Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Consistently wrong since 2002

All hail the time of the bunny!

This fight is for everything.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

People are weird.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

He really is that stupid.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

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If not for the bow, it would be impossible to say which was the sky and which the reflection.

Also, Badger naps dangerously:

I don’t voluntarily sleep with my nose in such close proximity to Daisy’s ass. She’s a gassy critter.

This thread doesn’t have to be about dog farts. Use your imagination — open thread!

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  1. 1.

    Kayla Rudbek

    PSA: check your credit cards for unauthorized charges. I just caught one supposedly from the Apple Online Store that was charged November 8. Not in _that_ dollar amount, and not showing up in my Apple ID purchase record! So I had a fun time with Apple and the credit card company this afternoon.

  2. 2.

    germy

    Roger Stone associate expects to be charged in Mueller probe

    An associate of longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone says he expects to be indicted by a federal grand jury in the special counsel’s Russia investigation.

    Conservative conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi said on his YouTube show Monday that negotiations fell apart with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team and he expects to be charged with making false statements in the coming days.

    http://www.startribune.com/roger-stone-associate-expects-to-be-charged-in-mueller-probe/500316162/

  5. 5.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    is it raining in DC today?

    lori montgomery @ loriamontgomery
    No Arlington Cemetery on Veterans Day.

    Josh Dawsey @ jdawsey1
    A lid at 10 AM. Trump will have no movements today, per White House.

  13. 13.

    OzarkHillbilly

    We had our 2nd measurable snow of the season today. Just an inch and a half, but it gives me hope that we may have an actual real honest to dawg winter this year.

  15. 15.

    J R in WV

    This thread doesn’t have to be about dog farts. Use your imagination

    Wait, it can be about farts!

    My “work station” for Balloon Juice and the innertubes is in our library, and there’s a dog bed right behind my right shoulder. Sometimes a kitty, sometimes one of the lab mix dogs.

    Alice (in Wonderland) our most recent rescue frequently lies just behind my shoulder, and silently emits the most wonderously terrible fumes evah, evah! And there she is at the front door!

    Gasp! She is so sweet, but oh, that smell!

  16. 16.

    cope

    Easier to spot gators when the water is that flat.

    “…voluntarily…”, ho ho, hee hee, I see what you did there. Our older, more gaseous Catahoula typically winds himself around in our bed to where his South bound end is adjacent to my North bound end. Typically, this happens after I have fallen asleep so that I am likely to be awakened by a message to turn the ceiling fan on higher.

  17. 17.

    MazeDancer

    Write PostCards for the Runoffs!

    Have addresses for Mike Espy for Senate in Mississippi. Runoff is November 27th

    And a great Secretary of State Candidate in Louisiana – Gwen Collins-Greenup. She spent $1600 on her campaign. Almost tied with the “Interim Secretary of State” GOP incumbent. (Interim because the actual SoS resigned due to sexual harassment charges). Runoff Dec 8th.

    Secretary of State is key to the future.

    Turnout is key to both. Those GOP voters might not show-up.

    PostCardPatriots.com
    Click “Write for Runoffs”

    And, yes, thread spamming is back for a few more weeks.

  18. 18.

    JaySinWA

    @germy: As one twitterer remarked it is not safe to take Corsi at his word, including about immanent indictment on perjury. OTOH I believe his lawyers have been talking to the Mueller group recently.

  19. 19.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    I like this idea

    NPR Politics @ nprpolitics
    House Democrats say their first bill after taking power would establish automatic voter registration and reinvigorate the Voting Rights Act.

  20. 20.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @debbie: The past 2 winters were almost devoid of snow with a couple of ice storms, none of which took out the electricity. We did have one bout of below zero weather for about a week last year but I need winter. Even if it hurts my old bones and joints a little more, that bite in the air let’s me know the seasons still turn and makes me feel alive.

    It also cuts back on the ticks come spring.

  24. 24.

    NotMax

    Was extremely skeptical about a recipe found online for shrimp scampi in the Instant Pot, as it called for a total time of cooking at pressure of 1 minute. Tried it out last night using 2 pounds of frozen, peeled, raw shrimp (as suggested) and glory be, it worked.

  25. 25.

    burnspbesq

    @germy:

    Que fucking lastima.

    I will be quite disappointed if Mueller doesn’t indict Assange for conspiring with Stone, Corsi, et al.

  26. 26.

    Aardvark Cheeselog

    When I was really little our family had a dachshund/terrier cross. We took him on long car trips, and some of his farts in the car were downright deadly.

