Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

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

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

“But what about the lurkers?”

In my day, never was longer.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

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  2. 2.

    PsiFighter37

    I would just declare victory, say the transition is beginning, and mic drop.

    Of course that will not happen, but one can dream. Hopefully they do make clear that they are beginning to start planning the transition so they can hit the ground running. In fact, I would be earnestly vetting choices right now. If Trump decides to try and drag this out to the bitter end, with no formal concession, it would be foolish to wait a second longer.

  4. 4.

    dmsilev

    Look on the bright side. As agonizingly slow as we find the counting, imagine what Trump and his crew are going through. Let the schadenfreude flow through you.

  7. 7.

    LurkerNoLonger

    It would be funny if Trump is sitting there watching an empty podium. Oh how the reverses have rolled!

  9. 9.

    Chetan Murthy

    @WaterGirl:

     Who is corn pop?

    It’s not widely-known, but when Biden was a teenager, he cut a bro.  I mean, really, seriously hurt the guy.  That guy’s name is Corn Pop.

    /S

  10. 10.

    M31

    Corn Pop was a ‘gang leader’ (read, teen-aged troublemaker) who tried to sneak in the pool where 19-year old Joe Biden was the lifeguard. Joe used the anecdote to talk about his long history with the black community, and got some flack for the story, both for ‘portraying blacks in a bad light’ and making the whole thing up. But it turned out there was a gang and Corn Pop was real, lol, though he died a while back. Post story

  19. 19.

    Ohio Mom

    I wish they had given us a starting time. It’s weird to just make us wait…and wait…and wait…

  22. 22.

    WaterGirl

    I’m starting to get cranky toward the networks.  They have no business calling these races anyway.  Hopefully this clusterfuck, like the caucus clusterfuck in the Iowa primaries, will be the end of this nonsense.

    Either call all the races when you reach a certain statistical probability, or don’t call any of them until the remaining votes, if all of them went to just one candidate, cannot change the outcome of the race.

  23. 23.

    Chetan Murthy

    I know a lot of us are still disappointed by this election’s result.  I take solace from the following fable: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/sig.html

    Nasrudin was caught in the act and sentenced to die. Hauled up before the king, he was asked by the Royal Presence: “Is there any reason at all why I shouldn’t have your head off right now?” To which he replied: “Oh, King, live forever! Know that I, the mullah Nasrudin, am the greatest teacher in your kingdom, and it would surely be a waste to kill such a great teacher. So skilled am I that I could even teach your favorite horse to sing, given a year to work on it.” The king was amused, and said: “Very well then, you move into the stable immediately, and if the horse isn’t singing a year from now, we’ll think of something interesting to do with you.”

    As he was returning to his cell to pick up his spare rags, his cellmate remonstrated with him: “Now that was really stupid. You know you can’t teach that horse to sing, no matter how long you try.” Nasrudin’s response: “Not at all. I have a year now that I didn’t have before. And a lot of things can happen in a year. The king might die. The horse might die. I might die.

    “And, who knows? Maybe the horse will sing.”

  24. 24.

    Eunicecycle

    My granddaughter was scrolling on her mom’s phone and saw a Facebook meme that was comparing Trump with the Flyer’s mascot Gritty. She thought Trump looked like a scary man, but Gritty was cute. She’s 3.

  25. 25.

    M31

    The only thing better would be if Trump were giving a speech right now and the networks were all showing the empty Biden podium

  27. 27.

    guachi

    @Zzyzx: I may not be following every update but compared to the last one I have on my computer there were 9224 votes and Biden got 7326 of them. 79% of them. I don’t know where they are but if it wasn’t Philadelphia that’s a far higher % than he got in any other county.

    It’s over. End it.

  29. 29.

    Steeplejack

    More (possibly interesting) filler (thread):

    There is something distinctly American about Biden’s campaign HQ. The parking lot, temporary Halloween store aesthetic of the convention center comes off as more honest than any beer commercial nostalgia for steel mills and red barns.

    — Zeddy (@Zeddary) November 7, 2020

  36. 36.

    germy

    I thought Biden/Harris were going to wait until the networks announced the results.

    I had George Steph on ABC just now say there wouldn’t be any announcements tonight.

    So no speeches until tomorrow?

  37. 37.

    Matt McIrvin

    86,000 votes remaining in PA, Trump can only win if he gets 65% of them, but I think a lot of them are still from Philadelphia. This is OVER.

