Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

T R E 4 5 O N

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

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

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

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

The GOP is a fucking disgrace.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

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

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

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  1. 1.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Dogs are thrilled I am back, or at least putting on a good show.

    Good lord, you didn’t leave them alone with Steve, I hope!

  3. 3.

    opiejeanne

    Jet Blue is my favorite airline for domestic travel. My only issue with them is that they don’t go everywhere I want to go. In LA they land in Long Beach, and I sorely need them to land in Ontario.

  9. 9.

    jharp

    I quit flying years ago.

    I just cant take the confinement anymore. Claustrophobia.

    And I’ve flown over a million miles.

  11. 11.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    My sister the life long travel professional swears by Jet Blue.

    It was great to see you – do you miss us yet? How bout the weather?

  12. 12.

    rikyrah

    STOP WRITING THESE ARTICLES!!!

    I don’t give a phuck about these people.

    Write an article about someone not stupid enough to vote for DOLT45, who sees the harm that they suspected ACTUALLY COMING TO THEIR LIVES.

    THAT is the article I want to read.

    ………………………………….
    Nicholas Kristof‏Verified account @NickKristof

    My Sunday column, just posted: In Trump country, some supporters are aghast to see Trump budget cuts whacking them
    https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/848255067069321216

  13. 13.

    rikyrah

    Kyle Griffin‏Verified account @kylegriffin1

    ‘Someone w/ a gambling debt never insults their bookie.’—Malcolm Nance on need to see Trump’s taxes for Russia links

  17. 17.

    zhena gogolia

    @schrodingers_cat:

    He has been pretty good since the election, rubbing Paul Ryan’s face in the actual Gospel, for example. But luckily my paper wasn’t delivered today, so I won’t see this one.

  18. 18.

    dmsilev

    @rikyrah: “I never thought the leopard would eat MY face” sobs woman who voted for the Leopard Eating People’s Faces Party.

    We’re going to be seeing a lot of that quote over the next few years.

    (We’d also accept “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”–H.L. Mencken)

  19. 19.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @rikyrah:

    Had to laugh at the second comment on that tweet:

    John Shamlou‏ @JohnShamlou
    @NickKristof Wow haven’t seen this subject covered before thanks for tackling it

    LOL, @JohnShamlou is feeling his snarky oats.

  20. 20.

    debbie

    @rikyrah:

    Write an article about someone not stupid enough to vote for DOLT45, who sees the harm that they suspected ACTUALLY COMING TO THEIR LIVES.

    There will be plenty of those articles if they manage to pass healthcare. In the meantime, I for one am fine with public shaming. It’s the only way to get some people to realize they were wrong.

    My FB feed is full of articles about Trumpsters beginning to regret their decision. I wonder if this is due to some sort of algorithm seeing how much anti-Trump stuff I share or like.

  22. 22.

    rikyrah

    Kyle Griffin
    ✔
    @kylegriffin1

    Sens. Warren and Murray say one of Betsy DeVos’ senior advisers at DoE is still getting paid by a for-profit college—and they want answers.
    9:19 AM – 1 Apr 2017

  26. 26.

    rikyrah

    ABC News Politics‏Verified account @ABCPolitics

    Rare photo of Harriet Tubman acquired by Library of Congress and Smithsonian’s new African-American history museum.

  27. 27.

    efgoldman

    @rikyrah:

    Imma go for it anyway. So let’s talk: Bernie Sanders.

    I can’t believe you did that – on a Saturday nite, no less.

  33. 33.

    Redshift

    @debbie:

    In the meantime, I for one am fine with public shaming. It’s the only way to get some people to realize they were wrong.

    I’d be fine with them if they were public shaming. Instead, they’re all about how we should have sympathy with these poor people, which is a load of crap.

  34. 34.

    Ruckus

    @rikyrah:
    I like how the BS people are there telling the rest of us that we need to join him. After he lost the primary and tainted the election for the sane person running.

  37. 37.

    debbie

    @Redshift:

    they’re all about how we should have sympathy with these poor people, which is a load of crap.

    I agree. I focus on their sense of feeling like they’ve been betrayed.

  42. 42.

    Ruckus

    @Redshift:
    You know, if they didn’t do such harm by being so stupid and/or bigoted I’d say we should feel sorry for them. As it is, I’m finding it rather difficult to do that.
    So Fuckem.
    H/T ef

  45. 45.

