Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.

It’s a doggy dog world.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Dead end MAGA boomers crying about Talyor Swift being a Dem is my kind of music. Turn it up.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

It looks like winning debates is a black job!

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

We still have time to mess this up!

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

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Alternative history is always a weak argument. Always.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

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Late Night Open Thread: So Say We All!

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Gosh, one wonders why.

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  1. 1.

    NotMax

    No lockdown on insidious scum.

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  2. 2.

    khead

    I’m so tired of idiots.  I watched countless people line up today to argue that Trump didn’t say that or Trump didn’t mean that.  But the hottest take I saw that sent me over edge was this:

    There are those wanting to reopen yet they’re being classified as selfish. There are those that rely on all kinds of people to supply them while they cower in fear at home. Isn’t that being selfish too?

    The whole premise of shelter in place is based on the arrogant idea that others must risk their health so you can protect yours. There is nothing virtuous about ignoring the largely invisible army required to allow people to shelter in place.

    I just had to straight up tell this friend to go fuck himself.

  3. 3.

    Jager

    Would he quit for a couple of billion and the title to Air Force One? On second thought, I want him to be prosecuted, convicted, and jailed.

  5. 5.

    Jerzy Russian

    Most normal people would ask for clarification if they are confused by something someone just said.

    Also too, how pathetic is Jeff Sessions?

  11. 11.

    Achrachno

    @Redshift: Yes, Jim Crow or maybe outright slavery.  What an appalling person he is, and yet more respectable than most the scum in the Trump admin.

  16. 16.

    Kayla Rudbek

    Throwing myself on those unexploded frites (to misquote the classics).  And yes, I have eaten them with mayo in Belgium, and enjoyed it! European mayonnaise is far, far better than most of what they sell here (and do not even get me started on the abomination that is Miracle Whip).

    now I want to go back to Belgium and the Netherlands, and Ireland , and then bike tours in France, Portugal, Italy, Austria, and hiking or knitting tours in Scotland.  Maybe if we have a vaccine by 2021, I can risk the International Tandem Rally (Tecklenburg, Germany)

  19. 19.

    Anne Laurie

    @Kayla Rudbek: European mayonnaise is far, far better than most of what they sell here (and do not even get me started on the abomination that is Miracle Whip).

    If you haven’t tried Japan’s Kewpie Mayo… it’s available on Amazon, and it is delicious.  I’m not normally a big mayo fan, but Kewpie mayo actually improves the flavor profile, as opposed to merely moistening dry ingredients.

  20. 20.

    different-church-lady

    My ever lovin’ god, you have to check out the replies to this nitwit:

    Bill Mitchell

    @mitchellvii

    Imagine at sporting events or concerts. To enter you have to first go through a far-UVC light portal like an airport metal detector. Kills any viruses on you. Also, in bathrooms, add a far-UVC light to the hand dryer. As you dry your hands, it kills viruses. Just ideas.

  21. 21.

    different-church-lady

    HOLY FUCKING GOD PEOPLE, THERE IS NO WRONG THING TO PUT ON FRENCH FRIES.

  23. 23.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @Omnes Omnibus: 
    Gotta agree with you. That’s gross.

    My dad put a slice of apple pie in a bowl and poured milk in it the other night. That was gross

  33. 33.

    Brachiator

    @different-church-lady: 

    HOLY FUCKING GOD PEOPLE, THERE IS NO WRONG THING TO PUT ON FRENCH FRIES.

    See what happens? Trump starts off talking crazy shit about disinfectants, and the next thing you know, people are advocating putting Mayo on French fries.

    The slippery slope is real.

  36. 36.

    different-church-lady

    @Brachiator: Also, I was not advocating putting mayo on french fries. I was merely pointing out that THEY’RE FRENCH FRIES, DAMMIT, THEY CANNOT BE RUINED!!

  43. 43.

    Brachiator

    @different-church-lady:

    Also, I was not advocating putting mayo on french fries. I was merely pointing out that THEY’RE FRENCH FRIES, DAMMIT, THEY CANNOT BE RUINED!!

    Point noted.  However, if someone brought me a platter of French fries dipped in guacamole, the platter is immediately going into the trash.

  44. 44.

    different-church-lady

    @Brachiator: Things that you do not wish to have on your french fries should not be on your french fries.

    Eat your fries, and leave everyone else’s fries alone.

  45. 45.

    Mnemosyne

    All of this fries talk is making me miss the late lamented Benita’s Frites that used to be in Santa Monica. Belgian fries, and they were THE SHIT. Best fries in the whole world.

    Of course, IIRC, “French” fries were always Belgian. Silly Americans just didn’t understand that there are European countries outside of France that also speak French.

    ETA: One of the dipping sauces was sour cream and chives. Delicious.

  46. 46.

    Brachiator

    @different-church-lady:

    Things that you do not wish to have on your french fries should not be on your french fries.

    Eat your fries, and leave everyone else’s fries alone.

    Again, point noted.

    But there are standards.

    Kinda like restaurants that will not cook a steak above medium rare.

  47. 47.

    Tenar Arha

    @Bumper: Is it a chocolate Frosty? Then they’re definitely a-okay. Though watch out, next thing you know they’ll be eating dark chocolate salted caramel almond bqwhatevers from the neighborhood fine dining take out.establishment ;)

  48. 48.

    Lacuna Synecdoche

    Denise Shearin via Anne Laurie @ Top:

    Republicans are worried Trump is hurting himself with rally-like performances at coronavirus briefings and are urging him to step back

    Maybe Republican should worry more about Trump’s clearly declining cognitive ability, and the danger of letting a corrupt senile narcissist run the country during a pandemic.

