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Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

“More of this”, i said to the dog.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Consistently wrong since 2002

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

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

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

T R E 4 5 O N

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

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

This really is a full service blog.

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

I was promised a recession.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

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  3. 3.

    raven

    Nice dinner and not a word of politics. Got home to fast forward though the Eer’s killing my Illini in hoop. Now for some football.

  5. 5.

    satby

    One of the benefits of just being with the critters today is I made a normal meal, not a feast. Though, I am missing pie. Wonder if there’s any in the freezer…

  6. 6.

    Schlemazel

    very nice dinner. Tissue Thin stopped by to eat so that was nice. Yeah, ate too much but it was all good. had a very nice nap so a decent day.

  10. 10.

    Redshift

    I ate too much, but not as much too much as some years. My aunt took a different route to my parents’and got lost, but dinner want delayed too much.

    Then stopped by the in-laws nursing home, where the woman working the reception desk joked that she was waiting for someone to bring her pie. So I went back out and brought her the leftover piece of pie I was bringing home, and it just made her day.

    Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

  12. 12.

    danielx

    Passed up dessert and still feel bloated, but a nap and assisted coffee helped. I done skipped out from my sister-in-law’s after dinner, since the spousal unit was going to go through family photos with her three sisters. Whenever all four of them are in the same place for too long it inevitably ends in tears for somebody; this is like the sun coming up tomorrow morning. There will be squabbles over who gets what pics and who did the lion’s share of babysitting way back when, since they all know how to push each others’ buttons. I would rather spend the rest of my life at a Barry Manilow concert than be around while this is going on.

    Edit: @raven: There started to be a discussion about the election and by more or less common consent it was terminated. If I got started with my witch of a sister in law (and Trump supporter) from Seattle, it would end with me telling her to get on a fucking airplane tonight.

  13. 13.

    JPL

    Dishes are finished, and the company is gone. Now Finch and I are going to cozy up on the sofa. Nona the maltese came and Frodo, a chihuahua, jack russell mix, came. The mutts had no idea that Trump is the President-elect and the human family members evaded the subject. My daughter-in-law was in NYC for business on election night. She said that the next day, there was a definite pall over the city.

  14. 14.

    Poopyman

    Still haven’t eaten due to a few kitchen setbacks. Just got a few minutes to check in while staunching the blood where I sliced my thumb instead of a mushroom. Not too bad, and we’ll be eating by 8:00 in any case.

  16. 16.

    MomSense

    Everyone is fed, pies eaten with enough left over for breakfast, dishes are washed, and the food is put away. I decided to go to bed early so all the kids can hang out without an old around.

    The dog is asleep on my feet and all is peaceful in my little corner of the world.

  18. 18.

    hovercraft

    I spent the entire day in the kitchen, by the time we sat down ah hour ago to eat, I had no desire to eat. So I sat and kept everyone company, and now I’m sitting down with my 10 years old to watch Star Wars.

  19. 19.

    hovercraft

    @MomSense:
    We’re only done with round one, they are all cleaning up, we’ll do desert later, but we also have way too many leftovers. I envy your going to bed already, I hope you’re off tomorrow.

  23. 23.

    MomSense

    @hovercraft:

    The nice thing about inviting a dozen college kids to spend Thanksgiving is that they eat all the food and can wash and dry all the dishes in a flash.

    Hope you can put your feet up soon! Tomorrow is a quiet day. We may go for a nice hike in the afternoon but otherwise there are no plans.

  28. 28.

    MazeDancer

    If you go to a Thanksgiving Dinner, you are supposed to eat too much. That’s the tradition. It’s only polite.

  29. 29.

    tybee

    decided last night that the weather was going to be too nice on thursday so we postponed T day 24 hours and slithered out to an uninhabited barrier island for a few hours…nothing quite like being on a 2 mile long beach with no one else…

  31. 31.

    danielx

    @MazeDancer:

    True, but I have gotten myself down to under 180 lbs for the first time in seven years. This is an accomplishment I do not wish to give up. No pie for me, dammit.

