Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

People are complicated. Love is not.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Consistently wrong since 2002

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

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

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

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

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

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

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

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

I really should read my own blog.

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

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Eh, that’s media spin. biden’s health is fine and he’s doing a good job.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

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  2. 2.

    Villago Delenda Est

    OK, I understand it’s playoff weekend, but no thread dedicated to GOP butthurt that Obama negotiated the release of Americans held by the Iranians?

  4. 4.

    JPL

    @Villago Delenda Est: Well Trump said the deal means we are all going to die or something. I’ll be celebrating when they leave Iranian airspace. They are probably being fed a wonderful meal that CNN will show us over and over. Congrats to all who worked for this day.

  12. 12.

    Ultraviolet Thunder

    I’ll have to watch Fox News with my hotel breakfast tomorrow morning. For once I’ll actually be interested in what they have to say about something. This deal, trade or whatever it is to release people from Iran must be spun by Fox into a betrayal of America by the Muslim traitor Obama. How will they do it?

  16. 16.

    FlyingToaster

    I’m sad that the Chiefs lost* (WarriorGirl is consoling her Chiefs teddy bear as we speak), but I’m glad that Brady can give Goodell the finger. Again. And for the rest of this postseason, we’ll be cheering for the Pats.

    Me: Chiefs fan from babyhood.
    HerrDoktorToaster: Dolphins fan from babyhood.
    WarriorGirl: Patriots fan since babyhood, but her first cousin gave her a Chiefs teddy bear when she was one. So if the Chiefs are on TV, she cheers for the Chiefs. Otherwise, the Pats.

  22. 22.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    What the funkity funk? The SiriusXM game broadcast is a full 2½ minutes behind “live.” How far out there is their satellite?

    I need to find Robert Shaw and get a bet down.

  23. 23.

    goblue72

    @MikeS: Funny. Though having seen those Martin O’Malley shirtless pics (and that he was a in Celtic rock band in frickin’ Baltimore), I’m gonna have to go with MOM in a bar fight.

  24. 24.

    Iowa Old Lady

    @MikeS: That is hilarious!

    Picture a furious Bernie Sanders coming at you while brandishing a pool cue and screaming at his mid-speech Full Righteous volume. You’re damn right you’d be scrambling backwards while trying to cover your vital organs. If you see even a hint of an impending tavern brawl, get Bernie on your side immediately, and use him for cover if you’re injured. They shall not pass.

  26. 26.

    JPL

    @raven: New England Clam Chowder is not bad, just sayin… but whoopie pies work. When I was in high school, we made those on snow days. Snow days where I lived was 18 inches or more..

  30. 30.

    raven

    @Steeplejack (phone):

    I work in your factory
    I study in your schools
    I fill your penitentiaries
    And your military too

    And I feel the future trembling
    As the word is passed around
    “If you stand up for what you do believe
    Be prepared to be shot down”

  34. 34.

    FlyingToaster

    @efgoldman: Quack has been stolen 3 or 4 times; the last time it was stolen it was returned a few months later.

    Fortunately Nancy Schön kept the molds. So if someone steals one, she waits 6 months to see if it comes back. If not, she’ll make a new one — for money, I remember the fundraiser for one of the times Quack got stolen.

    The local tradition is to dress up the duck parade for the current season/sports team/event. I wear this T Shirt.

  38. 38.

    cckids

    @MikeS:

    this great ranking of which presidential candidates you would want to have on your side in a bar fight.

    That is classic. Thanks for a much-needed laugh.

  39. 39.

    Mike J

    @Ultraviolet Thunder: Chris Stamey on that record too.

    I also have boots of them playing with Alex Chilton, and the first time I ever saw them was opening for REM (and I keep hearing the commercial about Peter Buck founding Subway sandwich shops and do a double take even after a dozen times.)

  41. 41.

    goblue72

    @srv: Yeah, its Obama’s fault that corporate conglomerate chains would rather screw powerless workers than deal with some extra paperwork.

    Nice try, psycho.

  68. 68.

    p.a.

    Did those idjits rush like 6 or 7 guys on that play??!! And I if Johnson’s wasn’t a TD catch, that wasn’t either.

  79. 79.

    p.a.

    I have no love for the Bidwells and Arizona in general, but I like Fitzgerald, so PUNCH IT IN YOU FUCKS.

  88. 88.

    Mike J

    Commentators were predicting that the Seahawks-Panthers game was going to be the most exciting of the weekend.

    If it’s closer than that, I ain’t watching.

  91. 91.

    Heliopause

    Just wondering, Aaron Rodgers’ best play is to just heave it as far as he can, so maybe they should just do that every play?

  92. 92.

    Goblue72

    So in the space of less than 2 minutes. Every Cards fan had their heart ripped out still beating, then reinserted while every Packers fan got the same treatment.

    Thanks Obama.

  95. 95.

    Steeplejack

    Man, I need to decompress with some boring British crime procedurals. Dalziel and Pascoe, here I come.

  96. 96.

    p.a.

    Note how in the playoffs defensive backs are actually allowed to play defense? Now watch tomorrow when Manning’s receivers get calls if they get breathed on. The league will still try to get its chokeartist posterboy to the Super Bowl.

  101. 101.

    Steeplejack

    @Bill Murray:

    Okay, point taken. That’s just what’s on now on the lesser PBS station here that traffics in all that stuff. I guess for really boring (but great scenery) I would go with Father Brown.

    Actually, the most exciting part of Dalziel and Pascoe is waiting to see if anyone ever explains how they get the pronunciation “Dee-ell” out of that first name. I think I read some of the novels years ago, but I don’t remember anything about that.

  105. 105.

    John W.

    Packs out. I’ve no dog in the hunt. Good game. Is it Arizona and the ‘Hawks next? That’ll be a good game.

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