Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Fuck that bum, let’s go Joe!

There’s always a light at the end of the frog.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

Found liable for massive fraud, is required to post a massive bond, gets a break, then files a *fraudulent* bond!

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

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

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you don’t.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

Ah, the different things are different argument.

The arc of the moral universe doesn’t bend itself. it’s up to us.

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

Tick tock motherfuckers!

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

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

Come on, man.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Washington Post’s Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

Biden: Oh no. We’ve upset Big Pharma again.

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  1. 1.

    Adam L Silverman

    I think in the first video the bear just wants to talk to them about his Lord and Savior: Yogi of Jellystone!

  7. 7.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia is propping up the medals table at the Rio Olympics with one silver medal. Yay Malaysia.

  9. 9.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    Back in my lost youth, I went to Yellowstone twice in the 70’s; people would feed the bears from their cars, a good number didn’t make it.

  18. 18.

    Amir Khalid

    @Mnemosyne:
    Alas, wrong. The Lipton brand is of British origin. Thomas Lipton opened his first grocery store in Glasgow, Scotland in 1871. He got into the tea business in 1890 with tea from plantations in what is now Sri Lanka sold through his grocery retail empire. Over the years, the retail and tea businesses have gone their separate ways: the tea part is now owned by Anglo-Dutch conglomerate Unilever, which markets bottled and canned teas in the USA through a partnership with PepsiCo.

  20. 20.

    Major Major Major Major

    @Mnemosyne:

    “No smoking within fifteen feet of a door or window,” Lieutenant Mason said, pointing at a sign that said NO SMOKING WITHIN FIFTEEN FEET OF A DOOR OR WINDOW.

    Cornelius looked up at him over the cigarette in his mouth. “Seriously?” he said. He stood up and walked away, holding his mug of tea and counting his paces. “I figured you’ve got those bloody laws here too but I didn’t figure you enforced them,” he said. “Fifteen.” He swiveled and looked at the building he’d slept in.

    It looked like a naval military building, that was for sure. Squat, white, regular, and in need of a paint job even if it had been painted yesterday. The brown clay tiles on the roof gave it some local flavor. He tried some of his tea, speaking of local flavor. He just looked straight ahead in disappointment. If that plain, barely functional building had been a tea, it would have been this tea.

    “And what, may I ask,” he said, taking a big, boring drink, “is this?”

    “Lipton,” Mason said.

    Cornelius blinked. “The fuck is wrong with you people,” he muttered into his cup.

  22. 22.

    Mnemosyne

    @Amir Khalid:

    You misunderstand the cultural context: Lipton is pretty much the only brand of tea that most Americans know, and it’s ubiquitous in fast food restaurants, 7-11’s, etc. It’s as American as French’s Mustard now.

  25. 25.

    Mnemosyne

    @Amir Khalid:

    Also, too, Unilever has owned the Lipton brand in the US and Canada since 1938:

    The Lipton tea business was acquired by consumer goods company Unilever in a number of separate transactions, starting with the purchase of the United States and Canadian Lipton business in 1938 and completed in 1972 when Unilever bought the remainder of the global Lipton business from Allied Suppliers.

  26. 26.

    seaboogie

    @James E Powell: I think it was Tetley that put the tiny ceramic figurines in their boxes as collectibles. Salada just the lame-o brand like the bottom shelf cereals.

  27. 27.

    Mai.naem.mobile

    @Major Major Major Major: my mom loves her Indian style tea which she prefers Brit brands. She actually thinks Lipton is the best of the American brands. She’ll just use two to three bags for one cup. Typhoon is the shitty Brit brand,worse than Lipton. The best is Brooke Bond followed closely by PG Tips.

  28. 28.

    Mike J

    I have really cool video I shot today of a relaxing mid speed wind tooling around the lake with a seaplane takeoff, passing paddle boarders, the Boeing factory and Mt Rainier, and a tour of our lagoon and boats. Sadly I shot it in 1080p and this relaxation video is 25 gig and just downloading it to cut is taking forfuckingever.

    @Mnemosyne: Sir Thomas Lipton fought for the America’s cup five times. The best loser of all time.

  29. 29.

    RedDirtGirl

    This might have come up in an earlier thread, but I just saw a clip on TPM of Drumpf being called “Putin’s Bitch” by a heckler in Florida. I think it really threw him. I had the sense that he was starting to see it all slip away from him. I have to say that it gave me a little thrill up my leg!

  32. 32.

    Fair Economist

    Well, the archetypical American beer is Budweiser, and that’s owned by a Belgium company. Lipton is absolutely the routine tea in America, whatever its origins and ownership. It’s also perfect for a tea that’s not really bad, but will certainly disappoint a connoisseur.

    Edit: perhaps it just displays my lack of taste, but I find Twinings a distinct step up from Lipton.

  33. 33.

    ? Martin

    Lipton standard US teas are kind of shit, but Ms Martin has found a place to get the Lipton decaf they sell in Canada and it’s quite good – noticeably different from the standard US Lipton decaf. It’s pretty much the only thing I drink.

  35. 35.

    divF

    I finally get to post this early enough in an ASB (Adam Silverman Bears) thread:

    So meet a bear and take him out to lunch with you
    And even though your friends may stop and stare
    Just remember that’s a bear there in the bunch with you
    And they just don’t come no better than a bear

    – Lyle Lovett, Bears

  37. 37.

    Mai.naem.mobile

    I was watching the local AM news a few weeks ago,with the blonde bimbo and bimbette. They had some piece on the Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone except they called the geyser Yosemite. Now,i kind of had it on in the background and I wasn’t actively watching it so I kind of thought I was mistaken and started paying more attention. Sure enough they repeated it.Sad!

