Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

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

The willow is too close to the house.

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

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

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

After roe, women are no longer free.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

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

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

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

John Fetterman: Too Manly for Pennsylvania.  Paid for by the Oz for Senator campaign.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

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

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

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

The revolution will be supervised.

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  4. 4.

    Loch in kop

    W.A.S.F. = “we are so fucked.”
    S.O.L. = “shit outta luck”
    H.T.S.D. = “hardwired to self-destruct”

  7. 7.

    hovercraft

    Where’s a jump motherfucker sign when when you need one?
    Okay kidding? Maybe half kidding?

    Great minds and all that TTBD and pluky, beat me to it ; /

  11. 11.

    Betty Cracker

    Needs the “Jump, You Fuckers!” tag. Sorry about squashing yer post! I swear it did not appear in the back-end when I published mine!

  12. 12.

    TenguPhule

    Yes, this is really @DarrellIssa on the roof of his district office building.

    JUMP YOU FUCKER!!!

  13. 13.

    Kay

    Gloria Borger holds out hope! “Will the President listen to advice”. No, Gloria. He won’t. Next question.

    He’s angry and alone because he’s a horrible person. It’s no more complicated than that. Next time pick a better person.

  16. 16.

    Mnemosyne

    I have to admit, this warms my heart. I hope more Republicans in Congress realize that they’ve screwed the pooch and have no realistic way to fix the problem they caused with their own actions.

  17. 17.

    Steve in the ATL

    Apropos of nothing other than an employee matter I’m working on and some FB mishegas that’s been going around:

    (1) why kind of sick fuck do you have to be to name your daughter “Chastity”? And why are so many of these sick fucks so stupid that they spell it “Chasity”?; and

    (2) is “cultural appropriation” utterly moronic or what? Why can’t white people make and sell burritos? Does anyone complain when a Mexican guy grills their steak? In related news, a school district in Atlanta hired a yoga instructor to help kids get healthy in PE class and the fundies are freaking out about this
    apparent devil worship.

    Sorry,it’s too early to pour a drink so I’m left to rant at my imaginary internet friends!

  19. 19.

    kindness

    See and I would yell ‘Jump you Mother_____’ even though he would at worst break a leg in a fall from a single story building.

  20. 20.

    JDM

    Why do the crooks always run up to the roof? Don’t they know they’re trapped there? Happens in every cop show.

  22. 22.

    Roger Moore

    @Steve in the ATL:

    is “cultural appropriation” utterly moronic or what?

    Like a lot of left-wing argle bargle, it is something that is occasionally a valid complaint (e.g. when it’s part of erasing the culture being appropriated) but is more often brought out as a whine.

  23. 23.

    trollhattan

    @kindness:
    Dream big! 1. Probably a two- or three-story tilt-up office building 2. There’s always the possibility of hitting noggin-first.

    Knowing him he’ll land on his wallet.

  24. 24.

    Thoroughly Pizzled

    @Steve in the ATL: There’s no problem with white people cooking ethnic foods. What sucks is when white people earn much more money doing the same thing that minorities have been doing for longer and usually better, and may have received derision for. Now, an individual white restaurant owner can’t do much about that, to be fair. But everyday things are still frustrating.

  26. 26.

    germy

    It looks like he’s using his smartphone to take a photo of something. But what?

    Certainly not a selfie for twitter! “Here I am on the roof, avoiding my constituents.”

    Maybe he’s waiting for a helicopter ride, or a sky hook.

  27. 27.

    clay

    @Steve in the ATL:

    is “cultural appropriation” utterly moronic or what?

    I think most complaints about “cultural appropriation” are vastly overblown*. It usually boils down to ‘someone in one culture likes something that originated in another culture, and wants to take part’. Which doesn’t really seem like much of a problem at all.

    *There are, of course, exceptions.

  29. 29.

    Spanky

    Damned Californians! Can’t even conjure up a good lightning storm when you really need one.

  33. 33.

    LesGS

    @Steve in the ATL: The only person I know named Chastity hated it so much he went through a really complicated process and then named himself Chaz.

