxiety half a dozen times in the nine years he’s lived with us, and even at 14 he’s still a chronic bolter. The other two dogs, who have their own separate brain glitches, were standing at the open gate barking frantically when the Spousal Unit realized he should’ve double-checked before letting them out in the yard… which I guess is a minor blessing!

  8. 8.

    OzarkHillbilly

    I’ve had worse weeks, that’s for sure, but it has been a while.

    Broke my right ankle Tuesday by having an app 300# 12′ treated 6×6 fall on it (there was that moment when I could have just stepped back and let the chips fall where they may, but ohhh noooo, I had to try and save the situation). So there I was, crawling across the parking lot to the ER when some poor good Samaritin (read “sap”) asked if I wanted a wheel chair. Spent the next 10 minutes of his life wheeling a cripple around.

    Broke the fibula right at the joint, plus possibly some metatarsals (foot actually looks worse than the ankle) Plenty o swelling, which because I’m on blood thinners comes with a bonus of more swelling. They put a temporary cast that runs from my toes to mid thigh, so now I can’t even crawl (it’s the ANKLE numbwats!) They wanted to cut off my pants (I took my boot off 5 mins after the “incident”, $150) “No way, these pants cost $35.”

    The wife shows up at the ER, I’m cursing left and right (first thing the nurse says to my wife- “He is not happy.”) as I fight with the crutches and I can just tell by the look on her face, “Go ahead, get it over with.” and she busts out with guffaws of laughter that ring throughout the ER drawing looks of astonishment from all (the basis of all humor is other people’s misfortune).

    We argue about me driving my truck home. I won- “It’s full of tools and there is no way I’m leaving it here. Besides, I drove it 50 miles to get here, I think I can manage another 15 to get home.” Now we argue about every damn thing I try to do (except wiping my ass, she’s Ok with that). First time she found me upstairs she first couldn’t figure out how I got up here, then was really pissed that I did. Last night I went out to throw frisbee for the Woofmeister (she did it the nite before- he was not happy, she throws like a girl) and we had to have a 5 min argument on whether and a 10 min explanation of how. I hate being helpless and refuse to accept that there are somethings I just should not do (a little thinking about it is all it takes, it’s just a problem) and she is solicitous to a fault.

    I’m something of an asshole under the best of circumstances. These? When she dies she will ascend directly to heaven. But at least I got some good drugs out of it.

    Anyway, I find out in 2 hours if I need plates and screws. Which if I do, due to the blood thinners is a whole ‘nother pain in the arse.

  15. 15.

    Anne Laurie

    @OzarkHillbilly: Okay, you win today’s misery competition. I hope the appointment goes better than you expect — and that the ‘good drugs’ make your recovery tolerable, both for you and for your lovely wife!

  21. 21.

    PurpleGirl

    Anne Laurie: Glad the doggie got home and is okay.

    OzarkHillbilly: Hope the break heals and your recovery goes well. I have a friend who fell and broke his ankle. He described it as a rock tripped him up. He needed a wheely thing to get around. Hope you won’t need a plate and screws.

  22. 22.

    JPL

    @raven: Did you happen to see the article in the AJC, on coroners in GA. There are 154 coroners in the state and the only requirements are a high school diploma and you must be older than 25 yrs. Three dozen people in the state died of natural causes even though they had gun shot wounds. link

  23. 23.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @raven: Joe informs us the President is too lazy to solve the problems in the Middle East. Silly looser Obummer. (HW put together a coalition but Obummer can’t, nothing’s happened since then that might make folk over there have a different perception of us).

    Joe’s going to talk to Failgunner Ted, CLICK.

  24. 24.

    Mustang Bobby

    @OzarkHillbilly: I went through the same thing in February 1989 in Longmont, Colorado. I went out to the garage to put more anti-freeze in the car, slipped on the ice, heard the “crack!” from my left ankle as I went down, and hit the pavement. I yelled for my partner to help me in the house, where he flopped me on the bed and called his dad. He showed up with his pick-up and took me to Longmont United Hospital ER. Six hours later they decided to screw it back together. As I’m lying there waiting, I realized that I had never signed the health insurance paperwork at my job. Fortunately I knew my surgeon — his son had been one of my campers the previous summer — and he said that after they put me back together they would just keep me overnight for observation instead of fully admitting me. As they wheeled me into the OR, groggy with pre-op sedatives, I announced that I did not want the colostomy because I can never find shoes to match the bag. The doctor told the anesthetist to put me under NOW.

