Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

The revolution will be supervised.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Eh, that’s media spin. biden’s health is fine and he’s doing a good job.

No one could have predicted…

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

I did not have telepathic declassification on my 2022 bingo card.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

This really is a full service blog.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

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

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

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  1. 1.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    the only thing that would make that person more annoying would be…. Nope, never mind

  6. 6.

    lamh36

    Open thread…cool…

    So anyone have any experience with the DHHS hiring process? Particularly the process for CDC in Atlanta?

  8. 8.

    clay

    How about a Marine who does crossfit who is also a vegan… and who wants to constantly re-litigate the Democratic primary?

  9. 9.

    Mnemosyne

    Also, too, I was asking in the other thread about connecting flights through ATL, but I just discovered that there’s a non-stop red eye so … never mind.
    /Emily Litella

  15. 15.

    Cacti

    Since it’s an open thread…

    WTF on the Chargers moving to Los Angeles? I thought they might move, but to Los Angeles?

    L.A. didn’t even care about the Chargers when they were without a team for 20-years and only 110 miles away.

    Mater Dei High School probably has a larger L.A. fan base than the Chargers.

  16. 16.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    From Cole’s twitter feed, not really surprising but… fuck him

    ‏@ politico
    [email protected] Sen_JoeManchin: I’ll help GOP ‘repair’ Obamacare

    He’ll deserve every ad of the Republican blaming him for the fall out. Fucker.

  22. 22.

    Adam L Silverman

    @lamh36: The funny thing is, as I was driving to the gym this afternoon I was wondering where things were at. Its my fault. I created a disturbance in the Force…

  27. 27.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Matthew Yglesias ‏@ mattyglesias 1h1 hour ago
    Some folks think Trump is “blackmail proof” because we already know so much, but he clearly thinks there’s some damning secret in his taxes.
    Could financial information have been purloined from Trump’s lawyers or accountants? From a bank he works with? Maybe it’s all impregnable.

    I, of course, oppose all manner of leaks and hacking, so I really hope there’s no latter day George Smiley planning something with understated, scholarly ruthlessness.

  30. 30.

    Larkspur

    I find these comments disturbing and difficult to understand. I will go elsewhere. Happy evening, everyone!

  34. 34.

    WaterGirl

    @Adam L Silverman: Hey Adam, I truly love your posts and all your contributions here, so I am quite surprised to see you threaten to ban Steeplejack for being a pedant about spelling or grammar. We are all on edge with the upcoming Trump apocalypse, so I am hoping you have just had a rough day (day/week/month) and will change your mind.

    I would hate to lose either you or Steeplejack at BJ.

  35. 35.

    Adam L Silverman

    @WaterGirl: It was amusing the first four dozen times. He/she can keep it to themselves or not. I’m no longer humoring him/her.

  36. 36.

    Mnemosyne

    @clay:

    All of them, Katie!

    Seriously, we have 4 full days on the ground, so we may run out of things to do by Friday.

  41. 41.

    WaterGirl

    @Adam L Silverman: Sounds like maybe you both push each other’s buttons, which happens with people sometimes. It’s the threat of banning that I find disconcerting. BJ would be a lesser place if we lost either of you.

    P.S. Steeplejack is a he.

  45. 45.

    lamh36

    Media Alert: Central Time Zone:

    @NMAAHC 2m2 minutes ago
    Join us now to celebrate #APeoplesJourney with @ABCNetwork! A tribute to African American music and culture. #TakingTheStage

  47. 47.

    WaterGirl

    @lamh36: I would be worried that in a Trump world, he could decide we don’t need the CDC. After all, weren’t they involved with all that pesky zika virus stuff?

    But I take it you are thinking of changing jobs and relocation? is the (not so new) boss making you crazy? (I have been out of the loop a lot after the election, so there is probably a backstory here that I have missed.)

  55. 55.

    WaterGirl

    @efgoldman:

    I’n prutty sher he were kiding.
    We are marching to Pedantia, Pedantia, Pedantia….

    I so very much hope you are right and the kidding went over my head.

