Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

He really is that stupid.

Giving up is unforgivable.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

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

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

The willow is too close to the house.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

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

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I’m having one of those damned days when every little thing goes wrong. Not big things, so that’s something. But the type of day when you try to fill your birdbaths and the hose gets away and sprays you in the face. You know?

Anyhoo, hope y’all’s Christmas Eve-Eve is progressing more smoothly. Open thread!

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  3. 3.

    Schlemazel

    That sounds like every day, the bad ones are worse.

    All set for the big day dinner with the kids & grandkids. Ran out for 2 last minute things & to laugh at the folks waiting 10 deep to get into the Target parking lot. Had Chana Masala and veggie Biryani for lunch & a very nice nap.

    EDIT: And the best news of the day – the woman foolish enough to marry me just announced she has seen every Hellmark Christmas movie. That means no more of those for a year!
    Small victories make life worth living

  5. 5.

    Dnfree

    My oven door fell apart in the middle of cookie baking last night. Had to wait for it to cool and my husband was able to fix it temporarily. Hope it holds up or we will be risking our health eating raw cookie dough.

  9. 9.

    ixnay

    I would be happy with just little things. Back a bit more than a month ago, we had a storm and the power was out for 5 days. Then the furnace died, but not before several hundred dollars in attempted repairs. Fortunately, we have wood stoves, but blew through most of a winter’s wood supply in the 3+ weeks it took to get the furnace replaced. So now the washer has S the B, the repair person cannot be here because the roads are really awful, it seems likely that the family dinner will need to be some day other than 12/25, and my nominal superior has gotten pissy about declaring days that she is taking off without due notice (says the vet surgeon without whom they have no clinics). Grr, and grr. I don’t usually whinge online; thank you for putting up with me. Hope all of youse (h/t CPP) are carrying on, and healthy, and all that.

  10. 10.

    NotMax

    Poured a nice wine goblet of port last night (with a lemon slice in it, thankyewveddymuch), set it aside on the counter to quickly attend to something else and then promptly knocked the whole glass over when got back; splashed all over the washed but still drying dishes and pots..

  12. 12.

    Schlemazel

    @Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady):
    I am forever grateful for the people who have come here & offered us the opportunity to eat the foods of their origin. We have the largest Hmong population in the US & they have many good restaurants. We have the largest East African community in the US and in the last few years there has been an explosion of Ethiopian, Somali and Eritrean places. The food is sooooo good, a wild collection of great flavors. The only downside is some of them are toning it down for midwestern tastes.

  14. 14.

    amygdala

    @Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady): If you like chicken shawarma, this oven-roasted version is easy, tasty, and uses ingredients found in most reasonably-stocked biggish grocery stores.

    Highly recommend doubling or even tripling up on the red onion chunks, because they’re delish.

    Hummus is also easy to make with stuff you can buy at the grocery store (tahini is always orderable from Amazon if you can’t find it at the store). And Ottolenghi’s mejadra is delicious, one of those dishes where it seems impossible that such simple ingredients can turn into something so yummy.

    (edited to fix a typo)

  17. 17.

    Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)

    I see Andy McCabe is retiring in March when he’s eligible for his full pension. I have a friend who reports directly to him. It’ll be interesting to see if my friend cares to comment. They’ve become really cautious unless we’re on the phone (and not the bureau issued one).

  18. 18.

    germy

    A few days ago there was a local news story about a guy posing as a contractor. He took thousands of dollars and then didn’t finish jobs. He also caused property damage and even threatened a customer. He was doing business (if you can call it that) in about three or four counties. So finally he was charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors.

    Out of curiosity I decided to look him up online. There is a famous website with an operatic TV commercial, that claims to be an advisor to help you seek competent home repair.

    Turns out they gave him four stars. Excellent reviews.

    I remember a few years back we hired a contractor (not the same guy thank god) to work on our roof. I found him through that same website; lots of great reviews. But I didn’t know his name, just his company name, until he’d come and gone and left his business card. My wife googled his name and saw he’d been involved in a hit and run. Actually rammed another guy’s truck with his truck twice and then fled the scene, with his victim in hot pursuit.

    And the website claims to do background checks.

  19. 19.

    tobie

    I gather from the WaPo that Andrew McCabe will resign as soon as he’s eligible for retirement in Mar 2018. Chuck Grassley intends to grill him after the recess. Fortunately for him Grassley’s not the brightest bulb in the mix. Unfortunately for him Grassley is obviously tied up with brownshirts who will feed him dirt.

    ETA: I see Dorothy A. Winsor / Iowa Old Lady already mentioned this.

  22. 22.

    cope

    I had one of those days a couple of weeks ago. My go-to mantra in those times is “100 years from now, what the heck difference will it make?”. That won’t put the port back into NotMax’s glass but it throws out an anchor. As Einstein showed us, it’s all relative.

    Here’s hoping the rest of the day goes better for you. Maybe a quick run on your bike will blow away the bad vibes.

  26. 26.

    germy

    How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife’s campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2017

  32. 32.

    Brooklyn Dodger

    All quiet on the NW front. Our old dog was having one of her periodic squirty-poop episodes but now is sweetly sleeping warming my right elbow. Did the family holiday fest down south, now back home looking forward to maybe a 12/25 snow day.

  34. 34.

