Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

A fool as well as an oath-breaker.

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

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

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

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

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

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

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

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  4. 4.

    ruemara

    About to take a walk myself. I made a ton of food and I’m still stuffed because I had so much carbs at breakfast

     

    @Baud: Why wait, we already have a baby president & I think this one would be much better.

  16. 16.

    Kattails

    Have a merry, everyone, I’m off to eat a lot of good food, as mentioned last night. Thanks for posting this, hope you had an excellent walk TM!

  17. 17.

    Skepticat

    The absolute highlight of my day promises to be my first hot shower since November 23. (I’ve been using Mother Nature’s big, cool bathtub.) Friends in a habitable house have their generator running and offered their facilities; this might have something to do with the fact they’ve invited me for Christmas dinner.

    I thought things were basic before, with no refrigeration, not hot or potable water, no stove, and generator power only two or three hours a day. Then the water pump failed on the generator, the supply of gasoline on the island ran out, and the freight barge sank! A friend found a small generator I can use until the crew that had been using it returns after the holidays. It’s awfully inefficient, and we won’t have gasoline until the next barge from Florida in a week or, but I can run it enough to charge my laptop and phone, which is all I really need. We had some very heavy weather, so I have rainwater to flush the toilet.

    So all is good here in the debris of the Bahamas, and I hope you all have a blissful holiday season and the new year won’t be as bad as we fear. Many cheers.

  18. 18.

    O. Felix Culpa

    Just back from walking the dog. Time to eat some more. I miss having a president who is a mensch.

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    CaseyL

    @Skepticat: Good lord!  Major, MAJOR kudos for taking it all in stride.

    As for this:

    the new year won’t be as bad as we fear.

    …that’s turning out to be a lot like my Post-Christmas/Pre New Year’s greeting: “May 2020 be better than we expect.”

    @Ben Cisco: We lucked out, and I don’t know how (well, I DO know:  economic collapse, and the GOP grip on the voting apparatus not as hard as they’d hoped).  We won’t see that again, because, for one thing, the GOP grip on the voting apparatus is pretty well complete.

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    zhena gogolia

    We’re in final prep mode. Brisket is in the oven, salmon hors d’oeuvres are ready, husband is taking forever to chop some parsley, and I wish I could now put on my nightgown and go lie down. I feel like this every time. I’m sure it will get better after my first glass of wine.

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    MagdaInBlack

    I tried to watch “A Christmas Carol” but Scrooge berating Bob Cratchet reminded me a bit too much of work, so thank you, big giant greedy corporation.

    Other than that blip it’s been a peaceful day of lounging about the “penthouse.”

    Merry Christmas one and all.

  31. 31.

    Tazj

    Obama is so good with babies and everyone else as opposed to the current occupant of the White House.

    Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! I hope everyone is able to enjoy their families and friends and the festivities, or just enjoy some peace and quiet by themselves.

    Having entertained last night for Christmas Eve, I get to be lazy today as my sister is hosting dinner.

  33. 33.

    schrodingers_cat

    @Frankensteinbeck: Ask me questions. This is significant because Divider-in-Chief was portraying the anti-Citizenship act protests as Hindu vs. Muslim.

    When that didn’t work as an elitist thing (University students all over India protested in solidarity with Jamia Milia, and Aligarh Muslim University which are historically Muslim universities)

    Chandrashekhar Azad is a Dalit leader, a Hindu who belongs to one of the untouchable castes, I think the cobbler caste. He is saying that this a Dalit fight as well as a Muslim one.

    He has named himself after an independence era leader Chandrashekhar Tiwari, who called himself Chandrashekhar Azad (Azad == Free). Chandrashekhar Azad was killed by the British for inciting people against the Crown rule. Tiwari is a Brahmin last name, BTW.

    ETA: He had the photograph of Bhimrao Ambedkar who was the Chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution and himself a Dalit. Dr. Ambedkar got his PhD from Columbia was inspired by the Harlem Renessiance. He also got another PhD in econ from LSE. Dr. Ambedkar was a Dalit from Maharashtra. A Mahar, his father was a soldier in the British Indian Army.

    ETA2. Long story shrot We the people reject this division is what the contemperorary Chandra Shekhar Azad is saying.

  35. 35.

    Immanentize

    The WR on Christmas has moved to a new front.  Starting today (X Day), fighters for the anti-Christmas forces moved against many open businesses, namely Chinese Restaurants.  With joy and mirth the forces proved their economic strength and asked their northern and sister laborers to please bring the hot sauce.

    The NORPOL forces were completely taken by surprise again, staying in doors and under cover, many ill from too much Xian overindulgences (running dogs). A few NORPOL scouts were spotted driving aimlessly looking for “batteries.”. Others attempted to infiltrate the glorious victorious at the aforementioned new front. They were made to wait.

  37. 37.

    Another Scott

    @Skepticat: I’m very sorry that you’re still in such dire straits.  :-(  I’m glad things are slowly, slowly getting better.  Enjoy your dinner and the companionship!

    Best wishes for the coming year,

    Scott.

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    Kay (not the front-pager)

    I don’t think there has ever been a baby my president has ever met that he hasn’t made smile. Babies (and dogs) can tell about a man.

  39. 39.

    Betty

    @Skepticat: As a survivor of Hurricane Maria who went without electricity for 10 months, some generator eventually, etc., I can sympathize. I am praying for you and your neighbors. This is hard.

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