Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

The jury literally has a bell they can ring to force Trump to show up on command. Greatest thing ever!

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

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

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Can we lighten up on the doomsday scenarios?

FFS people, this was a good thing. take the win.

Ah, the different things are different argument.

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

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Republicans don’t trust women.

“They not like us!” (that’s for sure!)

In my day, never was longer.

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  5. 5.

    Adam L Silverman

    @efgoldman: I do not know. I just find the videos or make note of them when I see them at other places so I can post them here and someone can complain about them in the comments.

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    piratedan

    its part of an ad campaign for a product that comes off like tape, but when applied with water, hardens like steel. Ad is effective in that it draws clicks.

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    Adam L Silverman

    @Baud: I did not realize it was a commercial. Didn’t watch it all the way through. I’ll pull it and post something else.

  23. 23.

    Patricia Kayden

    @khead: Not saying the Pledge of Allegiance is a capital offense even though it’s a completely voluntary gesture. How will the nation survive if we all don’t live up to Rightwing standards of patriotism?

  24. 24.

    NotMax

    Reminder heads up that Sunday on TCM will be all Jean Arthur movies.

    As said earlier, tune in anytime – you can’t go wrong with a movie starring Ms Arthur.

  28. 28.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Patricia Kayden: I think what’s most interesting is they are all agreeing with Trump that the country is a complete shambles. There’s a complete breakdown of law and order within urban areas. Our military is incapable. The economy is in a shambles (and while that’s true for certain things like wage stagnation and the inability for Congress to budget, let alone do fiscal policy), there’s a breakdown in public morality, religion is under attack, and the US is facing an existential threat from a group of reactionized Muslims that are 7,000 miles away and can’t maintain the area they’ve managed to grab. So Kaepernick comes along and actually states that “ya, things here suck – at least for a lot of African Americans – and I’m not standing for the National Anthem to draw attention to this and the same folks that believe what Trump is saying about the country being in a shambles are all hitting new highs of indignation.

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    jl

    Gotta have some top people look into the kangaroos. We need to figure out what the HELL is going on with them. Believe me, they are up to something. Many people are saying this, something up with those things, believe me.

    Edit: And many of my kangaroo friends, top kangaroos, terrific animals, confidentially, tell me I’m exactly right about this. Got to look into them.

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    SiubhanDuinne

    The kangaroo can jump incredible,
    He has to jump because he is edible,
    I could not eat a kangaroo,
    But many fine Australians do,
    Those with cookbooks as well as boomerangs,
    Prefer him in tasty kangaroomeringues.

    — Ogden Nash

    I would never eat a kangaroo, but I’ve always had a lavish admiration for the rhyme “boomerang” and “kangaroomeringue.”

  35. 35.

    NotMax

    Even more obscure ‘roo-related musical link.

    (Gave up looking online for this song quite a while ago; happy to see someone YouTubed it.)

  37. 37.

    jl

    And what is wrong with a commercial now and then? Wasn’t this blog supposed to pay for itself someday?

    How long was it up? Can Adam get a few pennies out of it. I hear Cole is out of doggy poop bags.

  39. 39.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @efgoldman: Madame’s b-day is Monday and the kid’s is next Saturday, we’re celebrating tomorrow. We’ll add in best wishes for you and your wife.

  42. 42.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Adam, O/T: I sent you an email message (about Walter the Dog posts) earlier through the contact thingy. Not sure whether you check that account with any frequency or regularity. If there’s a better email I should use, please let me know. Not a high priority, regardless.

  44. 44.

    Adam L Silverman

    @SiubhanDuinne: I check it a couple of times a day. I have received your message, but have no idea how to do what you want. I’ll ping Alain tomorrow and see if he can do it.

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    jl

    @Adam L Silverman: Gotta look into these football players who won’t stand up for the national pledge anthem. They are up to something. We gotta find out what the hell is going on there.

    I saw a Trump clip and couldn’t help clicking. I dunno what got into me. I guess I wanted to hear his Indian accent. If the clip is recent, the guy is still spending a lot of his rally time doing 1990s open mic night level stand up comedy.

    “I tell ya folks, I called up just to see it it was true. I got great credit, top terrific credit, I didn’t need to call to check my credit card. Believe me. I was just curious. So I call.. And wadda I hear?”
    [very bad Indian accent] Hello, sir, how can I help you” [shoulda been a rimshot here]
    ” HUH? What the HELL is gong in here. What is happening with the jobs?” {badda bing! goes here]
    “I tell ya folks, I tell ya, just unbelievable stuff every day…”

  46. 46.

    khead

    @Adam L Silverman:

    They are mad that he pointed out black people getting shot. Plus, they are also the same people who always take the side of the owner during a contract holdout in sports and also get mad when the uppity black man speaks up. So this one is a trifecta. I saw a lot of people bitching that Colin’s big contract is proof that there is no oppression.