  38. 38.

    Peale

    @Mnemosyne: twinings in the UK isn’t the same as twinings here. Even very generic twinings everyday is quite tasty. No need to go to fortnum and mason or find Taylor’s.

  44. 44.

    Mnemosyne

    If my boss gave me her cold in time for me to be sick all weekend, I’m gonna be pissed. But I’m starting to fear that that is the case.

  47. 47.

    divF

    @seaboogie: There is a goofy sweetness to this song that seems quite in place in these parts. Even Super-Serious Adam has his soft spot for his doggies. Not to mention Cole.

  48. 48.

    Alex

    Open Thread?

    The latest from Trump — they don’t need a ground operation. But they are taking signups for election observers.

    Help Me Stop Crooked Hillary From Rigging This Election!

    Please fill out this form to receive more information about becoming a volunteer Trump Election Observer.

    Please ensure that the information you provide in this form matches your voter registration information.

    Although election observers are relatively normal, no one on the internets is aware of election observers recruited to stop a “rigged” election. Even at their worst, people would say “ensure a fair and honest election” if they needed to dogwhistle.

  52. 52.

    BigHank53

    If your story is set within recent history, you couldn’t find anything more offensive than some K-cup tea. I tried a cup of the stuff once. Beyond awful.

  55. 55.

    Amir Khalid

    @Major Major Major Major:
    I presume there was a plaintiff n the lawsuit that ended up in the consent decree. Was it the DoJ? If so, do they have to formally advise the court that the RNC is now violating the decree?

  57. 57.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    We live close enough to drive to Harney’s once in a while. Spousal ThresherK Is a big fan.

    I am not much for hot tea, and iced is a limited item because I can’t take as much caffeine as I’d like and that’s usually diet Coke. Fortunately she has a high caffeine tolerance.

  60. 60.

    Pete Downunder

    @ruemara: I love lapsang but it has disappeared from the shelves here in Brisbane, Australia. Don’t know why. If any Aussies know a source here let me know.

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    Anne Laurie

    @seaboogie:

    I think it was Tetley that put the tiny ceramic figurines in their boxes as collectibles.

    No, it’s boxed Red Rose tea that includes the Wade figurines.

    The Blogmaster, via me, got my Spousal Unit hooked on Upton Tea Imports. My own palate is spoiled from swilling Diet Coke, but I quite like their flavored teas, which are strong enough to stand up to ice and/or quantities of half-and-half.

  63. 63.

    Anne Laurie

    @Mnemosyne: Per the Upton people:

    Chinese Lapsang Souchongs acquire their intensely smoky flavor when the leaves are dried over a smoldering pine fire, and the result is truly memorable. Because the larger-leaf varieties have less caffeine than other black teas, Lapsang Souchongs make a popular choice for evening consumption.

    @Pete Downunder: Well, you could order it by mail — there *must* be Australian companies that ship the stuff, yes?

  65. 65.

    opiejeanne

    @redshirt: Sylvia Plath wrote a little story called The 59th Bear. I have dreaded a seemingly inevitable encounter with them for years.
    We have dodged them a couple of times at our mountain cabin over the past 8 years, but then the past two years we have had at least one bear wandering around our Real House, 4 miles from the big Microsoft campus. We do not live out in the woods but most of the houses have at least an acre of land and there is a 10 acre woods 2 doors away.
    We did see a long-tail weasel this week, though, so maybe we are more rural than I think.

  69. 69.

    Glidwrith

    @Major Major Major Major: Awww. Always too late to a thread, but I like any smoky tea I can get my hands on. Pannakin is a local coffee/tea spot where you can get all kinds of loose leaf tea. Bagged tea just isn’t very good because there is no way to keep the volatile oils from escaping. Tea stored in tins is the best.

  70. 70.

    J R in WV

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Tetley is better, or … hmmm, if it comes to me I’ll post it too, starts with an M…. but you said lousy. Didn’t you?

    Tetley is OK for Iced Tea. Lipton is bitter for any use.

  71. 71.

    J R in WV

    @ruemara:

    I drink Lapsang Souchong often enough to keep it around. My fav is Tea Republic Darjeeling, which I can drink a small teapot or two of every morning.

    I have started drinking coffee the past few years, to get used to it for when we travel, as hotel tea and restaurant tea is much worse than such coffee, mostly.

  73. 73.

    J R in WV

    Regarding bears, gotta tell this hairy bear story:

    Neighbors, friends 20 minutes away, all the way up a hollow, and then up to the ridge top, so very far into the woods, woke up one night to crashing sounds in their basement, which has a wide door to the outside on one corner. Also, the steps downstairs from the first floor arrive right next to that outside door.

    Joe crept down the steps a little way, and saw that there was a bear in the basement, drinking homebrew from a brewing tank and eating frozen pork (Joe raises pigs and beef cattle) – having a high old time.

    The problem was that they couldn’t get behind the bear to scare it out the door. Decision was made to pile furniture on top of the hatch covering the stairway down to the basement, and wait him out. It took a while, as the bear was almost too drunk to find the door.

    Never came back, guess the hangover was too much for him!

  74. 74.

    SteverinoCT

    @Steeplejack: K-cups: I get the Newman’s Own, medium roast extra bold, free trade, organic, profits to charity. Oh, and I like the taste. I get it at BJ’s for $50/100ct, and expense it for work: the stuff they get is indeed not that good, but there’s a large selection now. And I love the convenience.

  75. 75.

    henqiguai

    @ruemara(#61):

    You’re the only other person I know who likes Lapsang Souchong.

    I like Lapsong Souchong tea. Only one in my household to like it, but to hell with the no taste philistines.

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