Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

So many bastards, so little time.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

Second rate reporter says what?

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

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

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

The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

In my day, never was longer.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

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

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

When we show up, we win.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

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At least eight of the top ten ‘Worldwide Trending’ terms on twitter right now seem to be related to a particular New England sportsball game, and I hear it did not go well for the home team…

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  2. 2.

    jl

    Otter in a hat looks like ready to throw a jab, or chop. Ninja Otter in a Hat?
    Thanks to AL for cute petpix.

    And…. any of those kick proof TVs get to Boston in time for today’s game. I sure hope so.

  3. 3.

    TaMara (HFG)

    I think we’re gonna need those TVs to get through 2020. It’s only the 4th and I’ve wanted to put my foot through mine several times already.

    And you’ve probably killed Cole again with another cute otter picture.

  7. 7.

    The Dangerman

    At least eight of the top ten ‘Worldwide Trending’ terms on twitter right now…

    Ding dong the witch is dead
    Which old witch?
    The wicked witch…

    The Patriots had a helluva run but dynasties blow up eventually and generally it’s not very pretty.

    Maybe they can offer Gronk a few billion dollars to get him out of retirement, but I think he saw the handwriting on the wall and got the hell outta there while the gettin was good.

  9. 9.

    Amir Khalid

    Oh, they’ve missed a trick. When you kick a TV set, it should display a big red sign saying “STOP THAT!” and then make you press the “Sorry” button on the remote.

  10. 10.

    Mike J

    Had an all kids sailing class last summer, all 12-14.  Completely lost them for 20 minutes when I pointed out an otter that climbed on the deck.

    Eventually got to sailing, but for the rest of the day you could see them looking for otters.

  11. 11.

    CaseyL

    The Patriots lost?

    And they’re out of the playoffs?

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (breathe) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Damn, I wish I’d been watching.  Always nice to see that crew lose.

    ETA: That newly adopted pup is just ADORABLE.

  13. 13.

    gene108

    I don’t believe that’s a kick proof TV.

    He wasn’t slapping or kicking the TV very hard.

  17. 17.

    Amir Khalid

    Tonight, in the third round of England’s FA Cup (the oldest knockout competition in world football) world champions, European champions, and Premier League leaders Liverpool (I just love saying that) face Everton, their neighbours from across Stanley Park.

    Everton just lost the League Merseyside derby 5-2. On previous form alone, one would expect Liverpool to prevail. But their new manager Carlo Ancelotti was, in his previous job at Napoli, the manager who beat Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool in the Champions League group stage two years in a row. And Klopp has a history of fielding second-stringers and youth players in the Cup, then crashing out early.

  19. 19.

    Duane

    @The Dangerman: Watching Bill Belichek grimace, squirm and slowly lose by one point was a great football moment. Here’s to the beginning of a lasting Patriot demise.

  21. 21.

    CaseyL

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: Thanks!  More of a stomping than I thought.

    I like these highlight reels.  All of the excitement, none of the empty bafflegab by color commentators (though I do exempt Romo from that; he’s a joy to listen to).

    I Skype with my Mom every Sunday.  She lives in Florida and is a long time Dolphin fan/sufferer.  Tannehill was a Dolphin for a while, but the team not only didn’t know what to do with him, it didn’t have an OL worth the fabric in their uniforms.  Poor Ryan spent more time on his back than a sex worker.  It’ll be interesting to talk to Mom tomorrow, see what she says about how he’s playing now that he’s got an actual team around him.

  22. 22.

    The Dangerman

    @Duane:

    Here’s to the beginning of a lasting Patriot demise.

    I think they are done. Without looking, name the depth chart for QB’s  in New England.  Brady is long gone from NE (I hope to retire to chasing his supermodel wife, but he will probably play a season or 2 longer than he should, kinda like Namath in LA, who finally had to retire when he was told he couldn’t bring crutches or a walker onto the field).

    This ain’t a game for 40 somethings and it’s really amazing what Brady has done but it’s time to call it a day.

  25. 25.

    JWR

    I’ve been on hiatus from all the (bad) news of late, and so haven’t been following all the comment threads, but I’m wondering whether this story from justsecurity, which was breaking the night before Mr. T’s Dangerously Demented drone strike, had much to do with it’s timing. (If not, I’ll just shut mah mouf.):

    “Clear direction from POTUS to continue to hold.”

    This is what Michael Duffey, associate director of national security programs at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), told Elaine McCusker, the acting Pentagon comptroller, in an Aug. 30 email, which has only been made available in redacted form until now. It is one of many documents the Trump administration is trying to keep from the public, despite congressional oversight efforts and court orders in Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation.

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    James E Powell

    In the post-game, a reporter asked Belichick if he had any message for Patriots Nation, the fans who stick with them through thick and thin. He said, “I wouldn’t say it’s been all that thin around here, personally.” Something is truly wrecked inside him if after all his successes he cannot bring himself to show a little grace, decency, class.

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    sab

    1 a.m. here. Thinking fond thoughts of Quinerly and Poco. Also, my dad’s blind  cat is yowling downstairs.