    JMG

    It was not pleasant driving in slush, mist, rain and freezing rain, but we have purchased all our Christmas groceries and everyone is here indoors warm and dry. We’re having raclette tonight, crab cakes and papaya salad tomorrow night, and beef Wellington (I know, cliche) Christmas night. Oh, yeah, my daughter is making a buche de Noel from scratch.

  37. 37.

    germy

    "Cenk has changed! Stop holding the past against him!"Also"Hillary said "super predator" 20 years ago! I'd rather have Trump as president!" pic.twitter.com/8ryLTEDdxj— Rod (@rodimusprime) December 23, 2017

    It's funny how Cenk's liberal politics makes no room for a woman or a black dude in favor of an old white man. It's almost like they never changed.— Rod (@rodimusprime) December 23, 2017

    So Cenk Uygur used to be a piece of shit conservative but now he’s one of the loudest voices shutting on democrats for not being pure on the left. This is rich— Darth Kriss (@insanityreport) December 23, 2017

  38. 38.

    TheMightyTrowel

    Happy non denominational holidays from down under! Ours is hot and sunny and quiet. So far no dramas except that smaller louder cat demanded his xmas eve breakfast at 5am.

  39. 39.

    NotMax

    @HeleninEire

    Anything similar in Ireland to the first footing tradition for the new year practiced* in Scotland?

    *although lubricated might be a more apt description

  41. 41.

    Aleta

    the type of day when you try to fill your birdbaths and the hose gets away and sprays you in the face

    My type of day goes like this

  42. 42.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @satby:

    He popped in briefly. I couldn’t tell from his comment whether he was back from his voyages or still traveling — and didn’t see it until hours later, when the thread had pretty much died the death.

  46. 46.

    HeleninEire

    @NotMax: No, but thanks for the question. I had to google “first footing.” Had no idea. The things I learn at Balloon Juice!

  52. 52.

    Gelfling 545

    Today seems to be crappy for many. First was a text from my granddaughter looking for suggestions to calm her mother down. Hmm. So I went to the source and asked daughter what was up. Got treated to a righteous rant about the deplorable state of healthcare in the US as her asthma inhaler which used to be a $5 copay is now a $50 copay and there are essentially no generic inhalers now because the drug conpanies were allowed to re-patent their (very cheap) inhalers by a change in propellants.
    It has been snowing steadily all day and it is borne in on me that I will need to get a to get a service to plow next year. Three times out to shovel in one day is too much for one who is pushing 70. The third time I decided to clean off the car and move it, discovering that a tire was flat. The emergency service put the spare on just a bit too late for me to get to anyplace that sells tires, 5pm closing seeming to be the Saturday norm except for the one that closed at 4. Tried a different cut out cookie recipe this year. Not good. Bah and many humbugs.

  53. 53.

    planetpundit

    Betty: “When the going gets weird, the weird turn Pro”….so hire an agent and get a contract. Might as well be paid to spray yourself with the birdbath hose.

  56. 56.

    J R in WV

    Well, we did our social event last Saturday evening, big pot-luck dinner next door with a dozen or more friends from all over the county. Yesterday I went to town, gave the engineering maintenance firm back an expensive brass fitting that fell out in the gravel driveway Monday. I drove a few miles at 10 mph through a choke point to get into town. The shower valve was clogged with sediment, the shower head delivered a dribble, no fun getting clean. So the work Monday was to replace that valve and flush the sediment out of the riser pipe from the valve to the shower head. Tuesday after the caulk set up we had a great, high-volume shower again.

    Then I stopped at the seafood shop, got a piece of grouper and a swordfish, fried the grouper along with my oysters last night, wife doesn’t like oysters, so I fry two different things when I do my oysters. Then I went around part of the chokepoint to stop at a drugstore, got some allergy pills I needed more of, and some aged rum for wife and some additional bourbon for me.

    Stopped at the hardware section of Home Depot, which was busy, but more like a Saturday afternoon busy than Xmas, got screws to button up the wall behind the new shower valve-age and nuts and bolts to repair the brush-hog’s tail wheel. Home before dark!

    Today I buttoned up the wall and shelves I took out for access to the shower plumbing. Made some instant miso soup for lunch and we’ll have garlic, olive oil, scallops and pasta fried together for dinner tonight with salad and rolls.

    No travel planned. We did get a nice soaking rain all night last night, the tiny creek was running for the first time in months, about 2 feet wide. I’ll repair the brush-hog if it dries up a little bit. Make a start on it, anyway. Surfing the web, reading books, just opened a beer after closing up the wall behind the shower plumbing. Quiet night, silent night, we hope.

    Merry Xmas All~!!

  59. 59.

    cope

    @Betty Cracker: I was never a bike guy but I was a sports car guy (Porsches). There’s nothing like an “Italian tune up” on a mostly empty road with a lot of twisty bits for clearing the head..

  60. 60.

    Alain the site fixer

    @J R in WV: wow sounds like a great time and plan! All the best of the season, JR. I will be exploring around you next year sometime, I hope to see some of your hollers. Best to you and your wife!

  63. 63.

    TerryC

    We were going to travel to the Ohio River Valley to visit my Hoopie relatives, but Sheila and I each got colds this week. So we are home with unexpected relaxation time, no driving to do, and no expectations to live up to. She and our two blue heelers are out on a five mile walk and I am catching up on the news. Later today we will go downtown and walk the boyz through the deserted University of Michigan campus.

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