Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

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

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

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

You cannot shame the shameless.

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

Optimism opens the door to great things.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Let there be snark.

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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: Moar Pets!

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It turns out Badger and I have a lot in common. We like to be outdoors, but when it’s hot, we don’t hang out for long, opting for air-conditioning so soon that certain others make unkind remarks about our stamina.

Daisy and Badger are getting along pretty well. He is a smart boy, so for the first couple of days, whenever Daisy loomed over him, Badger would flop over on his back and allow her to inspect him. This is a dark, crappy phone photo that includes the duct-taped arm of my mudroom office chair, but it depicts the Daisy-Badger dynamic rather well despite these defects:

His house-training is going uncommonly well; only one accident in three days! I think Daisy’s example is extremely helpful with the training. I still expect we’ll have to be vigilant for the next several months, but so far, so good.

That’s all I’ve got. Open thread!

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  7. 7.

    Michael Bersin

    Yesterday the Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight issued a supplementary report to their first report in the investigation of Missouri Governor Eric Greitens (r) in an effort to counter the public relations spin on the governor’s behalf:

    The Report – supplement

    Circuit Attorney Testimony

    “[H]e proceeds to undo his pants and take his [xxxx] out of his underwear or whatever. And like, put it near my face.”6

    Committee Testimony

    “He starts undoing his pants, and he takes his[xxxx] out and put it, like near where my face is.”7

    Jefferson City is going to be a really interesting place next week.

  9. 9.

    ruemara

    That puppy butt is adorbs. That belleh is hypnotizin’! Don’t let the world bug you, Badger. Do you.

    @Michael Bersin: Oh good lord have mercy. grosss.

  16. 16.

    Elizabelle

    The Badger! Daisy! Scout! show. After kittehs in harnesses, out environmentalizing.

    With probs a Lily update coming up later today or tomorrow.

    Sometimes pets are all that get you through the day.

  20. 20.

    Michael Bersin

    @Just one more canuck:

    Sorry about that.

    If you’re really adventurous you should try reading both reports of the committee along with the accompanying transcripts and exhibits.

    Another resolution of impeachment was introduced today.

    It’s possible that the impeachment process will start next week. If so, I’ll be making a road trip to Jefferson City.

  22. 22.

    NotMax

    Mystery solved as to where the brown carpeting from great-grandmother’s apartment ended up.

    :)

    And a repeat wish for a merry Lei Day to all (warning: cute kidlets ahead).

  26. 26.

    Elizabelle

    @Steeplejack: Ah. It is a Boston terrier. They’re fanning out from the family boxer preference. How … portable.

    And adorbs.

    PS: your linky might be borked??

  27. 27.

    jl

    @Baud:

    ” Now I’m excited about reading my future impeachment report. ”

    The length and location of the Baud 2020! johnson would be old news.
    For the Baud 2020! base, the accusations of competence and lack of malfeasance in office will the real shocker.
    And vile betrayal of all that the Baud 2020! base stands for and believes in.

    You are disgusting and I revile reject and refudiate you, just thinking about the possibility that you might do your job after you are elected.

    Edit: the possible size of the disgruntled Trump crossover vote hadn’t occurred to me until just now.

  28. 28.

    stinger

    @Elizabelle: I know. What with all the North Korea, Iran, Russia, dead journalists, sexually harassing governor, Trump, serial killer, eyeshadow comedy and other news topics, I can really use the cat and puppy posts. I need to be informed about the former, but it all would be impossible to tolerate without the latter.

  29. 29.

    Roger Moore

    @debbie:

    I’d hate to hear what Greitens thinks constitutes coercion.

    I think the obvious answer is “something other than what he did”.

  36. 36.

    jl

    @Yarrow: The dog is cute. And IMHO, very difficult for a Boston terrier not to throw out some kind ‘eye’ or other. It just comes naturally. One of their odd charms.

  38. 38.

    Viva BrisVegas

    @spudgun:

    Aww, Daisy-boo and Badger-boo…CUTE!

    Like all pets they are way smarter than us.

    In the bottom picture, Daisy and Badger are actually doing a one act play entitled “WHCA apologizes to Conservatives”.

  42. 42.

    Elizabelle

    @stinger: There be threads I just stay out of. (In fairness, some are above my pay grade.) But some, I think, “do I really want to know more about that? Do I want to give those ignoramouses (the topic, mind you, not the commenters) my time and attention? Uh, no.” One has to pick and choose. One person’s “must be informed!” is another person’s last straw (at least for that day).

  43. 43.

    Baud

    @jl:

    Edit: the possible size of the disgruntled Trump crossover vote hadn’t occurred to me until just now.

    Exactly! Extra votes without selling any innocent people down the river.

  44. 44.

    Mary G

    So happy to see Badger and Scout. That Great Dane can grow, wow. Love the picture of Daisy examining Badger, quality is fine for that.

  45. 45.

    NotMax

    Was bugging me as to who the character actor was that Badger reminds me of in some shots. Proverbial light bulb just flashed on.

    Henry Calvin.

  50. 50.

    bluefish

    Squee! Thanks for the lift. Crazy day out there today in newsland. Tuesday. This little puppy is just insanely cute.

  52. 52.

    singing truth to power

    Badger is a smart little boy to be so submissive to Daisy! He’s also a very cute little boy –

  53. 53.

    MomSense

    Oh he is the cutest. I iz in love.

    I’m sitting in the balcony waiting for the concert to start and listening to the cacophonous warm up. The concert is Mahler’s Resurrection so the stage is quite crowded.

  55. 55.

    MelissaM

    @TaMara (HFG): TaMara, Scout is definitely looking like a Dane. Funny how many puppies have a similar look until *boing* they get that face that declares a breed. Like cute little doxies that suddenly get a schnoz.