  34. 34.

    Martin

    @The Dangerman: He wants to exit on a high note. On the upside NE fixed their atrocious defense. On the downside, they have one guy who can catch a ball. For one game they had two.

  37. 37.

    JWR

    @JWR:

    Okay, here we go. From CNN:

    This is the bombshell Trump’s team didn’t want revealed

    (CNN) The praise or condemnation President Donald Trump is drawing for the latest US actions in the Middle East in no way diminishes the power of the legal bombshell that just exploded in the United States with new evidence of his behavior regarding Ukraine.

    Newly revealed documents paint an incriminating picture, showing administration officials anxiously struggling to follow orders from Trump himself despite concerns that the order could go against the national security interests of the United States and warnings from the Pentagon that it could be illegal.

  41. 41.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    @JWR: Thankfully, Congressional Democrats can walk and chew gum at the same time. Schumer is pointing to these new revelations as one more reason that we must have witnesses in any Senate trial.

  48. 48.

    Mnemosyne

    Otters! I’m seriously considering going to the LA Zoo tomorrow to see the giant river otters. They’re super cute but about the size of a Labrador, so they would definitely eat you if they could reach you. Because they’re still mustelids.

  49. 49.

    Duane

    @sab: I’d think you were joking but there’s no snark marks. Say it ain’t so, Sab. I like Jay’s contributions.

  53. 53.

    Jager

    I’m just catching up, I wanted to let Raven know I haven’t scheduled my P 51 ride yet. I’m going over this week and get all the details. Man O War is equipped with a GoPro on the tail.

     

    The replica crash today was nasty.

  55. 55.

    RobertDSC-Mac Mini

    @James E Powell:

     

    Considering Belichick coached in Cleveland, a franchise that is emaciated for success, he knows what it’s like to be “thin”. We haven’t had that kind of skid since he has been the head coach with the Pats. So he’s 100% right. And he’s always been deadpan about anything not related to the details of football.

    I’m just glad we got this far. This team had issues in terms of talent and injury.

  57. 57.

    opiejeanne

    @sab: I missed it. Were we mean to him? I was busy being almost sick most of the day.

    I drank a lot of water and watched “Zero Dark Thirty”, just for contrast from this current shitshow, and “The Martian”. Mark Watney made it home again and I was relieved. Probably watch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy tomorrow if I’m still feeling rough.

    My doctor is putting me on a daily small amount of insulin to get ahead of the issue with my blood sugar, probably temporary. I have to go in for some specialty tests on Monday, making sure my kidneys are ok but also looking for markers for something called Diabetes 1.5. It’s a category that’s new and it’s very rare. Treatment is pretty much the same as type II.  I don’t start the insulin until Tuesday. I’m kind of excited in a way that neither means happy or upset, more like very interested to see how this will work.

  58. 58.

    Amir Khalid

    @Duane:

    I am not so keen on Jay myself, since he’s directed some of his petulance at me. He’s probably just sulking for a bit; he got told off for tweet-bombing a respite thread that was supposed to be about some of WaterGirl’s lovely flower pictures. I expect he’ll be back.

  61. 61.

    bemused senior

    When I put Jay in the pie filter I immediately saw his tweet spam got almost no response, which reassured me that I probably wasn’t the only one who wished he would go away.

  62. 62.

    OzarkHillbilly

    China has made a kick-proof TV

    Fuckin’ amateurs, I’ll show ’em how it’s done.

  63. 63.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @James E Powell:

    “I wouldn’t say it’s been all that thin around here, personally.”

    The day the truth is ungraceful, indecent, and unclassy, is the day I say fuck grace, decency, and class.

  64. 64.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Jackie:

    Their reward: heading to Baltimore. Gooooo Titans!

    One should be careful what one wishes for, not that they had much choice in the matter. Job well done Nashville, well done indeed.

  66. 66.

    Mo MacArbie

    Fear not, Jay’s downstairs explaining how yelling at Schumer about Pelosi is the right thing to do about Iran.

  70. 70.

    sab

    @Duane: I like Jay’s comments also. I was being snide up above. I understand why folks got mad at him last week in the garden thread, but I don’t understand the rest of the attacks

    We do have a pie filter.

  71. 71.

    J R in WV

    @sab:

    We do have a pie filter.

     
    Yes, indeed, and it works so much better now, too. Plus the little pictures! Endless links to tweets, though… it gets old really fast for me.

    With my security settings, all I see are the links to the tweet, I have to click through to see what he’s linking to. Just, nope. And then he gets all fussy at the least little thing.

  73. 73.

    EmbraceYourInnerCrone

    Good afternoon all! Late to the Party but YeeHaw! Titans won!!! Hubby is from Clarksville TN. Plus we always root for whoever is playing against the Patriots (living in Connecticut is weird, teams-wise)   But my weekend is exciting mostly due to not one but two new adopted kittens. Both are rescues but one is a big fluffy bear of a six month old and loves everything. The other is a wiry five month old who loves people scares my dog and hates the other kitten. Oh the drama!!!

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