Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Everybody saw this coming.

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

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Republicans in disarray!

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

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

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

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

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

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

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Second rate reporter says what?

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

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  2. 2.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    Empty nester.

    “They’ll be O.K.,” he said. “They’ll remember us. And,” he added, choking up, “they’re not kids anymore. We raised them.”

    The Americans (series finale)

  5. 5.

    I'll be Frank

    our nest, a robin’s nest right next to our bathroom window, went empty 2 weeks ago. For the last week we had to wonder, how did they fit in there. Congrat’s.

  7. 7.

    Schlemazel

    TIPPP-a-cal renters! move out with giving notice & leave all their shit behind!

    You’ll see them flying by & know they are your birdies JC and who knows, maybe next yer one will return to do it all over again

  9. 9.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Awww Ichihara a sad moment. And such a happy and proud moment.

    ETA:

    Ichihara a sad moment.

    Wait, what the everloving fuck?

    What I typed, and what I fucking MEANT, was “Such a sad moment.”

    A lot of the time, I just really don’t even understand where Autocorrect is even coming from.

  12. 12.

    Elizabelle

    Did they return their router?

    Did you see them around at all today?

    Looks like all 5 survived; that’s wonderful. Congratulations.

  14. 14.

    Steve in the ATL

    @SiubhanDuinne: every time I try to type “pain” on my phones, which has been a lot lately, Tim Cook changes it to “Odin”. WTF? Still not as good as “Ho, fund me” though!

  18. 18.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Steve in the ATL:

    LOL. If I were a true conspiracy theorist, I’d be looking for all kinds of cabalistic hidden occult messages in Autocorrect’s whimsical and arbitrary spellchecks.

  19. 19.

    Pogonip

    Cheer up, Cole. Now you’ll have plenty of time to build little tunnels for the worms so they won’t get dirty as they move through the earth.

    Your safety net amused everyone I showed it to. You’re a good, if eccentric, egg.

  20. 20.

    RoonieRoo

    Leave the nest up for a couple of days. I don’t know if house finches are like my barn swallows. They come back to the nest at night for at least a few days before they are 100% gone.

  22. 22.

    kindness

    You are a good Uncle John. The parents did most the work but you protected them.

  24. 24.

    M4

    @Steve in the ATL: mine capitalizes Against, Stupidity, Nuts, Corny, and assorted other proper nouns I use in stories. Curse the sharing of dictionaries across the full Apple ecosystem!

  25. 25.

    RoonieRoo

    @SiubhanDuinne: Thank you. It has been a while. My mom passed unexpectedly and my sisters and I have been wrapped up in all the things in life that creates. I miss my mom but I have been reminded that I have a wonderful family.

  26. 26.

    Kay

    Charlie Kushner says ethics watchdogs are “jerks” who “can’t get a real job.”
    To reporters: “Do you want me to throw you out of here now? Because I will. Then you can write whatever the f*** you want about me.”

    The story sounds like it will be at least interesting, but it’s not. He’s as much of a bore as the Trumps. It’s an extended whine about how he’s being treated unfairly and is sacrificing so much because his idiot son is some kind of bogus “adviser” to the President. Me, me, me. I’m so great, you’re all so stupid, let me lob some insults and threats and my stupid lackeys can giggle approvingly.

    The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

  27. 27.

    Elizabelle

    @RoonieRoo: My condolences on your mom, and especially for the unexpected passing. That is hard for you and sisters. Good to see you.

  29. 29.

    Gelfling 545

    @SiubhanDuinne: Same hsppens to me with some frequency. Also quite often the predictive suggestions when I begin to type are Trump or asshole. I mean, yes, I have used those words ore often that usual but not THAT much.

  30. 30.

    jl

    @schrodingers_cat:

    ” How is the fern? ”
    Cole needs to remember that the loyal fern abides and is standing by his side.

    Cole: we are here for you, big guy, don’t worry. You’ll pull through.
    Soon you will have a huge charm of loving and adoring Cole finches around your house.
    And we’ll look forward to the various disasters they’ll cause when several generations of them are driving you crazy.

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    Gelfling 545

    @Kay: One begins to feel there may be some slight excuse, or at least explanation for Jared. And I can really see him and Ivanka bonding over the shared experience of sociopathic fathers.

  33. 33.

    NotMax

    ‘Tis spring, ’tis spring,
    The bird is on the wing.
    But that’s absurd –
    The wing is on the bird!

    Also too: Um, one can turn off autocorrect.

    Just sayin’.

  35. 35.

