Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Consistently wrong since 2002

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

The snowflake in chief appeared visibly frustrated when questioned by a reporter about egg prices.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

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

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

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

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

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  15. 15.

    NotMax

    FYI.

    The Polish government published an online database on Monday, listing the names of and personal details about 9,686 wartime staff who ran the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the years 1940-1945.

    The state-run Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) said they hope the database, built upon historians’ decades of archival research, will bring justice to some of the guards while also curbing the use of the phrase “Polish death camps.”
    [snip]
    …up to 200 former Nazi guards who worked at the infamous German death camp that killed around 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, could still be alive.… Source

    (Not trying to harsh the cute – there was no readily amenable thread earlier.)

  16. 16.

    amk

    @Adam L Silverman: Question. For a supposedly mighty and advanced military, how come the helos in these operations had to be destroyed despite absence of opposition firepower? It happened in bin laden raid and it has happened here again.

  18. 18.

    Adam L Silverman

    @debbie: This is what happens when you sideline your Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Acting Director of National Intelligence, and let your political strategist freeze out your National Security Advisor and establish his own, alternative National Security staff.

  20. 20.

    Adam L Silverman

    @amk: Because we don’t want any of our tech to be scavenged by the enemy. Standard Operating Procedure. Once the equipment becomes inoperable – won’t fly or won’t drive, we destroy it to deny it and the tech to the enemy. This includes exploding any unused ordnance.

  22. 22.

    Drunkenhausfrau

    Adam, are you drinking tonight? Tripping? Your posting just seems… so relaxed. First, Buddhist text, now puppy and baby. I often feel, since this atrocity began, that I am losing my moorings, so maybe I am imagining all this.

  25. 25.

    Betty Cracker

    @NotMax: I noticed that too. Also noticed the bros who wept bitter tears over the death of Awlaki’s son when he was killed by a drone strike during the Obama admin are oddly silent about this.

  28. 28.

    Scamp Dog

    @Omnes Omnibus: There’s an old quip that helicopters don’t actually fly, they just beat the air into submission.

    More seriously, helicopters aren’t terribly reliable, and military helicopters in particular have a dreadful safety record.

  29. 29.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Drunkenhausfrau: Nope. Everything is normal. Though I would like to say as a non-cat owner, had I realized the video I posted earlier was of a cat in distress, not a cat making what sounded like “no” over and over I would not have posted it.

  31. 31.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Scamp Dog:

    helicopters don’t actually fly, they just beat the air into submission.

    Oddly, I had considered using that line. But, yeah, helicopters crash. It’s what they do.

  32. 32.

    Major Major Major Major

    @Betty Cracker:

    I noticed that too. Also noticed the bros who wept bitter tears over the death of Awlaki’s son when he was killed by a drone strike during the Obama admin are oddly silent about this.

    The bros were too busy pointing out that Obama totally banned Muslims and refugees too, so what are you so sad about, you impure hypocrite? Never mind that it wasn’t true…

  33. 33.

    Betty Cracker

    I recently discovered TWO seasons of the Great British Bakeoff that we had not seen. Tall cotton, friends!

  34. 34.

    Adam L Silverman

    @amk: I think it’s where they’re flying. This part of Yemen is largely desert. Any sand or grit or dust beyond normal tolerance that gets into the machinery can bring a rotary wing craft down real quick. Also, these ops take place at night. So there’s an error factor in terms of where to land. Its why multiple aircraft of the same make are used to provide redundancy in case of equipment failure, crash, and/or battle damage. This was one of the big lessons learned of Operation Eagle Claw to free the hostages in Iran. Every service had to have one of their SF teams involved. Each of them had their own equipment. Each had their own radio frequencies/comms.
    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/05/the-desert-one-debacle/304803/

  37. 37.

    Adam L Silverman

    @NotMax: Yes, but my understanding is that once the Test Development was over, the number of lost aircraft and human losses as a result, were no higher than for previous platforms. But don’t quote me on that.

  40. 40.

    zmulls

    I would like the Democrats to answer any questions about SCOTUS with comments about Merrick Garland’s record. Talk about Garland as if he were the nominee. Go on Sunday shows and talk about Merrick Garland.