    Betty, Badger’s belly is raspberry-worthy!

  58. 58.

    Michael Bersin

    @Baud:

    Jefferson City is a gigantic mess right now (that’s the “family values” way to put it). If what has actually happened (so far) was presented as a movie of the week script no one would buy it because they’d think it was too outrageous…

  63. 63.

    Roger Moore

    @Baud:

    The nation owes Hillary compensation.

    I think Hillary voters should get some compensation, too, like impeachment and conviction of Trump and Pence.

  64. 64.

    Roger Moore

    @dmsilev:
    I’m surprised the doctor’s note didn’t praise Trump as “the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.”

  65. 65.

    jl

    Given the surreal news on several Trumpster fronts today, I am beginning to have doubts that even Baud 2020! can convince people he’d be a bigger, more toxic, and stinkier dumpster fire when in office.

    My faith held firm through Trump’s election. But now, I confess my faith is beginning to waver.

  71. 71.

    Michael Bersin

    @Baud:

    This is not normal.

    1) A right wingnut narcissistic Governor (r) under two criminal indictments, facing possible impeachment.

    2) A Lieutenant Governor (r), as right wingnut as the governor, with health problems.

    3) A Secretary of State (r) who believe that the greatest threat to everything is in person voter identification fraud, also son of John Ashcroft (yes, that one). Junior is a legacy.

    4) An Attorney General (r) who wrings his hands over the governor’s “problems”. Also a republican candidate for U.S. Senate, challenging Claire McCaskill.

    5) Veto proof republican super majorities in both house of the General Assembly. The House is responsible for impeachment. The trial is presided over by seven appointed distinguished jurists.

    6) The impending collapse of every state service, including higher education, due to strict adherence to republican trickle down economics dogma.

    It goes on from there.

  72. 72.

    NotMax

    Ann Sothern fans take note. 10 – count ’em, 10 – Maisie movies in a row on TCM from 8 p.m. on Wednesday all the way through until finishing up just before noon on Thursday.

  73. 73.

    Yarrow

    What in the world…now Dr. Feelgood Bornstein is claiming Trump’s goons broke into his office via a back door, pushed aside a patient, terrified his secretary and stole Trump’s medical records. Also, he says that Trump dicictated that stupid letter about how Trump was in such astonishingly excellent health.

    Dr. David Scheiner, President Obama’s former physician, says the whole thing is ridiculous and is questioning the accuracy of Dr. Ronnie Jackson’s medical report. Welcome to the club Dr. Scheiner.

  77. 77.

    Michael Bersin

    @NotMax:

    Word in Jefferson City is that he still thinks he’ll be president (he bought the domain years ago). Since the bar is now so very low he’s probably right.

  85. 85.

    SenyorDave

    I guess its not surprising that Kanye West is a Trump supporter:

    Kanye West dropped by TMZ on Tuesday to tell the newsroom staff that he loves President Donald Trump and that he believes slavery “sounds like a choice,” only to get completely shut down by writer Van Lathan.

    “When you hear about slavery for 400 years … for 400 years? That sounds like a choice,” West said.

    here’s the link to the article, sounds like West was schooled by Lathan:

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/kanye-west-calls-slavery-choice-204248460.html

  88. 88.

    NotMax

    @zhena gogolia

    IIRC, you expressed an interest in seeing I Married a Witch. Heads up that it will be shown on TCM this coming Sunday, May 6, at 11:30 a.m.

  92. 92.

    zhena gogolia

    @NotMax:

    If it was me, it must have been a while ago, because I have seen it. I was a little disappointed. I love both Lake and March, but I found the screenplay annoying.

    Right now I keep wondering why they never show Beau Brummell any time except 3:00 AM.

  94. 94.

    zhena gogolia

    @NotMax:

    It might have been me because I was curious about it for a long time. But then I saw it!

  97. 97.

    Elizabelle

    OT, but kind of sweet, and had no idea that these two had such an interesting back story:

    Judith Leiber, designer of incredible handbags (works of art, truly) and her artist husband Gerson Leiber (“Gus”) died Saturday, within hours of each other, at their home in East Hampton. She was 97, he was 96, they’d been married 72 years, no children. They met in Budapest just after WW2 — Gus was with the Army Signal Corps. Judith had been trained in handbag design and manufacture in the city’s guild — unusual for a woman at the time. Her family was Jewish; they never were sent to the camps but did end up sewing uniforms for Nazis at one point.

    Anyway, couple met, moved to NYC in 1946, he studied art, she continued working for handbag manufacturers and they opened their own company in 1963; she designed, he handled the business end. They were very successful. I’d not heard of Gerson Leiber in his own right. His paintings hang in the Met, the Whitney … the couple had an incredible life together, apparently.

    Gus to Judith, on their last Friday night: “Sweetie, it’s time for both of us to go.” Heart attacks.

    RiP, Mr. and Mrs. Leiber, and thank you for all the beauty. Judith made all kinds of animal minaudieres. Maybe she created a Boston terrier or two. She did koi fish, panthers …

    FTF NYTimes had obits for each of them, very touching. Worth a click or two, for the history these two saw (and survived).

    People magazine (no paywall!; good pics; story needs some copyediting).

    Jewish Telegraphic Agency had a good, and short, article.

    Judith Leiber was known for her small crystal-covered handbags called minaudieres, many of which took the forms of small animals, flowers or other objects. The bags often were decorated with gems or semi-precious stones and were gold plated. Singers and Hollywood celebrities, as well as several first ladies, have carried her bags, which are part of several museum collections.

    Gerson Leiber, known as Gus, was an artist who created abstract landscapes, prints and sculptures. His work has been featured in several prominent U.S. museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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