Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Bark louder, little dog.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

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

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

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

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

We still have time to mess this up!

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

The words do not have to be perfect.

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

Americans barely caring about Afghanistan is so last month.

Consistently wrong since 2002

T R E 4 5 O N

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

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

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

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

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

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

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Bunnies Need Your Vote: Colorado House Rabbit Society (and Open Thread)

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Bunny Yoga

I thought we could use a sweet distraction. What better than some rescue bunnies?

I received a request from a friend of mine (some of you met her at the first meet-up). She volunteers at the Colorado House Rabbit Society and also adopted a bonded pair of bunnies from them.

Seems there is a hay shortage in the country and it’s gotten very expensive. They entered a contest, we all wrote glowing essays and they are now a finalist.

They need votes!

Heide Sue (up for adoption)

So I said I’d give it a little boost here. Please vote if you are inclined. They do good works (as I’m sure all the bunny rescues do). They take in bunnies from all over the country, from shelters that have closed, from hoarders…and my favorite, this summer they were part of a cross-country caravan. They offered a rest stop where a hundred bunnies were fed, watered, brushed and cages cleaned. Took hours and a bunch of volunteers, but they sent them on their way refreshed.

We just got a bunch of bunnies from an out of state shelter that closed. We are stuffed with bunnies, all who need hay.  We are well over capacity right now. We need the hay!

If you’d like to help, just click here and vote for the Colorado House Rabbit Society (they are third row, center)

The bunnies thank you.  And if you’re in Colorado and looking for bunnies, they have plenty to choose from.

Open thread!

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119Comments

  1. 1.

    NotMax

    Site glitch note: Front page is way behind (i.e., very slow) to update to reflect current posts and #s of comments on posts.

    This very front page post is not yet showing on front page even when it is hard refreshed. Downstairs front page post is showing zero comments, even though there are 14 at the moment.

    Win 7, FF 56 point something.

  5. 5.

    Xboxershorts

    Bunnie’s claim one of their own

    “Dennis Hof dead at 72: Bunny Ranch owner and GOP candidate is found ‘unresponsive’ in bed at his infamous Nevada brothel by porn star Ron Jeremy, hours after celebrating his birthday together”

  7. 7.

    debit

    IN MODERATION WHY? I JUST WANT TO SHARE THE ADORABLE BUNNY VIDEO WHY WON’T YOU LET ME? ::cries::

    ETA: Sorry, it’s an all caps day. I feel like writing to John.

  8. 8.

    A Ghost To Most

    We already have an entire warren of bunnies living in our yard. Right in the path of the oncoming 54 inch pipeline. I’m not sure how to save them. Watership Down comes to mind.

  10. 10.

    NotMax

    @SiubhanDuinne

    Knew some people in college who kept a rabbit in their dorm room. Bunny would hop over and attempt to hump my ankle each and every time I visited there. They insisted I was the only one who elicited that reaction.

  11. 11.

    ruemara

    Hmm. Well, Xboxershorts, I shan’t stoop so low as to say I’m happy he died, but I can’t say I’m in mourning either.

  14. 14.

    germy

    Just finished reading Babbit.

    I noticed his wife has to go to the hospital because of appendix problems and she stays for seventeen days.

    Back then they really believed in bed rest and long hospital stays.

  16. 16.

    germy

    @NotMax: Nowadays, we get infections if we stay in the hospital.

    EDIT:

    I notice at several points in the book Babbit notices his son’s interest in something called “wireless telephony”

    And after reading the book, now I want a sleeping porch.

  17. 17.

    Fair Economist

    @NotMax: Bunnies and Burrows was quite a novelty. Watership Down fans tended to like it and everybody else thought it was silly. I had a friend who had played in a B&B campaign and thought it was quite fun.

  18. 18.

    The Pale Scot

    The black bunny looks Scottish to me.

    I’m reading the Guard on Brexit and read a truly great comment that I believe is wonderfully useful as a political statement:

    You can convince yourself if you must, as your dog happily laps away at your balls, that your balls must be delicious, but we all saw you spread peanut butter on them.

    Terrible images of various Thugs licking their ……

    God I’m sorry I brought it up

    Edit: The Black Bunny looks like someone is reaching for his wallet, ergo..

  19. 19.

    NotMax

    @germy

    Been gone over here before – if you watch the early Dr. Kildare movies, you’ll see patients in peril from and doctors at odds over proper treatment for some conditions we consider duck soup to deal with today.

  21. 21.