    Yarrow

    @Redshift: Agreed. Many of the articles say that the people voted for Trump largely because everyone else (Hillary voters, Democrats in general) called them stupid. So they still back him because not to do so would be to admit they’re stupid. There is just no addressing that way of thinking.

  48. 48.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @WaterGirl:

    I kind of have a crush on those kitties ringing the bells.

    I’ve watched that about 70 elebenty times so far. I adore the look on the right hand (tux) cat’s face whenever the other kitteh rings his bell and still gets a treat, like “WTF dood!?!?!”

  50. 50.

    Baud

    @Yarrow:

    Many of the articles say that the people voted for Trump largely because everyone else (Hillary voters, Democrats in general) called them stupid.

    Bullshit. Trump called Iowa stupid after Cruz won the primary. Guess who Iowans voted for?

  51. 51.

    WaterGirl

    @debbie: I bet it’s quick and I bet they remember.

    @SiubhanDuinne: Every time I watch it I catch something new. The indignation you mentioned, the look on the black & white kitty’s face when he realized he gets a treat every single time he does this, every time! I may have to quit my day job.

  52. 52.

    Yarrow

    @Baud: Yep. But that’s what the articles say because that’s what the people they interview say. It’s ridiculous. The reporters are taking their patented stenography style and putting it to use.

  53. 53.

    Pogonip

    @efgoldman: I thought he could have beat Trump in the Electoral College had the Democrats had the sense to run him. Instead they decided to preach to the choir. Unfair to her as it may be, Hillary Clinton absolutely infuriates a lot of voters, especially female voters. Around here, at least, men weren’t nearly as opposed to her. (One guy cracked me up; he said, “She reminds everybody of their ex-wife, but I’ll probably vote for her because my ex gets things done pretty efficiently.” Chortle.)

    I live in what is generally considered deep Trump country and right up till Election Day most of the people around me were still struggling to decide which was the lesser evil. We’re “Trump country” only in the sense that we’re “Absolutely no Clintons!” country. Whereas people didn’t hate Sanders (most had known nothing about him).

    Well, we’ll see how President Pence does when the time comes.

    Readers, please don’t waste your time yelling at me–I voted for Kodos!

  54. 54.

    Redshift

    @debbie:

    I agree. I focus on their sense of feeling like they’ve been betrayed.

    If we’re starting to get articles like that, then good. I had long since stopped clicking through on that sort of headline during the “Dems need to figure out how to appeal to these people” phase.

  55. 55.

    Iowa Old Lady

    @Redshift: These are grown up people who live in a democracy in which they are trusted to select their own government. Trump didn’t hide who he was. These people are culprits, not victims.

  56. 56.

    Tenar Arha

    @rikyrah: That’s the kind of thread that’s so good I’m still chewing on it for days, & it’ll float back into my timeline a few times as it retweets around.

  62. 62.

    Pogonip

    @WaterGirl: He and Kang are the aliens on The Simpsons.

    I have not voted for a presidential candidate in 20 years. It’s like deciding who should be the captain of the Titanic. The society has broken apart and that’s that.

  63. 63.

    efgoldman

    @raven:

    South Carolina had their chances. Great game.

    I love it when the smaller schools/small conferences beat the big guys.
    Unfortunately, I have to root for a meteor in the second game.

  66. 66.

    efgoldman

    @Pogonip:

    I have not voted for a presidential candidate in 20 years

    Fuck you AND Wilmer and the imaginary white chargers you rode in on.
    Fucking purity ponies. Just too good for the rest of us, I guess.

    Fuckem.

  69. 69.

    Pogonip

    @efgoldman: Go read your histories of previous empires and then get back to the site readers.

    And kiss my rosy red ass. The nastiness on this site is unbelievable. I quit.

  71. 71.

    raven

    South Carolina in the NCCA Tourney
    2004 0-1
    1998 0-1 Lost to Richmond in first round, 62-61
    1997 0-1
    1989 0-1 Lost to North Carolina State in first round, 81-66
    1974 0-1
    1973 2-1
    1972 2-1 Defeated Temple in second round, 53-51
    Lost to North Carolina in regional semifinal, 92-69
    Defeated Villanova in third place game, 90-78

  72. 72.

    Gin & Tonic

    @raven: I used to travel to Columbia on business pretty regularly around the last time they were good. Brand-new arena in the center of town was called “The House McGuire Built.” I guess they had a long drought.

