Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

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

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

Keep the Immigrants and deport the fascists!

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

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

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

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

Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

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

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

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

People are weird.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

To the privileged, equality seems like oppression.

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

The revolution will be supervised.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

You cannot shame the shameless.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

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  2. 2.

    khead

    Also:

    Declaration of Independence – July 4, 1776

    Gettysburg Address – November 19, 1863

    Letter from Birmingham Jail – April 16, 1963

    As much as I’d like to think differently, I probably won’t be around to see 2060.  So, the next good one on that list is probably up to one of your kids.  

  4. 4.

    Sandia Blanca

    When I first saw the video of IMPOTUS and VP standing there, it looked like they were taking a pee on the flowers! Ugh, that shows how little I expect from them in terms of civil behavior.

  6. 6.

    sab

    @Jerzy Russian: Dr King never looked so fierce in life. I know he was, but it came through as persistence, not fierceness. We know now how brave he was. I am glad his statue shows that.

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    Ruckus

    @sab:

    I think the word you are looking for is resolute.

    I don’t think Dr. King wanted to be fierce. I never got that vibe. I knew he’d never give up and would take pretty much anything thrown his way but I’d say resolute fits him much better.

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    Ruckus

    @Mnemosyne:

    Very interesting. Also reading about the other 9 people with statues. Esther John struck me as one of the most interesting. Both Dr. King and Esther John were born in 1929 and she was murdered 2 yrs after Dr. King. Both had to overcome a lot to be the people they ended up and were actually similar stories.

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    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @khead:

    Fuck, I’ll be 65 in 2060. You know, if the consequences of climate change don’t kill me before then

  12. 12.

    mrmoshpotato

    Sooooo Dump and Dense did the same thing they did last year or in 2017 or 2018?  (I don’t remember what damn year it was, it’s been a long century.)

  14. 14.

    The Dangerman

    @khead:

    …I probably won’t be around to see 2060.

    Me, neither, though I will try for 2061 because of Halley’s Comet. It’s last pass in 86 was all kinds of wrong (kinda like anticipating Christmas morning, then opening presents and getting only socks and underwear). 2061 HAS to be better.

    Plus, by 2061, the Memorial for Trump will likely be finished (a stall at the spaceport with a flusher that works on the first attempt).

  15. 15.

    JWR

    Remember that video from Puerto Rico (?) where Trump moves his water bottle, and Pence immediately mimics him? Watch the above video. At about the 20 second mark, Trump moves/folds his arms, followed 2 seconds later by Pence doing the exact same thing. Very weird pair, those two.

  17. 17.

    Mary G

    If we’re gonna have this holiday, then y’all at least need to know who you’re actually celebrating. MLK was not the meek and deferential person they describe him as in your history books. He was defiant. He was a truth teller. He was… this guy: pic.twitter.com/dyZsXmiKmx— Stephen Holder (@HolderStephen) January 20, 2020

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    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    @The Dangerman: I’ll be a hundred when it comes back, and ever since the pale, wimpy disappointment of ’86 it’s been my goal to see it.

    But yeah, climate change could put a crimp in that plan.

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    WaterGirl

    @JWR: It’s part of how Pence stays in Trump’s good graces.  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

    They even teach that practice in communication seminars.  What a disgusting pair.

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