Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I did not have this on my fuck 2024 bingo card.

Republicans in disarray!

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

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

Their freedom requires your slavery.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Israel is using food as a weapon of war. Unforgivable.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

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Late Night Comic Relief Open Thread: To… the Moon, and Beyond!

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  4. 4.

    TS

    Business plan: Charge low fees to send people to the moon. Then ask how much they want to pay to come back.

    Had a friend who visited Egypt many moon ago. Went on a tour of the pyramids. Went way down deep into one of said pyramids & the guide said it was going to cost them $10 each to be taken back to the outside world. They had no idea if he was joking or not, but everyone paid.

  5. 5.

    Vhh

    CNN just reported on a Fox News interview with Trump in which he whines (without providing evidence) that Obama is sabotaging his government. No, this is not a joke. He’s trying the old Stalin-vs-Trotsky gambit (or Big Brother vs Goldstein, for those wth fresh copies of Orwell’s 1984). Must be desperate for a diversion from whatever hairball will get coughed up this week. Like the yuge number of Trump voters who would lose insurance under the ACA “replacement” he will unveil. Or more viral drips on the Russia connection (his lawyer, Michael Cohen?). Or more immigration abuses. Or maybe he is really going to try the whole crazy Leninist thing Bannon dreams of. Obama’s office has been asked for comment–maybe they will provide an interview with him wearing shades bathing suit, with an IPA in hand, saying “shit, I was water skiing, man.” Anyway, sound, fury, and a new sketch for Alec and Melissa on SNL. Too bad the Republic is also at stake.

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    TheMightyTrowel

    Since Trump is such a rich and important man, can we send him up in Musk’s tin can to the moon? I’m sure he’d like it there and it would be such an important yuge achievement.

  8. 8.

    TriassicSands

    they’re going to kill somebody really soon.

    they already did

    “The employee died.”

    “OSHA cited SpaceX for one serious violation in this case and assessed it a $7,000 fine.”

    Wow, a $7,000 fine for killing an employee. I guess it wasn’t the Employee of the Month — he or she would have been worth at least $10,000.

  9. 9.

    ? Martin

    I don’t think this is as risky as people might think. SpaceX has had 50 years of NASA lessons to borrow and about 7 orders of magnitude increased computing power (which is why they can land first stages). A lunar orbital mission should be pretty straightforward for them to do.

    The risk is that the Heavy won’t have many flights under it – maybe 6? And this may be only the 2nd manned flight of the Dragon 2. In terms of design, construction, QA, sensors and control, etc. they are miles beyond anything that we’ve seen out of NASA for manned flight. The Shuttle was approved by Nixon and built in the 70s and the upgrades over the years were modest. We’re ages past that now.

  10. 10.

    TriassicSands

    @TheMightyTrowel:

    The SpaceX rocket carrying Donald Trump (and a deaf, blind, mute — the only person found to be compatible with Trump in such a confined space) has crashed into the moon. Sad!

  13. 13.

    socraticsilence

    Honestly, I think this is a brilliant way to beta test his bid for immortality– Musk can be the first human on another planet and get people to pay him money to be his test dummies.

    Think about it- what’s the one thing a Billionaire could do that would truly etch their name in history for all-time; being the first human on Mars would eclipse any Presidency in terms of historical accomplishment assuming said President doesn’t end all life.

  14. 14.

    Vhh

    @amk: They did say there was no evidence, and cintacted Obama’s office, who will have to keep from giggling when they reply. Actually, maybe they will simply come out, read something straight, then laugh themselves silly. Or go on Colbert. Seriously, some kind of trumpturd must be out to surface, and this is just chaff.

  17. 17.

    mai naem mobile

    I think Dolt 45 needs to be told Obama was too scared to go on this moonride, Obama thought it was too risky etc and I am sure Dolt 45 will absolutely insist on going on it.

  19. 19.

    gene108

    @Vhh:

    I have heard the theory of Obama administration appointees / employees undermining Trump’s Presidency for some time now, from right-wingers.

    So far it is based on the theory Obama era workers are dragging their feet, with regards to following orders.

    They have not quite gotten to labeling them “wreckers”, in true Leninist fashion, who actively work to destroy the great conservative-Republican-Trumpian Revolution despite the great, clear, and easy to follow orders from President Trump and the Republican Congress and therefore must be executed after a very public trial showing the “wreckers” guilt.

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    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @gene108: So what happens next? An executive order firing every federal employee hired during 2009-2016? That would achieve their goal of destroying every single agency simultaneously.

  21. 21.

    Joyce H

    @Vhh:

    CNN just reported on a Fox News interview with Trump in which he whines (without providing evidence) that Obama is sabotaging his government.

    This is Trump’s reaction to that news story that Obama was spotted on a NYC street and immediately drew a large cheering crowd. So yeah, in his mind, Obama is sabotaging his government – dammit, that’s supposed to be HIS cheering crowd!

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