  74. 74.

    raven

    Gonzaga in the show

    2016 2-1 Defeated Seton Hall in first round, 68-52
    Defeated Utah in second round, 82-59
    Lost to Syracuse in regional semifinal, 63-60
    2015 3-1 Defeated North Dakota State in first round, 86-76
    Defeated Iowa in second round, 87-68
    Defeated UCLA in regional semifinal, 74-62
    Lost to Duke in regional final, 66-52
    2014 1-1 Defeated Oklahoma State in first round, 85-77
    Lost to Arizona in second round, 84-61
    2013 1-1 Defeated Southern University in first round, 64-58
    Lost to Wichita State in second round, 76-70
    2012 1-1 Defeated West Virginia in first round, 77-54
    Lost to Ohio State in second round, 73-66
    2011 1-1 Defeated St. John’s in first round, 86-71
    Lost to Brigham Young in second round, 89-67
    2010 1-1 Defeated Florida State in first round, 67-60
    Lost to Syracuse in second round, 87-65
    2009 2-1 Defeated Akron in first round, 77-64
    Defeated Western Kentucky in second round, 83-81
    Lost to North Carolina in regional semifinal, 98-77
    2008 0-1 Lost to Davidson in first round, 82-76
    2007 0-1 Lost to Indiana in first round, 70-57
    2006 2-1 Defeated Xavier in first round, 79-75
    Defeated Indiana in second round, 90-80
    Lost to UCLA in regional semifinal, 73-71
    2005 1-1 Defeated Winthrop in first round, 74-64
    Lost to Texas Tech in second round, 71-69
    2004 1-1 Defeated Valparaiso in first round, 76-49
    Lost to Nevada in second round, 91-72
    2003 1-1 Defeated Cincinnati in first round, 74-69
    Lost to Arizona in second round, 96-95
    2002 0-1 Lost to Wyoming in first round, 73-66
    2001 2-1 Defeated Virginia in first round, 86-85
    Defeated Indiana State in second round, 85-68
    Lost to Michigan State in regional semifinal, 77-62
    2000 2-1 Defeated Louisville in first round, 77-66
    Defeated St. John’s in second round, 82-76
    Lost to Purdue in regional semifinal, 75-66
    1999 3-1 Defeated Minnesota in first round, 75-63
    Defeated Stanford in second round, 82-74
    Defeated Florida in regional semifinal, 73-72
    Lost to Connecticut in regional final, 67-62
    1995 0-1 Lost to Maryland in first round, 87-63

  78. 78.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    @rikyrah: Great thread is an understatement; she nails it. Fuck BlusterB (my proposed new nym for an Independent Senator not named Angus King, so as to avoid trolls with google alerts).

  79. 79.

    efgoldman

    @Pogonip:

    And kiss my rosy red ass. The nastiness on this site is unbelievable. I quit.

    Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Maybe make good use of the time you’re not wasting here, and go take an adult ed basic civics course.

  82. 82.

    raven

    @JPL: They are tough as shit but the Gamecocks had some really awful possessions down the stretch. It will be interesting to see how the big fella’s eye is.

  83. 83.

    Van Buren

    @efgoldman: Any reader of this blog who can’t figure out that Oregon is preferable to North Carolina shall be suspected of terminal bothsiderism

  85. 85.

    Ruckus

    @efgoldman:
    I had a choice in 1969. Enlist, be drafted, move to Canada, quite possibly go to jail for draft evasion. I chose enlist because I though being a citizen sometimes requires commitment and means you have to sometime suck it up and do things that are not exactly what you’d like to be doing and is not maybe the most heroic step. But not voting? What the fuck? How hard is that, you go, you stand in line for a few minutes (or hours – thanks Ken Blackwell) you make a choice and you are done. That’s how you get to complain about how shitty the government is, you fucking participated.

  87. 87.

    Redshift

    @Pogonip:

    The nastiness on this site is unbelievable. I quit.

    Yes, being told “fuck you” is so much nastier than the immigrants whose lives are being destroyed by racist immigration policies, women across the country who will suffer and die due to the trashing of Planned Parenthood, all because you’re so certain you can predict future history that you can’t even be bothered to help slow down the collapse you are sure is coming. Boo hoo.