    (At least *his* parents spelled his original name correctly…)

  34. 34.

    Roger Moore

    @MomSense:

    I’m surprised Cole didn’t add the “Jump You Fucker” sign.

    On the Twitters, he said he avoided it because he didn’t want a bunch of WATBs complaining about him trivializing suicide. I can see his point.

  35. 35.

    randy khan

    I hope people are shouting questions at him.

    Also: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

  36. 36.

    Uncle Cosmo

    First time I’ve seen an office building of contemporary design with a gargoyle.

    For that matter, first time I’ve seen a gargoyle with a cell phone.

  37. 37.

    Mary G

    Tuesday is protest day at Darrell’s local office. The number of people involved keeps going up and up and is currently over 400 every week. He is frantically fundraising over being under siege by ravening hordes of radical hippies, but since it’s mostly a bunch of middle-class white people, he’s looking for an angle that doesn’t show that.

  40. 40.

    ? Martin

    Issa is fucked. He barely won re-election, and that district will almost assuredly go blue in 2018. We have 3 other races here in OC that the republican won by 15-17 points. They’re much more difficult races to win, but with OC being D+6 now, and pretty much nobody here buying the Confederacy policy coming out of the GOP, with strong candidates and a big turnout, those other 3 races could be in reach.

  41. 41.

    ruemara

    @Steve in the ATL: No offense, but it takes being an appropriator to say cultural appropriation is moronic. Some people may be going overboard and being moronic, but the issue itself is not moronic. Essentially, this is what happens when the boss steals your work and then duns you for your work.

    I wish I was there for Mr. Issa. With a big, big sign that says, “I believe you can fly. Try it!”

  42. 42.

    Rasputin's Evil Twin

    @Uncle Cosmo: “Looks around for photos of Trump and other GOP types holding cell phones”
    There are plenty if your definition of “gargoyle” is flexible. I agree about the “gargoyle on a modern building” idea.

  43. 43.

    Mnemosyne

    @Josie:

    Meh. He’s kind of a dick about it. I don’t take anyone seriously who dismisses cultural appropriation as a problem in a country that still has the Washington Redskins as a NFL team.

  45. 45.

    Josie

    @Mnemosyne: I didn’t think he was dismissing the idea, just showing how it can be overdone. He actually didn’t mention any sports team names. He seemed to be referring more to art, writing and food.

  47. 47.

    Mnemosyne

    @Josie:

    I admit, I read it fast, but he seemed to be dismissing the very idea, and his commenters were even worse, like this guy:

    I had two female biologists who worked for me and tried to get information on bears from Athabascan Indians along the Koyukok River. They wouldn’t talk to the ladies. They came back and told me, and I said, “They will never tell you about bears. Athabascan men don’t talk to any women (indigenous or not) about bears.” Well, this was unfair, sexist, and you all know how it goes. Tough shit ladies. That’s the way it is.

    And to be clear, I’m writing a novel with mixed-race characters in it even though I’m white, so I’m certainly not saying that artists should never be allowed to create art about or in the style of other cultures. But we should at least try not to be dicks about it and listen to what people from that culture have to say.

  48. 48.

    Josie

    @Mnemosyne: You’re right about the commenters. That one was out of line. I was interested in the subject since I am writing about revolutionary Mexico and have been warned about this very thing. I just feel that if I am careful with my research and my character development, there is nothing wrong with my writing about Mexico even though I am not Mexican.

  49. 49.

    Mnemosyne

    @Josie:

    I was pretty sure that was you in the comments since I remembered that your novel was about that. You might want to take a look at this essay by a science fiction writer that has some really good tips about how to write about another culture in a respectful way. I thought her construction of “invader, tourist, guest” was a really good way of explaining it, and she had some good references in it as well.

  53. 53.

