Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

Days Since JD Vance Insulted Women Across America: Zero

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

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

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

Republicans in disarray!

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

We’re not going back!

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

I wonder if trump will be tried as an adult.

This really is a full service blog.

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

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

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Continuing on with Tom’s afternoon theme. Bixby and Bailey are blissfully unaware that an impending train wreck is streaming our way. We’ll probably keep it that way. I have my homework cut out for me tonight:

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Hopefully that gives me an excused absence from watching tonight. If not, I’m going with this excuse:

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How are you planning on enjoying the final installment of Survivor:Make America Great Again tonight? Open thread.

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  5. 5.

    OzarkHillbilly

    I’m going to do it the same I did the first 2: By ignoring it completely. Life is just too short.

  6. 6.

    raven

    Our friends are coming over for the 12th time. They started when there daughter was a munchkin and now she’s in high school and really tuned in.

  8. 8.

    Mel

    Beautiful Bailey!!
    That expression of utter peace and contentment says it all.
    She is well and truly home now that she is with you and wonderful Bixby.

  11. 11.

    Miss Bianca

    you were able to take a photo from underneath that pile o’ pups? Color me impressed!

    Me, I’m going to a meeting tonight and then meeting an old friend from out of town for a drink and a catch-up – so I guess I’m gonna have to miss the debate, darn, but I am looking forward to catching up on BJ snark about it later!

    ETA: Bailey is the Girl with the Faraway Eyes, for sure! (in the good way. Not the Michelle Bachmann way).

  14. 14.

    rk

    My 13 year old son is determined to watch the debate. The first one I encouraged him to watch (because the school suggested it). He was so entertained that he insisted on watching the second (even though I discouraged it as I thought the whole thing was too R rated because of access hollywood and the deplorable press conference with Bill’s women). Now he’s all pumped up to watch the third. I asked him why. He thinks Trump’s “too entertaining”. I think he thinks Trump’s pants are going to fall down or something. Note that there’s absolutely no interest in policy, or the election process or anything else. Just the hope that Trump does something funny.

  18. 18.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    Got my sample ballot in the mail today, 17 state propositions, 3 county, and 1 for the local CC.

  19. 19.

    Eric S.

    I watched the first debate. I was blacked out drunk after breaking up with my GF of 6 years for the 2nd debate. I don’t know about tonight. I’m guessing baseball playoffs will take precedent.

  21. 21.

    Hal

    Had a friend post a YouTube video today with an attached comment that she’s not into conspiracy theories but hmmm. It’s one those Clinton murder conspiracy videos that she doesn’t want us to see!!! Even though it’s been seen by millions.

    But I did learn something new. I wasn’t aware JFK jr was one of Hillary’s many kills. Apparently he was going to run for the Senate seat in NY but Hillary managed to get him to fly in unsafe conditions and that took care of her main competition.

    Anyways…this is someone who’s been posting for weeks about how she’s researching Stein and Johnson and both Trump and Clinton are awful. I really want to tell her go the fuck ahead. You live in a solid blue state that Hillary is going to win in a landslide, but how about you do your thing and stop trying to justify your throw away vote to the rest of us.

  23. 23.

    jharp

    I’m watching the Cleveland Indians trying to wrap this thing up.

    3-0 Top of the 7th.

    Go Cleveland.

  26. 26.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Hal: You have an “interesting” friend.

    @Waldo: Would be a hoot if someone actually ran into Billy Bush in a locker room and then blamed him for egging him on to make outrageously sexist comments. It’s not as if a man running for President can withstand the wiles of Billy Bush, right?

  27. 27.

    JPL

    @raven: A few days ago the NYTimes had an article about a 7th grade teacher in Wisconsin, who teaches Civics and Government. He did not feel as though he could teach the class the same way as he did in the past. Anyway he had them watch an Obama/Romney debate. One twelve year old student said that was really boring.

  28. 28.