  88. 88.

    efgoldman

    Apricot Asswipe is going to need a lot more lawyers:

    Three people who claim they were attacked or subjected to racial slurs at a Donald Trump rally in Kentucky are suing the candidate and his campaign, alleging he encourages an atmosphere of violence.
    The suit was filed Thursday on behalf of three protesters seen being pushed by angry crowd members at a March 1 Louisville rally.

    Also too:

    A federal judge in Louisville said in a ruling that then-candidate Donald Trump incited the use of violence against three protesters when he told supporters at a campaign rally a year ago to “get ’em out of here.”
    U. S. District Judge David J. Hale of the Western District of Kentucky also wrote in an opinion and order released Friday that because violence had broken out at a prior Trump rally and that known hate group members were in the Louisville crowd, Trump’s ordering the removal of an African-American woman was “particularly reckless.”

  89. 89.

    Another Scott

    @Pogonip:

    I have not voted for a presidential candidate in 20 years. It’s like deciding who should be the captain of the Titanic.

    The captain of the Titanic made mistakes and caused the wreck. A less stubborn and more sensible captain wouldn’t have sunk the ship and killed thousands of people.

    As for voting, the Rush truism says, “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”

    The society has broken apart and that’s that.

    The way to fix it is via politics. That means doing your part and making the better choice.

    I know what it’s like to think that the major party candidates aren’t good enough to vote for. My first vote was for John Anderson in 1980. It took me far too long, until 2004, to recognize that voting 3rd Party was a cop-out. I could rationalize it (“X is going to win my state anyway”), but it was a was still a cop-out. I wasn’t willing to commit to actually taking a stand in a way that would affect the outcome in a positive way. Yeah, I could say “John Anderson’s plan of instituting a $0.50/gal federal gas tax (over N years) makes a lot of sense, and here’s why…” but someone who isn’t a powerful member of one of the parties isn’t going to get anything done. It was a fantasy.

    Everyone has to make up their own mind about what’s important. But saying that society is broken and it doesn’t matter who is president (“and that’s that”) is lying to yourself. Your choice, and your advocacy on-line, matters. Memes that aren’t continuously reinforced die.

    My $0.02.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  90. 90.

    efgoldman

    @Van Buren:

    Oregon is preferable to North Carolina shall be suspected of terminal bothsiderism

    Nobody wearing that fighting fashion nightmares shit, should ever win anything.

  91. 91.

    Chris T.

    @Baud:

    Bullshit. Trump called Iowa stupid after Cruz won the primary. Guess who Iowans voted for?

    Indeed it is (BS). The average Trump voters made their decision as to who they liked using their “gut” (probably the section nearest the rectum) and then fit everything else in to match. Er, bad imagery there. Enh, what the hell, I’ll leave it in. :-)

    In other words, these voters do hate it when someone “looks down on them”, calls them names like stupid, etc., but as soon as it’s done by someone they pre-decided to like, they say “see, we were stupid, but now we’ve wised up and voted Trump!”

    Unlike Trump, though, at least some of them really will see that they were wrong.

    In Trump’s head, Trump is never wrong. If you somehow detached his head and put it in a tank like on Futurama, Trump would believe that being a head in a tank is the best thing ever.

  93. 93.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @JPL:

    My son has Gonzaga winning it all, and Obama has NC winning it all. hmmm

    Woah, between Barack and a hard place.

  94. 94.

    hovercraft

    @Baud:

    Bullshit. Trump called Iowa stupid after Cruz won the primary. Guess who Iowans voted for?

    Thank you, this can not be repeated enough. None of the excuses these assholes keep coming up with for their vote and continued support are true. Twitler has lied to them, insulted them and yet they still stand with him. There is something much more fundamental about it, they like what he represents, a return to when people like them called the shots, could say whatever they wanted about anyone, and no one said boo.

  96. 96.

    Major Major Major Major

    @Pogonip:

    The nastiness on this site is unbelievable.

    Gosh, why would people be upset by somebody who knowingly and willfully chooses not to participate fully in the political process opining on it?

    I quit.

    Toodles.

    Reminds me of this wonderful recent comic.
    Serf: “We should improve society somewhat.”
    Mister Gotcha: “And yet you participate in society. Curious! I am very intelligent.”

  103. 103.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Pogonip:

    Into the horrified silence that followed, Peter dropped three words like lumps of ice. “Please don’t go.”

    Mrs. Goodwin stopped short with her hand on the door.