  28. 28.

    different-church-lady

    @Kayla Rudbek: Running a small charge on-line is a common method for scammers to test a made-up credit card number. If the charge goes through, they will make a fake physical card with that number.

  31. 31.

    burnspbesq

    Cisneros and Porter continue to trail in CA-39 and CA-45, but as long as the number of uncounted ballots exceeds the margin, there is still hope.

  34. 34.

    debbie

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Hope you get all the cold you want and that it skirts south of here! We’re supposed to get about an inch of something here overnight, but they keep switching back and forth between snow, snow and rain, and rain.

  36. 36.

    lamh36

    Evening BJ.

    I had a two day adventure in the ER this weekend. All I wanted to do was enjoy a quite weekend, but instead I ended up in the same ER on Saturday and Sunday.

    Late Friday, I started experiencing light chest pain, by Saturday morning, the pain was more intense. I figured it was just another bout of esophageal spasming (I’ve had it before) brought on by something I hate late Friday. But the pain was getting worse, and not alleviated by OTC meds. So I went to ER. They asked me questions, took some blood, the male doctor checked my chest once, and they did an EKG. The EKG came back normal, and the blood work was normal. They discharged me and diagnosed me with “chest pain of unknown origin” and told me to take OTC Tylenol or Motrin for the pain and follow up with my PCP.

    So, I went home. The pain continued even after taking Tylenol once and then Motrin next, just so I could maybe get some sleep. The pain worsened and now not only was my chest hurting, but by the nighttime the pain started to switch between my chest and upper back, and it began to hurt when I breathe or moved or coughed…etc. I couldn’t take the pain any more so I returned to the ER Sunday early morning.

    This time I had a female doc, she actually did an entire exam, including checking my chest and breathing. She explained to me every step she was taking and why and what she was looking for and why. This time, I had an X-Ray, blood work to screen for DVT, and a CT SCAN to screen for abdominal/lung issues. She also authorized an IV drip for pain meds to alleviate the chest pain I was having. An all together better experience than the day before.

    After all test were run, found that my heart and lungs were good, and my upper adominal cavity were good. No DVT or blood clots, and no heart attack. Ultimately she believes it probably something I ate or something I did that cause the muslces in my chest to contract and spasm. Good news, no life threatening conditions. The bad news, chest pain.

    I left with 3 prescriptions, 2 for pain (to take morning and night) and 1 prescription strength Zantac for control my reflux reactions until, the muslce spasms stopped and healed on their own.

    The pain was still there this morning, but manageable, and less painful than before. It’s probably be good if I could take some days off from work, but I dont’ have the sick leave…so I’ve got to to work, but thanks to the pain meds, the pain was way more manageable than the beginning of this weekend.

    Anyway, it mostly all good now…just hoping the pain continues to get less and less intense.

    Soooo…how was ya’ll weekend?

  37. 37.

    tobie

    These days, I envy a dog’s life, head placement while napping notwithstanding. To dream of nothing but fetching balls and finding rabbit holes, and having the reassurance that your food and water bowl will be filled whenever you need it. What bliss.

  38. 38.

    OzarkHillbilly

    In the early hours of Sunday morning, 26-year-old Jemel Roberson was working security at a bar in the Chicago suburbs when a shooting broke out. Shortly after Roberson subdued the suspect at gunpoint, police arrived — and fatally shot the armed security guard as he pinned the suspect to the ground.

    Roberson was working at Manny’s Blue Room Bar, in Robbins, Illinois, when security personnel asked a group of men to leave following an argument. Soon after, at least one man returned to the bar and began shooting, injuring some of the people in the bar. Security returned fire and Roberson detained the man.

    Roberson “had somebody on the ground with his knee in back, with his gun in his back, like, ‘Don’t move,’” witness Adam Harris told local news outlet WGN.

    When police arrived, an officer immediately opened fire, killing Roberson, as witnesses told them to stop. “Everybody was screaming out, ‘Security!’ He was a security guard,” Harris said.

  41. 41.

    MomSense

    @lamh36:

    I’m sorry to hear that happened to you. I’m really glad you got a thorough exam. Don’t be stoic or think you are overreacting. If you feel concerned, go get checked out again. Hope you feel better.

  42. 42.

    Platonailedit

    @MazeDancer:

    Thread spamming? Considering all kindsa garbage posted here, this is pure gold.

    Come on MI.
    Go AZ. SecState is the cherry.
    Fuck MO & ND.

  43. 43.

    LuciaMia

    Thing I loved about my dogs when they let one go…Their head would whip around and stare at their butt all shocked, like “What the heck was that??”