    I’d like them to ask Gorsuch questions about Garland’s record and reputation. Get Gorsuch to praise him.

    If it comes to a floor debate (before filibustering the final vote, denying cloture), all their speeches should be about Garland, how he was the perfect compromise candidate, Garland has not had his hearing and vote yet, etc. etc. etc.

    Just keep talking about Garland, no matter what.

  41. 41.

    Mike J

    @Betty Cracker:

    I recently discovered TWO seasons of the Great British Bakeoff that we had not seen. Tall cotton, friends!

    You know there are seven seasons total, right? PBS has only shown two.

  42. 42.

    debbie

    @Betty Cracker:

    Have you seen the Master Classes they run after each season? Paul and Mary bake some of their favorites from the technical section. Each serves as the other’s assistant, and good natured bickering ensues. It’s worth watching.

  44. 44.

    Dog Dawg Damn

    What are the chances that Joe Biden will come out and lead the Resistance.

    He would be the perfect foil for Drama Queen Donnie. Would go absolute nuts if he would. And then he could run for President in 2020. Really, we should Draft Biden.

  48. 48.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Omnes Omnibus: I would think so. That whole mission was an accident waiting to happen because everyone up the chain put their Services ahead of the mission.

  49. 49.

    EBT

    @Adam L Silverman: Airplanes fly by using physics to your advantage. Helicopters fly by brute force. And sand really fucks them up something fierce because they are about as delicate as the feelings of a far right voter.

  53. 53.

    Adam L Silverman

    @EBT: Yep. We were constantly fighting with Division air to get rotary birds to the FOB or the Combat Outposts and Patrol Bases in our Area of Responsibility because of all the sand storms. They’d come up with any excuse to cancel and often we’d be working on one of the COPs or PBs for several days at a time and find out at the last minute that our rides weren’t coming and then we’d have to get creative to get back to the FOB.

  54. 54.

    Corner Stone

    Why in the absolute world would MSNBC interview Chris Christie on his perspective re: the Trump admin’s first days in office?
    That is not rhetorical. Why?

  57. 57.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Corner Stone: The Travel Channel is showing a Bizarre Foods episode on Alaska’s Inner Passage. They eat all of a seal. It has to be better for you than what you are doing.

  62. 62.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    I subscribed to the Guardian recently after freeloading for years – doing my part to support the opposition party. Today I received my “Welcome Pack” in the mail … a totebag. I am now a goddamn totebagger.

    Thanks, Obama.

  72. 72.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Adam L Silverman: Please do not associate me with Waukesha. I will accept association with Madison, Milwaukee, Wausau, Appleton, and Rhinelander/Tomahawk. Waukesha can fuck itself with a rusty farm implement.

  74. 74.

    Corner Stone

    I do have to marvel that Brian Williams asking a panel of Chris Christie and Nicole Wallace about the wins and losses of the Trump admin is just sublime.

  75. 75.

    amk

    Given that we have always been on war with east asia middle east, one would have thought the mic guyz would have put some stones into their flying death machines to deal with the sand by now

  79. 79.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @NotMax: Spooner is north and west of my areas of familiarity. But it is likely to be rather similar to the Rhinelander/Tomahawk area where my family has land and a cabin.

  82. 82.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    @Corner Stone:

    Flipped to it mid-show and had to go away after five minutes. Christie using San Bernardino and Orlando attacks as justification for increased vetting of immigrants! What a fucking douchebag. And it took Nicole Wallace way too long to check him.

  83. 83.

    EBT

    @efgoldman: Isn’t VTOL a really crappy feature if you don’t really need to take off and land from that exact spot? You can’t just sit there and hover, and like anything else added complexity is added opportunity to break.

  84. 84.

    NotMax

    @Omnes Omnibus

    Misremembered that it was Sunday Morning. Pre-dated the inception of that show.

    July 3, 1972, is the day that changed Somerset forever.

    That night, television reporter Charles Kuralt used his weekly “On The Road” segment to highlight what locals already knew. Tubing down the Apple River was a fun summertime activity.

    That night upwards of 52 million people were watching the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite and many were introduced to tubing for the first time. Somerset and its business community almost immediately felt the impact of the positive publicity. Source

  87. 87.

    JCJ

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Waukesha can fuck itself with a rusty farm implement.