    “It would be a great pity,” said the Warden, “to take anything personally that is said in a general discussion.”

    (Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night)

  104. 104.

    Aleta

    One of my friends is/was in 2nd Life, sold his art, spent all his time there going to live concerts. Almost every night for years he’d met up with a big group of musician friends at each other’s live concerts. The music was great. They talked about their real lives and checked up on each other, had memorials when someone died, were like minded on politics and community. The other day he told me the group has entirely collapsed, which is kind of unbelievable to me because they seemed pretty close for so long. He says the arguments during the primaries and then bad feelings after the election got too much and the group broke apart.

  107. 107.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    @hovercraft:

    Even if you take away all the racism and sexism there’s still the cheating and chiseling all the contractors, the many bankruptcies where he lost other people’s money, Trump U – he paid out $25 M right before his inauguration which is already down the memory hole, all of the conflicts of interest and they overlooked all that too.

  108. 108.

    efgoldman

    @Chris T.:

    these voters do hate it when someone “looks down on them”, calls them names like stupid

    But most of that came AFTER the election. It’s effect=>cause.

  109. 109.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @zhena gogolia: GothamGirlBlue‏ @GothamGirlBlue

    I’m probably going to lose a bunch of followers after *this* thread, but Imma go for it anyway. So let’s talk:

    Glorioski, that was a great read.

    ETA: @SiubhanDuinne: God bless him.

  111. 111.

    raven

    It looks like they put kids from each team in the baseline seats for their games. Nice touch.

  113. 113.

    Baud

    @Aleta:

    He says the arguments during the primaries and then bad feelings after the election got too much and the group broke apart

    Sad.

  114. 114.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @JPL: It is a new experience for Gonzaga. The Ducks haven’t been to the final four since the first final four 78 years ago, when they won it all.

  115. 115.

    efgoldman

    @raven:

    I’ll be you love those stupid fucking goalie masks.

    I love that goalies don’t get stitches in their faces, and their teeth knocked out, yes.
    Gerry Cheevers (Bruins goalie, ’70s) had stitches painted on his mask whenever it got hit. Coulda’ been his face.

  116. 116.

    Major Major Major Major

    Here is my dearly departed grandma with her rescue dog Lady from a few years ago, who her and grandpa found discarded by the side of the road. The vet said it looked like she’d outlived her usefulness at a puppy mill. They nursed her back to health and she was one of the most imperious dogs I’ve ever met. By the end of her life she would only eat chicken and drink iced bottled water(!).

  122. 122.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Major Major Major Major:

    I came many hours too late to the thread where you shared your grandmother’s passing, but I do hope it ended up being both peaceful for her and something of a relief to you and your mom and other immediate concerned family members. My condolences and best wishes as you deal with the next layers of paperwork and bureaucracy. RIP to your grandma. I’m glad her pain and confusion are things of the past.

  126. 126.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Beautiful lady! You can still see the eager young bride looking out from that other lovely photo you posted. I am furious that Alzheimer’s took her mind, which must have been a formidable one in its prime.

    Also, too, very cute doggie.

  129. 129.

    Mike J

    @SiubhanDuinne: Meh. I mean it personally when I tell somebody who didn’t vote for Hillary to fuck off. Really have no time for somebody who can recognize evil in the world and decides to do the very barest minimum to fight it. Fuck them.

  130. 130.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Gelfling 545: is that the snake from the Gasden flag worked into the fucking confederate flag?

    @Mike J: I’m so bad at remembering which nym goes with which stance, I at first thought pogonip was snarking on Wilmerites.

  131. 131.

    Just One More Canuck

    @Redshift: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that [Wilmer], was to carry Excalibur.

  132. 132.

    Aleta

    @Another Scott: I read the other thread too late, but wanted to say I’m very sorry about Sophie.

    Teach me your mood, O patient stars!
    Who climb each night the ancient sky,
    Leaving on space no shade, no scars,
    No trace of age, no fear to die.

    -Emerson

    If music suits you, a friend has set the words to music.

  133. 133.

    Patricia Kayden

    @rikyrah: That is totally adorable. My African grey will “sing” or laugh along with me too. That guy was pretty good with his Elvis impression.

  141. 141.

    Roger Moore

    @Pogonip:

    If they get food for it, they’ll remember.

