Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Innocent people do not delay justice.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

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

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Books are my comfort food!

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Giving up is unforgivable.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

“A king is only a king if we bow down.” – Rev. William Barber

Also, are you sure you want people to rate your comments?

We are aware of all internet traditions.

A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it is a trap.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

Their shamelessness is their super power.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

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  1. 1.

    A Ghost to Most

    As the parent of a CSU grad, we weren’t happy with the way McElwain split town, but Mike Bobo will do nicely, so go gators!

  3. 3.

    Prufock

    South Florida has the best team in the state this year. Of you had told me this twenty years ago, I would have said something like, what’s next, Trump is president?

    Uh…

  10. 10.

    Amir Khalid

    @d58826:
    There should be a ceremony to mark the arrival of the statue. The organisers should invite Vice-President Pence to officiate. The photos of him will be priceless.

  11. 11.

    Betty Cracker

    @Prufock: My family is 100% Gators except one black sheep ‘Nole uncle. He didn’t even go to FSU; he’s just an obnoxious fan. ?

  20. 20.

    ThresherK

    It’s the last day of September. Why are LSU + L’ville playing opponents like that?

    How do either of those power conference teams look on ye olde strength of schedule?

  21. 21.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Yutsano: I want both the Coogs and the Dawgs to run the table to make this year’s Apple Cup an epic battle for not only a Pac 12 title but an playoff berth. Speaking of which I am disgusted with ESPN trying to influence the playoff committee make this years playoff a Alabama, Clemson, Big 10 and Oklahoma tournament(Hate ESPN”s ball-washing of Nick Saban and Alabama that is another rant)

  26. 26.

    p.a.

    @d58826: Years ago the Brown U president’s daughter (IIRC) was comissioned to do a statue on the grounds of RI Hospital. She (IIRC) did Icarus out of scrap metal. A nude, anatomically correct statue. Used the bumper off a Buick for his whatsis. Not a piece of bumper. The whole bumper. Much ado, possibly even “what will we tell the children” letters to the ProJo. Bye bye Icarus…

  29. 29.

    SiubhanDuinne (at some point in the indeterminate future to be known by my real name, Judith Mann Costello, but maybe not quite yet)

    @Betty Cracker:

    My Gator (ex-)husband always used to say “Half-Ass U, Home of the Semiholes.”

  34. 34.

    Yutsano

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: It was a pretty epic battle for sure.

    @raven: HA! My old college bandmates were definitely having us a victory party on FB last night.

    @Mr Stagger Lee: I was discussing this with my dad this morning. He thinks USC was our biggest stumbling block and that we should run the table from here. I never underestimate any Pac-12 team however.

  35. 35.

    trollhattan

    To the surprise of approximately nobody, the Vegas police did nothing wrong threatening to shoot Michael Bennett. “Trust us.”

    Police officers who detained the Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, a black man, as he ran from a reported active shooter at a Casino were not guilty of racially profiling the footballer, the Las Vegas police chief said Friday.

    Bennett was detained at gunpoint, handcuffed and seated in a patrol car for 10 minutes early on August 27 while police searched the casino, where Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor had been fighting a boxing match, the Chicago Tribune reported. Police ultimately realized reports of shots were a false alarm.

    The Seahawks star had tweeted that he was detained violently and feared it was because he is black, but a police review that looked at hundreds of videos, including from body cameras, has concluded that none of the three officers who had direct contact with Bennett profiled him by race or used more force than was acceptable, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said.

    “Mr. Bennett has a valid perspective as a person who experienced a reasonable-suspicion stop for a felony crime,” Lombardo told reporters. “Those who experience such a stop, especially when they have not committed a crime, are not likely to feel good about it.”

    Video from the incident shows an officer with his weapon drawn, handcuffing Bennett on the ground in the road on Las Vegas Boulevard, next to the Cromwell Casino.

    Bennett alleged that an officer had placed a gun to his head and threatened to blow it off. But Lombardo said there was nothing to support this allegation. “From the evidence we have at this point, we don’t know (the officer) said that,” the sheriff said.

    We report, you decide. I think they’re getting back at him for the bicycle thing.

  41. 41.

    Mr. Wu's Pigs

    @Amaranthine RBG: Thanks for posting link to interesting article. Eventually caring parents will demand safe (not safer) conditions before allowing their children to be sacrificed on the Altar of American Masculinity.

  51. 51.

    Anne Laurie

    @What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?:

    Run them through for Mordor U
    Watch the blood start flowing!
    Hunger pangs won’t sap our will — devour what we kill! (Raw! raw! raw!)
    See them pleading for their lives
    We’re gonna eat our fill…
    Go! Fight! Kill — rend — eat!
    Victory for Mordor U!

    (Spent 15 years attending / working at that fine state institution & never did learn the ‘other’ version… )

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