Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Republicans in disarray!

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

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

“Let’s not pretend [Trump] wants to engage in high-minded discourse.”

The frogs are rarely mistaken.

The US Supreme Court is on the ballot in november.

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

You cannot shame the shameless.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

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

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

The choice is between normal and crazy.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

White supremacy is terrorism.

People are complicated. Love is not.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

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  2. 2.

    SFAW

    Not that President Obama would ever say it (without Luther standing in for him, that is), but that photo left out “,motherfucker.”

  3. 3.

    PeakVT

    I want a copy stapled to the wall of Trumpolini’s prison cell as a reminder that Trump should have just let the issue go after the WHCD.

  5. 5.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    You just know he disinfected his hands afterwards. Obama, I mean. Trump is literally animate garbage.

  13. 13.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    In other news, finals are over and I’m planning on having a good drink tonight ; ).
    ? on my score. I had a good cushion so I should be alright. should find out tomorrow how well I did.

  15. 15.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Jon Lovett asked on the 0’Bros’ podcast today what you call a group of Trumpers, a la a murder of crows or a parliament of owls. The internet responded

    Dan Stapleton @ DanStapleton
    @ jonlovett A group of Trump idiots is known as a felony.

    poljunk @ poljunk
    COME ON! Confederacy of Trumpses! Love me!

    Rick Wilson @ TheRickWilson
    A Shart of Trumps.
    We’re done here.

    kayottick @ kayottick
    A grift of Trumps
    A sludge of Trumps
    A smocking of Trumps

  22. 22.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    @Adam L Silverman:
    LOL! I remember that! Drink your victory gin. It was like, “Drink your ovaltine”, from A Christmas Story.

    No, it’ll be an Angry Orchard or a leftover Zima.

  26. 26.

    Redshift

    The caption I want to put on that photo is:

    “It’s ‘Hail Hydra’, dumbass, and you’re not supposed to say it to people who aren’t part of your pathetic conspiracy.”

  29. 29.

    jl

    @West of the Rockies: A fiasco of Trumps.

    “A ten mile traffic jam and dozens of chain reaction fender benders brought the interstate to halt today, as a fiasco of Trumps got lost trying to cross the road. The large fiasco of Trumps was supposed to have flown south for the winter by late-November, but they are so engorged with fast food waste, they are too fat to fly anymore. Local authorities are trying to figure out what to do.”

  31. 31.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Mr. Kelly, meanwhile, is said to be furious with Ms. Trump and Mr. Kushner. One senior administration official said that Mr. Kelly was known to have kept written notes about Mr. Kushner and Ms. Trump and the things that they had done or requested, which he conspicuously left on his desk in view of his staff.

    I wonder if Kelly will leak on them, and if so, to whom? He doesn’t strike me as the type to get chummy with reporters. Or people.

  33. 33.

    dmsilev

    @Adam L Silverman: Well, one promising candidate has already turned down the job:

    White House Ficus To Leave For Virginia Arboretum After Declining Trump’s Offer To Be Chief Of Staff

    As the Trump administration scrambles to find a replacement for outgoing advisor John Kelly, officials announced Monday that a high-level White House ficus would leave for the State Arboretum of Virginia after declining the president’s offer to be chief of staff. “The ficus has been honored to serve President Trump and the American people these last several months and plans to continue advancing the MAGA cause as a member of the private sector,” read a statement drafted by an aide for the ficus, noting that the potted shrub was one of the longest-tenured and most-trusted members of the Trump administration, spending countless hours working alongside the president from a sunny spot inside the Oval Office.

  51. 51.

    Fair Economist

    @??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??:

    Oh and I’m also watching old episodes of Hart to Hart while drinking a cold one.

    Is there any Hart to Hart episode that isn’t old?

    Hart to Hart was the kind of show I’d have really liked as a kid, but I pretty much quit watching TV about when it came out.

  54. 54.

    Fair Economist

    @??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??: OMG, they brought Zima back? It’s like a zombie; it won’t stay dead.

    I remember during the “clear drink” fad the original Zima was part of a lot of my co-workers invested in Clearly Canadian, which was also part of the clear drink fad. I assume they didn’t get out in time to lose most of their money as the stock later crashed.