    JaneE

    @Steve in the ATL: A lot of it has to do with the fact that white folks are being praised for doing something “new” that is only new to white folks, or that whites are not criticized for doing the same thing that blacks are criticized for, or sometimes that the white is acting as if this was his special idea instead of being stolen or inspired by a minority group. None of those apply in all cases and probably most of the time “cultural appropriation” isn’t considered a problem, because the white people acknowledge the people who originated it or just realize that their version gets a different reaction than if it were the minority doing it or just offer some simple thanks to the people who shared it with them.

  55. 55.

    cintibud

    Speaking of cultural appropriation, what is this group’s reaction to many big time classic rockers covering old blues songs?
    Led Zep – How many more times, You shook me, Doors – Back door man, Allman Brothers – Stormy Monday and many many more examples

  57. 57.

    Patricia Kayden

    @cintibud: As long as they give credit (and pay licensing fees), I’m okay with that. I believe Led Zep was sued by at least one Blues singer and lost.

  59. 59.

    Turgidson

    @cintibud:

    Zeppelin comes in for a truckload of criticism on that score because they didn’t properly credit the original songwriters in several high profile instances (until they got sued, at least). Even Stairway, though not a blues cover, uses a stolen melody.

    Cream covered/updated just as many old blues standards as Zeppelin did, but they gave proper songwriting credit as far as I know.

    And I say this as a big Zeppelin fan. They were sort of like the Barry Bonds of rock music. They were easily good enough at what they did that they didn’t need to cheat to be recognized as among the very best, but they did anyway.

  61. 61.

    schrodingers_cat

    @Steve in the ATL: There always has been a give and take between cultures and that is to be celebrated. But when a reality TV starlet wears some weird looking Indian shit, like a little girl playing dress up, it just looks fucking stupid. Context matters.
    Samantha Cameron on the other hand looks appropriate and dignified in her Diwali sari.
    ETA: It doesn’t really bother me if Hollywood and other celebrities wear Indian outfits and look silly.

  62. 62.

    Doug!

    @cintibud:

    Allman Bros blues covers are killer. I go back and forth on Zep blues covers. Sometimes they’re good but they never sound legit to me.

    God I hate the Doors.

  63. 63.

    Doug!

    @Steve in the ATL:

    In many ways, I think cultural appropriation is the sincerest form of flattery. OTOH, there’s something kind of awful about suburban white kids pretending to be black.

  66. 66.

    Mel

    @Steve in the ATL: The best / worst mangled spelling of “Chastity” that I encountered during my years in education?

    “Chasititty”.

    Take a look at that spelling again. Sound it out. Yep.

    Imagine the dilemma of how to deal with that during attendance on the first day of class. Does one assume it’s supposed to be pronounced “Chastity”, and risk offending / embarrassing the child if it isn’t, and the parents really wanted their child to have a given name containing the word “titty”? Or, does one assume that this is actually the name the parents intended, go for its full-on phonetic horror, and risk calling attention to the name’s obvious flaw?

    Names are such powerful things, and are so often the source of bullying, that I cannot imagine what posesses a parent to hang a name like that on a child.

    This particular kiddo had been added to my class roster the day that classes started, so I didn’t even see the name until I grabbed my updated roster right before class. What to di?! I spilled coffee on it, claimed that that particular student’s first name and the first name of the next student on the list were illegible b/c of the spill, and let them tell me their first names.

    Sure enough, the student’s name was pronounced “Chastity”. I worried all year that some jerk would seize upon the spelling of her name as bullying material, but thank goodness she made it through the year unscathed.

  67. 67.

    FlipYrWhig

    Re: cultural appropriation, I get how ethnic costumes can be offensive — it’s on the continuum with blackface. Like Indian mascots who have nothing to do with any local indigenous traditions and that sort of thing. It’s turning a culture into a minstrel show and it’s based on caricature and exaggeration. But I don’t get at all how it applies to food, music, fashion, or art. Those are remix media by nature.

  68. 68.

    Jake the antisoshul soshulist

    The bigger problem with cultural appropriation is when someone claims credit and receives the rewards.
    Music holds many of the egregious examples. Many view it as theft of cultural intellectual property.

  69. 69.