    NotMax

    Typical.

    A new dating app for Trump supporters that wants to “make America date again” has leaked its entire database of users — on the day of its launch.
    [snip]
    On its launch day alone, the app had a little over 1,600 users and counting.

    We know because a security researcher found issues with the app that made it possible to download the entire user database.

    Elliot Alderson, a French security researcher, shared the database with TechCrunch, which included users’ names, profile pictures, device type, their private messages — and access tokens, which can be used to take over accounts. Source

    N.B.: Gotta be a pseudonym, as Elliot Alderson happens to be name of the lead character in the Mr. Robot TV series.

  23. 23.

    lamh36

    @AP
    15m15 minutes ago
    More
    BREAKING: Trump tells AP that Saudi Arabia being blamed for missing journalist is another case of “guilty until proven innocent.”

    Uh huh…so Chump is the Saudis w/Kavanugh huh…this is the house you built Republicans…

  25. 25.

    lamh36

    Oooh… new from the Neil Gaiman (author of American Gods) and Terry Pratchett. This looks very interesting! Love David Tennant and Micheal Sheen.

    Good Omens – Official Teaser Trailer I Prime Video https://youtu.be/2ZSXlNRRoGU via @YouTube

  29. 29.

    zhena gogolia

    @NotMax:

    But have you seen Charles Bickford save Shirley Temple’s life with a quick ‘n’ easy blood transfusion in Little Miss Marker?

  31. 31.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    @lamh36:

    The Court of Public Opinion doesn’t work that way, Trump. Besides, it’s not like Saudi Arabia has a sterling human rights record, foreign or domestic.

  32. 32.

    lamh36

    @AP_Politics
    4m4 minutes ago
    More
    BREAKING: Trump tells AP his former attorney Cohen was ‘lying’ when he testified that Trump directed him to break the law.

  34. 34.

    WaterGirl

    @lamh36: Beyond appalling!

    Even Trump can’t be this stupid. I am now moving him from the Stupid & Evil pile to the Evil and Getting Away with It Pile.

  36. 36.

    Gin & Tonic

    @lamh36:

    Trump tells AP that Saudi Arabia being blamed for missing journalist is another case of “guilty until proven innocent.”

    Well, he walked into the consulate, and hasn’t been seen since. What alternate theory is there?

    This is like Putin with Skripal – the public aspect is precisely the point, to show that all KSA has to say is “jump” and Il Donaldo says “how high.”

  38. 38.

    WaterGirl

    @lamh36: Why would Trump be bringing up the Mueller investigation now? It’s been out of the news for weeks. That makes no sense to me, unless something is coming down the pike.

    *edit to add: Unless Trump thinks it’s a good idea to use the Mueller investigation to distract from the “I don’t care if the Saudis murdered and dismembered a journalist from the US” story.

  39. 39.

    lamh36

    OMG…Adam and Betty…what da fuq are ya’ll feeding the gators in Florida? People??

    The massive gator known as ‘Chubbs’, famous for shocking golfers in Tampa, Florida was just spotted again

    pic.twitter.com/sTM541uNrZ

  42. 42.

    debbie

    @germy:

    My mother kept the hospital bill from when she delivered me. She stayed almost a week and the bill was around $50.00, everything included.

  43. 43.

    peej01

    @germy: When I had cellulitis in my leg, I ended up staying in the hospital for 5-7 days both times…even though I was ready to go home after 2 days. They wouldn’t let me leave until the infection in my blood was down to a certain level…and even then, they sent me home with a picc line so I could continue the IV antibiotics.

  45. 45.

    aliasofwestgate

    @lamh36: The book it’s based on is a hilarious satire of Revelations and all that rot. One of the funniest books i’ve ever read and owned. This adaptation basically has me in squee mode. Sir Terry would love it too, i’d bet.

  46. 46.

    peej01

    @lamh36: When I was a contractor with the Customs Service, one of the government people who had to testify before a committee she was on characterized her as “dumb a box of rocks.”

  49. 49.

    WaterGirl

    @debbie: I have the hospital bill for my birth, too. I can’t recall the exact amount, but it was something like yours. We got a big laugh out of that.

  50. 50.

    lamh36

    the full quote:

    @JDiamond1
    Follow Follow @JDiamond1
    More Jeremy Diamond Retweeted Jeremy Diamond
    The full quote: “Here we go again with you know you’re guilty until proven innocent. I don’t like that. We just went through that with Justice Kavanaugh and he was innocent all the way as far as I’m concerned. So we have to find out what happened”

  51. 51.