    You don’t think I could be on edge, too, do you? :-)

  56. 56.

    NotMax

    Off the beaten track movie alert at 9 in the morning on Friday on TCM.

    The Lady Takes A Sailor – no one believes a woman’s tale of being rescued from drowning by a mystery submarine.

  59. 59.

    WaterGirl

    @lamh36: Just trying to figure out if I have to donate daily in order to have a chance against the competition. :-)

    I love that he hams it up so much, kind of making fun of himself as he does it. “And I mean Anything. You. Want. Anything.” Too funny.

  60. 60.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: Oh, no! We are entering the age of authoritarianism. It’s even infected Baud. It’s worse than zika!!!

  61. 61.

    raven

    Hice replaced Paul Braun in our district. I thought you might like to read this post about a town hall his reps had tonight.

    I attended a Jody Hice event at the Golden Corral in Winder tonight. Understand, I’m extremely cynical about getting into any sort of debate with anyone on the right side of the political spectrum, much less one of their lackeys. BUT, there was something empowering about being in a room of people (specifically, angry women) who where there to stand their ground on a unified cause. Everyone in the room was upset about Obamacare’s demise—and the lack of a plan to replace it—and young Ben got an earful.
    So, what’s the takeaway? Well, first, there is still value in face-to-face conversations with politicians. Second, there is value in mobilizing a group (or, at least, taking a buddy) to bombard the representative with questions. Third, there’s value in personal stories and restraint in your hatred — basically, once you start popping off, you start to lose them. And fourth, do your homework. Because if your representative voted against something, you want to be able to call them out on that.
    What to avoid? Yelling. Asking questions that don’t have to do with the elected official’s capacity—stick to their voting record and statements they’ve made. And if you don’t have the representative in the room, skip the question and go right for a statement—”If it weren’t for Obamacare, I wouldn’t have a beautiful baby boy.”
    Jody Hice’s “representatives” have two more public meetings planned: 9:30-11:30 a.m. in Tennille (Washington County) and 10 a.m.-noon in Gibson (Glasscock County). These places are far from Athens and I think it’s funny that Hice doesn’t even bother to show up, but if you can swing it, know that there IS value in showing up to these things and voicing your opinion.

  63. 63.

    schrodingers_cat

    @lamh36: Not a fan of QV. India is still paying the price of her “benevolent” reign of forty or so years. Channeling raven, fuck QV.
    I don’t get the American fascination with the British Royals.

  67. 67.

    clay

    @Mnemosyne:

    we have 4 full days on the ground, so we may run out of things to do by Friday.

    No, there’s always something to do. I live in Fla., and have been to WDW a ton of times, with and without kids. You may have already said this, but who all is going? Is it a family trip? Are there kids? If so, what ages? Are you staying on property?

    I think you’re going at a good time… the Christmas crowds should’ve died down by now.

  68. 68.

    Politically Lost

    Hey Adam, just wanted to thank you again for the security at mass protest events post again. We forwarded a link to the women’s march organizers and got a great response.

    My wife and I are putting together our essentials this weekend and will be referencing it again. Flying in on inauguration day and flying out the day after. Ugh. But, worth it.

    Getting ready for the long grim struggle the orange jackass and his minions in the congress.

  69. 69.

    lamh36

    Gary Clark Jr and Alvin Ailey Dance Thearer..

    Birth of the Blues

    #APeoplesJourney #TakingTheStage

  71. 71.

    raven

    Reuters
    Thursday 12 January 2017 20.15 EST

    Syrian army command has said that Israel fired rockets at a military airport west of Damascus, the capital, and warned Tel Aviv of repercussions after what it called a “flagrant” attack.

    State television quoted the army as saying several rockets were fired from an area near Lake Tiberias in northern Israel just after midnight which landed in the compound of the airport, a base for Republican Guards.

  72. 72.

