Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

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

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

People are weird.

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

This fight is for everything.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

The low info voters probably won’t even notice or remember by their next lap around the goldfish bowl.

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

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

The republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

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

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

If marriage is the equivalent of selling yourself into slavery, women with self respect should reject the offer.

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

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

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I mentioned a while back, when cornered in comments by a certain unnamed musical fanatic, that other than the Batman: the Brave and the Bold animated episode The MusicMeister, the only musical I actually like is Lil Abner. Largely because it was the only thing to watch one night while I was stuck on the couch in my house in Scotland with a sinus and respiratory infection. We only had three channels and at least one of the other ones was showing snooker… So Lil Abner it was. Given the events of today, I think these two numbers from the Lil Abner movie are appropriate.

And:

Have at it…

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  1. 1.

    SiubhanDuinne

    If I had known an open thread was coming up, I would have waited a couple of minutes to post my comment, and not messed up Richard’s thread.

    Cross posted from downstairs:

    Off topic, but may I just say holy fucketty fuck!? Just hearing the audio of T at one of the inaugural ballz and he has so far said that he loves everyone in the room “because you all voted for me, right?” and reiterated his hatred of the media.

    The man is not well, not well at all. “Why can’t all people be like that? Six questions and six congratulations.” “Did you hear my speech today?” “Even the media finally admitted that the crowds were massive.” He is sick in the head.

  4. 4.

    Adam L Silverman

    @efgoldman: I don’t like musicals. I do like opera. If you count either/both Ingmar Bergman’s and Kenneth Branagh’s film version of The Magic Flute as musicals, then that’s two. Camelot is okay, but I’d rather either read the various literary forms or watch Excalibur.

  11. 11.

    mai naem mobile

    There’s a clip on Twitter of Lumpy dancing with Melanoma at the first dance. Pus sy grabber does not know.how.to dance. He has no rhythe unlike my POTUS who knew how to dance with Michelle and make it obvious that they were still in luurv.

  13. 13.

    lamh36

    Some of my fav movies are musical. All time fav: Sound of Music…modern favs… Chicago, Dreamgirls, Hairspray…and of course the Disney animated movies are essentially musicals…

  20. 20.

    JordanRules

    Getting a lot of rain in south Phoenix tonight. Hoping it will be clear for the march tomorrow morning, but I always love when we get rain in the desert. Today it seemed especially appropriate.

    Germany and France, watch us tomorrow and hold strong! Please hold strong!

  23. 23.

    divF

    Adam – since you liked two Stubby Kaye numbers from Lil Abner, you might want to try Guys and Dolls. Unfortunately, “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat” from the movie seems not to be on youtube.

  32. 32.

    Manyakitty

    @Adam L Silverman: In that case, give it a shot. Bear in mind it’s been part of my life since I was under 10 (I think). The soundtrack album opened into the barnyard from the movie. Plus, who doesn’t like Agnes Moorhead, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, and Debbie Reynolds?

    It’s a deep dive into a cozy blanket.

  33. 33.

    Mary G

    @lamh36: You know I love me some TLo, and this is my favorite part of their Michelle Obama columns today:

    Jackie was the most classically chic First Lady of the last 100 years and Nancy was the most glamorous. But Michelle Obama managed to beat them both on both fronts: chic AND glamorous, at a level no one had seen before from a First Lady.

    That’s right. We said it.

    They have decided not to cover Melania Trump.

  36. 36.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Omnes Omnibus: I remembered the hold outs when they made the switch to the current Class As and Bs. The folks that were going to make retirement before they had to wear them instead of the greens. But the new blue ones are okay, but a lot of gold piping and stripes everywhere. I’m convinced whoever came up with them watched one too many movies featuring the 19th Century cavalry coming over the hill to save the day.

  40. 40.

    NotMax

    Li’l Abner.

    Post-pedantry, the Tangerine Torquemada’s Homeland, Homeland, Über Alles ‘speech’ was revolting, repulsive and retch worthy.

    Seen during a panning shot of the crowds at a protest was someone holding a placard announcing “Witches Against Trump.” Lone smile of the day. Otherwise, good day to stay on WoW.