    Aleta

    This CBC story explains why the Toronto gallery owners decided not to show the particular work that was said to have “blatantly copied (Indigenous painter) Morrisseau with virtually no regard for the storytelling behind his work.” (Chippewa artist Jay Soule) (The gallery offered to show other of the artist’s work instead, but she said no.)

    The style is not like a technique or painting style in the Western sense; as I understand it, the images she copied have important meaning in Indigenous stories, spirituality and medicine. Also mentioned is

    the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which affirms full protection over Indigenous Peoples’ intellectual property — ranging from oral stories to artwork. “Our livelihood and our culture has been slammed down for over 150 years,” said Soule.

    (Gallery owner) Magee said that in his own opinion there is no debate about appropriating from Indigenous people.

    “Yes it’s tricky, cultural issues and borrowing from different cultures — everybody has an opinion. But everyone here in Canada has to be aware of the history of how Indigenous people have been dealt with from the time of colonial settlements, and there is a specific perspective that we have to have with respect to that culture,” Magee said.

    Right wing websites like the Bl#ze misrepresented the story for their own political reasons, and the blog post up above seems to leave out a lot of information.

  70. 70.

    J R in WV

    @Steve in the ATL:

    (1) why kind of sick fuck do you have to be to name your daughter “Chastity”? And why are so many of these sick fucks so stupid that they spell it “Chasity”?

    Well, these are probably the kinds of families who have a terrible sex life, and in the recent past, forced their daughters to become nuns, swearing off sex with men forever.

    [OT: The only nun I ever became acquainted with was the girlfriend of another sailor, until he was discharged and drove home alone.]

    And they can’t spell Chastity correctly because it speaks of sex, which they can’t think about in any shape or form, so lucky they got the “Chas” part correct. Also can’t spel CAT if you spot them the “C” and the “T” – as was once said of Terry Bradshaw, P’burgh Stiller QB winner of four (4) Super Bowls, and great sportscaster and motivational speaker. And all around nice guy…

    He called the plays in most all of his games. C-A-T, right?

  71. 71.

    Emma

    @schrodingers_cat: Well, I am not sorry to say if wearing Indian clothing is cultural appropriation, I am guilty. The medication I take as part of my post-surgery breast cancer protocol makes me hurt everywhere and makes me so hot and miserable that sometimes just giving up is seriously under consideration. All-cotton kurtas over leggings keep me from insanity.

  75. 75.

    Emma

    @schrodingers_cat: I was once invited to an Indian wedding. The bride’s mother insisted we change into borrowed Salwar Kameez. I lucked out with an aunty who wore my size. Wearing that amazingly embroidered pant suit made me feel absolutely royal. Turquoise with lilac, purple and gold embroidery. Matching shawl. Sigh. Every woman should have a chance at wearing one.

  76. 76.

    schrodingers_cat

    @Emma: I have a simple but elegant khadi* silk kurta set. It has no embellishment at all but I usually pair it with a green bhandani (tie-dye) silk duppatta* or red silk dupatta. It was custom stitched so fits like a dream.

    khadi*==hand spun
    dupatta==long scarf.

  77. 77.

    Tehanu

    @Steve in the ATL:

    (1) why [sic] kind of sick fuck do you have to be to name your daughter “Chastity”?
    (2) Does anyone complain when a Mexican guy grills their steak?

    As to (1): Heck, that’s nothing like as bad as some celebrity baby names — like Audio Science Clayton or Moxie Crimefighter Jillette or Speck Wildhorse Mellencamp.

    As to (2): An idiot relative of my husband graduated with honors from the Cordon Bleu school in Las Vegas, whereupon he refused to apply for any restaurant jobs there because the kitchens were “full of Mexicans.” He then found out that the kitchens of every restaurant in the entire damn country are full of Mexicans. You’d think he might have known that before he spent X thousand bucks on the tuition. Personally I’ve found that the Latino waiters and busboys (or girls) are usually the nicest people in any restaurant.

  78. 78.

    redoubt

    Away above my head
    I see the strangest sight
    An Issa on the roof
    Who’s up there day and night

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