    Hungry Joe

    I’ll watch baseball, record the debate, pour some cheap-ish tequila, then dive in — concentrating on one thing: sending vibes to Hilz not to fuck up. However, since 1) there’s no such thing as “vibes”; 2) I’ll be watching a tape delay anyway; and 3) in this entire campaign Hilz hasn’t come close to fucking up even once, my energy will probably be squandered. (My intense concentration, crossed fingers, and cheap-ish tequila didn’t help the Giants, either.)

  30. 30.

    seaboogie

    Going to watch the debate with my old kitty nearby. Also have my mail-in ballot just arrived at my new addy, and plan to fill it out during and after the debate.

    A note: I love how Trump was all “I’m not going to reveal my plans to ISIS, you need to have the element of surprise”*, and then the campaign announces who they have invited in an attempt to psych out Hillary. Did they not see Kate McKinnon’s “Hi ladies..” shout out on SNL?

    *Why not the element of surprise, which Adam ably defended in a post a few days ago.

  33. 33.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @Aleta: Man, I would have happily named my two pups Bogart and Bacall had I known I’d roll the dice and get these two. I was probably the only teen in the late 70s to have a post of To Have and Have Not on my bedroom wall.

  36. 36.

    Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA

    Pretty Bailey!

    Muppet’s home from the groomer looking all sleek and snazzy, Iggy’s dozing next to me, and I think dinner will be something delivered. Might nap first — the dogs are napping and they seem happy, so why not?

    Voted today, so there’s that too.

  38. 38.

    seaboogie

    @jnfr:

    Our Colorado ballot has 22 Presidential candidates on it!

    Legal pot = more parties (running for president)?

  39. 39.

    debbie

    I had to post that last pic to FB. It is just too funny.

    I remember you posting the other night that Bailey was a different breed of Dane than Bixby. Your top shot really shows that to be. Bixby’s the only kind I’ve ever seen.

  40. 40.

    debit

    I’m going to grab a bottle of wine and coax Ellie up on the couch next to me for the debate. I actually have faith that Hillary will do just fine, but don’t doubt for a second that Trump will do something so offensive that I’ll have multiple ragegasms.

  42. 42.

    Brachiator

    @JPL:

    A few days ago the NYTimes had an article about a 7th grade teacher in Wisconsin, who teaches Civics and Government. He did not feel as though he could teach the class the same way as he did in the past. Anyway he had them watch an Obama/Romney debate. One twelve year old student said that was really boring.

    I give the teacher props for trying, but most stuff related to government and politics is boring to the average 7th grader.

  46. 46.

    Nick DAgostino

    I didn’t know we had some other Coloradans here! I’m helping out with the campaign in Central Boulder if anyone wants to get involved

  47. 47.

    Mnemosyne

    I need to re-watch “Unfaithfully Yours” tonight so I can write my essay for the Movie Club. Did I mention that it was our Big Winnah!

    Also, funny family story: my mom and my older brother are always bitching that the other one never tells them anything. Today, my same-age (step)brother had shoulder surgery, and they ALL forgot to tell me! These people, I swear …

  48. 48.

    BruceFromOhio

    Puppehs! Good boys!

    How are you planning on enjoying the final installment of Survivor:Make America Great Again tonight?

    Drinking bourbon and watching the Cubs play the Dodgers, wishing I was in Los Angeles, California dreamin’.

    Well the preacher likes the cold
    He knows I’m gonna stay

  49. 49.

    ElaineFromCOS

    Another Colorado voter here. I did a little happy dance when our ballots arrived in the mail yesterday.

  50. 50.

    jnfr

    @TaMara (HFG):

    Colorado, land of free spirits :)

    @seaboogie:

    I think we’ve always had more independent voters than either R or D.

    On the very positive side, CO has all mail-in ballots now but also registration right up to election day and walk-in voting places all over. We make it very easy to vote, and I love that about our state.

  52. 52.

    workworkwork

    @ElaineFromCOS: Two more CO mail-in voters here.

    I took our ballots with me when I visited my wife today (she’s still in respite care) and we finished them together. On the way back I dropped them in the collection box.

  53. 53.

    Garm

    I spent last weekend dropping off voter guides in my precinct in Longmont. Boco Dems ftw. I’m out of town and didn’t see my ballot. Probably showed up today. :(

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