Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

He really is that stupid.

If you’re gonna whine, it’s time to resign!

Is trump is trying to break black America over his knee? signs point to ‘yes’.

To the privileged, equality seems like oppression.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

There are times when telling just part of the truth is effectively a lie.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

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

If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to speak about ethics, morals, or rule of law.

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

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

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  1. 1.

    A Ghost To Most

    There can be only one.

    We’re just back from a stroll and eats in Ouray. What a setting; the San Juan Mtns are truly the best of Colorado. Tomorrow, we hit the high roads.

  5. 5.

    Steeplejack

    The Braves got a good win against the universally reviled Cards. Now starting with the Dodgers and Nats, but I may wander off to something else.

  10. 10.

    ThresherK

    @mrmoshpotato: My wife is watching it and I’m half-watching it. We are both a bit old for the preferred CW demographic. On that matter I’m already pushing the boundary with Steven Universe, Adult Swim, and anime.

  11. 11.

    mrmoshpotato

    @ThresherK: Haven’t followed the other Batman series(es?) but Rachel Maddow is playing a character and said she had tons of fun filming.

  14. 14.

    Mary G

    NEW: A former Trump Organization executive says she thinks Donald Trump may resign rather than face possible removal from office by impeachment.#ImpeachmentTaskForce t.co/CkNGU5wt1E— Robert Cooper ? (@RobertCooper58) October 6, 2019

    SCOOP: President Trump has told friends and allies he worries about the stain impeachment will leave on his legacy. t.co/UzubeuYasR— Axios (@axios) October 6, 2019

    Not with any criminal immunity, he doesn’t. If Pence gets in and pardons him, impeach him too.

  15. 15.

    mrmoshpotato

    @ThresherK:

    On that matter I’m already pushing the boundary with Steven Universe, Adult Swim, and anime.

    Well then, watch Storybots and Dinotrux. :)

  16. 16.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Mary G:

    he worries about the stain impeachment will leave on his legacy

    That’s rich! (In a real way, not a broke-ass, fake billionaire way.)

  18. 18.

    Gravenstone

    @Mary G:

    President Trump has told friends and allies he worries about the stain impeachment will leave on his legacy.

    Dude, hate to break it to you but your legacy came in pre-stained. You’re a piece of walking human trash, and have been nothing above that.

  21. 21.

    Kattails

    @Mary G: Impeachment leaving a stain? Seriously? Maybe he needs to wash his own hands. He’s smeared fecal matter and other peoples’ blood all over his “legacy” for years. Ordinarily I’d recommend salting the area and then a good soak in oxygen bleach, but in this case I fear the entire garment is already utterly ruined.

  22. 22.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Steeplejack: if marcopolo is brave enough to show his face here again, tell him I have un-pied him!

    @Omnes Omnibus: Memphis music! This was a staple of my high school years. Notwithstanding the fact that my high school had exactly one black guy. Though he did go to Harvard.

  26. 26.

    MobiusKlein

    @MoCA Ace:
    I had fond memories of Highlander from college days.
    Went back to watch with the kids, and realized how shit it really was. Even they agreed.

    In the end, there should have been only zero.

  27. 27.

    Another Scott

    The world is getting smaller all the time…

    Twitter:

    southpaw @nycsouthpaw

    Look at the language of the Chinese Consulate in Houston — demanding The [Houston] Rockets “take immediate concrete measures to eliminate the adverse impact.” No other way to read it than an authoritarian state demanding an American be fired for supporting a protest movement.

    GM Daryl Morey subsequently posted a very fawning apology after talking with the owners.

    Wow.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  29. 29.

    p.a.

    I’ve seen the family of walking dead stickers on cars; they’re fun too. Some have “my family eats your family” blurbs.

  30. 30.

    BC in Illinois

    @Mary G:

    President Trump has told friends and allies he worries about the stain impeachment will leave on his legacy.

    Legacy? Trump Legacy?

    Failed Casinos
    Various failed Towers (Tampa, Long Island)
    Trump University – fraud
    Trump Foundation – fraud
    Trump Vodka
    Trump Steaks
    Trump Airlines
    Trump USFL Football
    Trump water
    Trump Magazine
    GoTrump.com (travel site)
    Trump: The Game
    Trump Mortgage
    Trump Radio

    Failure: The Donald Trump Story
    The Definitive Biography (Coming soon)

    [For a more complete list, see Gawker, 3/18/16]

  32. 32.

    Jay

    This insane story is becoming so much more intriguing as we learn more about Ukraine/oil/gas deals and Giuliani associates. "one IP geolocation service places the IP address inside the walls of the Kremlin complex" t.co/DbowzwYQ6j— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) October 7, 2019

  34. 34.

    Jay

    New @OpenSecretsDC report: Saudi Arabia spent $27M+ on foreign influence ops targeting the US since Jamal Khashoggi's death—up from ~$16M the year before, despite lobbying firms' attempts to publicly distance themselves from KSA—totaling ~$60M since 2017 t.co/DDVUt6ot6v— Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) October 2, 2019

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    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??

    @Another Scott:
    I don’t get it. Why apologize to the PRC? It’s not as if they’re Hollywood (HW bends over backwards to sell appease Chinese censors; Disney has yet to make a film with a prominent LGBTQ character, mainly because of China). Does the PRC watch American basketball that much? Where’s the benefit here?

  36. 36.