  38. 38.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: Their live feed has now been up for 2 hours.  I’m guessing they are really close to some arbitrary cutoff where the networks will call a state that will end this.

    And they think, just a few more minutes, jus ta few more minutes…

  40. 40.

    Matt McIrvin

    I’ve been wondering if the states deliberately alternate announcements from red and blue counties, when it’s got data from both, to avoid creating an artificial impression of a dramatic turnaround in the count. It seems almost like it, judging from the drops from PA and GA.

  41. 41.

    James E Powell

    @guachi:

    Kornacki said the last dump was from Allegheny County (Pittsburgh).

    Don’t know why, but they are all acting like the estimated 100K provisional ballots might be 75% Trump votes.

  46. 46.

    Matt McIrvin

    @James E Powell: It’s partly because the early provisionals were very Trumpy, but that was because they were coming from red counties.

    And I think they’re getting pressure from above to not say anything that sounds too much like calling the race, until they’re insanely sure, because management is still scared of Trump and also extremely risk-averse.

  47. 47.

    James E Powell

    This is from DJ Quinlan @djquinlan – the guy on the ground in AZ

    Arizona Vote Update: November 6th Context Edition

    165,878 ballots tabulated today. 169,182 remaining (91k Maricopa). Trump received 53.77% of the votes today. It is not enough. He now needs 58.82% of the remaining ballots.

  48. 48.

    germy

    Nate Silver just said there’s a one in twenty thousand chance Trump takes PA

    They’re all giggling, along with Christ Christie.  They’ve having a grand time joshing with each other.

  50. 50.

    Kattails

    Various pundits, the Hoarse Whisperer among them, are getting pissed off because every hour that goes by without the networks calling it for Biden is an hour the Republicans have to stir up shit and try to delegitimize the votes.  Taking a peek around the twitter feeds, I’m inclined to agree.

    Then there’s Rhode Island, where a batch of Trumpublicans are demanding a recount. Biden won by (squints at screen) 102,904. Sure, let’s blow $3 million on a recount *snort*

    And while we’re at it Steve Bannon’s lawyer has quit after the little “behead Dr. Fauci” bit of self-expression from Steve. This may have been mentioned but I’m still back with Bongo Cat from this morning, trying to fucking get some work done.

  51. 51.

    M31

    look at those red, white, and blue pickup trucks in front of the stage — right now Trump is saying “vroom vroom” really softly under his breath while a tear rolls down his cheek

  54. 54.

    WaterGirl

    @germy: They could be giggling from being overtired.  Last time I stayed up most of the night playing canasta we were giggling fools by the end.  But we had to finish the game.

  55. 55.

    Zzyzx

    I was freaking out earlier today that they weren’t calling it because what if it means that the numbers aren’t quite going the right way?

    Now I see that they are so I can’t care anymore. They’re going to have to do it sometime soon, and it’s looking good, so we’re at the end here.

  59. 59.

    jk

    @WaterGirl:

    The one upside to this thing being dragged out is that with each passing hour, Trump is becoming more and more miserable.  This neanderthal has caused enormous pain and suffering to millions of people so I’m glad he’s furious. His fat ass is getting removed from the White House on January 20th and then hopefully he’ll end up in the slammer in the not to distant future.

  61. 61.

    different-church-lady

    @guachi: OH…. LOOOOOK WHOOOOOSSEEE ALLLLLL CAREBEARS AND SUUUUUUUUNSHINE ALLLLLL OOOOOOFFFF AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH…..

     

    SUDDDDDDDDENN!!!!!

  63. 63.

    Baud

    @Zzyzx:

    I wasn’t quite freaking out, but was concerned in the Susan Collins style.  I also feel better now that we’re seeing real numbers.

  65. 65.

    WaterGirl

    Dear Networks,

    Please either make the calls you would normally make, or make an announcement that this year is just too weird and say that you won’t be calling any further states.

    Signed,

    Fuck you, grow a pair.

  67. 67.

    guachi

    This is so bad it’s like when I was a kid in Baskin Robbins and couldn’t choose what flavor of ice cream I wanted and everyone knew I was going to choose French Vanilla on a sugar cone.

  68. 68.

    germy

    @hueyplong:

    ABC with George Steph and pals, they’ve basically admitted Trump can’t win, but they’re all sitting around refusing to call it.

    They have less and less to say.  They keep cutting to commercials, and then returning with more map analysis.  But they’re giggling and now George just said Biden/Harris will be speaking within the next hour.  They’ll return for it.