  58. 58.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    @Fair Economist:
    Yeah, there was a bunch that was sold over the summer. It’s not that bad, though I like Angry Orchard better. I worked in the State Liquor Store where I work to cover a break and I’ve thought about trying small shots of whiskey etc to see if I like it.

  59. 59.

    Mike in NC

    I will forever be deeply grateful that my framed ‘Certificate of Appreciation for Service in the Armed Forces of the United States of America’ has the facsimile signature of President Obama and not Fat Bastard.

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    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Speaking of Hart to Hart…. It’s not a story I follow closely, but I’ve sort of absorbed the idea that Robert Wagner might be in some legal jeopardy wrt Natalie Wood’s death. Do I have that right?

  62. 62.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    @Steeplejack:
    I prefer Angry Orchard over Zima tbh.
    @rikyrah:
    It’s a cheesy but fun show. It’s a mood that isn’t really captured in tv shows anymore. The original Magnum PI was the same way. You could legit turn your brain off and just enjoy it for what it was.

  64. 64.

    FlyingToaster

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Not really. As best as the investigation figured, they were both plastered, they’d had an argument and stomped off to opposite ends of their boat,and at some point she fell off and drowned. There are the usual conspiracy theories, but nothing whatsoever to implicate anyone but herself, as an accident.

  67. 67.

    Mike in NC

    @Fair Economist: We had an otherwise useless officer in my Navy Reserve unit in Baltimore in the early 1990’s who worked for Pepsi and would regale people for hours about the work making Pepsi Clear. We got rid of him as soon as we could.

  69. 69.

    jl

    @Fair Economist: I don’t think I’ve ever had a ‘clear’ alcoholic cooler. Don’t know whether that should be a source of shame or pride. I remember drinking Bartles and Jaymes coolers, but then I read the label one day and it was some kind of malt beverage (beer) and fermented fruit winey something with a lot of sugar added to it. Never tasted right after that and suddenly it upset my stomach.

    But, I think some beer company made Zima. So rather than being a wine/beer, it is a beer/wine.

  70. 70.

    FlyingToaster

    @??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??: Not surprising. But I got married ‘way later. Hence my 11-year-old WarriorGirl.

    I was too young to watch StarTrek in its original broadcasts, but I got the full cycle in syndication in the ’70s.

    Most current TV is too, um, uninteresting. I’ve tried to watch the various reboots (Hawaii Five-O, MacGuyver, yadda, yadda, yadda), but honestly, I couldn’t care less about any of the characters. I love Doctor Who, but otherwise I”m pretty much catching old crap on deep cable or broadcast sub-channels (CometTV, anyone?).

  73. 73.

    Mnemosyne

    @Fair Economist:

    One of the funniest pieces I ever heard on “This American Life” was a guy who had invested in a company called Fountain Fresh that subsequently went under. He was basically doing the story about himself and what an idiot he was.

    The best part was him telling the story to his stockbroker brother, who was HOWLING with laughter as he described the low-rent broker he bought the stock from.

  75. 75.

    FlyingToaster

    @sukabi: Oh, for fuck’s sake. RJW’s like 88, it happened 27 years ago and everyone on the damn yacht was drunk. I wouldn’t have trusted a single witness statement then, and I don’t now.

  77. 77.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    @FlyingToaster:
    Most current TV is too cynical, and frankly, fast paced. Movies too. Older movies and TV shows from as recent as 15-20 years ago took their time with establishing shots and such. Also, absolutely despise the shaky cam.

  78. 78.

    sukabi

    @FlyingToaster: Bill asked if there was more recent talk about RW involvement and there was a bunch of new speculation / investigation. I linked to a google search pulling that up. No reason to get pissy.

  80. 80.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    @FlyingToaster:
    Tell that to my mother. She always brings that up when the show is on. Whether he killed her or not, I can still separate him from the character and enjoy.

    Also, here’s a fun drinking game for Hart to Hart. Every time Jennifer shouts “Jonathan!” during an episode take a shot of whiskey or vodka. You’ll get tanked pretty fast.

  84. 84.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    @FlyingToaster:

    By the way, random question, but is your nym inspired by the computer game where you play as a flying toaster that has navigate multiple levels set up as a rooms in a house, called Toaster Run?

  86. 86.