    Mike in NC

    I remember when the media decided to ridicule Jimmy Carter for being attacked by a “killer rabbit”.

  52. 52.

    WaterGirl

    Voted!

    edit: It just takes a second to vote and the Colorado House does not currently have the most votes.

  54. 54.

    Mnemosyne

    @lamh36:

    Crybaby Bono claims that she was forced out over her Nike protest, but it turns out that’s not quite true, as usual:

    Many Nassar survivors, including Olympian Aly Raisman, were upset with Bono’s appointment and pointed out that the former Republican congresswoman from California worked for Faegre Baker Daniels, which represented USA Gymnastics when investigations into Nassar began in 2015. Some Nassar survivors claimed Faegre Baker Daniels helped cover up Nassar’s abuse while the firm was employed by USA Gymnastics.

    And yet the myth is going to be that Bono was forced out by the mean ol’ liberals, not that gymnasts protested the appointment because she worked for the law firm that helped cover up for Nassar.

  56. 56.

    Steeplejack

    @germy:

    For sure!

    I thought that scene also included the brat dropping a marble through a knothole into Fields’s gaping mouth, but I guess I was wrong.

  60. 60.

    Mnemosyne

    On the subject of bunnies, I remember WereBear saying one time that she used to have house bunnies and cats at the same time. The cats seemed to accept and treat the bunny as a strange-looking cat (“Don’t mention his ears! You’ll make him feel bad!”)

  62. 62.

    trollhattan

    Evidently, Donny Tweetered this today:

    The United States has strongly informed the President of Honduras that if the large Caravan of people heading to the U.S. is not stopped and brought back to Honduras, no more money or aid will be given to Honduras, effective immediately!

    IIUC they’re already across the Guatemalan border so Honduras can’t really, you know, go get them short of starting a war but hey, “Mexicans are coming for our Jerbs!”

  65. 65.

    Chyron HR

    @trollhattan:

    The United States has strongly informed the President of Honduras

    “Right now, in this tweet. Someone @ him in case he doesn’t follow me.”

  69. 69.

    p.a.

    I would love to braise eh… heh heh… raise a rabbit.

    Know how to hypnotize a rabbit? Lay a trusting one ? on its back with its ears straight out in line with its body. Rub its belly and blow gently into its nose. I’d tell you how I know this, but it’s a family blog.

    Want to know how to un-hypnotize said rabbit? Send $10.

    (It really does work. Just shake them gently and they come to. The people who showed me this said there were no ill effects, but as always ymmv.)

  71. 71.

    Mike J

    @germy:

    I noticed his wife has to go to the hospital because of appendix problems and she stays for seventeen days.

    I think it was in the 1943 movie Tender Comrade that a woman goes to the hospital to have a baby and because the war is on they say she can only stay five days.

  72. 72.

    Brachiator

    @Jay: Wow. Morgan is not only a fool, he insists on doubling down on his stupidity.

    I think that some of the UK satirical shows tape or record on Thursdays. Just in time to get this in.

  73. 73.

    Redshift

    I volunteer with the HRS DC-Baltimore chapter, and the Colorado group is definitely one of the more active ones. Three cheers for the bunnies!

  74. 74.

    Brachiator

    From NPR

    The federal deficit ballooned to $779 billion in the just-ended fiscal year — a remarkable tide of red ink for a country not mired in recession or war.

    The government is expected to borrow more than a trillion dollars in the coming year, in part to make up for tax receipts that have been slashed by GOP tax cuts.

    Corporate tax collections fell by 31 percent in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, despite robust corporate profits. That’s hardly surprising after lawmakers cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21.

    Weren’t the tax cuts supposed to pay for themselves?

    Look for the GOP to try to slash Social Security after the midterms.

  75. 75.

    jeffreyw

    @NotMax: I remember an episode of Ben Casey where Ben lost his shit over a colleague cutting a wart off a lady. “Cancer cells even now coursing through her bloodstream!”

  84. 84.

    Patricia Kayden

    @lamh36: Good. That was quick. Her NIKE nonsense was reprehensible. She can now go and work for a rightwing outfit.

  85. 85.

    Skepticat

    Done, though it was hard to pass by an organization named the Pipsqueakery.

    Surprised and displeased that it’s so hot and muggy in the Bahamas, which usually by this time of year have turned to the default setting of New England summer (the traditional, nice ones I remember most fondly). Heat turbocharges my fibromyalgia, which needs no help. I also just added something to the list of things I need to bring rather than buy here–a 16-ounce bottle of pure vanilla was $50 plus 14% VAT.