    Adam L Silverman

    @NotMax: It wasn’t a tell. I know I make silly spelling errors, especially when I’m not paying much attention – like a quick, amusing open thread because we haven’t had one in a while. It’s why I have multiple colleagues proof my written work. I don’t need it constantly pointed out. Like most people, I am quite good at picking up editing issues in other’s written work rather than my own.

  75. 75.

    WaterGirl

    @Politically Lost:

    Hey Adam, just wanted to thank you again for the security at mass protest events post again.

    I must have missed that one – do you have a link to the thread or some idea of which day it was? I tried to scan the thread titles but I didn’t see anything that sounded like that.

    I would be very interested in that article because I see more protests in our future and some serious overreach from trump and cops.

  76. 76.

    Another Scott

    @clay: and who wants to constantly re-litigate the Democratic primary Bill Clinton administration?

    FIFY?

    ;-)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  83. 83.

    Gin & Tonic

    So, by way of debriefing, as this is an open thread that seems to have gotten a bit dark, some may recall that I was planning to make one of these for dinner on Dec 25th (vegetarians and vegans should just skip this post.) We did. It was fucking awesome. I highly recommend this – follow the instructions exactly, and it comes out perfectly, looking exactly like the photos. My oven seems to be a bit slow, so in the end it took pretty close to 5 hours. N.B. – if you’re using a meat thermometer, take it out before the “crisping” step. I failed to do so and it melted.

    This dish is probably not recommended if you have cholesterol issues.

  90. 90.

    SFAW

    @rikyrah:

    I liked the comment/tweet from “King Keenen” telling Drew to take the seat with him.

    But I expect that’s because I’m weird.

  102. 102.

    lamh36

    Usher for James Brown Segment
    “Papas Got A Brand New Bag” “I Feel Good” “Say It Loud” “Get On Up”

    #APeoplesJourney #TakingTheStage

  106. 106.

    JordanRules

    @Major Major Major Major: Yeah. Pretty curious myself.

    I’ve raised my displeasure before about racists not being banned (to be fair, not on Adam’s watch and it’s been a while) so I’m a little disoriented right now.

  107. 107.

    Peale

    @WaterGirl: our first response in every health crises will be to seal the borders and spray all immigrants with herbicides. People who complain that herbicides don’t actually fight bacteria will be ridiculed as eggheads. The CDC won’t really be needed again until there are widespread birth defects in immigrant neighborhoods, by which time the scientists who work there will be replaced by white evangelicals, who will blame those defects on the filthy moral lives of colored foreigners.

    Yeah, I’m not really looking forward to our new “only drama” Regime.

  108. 108.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: Speaking of which, I just saw her speak the other day. I know it’s petty to say so, and maybe sexist, but she looks awful and terribly unhealthy. Like she’s trying to compete with the woman who is married to James Carville, whose name escapes me for the moment. Are they alcoholics? Or is it just the lack of soul eating them alive from the inside out?

  109. 109.

    Gin & Tonic

    Earlier today I posted something to the effect that, having worked in and around infosec for nearly two decades, I’ve never known anyone who’s availed him/herself of the service of Giuliani Security. Turns out I’m not the only one.

    The company website seems to be quite the technical disaster area, too. The technically inclined among you are probably already following @SwiftOnSecurity (if you aren’t, you need to) who’s retweeting various people’s takes on the site. Suffice it to say that Il Donaldo’s son could do a better job configuring it.

  113. 113.

    SFAW

    @WaterGirl:

    But whatever happened to proportional response?

    That’s for chumps.

    Just remember what Sean Connery’s character said about The Chicago Way: “They bring a knife, you bring an M60 (Saco represent!), a flamethrower, and a small thermonuclear device.”

  116. 116.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: Now, see, that works! I guess if you can be funny when you’re beating your chest, it’s all good.

    edit: wow, FYWP is harsh tonight. After I typed that and pressed submit, I got an error that said “please type a comment”. I mean, it’s not the greatest comment I’ve ever written, but not even recognizing it as a comment seems unduly harsh.

  121. 121.

    SFAW

    @Gin & Tonic:

    You and your associates/friends have probably never heard about Rudy’s cybersecurity dealings because you’re only familiar with companies that have non-white employees.