  32. 32.

    JMG

    All went well. Only issue is that since this was the first time Alice and I were alone for Thanksgiving, our smaller turkey got done faster than expected. So she begged off making apple pie, which she’ll make tomorrow. No problem. We had a pear, blue cheese and a Rhone wine for dessert. All good.

  33. 33.

    dcrefugee

    Daughter and I roasted a bird and made stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy. Son got to clean it up. Now at a movie theater for the evening. Can barely move, and I don’t want any Milk Duds!

  35. 35.

    debit

    My dinner went really well. No politics at all, just food and good conversation. I hope every holiday meal going forward goes this well.

  36. 36.

    Pogonip

    Well, I have a bad cold and so can’t taste much of anything. Fortunately our Thanksgiving is to be held at a fantastic down-home restaurant on Saturday so I have another day to improve.

    I blame Obama AND Donald Trump.

  41. 41.

    Patricia Kayden

    @danielx:

    I would rather spend the rest of my life at a Barry Manilow concert than be around while this is going on.

    Hey, watch it now!! BM had some good songs back in the 70s. I remember swooning to “I Can’t Smile Without You” as a kid carpooling to middle school. Good times.

    @Pogonip: Thanks Obama!! will never get old. I love how it was turned into a wink wink joke by lefties.

  45. 45.

    raven

    @MomSense: Yea, we got lucky on that account. Walked into the ortho clinic sunday, they were able to get us on “we’ll fit you in” for Monday and we got a call at 7am and she was first. She loves this holiday stuff so she cooked a bunch of complicated stuff to take with us.

  48. 48.

    SenyorDave

    I would rather spend the rest of my life at a Barry Manilow concert than be around while this is going on.

    Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl…

  49. 49.

    tybee

    @raven: i saw the pic of the bull you caught. nice fish.

    we went out the 10th/11th and caught more than we were willing to clean but nothing that size.

  50. 50.

    Pogonip

    @debit: No turkey? Is he allergic, or doesn’t like turkey? (Somewhere, there is a dog who doesn’t like something, and who knows? Walter may be that dog.)

    Did he finally resign himself to the ugly reality of having to make his mighty poops in the mightier Minnsota snow?

  53. 53.

    NotMax

    Nice thing about Turkey Day cooklng is I get to drag out the immersion blender, which is always a gas to use.

    All that’s left is to saute the proverbial boatload of mushrooms, blanch a dinghyful of spinach and then in a few hours prepare the meat for oven insertion.

  54. 54.

    JMG

    The last act. Our neighborhood’s trash pickup day is usually Thursday, but of course this week it’s tomorrow. Man, there were a lot of empty bottles in our recycling this week. When I wake up, there won’t be cold apple pie for breakfast, but I’ll make do. First world hardships!

  61. 61.

    Schlemazel

    @danielx: I would rather spend the rest of my life at a Barry Manilow concert than be around while this is going on.

    Oh dear! Please, nothing could be that bad. Could it?

  62. 62.

    dance around in your bones

    Well, my sister and I went to Luby’s Cafeteria in El Paso, so no overeating. Food was good (if not gourmet) and fast + reasonable. Place was packed with lines going out the door after we sat down at around 1:30. It’s a kind of 60’s era building with huge floor to ceiling windows giving great views of the https://www.google.com/search?q=franklin+mountains+el+paso+images&biw=1022&bih=386&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ9MCu3cLQAhXGqFQKHaV7CcQQ7AkIMQ. Blue blue sky and white clouds, warm and sunny – a beautiful day. I brought home a square of jalapeño corn bread that I’ve slathered with butter and eaten already ;)

  63. 63.

    Schlemazel

    @NotMax:
    here is my contribution – may well be the 5 funniest minutes in sit com history
    #4

    I learned this year that the bit was based on an actual incident at an Atlanta radio station. The only difference was they used a tractor-trailer and not a helicopter.

  69. 69.

    delk

    Nice stress free time for the two of us. Smoked turkey and prime rib with all the fixings. Restaurant busy but not packed. We took home more than we ate.