  44. 44.

    NotMax

    Anyone else notice that the dancing Trump female offspring were dressed in gold and the Pence ones in silver?

    Coincidence? I think not.

  46. 46.

    MaryRC

    @Mary G: I liked this from TLo’s FLOTUS retrospective too:

    [W]hat strikes us most when we look at the span of dresses and separates she wore over the last eight years, is how hard she was working while she wore them. These were her work clothes. They got more and more adventurous over time … but they were always in service to some goal or message she was trying to get across. She almost never gets credit for this, but she really was the first First Lady to take an executive’s approach to the job. Hillary was a lawyer-FLOTUS through and through, but Michelle thought like a goal-oriented manager and you can see it in her style approach.

  48. 48.

    Mary G

    @MaryRC: Yeah, and this too:

    Of course her gowns were rightly celebrated (and will be further lauded in a post later today, along with one on her outerwear), but for us, she was always at her best in day dresses and separates. What struck us most, looking over this collection of pictures from the last 8 years, is just how hard she worked in her job. Gowns and coats are for standing and waving, but Michelle Obama spent eight years talking to kids, reading to kids, hugging military families, giving speeches, making talk show appearances, advocating for her causes, decorating Christmas trees, going to graduations, meeting world leaders, rolling Easter eggs, boarding planes, handing out awards and receiving them – all in an array of stunningly bold and stylish dresses and separates.

    These were her work clothes.

  52. 52.

    NMgal

    @Adam L Silverman: Awww, come on. Fiddler on the Roof! Great music, socially and historically relevant – and poignant – story adapted from Sholem Aleichem. What’s not to like?

  53. 53.

    Adam L Silverman

    @NMgal: I’m just not a musical kind of guy. I like music. I like movies. I like cartoons. I like operas. I just don’t like musicals.

  54. 54.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @efgoldman: I owned two sets of the greens, one set of blues, and probably 10 BDUs. I never bothered with the Blue Mess uniform – it looked silly unless one had six or seven medals and was career-oriented.

  57. 57.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Adam L Silverman: I generally concur. Opera makes sense because it is all music. A play or movie makes sense because people are talking – like people do. Musicals – why did he suddenly start singing? Who does that? I make an exception for Gigi because of Maurice Chevalier and Leslie Caron.

  60. 60.

    Another Scott

    @Omnes Omnibus: Yup.

    All of the lip syncing was amazingly tight, too.

    I didn’t catch who he was talking with on his iPhone via FaceTime or whatever they call it these days. Someone from the Broadway show? (I haven’t seen the musical yet, but have the box set thing on the shelf…)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  63. 63.

    Emdee

    On 22 November 1963, WLW Radio (700 AM) in Cincinnati had planned to air a program of music from the “Lil Abner” soundtrack at 1:30 PM ET. They did, in fact, start that program, after an NBC newscast they’d delayed from 1:00 PM, but before they got to the overture, they had a special bulletin that three shots had been fired at the President in Dallas.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsWUlyja3No

  64. 64.

    TriassicSands

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Musicals – why did he suddenly start singing? Who does that?

    I’m sorry, but gang members are well known to frequently break into song and dance — see West Side Story for proof.

  69. 69.

    Shalimar

    @lamh36: That clip might be the first time I have seen Melania Trump smile. Even in photo shoots, she always looks so grim.

  70. 70.

    jake the antisoshul soshulist

    Singing in the Rain was the only musical I could stand. But lately I have discovered pre code musicals. Murder At The Vanities,
    Hips Hips Hooray, The Laughing Lieutenant, etc. The Music was not always great, but there was a sense of risque fun that was missing through most of the history of musicals.

  71. 71.

    jake the antisoshul soshulist

    Singing in the Rain was the only musical I could stand. But lately I have discovered pre code musicals. Murder At The Vanities,
    Hips Hips Hooray, The Laughing Lieutenant, etc. The Music was not always great, but there was a sense of risque fun that was missing through most of the history of musicals.

  73. 73.

    Erin in Flagstaff

    Another Lil Abner fan! I started humming the song when I saw the title of this post.

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