    (Which is my roundabout way of calling America’s Most Insane Ex-Mayor a fucking racist. )

  123. 123.

    Miss Bianca

    @lamh36: This is truly some amazing news. In years to come – presuming the human race is still around – Jimmy Carter may be remembered primarily as the man who helped wipe the scourge of guinea worm off the planet and oh, yeah – he was also POTUS!

  126. 126.

    WaterGirl

    @Peale: It’s a testament to humanity that we are not all rocking in the corner. At least not all of us, not all the time.

  129. 129.

    Peale

    @WaterGirl: it’s the early stages of leprosy. I hope it comes back as an affliction to those who cause suffering. Boils to employers who cheat workers of wages. Gangrenous pustules for the hypocritical wicked.

  130. 130.

    SFAW

    @Baud:

    I decided I need a middle aged blond woman who can lie on a TV without shame.

    If it’s a flat-screen TV, wouldn’t she fall off?

  133. 133.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    @lamh36:

    I don’t know… sounds like kind if a toxic work environment to me….

    *taps mic

    Is this thing on?

  134. 134.

    Another Scott

    @Adam L Silverman: With respect, if Steep notices it, you can be sure that others here do too. He’s trying to help you get your thoughts across to your audience more clearly. Even if it’s annoying, you should appreciate that he has taken the time.

    I cringe when my fingers get ahead of what I’m trying to type and silly errors get through here. But I don’t have the luxury of being able to go back and fix them when they’re pointed out…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  135. 135.

    SFAW

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Or because his company is incompetent.

    Yeah, I got that from your comment yesterday. But I didn’t want to miss an opportunity to call America’s Most Insane Ex-Mayor a fucking racist.

  136. 136.

    WaterGirl

    @SFAW: I am a chicago girl, that should have been drilled into me at an early age along with vote early, vote often.

  143. 143.

    ms_canadada

    @raven: Cinderella Liberty. Paul Williams wrote the lyric, John Williams wrote the music. “Hello, such a simple way to start a love affair…”
    Paul Williams, along with Jonathan Winters, etc., was in the movie, (based on the book written by Evelyn Waugh) The Loved One. Classic!

  144. 144.

    raven

    My Facebook is cumin with this:

    A budget amendment with bipartisan support to allow imported drug competition from Canada was just shot down in the Senate, mainly due to a few big pharma Democrats. One such is Corey Booker, who represents New Jersey, a state with some of the largest US big pharma companies in the world.

  146. 146.

    WaterGirl

    @SFAW: Perhaps BJ could be programmed so that every comment automatically has this appended to it: Giuliani is a fucking racist, the NYT is garbage, and Trump is a sociopath and a monster.

    I wonder how long it would be before those 3 things came up when someone googles Giuliani, NTY or Trump.

  148. 148.

    Baud

    @Miss Bianca:

    I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?

  149. 149.

    WaterGirl

    @raven: Even after all the photos I’ve seen of your dad, I had no idea that your dad and my mom were the same person.

  153. 153.

    Gin & Tonic

    @chris: My son has two friends, identical twin brothers. I’ve known them since they were in grade school. Since reaching more-or-less adulthood one of them has been a serious and committed drinker, while the other was an abstainer for a long time, and now has the occasional beer, with emphasis on occasional. They’re around 30. The one who drinks (he also smokes tobacco) looks ten years older than his brother.

  158. 158.

    Elmo

    @Doug R: For one season only in the AFL, before the modern NFL even existed.

    Native San Diegans loathe and despise Los Angeles and all its works. For Spanos to take the team to LA….

    I am a lifelong Charger fan. Since 1978. I have lived and died with the Chargers since I was 11 years old. I was one of the 80,000 who welcomed them back after the 1994 AFC Championship Game, after they defeated the Steelers on the road. I drove to the stadium honking and cheering and waving. I had season tickets.

    They are dead to me. Fuck them.

  163. 163.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Catching up on the Rachel Maddow show, and the Senate Dems done good last night, including Heidi Heitkamp about whom I have had unkind thoughts.