    NotMax

    @jl

    Soon you will have a huge charm of loving and adoring Cole finches around your house.

    Finchnado!

  38. 38.

    Mary Ellen Sandahl

    @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): Those are down feathers, plucked from the parents’ breasts by the parents after completing the structure of the nest, for cushioning and helping keep the eggs and hatchlings warm. The babies’ actual shit comes out in little bits which the parents carefully remove. Ma Nature knows what she’s doing.

  40. 40.

    Mary Ellen Sandahl

    There, there, John. It’s so cool you got to witness this process, and doubly cool you shared it with us all.

  41. 41.

    Duane

    That was good of you Cole. A baby bird fell from a tree in our backyard. I told everyone leave it alone. We watched it get back to the nest. Learned that here at this full-service blog.

  43. 43.

    lahke

    Is it my eyes? I see white fluff, and then half a nest of brown fluff in a birdy-type shape that almost looks like a defunct bird.

  46. 46.

    lahke

    Having finally read the other comments, am reassured.

    Sorry about your mom, RoonieRoo.

  49. 49.

    Planetpundit

    Imagining those birdies tweeting “Why did the big hairless one put up that ski ramp under our nest?”

  52. 52.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Why are you typing pain? Are you Thor?

    1. My secret identity/identities is/are none of your business; and
    2. I am responding to inquiries regarding my wife’s health.

  61. 61.

    Sab

    @SiubhanDuinne: I believe it was Steeplejack that told me about six months ago how to disable autocorrect.

    It sure is easier to comment now, but sometimes I miss the really bizarre comments it came up with.

  63. 63.

    CaseyL

    It would be amazing if this species likes to use the same nest from year to year.

    We should note in our calendars for next May: “Have JC’s finches ret’d?”

    What’s also amazing is now fast the babies went from barely-feathered to flown-and-gone!

  65. 65.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Omnes Omnibus: pancreatitis, which is clearing up, and a perfect storm of other normally minor conditions which go back to having C.Diff. two years ago.

    @Immanentize: thanks–we already have two close friends who are law professors, but you can never have enough!

  67. 67.

    ArchTeryx

    That the entire nest fledged with no losses is a very uncommon thing and shows you did a very good job being non-intrusive. At this point, it’s up to nature and fate which of the little peeps makes it and heads off to find territory/mates of their own.

    And the world now has four new dinosaurs roaming it. :-)

  68. 68.

    Shell

    I wonder what the white fluffy padding is in the nest. Dog/cat hair? Dryer lint?

  69. 69.

    Shell

    A little weepy tonight. Just got back the ashes of my dog, Kate who passed three weeks ago. I raised a little glass of wine to her, with a milk bone by the box (though Beggin’ Strips was her usual cocktail hour choice.)

  70. 70.

    Elie

    Sniff, sniff — John, you did a great job! You must be a proud papa….. They are gone so soon!

  73. 73.

    p.a.

    Coming soon to an amazon ad near you: Peepslide 9000.
    And they said blogging was a monetary sinkhole…

  74. 74.

    Steeplejack

    Whoa, I think I’m actually getting a new (to me) episode of Vera tonight on one of my two big PBS stations (Maryland)—and in pledge week, too!

    They’ve been recycling various old episodes for a while, but this one looked unfamiliar, and, sure enough, IMDB says it’s Season 8, Episode 1, from January. Yee-haw. Just going to sit down to dinner and watch. Be back later.

  75. 75.

    J R in WV

    @RoonieRoo:

    Sorry for your loss, a Mom is hardest of all to lose. Hang in there, glad your family is holding you close!

    Take care and stay in touch with your pack!

  76. 76.

    Gelfling 545

    If the finches are anything like “my” robins, they’ll be back, year after year. I know it’s reslly spring when I hear the chirping in the eaves.
    (My predictive typing suggestions this time were Seth Myers and Silence pf the lambs – things I’m reasonably sure I have never typed before. I think my iPad is messing with me now.

  80. 80.

    satby

    You done good John. Congrats on them all getting out alive, something that doesn’t always happen with baby birds.

    You can practically count on them coming back next year now that they know you’ll put out the welcome slide.

  82. 82.

    sukabi

    @Kay: I had to snicker…most of the comments on that article on RawStory were some version of “Convicted felon says what?” which was the one detail that article left out.

  85. 85.

    NCSteve

    One of these mornings you’re gonna rise up singing
    And you’ll spread your wings and you’ll take to the sky
    But till that morning, there ain’t nothin’ can harm you
    With daddy and mommy standin’ by

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