Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

“Cheese and Kraken paired together for the appetizer trial.”

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

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

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

The lights are all blinking red.

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

Please don’t feed the bears.

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

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

The choice is between normal and crazy.

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

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Israel is using food as a weapon of war. Unforgivable.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

This blog will pay for itself.

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

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  5. 5.

    Keith G

    Trigger warning for medical content. My prostate is now gone as is the cancer which had grown on it.the used an area specific pain block administered after surgery I have been relatively pain-free all day though the hints are being to grow. What remains to be seen are the biopsies collected from surrounding tissue during the surgery. I’m in this amazing room on the ninth floor that has a window looking out over the West side of Houston from the medical center.

    All day I have been interacting with the most amazing staff all personals I could have the fortune to be around. All this because some scrappy big-eared president decided to take on the impossible

  12. 12.

    Scamp Dog

    @Keith G: Good luck & best wishes for a speedy recovery!

    Like you, I now have insurance because of Obamacare. The first year I got the insurance on the exchange, but now I’m actually on an employer plan, due to the ACA requirement that they cover part-timers. Paying that first year was a bit rough, but now the Colorado Community College system is picking up most of the tab. Yay!

  16. 16.

    burnspbesq

    Apropos of a music thread … if you’re looking to grab a really good pair of headphones at a ridiculous price, Massdrop is going to be selling re-badged Sennheiser 650s for $199. The sale goes live at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time on Election Day.

    Does this count as crossover?

  24. 24.

    burnspbesq

    It works brilliantly, but I still wonder what kind of drugs somebody was on when they decided to bring in Stevie Ray Vaughn to play on a Jennifer Warnes record of Leonard Cohen songs.

  27. 27.

    NotMax

    @Yutsano

    Opera music made me recall Arno Raunig, renowned male soprano. (Shows up about 55 seconds into this clip.)

    For those unfamiliar, the part he’s playing is a man, but traditionally performed by a female made up to look male.

  33. 33.

    Amir Khalid

    Alas, and also alack-a-day. YouTube is refusing to let me see some of these no doubt weird and wonderful music videos. I go to click on them and it says we ain’t got it, nope, sorry.

    Pout.

    Anyway, I found this on Vox. It’s a look at what Hillary has to offer in social policy. It’s the kind of campaign coverage that the America mainstream media has largely ignored this cycle in favour of horse-race bullshit.

  35. 35.

    Feathers

    David Bowie on the Cher Show, presuming Cher and David Bowie singing Song Sung Blue and Da Do Ron Ron counts as crossover.

    Found this one on a deep dive of YouTube. I loved the Sonny and Cher show, as well as the Cher Show when I was a kid, so this may well have been my first encounter with David Bowie. Sad!

  38. 38.

    Mary G

    Queen Bey and the Dixie Chicks slayed. A big fat fuck off to the #MAGA crowd and a reminder that country music has black roots. I liked seeing the audience where the musicians were loving it and rocking out and other people looked like they smelled something bad. America is changing and we will not go back.

  41. 41.

    Dog Dawg Damn

    Noticing that the Early vote numbers in FL NC and NV don’t line up with the media narrative of a Trump comeback. Going to be sad when everyone realize the polls were rigged…but in Trumps favor.

  43. 43.

    J R in WV

    @Keith G: In M D Anderson Cancer Center, then?

    Our Dad spent quite a bit of time there on chemo in a safe room, sterile with filtered air flow talking to his family through a glass window on a little telephone. They were working to get his blood count numbers right for him to enter a clinical trial.

    That worked, and the trial drug worked also against his rare CMML leukemia. Instead of the normal 9 month survival after diagnosis, he was able to play with his grandkids for years.

    Probably the best cancer treatment center in the world. Best of luck there, in Houston. No reason for you not to be free to walk around town before too long.

    We’re all pulling for you!

  44. 44.

    Tommy

    @Keith G: Good for you. My aunt is fighting the big C and honestly she isn’t going to make it. I like to be the positive person in the household. I also don’t want to be that person that goes to WebMD and acts like I am a doctor. But I went there and from what I know she will not win this battle.