    I didn’t see anything about this today, how they all broke protocol to speak out against the Rs’ bill as they voted. The video would be worth looking for.

    (And to the probable assholes, no, I don’t think this changes anything in the short term, but it showed energy and unity and planning. So good on Schemer, and good on Heitkamp.).

  164. 164.

    Baud

    @chris: We need to start a Twitter meme about how William Henry Harrison was the best president because his term was so short and no one could ever top that.

  165. 165.

    NotMax

    @ms_canadada

    The Loved One – stellar cast, rambling and muddled execution. Rod Steiger’s Mr. Joyboy and his mother worth the price of admission.

    Williams was what, about 12?

  170. 170.

    WaterGirl

    @raven: I had no idea. We would have still been in chicago then.

    Speaking of chicago, we are getting a Portillo’s here soon! We also just got a GIORDANO’S, but they were dumb enough to open at the mall, and I never go there.

  172. 172.

    lamh36

    Tom Hank honors Tuskegee Airmen!
    7 surviving members on stage!
    Colin Powell on stage to shake hands & thx
    #APeoplesJourney #TakingTheStage

  178. 178.

    ms_canadada

    @raven: @raven: Eli Wallach was in the movie, but James Caan was Marsha Mason’s love interest. I have all of Paul Williams records (vinyl). He wrote so many great songs for the Carpenters.

  181. 181.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @efgoldman: he said “middle aged”

    Terri Gross had an interview with Jeff Ross, the comic who hosts the Comedy Central roasts, and they spent a lot of time talking about how the roast of Rob Loew turned into a roast of Ann Coulter. You got the impression that Terri Gross would have echoed Jewel, that as a feminist, she was uncomfortable with a lot of the things said, but as someone who hates Ann Coulter, she found it really fucking funny.

  184. 184.

    Yarrow

    @Iowa Old Lady: I think it’s actually encouraging. It shows that “this Russian stuff” is filtering down to regular people enough that they’re talking about it at B&N. Sure, they’re trying to pretend it isn’t real because it doesn’t match their world view and they probably voted for Trump and don’t like feeling like they’ve been duped. But they’ve heard it enough to talk about it. That means we need to keep up the pressure and hope for more drip drip. (Yes, you saw what I did there.)

  185. 185.

    Corner Stone

    @Hunter:

    and a final solution to the entitlements crisis.

    Oh my. I was with you right up til that complicated “final solution” part.

  191. 191.

    Oatler.

    @NotMax: JI think Williams was an adult at that time.

    They told me, Francis Hinsley,they told me you were hung
    With red protruding eyeballs and black protruding tongue.

  193. 193.

    FlyingToaster

    @Hunter:

    We are just two state legislature away from being able to call a new Constitutional Covention to propose amendments.

    The only thing that will pass (and the only one that would need to) is an amendment to allow secession.

    Hasta la vista, baby!

  194. 194.

    Adam L Silverman

    @lurker dean: He’s already set up a closed meeting with Director Schaub and the House Oversight Committee. Congressman Cummings is trying to make it an open session of the committee so everyone can see it/hear it.

  196. 196.

    hovercraft

    @WaterGirl:
    It’s funny how these women, KAC, Anne Coulter and Mary Matalin, have made millions lying, they have achieved most of their life ambitions, and yet they are all seem angry and bitter. Their evil, because they are evil, has taken the joy out of their lives, and it shows on their faces. I guess spending your life trying to make other people lives miserable, it boomerangs on you. Karma, mother fuckers, she’s a bitch. Also throw in serial plagiarizer Monica Crowley.

  197. 197.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @lurker dean: If I had based my entire career on the idea of succeeding Orrin Hatch (assuming hatch is not some sort of vampire or zombie and will eventually vacate the seat) I don’t know if I would count on the appeal of Trump-toadyism to Utah voters, especially if someone on my staff had ever cut out an article on this Evan McMullen guy and left it on my desk.

  204. 204.

    Cacti

    @Elmo:

    For one season only in the AFL, before the modern NFL even existed.