    If they get positive attention of any kind, they’ll remember. Despite their reputation, cats can be just as affectionate and hungry for human approval as dogs are.

  143. 143.

    germy

    Susan Sarandon was on the Colbert show. He sort of gave her a hard time.

    Anyone see it?

  145. 145.

    Baud

    @germy: Does she have a movie out? Still haven’t forgiven Chris Hayes for having her on, but if she has a movie, then I can excuse Colbert.

  146. 146.

    germy

    Republicans ‘don’t give a shit about people’ says DNC Chair Tom Perez in fiery healthcare speech

  147. 147.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Mike J:

    I mean it personally when I tell somebody who didn’t vote for Hillary to fuck off. Really have no time for somebody who can recognize evil in the world and decides to do the very barest minimum to fight it. Fuck them.

    I understand, and to a great extent agree, but I am much less willing to write off commenters who have been here a long time and who clearly agree with most of us on most principles. I don’t want Pogonip to leave: s/he has added much to our conversations over the years. I’d rather have him/her stick around and engage in lively discussion than simply walk away.

    Balloon Juice mostly exemplifies inclusion. I’d hate to think that this site was turning into one of those purity places, like so many other sites.

  150. 150.

    raven

    @Baud: Feud tells the story of the legendary rivalry between Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon) during their collaboration on the Academy Award®-nominated thriller What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and after the cameras stopped rolling. The series explores how the two women endured ageism and misogyny while struggling to hang on to success and fame in the twilight of their careers.

  151. 151.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @germy: I think there’s a clip at mediate , I didn’t want to watch

    some great replies to their tweet

    MediaiteVerified account @ Mediaite
    Susan Sarandon on Her Past Trump Comments: Look at How ‘Energized’ People Are With Him in Office http://bit.ly/2oLjmd6 (VIDEO)

    I’m a huge fan of her acting. Also, too, she’s an idiot and an asshole

    David Frum‏Verified account @ davidfrum 5h5 hours ago
    The London Blitz encouraged more use of subwaysDavid Frum added,

  156. 156.

    Just One More Canuck

    @raven: My wife and daughter will probably want to go see that, which means I will too. Given how particular Led Zeppelin is about how their music is used, this is a bit of a surprising choice. it’s used well in the trailer though

  157. 157.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @germy: compare and contrast

    Sanders criticizes Clinton campaign, Democrats at Boston rally

    we were supposed to let this man pick the chief administrator of the party

    ETA: I”d like to think Warren explained a few things to him after, but then the man is impervious to anything but his own righteouness. As I said the other day, he oughta resign, let Howard Dean run for his seat, and go run for the House in whatever district it was Kristof did his thumbsucker piece

  164. 164.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    Saw Ghost in the Shell this afternoon – really great. Even the wife enjoyed it.

    On another note, the dog’s breath smells like cat litter and he’s grinning like an idiot… I have suspicions…

  170. 170.

    WaterGirl

    @Major Major Major Major: That look! The dog really does look like royalty, surveying her kingdom. Your gram has a really nice look about her. I’m sorry for your loss.

    Also sorry for the awfulness that sometimes goes on in families after a loss.

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    zhena gogolia

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    I’m a huge fan of her acting too, and I’d love to see her play Bette, but I hate her so much I haven’t turned that program on. Just can’t bring myself to watch it. Maybe I’ll get over it some day.

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    efgoldman

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I don’t want Pogonip to leave

    S/he’s the one who flounced out. It’s not like school; we don’t try to stop people who voluntarily leave.

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    Olivia

    @debbie: I don’t think they change because of public shaming, I think they just crawl back under their slimey rock and wait for the next opportunity to creep out. I haven’t noticed any Trump regretters in either of my Facebook pages and I post lots of anti Trump stuff. So maybe you are fortunate to have friends and acquaintances who actually have a semi working brain.

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    Frank Wilhoit

    @WaterGirl: Well of course they are. One sulfur-crested cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, and one umbrella cockatoo, Cacatua alba. They will tear your house up right now, and ear protection is mandatory.

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    Baud

    Maybe Cole should do something to calm our nerves. Like redesign the website again.

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    germy

    On Friday, the Late Show host sat down with Sarandon for a surprisingly contentious interview that saw the funnyman grill the actress on the aforementioned Trump statement.

    “You said, ‘Some people feel that Trump might bring about the revolution immediately.’ A) How’s that going? What’s your assessment of how ‘the revolution’ is going?” asked Colbert.

