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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Stay strong, because they are weak.
So many bastards, so little time.
This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.
Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.
There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.
When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.
Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll
The gop is a fucking disgrace.
Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.
Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard
Their freedom requires your slavery.
One way or another, he’s a liar.
The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.
Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.
People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.
Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.
They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.
“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”
President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.
There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.
I don’t recall signing up for living in a dystopian sci-fi novel.
“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”
Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.
Be a wild strawberry.
RobertDSC-iPhone 6
It brightens my heart to know we landed astronauts on that moon. I wish we could do it again.
different-church-lady
@RobertDSC-iPhone 6:
Pfft. Like that happened.
Major Major Major Major
On all things considered today, they were doing the news about Matt Lauer, and in their (short!) list of things he was known for, they included A CLIP OF HIM ASKING HILLARY ABOUT HER EMAILS arrggghhhhh. It was seriously probably a third of the whole time allotted for “what he’s known for”.
B.B.A.
Re the moon: Every line from this sketch is quotable.
“There was a moon like that in the summer of my sixteenth year. Some say I was 16 then, but *sigh* I don’t know.”
dmsilev
@Major Major Major Major: To be fair, that was another example of Lauer harassing a woman.
debbie
@RobertDSC-iPhone 6:
This brightens my heart.
Emma
That photo belongs in a surrealist show. Fantastic. BTW, was it you who was talking about the Nikon p900? Because if so I’ve been meaning to thank you. I got one a couple of months ago for my birthday and it is fantastic.
dmsilev
I think my alma mater must have hired some political communications company to do their alumni “development” (i.e. fundraising) campaigns. Yesterday, I got 9 separate emails from them, all talking about “tonight is the DEADLINE” and “your gift will be matched” and, of course, “Mitch McConnell will be FURIOUS”. OK, not the last one, but the other two.
Delete. Delete. Delete.
different-church-lady
@dmsilev: It’s really kind of amazing to think that the accidental legacy of her presidential loss might end up being the destruction of patriarchy-based harassment.
If that’s being an instrument of fate, she can hold her head up very high.
Mike J
@RobertDSC-iPhone 6: I had some kerbals drive past it today, didn’t have enough Δv in the tank to orbit and still get home.
geg6
Great photo, Betty.
Amidst all the crazy today, I spent today undergoing an audit by the VA for my records as a VA certifying official (for education benefits). Very stressful. But, happily, my anal retentive nature stood me in good stead and I passed with flying colors with exactly zero discrepancies over the last three years. Which makes me happy and my bosses happy that I can continue to bring in over a half million in funding for our veterans. Drinking a very nice Chilean Sauvignon blanc and feeling the most relaxed I’ve felt all week.
geg6
@different-church-lady:
This is exactly how I, personally, am choosing to view this particular moment.
Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)
@geg6: Good for you. Drink up.
I just couldn’t spend time on the news today. It was driving me to despair.
dmsilev
@Mike J: You could have them get out of their capsule and push using their EVA thrusters. There’s a surprisingly large amount of dV available that way.
Aleta
Sun’s gone down on another bad day.
West of the Rockies (been a while)
@B.B.A.:
Thanks for the laugh tonight. BJ seemed like it was on friggin’ suicide watch on the previous post.
Amir Khalid
@B.B.A.:
A person’s sixteenth year begins on their fifteenth birthday, and ends the day before their sixteenth. So no, he wouldn’t have been sixteen then.
frosty
@West of the Rockies (been a while): It’s been on suicide watch on every 2nd or 3rd post lately. I may have to stop obsessively reading every comment on every post. I’d gain back 2 or 3 hours a day that way.
But I’d miss all of the snarky wisdom, dear Juicers!
debbie
@geg6:
Nice! They deserve it all.
Major Major Major Major
@frosty: I stopped. It’s been nice.
@Mike J: can’t even make it to the mun? Tsk.
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@dmsilev: Huh. I wouldn’t have guessed you went to Bryn Mawr, too.
dmsilev
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: Ha1 No, Johns Hopkins is the offending institution.
geg6
@debbie:
They do. I love my vets. Wish all my students were as conscientious and hard working.
Citizen_X
@RobertDSC-iPhone 6:
We will, certainly, and perhaps soon.
We humans, that is. We Americans? I don’t think so.
Betty Cracker
@Emma: Yep, that’s my camera too! (Though the above photo was taken with my iPhone.) I love the Nikon; glad you’re enjoying yours!
Major Major Major Major
@Citizen_X:
In our defense, there’s kinda no reason to.
Mike J
@Major Major Major Major: Career mode, didn’t have enough upgrades yet. Picked up 350 science on that trip though.
Major Major Major Major
@Mike J: gotcha. Well done then!
Luthe
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: *screeches to a halt*
There’s another Mawrtyr in this den of jackals? Anassa kata!
JPL
@RobertDSC-iPhone 6: They are filming First Man near me, and I agree that it’s time to revisit those times.
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@Luthe: Hey! Anassa kata back atcha! I graduated so long ago that our athletics teams were still semi-officially the Mawrtyrs – I think they’re the Owls now (apropos of this post).
Alex
We have that same fake owl! It scared away the robins that kept nesting on our porch (unsafe due to dogs), but the sparrows were unimpressed.
Luthe
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: They are the Raging Owls. The logo is really nice.
I am class of 2006. Dark blue is the best!
Mnemosyne
I have been forced to come to the conclusion that 2017 is trying to kill me. First I almost choked backed in March and had to be Heimliched, and now it turns out I seem to have injured THREE (3) different parts of my knee. I definitely tore my ACL, plus I damaged my meniscus and MCL (the ligaments on the side of the knee). And I did it trying not to fall headfirst down cement stairs in our parking garage.
Therefore, 2017 is trying to kill me. Good thing I always wear by seatbelt.
Felonius Monk
@debbie:
That is cool. Any mother, who would allow the current occupant of the White House to hold her baby, could legitimately be charged with child abuse and/or endangering the welfare of a child.
fuckwit
@Major Major Major Major: Pretty sure that’s now a ratio of 100% of “men who are rapists and sexual abusers” divided over “men who shat all over Hillary for no obvious reason”. Guess the reason is obvious now.
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@Luthe: ’82! Dark blue!
J R in WV
This is a test.
“I wish I knew how to use that sarcasm font.”
Initial left pointy bracket (usually a caps comma) “” to start the sarcasm font.
To end the sarcasm font, add a forward slash ‘/’ usually a lowercase question mark between the initial left pointy bracket and the word “code”. I wish I knew how to use that sarcasm font.