  44. 44.

    J R in WV

    @Yarrow:

    Wow, a great reveal of the GOP in TX… low lying thief in charge!!

    Thanks.

    Noticed the Chron now provides multiple languages for its stories, Chinese, Urdu, Vietnamese, Spanish, where’s that from? Pretty good, v. cosmopolitan.

  46. 46.

    Yarrow

    @lamh36: Yikes! Glad you’re mostly okay. What a terrible way to spend your weekend. Esophageal spasms can be really painful and are related to acid reflux. Hope the Zantac helps. Get as much rest as you can and keep us posted on how it’s going.

  48. 48.

    RedDirtGirl

    Not sure it has been mentioned, but postcardpatriots dot com is still at it, for run-off votes that are coming up. Just got a list for Louisiana Sec State candidate.

  51. 51.

    tobie

    @lamh36: Glad to hear it’s nothing too serious. Chest pains are frightening. Take care of yourself, and if you can, take some time off.

  52. 52.

    Kathleen

    @lamh36: Yikes! So sorry you had to deal with that. Glad to hear your foundation is sound and hope you are pain free very soon.

  53. 53.

    BruceFromOhio

    @Yarrow:

    Woodfill is the subject of two separate formal complaints — one to the State Bar of Texas and the other to the Houston Police Department. In both complaints, Woodfill is accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients’ trust accounts.

    Umm hmm. Please, tell me more.

    This story will be updated.

    I’m certain of that.

  54. 54.

    Mnemosyne

    @lamh36:

    Yikes! Had you been fighting off a cold before that? I’ve had a fun bout with pleurisy the past couple of weeks, which is when a cold virus decides to wander and causes an inflammation between your lungs and your chest wall. I’m assuming the doc checked for that — it apparently makes a very characteristic scraping sound when they listen through the stethoscope. Feel better!

  55. 55.

    Ohio Mom

    @lamh36: Ugh. Reflux. You might want to follow up with a Gastroenterologist. That stuff can do a lot of damage over the long haul.

  56. 56.

    Schlemazel

    @lamh36:
    Well I hope that does not go on any longer. The good news is you know your heart is sound but that does not make it less painful. Are you going to continue to pursue the cause with more visits? It seems like something worth at leat looking into

  58. 58.

    JPL

    Betty, The first picture is amazing, but I still worry about badger being an suburban kinda dog. He’s not ready to be gator bait.

    @lamh36: Wow definitely scary, but I hope you’re on the mend.

  59. 59.

    Mai Naem mobile

    Sinema is up 38k with the latest vote drop. Vast majority of votes left are in Maricopa county(metro Phoenix+) where Mcsally has been underperforming. AZ SOS has the Dem up very slightly. If Sinema csn expand the lead to over 40k tomorrow I believe a lot of media will call the race for Sinema.

  60. 60.

    J R in WV

    And the next story someone linked to is a right-wing theocratic monster trying to maintain prejudice against the LGBQT community, who rapes youngsters who come to him for prayer. For years.

    In Houston, also too!!

    Color me not amazed. Not shocked. As a comment on the Houston Chron article said, the people who hate the LGBTQ community are going to be messed up in other ways, like pedophilia, theft, something, something.

  61. 61.

    JPL

    @Mary G: You pay for a teddy that is unsafe for children under twelve and is made in China. The flag is pulled out of a butt and the only question first is do you sniff it before you wrap it around you. ick.

  64. 64.

    Mai Naem mobile

    AP just called the race for Sinema. Senator Sinema . Trumpov’s going to blow his stack.

  67. 67.

    gene108

    @Kayla Rudbek:

    I got a text from Wells Fargo about a $1.14 charge someone made an hour or so earlier.

    Called them back. They are terminated my old card and are issuing a new one.

    I wouldn’t have caught it so quickly.

  68. 68.

    WaterGirl

    Kyrsten Sinema wins in Arizona as Democrats capture a longtime GOP Senate seat
    By Washington Post Staff
    November 12 at 7:47 PM
    Rep. Sinema narrowly edged out Republican Rep. Martha McSally in the open-seat race, the Associated Press projected. Sinema will replace retiring Sen. Jeff Flake (R). Sinema’s win narrows the GOP majority in the Senate to 51-47.

    Two other races remain unresolved, the close contest in Florida between Gov. Rick Scott (R) and Sen. Bill Nelson (D) and a Nov. 27 runoff in Mississippi, pitting appointed Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith against Democrat Mike Espy.
    This is a developing story. It will be updated.