    “Well, I’m so happy that you asked—not really, but OK we’ll get into it,” replied a visibly uncomfortable Sarandon. “Well, have you seen this many town hall meetings of people from all parties storming and knocking on the doors of their representatives and complaining and screaming and yelling?”

    “Not since 2010,” Colbert responded.

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/01/stephen-colbert-confronts-susan-sarandon-about-her-trump-statements.html

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    Omnes Omnibus

    @SiubhanDuinne: I know where you are coming from, but if one can’t take a couple of fuck you comments, especially after announcing that one did vote in the last presidential election, this blog is probably not the best place to hang out online.

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    zhena gogolia

    I watched two minutes of that Sarandon interview. What a moronic, arrogant **** she is.

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    germy

    @Corner Stone: Commenter who was involved in the last redesign. I think he gave up because people were giving him so much grief over every little thing.

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    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    So I see Bill Maher whitemansplained to Neera Tanden that Maxine Waters getting all upset about Bill O’Reilly’s “joke” is why Dems lost the election. He needs to be hit in the face with a brick. Or bring Maxine Waters on to discuss it with her.

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    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: ‘
    ‘
    I mean, the lack of perspective or any introspection from these douchebros always just gobsmacks me, but it really needs to gobsmack you white guys. You all really need to do better.

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    Millard Filmore

    @Pogonip:

    Well, we’ll see how President Pence does when the time comes.

    What? You are not nearly optimistic enough.

    Baud!
    2017!

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    germy

    @Baud: But he didn’t want to stick around to gloat? And call us “you people” and “cucks” anymore?

  229. 229.

    Corner Stone

    @germy: How could anyone hate srv? He was the BJ equivalent of the servant in the chariot telling you “thou art mortal”.

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    Omnes Omnibus

    @germy: srv was a pure troll. It trolled for the sake of trolling. Someone like that can’t keep up with our current reality.

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    Ruckus

    @SiubhanDuinne:
    I’m sort of in the middle here. Like you I’ve had some good discussions with Pogonip. But like ef and Mike J it really isn’t that hard to vote. To not vote and then complain about political things is the height of hubris. We are in the fight of our lives as citizens because of not voting or purity voting. That people on this political blog would be upset at a comment like I haven’t voted in over 20 yrs is not surprising at all. I walked to the store and have been thinking of this since my last comment, which was intended to show that some people invested a lot in being citizens, a lot I know have invested a whole lot more than me. Some of them comment on this blog.
    But someone who hasn’t voted in over 20 yrs has helped us get where we are. As Adam has stated, we are in a constitutional crisis and we need all hands on deck, not sitting around pissing and moaning. Now if that person was unable to get to a voting place or is a convicted felon and can’t vote in their state, or doesn’t have/can’t get a birth cert and lives in one of those voter ID states, I’ll give them a break. But those seem like very remote possibilities in this case and could have been easily explained.

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    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    @Another Scott: I was late to the thread also. My condolences on your sudden loss of Sophie. They leave such big paw prints on our hearts.
    Even as we knew it was in the foreseeable future. Layla’s leaving hit us hard, as we’d hoped it wouldn’t be so soon.

    @debit: Agreed, for obvious reasons.

    @Roger Moore: I didn’t even know you hated me. ::tears up::

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    No One You Know

    @rikyrah: I wish I could agree with you, but I love these articles. They suggest me that hope for these people is possible. Their votes were fewer than ours. But counted more.

    When that changes, I’ll be as tired of them as you are.

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    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @No One You Know: I agree with this take on these articles

    Matthew Yglesias‏Verified account @ mattyglesias 3h3 hours ago
    Someone should interview comfortable dentists, car dealership owners, and sales VPs in the Milwaukee suburbs about why they voted for Trump.
    Washington County, WI where Trump got 67% of the vote is not exactly Deliverance with its median household income of $70,000.

  252. 252.

    Corner Stone

    I do not understand how these kids in a major NCAA program can not use both feet around the basket.
    IOW, they can only go right. I am baffled.

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    Olivia

    I remember thinking it wasn’t that important to vote when I was very young because they all seemed to be the same. I voted anyway, choosing the party who best represented my point of view. When you develop some maturity and start understanding what the issues are and what’s at stake, you realize you must make choices. The more mature point of view is to recognize that no candidate is perfect, no one has all the answers and then, when you are really a grownup, you understand that it isn’t what is most important for you, it is what will be best to better the lives of the most people. Unless, of course, you are a fucking conservative who thinks that what is best for you is what is needed and fuck everyone else.