    I was in a cast for twelve weeks learning the joys of sponge baths and handicapped access. The insurance people at work backdated the documents to January 1 and all I had to pay was $14 for some test. I still have the three screws.

    All this to say, OzarkHillbilly, I am with you. Oh, and Percocet stops your digestive system. Go with Tylenol.

  25. 25.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @raven: The foot is only possibly broken. My translation of the medical jargon on the report is that they can’t say for certain on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th metatarsals as the view is too distorted, only the 1st and 5th and those are OK. With blood thinners it is hard to say, rupture a blood vessel and I can have all kinds of swelling and no breaks, where as at the break I can have minimal swelling.

    I haven’t looked at the xrays, they are on a disc and I don’t feel like trying to figure out if I have the software. I’m frustrated enough as is.

  29. 29.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @JPL: Around here, gunshot wounds are natural. Also, as I recall, the requirements for coroner are the same here. Goes back to the fact that it is an elected position, and the requirements are written into the constitution which was written in 184something I think.

  30. 30.

    Bobby Thomson

    @Baud: stronger everywhere. Our relations with the regimes in Israel and Saudi Arabia are chillier, and those are the only countries that matter to Republicans.

  34. 34.

    The Thin Black Duke

    @Baud: Not directly, I’m sure, because punks like Morning Joe never do. But I’m certain it was strongly implied, in a “nudge nudge, wink wink” kind of way.

  41. 41.

    Nemo_N

    Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo bukkaking all over Trump right now at CNN. “At least he has a plan!” regarding his muslim ban.

  42. 42.

    WereBear

    Compared to the miseries here, I got no complaints. Cats in, limbs functioning, and my only appointment is hair, which does not hurt when you cut it.

  43. 43.

    Another Holocene Human

    @OzarkHillbilly: Oh my god! Here’s hoping for a speedy and complete recovery. That is crazy! At least you have enough mobility to get around–I suspect that’s how you’re staying sane at the moment. I’m sure they immobilized your knee because it’s connected to the leg bone because flexing it pulls tendons and stuff around in your ankle/foot and they don’t want that stuff to move and get reinjured.

    Hear ya on the boot.

  44. 44.

    Another Holocene Human

    @Iowa Old Lady: If they ever give me one (I’m sure my number will come up eventually) I’m going to want to see the colon-cam. No point going through all that chemical-drinking and throne hugging if I can’t see a live colon cam, dammit!

  45. 45.

    Gin & Tonic

    @raven: I always learned “the joinmt above and the joint below”, so yeah.

    Anyway, here’s hoping a quick recovery for OH. I fractured my hip many years ago, but I was much younger then, so I got through it OK, but it still took a long time.

  48. 48.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    In the “First World Problems” file, I’m loving my new phone(Note Edge) but two problems: apparently the legal eagles in EU have imposed on Samsung/Google the requirement that they inform me, every fucking time, after I restart my phone and want to max out the volume that it’s bad for my hearing(I use a BT headphone that I can moderate the volume on it) and Samsung released a new(12/9) version of their photo-sphere camera mode that crashes the camera app when you select it(I left a bad review).

  49. 49.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Iowa Old Lady: I got to see the inside of my wife’s stomach before we got married, they were checking to see if she had an ulcer(turned out to be gallstones).

  50. 50.

    beth

    @BillinGlendaleCA: Wow Ted Cruz just yadda yadda’d the entire Iraq War in that interview. He talked about how Carter overthrew the Shah, leading to religious extremism in Iran then spoke about how Reagan recognized the value of our secular leader partners in the Mideast. He then says “fast forward to 2009-2010” and talks about how Obama and Clinton screwed up Libya and Egypt, leading of course to the mess we’re in in Syria now. It’s like GWB and the Iraq War never existed! And [email protected] Joe just sat there nodding his head like a good lapdog.

  52. 52.