  48. 48.

    jl

    @efgoldman:

    ” Speaking of which, whatever happened to your massive ad buy which was supposed to turn the tide? ”

    You never look at the inside of the beer cap? There is a prize. You could be a winner.

    Edit We tried to get Baud to call it off, but Big Gus from Reno was the last guy who talked to him about it. Big Gus said it would put Baud on the map.

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    jl

    @Major Major Major Major: Hell if I know what Trump did. He said it was an Indian accent. I couldn’t really tell. It was taking him too long to get to his next punch line, and his patter was getting tiresome, so I declicked.

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    redshirt

    @khead: I love when athletes stand up like this. Because they can afford to, and have a platform. I don’t know what difference Kap will make with this, but people will be talking about it, which is entirely the point.

  55. 55.

    rikyrah

    Bougie Movie Review: Southside with You
    August 27, 2016 in movies

    After having our male movie-watching partners roll their eyes at us, one of my galpals from way, way back in the day and I headed out to see Southside with You. Armed with diet soda and a small buttery popcorn, we dashed into a mostly empty matinee showing of the 90-minute film.

    First of all, it’s beuatifully shot. I’ve been to Chicago many a time and have more than a passing fondness for it (except in winter) but this film made me want to go back and spend some time.

    Parker Sawyer is uncanny as a young, slightly cocky, coming-into-his-own Barack Obama. He has the cadence, the mannerisms and je-ne-sais-quoi that we’ve come to associate with our 44th president. Tika Sumpter plays Michelle as attracted-in-spite-of-herself, struggling with the reality of what corporate/legal life is like vs. what she wants to make of herself. A few minutes in, you forget you are watching actors play a role and instead feel you are getting a peek into something personal and special.

  56. 56.

    NotMax

    Well, ya tried, TCM, but this Tiffany Vasquez person hosting on Saturdays has got to be phased out. She manages to provide a net negative in entertainment or informational value.

  57. 57.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @Miss Bianca: I just saw your Bixby sighting. i love that you thought of him when you saw Zeus. Which is a great name, but had I named Bixby something like that, he would have taken it as a personal challenge. LOL

  60. 60.

    jacy

    @Patricia Kayden:

    From the time my kids were small, I always told them that they were not obligated to recite the pledge of allegiance or any other group pledge or prayer simply because other people were doing it. In second grade, Kid #4 decided he wouldn’t participate in the class prayer, because he was very disillusioned with the behavior of some of the teachers at his Catholic school. As I recall, a teacher had told the class that people who didn’t believe in Jesus wouldn’t be going to Heaven, and since he knew that his mother and grandmother were not Christians, he found this a ridiculous statement, and argued as much with her. She didn’t appreciate his philosophical questions. He decided to protest by refusing to participate in the class prayer. Hilarity ensued. Well, not so much hilarity as us being called down to the office to discuss his insubordination. Imagine their surprise when we told her we supported his stance. Several meetings later (with the principal, vice-principal, guidance counselor), we established that they couldn’t force him to pray if he didn’t want to.

  61. 61.

    I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet

    Some music: Truganini (4:51) always gives me goosebumps. That video was filmed with the Brooklyn Bridge and the WTC in the background… :-(

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  63. 63.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @Adam L Silverman: If someone (I suppose…me) added a Walter tag category to all the posts, then people would just have to click on that category and it should bring up all the Walter posts without dragging poor Alain into it. Let me know if that seems reasonable and I can go in and add that category to all the Walter posts.

  67. 67.

    jl

    @efgoldman:

    ” Holy crap, Neither mrs efg nor I can believe we’re married 39 years (!!) tomorrow. ”

    Umm…. that’s good, right? If so, congrats to you both.

  68. 68.

    Miss Bianca

    @TaMara (HFG): Oh, it was great – there was not only a Zeus, there was also an Ares, but he was a little black Lab mix.

    Actually there were several gorgeous Danes at the park – including a lollopy puppy who was as big at four months as my Luna full-grown! They had a great time playing. Luna loves puppies – I may have to get her one for Christmas some time. ; )

  69. 69.

    Helen

    Just watched the movie Brooklyn. Been putting it off because I was sure it would make me cry. And it did. From beginning to end. But it was one of those wonderful cleansing cries. All you girls know what I’m talking about. I feel wonderful.