  70. 70.

    debit

    @Pogonip: No such thing as left over turkey in my house. :) Yes, so far he’s dealing with the Minnesota snow, but it hasn’t been that cold. Yet.

    My dad loves him so much and threatens to dognap him every time he comes over.

  71. 71.

    Bumper

    The wind is howling outside and the rain is pouring down but it’s nice to be inside, warm and dry, with just my immediate family. Just couldn’t handle more than this with the awful, awful year we’ve had. Soon we’ll be sitting down to a pork roast with dressing, mashed potatoes, and green salad, followed by the three pies and fresh whipped cream my teenager made. It’s been a pretty good Thanksgiving, all things considered.

  72. 72.

    dance around in your bones

    @JPL:

    I hope I’m not detecting sarcasm here o_O ! It WAS good – no fuss, no muss.

    I’ve done plenty of the cook-all-day-not-hungry-at-dinner-which-all-disappears-in-ten-minutes-anyway-plus-dishes-up-the-yin-yang in the past. T-Day now stands for Take A Break Day!

    eta: from your 2nd comment I detect sincerity :)
    I had the pumpkin pie, sis had pecan. No complaints!

  74. 74.

    dance around in your bones

    And so I get JMG and JPL mixed up. And I don’t even drink anymore! {{Sorry}}

  80. 80.

    OldDave

    @efgoldman:

    (WKRP) It was based on a lot of radio stations.

    True statement. The only thing that ever felt ‘false’ about the show was turning the monitor all the way down in the control room (unless the DJ was wearing headphones). Dead Air was the ultimate sin.

  82. 82.

    SWMBO

    @efgoldman: Petula Clark. She was one of the acts at the Epcot Flower Power concert series a few years ago. Her voice was gone and the sound man was deaf. Dear God…

  85. 85.

    Poopyman

    Finally sat down at 8:43, then inhaled everything. Now digesting and belching out all the air I swallowed. No pie, sadly. Mrs. P has Celiac’s. I might be dropping in, EF!

  87. 87.

    dance around in your bones

    @efgoldman: Sorry for the confusion. But sometimes sorry about the no drink, even though saying that is frowned upon in certain circles. Ah well.

  90. 90.

    OldDave

    @efgoldman:

    20 years

    Only five years at a commercial outlet, doing mainly engineering work, before I moved on to a different career path. But WKRP came out just a few years after I left radio and I often marveled how ‘true’ it felt.

  94. 94.

    OldDave

    @Schlemazel:

    never had as much fun as those guys

    I learned about unintended side effects after inventing a “Great American Silver Dollar Giveaway” promotion. First caller after we inserted the sound of coins hitting a table would win a silver dollar (note: nickels and dimes make the best sound). We’d “drop the coins” in the middle of songs, between commercials, etc. The problem was the “first caller” bit. Kids came home from school around 3:30 pm and dialed all but the last digit of the station’s public phone number. Tied up the phone switches in two towns, which was a public hazard as you couldn’t call 911; you’d get a ‘busy’ signal when you tried to dial the second digit. We changed the rules to the fifth or sixth caller, which eased the pressure on the local phone system.

  95. 95.

    Mnemosyne

    We have moved on to the portion of the evening where the teenagers try to convince me that watching them play videogames will be fun for me, too.

    The really big problem is that they’re playing on their DSes, so I can barely see the screen from over their shoulders.

  98. 98.

    EBT

    @NotMax: I had completely missed 4th edition and it’s crazy sounding 5 axis alignment system. This is my first time trying 5th and it’s some strange amalgam of 4th, 2nd, and basic.

  101. 101.

    dance around in your bones

    @Yutsano: Temper your expectations, because really, it’s cafeteria food. But if you’re in the mood for inexpensive American grub, it’s good. The staff were unfailingly peppy, polite and helpful. (I told my sis they probably get that beaten into them in training – I have a somewhat cynical view of food service). Turkey, taters and dressing were fine!

    eta: Corner, don’t you hang on my every comment?! I live in El Paso now (though close enough to New Mex that I can squint my eyes and pretend). I don’t think I’m a proto-Texan, however. ABQ all the way!