    FlyingToaster

    @sukabi: Wasn’t trying to be pissy at you. I went and read the article, and it was the same damn stuff as before. “Unexplained bruises”, except that she was taking a thyroid replacement and trust me, one bruises easily — or at least I do.

    I just hate the whole “conspiracy theory means we reopen the investigation 27 years later” crap, which gives exactly the same results once one reads the new report.

  89. 89.

    FlyingToaster

    @eemom: Except that there’s no fucking evidence. Every damn person on that boat, including the captain, were drunk.

    The forensic evidence is that she either fell whlie boarding the dinghy (unlikely, since it was unmoored and found nearer her body than the boat), or she fell out of the dinghy and drowned. The bruising on her body was entirely consistent with stumbing about the yacht drunk, then getting on the dinghy, rowing for shore, and passing out.

    My reaction is of someone who followed the original investigation (because I liked both of them as actors), and keeps seeing the same BS again and again and again.

    Her sister has been flogging this “murder” CT for 27 years. There’s still no there, there.

  91. 91.

    sukabi

    @FlyingToaster: ok, not pissy.?. I guess everyone reacts differently, I don’t have any increased bruising on thyroid replacement. I remember the reports from when she died, seemed hinky to me at the time, especially since they had been having a volatile on again off again relationship.

  93. 93.

    Redshift

    @eemom: The one is doing much better, thanks, and is home after two nights at the vet. She’s eating well and recovered enough to be unhappy about being given medicine.

    The other has her appointment on Wednesday, so we’ll see.

  94. 94.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @FlyingToaster: coming back to me now, I seem to recall the news reports at the time kind of tip-toeing around the fact that there were all drunk.

  97. 97.

    FlyingToaster

    @sukabi: I think at the time I was well acquainted with a couple of stupid, angry drunks, who would do shit like storm off after a fight and get in their cars and end up in traction after the inevitable car wreck. So it seemed all too plausible to me that she was angry enough not to pay attention to how impaired she was. And unlucky enough to have it go catastrophically wrong.

  98. 98.

    Mnemosyne

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Christopher Walken was the other non-crew member on board that night, so the rumor mill usually claims that Wagner and Wood’s argument was over one of them having an affair with Walken, but differs on which one of them it was.

    IIRC, Wood’s sister claims that Natalie Wood was terrified of the water and therefore wouldn’t have set off on a lifeboat in the middle of the night while drunk, but if that was the case, why the fuck was she on a yacht in the first place?

  99. 99.

    Millard Filmore

    @FlyingToaster:

    Most current TV is too, um, uninteresting.

    The only two shows I have watch recently are “Elementary”, currently going, and “Person of Interest”

    Person of Interest has an interesting concept, excellent acting, and great dialog especially with the female leads. It is out of production so you will have to catch it in reruns.

  100. 100.

    FlyingToaster

    @cwmoss: Sorry, math failure after midnight. It’s probably time to go sleep, since it’s up early to take WG to school and then sit and wait for the oilchange on the minivan.

  101. 101.

    FlyingToaster

    @Millard Filmore: I actually watched PoI during its original broadcast. I really got into the characters, as well as the weird shit they were dealing with. And it ended in a way that was not fucked up.

    I was watching “Lucifer” first season, and then couldn’t figure out when it was on. I’ll occasionally catch “The Flash” on CW, if I’m home.

    I see a lot of PBS retreads: Midsomer Murders, Vera, Luther. I love Shetland.

    I get a lot of Science Channel in passing. How it’s Made is a staple at ChezToaster.

  102. 102.

    Millard Filmore

    @FlyingToaster:

    I actually watched PoI during its original broadcast.

    I bought a DVD of the shows at a bookstore and really love the dialogue of the two psycho female operatives.

  103. 103.

    joel hanes

    What’s wrong with Angry Orchard?

    I opened my mouth to reply, and then remembered that my cohort drank Boone’s Farm. Cases of it.

  104. 104.

    Burnspbesq

    It’s a very slippery slope from Zima to T-bird and Olde English 800.

    Show some self-respect.

  105. 105.

    J R in WV

    @Goku :

    Dude, I was born in the mid 1990s.

    Oh, man, you MISSED the whole 20th Century! There’s an album and a movie. “Woodstock” Look that up!

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