Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

In my day, never was longer.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

No one could have predicted…

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

Everybody saw this coming.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Why did Dr. Oz lose? well, according to the exit polls, it’s because Fetterman won.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

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

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

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

I was promised a recession.

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

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

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

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  7. 7.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Oh dear lord, just saw the second photo. That’s just wrong.

    I though Devon loved dogs. What happened?

  18. 18.

    Baud

    In the event I can’t last until midnight, I wanted to tell you all that I would rather be with the people of this blog than with the finest people in the world. Happy New Year’s everyone.

  20. 20.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    First Night in Sandwich MA. Fireworks at 9pm so we can send the ball drop in Times Square. Our First Night had a nice scale to everything, if a bit townie rather than big-citified.

  22. 22.

    JPL

    @Baud: You too.. Luckily I don’t have a gun, because I’d go out and shoot some neighbors who have too many fireworks. Enough……………………

  25. 25.

    JPL

    @ThresherK (GPad): First night is a fun celebration. I didn’t realize that it was started in Boston as an alternative to expensive parties and drunks… Those heathen liberals taking away all the fun.

  26. 26.

    raven

    I’m watching the game but the peeps up the hill are having their “sacred fire”. The girl is going, I don’t want to but we’ll have to see what gives in the second half. As JPL pointed out the fucking laws in Georgia let these idiots launch ordinance until 2 and I’m not leaving my critters alone.

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    Glidwrith

    I like being in a time zone that is three hours later than the one I am currently used to. I might actually make it to midnight for the first time in several years.

    So, what happens?

  31. 31.

    JPL

    @raven: haha.. I would have to google to see what that is. It has been continuous now for two hours.. Now they are doing firecrackers so hopefully they exhausted the bigger stuff.

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    gogol's wife

    Happy New Year! Thurston is adorable, as are Steve and Lily.

    We just watched some episodes of Sex and the City for the first time in our lives. It’s cute. I guess I’m nearly 20 years late with that insight.

    And now to bed, at least until the fireworks wake us up.

  34. 34.

    Anne Laurie

    @schrodinger’s cat: Actually, Thurston’s thinking that not every dog could carry off “so much look”, but on him everything looks good. (Check out the sneaky smile — camo and fur, it’s very masculine, y’know. Like Thurston.)

    That’s how you can tell he’s half poodle — he got the Fashion Gene.

  42. 42.

    Anne Laurie

    @JPL:

    I didn’t realize that it was started in Boston as an alternative to expensive parties and drunks…

    If any American city would be looking for a solution at the intersection between “nasty, destructive drunks running in packs” and “high-minded social uplift, preferably with support for local artists involved”, wouldn’t you have bet on Boston to be first?

  43. 43.

    FlyingToaster

    @JPL: And it’s functionally gone from Boston, now.

    The loss of companies with headquarters here meant that after 3 years ago, they were unable to get the up-front sponsorships and the Boston org went bust. The city (under Menino) sponsored a limited version for one year, then last year was severely truncated and this year it was free looking at ice sculptures at Copley Place, a promenade down to the Common and fireworks at 7.

    WarriorGirl and I went from when she was 2 until 5. They had dancers and bands and gymnasts and puppet shows (realllllllly good puppet shows) at the Hynes until 6 pm, then we’d go look at the ice sculptures while the parade went by, then we’d hike up to the Auditorium T stop and head out to Newton Centre (to be picked up by HerrDoktor and taken home). She was up here a few minutes ago complaining about not having First Night AGAIN.

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    raven

    @JPL: Oh yea, I’m trying to find out who the original owner was. Chances are it was some Maharajah or sort in Nepal or India. It’s beautiful but the stock is broken as are the triggers. The stocks are made of Turkish Walnut and would cost $10,000 to make a new one.

  49. 49.

    Elizabelle

    HNYE, buds.

    LOL. John’s twitter:

    Hey ladies- I’m home alone on NYE posting pictures of my dog in clothes to twitter and Facebook.

    TURNED ON YET?

  50. 50.

    PurpleGirl

    Happy New Year John Cole, Shawn, Lilly, Rosie, Thurston, and Steve.

    Thanks for the pictures of Thurston.

  56. 56.

    Glidwrith

    @JPL: Rah. Rah.

    Be still my beating heart.

    Eldest dragonet just asked for a back scratch. I think that’s more exciting.

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    I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet

    @FlyingToaster: I was up there for a conference in early December and saw a magazine article about how FirstNight has really fallen on hard times.

    J’s parents lived in Concord, and we went to FN a couple of times while we were courting in the late ’90s or so. It was *cold* but amazing. We saw the Blue Man group perform there, and got a look at some of the first Segways zooming around in the parade (ridden by cops).

    It was a really great event. I couldn’t believe that Boston wouldn’t move Heaven and Earth to keep it up. I understand WarriorGirl’s disappointment!

    Here’s hoping they find a way to get it to thrive again.

    Cheers,
    Scott.
    (Rassin’ Frassin’ Tragedy of the Commons…)

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    Pogonip

    Poor Thurston. This is probably Cole’s revenge for all those times he [Thurston] pooped on the floor.

    Happy New Year!

  77. 77.

    NotMax

    Lawn mowing finished just before sunset.

    Neighbors have a tent and 45 chairs set up, so shall have to find something to use as earplugs later tonight.

  78. 78.

    Elizabelle

    Thurston Zoolander is my favorite NYE illustration.

    Happy New Year, peeps. Biggest goal for 2016: return a Democrat to the White House.

    ETA: and make more pets, and the occasional person, happy.

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