  69. 69.

    piratedan

    @Platonailedit: still gerrymandered to hell and back at the state level, but we’re making inroads… If Hobbs holds on at the SOS election, at least the polling places should increase and not be screwed with as they are with the GOP.

  70. 70.

    Redshift

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    is it raining in DC today?

    Rain wasn’t even predicted until mid to late afternoon, which is when it happened. This lends more credence to the theory that Trump skipped Veterans Day/Armistice events both in France and here because he was being pissy about not getting his big military parade on Veterans Day, and rain was the least embarrassing excuse they could come up with.

  73. 73.

    Yarrow

    @Mai Naem mobile: He’s going to blow his stack about that. And this:

    JUST IN: DOJ says Acting Attorney General Whitaker will consult with senior ethics officials at DOJ about possible recusal in Special Counsel investigation. DOJ Spox Kerri Kupec says, pic.twitter.com/19ej569Ne2— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) November 13, 2018

    LOL. Trump only wanted Whitaker there to get the dirt on the Special Counsel Investigation and/or get rid of Mueller. Sorry! Tick tock, motherfuckers!

  74. 74.

    burnspbesq

    The theme for Dems in the next Congress is to put McConnell on the spot, early and often. Force him to kill perfectly reasonable legislative initiatives. Force Republicans to publicly fuck the voters, and keep reminding the voters which party did the deed.

  76. 76.

    Schlemazel

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:
    From the National Lampoon “White House Basement Tapes” album
    The WHite House issued a list of the Presidents movements today
    Monday: Nothing
    Tuesday: Nothing
    Wednesday: good one, some blood

    Also, Billy Graham at the swearing out ceremony
    “Richard Nixon, you son of a bitch. You lied your ass off. Fuck off!”

  77. 77.

    Corner Stone

    I could be wrong be it sounded to me like Tweety on MSNBC just said the D party should stop encouraging educated whites to vote for them.

  78. 78.

    Jay

    Much missed Casey was my favourite fart dog.

    She would be lying there asleep, suddenly wake up, give us the stink eye, and walk away. Several moments later, we would have to clear the room.

  80. 80.

    lamh36

    @Mnemosyne: I haven’t had a cold in a while, but I was feeling a bit off the past week and i had some blood work done bout 2 weeks ago and I had elevated lymph counts and inflammation which could indicate a viral infection, but I didn’t have any weird viral like symptoms.

    I feel better already just having the pain stop…like I said, if I had the time off I needed, I’d take a few days off to recoup, but I don’t (thx alot Australia and London…LOL) so I’m just coping. I did explain it to my boss though, and she said it’s ok if I leave early this week when if I finish my worklist and start to feel too uncomfortable

  82. 82.

    Baud

    Sinema deserves a lot of praise even though she wasn’t one of those hot up-and-coming progressives people were excited about.

  84. 84.

    Cheryl Rofer

  89. 89.

    PsiFighter37

    Congrats to Sinema, and fuck the Green Party for making it closer than it should have been (as they always do). I always thought that this would have been Gabby Giffords’ seat had the events of 2011 not transpired, but I’m glad to see that Arizona Democrats have finally gotten over the hump for a statewide race. It looks like we also got Secretary of State and Education Commissioner as well.

    We also took McSally’s House seat back as well – which is great news.

  90. 90.

    piratedan

    @Cheryl Rofer: well lets see….. McSally essentially accused her of treason, being a tutu wearing whackaloon, supporting sex offenders, and supporting ….. Sanctuary Cites (cue dramatic DAUNT_DAUNT_DAHHHHH))))))))))), it was gracious of McSally to congratulate Sinema on a hard fought campaign, which essentially ran on three notes, health care, Sinema being willing to be bipartisan depending upon the issue and McSally lying about her HC votes and exactly who Sinema was and said and did….

    It was an UGLY campaign and like everyone else, I really get tired of seeing nightly character assassination ads and would really like to see campaigns about policy but I guess we’ve been trained to ignore those people as being not-serious….

  91. 91.

    Jay

    “The revelation that Dominic Raab had not until now “quite understood” the UK’s reliance on the Dover-Calais crossing for goods trade between the UK and the EU has attracted widespread criticism and understandable mockery. It is indeed shocking that the Cabinet Minister in charge of Brexit should only now grasp something so basic to his brief. Yet it is not surprising. It is part of a pattern of ignorance for which there is plenty of evidence – including Raab’s own bemusement (prior to his current role, but after years of campaigning for hard Brexit) that leaving the customs union would increase bureaucracy.