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    Gin & Tonic

    @Olivia: People who are eligible to vote and choose not to deserve only contempt. I find them more contemptible than even Trump voters.

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    J R in WV

    @Pogonip:

    If you really didn’t vote in the 2016 election, then fuck you and your horse!

    Trump is partly YOUR fault, you have no business hanging out here to laugh at him.

  257. 257.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Gravenstone:

    Burnsie is having a heart attack somewhere, reading your comment.

    Burnside knows, or should know after all these years, that I very well know the difference between UNC-CH and Dook, that I have worked with both of them for many many years, and that I was being snarky and sarcastic and would have used the special font except that it upsets people.

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    Gvg

    What the heck was a non voter doing around here anyway? I am not sure o believe it. Maybe they have been reconsidering but felt they had too much pride invested in not voting? Like someone boasted a lot when young and now doesn’t know how to admit they are regretting? Otherwise why were they ever here hanging out? It’s the main thing we ever discuss.
    I wonder if any of the republican tribe are in that position.

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    Barbara

    @zhena gogolia: I won’t get over it. She is a poseur who claimed virtue as an excuse for selling out the most vulnerable. She doesn’t need anything from me and she is not going to get it.

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    CB in Natick

    @Iowa Old Lady: You’re absolutely right. I have no idea why so many people feel the need to be polite to them. They treat us with disdain and contempt. They dismiss rational thought and expertise. They have embraced the party of hatred and intolerance and have not earned any forgiveness for what they have done.

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    Roger Moore

    @CB in Natick:

    I have no idea why so many people feel the need to be polite to them.

    I think it’s a variant of the standard Conservative notion that rich people only respond to the carrot and poor people only to the stick. WWC voters are good people who need to be convinced to give up their ideas with sweet reason, while poor women and people of color need to be threatened with the negative consequences of failing to go along.

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    Another Scott

    @Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho: Thank you.

    We had around 10 years with her, and we thought we lost her several times during that time (when she jumped out of my moving car to chase a squirrel on the way back from puppy training class; when she ate half a loaf of raisin bread; when she was sick and had elevated liver numbers and a nearly inoperable spot on her liver in an ultrasound – she healed on her own). She was a unique, goofy, and very sweet girl, one of a kind and will be greatly missed.

    Condolences to you on the loss of Layla. It’s never easy to lose a loved pet. Remember the good times.

    Thanks again.

    Good night, all.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

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    philadelphialawyer

    @debbie: Um, that still makes them victims. They were not “betrayed.” They voted for a POS who advertised in advance his shittyness. They are perps. Accomplices. Accessories. Unindicted co conspirators. They can take their sense of “betrayal” and shove it.

  267. 267.

    philadelphialawyer

    @Pogonip: political site in which you boast you can’t be bothered with politics. and then folks don’t like it. go figure!

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    amk

    @rikyrah: Nice. Both the dems and the rethugs let ‘outsiders’ into their primaries and paid a huge price for that stupidity.

  272. 272.

    Cain

    @Another Scott:

    As for voting, the Rush truism says, “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”

    Dammit, I’m now singing and/or humming the song now.. thanks for the earworm. :P

  274. 274.

    Cain

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Balloon Juice mostly exemplifies inclusion. I’d hate to think that this site was turning into one of those purity places, like so many other sites.

    At times, I think we do tend to get very passionate and of course, with Trump and the Republicans in charge, and very little tools to fight them I can see where that problem would be even worse now. It would be good to have people challenge each other to make sure we don’t turn into a purity site. After all, one of the things that makes Balloon Juice so awesome is well.. us! :-)

  275. 275.

    Miss Bianca

    @Major Major Major Major: M4, just wanted to share condolences. Your grandmother sounds like she was as lovely in personality as she was in face and figure. And Lady the Yorkie! Oh, I love it – my granny had a thing for Yorkies, too.

  276. 276.

    Miss Bianca

    @SiubhanDuinne Soul sister, there really is a quote in Gaudy Night to cover every occasion, isn’t there? I’m still dining out on variations of Lord Peter’s contention that “the first thing a good principle does is kill somebody.”

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