Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

You cannot shame the shameless.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Everybody saw this coming.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

After roe, women are no longer free.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

I did not have telepathic declassification on my 2022 bingo card.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

The revolution will be supervised.

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I don’t know about you, but I’ve  had all the “real” news I can handle for the near future.

Here’s Mabel and Maddie for a bit of a break. Mabel spent two hours this morning hanging with that ball – didn’t even head over for breakfast when I brought it out. I have no idea why, unless she thinks it’s some kind of super egg. Her eggs are really big, just not that big. LOL  She moved on finally and now they are dealing with sideways grapple.  Snuggled down by the lilac bushes.

How is your day progressing?

Open thread.

ETA: Scout is 5 months old today, so I’m going to get photos together if the day cooperates.  If you need to get caught up, here are most of her photos to date.

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  1. 1.

    Brachiator

    A “related news” alert tells me that Glenn Greenwald and Andrew Sullivan are scheduled to appear on tonight’s episode of HBOs Bill Maher show.

    Does this count and cruel and unusual punishment?

  6. 6.

    Brachiator

    A fun bit of satire from The New Yorker’s Andy Borowitz:

    Mexico Agrees to Pay for Trump’s Psychiatric Care

    Hoping to resolve the seemingly intractable conflict over immigration, Mexico surprised the world on Thursday by agreeing to pay for Donald J. Trump’s psychiatric care.

    Speaking to reporters, the Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto, said that he had authorized funding for the psychiatry and proclaimed, “Work on Donald Trump could begin tomorrow.”

  10. 10.

    Brachiator

    @TaMara (HFG):

    Well, respite lasted all of one comment. Why do I even bother?

    An “open thread” is asking for trouble. ;)

    How is your day progressing?

    Actually, not too bad. And the Mabel and Maddie pic and anecdote is a cool moment of fun.

  12. 12.

    Major Major Major Major

    Here is a lounging Samwise.

    I am off to Japan for 16 days! Plane boards in 35 minutes. I bought the game Subnautica, which is so far amazing, to enjoy during my travels—I tire of books after x number of hours at a stretch, and like to stay in some evenings.

    This morning I got wonderfully helpful and positive feedback on my short story from a magazine, and an offer by the editor to help me revise it, which I’m going to take. Great start to my vacation!

  18. 18.

    Faithful Lurker

    Good morning from the grey NW, at least it’s not raining at the moment. I really don’t know what a sideways grapple is, ducks or otherwise. Help,please.

  19. 19.

    schrodingers_cat

    I discovered a new YouTube channel which totes rocks. From amchi Mumbai, Parsi chef Kayzad.
    I am going to make his mawa cake recipe, this weekend.
    Although, I am not Parsi myself, generations of my family have lived in Mumbai and our cooking has a lot in common with Parsi style of cooking. This takes me back to my childhood.

    *Parsi == Zorastrian, Famous Parsis you may know, Freddie Mercury and Zubin Mehta.

  20. 20.

    Catherine D.

    Not a great day. I have to take dog to the vet in a bit. He may have a bladder infection or prostatis.

  28. 28.

    debit

    I love your ducks, TaMara. And holy cow, Scout is getting so big!

    Dani, the kitten from Wisconsin, is also getting so big. She was spayed a few weeks ago, and fully healed, despite her best efforts otherwise. (The Cone of Shame lasted until her anesthesia wore off and keeping an active kitten quiet is an exercise in futility.) We noticed that she has orange splotches coming in her coat and suddenly everything makes so much makes sense. She’s a torbie. Luckily, the other animals have already pronounced her Queen of the House, so her ascension to the throne will be a peaceful one.

  29. 29.

    Tenar Arha

    @Brachiator: It would, if I’m stupid enough to watch it. (There’s the possibility that my stubborn hate-watch tick will kick in, so I should really make plans to be out).

  31. 31.

    satby

    We’re still on impending kitten watch in the maternity ward of the rescue. I have never seen such a huge pregnant cat. Any minute now.
    Pictures will be forthcoming.

  32. 32.

    Yutsano

    @schrodingers_cat: Oh damn. I’m gonna get into a new channel here I can tell

    Also: is he cooking Persian with an Indian twist or is there a traditional cuisine here? I know the Parsi have no dietary restrictions. At least that I can recall.

