Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

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

One way or another, he’s a liar.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

We can’t confuse what’s necessary to win elections with the policies that we want to implement when we do.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

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

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

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

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

In after Baud. Damn.

White supremacy is terrorism.

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

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We’ve got some gorgeous pictures today that I know my mom would have loved. She was very fond of Venice, having spent a week there a least 10 years running! It’s hard to believe it’s been 11 months tomorrow, but time marches on.

 

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Today, pictures from valued commenter imonlylurking.

I’m in Venice, Italy with my best friend. It’s unseasonably hot and muggy, and I want to come back.

Taken on 2018-09-20 00:00:00

A view looking out of Ca’ D’Oro.

Taken on 2018-09-20 00:00:00

Venice

Gondola ride leaving from the Grand Canal.

Taken on 2018-09-20 00:00:00

Unknown location, random reflections on a canal.

 

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    waratah

    I missed Venice this summer, but my sister was able to end her trip with a day in Venice and really loved it. Thank you for the great photos.

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    Luthe

    Venice is my dream city. I desperately want to go back.

    Pro tip: if you want to say you’ve been on a gondola ride without forking over big $$, take one of the gondolas that ferry people across the Grand Canal in between bridge crossings. It costs 50 cents Euro and you can brag to all your friends about your gondola ride.

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    Miss Bianca

    Oh, man…I got to Venice once as a kid (ok, I was 25 but that was 30 years ago, so KID), and I loved it. I remember taking lots and lots of photos of lines of laundry hanging over the canals, for some reason. I think the juxtaposition of fabled canal streets and buildings with something as homely as laundry just tickled me.

    Great photos!

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    J R in WV

    @Miss Bianca:

    Yes, the way people live in ancient cities is fascinating. When we visited Firenze last spring, we walked past the “historic” palace into a residential neighborhood where people were returning home after visiting local markets for vegetables and bread. Still ancient buildings with narrow doorways and such, but where the ordinary people lived. Fabulous.

    Firenze is Italian for the city of Florence, capitol of Tuscany. There are large parts of the city that are newly built, high tech industry, etc. The tourist district is really old, tiny streets winding. Google Maps took us in circles as we tried to find our hotel for the in-town part of the trip.

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    Miss Bianca

    @J R in WV: We went to Florence, too. Florence was where my bf lost his money belt – because he had carelessly left it in the shower – and we didn’t realize it till we were on the train, bound for Vienna. Fortunately, we managed to get off the train in time, then had to hoof it to the police station in order to report the robbery so we could get our traveller’s checks replaced (that should give you some idea of how long ago it was.) (The thieves took those but *not* his passport, thankfully).

    I remember two things about that experience: one was the Florentine woman we ran into in the anteroom as we were waiting, who talked about how Florence had come to resemble Disneyland; the other was the two bored carabinieri who took our report – the one chain-smoking, the other, the fastest two-fingered typist in the west, incongruously wearing a “Michigan” sweatshirt (both of us had just been graduated from Michigan).

    Ah, good times for two innocents abroad!

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