Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

So many bastards, so little time.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself.

The revolution will be supervised.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

DeSantis transforms Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

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

Trump’s legal defense is going to be a dumpster fire inside a clown car on a derailing train.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

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

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

Republicans don’t trust women.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

A consequence of cucumbers

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Hapless Repubs Open Thread: Anybody Know Morse Code?

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… because I think Lindsey Graham might be blinking out HELP ME…

Of course some people say that Lindsey is just eager to be named Secretary of State once Rex Tillerson beats the clawback clause in his Exxon severance contract…

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    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    I’m just not sure whether it’s Trump or Putin who’s holding the dirt over his head.

    What’s the difference?

    I tend to think that if Graham had ever had any kind of sex life, it would’ve leaked out by now. I think this is just the raw ambition of his unhinged war-mongering, and the silly belief that only he, Lindsey!, can make trump pivot into adulthood.

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    Villago Delenda Est

    Kompromat.

    It’s there somewhere, and it probably has nothing at all to do with Graham’s sexual orientation.

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    eyelessgame

    he used “like a dog” *correctly*, which Trump does not – that is, “he beat me like a dog” is an actual saying.

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    MisterForkbeard

    It’s crazy that Lindsay’s response to his own condemnations of Trump amounts to “Apparently Republicans are okay with that, so we’ve got to let him do anything he wants and that means he’s not crazy or racist.”

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    Duane

    Graham folding like a lawn chair isn’t surprising. He’s a Republican. They’ve all fell in line. I hope they suffer complete humiliation for it.

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    MisterForkbeard

    @Sister Golden Bear: I mean, that’s the obvious takeaway. “I said he was a xenophobic, race-baiting religious bigot and then republicans voted for him. Therefore: Republicans approve of racism, xenophobia, race-baiting and religious bigotry.”

    But that’s just me.

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    jl

    Who has ‘the win’ no matter what the cost? So, I’m not sure whether Graham smells a ticket to a cabinet position or he is being blackmailed, or more terrifying he thinks he can get himself a chance to gin up a war and get a bunch of people killed, but that approach to politics and governance is not that unusual in the contemporary GOP.

    Edit: anyway, I think Graham is very sincere in his talk about wins and getting beat like a dog. The question is why is he being so transparent, and in a way that I think will disgust the majority of voters, maybe not in GOP circles in SC, but surely for most in the US.

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    Markk

    I was an 05D in the Army and we had to pass 20 gpm (20 groups of 5 characters per minute) of Morse Code and I still remember all of it even though I got out of military in ’81.

    Lindsey is blinking “Just because I’m gay, doesn’t mean I can’t be an evil liar.”

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    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    “Donald Drumpf is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life”.

    ~ Lindsay Graham

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    Mike J

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: On a boat, when you come into a port from another country, you fly a Q flag (solid yellow) to tell the customs people you need inspection. Q was originally for quarantine. Which has nothing to do with trains. Except Q.

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    NotMax

    @BillinGlendaleCA

    Train whistle codes date from the days of steam. Modern locomotives, of course, use a horn in place of the whistle. Standardized U.S. signals:

    One short: Stop or stopping; apply the brakes
    One long: Approaching railroad station or junction (if moving), or apply air brakes and equalize pressure (if standing)
    Two short: A general answer signal or acknowledgement; identical to the “roger” or “10-4” radio terms
    One short, one long: Inspect the train
    One long, one short: Visibility obscured
    Two long: Train is about to proceed forward; release the brakes
    One long, two short: Additional section follows signaling train
    Two long, one short or two short, one long: Train is approaching a meeting or waiting point
    Two long, one short, one long: Train is approaching a grade level crossing (i.e. a road crossing). This is a widely used safety signal used to warn motorists and is blown at every grade level crossing, except where local noise ordinances prohibit it. Known in railroad rule books as rule ’14L’
    Three short: Train is about to proceed in reverse (if standing), or train is about to stop at the next station (if moving)
    Three long: Train cars have come unhooked; train has come apart
    One long, three short: Flagman, go protect the rear of the train
    One short, three long: Flagman, go protect the front of the train
    Four short: Request for signals
    Four long: Flagman, return to the train from the west or north
    Five long: Flagman, return to the train from the east or south
    Four short, one long: Fire alarm; fire on the train
    Multiple short: Danger, get off the tracks! Used to warn pedestrians or livestock who are on the tracks in front of the approaching train.

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    ZyklonBeaArthur

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Not sure if it’s okay to link, but gay site Datalounge has a bunch of threads about Aunt Pittypat’s fondness for twink rent boys. He’s so deep in the closet he can see Narnia.

    Putin’s definitely the one holding the kompromat—you know Trump can’t keep his mouth shut about anything.

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    Bruce K

    I’m reminded of “Guards! Guards!”, the first of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series to focus on the Watch. For those who haven’t read: a secret society decides to replace the current government of the city of Ankh-Morpork by summoning a dragon and having it “dispatched” by someone who will then claim the vacant throne of the city, but will let the secret society call the shots from behind the scenes.

    Except that they can’t dismiss the dragon on cue, their puppet gets vaporized, and the dragon takes over the city, at which point the secret society is trapped in the dragon’s service. The reader almost feels pity for them, except for the niggling detail that they’re the ones who summoned the goddamned dragon in the first place.

    There’s a lot more to it, of course, and we have yet to determine how closely the plot of the story on the Discworld will parallel the story we’re watching unfold here on the Roundworld.

    I hope that Robert Mueller III properly takes up the role of Mister Vimes.

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    stinger

    The things I learn on this blog. Thanks, BillinGlendaleCA, Mike J, and NotMax! (And MisterForkbeard for “qrossing”.)

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    Uncle Cosmo

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Bull-Fucking-SHIT. During WW2 the Beeb signed on with the first 4 notes of Beethoven’s 5th – because it stood for the Morse code V-for-Victory ( . . . _ ). Four notes.

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