  38. 38.

    schrodingers_cat

    @Yutsano: Its an amalgam of west coast cuisine (Maharashtra+ Gujarat) with Persian flourishes, like the use of eggs. Also later on some British influences. Zoroastrians fleeing religious persecution in Iran settled in western India (Maharashtra and Gujarat) around the 10th century call themselves Parsis. The group that fled in 19th century call themselves Iranis. They mostly speak a dialect of Gujarati.

  39. 39.

    laura

    That spotty pup is a soothing balm. Thanks for sharing her meteoric growth.
    Also, IMHO the Evergood brand is hot dog is snappy and delicious whether simmered or grilled to a ripper.
    Let’s go Giants!

  40. 40.

    Brachiator

    @Tenar Arha:

    It would, if I’m stupid enough to watch it. (There’s the possibility that my stubborn hate-watch tick will kick in, so I should really make plans to be out).

    I know what you mean. It will probably be a hot mess, but I’m tempted to take a look.

    @efgoldman:

    Nobody’s forcing you to watch it

    True enough. And yet, I would not be surprised to see a thread on it after the episode is shown.

  43. 43.

    Ridnik Chrome

    I have a wingnut friend who posted that NRO piece about Kevin Williamson’s firing on Facebook. I started writing a comment, then deleted it, then started writing it again, then deleted it again, and finally just logged off Facebook. Said wingnut friend is a very smart guy, and often makes good comments on non-political stuff I post, but he’s also a hardcore Opus Dei type Catholic. I suppose I should consider myself lucky I just have that one wingnut. Most of the political derp I see on my Facebook feed is lefty derp…

  45. 45.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @Yutsano: Technically it’s not the Onion. Andy Borowitz writes his column in the New Yorker. Kind of a one-man Onion.

  55. 55.

    rikyrah

    But Trump promised the big tax cut he signed in December would create so many more news jobs for the economy.

    Jobs Created:
    March 2016: 235,000
    March 2017: 73,000
    March 2018: 103,000#JobsReporthttps://t.co/kVDu6B7LVV

    — Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 6, 2018

  56. 56.

    scav

    Am I the only one to seemingly have become an obsessive weeder? Strikes me as at least a useful sublimation (one really probably shouldn’t go after noxious bipeds with a hori-hori or — my newest toy — a ninja onion hoe.)

  58. 58.

    TenguPhule

    Trump to reportedly meet evangelical leaders to discuss Stormy Daniels

    Evangelical leaders are planning a meeting with Donald Trump in June following continuing developments in the scandal over his alleged affair with pornographic actor Stormy Daniels, it was reported on Friday.

    Four anonymous sources told radio network NPR that the meeting was intended to address concerns about how the midterms might be affected both by Trump’s divisive leadership style and his alleged sex scandals.

    As well as the claims by Daniels – real name Stephanie Clifford – former Playboy model Karen McDougal has claimed an affair with Trump.

    Oh to be the fly on that wall with a video recorder.

  62. 62.

    Mnemosyne

    @Ridnik Chrome:

    Find one of the recent articles about women and babies dying in Texas because they closed down Planned Parenthood and ask him if he’s okay with killing women and babies right now to maybe “save” fetuses later.

  63. 63.

    trollhattan

    BP: still dicks.

    Coastal towns would enjoy an economic boon from a massive oil spill in the Great Australian Bight, BP claimed in newly revealed documents from a 2016 drilling bid.

    The oil giant said any cleanup operation following a huge spill would bring a “welcome boost to local economies.” The claim was uncovered via a freedom of information request by the U.K.-based Climate Home News website.

    Though it has since withdrawn the controversial plan to drill for oil in the Bight, BP also told the Australian regulatory authority that a diesel spill would be considered “socially acceptable” because “there are no unresolved stakeholder concerns.”

    Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority identified a range of flaws in BP’s plan and returned the proposal demanding evidence to supporting the company’s claims. The authority suggested BP remove its argument that “in most instances, the increased activity associated with cleanup operations will be a welcome boost to local economies.”

    The documents detailed BP’s worst-case spill scenario, which it estimated would impact around 400 miles of coastline at 125 days post-slick, increasing to around 465 miles after 300 days.

    Lock them up. Lock them up. Lock them up.

  64. 64.

    Brachiator

    US military announces that they have perfected Pizza MREs. A great day for human progress!

    The U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, And Engineering Center announced its scientists have finally “overcome the obstacles” and developed a successful pizza MRE. MREs must be shelf-stable for up to three years at 80-degree temperatures—not exactly pizza’s ideal storage conditions. But experiments in pH, water activity, and packaging innovation finally allowed scientists in the Combat Feeding Directorate to whip up a pizza that meets MRE requirements. The Army reports two private food manufacturing plants were able to follow the specifications and produce the pizza for the military.