    Jay

    FYI,

    Agent = has agency, actively works to advance the States goals and picks targets.

    Asset = is directed by an Agent/Handler to provide info, access and other support, with in their access and means.

    Fellow Traveller = independent operator who’s goals match the Agent/States and provides support on their own and undirected.

    Useful Idiot = someone who unknowingly aides Agents, Assets and Fellow Travellers out of ignorance.

  43. 43.

    Jay

    The dude that Facebook hired to spread Soros conspiracies to damage their political opponents just wrote an explainer on conspiracy theories Trump believes for The Bulwark. He would know I guess. t.co/SrfA58YRMf— Melissa Ryan (@MelissaRyan) October 6, 2019

  44. 44.

    Jay

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    I’d peg him as either a Fellow Traveller or an Asset.

    Useful Idiots are unaware that they are being “played” to advance the States agenda. Eg. some of the Disarmement groups, some Enviromentals.

    Pence is active in support of Russia because of their White Nationalist/Anti LGTBQ/Religion Agenda.

  45. 45.

    Jay

    This is what it looks like when a rocket is fired at protestors. Difficult to call this anything other than an all-out rebellion. 100 killed & 6,000 injured but the government’s violent response is only strengthening the resolve of Iraqi protestors. pic.twitter.com/ZwhJ23rElM— Ranj Alaaldin (@RanjAlaaldin) October 6, 2019

  46. 46.

    Jay

    Muqtada Sadr calls for PM Adel Abdel Mahdi's resignation. Sadr's Saeroon alliance won last year's parliamentary election and was one of the major factions supporting the PM's nomination. Without his support, it's difficult to imagine he can remain in office. #Iraq #Iraqprotests— Simona Foltyn (@SimonaFoltyn) October 4, 2019

  47. 47.

    Jay

    Just when we caught a glimpse of justice for Botham Jean, much of it feels stolen back with the murder of Joshua Brown, a key witness in the case.My heart breaks for his family and for everyone touched by this tragedy. We must get to the bottom of this injustice. t.co/2ik9EhvSeh— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 6, 2019

  48. 48.

    Steeplejack

    The Highlander TV series (1992-98) with Adrian Paul was actually pretty good, in a louche, late-night way. Workmanlike production values and interesting scenery (Vancouver, Canada, and sometimes France). The plots moved along and the acting was okay. The show didn’t take itself too seriously (which I think the movies did?). And lots of interesting actors that you hadn’t seen everywhere else.

    Being reminded of it makes me wonder if it’s available on one of the streaming services. Hmm, will look.

  49. 49.

    sdhays

    @Mary G: From the link:

    that was a stupid thing to say and I never thought of him as stupid

    That’s interesting, Barbara. I’ve always thought of him as stupid, from the first time I actually saw him speak on the one episode I ever saw of The Apprentice. I found that show absolutely revolting and nothing what it claimed to be, and Trump was a clown who obviously wouldn’t be able to personally do any of he was “firing” people for. Thinking that he’s stupid hasn’t really led me astray yet.

  50. 50.

    mrmoshpotato

    @sukabi: Haha

    She just had a small voice part in the first episode, but I enjoyed the storyline. I’ll be tuning in next Sunday.

  51. 51.

    NotMax

    @Steeplejack

    Our little group had dozens of running jokes about that show, one of which was that he had invested a goodly part of his wealth in owning abandoned warehouses. Wherever he was, sooner or later he would end up battling in an empty warehouse.

    Also much ribald speculation as to where it was he kept that suddenly at the ready sword when it was out of sight.

  53. 53.

    Steeplejack

    @NotMax:

    Have you seen it on any of the streaming services?

    I think part of its charm way back then was that it came on late at night on one of the lesser channels—equivalent to the CW or the WB—so you knew not to expect too much. And then it regularly exceeded those slight expectations. But, yeah, there were a lot of abandoned warehouses. Also a houseboat? Memory is fuzzy.

  54. 54.

    NotMax

    @Steeplejack

    Just checked the search function on the Roku, which informs that season one through six are on prime.

    The boat was introduced in the later seasons, IIRC. A canal barge fitted out as a different flavor of houseboat.

  55. 55.

    Spinoza Is My Co-pilot

    @Steeplejack:I agree wholeheartedly with your take on the Adrian Paul Highlander tv series. Better than the movies, for sure.

    And Paul’s Highlander character had a houseboat on the Seine as his home base, the cool factor of that alone made it worth watching for me (such a home base being a strong fantasy/dream of mine, loving Paris as I do after several trips over the years to that wonderful city).

  56. 56.

    cope

    @Gin & Tonic: A beautiful picture of a beautiful mountain. I have climbed Sneffels four times. Now in my 70th decade, I still hope to at least drive up into Yankee Boy Basin behind it one more time afore I go.

  60. 60.

    NotMax

    @Spinoza Is My Co-pilot

    It was a (small but noticeable) cut above some of the other dreck that showed up during that time, when there were a spate of similar late-night syndicated shows.

    For example, Conan was irredeemably dreadful in every aspect (his sword was taller than he was!), Sinbad was laughably, wincingly awful (we surmised the dictate on set was was that no one was allowed to act better than the lead did, who couldn’t act his way out of a dripping wet paper bag).

  65. 65.

    JustRuss

    @Steeplejack: Yep, the guest stars really made the show. Roger Daltry’s recurring character was great, and I think a couple other musicians showed up from time to time, which was fun to see.

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