    SFAW

    Anne Laurie –
    One of the things on my agenda:

    Deciding whether to cancel our subscription to The Boston Globe. Although I did not notice it at first, it has become clear that John Henry’s ownership has changed the Globe from a reliably-liberal paper into a Boston-Herald-wannabe. I do not see any Op-ed columnists who can be considered “liberal,” but there is now Jeff Jacoby (formerly the token wingnut) plus (depending on the week) Eric Fehrnstrom (asshole formerly in Romney’s campaign and cabinet [or maybe his press secretary?]) or Meredith Warren (who sometimes make Jen-Jen Rubin look lucid). The closest thing to a “liberal” – other than perhaps an occasional guest columnist – is Scot Lehigh, and he’s a centrist (although not necessarily in a bad way). Joan Venocchi is a moron, from whatever side she writes, Joanna Weiss does OK, but I’m not sure that she’s anything like a liberal.

    One or two weeks ago, the unsigned/lead/banner editorial was how the Chicago PD (or Administration) had “botched” how the Laquan MacDonald shooting was handled. Botched??!?!? WHAT THE FUCK? It was a COVER-UP from start to finish. “Botched” usually means that someone sort of tried to do the right thing, but fucked things up through incompetence – not malice.

    It’s all pretty depressing. With the rightward turn of the Times (fuck you, Pinch) and the WaPo (why couldn’t Kay Graham live about 20 years longer?), I could at least console myself that the Globe was still giving voice to liberal ideas.

    I just have to decide if the rest of it is important enough for me/us to keep.

    I had no particular sentiment re: Henry before this – not a Red Sox fan, but I appreciate/respect what he did to make them Series champs. And, initially, I was glad that he had rescued the Glob from the Times ownership (fuck you again, Pinch). But at least under the Times regime, they weren’t a Third Way knock-off.

    Fuck.

  53. 53.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    @OzarkHillbilly: So sorry for your injury — hope the recovery period goes well and can be short. But I can give you some good news — you did not break your 5th metatarsal. My husband broke his 1 1/2 years ago. First they put a screw in — he broke that in six months. Then a cast for 2 months to avoid a plate. He was declared 96% healed last month. We had a ceremony when we threw away his boot.

  54. 54.

    Botsplainer

    @Baud:

    I had a paper cut that actually got infected once.

    For sheer misery, though, nothing beats the incident where I managed to get an errant staple down the nail bed lengthwise. It hurt like a bitch, turned bad, went green and I had to have it lanced after two sleepless nights and an initial refusal to do anything other than groan.

  56. 56.

    debbie

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    God, that sucks, but I hope you recover as quickly as possible. I’m on thinners too, so I know how that screws everything else up (though it’s definitely a fast pass to getting seen in the ER). Your impatience may be working against you, though.

  58. 58.

    MomSense

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Damn I’m really sorry to hear this happened to you and am hoping some plates and screws assembly is not required. How the hell did you make a painful break and ER visit funny? Sorry again for chuckling at your misfortune.

    Things are back to normal here. Pup is very happy to have her life back in proper order. Took her to the feed store to pick out a treat and did she ever fancy pageant walk all through the store. She stole the hearts of all the farmers there. She picked out a pig’s knuckle and acted like a little kid in a candy aisle about it. That thing kept her busy for three hours.

  59. 59.

    debbie

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    I wonder if Joe’s man enough to call Eisenhower lazy. After all, he resisted calls to aggressively attack the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Same diff, no?

  60. 60.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Baud: Hmmm, guess they do take complaining about cell phones seriously(I’m getting real stabby about the volume thing).

  63. 63.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Baud: Nah, I’m gona root it and get rid of that crap. I don’t mind the warning THE FIRST TIME, what makes me stabby is having to deal with it every time after I restart the damn phone.

    ETA: Put a checkbox next to the following text: I hereby acknowledge that increasing the volume beyond the safe level will fuck up my hearing in 20 years and I don’t give a fuck”.

    ETA2: And they wonder why people root(jailbreak for you fruity phone types) their cell phones.

  64. 64.

    debbie

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    possibly a closet Democrat

    Ha! Also, the theory that Trump is a Clinton plant seems to be taking hold on the “serious minds” in the GOP. Clearly the rot has taken hold on the innermost recesses of the Republican Mind.

  65. 65.

    SFAW

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Wow. Sorry to hear about your injuries. I hope the docs do something helpful, and I bet there are some here who can give you advice re: the best pharmaceuticals for you. (No, raven, dropping a bunch of Owsley is not a helpful suggestion.)

    Best wishes for a speedy return to (literal) ass-kicking condition.

  66. 66.

    SFAW

    @Baud:

    You’ll be thankful when you still have your hearing in 20 years.

    What? What?
    IF YOU DON’T SHOUT, I CAN’T HEAR YOU!