  67. 67.

    hueyplong

    @TenguPhule: Note that their problem is not with Trump’s behavior.

    It’s with his effect on the electoral chances of right wingers.

    These evangelists are amoral shits posing as moral scolds.

  69. 69.

    rikyrah

    As He Promised, Trump Will Gift Syria to Putin
    by Martin Longman
    April 6, 2018

    Far from effecting the overtly promised removal of the Russian sanctions and unable to stop his own government from cracking down on the oligarchs, I think Donald Trump is desperate at this point to produce a deliverable to Vladimir Putin. It’s not a good look:

    Trump’s desire for a rapid withdrawal [from Syria] faced unanimous opposition from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon, the State Department and the intelligence community, all of which argued that keeping the 2,000 U.S. soldiers currently in Syria is key to ensuring the Islamic State does not reconstitute itself.

    But as they huddled in the Situation Room, the president was vocal and vehement in insisting that the withdrawal be completed quickly if not immediately, according to five administration officials briefed on Tuesday’s White House meeting of Trump and his top aides…

    …Documents presented to the president included several pages of possibilities for staying in, but only a brief description of an option for full withdrawal that emphasized significant risks and downsides, including the likelihood that Iran and Russia would take advantage of a U.S. vacuum.

    Ultimately, Trump chose that option anyway.

    Two days ago, I wrote about my discomfort with watching a president who wants to end a military conflict getting pushback from the national security establishment. In other circumstances, I’d take the president’s side and fight for him like a cornered wolverine. But this is not a normal situation, and Trump isn’t a representative of withdrawal on the merits. He owes Putin, obviously, and he basically promised him Syria during the campaign. I think Putin is tired of holding his fire and he wants to be able to show some benefit to his decision to intervene in our election, especially now that Mueller is closing in, his oligarchs are getting their assets frozen and their laptops and cell phones seized at our airports.

  70. 70.

    Brachiator

    @TenguPhule:

    Temporary?

    I was using snark to echo Trump and Huckabee Sanders…

    “We may have a little bit of short-term pain, but we’re certainly going to have long-term success,” Sanders said, “and we’re focused on long-term economic principles and making sure that we have a strong and stable economy.”

    Obviously, these dopes don’t have a clue, but Trump is going to keep selling his Big Man bullshit even if the country goes down in flames.

  71. 71.

    The Moar You Know

    I have a cute dog. An exceptionally cute dog. But he’s just the one. You put Bixby and Scout together and the cuteness is not additive but multiplies. Damn, those are some great doggies.

  73. 73.

    GregB

    Watching what this man is doing to this country is like watching that footage of a passenger jet wiping out in slow motion.

    He and his master are taking hammers to the foundations of the world as we know it.

    Then there are the American plutocrats lust for all of the money in the world and the Republican political establishment gladly watching the crash as long as they can maintain their political power.

  75. 75.

    TenguPhule

    @trollhattan:

    The overarching problem is the plane in this example has a seating capacity of 350MM.

    And is cabled to many other planes which are struggling to either save this plane or break free and escape from being sucked into the fireball.

  78. 78.

    TenguPhule

    @NotMax:

    Ducks contentedly at rest in a field littered with bones is … disconcerting.

    The Ducks of Caerbannog?

  80. 80.

    Aleta

    Congratulations to young Scout! Looking at her 18 wk pictures with Bixby … how fortunate we are, to have ones who know peacefulness around us.

  83. 83.

    Brachiator

    @Yutsano:

    Shared with a bunch of my military peeps. And I actually want to try it myself.

    Oh, I would also happily give them a try. And as trollhattan noted, this might be good for camping and backpacking. This product has been in the works for a while according to an earlier story.

  84. 84.

    Yutsano

    @Brachiator: Friend of mine who does supply for Guard absolutely loves MREs. He actually had a stack of them in his garage that got “appropriated” for future consumption. I have to somehow get him one of these.

    Also showed my bud who’s deployed in Afghanistan. It may or may not annoy him. Which is part of the fun.

  86. 86.

    Gelfling 545

    @MattF: All 3 vying to see who can be the most self important pseudo intellectual jackass on the stage.

  87. 87.

    sukabi

    Tamara, your ducks are either quite the cow killers, or you’ve decided the Santa Clarita Diet is up your alley.

    Lots of big bones in your yard.☺

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