    Hey! I live in Waukesha County! I am on staff at Waukesha Memorial Hospital!

    Well, OK. It is a shithole.

  89. 89.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @efgoldman: My mom is 75 and dad is 73. Mom is having her second hip replacement on 2/9. I am still mad at her for waiting this long. She knew she needed it and put it off for more than a year. I am angry that she has let herself live in pain for more than a year so as to not inconvenience others. Jesus fucking Christ!

    Sorry for the rant.

  90. 90.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Omnes Omnibus: @efgoldman: slightly OT: the Saturday after the synagogue vandalisms (also the Saturday after the second round of bomb threats) I was asked to go to services at the Mom’s synagogue because the chair of the security wanted to meet with me. They had a guest speaker talk about the hospice in the area. I was informed in no uncertain terms that I was not allowed to scream: “Soylent Green is people! I’ve seen it!”

  98. 98.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    this is a person who is considered to be a serious person by persons who think a lot about seriousness

    Will SaletanVerified account
    ‏@saletan
    Offer a deal: Gorsuch & Garland. GOP can go first if they commit to Garland for next seat. Otherwise filibuster. Either way, focus on parity

  100. 100.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Omnes Omnibus: My Mom. I had to meet with the rabbis – its a husband and wife team – the following week. As you can imagine everyone is a bit concerned.

  101. 101.

    JCJ

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I am sorry. But you know what I am saying.

    I know exactly what you are saying. Living in the epicenter of the support for all the evil that is Scott Walker et al I am in agreement with your statement regarding Waukesha.

  102. 102.

    Peale

    @JCJ: i once tried to raise money for charity by walking through the state. Got $25 per mile. I made it through dodge and Jefferson, but got to the Waukesha border and had to stop because at that point Oconomowoc.

  105. 105.

    slag

    I’m watching Winter Soldier as a refresher course on how to deal with 2017. Good stuff in there.

    @Corner Stone:

    you stupid bitch

    Tacky, sexist, and unnecessary. “Stupid motherfucker” would have been far more appropriate.

  111. 111.

    NotMax

    @BillinGlendaleCA

    Did away with those here almost a decade ago. To this day remember to toss the reusable bags into the car but maybe 7 times out of 10 forget to bring them into the store.

    Old dog. New tricks.

  115. 115.

    EBT

    @NotMax: Yeah, the back seat is full of bags that have made it back from the front door. How rarely they actually get used though.

  121. 121.

    Bupalos

    Wow, warning folks to not read CNN’s front page or headline on the nomination. It’s disgusting. Like heart slouchingly disgusting. It should be a warning, this is not the ground to fight on. The nomination teevee show needs immediate push back, but it should be specifically on grounds where we win. I want to hear about Merrick garland. I want to hear about trumps taxes and conflicts. I want to hear about popular vote. I want to hear about cheapening and stacking the court through political machinations and turning the nominating process into a reality teevee show.

    I do not want to hear about everything wrong with this judge. In the fight we’re in right now, it doesn’t matter. I want him contrasted with trump. “What a refreshing change to deal with someone who while dangerously misguided, is not cruel, stupid,or a manipulative sneak. If republicans are going to wipe their asses with the constitution, destroy comity, and flat steal a supreme court seat, this is the best we could hope for.”

  131. 131.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Suzanne: Karine Jean-Pierre of MoveOn specifically cited Flake and McCain as not being able to keep up with the contacts from constituents.

    The important thing is to not let up. And light candles for RBG

  135. 135.

    debit

    @Suzanne: Not to minimize your despair, because I feel it too. And I’m a cynic who tends to believe the worst of everything. But my boss is dying of cancer. And every time I think something sucks or is too hard or too hopeless, I think about her, and I sigh and press on. Because unless you’re dying, you have to keep fighting. Sometimes even when you’re dying (she’s still calling and writing our congress critters).

  138. 138.

    NotMax

    @efgoldman

    We know that Soylent Green is people but still remain in the dark about who put the overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s chowder.

    (Obscure musical reference.)

  146. 146.

    debit

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’ve always thought if you can’t be an optimist, you should have as many as possible around. It helps to minimize the tendency to dive into despair, if nothing else.

