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We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

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

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

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My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

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Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

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Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

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

Celebrate the fucking wins.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

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Local news subs (assuming you have a local paper) make good gifts, too.


Free for downloading, at the link. The motto patterns are pretty simple — they could be worked up in a couple of hours, even by a beginner. You could even use waste canvas to cross-stitch them onto a sweatshirt or the back of a denim jacket…

(If I can ever find my cross-stitch pattern books, I may work up ‘Capitalism without rules is theft’ in a florid pseudo-Victorian script. Which is not the Warren style, but the concept pleases me.)

Anybody want to share gift suggestions?

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Or if you’re looking for a *gag* gift… emphasis on the gag…


(Not a big makeup consumer, but as I understand it, concealer is properly used for small areas, to disguise dark undereye circles or hide blemishes. Normal users would cover the patch with a dusting of foundation, like blending paint over spackle. If the Occupant is too lazy or too ignorant not to slather it on like street-mime slap, that would help explain why it looks so extraordinarily unnatural.)

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  1. 1.

    JPL

    Wait just a sec, just the other day he said it was the light bulb that made his look orange.    hmm who to believe  hmmm

  6. 6.

    Amir Khalid

    If the Occupant is too lazy or too ignorant not to slather it on like street-mime slap, that would help explain why it looks so extraordinarily unnatural.

    I suspect that, same as with any expert, Trump thinks he knows better than his make-up person.

  7. 7.

    The Dangerman

    …is running a sale where you can get a discount on Trump’s exact shade.

    Hmmmm … deep thoughts on first coffee … I wonder if you bought a shitload of the stuff and disposed of it appropriately, it would all go down the toilet on the first flush … deep thoughts ….

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    I love those cross-stitch patterns!  When we were little, when we were sick my mom would give us these  little needlepoint projects, which were very fun, with a round wooden hoop and cotton cloth stretched between them. I think we made them with little x marks, is that what cross stitch is?

  10. 10.

    EthylEster

    I followed the link to see what the offer is and then read a dozen comments trashing WaPo relentlessly. I don’t think you can beat a year for $30.

     

    A thought experiment: Imagine a world with no NYT and no WaPo. Which publication would you then read? I get really tired of the regular bashing here of both papers, especially when many FPers frequently link to articles in each to inform their posts. Some people want to have it both ways.

     

    My chief complaint about these newspapers is that they cover pretty much exactly the same thing in about the same order. So when I fire up my browser in the am and check them out, I am struck by the similarities in even headlines. Of course these are not the only sites I read. But many other newspapers cite their articles. And Reuters and AP and the Guardian can be equally annoying. In fact no one publication can always “do it right”. Duh.

     

    AND because this thought has been in my mind for years:

    I originally came here for the politics (in 2005) and stayed for the politics. I have always been a bit put off by the extra quantities of snark here, about snark for the sake of snark. Oh, well.

  12. 12.

    Another Scott

    Everyone who uses Amazon should be on Smile.Amazon.com and associate it with the charity of their choice.  I use it to support VoteRiders.  It costs you nothing, works with Prime, and takes 0.5% from Bezos’s pocket.

     

    Cheers,

    Scott.

  13. 13.

    RSA

    Not a big makeup consumer, but as I understand it, concealer is properly used for small areas, to disguise dark undereye circles or hide blemishes.

     

    So this stuff is called “concealer”? I think the President is not using it nearly enough.

  14. 14.

    Another Scott

    @EthylEster: I don’t stop by either the WaPo or FTFNYT web pages.  I do stop by Reuters and the BBC and Al Jazeera and News.Google.com and several other sites every day for news.  I rarely do more than scan the headlines at any site.  (We subscribed to the WaPo for 10+ years but dropped it in W years.)

     

    I use ad blockers on every site I visit because ads are so disruptive.

     

    Yes, I do post links to WaPo and FTFNYT when relevant stories show up in a Google search.

     

    Yes, we (as a society) need to pay for news.  But there’s much, much more out there there than WaPo and FTFNYT.  And I don’t feel guilty at all about not subscribing given how little I use them, myself.

     

    I send money to Balloon Juice Intergalactic Industries, CEPR, Wonkette, Eclectablog, MotherJones, and several other news-like places out there every year, myself.

     

    My $0.02.

     

    Cheers,

    Scott.

  15. 15.

    Sister Golden Bear

    @Amir Khalid: I suspect that, same as with any expert, Trump thinks he knows better than his make-up person.

    I’m sure he does. A make-up artist would’ve also told him that you apply foundation around your eyes and on your eyelids.*

    Methinks he’s intentionally leave it off around the eyes to mimic the look of using a tanning bed, where they give you little goggles to protect your eyes. Which was probably a status-y look in the ’70s (i.e. you could afford to do it), since he seems stuck in that decade in a way of other ways, e.g. crime is out of control and the Bronx is always burning.

    *If you’re wearing eye shadow, the foundation helps keep it in place, if you’re not it, avoids the “reverse raccoon” look that he’s got.

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    Mousebumples

    @WaterGirl: yup, that’s cross-stitch.

     

    I have what I’ve decided is a too complicated pattern that I was going to make for my baby girl, to list her vital stats from her birth, and now I’m thinking I want to turn it in for a new (easier) pattern. I’d love to find one that says, “Though she be but little, she is fierce.” Seems like a good girls kick ass message I’d love for her to take to heart.

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    Mousebumples

    Double post. Didn’t show up after 2 refreshes,so I back arrowed and hit submit again… And then I had 2 posts here.

  18. 18.

    FelonyGovt

    I like to give gift boxes of Penney’s Spices to any gift recipients who cook. I really admire the anti-Trump, pro-immigrant, pro-Liberty stands they’ve been taking.

  21. 21.

    mrmoshpotato

    If the Occupant is too lazy or too ignorant not to slather it on like street-mime slap, that would help explain why it looks so extraordinarily unnatural.

    Unnatural? You mean that’s not The Dotard’s natural orangeness?

    Seriously, what use would that shade have outside of a clown college? Completely serious question. I’m damn curious.

  24. 24.

    EthylEster

    Hi Scott at #14 (somehow I screwed up the reply linky),

     

    Regarding your 2 cents, I have to say that I always find your comments substantive (and well-composed, which I really appreciate). And always worth more than your estimate.

     

    Your reading targets overlap mine to a large extent. I just get tired of the relentless ragging of these two newspapers. It appears to have become a form of virtue signaling.

  26. 26.

    Ruckus

    trump looks extraordinarily unnatural because he’s an extraordinarily unnatural specimen. The make up hides the scales and warts.

  27. 27.

    Ruckus

    @EthylEster:

    Snark can help one stay sane. When there isn’t a lot that can be done to change a bad situation other than wait. Like a military enlistment. As one ages, one seems to either get accustomed to the shit raining down as the realization that it rains shit often, or uses snark to deflect some of it.

    Now how much sanity can be gained is valid question. But often it’s not how much is gained as cutting the continued loss.

  28. 28.

    Percysowner

    I subscribe to WaPo. They are somewhat balanced although they have way too many conservatives on their oped page. I also support BJ, Wonkette, TPM, Mother Jones and Raw Story. And my local paper.

  32. 32.

    Sister Golden Bear

    @mrmoshpotato: It’s a color corrector (to counteract blue skin tones, such as bags under the eyes) that’s supposed to be used for spot treatment with a layer foundation over it.

    Leave it to Boy Blunder to trowel it on all over his face.

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