    Okay, ABC just cut back to “Shark Tank” which I am turning off.  Same producer as Trump’s Apprentice.

  71. 71.

    Curtis

    @WaterGirl: Yeah I was feeling generous at first, but now I’ve reach a point where I think the networks need to treat this race like any other race they call. And just call it.

  72. 72.

    germy

    Switched to CBS Election Headquarters with Nora O’Donnell.

    “The path to the presidency is becoming clearer” she says.  “But not decisive enough for us to declare a winner.”

  73. 73.

    Sab

    @Ohio Mom: Why are empty stages bad for us but empty podiums good for Trump. Someone is watching ( albeit very bored.) But they could be watching elsewhere.

    That sounds pathetic.

  74. 74.

    Zzyzx

    @Baud: so that’s why I can’t begrudge. This IS a weird year and the delta was indeed very narrow. I don’t think there will be much damage from calling tomorrow instead of today.

  76. 76.

    L85NJGT

    @germy:

    I’d bet somebody had to try and explain the math in PA (and everywhere) to Donnie, and it went over like a lead balloon

  81. 81.

    different-church-lady

    @Benw: Leessssssssseeeeeeee….

    1. Bourbon and apple cider
    2. Merlot
    3. There’s this thing I invented that’s a cross between an old fashioned and a Manhattan, except it’s rum….
    4. Jim and ginger (x3)….

    In that order.

  84. 84.

    germy

    “Mood inside the White House is somber”  (another CBS reporter just said)

    “The president is admitting the math might not add up for him” according to aides close to the orange menace.

  85. 85.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    If the Trump 2020 campaign was an old arthritic dog, we’d be talking to the vet about when the decision has to be made.

  86. 86.

    Steeplejack

    MSNBC just said Biden is still at home, 15 minutes from his campaign headquarters. So if anything happens tonight we should get some advance notice.

  90. 90.

    different-church-lady

    For the first time ever:

    • place a sugar cube in an old fashioned glass, and saturate with Angostura bitters
    • give a healthy splash of sweet vermouth, then muddle and stir about
    • fill with around two ounces of aged rum
    • add a couple of hunks of ice

    It’s halfway between an old fashioned and a Manhattan. I call it…

    The Old ManHavana.

  92. 92.

    OGLiberal

    The last batch of PA votes when something like 7 to 1 to Biden.  They weren’t even mail-in…they were provisional, military, overseas, etc.  They were from Allegheny so, yeah, Dem country, but let’s call the freaking thing.

    They all just want to make Fox call it first, don’t they?  And the AZ drip-drop is making that take forever

    ETA: 7K to 1K…I don’t feel like doing the math to figure out the actual ratio.

  93. 93.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    Dear MSNBC – Moar Ashley Parker. She’s dishy.

    Also, moar Nicolle Wallace….

  95. 95.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Zzyzx: I get it, but at this point they just need to call it or admit that they won’t until it’s literally impossible for Trump to win.

  96. 96.

    Zzyzx

    @NotMax: Yesterday night was my last big freak out because I saw the numbers moving but what still had the fear of what if they don’t move quite enough to get us over the top.

    I can see the difference between, “We all know this is going to be the result,” and actually seeing that it IS the result.

  100. 100.

    planetjanet

    So I went into a media blackout to get through the stress after the polls closed on Tuesday.  Only slowly ventured back onto this site a couple of hours ago.  I have only been looking at the national campaign’s slack channel for volunteers to see updates.  I was part of the textbanking campaign.  Just saw a post on slack that the speech should start about 10:20 or 10:30 EST.  Fingers crossed.

  106. 106.

    patrick II

    @jk:

    We’ll be relieved,, but he’s going to be at least as miserable!e after they call it. He’s not sane and will insist it can be fixed and call everyone traitors and the repressed possibility of jail will bubble up more and more assertively. He is going to be in hell because for the first time since he hit his teacher in second grade he won’t be able to bully his version of reality onto his surroundings He is going to be in tremendous pain. Good.

  107. 107.

    OGLiberal

    No expert is saying this but seeing folks on the twitters saying that the nets are worried about pissing off Trump by calling it (correctly) too early.  Why?

  110. 110.

    Yarrow

    I think they’re doing the same thing as last night – not calling it at night because drunk, angry people with guns are ready to cause some chaos. They should call it at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. It would all be done by the time those hungover people woke up.

  112. 112.