    Native San Diegans loathe and despise Los Angeles and all its works. For Spanos to take the team to LA….

    I am a lifelong Charger fan. Since 1978. I have lived and died with the Chargers since I was 11 years old. I was one of the 80,000 who welcomed them back after the 1994 AFC Championship Game, after they defeated the Steelers on the road. I drove to the stadium honking and cheering and waving. I had season tickets.

    They are dead to me. Fuck them.

    This.

    I only lived in San Diego for about 4-years, but that was long enough to learn that Los Angelans don’t give a rat’s patootie about any San Diego team and vice versa. And there’s no affinity for the Chargers’ one season of history there 55-years ago.

    They’ll struggle to fill the 30,000 seat venue of the L.A. Galaxy where they’re thinking about playing until the Inglewood complex is finished.

  205. 205.

    Miss Bianca

    @Gin & Tonic: Depends. If you are there just for skiing and just want to hang in town, I’d say take the shuttle. If you think you are going to want to hit some other spots (the hot springs in Ridgway, for example), rent a car.

    ETA: Also depends how comfortable you feel with mountain driving. The road between Montrose and Telluride is not that bad, as I recall, but it’s been a while since I’ve been on it.

  206. 206.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Omnes Omnibus: Mine has always been, largely, being several thoughts/sentences ahead of where my fingers are on the keyboard. So I’m most likely to have two types of mistakes. The common its/it’s, your/you’re if I’m not paying close attention and the missing word or two because I’ve out though my fingers ability to type.

  218. 218.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Major Major Major Major: I can’t tell if you’re snarking about Corey Booker or the blogosphere’s love for the erstwhile AUMF Senator from MBNA. In case it’s the former:

    TBogg ‏@ tbogg 8h8 hours ago
    Booker voted against drug importation because the bill lacked safety standards. Manic progressives want pure politicians, not pure drugs

    and I am not a Booker fan and didn’t follow this debate
    ETA: And I am a Biden fan, just one with a long memory and a degree of skepticism about even people I like

  223. 223.

    Adam L Silverman

    @NotMax:
    нет проблем
    (I have no idea if I got that right, so eithe G&T or Gogol’s Wife will have to let me know)

  224. 224.

    Major Major Major Major

    @Baud: the lefties in a tizzy about Booker.

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I’ve been waiting for the smoke to clear before reading anything, thanks.

    @NotMax: I certainly remember some people being (rightly) upset but nothing like I’ve seen with Booker today, Hillary ever, Obama when he was a senator.

    ETA: the distinction being the difference between “sigh, there goes Ben Nelson/Joe Lieberman again” and “CALL COREY BOOKER RIGHT NOW AND LET HIM KNOW YOU HATE HIM”. Perhaps it’s just Facebook.

  226. 226.

    lurker dean

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: i hope you’re right. mcmullen certain had a good showing in the prez election, and is making a good name for himself challenging trump after the election. god forbid chaffetz ever wins that senate seat.

  229. 229.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Major Major Major Major: Booker has been a solid Dem overall – I disagree with him on a number of issues, but I don’t even agree with myself about everything. He is fighting the good fight against Sessions.

  233. 233.

    hovercraft

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:
    His vote was a combination of both, according to his office, he voted against because of the lack of safety standards, but I’m sure he was also looking out for a big constituency. Politicians protect their home state interests, this is not shocking, on balance he has turned out to be a improvement over our senior senator, Bob Menendez.

  235. 235.

    Cacti

    @Major Major Major Major:

    the lefties in a tizzy about Booker.

    Of course.

    The barbarians are at the gates, but the Berniecrats are still busy fighting their real enemy: elected Democrats.

    Meanwhile, St. Bernardus of Burlington stopped by Morning Joe to assure the Trumpkins he won’t rule out working with the orange fuhrer. Revolution!

  236. 236.

    J R in WV

    @schrodingers_cat:

    I’m with you on the Brit royals and “aristocracy” – Lady Di and the whole crowd were and are despicable folk spitting and kicking down at the whole population of the world.