  68. 68.

    SFAW

    @debbie:

    Ha! Also, the theory that Trump is a Clinton plant seems to be taking hold on the “serious minds” in the GOP.

    When 60-plus percent of Republican voters agree with him on banning Muslims (or keeping them out, I guess), then the “serious minds” in the GOP [my keyboard just threw up when I typed that] are clearly out of step with the Partei.

    Juden ‘raus, baby – coming to a “real America” town near you!

  69. 69.

    Mike E

    When Miss E brought her new rescue dog to visit, of course the lil Houdini slipped her collar and ran into 4 lanes of traffic… luckily it was Sunday and the danger was dialed down a bit. We finally nabbed her when nature called, heh.

  70. 70.

    SFAW

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Yeah, I know about Owsley, I actually remember reading about it when he died. I think his widow died recently, also, but I might be mis-remembering.

    “Owsley” was used as a pharma version of “Kleenex,” OK?

  71. 71.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @debbie: The only thing tRump is doing is saying out loud what they normally say in their “quiet rooms”, and the rank(they are quite rank) and file love the tRump brand of dog food.

  72. 72.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Anne Laurie: One of my two rescue dogs is always running away too. We just fixed the fence in a manner where he cannot escape — for now. The other rescue dog never runs away even when he has the opportunity to do so. Good to hear that Zevon is back home safe.

  74. 74.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Lamh36: That is so cool!! A rapping FLOTUS is something to be seen. And that message is so important. I cannot imagine trying to get a high paying job without a degree.

  76. 76.

    Betty Cracker

    @Patricia Kayden: The FLOTUS video is cool, but college isn’t for everyone, and I kinda wish people wouldn’t push the meme that it’s impossible to be successful without a degree. For one thing, it’s not true; I know plenty of non-degreed tradespeople / small business owners who make more than I do.

    IMO, countries like Germany, which invest in vocational training for people as an alternative for those who don’t want to go to college, have a much saner approach. People who want to go to college should be able to go without drowning in debt. But it’s not for everyone.

  77. 77.

    gvg

    @Betty Cracker: They never really outgrow running away if they are wired that way. We have had good results with the invisible fence but every once in awhile there is a break which can be a pain to locate and repair. My sisters dog ran away the first hour we had her and our whole extended family showed up to hunt. We got one car stuck in sand on a dirt road and it started pouring oddly cold rain in July which we were not prepared for (Florida summer rain shouldn’t be cold). We got her back but have had a few other problems and it limits vacations because we can’t board her. Now she is old and getting senile but still will run away and get lost if we aren’t super careful. The fence for us is both front and back so she can’t escape bolting through the front door and we have an automatic gate opener for the driveway. The gate opener is because lightning scared me when I was getting out to manually open the gate. We are house hunting to move and her “issues” have ruled out a bunch of houses. We need a front door with a porch that can be screened and have an airlock 2nd door or a front yard that can be screened. My cat likes to bolt too although he seems to do it for attention and most of the time will let you catch him and pet him pretty quickly. The runaway dog though was never that bright.

  78. 78.

    WereBear

    Some dogs want more territory than their yard offers. Like Trump, they will see an opportunity and just run like a maniac with their tongue out and not a thought in that furry little head.

  80. 80.

    The Golux

    @Mustang Bobby:

    And, whew, they’re not termites.

    Carpenter ants can be just as damaging as termites. From what I’ve heard, they are a bigger problem in the Northeast than termites.

  81. 81.

    gene108

    Watching CSPAN. Rep. Robin Kelly (D- IL) is on trying to explain the banning of people on no fly lists from owning guns and I think she is flubbing it.

    She doesn’t want to say get rid of the no fly list or have people on it given due process, i.e. does not want to say anything to undercut President Obama on the national security state, which is understandable.

    But she cannot clearly explain, why the no-fly list is a good guide to banning people owning a gun.

    No clear talking bullet points.

    No Republican will ever go onto T.V. without very clear bullet points explaining what their point is and they will repeat it again and again and again. Edit: Doesn’t matter if the points are lies or not, but they have them and you have to work to debunk them.

    I wish Democrats would learn how to do this.

  82. 82.

    Betty Cracker

    @gvg: Cold rain in July makes me think tornadoes might be about, I guess because hail is often associated with tornadoes.

