Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

DeSantis transforms Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

The revolution will be supervised.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

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

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

We still have time to mess this up!

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

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  3. 3.

    manyakitty

    Might be a while on the needlepoint thing, but I can whip up a nice, cozy afghan if you want. Got any preferences about color, weight, or materials?

  16. 16.

    debbie

    I want that mat for my front door and then a mat that says, “No, seriously. I meant it.” for the back door.

  18. 18.

    cosima

    My husband has always wanted the one that says ‘welcome’ on one side, and ‘go away’ on the other. I bought a jute (coir????) one that has poppies, which is what passes as welcoming for us (anti-social is our default).

    House related: today I baking-soda’d the heck out of the seat cushions of the mid-century teak dining chairs that I bought last weekend. Don’t know how long they’d been in someone’s garage, but they smelled like it had been a very long time. Now they smell like the fabric softener beads that I mixed in with the baking soda (left it on for about 6 hours then vacuumed it off). Baking soda (bicarb of soda on this side of the pond) is magic stuff for smells and cleaning (and inexpensive too if you buy the enormous boxes/bags). Take note, Mr. Cole.

    Not house related, but if you’re looking for a good news source (not rolling news, but in-depth topical news) and haven’t found The American Prospect yet, you should check them out. They’re rolling out a new area of reporting:

    http://prospect.org/article/inaugurating-new-american-prospect-feature

    “This week, the Prospect launches a new regular feature: Trickle Downers. Our aim is to expose the ongoing folly of the lie that that tax cuts for the rich, deregulation for the powerful, and wage suppression for everyone else are the polices that best create growth in capitalist economies.”

  21. 21.

    hovercraft

    OT
    I guess since the feeding trough is open, everyone is eager to eat. So much for the ‘responsible’ GOP foreign policy folks.

    Several former Republican cabinet officials who’ve lined up to support Donald Trump’s nomination of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state also have some sort of connection to either Exxon or Russia.

    Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates actually recommended Tillerson to Trump as a potential secretary of state nominee, two anonymous sources told Politico. Both Rice and Gates work for the consulting firm Rice Hadley Gates, which counts Exxon as a client.

    James Baker, secretary of state under George H.W. Bush, has also supported Tillerson, according to Politico. Baker is a partner at a the law firm Baker Botts, which has represented both Exxon and Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft.

    ETA link http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rice-gates-tillerson-exxon-ties

  24. 24.

    p.a.

    If someone sends you the Home Crap Home in a frame I’ll contribute the hangers, wire, hammer, ice pak, band-aids and ibuprofen. You won’t need assistance with the cursing.

  26. 26.

    Eric U.

    I saw a T-shirt I want: “How sarcasm is made. Step 1) ask me a question” That’s it, no more steps

  29. 29.

    Gelfling 545

    @cosima: My daughter has had the welcome/go away one for some years now. She got it as a gift. She says she likes it because it’s versatile.

  31. 31.

    hovercraft

    @jeffreyw:

    The needlepoint should read “This Fucking Old House”. Anything less is a travesty and a mockery.

    I think “Bring Your Own Mustard“, could also be appropriate.

  34. 34.

    Mnemosyne

    @manyakitty:

    A variegated yarn would probably be better than a solid. Hides the dog puke stains better. And, for god’s sake, make it machine washable!

  38. 38.

    cosima

    @Gelfling 545: Absolutely — suits every occasion! 360 days a year we’d keep it with the ‘go away’ side up, 5 days (which is about our entertaining average) a year we’d flip it to the ‘welcome’ side. We are already known as the crazy (but nice) Americans of this area of the village. I’d get it for Mr Cosima for his bday, but I think that given the recent election results if we put it out they might think we’re T/P supporters with smuggled-in guns.

  40. 40.

    Larkspur

    @schrodinger’s cat: You are on a roll today. Watch out for mustard! I’m going to have to go with Team Thistle, not because I love pink – I don’t – but I can’t help wearing it every day, because it’s on my skin, in varying shades of rose-tinted ivory, to bubble-gum, to eraser-colored, and occasionally, I’m told, puce. Frankly, I’d rather be referred to as “that older thistle-colored harridan standing over there”. So: Team Thistle.

  43. 43.

    jurassicpork

    Speaking of home…

    Mrs. JP, Popeye the cat and I are in a terrible spot this Christmas season. I’ve made an appeal at Welcome Back to Pottersville for assistance and I’ve also included a special book gift offer for those who chip in beyond a certain amount. But the bottom line is the last thing we need to worry about over the holidays is eviction.