  49. 49.

    RobertB

    @Bumper: My daughter does that.  One of the signs that I’ve failed as a parent.  That, and that she pronounces GIF as in ‘gift’.

  51. 51.

    Mohagan

    @Mnemosyne:  When I was in Belgium last year I learned that “French” fries are actually originally from Belgian, and they make wonderful frites there. They fry them twice to make sure they are soft and cooked inside and nice and crispy outside. American Doughboys in WWI were in Belgium when they first encountered them, although it seems they thought they were in France, TBH, the border with France is near where the trenches were in Belgium, plus people in that part of Belgium speak French, plus I bet the soldiers didn’t really care exactly where they were. Anyway, the fries there are truly delicious. P.S. I have always loved mayonnaise (Best Foods rules), so I guess I an a cultural Belgian.

  52. 52.

    Mohagan

    @Brachiator: Years ago I took a tour of  Northern France with my mother, and at one (newly opened) restaurant we all had steak for dinner.  I ordered mine medium rare, and it was perfectly cooked.  The people in the group who ordered medium or more all got overcooked steaks.  Clearly, the chef knew how to properly cook a steak, but being unused to Americans, did not know how much to overcook a steak to satisfy barbarians, so he just guessed (or said the hell with it).

  54. 54.

    Chris T.

    Utah has “fry sauce”: a blend of ketchup and mayo.

    (This is not a recommendation, merely a statement of existence.)

  55. 55.

    James E Powell

    I love potatoes and I love them cooked just about every way other than french fried. I don’t know why, but I’ve never liked french fries.

  56. 56.

    Brachiator

    Gather ye French fries while ye may. From recent news:

    Shopper Lexie Mayewski is having a hard time finding frozen french fries in Washington, D.C.-area supermarkets in the wake of coronavirus-fueled stockpiling.

    On the other side of the country, Washington state farmer Mike Pink is weighing whether to plow under 30,000 tons of potatoes worth millions of dollars that would have been turned into french fries for fast-food chains like McDonald’s Corp, Wendy’s Co and Chick-fil-A….

    Frozen French fry sales at grocery stores spiked 78.6% for the four-week period ended April 4, according to Nielsen data, resulting in shortages at many U.S. supermarkets.

    Mayewski, 25, a construction manager, has not seen frozen fries at the Giant Food or Safeway supermarkets near her Maryland home.

    “There’s not a single french fry to be found,” said Mayewski, whose supply of frozen shoestring and waffle fries was running low.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-french-fries-analy-idUSKCN2261AU

  57. 57.

    Anne Laurie

    @Chris T.: Utah has “fry sauce”: a blend of ketchup and mayo.

    IIRC, one of the major condiment companies (Hellmans?) sells this stuff now.  When it first appeared a couple years ago, there was much twitter hilarity about ‘Mormon appropriation’…

    It got my attention in the first place because my midwestern-raised, supertaster Spousal Unit puts that on his burgers.  (But he insists on mixing up his own, which means he requests a side of mayo when he orders a burger.)

  58. 58.

    Geminid

    About a week ago the Wall Street Journal put up an editorial board (top left side) editorial saying Trump’s Covid-19 briefings were hurting him. They are basically on his side. His response was that the WSJ was “fake news,” and that his ratings were good. Can’t give up center stage for anyone, even a virus.

  59. 59.

    Sloane Ranger

    Tomato ketchup or, at a pinch, salt and vinegar are the only things anyone should put on chips (British french fries) IMO.

    Although I have noticed a tendency over the last few years for places to serve a disgusting concoction called cheesy chips, which is chips smothered in melted cheese.

    BTW, the story goes that chips were first introduced into the UK after the Battle of Waterloo by soldiers who had sampled this delicacy while stationed in Brussels.

  61. 61.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @TomatoQueen: The good news in Belgium (at least the last time I visited) was that even the humblest frites stand offered your choice of a dozen or more sauces for them. And the mayo was very good!

    The bad news was they all cost extra.

  63. 63.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @different-church-lady: “Things that you do not wish to have on your food should not be on your food..

    Eat your food, and leave everyone else’s food alone.”

    With the appropriate generalization, words to live by. This blog is crawling with food snobs – who act shocked that the folks out in “flyover country” loathe them.

    (Dad brought home enough as a semi-skilled machine operator for Mom to serve steak every week, but never the pricier cuts. Many times I watched her debone it, slice it no more than 1/4″ thick, pound each piece on the butcher block with the edge of a saucer, flour & saute it slowly as it made its own gravy & you could cut it with the edge of a knife. Kind of Salisbury steak with actual steak. [Not Swiss steak – you reserved the tomatoes for spaghetti sauce, nitwits!] It’s what had to be done.

    (And many times I’ve put catsup on steak sandwiches & eaten them with relish [no, not actual “relish”]. Food snobs – ptui!)

  64. 64.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Anne Laurie: Essentially that’s the sauce on a Big Mac, minus the relish. (Do they still make those?) I first saw it in Baltimore ca. 1960 as the “Number 35 Sauce” that was central to the “Powerhouse” burgers at Ameche’s Restaurants.

    The restaurants were classic 50s-style with curbside service via speakers, owned by a consortium of Baltimore Colts & named after fullback Alan Ameche, who scored the winning TD in The Greatest Game Ever Played (1958). Eventually they were razed & replaced with McDonald’s-style drive-ups named Gino’s – for Gino Marchetti, another member of the ownership group & HOF defensive end on that ’58 championship team. The “Gino’s Giant” predated the Big Mac – and if they weren’t clones. they were at least kissing cousins. (And I always preferred the Giant.)

    /Bawlmer trivia

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