    I didn’t mean to imply that bolting dog = improper handling. Some dogs do indeed seem hardwired to bolt. Hope y’all find a house that can corral your critter.

  83. 83.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @gene108:

    I wish Democrats would learn how to do this.

    “I’m not a member of an organized political party, I’m a Democrat.”

  84. 84.

    gene108

    @Betty Cracker:

    IMO, countries like Germany, which invest in vocational training for people as an alternative for those who don’t want to go to college, have a much saner approach.

    Germany, in the post WW2 era, was fairly homogenous racially. That might be changing now. Anyway, the U.S. wasn’t very objective in railroading people into voc. ed. Race played a role, so we moved away from a voc. ed. track.

  85. 85.

    WereBear

    College is not for everyone. Granted, we want our doctors to go there, but our plumbers don’t need to. And both are extremely handy in emergencies.

    So sorry to hear of your ankle, Ozark. Mr WereBear once badly sprained a foot (instead of his head) and that was merely two weeks in a recliner.

  86. 86.

    Betty Cracker

    @gene108: That’s a plausible theory about why we devalue skilled trade training today. But I don’t think “college for everyone” is a realistic solution to racist applications of vocational training programs in the past.

  88. 88.

    rikyrah

    I love The Flash.

    And, the wonderful humanity that Jesse L. Martin brings to the show cannot be beat. He roots the show with a sincerity that cannot be faked. I admit..I got a lump in my throat in that final scene with Barry this week.

  90. 90.

    WaterGirl

    @Steeplejack: I saw that the other night. Very fun. I love James cordon, he’s 20 times better than Colbert in his new gig. Colbert has sold out, in my opinion.

  92. 92.

    shell

    Damn Anne, sorry about all the home repair needed. And here i am stressing out over r just getting a rear storm door replaced. But glad to hear the pup came back okay. Sometimes there are angels watching over them.

    And damn, Ozark. Hope you get the speediest-t0-heal diagnosis possible.

  93. 93.

    J R in WV

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    sorry about your big break! Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Glad you saved the boots and pants, and got a ride home after ER was done.

    Mrs J got a total knee failure diagnosis yesterday, and is referred to the surgeon who replaced my shoulders. Our family doc said Manny is good at shoulders, he’s GREAT on knees. This will put a crimp in winter travel plans to avoid ice and snow. Just like my shoulders did last winter, the worst in some years.

    @Betty Cracker:

    I agree with you. I did OK once I decided to apply myself to something that paid well, and graduated at the young age of 34, after several cuts at liberal arts, which doesn’t really provide a concrete job path.

    Young family members are herded into colleges that I don’t respect, older one graduated with poly sci and international relations, to go with his autism spectrum and ADD disgnosis. Don’t think he picked up multiple languages, which would make him highly employable in business affairs abroad, not acceptable to the parents, tho.

    Electricians make good money, high demand for the skills. ADD might be a bad thing, though. HVAC is essential in TX, if you gotta stay in TX that would be a good career choice. Plumbers make the most of building trades, I think. But sometimes it is smelly and distasteful. Right now he’s back at his old summer job, grounds-keeper at a Methodist camp. Pretty sorry for a guy with a degree in international relations.

  94. 94.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Here’s my word of warning — when my mom broke her foot, she was like you and refused to follow doctor’s orders. If she had, she wouldn’t have needed surgery later. So, frankly, you’re making it harder on yourself by being a stubborn asshole. Knock that shit off.
    :-)

    Also, if the pain meds are making you extra cranky, ask them to switch you to something else. I can’t take opiates because they turn me into a raging bitch while not doing a damn thing for the pain.

  95. 95.

    JustRuss

    @gene108:

    I wish Democrats would learn how to do this.

    No kidding. Republicans have been playing the talking-points game since 1992, and the Democrats still can’t figure it out. It’s maddening. And not that hard. Use Republican rhetoric as a template, and substitute facts, rationality, and a dash of empathy.

  96. 96.

    mai naem mobile

    Haha I started reading the post and I.thought you were.making.some.kind of allegorical post about American infrastructure being that we need upgrades to the power grid. I don’t remember Sunny running off from the WH though.

  97. 97.

    pluky

    @Betty Cracker: Yes, you should have kept the dog. Clearly your neighbor missed obedience training 101. Chastisement not directly connected to misbehavior is pointless. Worse, she was making the dog associate reunion with punishment. NOT GOOD!!

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