  45. 45.

    cosima

    Any tips for a far-too-energetic lab who has just had radical surgery (TPLO) and is now confined to her pen for a month (1 week down, 3 to go)? My daughter said that there are herbal/natural remedies for pet. Something along the lines of Bach’s for pets, maybe? Lola is just 1-1/2 yrs old, so she feels that she should be out & about, no matter the state of her leg, which is still very precarious.

  53. 53.

    The Moar You Know

    @jurassicpork: Fuck you, you Republican piece of garbage. Come here and beg for money from the sucker libs every few months. How’s that as a lifestyle working out for you? Probably not so well, but I’m not going to click your blogwhore link to find out.

  55. 55.

    cosima

    @LAO: I’ve tried a couple, but haven’t managed to find a toy that she doesn’t figure out within 5 minutes. I’ve had better luck today with a strange bone thing filled with something, but still lots of whining. The 6-month rehab is going to do my head in.

  59. 59.

    trollhattan

    @schrodinger’s cat:
    Could well be. Certainly don’t get any kind of hubba-hubba vibe from it, but maybe they’re Mennonites and as we all know, they frown on sex because it can lead to dancing.

  60. 60.

    Mnemosyne

    @schrodinger’s cat:

    She didn’t kill anyone directly. Well, except right at the end when she tried to kill the heroine — it’s been a while since I read the book.

    I think it was 2007 when I came to work as Madame DeFarge for Halloween. (Technically, I think I said I was a tricoteuse from the Revolution, but same idea.)

  61. 61.

    LAO

    @cosima: I feel for you (and her!). The next three weeks will be very tough — keep the kongs stuffed with PB (or whatever you prefer).

    My vet recommended the following brand, because my puppy is difficult — Nina Ottosson. Can be pricey but the toys vary from beginner to super difficult.

  68. 68.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @raven: It’s very sweet. And comical, of course, since he uses “grievance.” I’ll certainly want to file a grievance when my dog dies! It’s a totally touching gesture.

    ETA: I’m not a grammar Nazi. I’m alt-write.

  72. 72.

    Nicole

    @cosima: It’s a great time to teach her tricks she can do in a sitting or lying position (speak, touching her paw to her nose, or touching a specific toy or bone on the command). Fortunately for dog owners, dogs’ brains get just as tired as their bodies and a good ten or fifteen minute training session can be every bit as exhausting as a run.

    My Staffy mix tore her CCL doing a glorious 5-foot-into-the-air leap after a tennis ball a few years ago and had to be confined to her crate for some time after surgery. She learned to do “drop it,” “give,” and “go practice” (plunks out a note on a toy piano) like a pro. I’m now trying to teach her to open doors with her paw, which I may come to regret.

  73. 73.

    Helen

    @opiejeanne: Yeah. He’s expecting the “free market” to protect him. You know. The market where it’s who you know. The market where it’s where you were born. The market where YOU are not the beggar. That other free market. There’s a club and you’re not in it
    h/t George Carlin

  74. 74.

    Betsy

    That’s a great gift. Good ol’ Mom! She knows you too well.

    Apparently, so do a lot of other people.

  75. 75.

    Shalimar

    @opiejeanne: A casual look around his website suggests jurassicpork is liberal, but there is a lot of sarcasm that could be mistaken for Republican seriousness.

  81. 81.

    danielx

    Just got a quick three inches of snow, and if you live ENE of central Bumblefuckistan (that would be Indiana), it’s coming to you and will last until dark at least. Pity folks who live in Pittsburgh, but the weather there is so notoriously bad they probably won’t notice. Also, too, it is presently 32 degrees and is supposed to be down to 11 tonight, by which I conclude it will be somewhat windy this afternoon. Oh well, Subaru is in the garage, I have a new winter coat, and there’s firewood on the back porch.

  83. 83.

    cosima

    @LAO: Thank you for the toy info. I read some reviews, but will read more and see if any might be suitable for her when she can be a bit more energetic. Right now she’s supposed to be as immobile as possible, so I’ve been giving her things to chew (never could get her interested in peanut butter, for some reason, but there are some treats at Costco with veg in them that she loves). She has an amazing laidback personality, but still, she is a young lab, so that only goes so far.

    @Nicole: Thanks for that — it’s been over a year since she injured herself, and a lot of the wait time had to do with waiting for her to reach her full size. She tore her cruciate ligament running around the woods near our house maybe about 3 weeks after she could go walking (fully vaxxed and all that). When it first happened and we were looking at surgery I bought a book about things to do with a cooped up dog on medical restrictions, but I’d forgotten about that, and now you’ve reminded me!

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