    ETA: Pets also help. You can’t be all woe is me when the cats need feeding and dogs want out.

  151. 151.

    Yarrow

    @Suzanne: Hang in there, Suzanne. If you need to take a break from it all to recharge, do that. We can’t predict how it’s all going to work out. All we can do is fight for what’s right and keep pressing on.

    Sometimes the best thing to do is to step away for a bit. This is a marathon not a sprint and the fight will be waiting when you’re recharged and ready to relieve the next person who needs a break.

  155. 155.

    Ruckus

    @Suzanne:
    It is difficult to understand how anyone could see the current “administration” as anything other than a clown show gone horribly wrong. But those people have been with us for a very long time. They tried to secede once, we’re still here. They tried to kill unions so they could fuck over workers (which of course they are still trying to do) and we are still here. They screamed about segregating the military and we’re still here………
    On the other hand I feel this next period of history is going to be pretty rocky because we are being “governed” by sadistic morons so I get your angst. But we actually had more votes, for an actually qualified person, we can put on a lot more pressure and a lot quicker than any time in the past, and there is actually a large number of us on the not unreasonable side of the equation. We just need to keep the pressure on, keep pushing and have just a wee bit of hope. Wasn’t that one of the slogans from the last president?

  156. 156.

    Millard Filmore

    Related to a comment in the recent past: the TV news reported a house fire in southern California that destroyed 1,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies.

  158. 158.

    joel hanes

    @Peale:

    For some reason “Oconomowauk / Peewaukee” is my favorite road sign anywhere.
    It’s just fun to say out loud.

    Religious opinions:
    Grand Champion Brat from Miesfeld’s in Sheboygan FTW
    Carr Valley Glacier Point Blue Cheese and aged cheddars and curd FTW
    Nueske’s apple- and cherry-wood smoked bacon may not be the best in the world, but you couldn’t prove it by me.
    New Glarus Brewery’s “Two Women”, “Spotted Cow”, and “Moon Man” are the perfect accompaniment to the above.

    (every few years I vacation on the Chippewa Flowage NW of Hayward)

  160. 160.

    EBT

    @joel hanes: Carr Valley Glacier Point Blue Cheese and aged cheddars and curd FTW <<< This sounds amazing and I only know what those words mean, not really in that order.

  163. 163.

    NotMax

    @BillinGlendaleCA

    Very funny scene in the John Laroquette Show back in the 90s involving an electric Ford Th!nk parked on the street while charging, a car cover and an elephant.

  164. 164.

    SWMBO

    Reposting from the other night:
    I have an autistic son who is 36 years old. We all went to see Hidden Figures last night and I’m having to explain cultural shifts over time. Why there were colored fountains and bathrooms and why the math whiz had to run a half mile to find a colored bathroom when she needed to pee.
    Teaching him about this and the marches brings back how hard it is for him to assimilate social norms.
    He was nonverbal until he was 4 years old. He was in speech therapy just trying to learn to make the sounds. And it was one step forward and two steps back, if we were lucky. Some of the time, the “normal” therapies didn’t work with him. Then it was come up with something that worked even if it had never been tried.
    There were days and weeks of going over the same thing again and again, just trying to get something through that would stick. It was a long patient slog just to get him to something approaching normal. There were days I cried and felt like a failure. There were days I cried and felt like he was a failure. I have been through all the stages of grief so many times and sometimes all at the same time.
    My point is that anything worthwhile is worth the fight. Yes there are setbacks. New trails to blaze because the old ones are overgrown. Feeling overwhelmed and frustrated because nothing seems to work. But-guess what!- sometimes it works. Sometimes it comes together and you win against the disability. He gets better and you know it was worth the fight.
    Same with politics. Not every day is going to be a win. Not every day is going to be a failure. It is what it is. Take what you have and do the best you can with it. One step forward and two steps back. Whether you realize it or not, you may be dancing. The only ones who can stop us is us. We can do this dance. We have had a win this weekend after the inauguration. Now we organize, plan our next moves and dance. And as the late great Molly Ivins used to say, “Lawd, remember to have some fun.”

  166. 166.

    joel hanes

    @EBT:

    not really in that order

    I think that if you copy/paste that exact string into a Google search bar
    You will attain a rather limited form of enlightenment

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