Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You cannot shame the shameless.

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

In my day, never was longer.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

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

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

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

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

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

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Our messy unity will be our strength.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

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

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

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

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Late Night Open Thread: Touch Touch

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I knew Makeba’s signature song, going back to its original American presentation in the 1960s. But until now, I didn’t know the defiant dancehall history behind it, per Wikipedia:

… The song’s title “Pata Pata” means “touch touch” in the Xhosa language, in which the song was originally written and sung. “Pata Pata” was also the name of a style of dance that was popular in the shebeens of Johannesburg’s Townships in the mid-1950s. The dancer crouched before his partner and patted her body to the rhythm of the music as he rose up and she spun around, making hip circles. In another version of the dance,

The male dancers stand in a row with their arms extended out to the front, palms to the floor, while the women pat each in turn in a manner resembling security search body-frisking, after which the men do the same to the women.…

D’ya think Mr. Sullivan had any idea what Ms. Makeba was actually talking about?

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