Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

You would normally have to try pretty hard to self-incriminate this badly.

The lights are all blinking red.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

Human rights are not a matter of opinion!

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

No one could have predicted…

Their shamelessness is their super power.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

The willow is too close to the house.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Stay strong, because they are weak.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

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It’s Friday, and yet again, the wonderful otmar!

I’ve still got lots to work through and next week I’ll post some brilliant pics from Le Comte, Bill, and the rest from JR. It’s going to be a good week, just in time to help push through these deep winter times!

 

Where it was taken: Laa an der Thaya
When: 2018/01/02
Commenter screenname: otmar
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After spending Christmas with both grandmas and hosting relatives until the 28th, I’m now on a short holiday with wife and both kids at the spa in Laa. The building in the picture is city hall, which was built during the Austria/Hungary empire days. Laa is straight up north to the Czech border from Vienna. This used to be the iron curtain, so for 55 years this town was almost cut off from the neighbours to the north. This was certainly not helpful for the economy, and so the villages here offer a glance back into the past.
These days the border is open, Austria and the Czech Republic are both members of the Schengen treaty, thus there is minimal friction passing over these days.
This shows: the signs in the spa are tri-lingual: German, English and Czech, and some of the staff here sport the typical Czech dialect of German.

 

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  1. 1.

    Quinerly

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    Great day in Hobbs, NM. Highly recommend the Cattle Baron Steak House. House sangria loaded with whole strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries. Don’t eat a lot of red meat anymore so the rare prime rib was a treat. Huge salad bar. Less than 100 miles to Carlsbad Caverns. We pull out of here in a few hours. Have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Thanks again, Alain for this AM feature!

  3. 3.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Quinerly:

    You’ve made good time! Was Poco navigating? That sangria with fresh berries sounds wonderful. Hope your travels continue fine.

  4. 4.

    Quinerly

    @JPL: @SiubhanDuinne: No news re Ozark. I messaged our mutual friend again last night. She knew nothing. I don’t think Ozark has a smarty pants phone (pretty sure he had a flip phone when he met my group in St. Louis for breakfast and the march). Hopefully, no news is good news. As for the Cattle Baron…looks to be a small local chain. One in Ruidoso also. I was there for a long lunch?. $12.50 for that hunk of prime rib with loaded potato…sweet waitress didn’t charge me for the salad bar. She got a healthy tip.? The two lane drive through that part of Texas wore me out and I guess I looked the part. Poco slept the entire way except for some peeing and stretching with a strong pee on “Idalou.” Technically, we were in Idalou.? Thanks for the interest. If I hear anything from my St. Louis peeps re Ozark, I’ll post it.

  6. 6.

    Steeplejack

    I went back and found OzarkHillbilly’s comments about his son’s accident from the Wednesday morning open thread. Reposting them because people have been asking about what happened. This is all that we have heard so far. Last night Adam Silverman said that he had sent an e-mail to OzarkHillbilly’s address and would update us if he gets any news.

    Wednesday morning at 7:42 EST:

    Gonna be out of pocket for a few days. Heading down to NOLA. My youngest got run over (details are sketchy). Presumably he is still alive (have not heard from his wife since last night). He has displaced fractures in both legs. Hopefully, they can save them. I have no idea of what other injuries he has.

    Right now I am in emotional lock down. I feel nothing. I suppose that will change when I see him.

    Update at 8:42 a.m. EST:

    Just got off the phone with my oldest son. CJ is in surgery now. So far the coin keeps flipping the right way and the news keeps getting better. Rare that that happens for this boy.

    Adios, Amigos, Amigas.

  8. 8.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    Gorgeous photo! @Steeplejack: Steep, thanks for the Ozark news. @Quinerly: Quinerly, I hope you and Poco continue to have lovely travels in NM. I’m sure I speak for all of us when I thank you for any news you can share from your mutual friend of OH. @Amir Khalid: I hope you and the girl are having a dandy time. Some of the stuff you’ve mentioned is hard!

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