  107. 107.

    Lizzy L

    Good meal, good company. I ate a little too much… I got home just after dark. Gonna walk the dog, and then settle in with a book. I might have a late evening cup of coffee, just for a treat.

    If you can stand it, WaPo online has an article in the Business section about the way Russian propaganda sites manipulated USA fake news to support Trump and “punish” Hillary Clinton.

  108. 108.

    PsiFighter37

    Some asshole wandered into the hotel I’m staying at in Philly wearing a Trump hat. Old white guy, naturally. He should know better than to wear that in a town that voted 85% for Clinton…basically signaling that he is an asshole, and many other things, to everyone in the hotel bar.

  111. 111.

    Corner Stone

    @JPL: Not to be a braggadoche, but I made one of the more kickass dark roux I have ever attempted, then turned it in to a seriously delicious gumbo. My 12 yr old cleaned up the dining table (his school work space and general garbage time repository, unfortunately) without complaint.
    I felt bad for my mom in not being with her only grandchild but we had talked about it all and she just wasn’t feeling it this year, either.

    IOW, we had a great day. Very peaceful and easy.

  112. 112.

    Mnemosyne

    @EBT:

    We actually started by watching several of the Conan O’Brien segments where he fails at playing video games, but then the DSes came out. Now it’s a choice between my iPad, peering over a teenager’s shoulder, or watching sportsball. And I don’t like sportsball.

  115. 115.

    EBT

    @Major Major Major Major: Well if you know people and distance is the issue FG supports at least the FATE core system. You need to remember Fantasy Grounds is a tool and you can blithely do the wrong thing and nothing will beep at you or refuse to let you do it. But if everyone is basically aware it is way better than maptool or the such. Drag and drop right from the rule manuals in to your character sheet, complete with links back to the rules.

  123. 123.

    Corner Stone

    @NotMax: No doubt. And I was using a thin bottomed stock pot so I stirred that damn roux for 40 F’ng straight minutes without fail. I was like an ER doc asking the nurse to mop the sweat offa me.
    So maybe saying “easy” wasn’t exactly correct. But I knew what I was in for and it came out so I guess that’s all we can shoot for sometimes.

  125. 125.

    Kathleen

    @efgoldman: My dad was “living on the air in Cincinnati” when WKRP was on the air. His general manager was friends with Hugh Wilson. Dad started in radio in 1944 in Fremont, Nebraska, and he had a treasure trove of stories about radio people.

    ETA And I think Schlemazel remembers him from his days at KDWB in St. Paul.

  127. 127.

    Jeffro

    Went to the Mendenhall Inn up in today with the family (last-minute call: mother-in-law’s back has been giving her heck so everyone agreed dining out would be better). Not too bad. Gorged on stuffed salmon and crab cakes (rebel!).

    Lowlight of the event was when a very elderly lady had to have the Heimlich maneuver a few tables away…she survived, but it was a near thing. Highlight…um…making it back to NoVA in 2 hours 25 min thanks to Mrs. Fro’s lead foot?

  130. 130.

    No One You Know

    Very quiet today; Turkey breast & fixings will feed three. We had the annual playing of and discussion of why Arlo Guthrie and the Alice’s Restaurant Massacree was important. Son took it over to the “other” Thanksgiving dinner held by a friend who bought 22 lbs of turkey and needed help eating it.

  131. 131.

    Elie

    Pigged out on mighty fine turkey and all trimmings with close friends. Good time and fun – dancing and joking and more eating. Needed this badly.

    Tonight it’s pouring rain and the wind is howling a bit. Can see a tug boat taking shelter in the bay, waiting to go out for a tanker to bring in to Cherry Point or vise versa. Hung fresh nectar for the over wintering Anna’s hummingbirds earlier today. Seeing hummers in the winter just started for us a couple of winters ago.

    Happy Thanksgiving to my Juicer friends. We got each other and that means a lot to me. Thank you

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