  46. 46.

    T S

    @Keith G:

    I used to live in Houston until very recently and had a very close connection to MD Anderson, both professionally (but I am not a doctor) and as the child of a prostate cancer patient. MD Anderson is very good at what it does.

    Stay positive. It’s prostate…you have a great fighting chance, even against metastasis. Disclaimer though: I am not a doctor, and am not giving medical advice.

  47. 47.

    Tommy

    @J R in WV: So I guess Anderson is that good. They run TV ads where I live, outside of St. Louis. I find this strange because we have one of the best hospitals in the world in Barnes. Heck as I noted in my last comment my aunt is very sick. Told they couldn’t operate. Barnes was like we can do that. The surgery on her pancreatic cancer a total success. Problem was the cancer had spread all throughout her body. I practice PMA. Positive Mental Attitude. When you hear doctors say there is nothing we can do, well that puts my positive mental attitude on hold.

  48. 48.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    No music, but i got a picture of a mystery building that I took a pic of this afternoon. Any guesses on what this building is, extra credit if you know who the architect is.

    This architect also designed a more famous building for the same client.

  50. 50.

    RedDirtGirl

    I worked out “Daddy Lessons” on the ukulele and play it at my bluegrass jam. Needless to say, some of the gang were surprised to find out they were playing a Beyoncé song!

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    Origuy

    @NotMax: I spent last week at Asilomar, on the Monterey Peninsula. It is now a state park and conference center, but it started out as a YWCA camp. Phoebe Hearst, William Randolph’s mother, was a benefactor of the YWCA, who hired Julia Morgan. She designed the social hall, the dining room, a chapel, several of the cabins, and a magnificent auditorium, all in the Arts and Crafts style. I was there for a Scottish country dance retreat. We had a formal ball in the auditorium.

  53. 53.

    Sm*t Cl*de

    @Keith G:

    What remains to be seen are the biopsies collected from surrounding tissue during the surgery

    It is a cause of lasting regret that my doctors insisted on cutting my testicle into thin slices for biopsy, so I never got to take it home and keep it on the mantelpiece in a jar.

  59. 59.

    Central Planning

    @Keith G: Congrats on what sounds like successful surgery. I had testicular cancer about 18 months ago. They got it all, no chemo/radiation needed. Recovery was quick too.

    I’m also growing a mustache since it’s Movember and fundraising with it. I’m probably in the bottom 27% for mustache growing ability, so December 1 can’t get here soon enough

    And, since nobody has said it yet: FUCK CANCER.

  69. 69.

    Ohio Mom

    @Tommy: My mom died of pancreatic cancer in 87. It’s one cancer medical science is having a challenging time finding/developing an effective chemo treatment for. You can sometimes buy a little time but that’s almost always it.

    I hope you and yours are able to find ways to keep your aunt comfortable and feeling wrapped in love and peace.

    And, good to see you again!

  70. 70.

    The Moar You Know

    I spent last week at Asilomar, on the Monterey Peninsula. It is now a state park and conference center, but it started out as a YWCA camp. Phoebe Hearst, William Randolph’s mother, was a benefactor of the YWCA, who hired Julia Morgan. She designed the social hall, the dining room, a chapel, several of the cabins, and a magnificent auditorium, all in the Arts and Crafts style. I was there for a Scottish country dance retreat. We had a formal ball in the auditorium.

    @Origuy: I stayed there in 1995, while riding the Sea Otter cross-country race (don’t know if they still do that). The last mile you’re riding your bike on Laguna Seca raceway. But Asilomar: stunning. It’s one of the prettiest places I’ve ever been in my life, in the middle of what’s probably the most lovely area on the planet (Santa Cruz/Watsonville/Monterey). I miss living up there to this day and probably always will.

    People talk about paradise. I’ve lived there.

  72. 72.

    VOR

    Some of the people on my social media have complained Beyonce didn’t belong at the CMAs because “she’s not country”. The CMA issued a statement denying they scrubbed the Beyonce-Dixie Chicks collaboration from their official materials.

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