    Everyone is below them in every way, to them.

    Despicable! All of them!

  242. 242.

    lamh36

    African American Poetry & Hip Hop…of course performance by Common, Chuck D, Doug E Fresh.

    #TakingTheStage

  244. 244.

    chris

    @hovercraft: Yeah, safety standards on drugs from Canada. We’re just up here, y’know, and most of our drugs come from the US or are made here under license. Often new drugs in the US aren’t sold here because our boffins have to test them all over again although that rule has changed a bit recently.

    Cory was protecting his people who don’t want you to ask why the price is so different.

  245. 245.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Elmo: Given the time frame you mentioned, I thought he might be big on your radar. One must construct one’s argument for one’s target/mark/jury/etc. You can’t go for the Racist Nicknames. The Pack is community owned – just saying.

  248. 248.

    Cacti

    @chris:

    Cory was protecting his people who don’t want you to ask why the price is so different.

    When we’re all behind the wire for the crime of being not Republican, maybe one of your ideological compatriots can punch him or something.

  249. 249.

    sneezy

    @SFAW:

    I didn’t want to miss an opportunity to call America’s Most Insane Ex-Mayor a fucking racist.

    This is a good policy.

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    Cacti

    @chris:

    Being Canadian is ideological now? I was just stating a fact, other than that i admire what the man did yesterday.

    No genius. I mean spending your energy sniping at your own team when the fascists are about to take over.

    Like the German political left was busy doing while the Nazis were seizing power. Berniecrats would have made great Weimar era socialists.

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    Gin & Tonic

    Anybody see the report in WaPo that Michael Flynn called the Russian ambassador in the US several times on the day that PBO expelled the 35 Russian “diplomats”? Is that a Logan Act violation?

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    J R in WV

    @Adam L Silverman</a

    I used to right grant proposals for funding from the EPA. Being from West Virginia, I'm especially picky about speling and grammar, because people from elsewhere sometimes think hillbillies are ignorant, or even stupid.

    So I always went over the material I wrote after letting it lay for a while, which helps. Then I had two coworkers (MBA and math major) go over the docs, and then passed by my boss, just in case. Some years it was actually clean. But over the years, the guidance doc required more and more detail, and my output got bigger and bigger, with more charts and spreadsheets.

    So eventually I found a stoopid error in a prominent spot in the grant app, which asked for over a million dollar !!!!! But I got the bucks, whatever.

    Now I'm retired, it's been 8 years going on 9 since I sent one of those in. No more responsibility for other people's money. So glad I don't make those typographical errors no more!!

    [sic ^12 ]

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    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Adam L Silverman: He should have. Everyone should be in awe of John Lewis. He was a superhero IRL before there were comics called graphic novels.

    ETA: Or what Omnes said first, and better. ::shakes fist::

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    Cacti

    @schrodingers_cat:

    Useful idiot, just an idiot or something more?

    Bernie’s immigration votes along with his vote to dump Vermont’s toxic sludge on an impoverished Texas border town and give his wife a paid gig on the waste dumping board of directors always had me leaning toward “something more”.

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    NotMax

    @J R in WV

    Friend was stationed in Spain while in the Air Force way back when. One day, he had to fill out a form requesting a replacement part for a B-52.

    Someone above him caught that he had mistyped a single digit of the part number and sent up a form ordering a replacement landing assembly ($750,000 at the time) instead of the small widget needed.

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    Miss Bianca

    @Cacti: Communists. Not Socialists. it was the Communists who were busy sniping the rest of the Weimar Left. Under direct orders from Moscow. Funny how that keeps popping up as an historical trope, nyet?

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    frosty

    @WaterGirl:

    Giuliani is a fucking racist, the NYT is garbage, and Trump is a sociopath and a monster.

    Can we add “Fuck LBJ”? (waves at Raven)

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    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    @Miss Bianca:

    “You’re funny. Funny-lookin’, that is.”

    M. Colette is often told, “you’re not as funny as you look.”

    (By me.)

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