  75. 75.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @Miss Bianca: Took Bixby to the summer street festival last night – it’s always an…adventure. But we were commenting that as many people stop and say they had a Dane or their friend had a Dane, we didn’t see any other Danes. So I envy your dog park adventures.

  81. 81.

    Mary G

    @TaMara (HFG): Thank you; it was fun to read the Walter story all in one go. I came back to check for updates because John said he might get to debit’s by midnight.

    @efgoldman: Happy 39 to you and Mrs. Efg.

  82. 82.

    ruemara

    @efgoldman: Wow, congrats! And many more!

    I went out with my kickboxing teacher. She had already eaten a burrito, 3 bowls of chips & salsa before we went to see Kubo. She then ordered a sushi meal for 2 and ate nearly half. I could bare finish mine and I passed on dessert. She’s a size 2. I think my stomach is going to pimp slap me for this indulgence.

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    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    Well, according to my local Boston white male sports radio talking host who prefaced his rant by stating that “he’s not a social justice warrior” (shocker), Kaepernick is a dead armed washed up QB who picked a pre season game to make himself relevant again. To the sports guy’s credit, he said that the biggest hypocrites are the beer soaked fat-assed fans (my words) who don’t stand up and/or hoot and holler all through the national anthem (his words), all of whom have opinions about the disrespect shown to America by person of color Kaepernick.

  88. 88.

    NotMax

    Something is blooming. Went out for a bit to trim and cut up the dead fronds from a palm tree and now sneezing up a storm. No wonder have been feeling slightly punk all week.

  89. 89.

    PhoenixRising

    Wow! 39 years sounds long right now…but if I am lucky and good, eventually it will sound like what happened.

    24 years ago Thursday, we met. On the 20th return of the day we had our almost 7th grader take a picture at the very spot (en route to a further off destination). Thinking of reshooting next year, as she will be due for her campus visit.

    I know someone who comments here is a sociology student in need of a dissertation so here’s my idea: interview same sex couples of our generation and today’s young’uns to create a study of anniversary patterns. We used to celebrate the day we met…then the church party…added the courthouse ceremony in our 12th year. But I think the folk tradition of honoring the day we met as a significant date is going the way of…domestic partnership. And the closet. Social science to the rescue!

  91. 91.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    @PhoenixRising:

    Another idea – what is the protocol for engagement for same sex couples? Do they mimic hetero tradition? Do lesbians give each other diamond engagement rings? Do men get engaged the same way? Do they have engagement photo shoots and put announcements in the local papers? There seems to be a niche market in the wedding industrial complex for these new possibilities, including the introduction of children into the relationships that are conceived and welcomed in non-traditional ways.

  93. 93.

    jl

    @efgoldman: BillinGlendaleCA’s comment surely caught the attention of a large proportion of BJ commenters, drinking or not. I am going to spend some time self-reflection now.

  94. 94.

    jl

    @efgoldman: You’re probably too late for the prize anyway, may have missed out on a dynamite list of lucky lotto numbers.

    Why Baud! 2016! didn’t sweep the nation will puzzle historians for a long time.

  103. 103.

    gwangung

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne:

    Well, according to my local Boston white male sports radio talking host who prefaced his rant by stating that “he’s not a social justice warrior” (shocker), Kaepernick is a dead armed washed up QB who picked a pre season game to make himself relevant again.

    Personally, I think Kaepernick is in the No Fucks Left to Give portion of his career because he IS somewhat washed up and has failed to live up to his potential. He’s tired of the bullshit because he knows it aint gonna make a difference.

  106. 106.

    Prescott Cactus

    @redshirt: True dat. Leave Tokyo at 6:30 pm on Saturday night and fly non-stop to Vancouver, BC. Canada and arrive at 8:30 am on the same Saturday.

    All that without the unlimited beverage package.

  107. 107.

    JR in WV

    @TaMara (HFG):

    Thank you.

    Just wow! I was able to go to the end and see the first picture of poor Walter, nearly starved to death. At the bottom of page 3.

    Then, just a click away I was able to see Walter this morning as he took a “break” before getting into Tim’s van and heading out. AND his first pics at the new forever home~!

    Night and day, the dog at the beginning of the story and the good looking guy at the end.

    Thanks again, TaMara for putting that together.

    And Thanks John for taking care of Walter!

    Just wow.

  108. 108.

    JAFD

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Boo meringues – the traditional Australian Halloween desserts

    Now, what was that commercial about ? Can always find uses for tougher duct tape…

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