    It would be wrong to single out Raab. Scratch the surface of just about any prominent Brexiter and the same kinds of ignorance are revealed. It’s perfectly understandable and reasonable that no one, on any side of the debate, has anything like a comprehensive knowledge of Brexit and its effects – it is just too huge and hydra-headed a phenomenon for that to be possible. But it’s not at all unreasonable to expect politicians – who, after all, have access to numerous resources, including the excellent House of Commons Library briefings – to understand the core, basic issues of what they argue for. Especially when that is so fundamental and total a shift in national history as Brexit.”

    http://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/ignorance-and-irresponsibility-continue.html?m=1

  92. 92.

    Cheryl Rofer

    @WaterGirl: I see it all over Twitter, would not be surprised if it’s true, but don’t know any more than that. The national Republican Party (or Trump, if there’s a difference) may be irritated with her because they wanted her to go full-up conspiracy, as Trump’s tweets have done. Instead, she acted like a gracious professional. Hard to say how much influence they have with the governor.

    ETA: I had not seen piratedan’s comment and didn’t follow the Arizona race that closely. But she did act like a gracious professional as the votes were being counted, so that may irritate the national party.

  93. 93.

    lgerard

    @Platonailedit:

    With 5/8 dems for congress, AZ has officially switched from purple to blue

    Amazingly, conspiracy nut Paul Gosar, who had is entire family campaign against him still won easily. WTF!

  98. 98.

    Platonailedit

    Canadian intelligence has heard an audio recording of the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed.

    “Canada has been fully briefed up on what Turkey had to share,” he said.

    Mr Trudeau is the first Western leader to confirm his country has listened to the purported tape of the murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

    Turkey’s president said on Saturday that he had given copies to the US, UK, Germany, France and Saudi Arabia.

    “We gave them the tapes,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters before flying to Paris for a gathering of world leaders commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. “They’ve also listened to the conversations, they know it.”

    However, the US has not said whether it has received a tape and France’s foreign minister has said it is not in possession of one as far as he is aware.

  99. 99.

    Mike in NC

    With these latest reports about the Arizona Senate race and possible recusal by acting AG Whitaker, Fat Bastard will be rage tweeting at 3 AM tomorrow.

  100. 100.

    Raven

    We’ve been watching Living in the Material World about George and the Beatles so I just read that that scumbag motherfucker Corsi looks to be on the block. YES!!

  101. 101.

    Gelfling 545

    @lamh36: Just for good measure, have them take a look at your gallbladder. Turns out gallbladder attack pain can mimic heart attack. Three useless trips to the ER for chest pain in 3 years with no result. On the 4th a doctor with some curiosity discovered gallstones. The nurse told me the same had happened to her. She said, “For some reason they never think of the gallbladder.”

  105. 105.

    chris

    Haha, it’s true, everything Trump touches dies.

    So after all of Trump’s gleefulness about how he personally hounded Jeff Flake out of office, Republicans ended up losing Flake’s seat.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) 13 November 2018

  106. 106.

    piratedan

    @lgerard: that district is heavily rural/small town based, so Gosar’s schtick plays well there, plus its also heavily Mormon and they tend to vote GOP (see Flake, Jeff). I think the largest town in his district is Prescott (roughly 50k) or perhaps

    Also includes Lake Havasu City and Kingman, heavy rural ranch and retiree population there, real uphill battle to connect with those folks…..

  107. 107.

    Mai Naem mobile

    @Cheryl Rofer: I know people think Sinema is more blue dog than she can afford to be in this state but she ran a damn good campaign. I think she could have been more to the left for her congressional seat but she was always looking to run for the Senate seat. She is a good politician and I wouldn’t be surprised if she ends up being on a presidential ticket or a cabinet position.

  108. 108.

    Mnemosyne

    @lamh36:

    I was wondering because it sounded a little like the lead-up to my pleurisy. But the doctors and nurses who have diagnosed me with it in the past say that there’s a very distinctive breath sound that your doctor would have mentioned. And the only “cure” is rest and Advil until it clears up, so … ?‍♀️

  109. 109.

    Tenar Arha

    @Mary G: I really thought that was a parody, until today.

    @lamh36: Get well soon. In the meantime, I’m very very glad you had a good careful doc the second time with better meds to manage the pain.

  112. 112.

    J R in WV

    @Gelfling 545:

    Gallbladder, my sister-in-law had hers out while still in Uni, probably like 19 or 20. Was miserable, U health service gave her ibuprofen or such, Wife went up and took her home, family doc IDs gallbladder attack in like 15 minutes. Surgery later that day. Long time ago…

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