Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

The willow is too close to the house.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

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

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

Chutkan laughs. Lauro sits back down.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

How are Republicans going to find someone with more charisma and personal charm than Jim Jordan?

Ah, the different things are different argument.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

There’s always a light at the end of the frog.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

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  2. 2.

    MazeDancer

    We have addresses to write PostCards for Heidi Heitkamp.

    Got them seconds ago.

    We have thousands of addresses.

    Flipping the Senate depends on electing Heidi.

    C’mon Balloon Juice, you can step up and do 20 or 30 each, I know you can.

    (And thank you Ceci7 for the contact info)

    PostCardPatriots.com

  3. 3.

    Schlemazel

    I sorta hope for a series where Huston is actually called out for cheating and that guy on the Dodgers that is trying to hurt people breaks a major bone in his body and can’t play

  5. 5.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    Saturday marks 2 weeks with the puppy. The biting! My Fucking spaghetti monster the biting! I don’t remember it being this bad. Oi. And fuck the red sox..

  6. 6.

    Immanentize

    I live in Boston, my wife was from Houston. She was an “Astros Buddy” when she was a kid — got to run around the field at the Astrodome during some games at the seventh inning stretch. Either is fine and I am glad the ‘Strohs are in teh American League now.

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    khead

    It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

    I’ve always maintained that Sally shoulda just clocked the shit out of Linus for wasting her time with that Great Pumpkin bullshit. And don’t EVEN get me started on how Charlie Brown getting rocks for Halloween in ’66 turned him into Michael Myers in ’78……..

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: I think he did really well. On the previous thread, I wrote a comment for each question and included my summary of each answer. if you’re interested, you could always scan the comments and read the comment about any question that interests you.

  11. 11.

    FlyingToaster

    Today was our last Farmer’s Market in Watertown (boo, hiss). We’re too small for a winter market, and all of those are on Saturday mornings when I’m taking notes for WarriorGirl’s music school. I need Hermoine’s pocket watch, dammit.

    And on a personal note, the foot is definitely getting better; I am on track for “cane optional” come Sunday, and “boot off” a week further on. While I still can’t go into school tomorrow (long ramp, doctor yelled at me for walking up it last Friday), I can go back into working the library come Monday, albeit with the cane just in case.

    And since I’m in the Hub, Go ‘Sox! (heh)

  14. 14.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    @WaterGirl: And for the 2nd straight day he has refused to walk on his leash. The little son of a bitch. Playing fetch in the house and him jumping over my feet into my chest is enterraining.

  17. 17.

    SFAW

    @khead:

    Also, fuck Joe West.

    Just taking a stab at it, but guessing you’re a Colt 45s an Astros fan.

    Either way, it was pretty clear the fan(s) hit Betts’s glove enough that his glove was knocked closed just before the ball reached it. Whether that rises to the level of interference, I don’t know. Plenty of Astros fans seem to think an outfielder is not allowed to catch a ball that’s above the “yellow line.” Maybe they just mean “an outfielder playing for the Astros’ opponent”?

  18. 18.

    Steve in the ATL

    All other things being equal, I root for the blue state team over the red state team. Unless, of course, it’s the Yankees. Because fuck the fucking Yankees.

    ETA: and fuck Joe West, who is just horrible. Worse even than Angel Hernandez.

  22. 22.

    karensky

    Trying to keep myself awake for a bit of the Lakers v Trail Blazers game at 10:30. I predict that I will last an hour at best!

  23. 23.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    I want the Brewers to win the whole enchalada, though I should keep that quiet around here, since they are the old Seatte Pilots. Boston looks strong.

  24. 24.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Mr Stagger Lee: I like to see new blood in the playoffs. Interesting Sports fact on this year’s Columbus Day (or in Seattle, Indiginous People’s Day) the teams that used Native Americans as their mascot, Cleveland Atlanta and Washington lost their prospective games.

  27. 27.

    Darkrose

    @khead: Yes! So much this. My response to “Fuck Joe West” should be “Who?” not “Oh yeah, fuck him, and Angel Hernandez, and Laz Diaz, and…” Despite what some of these clowns think, I’m not paying to watch the umpires.

    I’m rooting for the Red Sox, which feels weird, given that I spent 13 years living in Boston and loathing drunk, racist Red Sox fans crowding the Green Line. (Also, Fuck the DH.) But they don’t cheat and they don’t have a domestic abuser in their bullpen, they don’t have asshole relievers like Josh Hader, and they don’t have assholes who play dirty and are also Dodgers. Plus, I loved Nuñez when he was a Giant, I’m becoming rather fond of Jackie Bradley Jr., and I will always have a soft spot for Chris Sale from when he was with the White Sox.

    Still weird, though. And still, fuck the DH.

  28. 28.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Darkrose: I was about to upvote your excellent post using the new B-J feature that Mr. Cole insisted that Alain add, but you had to ruin it all by mentioning the White Sox.

    Damn southsiders ruining everything….

  29. 29.

    Darkrose

    Telesilla and I subscribed to Plated six weeks ago. Tonight was mushroom cavatappi, which was fabulous. So far we’ve only had one main course and one dessert fail (out of 12 and 3 respectively). Even better, we’re cooking more in general. We’ve modified a couple of the recipes and added them to our standard rotation, and we’re experimenting more. We’re also generally eating a bit healthier, because we’re not buying vegetables that we never eat.

    Money wise, it’s more expensive than buying the ingredients for everything from the store would be. However, it’s much cheaper than eating out or ordering in; since we’re doing much less of that, it’s saving us money.

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    Darkrose

    @Steve in the ATL: As my sig on SB Nation says: “Giants fan by marriage, White Sox fan by birth, baseball fan for love of the game.”

    Both of my teams have been bad this year, and I was prepared to ignore the postseason. But there’s been some damn good baseball being played, especially in the AL, where pitchers are actually in for more than three innnings.

  31. 31.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Darkrose: these playoffs have been good, except of course for the Braves, but that’s ok because just getting there was overachieving.

    Concur on the DH. Why not use aluminum bats too?

  32. 32.

    khead

    @Darkrose:

    I HATE the “unwritten rules of baseball” and usually think that a pitcher who gives up a HR should suck it up. But I would be ok if someone threw at Machado. I mean, fuck that guy.

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