  86. 86.

    lamh36

    @SikhProf
    Follow Follow @SikhProf
    More
    Dear Twitter,

    A famous advice columnist is telling people to whitewash their kid’s names if they want to be accepted. How should I tell her that’s wrong and racist?

    Simran Jeet Singh

    https://twitter.com/SikhProf/status/1052259740712140801

    @jhumkagupta
    6h6 hours ago
    More
    Replying to @SikhProf @dearabby
    If people can learn how to say Tchaikovsky, then they can learn how to pronounce a South Asian name.

  90. 90.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @JPL:

    Haha, it’s a real story all right. You know I was slightly skeptical earlier, but it’s the real thing and of course it is horrifying. How DARE those fuckers?!!

  91. 91.

    Steve in the ATL

    @SiubhanDuinne: I had a long talk with an Indian today!

    He’s a lawyer whose parents are from a small town in India and are still devout Hindus even after tasting the tempting pagan flesh of Georgia Tech and Buckhead.

    Suck on that, SPW!

  93. 93.

    Steve in the ATL

    @JPL: @SiubhanDuinne: BTW, got canvassed today by a couple of volunteers for Stacey Abrams! It’s almost as if suburban Atlanta is no longer a deep red nightmare, but a nightmare with good schools and low crime.

    Apropos of nothing, the two canvassers were young Indian women.

  95. 95.

    WaterGirl

    @lamh36: That’s as bad as the white “lady” who confronted the black fellow in his own building. The person who made them get off the bus needs to lose their job, too.

    This ship called the US better right itself soon or I may spontaneously combust.

  96. 96.

    Steve in the ATL

    @SiubhanDuinne: baby steps.

    And who has done the math on these proposed constitutional amendments and referenda? They read like some asshole lawyer wrote them in such a way that no non-lobbyist can figure them out. I suppose the question is who is supporting each one–our people or (shudder) their people?

  97. 97.

    hitchhiker

    I’m feeling like a mean liberal today. How mean?

    Mean enough to enjoy knowing that Tucker Carlson’s mom left his dad, him, and his brother to go live a “bohemian” lifestyle when he was six years old. He never saw her again.

    Mean, mean, mean. Maybe this is why old Tucker thinks it’s perfectly fine to take immigrant kids away from their moms. Why should they get moms when he didn’t?

  98. 98.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Steve in the ATL:

    As much as I’ve been phonebanking for Dem candidates, I keep hoping I’ll get a list at some point that includes names of people I know. Steve in the Wherever! JPL, whom I’ve known personally for seven years at least!

  99. 99.

    Jay

    @hitchhiker:

    What made me happy was Tucker’s “reveal” that he has to eat TV dinners at home infront of the TV because mean people yell at him in public always.

  100. 100.

    Marcopolo

    @Steve in the ATL: I realize you told me back in July in person that Stacy had no chance and that contributing to her campaign might wind up ruining your prediction but I really hope you’ve given her some financial support. I have sent her some bucks all the way from StL :).

  101. 101.

    WaterGirl

    Is anyone else planning to watch the debate tonight? Beto vs. Cruz.

    Cruz makes me cringe in disgust, but Beto is like a long drink of water while we’re in this awful desert.

  105. 105.

    Miss Bianca

    So far they’re ahead! 560 votes, just turned 561 with my vote! : )

    Colorado Bunny House!! Sometimes I wish I didn’t have a Husky, I love bunnies!

  108. 108.

    Brachiator

    USA Today has one of the best recent takes on the stupidity of the GOP tax cuts. One part of their summary:

    … unlike the recession-caused trillion dollar federal deficits of the Obama years that fell precipitously when the economy improved, these deficits are the result of permanent changes in federal revenues caused by the tax law. Not only does this put the constantly promised-but-never-achieved goal of balancing the federal budget in 10 years out of reach, it makes even the projection of a balanced budget into the political equivalent of a practical joke or a hoax.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/16/blame-republican-tax-cuts-soaring-federal-deficits-column/1657338002/

  118. 118.

    Pogonip

    @NotMax: Nope, it was just a time when doctors, not insurance companies, decided how long you stayed in the hospital. If you read Berton Roueche’s “The Medical Detectives” books you will find several post-antibiotic patients who stayed in the hospital until their doctors felt they were ready to go home.

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