Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Trump makes a mockery of the legal system and cowardly judges just sit back and let him.

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

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

I was confident that someone would point it out and thought why not me.

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

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

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

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

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

T R E 4 5 O N

Bark louder, little dog.

Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: Spoiler Solution

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I know many of y’all are just bursting to discuss your thoughts on Star Wars, and yet you’re considerate enough to avoid dropping spoilers on those of us who haven’t seen it yet. We appreciate it!

But here’s a solution that will allow you to discuss the movie with those who’ve seen it without pissing off those who haven’t: Click on the image below, which will take you to a “hidden thread,” and discuss away.

Hidden Star Wars Thread

If you don’t want to be exposed to spoilers, don’t click the image, and feel free to discuss whatever in the “regular” open thread below. I don’t see why this won’t work!

ETA: Hidden thread appears to only be visible in desktop mode.

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  1. 1.

    Linda Featheringill

    Good idea, Betty.

    I’m in the process of making ice cream for the holiday dinner. Even with the electric machine, it’s still work.

    How does Black Cherry sound?

  2. 2.

    Punchy

    I was going to see the movie, but I got shlonged while doing very digusting things in the bathroom.

  4. 4.

    Yutsano

    Still not certain when I’m seeing it yet. Have a half day (THANKS OBAMA!) on Thursday so debating if we might do it as a family outing then. It did come out on my older brother’s birthday so I’m sure he’s already seen it. Plus it will give me a good excuse to not talk to them for a couple of hours. I may have to think about this approach deeper…

  6. 6.

    Phylllis

    My husband is actually watching the Idaho Potato Bowl. I see the bed, with my book and a well-timed ingested Ativan in my near future.

  7. 7.

    Betty Cracker

    @Linda Featheringill: Sounds fabulous! Wish I had some homemade ice cream! I don’t have a machine, but sometimes we get the kids to make it with bags of cream, etc., inside larger bags with ice and salt. It wears the kids out PLUS produces pretty good ice cream.

  9. 9.

    Germy

    Spy Magazine was right when they called tRump a “short-fingered vulgarian”

    Like so many bullies, Trump has skin of gossamer. He thinks nothing of saying the most hurtful thing about someone else, but when he hears a whisper that runs counter to his own vainglorious self-image, he coils like a caged ferret. Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a “short-fingered vulgarian” in the pages of Spy magazine. That was more than a quarter of a century ago. To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers. I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because, to me, the fingers still look abnormally stubby. The most recent offering arrived earlier this year, before his decision to go after the Republican presidential nomination. Like the other packages, this one included a circled hand and the words, also written in gold Sharpie: “See, not so short!” I sent the picture back by return mail with a note attached, saying, “Actually, quite short.” Which I can only assume gave him fits. (Graydon Carter)

  10. 10.

    Betty Cracker

    @Yutsano: I figure I’ll wait until the 2nd week of January. I want to see it at the IMAX, but the spawn and I cannot abide a large crowd, so we must wait for the furor to die down.

  11. 11.

    Hungry Joe

    Just-(finally)released video of a police shooting in San Diego: Guy walking down an alley, cop car pulls up, passenger-side door opens, cop gets out. Guy (in shorts, unarmed) keeps strolling toward cop car. When he’s about 10 feet away the cop shoots him down. It’s a Tamir Rice replay, except with an adult who isn’t even carrying a toy weapon. Appalling, jaw-dropping.

    Coulda been me.

    I don’t feel like linking.

  15. 15.

    Punchy

    @Hungry Joe: He reached for his waistband, or his hands looked to be in his pockets, or he was breathing heavy. Really all cops need to claim nowadays to earn that magical Get Out Of Murder Free card.

  16. 16.

    kindness

    I bought my tickets already. Show isn’t until 12/29. The theater near me with really good seats/sound requires you book your exact seat in advance on the web. Was sold out till then. And I bought these last week.

    Looking forward to it.

  17. 17.

    Hungry Joe

    @WaterGirl: The powers-that-are resisted releasing the footage, and now we can see why. But in decades of San Diego PD shootings, every one — and there have been many, as you can imagine — has been ruled “justified.” They’ll have a tougher time with this one, but I’d be surprised to see the cop charged with murder. He might lose his job, though.

    Then again, he might not.

  19. 19.

    Hungry Joe

    @Punchy: Nope. Video shows that he did not reach for anything — he was just walking, and not even walking fast. Apparently the cops were responding to some kind of disturbance call. Dispatch had described him as “Asian or Hispanic,” but you can’t tell from the footage.

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    @Germy: I loved the Lou Grant episode where Mary looks at his fingers and says “they’re like 10 tiny little sausages”, or something like that.

    My dad had the most beautiful, elegant hands. He also had very sensitive skin. Guess which trait I inherited?

  21. 21.

    Punchy

    @Hungry Joe: But it doesnt matter what the video shows; it only matters what the cop thought he saw. And I’m sure he “saw” a waistband reach. And will be exonerated (promoted?) on that basis.

  23. 23.

    Hungry Joe

    @Punchy: You can’t see the guy’s right hand — the camera was behind and to the left — and since he wasn’t swinging his right arm as he walked it’s likely that he was holding something. Reports said the disturbance was caused by a man with a knife, so he might even have had a knife. Even if all that’s true (and we don’t know that it is), he was ten feet away, made no sudden moves … and, now that I’ve seen the footage again, he had actually stopped walking when he was shot. So he was just standing there.

  24. 24.

    Mike in NC

    Flight from Frankfurt to Atlanta was problem free, but 11 hours in the air was still excruciating and the food mediocre. Connecting flight to go home doesn’t leave until 8:45 tonight. We had a delightful Trump-free week.

  25. 25.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Punchy: Lucky girl (or guy for that matter)

    I’ll see it in a year or 2 and by then I’ll have heard all the spoilers so it really doesn’t matter.

  26. 26.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @WaterGirl: Every really good mandolin player I’ve ever seen, has short sausage like fingers. I am always amazed that it is even possible for them to fret those 8 strings.

  28. 28.

    Amir Khalid

    @Mike in NC:
    My job used to require me to take those bloody long flights to the US. The killer leg was always Taipei-LAX. I don’t miss those flights at all.

  30. 30.

    Brachiator

    @Betty Cracker: The movie is on so many screens that it is easy to catch a less crowded showing. A coworker just bought tickets for 3D IMAX for Jan 2. The seating chart showed lots of seats. Then again, I don’t know what the screens are like where you will see it.

  31. 31.

    NotMax

    @Punchy

    Don’t have to leave the comfort of your restroom. There’s any number of places to view it online (but that would be wrong).

    ;)

    @OzarkHillbilly

    Ditto. Probably will get around to seeing it sometime within the next five years. Don’t feel any pressing need to be a part of the herd.

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