    Steeplejack

    @Kattails:

    I mean this literally. Every additional hour increases the efficacy of Trump’s campaign to delegitimize the election and every additional hour increases the risk of violence. I don’t know how that should influence calls, but decisions should at least be informed by the reality.

    — Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) November 6, 2020

  117. 117.

    Cheryl Rofer

    Still vamping, I see.

    I can understand Biden’s hesitation, though. The way things have been going, he and Harris would just finish up, and AP would call.

  119. 119.

    Splitting Image

    The way I look at it at this point is that the actual reporters and journalists have crunched the numbers and called all of the remaining states. They have done their duty. I am content. The poll workers in turn are doing their jobs and finishing up the last of the counting. This is fine.

    The gatekeepers on TV are filling time by re-enacting Geraldo Rivera’s opening of the Al Capone vault, speculating about how Trump might pull off a comeback, while delaying the actual news story that everyone is waiting to tune in for.

    All righty then.

  121. 121.

    hueyplong

    I’m not going to spent the whole night watching Kornacki write “100” on that board and pretend that 3/4 of provisional voters in PA are GOPers.

  128. 128.

    Yarrow

    @WaterGirl:  Most people are paying no attention to it. He’s not declaring victory. It’ll just be another “we’re calming watching the count” speech. Yawn. It’s not a good look or bad look. It just is.

  136. 136.

    WaterGirl

    @SiubhanDuinne: Ha!

    Now they’ve done it.  I had to break open my bag of “break glass in case of emergency” potato chips

    edit: What is it about crunching potato chips that relieves stress?  Not pretzels, not cheetos, just potato chips.

  138. 138.

    cain

    @different-church-lady:

    Note to self – rum makes different church lady nostalgic for the days when she kicked people’s ass and they were scared and never said shit again.

    (not that that isn’t true today)

  140. 140.

    Steeplejack

    Brian Williams just now: Biden is not on the move, so we’re at least 15 minutes from any statement.

  143. 143.

    CaseyL

    So we got… traffic noises? And someone, a sound engineer? laughing at something.

    The suspense mounts.

    ETA:  You know what would rock?  Joe and Kamala stepping onstage and saying the race was just called.  That would be really cool.

  144. 144.

    NotMax

    When does the “Pennsylvania’s not a state, it’s a commonwealth so the votes don’t count” argument get dragged out?

    //

  150. 150.

    WaterGirl

    We’re all a little spent, maybe we need some music to feed the soul.

    What will be on your celebration playlists?

    If you got just one song to send the dumpster fire on his way, what would it be?

    Mine

  169. 169.

    germy

    A friend of Trump’s tells me: “He’s the most insecure, afraid person ever… he sabotages himself constantly because he hates himself and wants out. He’s always trying to hurt himself. That guy commits more self-harm than anyone I’ve ever encountered.” https://t.co/pTwvGnOjiH— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) November 7, 2020

    Where did Nuzzi get the idea Trump has friends?

  172. 172.

    Zzyzx

    @WaterGirl: made one this weekend when I was thinking it would be called:

    Glide II – Phish [1]
    Looks Like We Made It – Barry Manilow
    Midnight Train to Georgia – the Indigo Girls cover
    Philadelphia Freedom – Elton John
    Rock’n’ Me – Steve Miller Band
    Everything’s Right – Phish [2]
    Volunteers – Jefferson Airplane [3]

    Red Rubber Ball – The Cyrkle
    The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In) – Hair Soundtrack

    [1] Lyrics “Gliiiiiiiide. Flip flip flip flip. It’s time” Seemed apropos
    [2] “The long night’s over and the sun’s coming up”
    [3] For Grace Slick’s “A new dawn’s coming” rant.

  174. 174.

    germy

    President Trump has been suggesting he doesn't believe his legal team is up to the task of defending him in the courts and asking for his team to find better lawyers, according to a person who has spoken to him https://t.co/eIhcolWv4k— CNN (@CNN) November 7, 2020

    “Where’s my Joseph McCarthy?”

  176. 176.

    PsiFighter37

    In brighter news, Lauren Underwood has pulled ahead in her race – seems like she will pull it out after all. Means we held onto our 2 Illinois pickups from last year.

  185. 185.

    MisterForkbeard

    @CaseyL: I think this is sort of what’s happening. The networks keep telling Joe/Kamala that the race is going to be called “soon” and have been telling them that for hours while they fuck around.

    Joe wants to do a victory speech but cant because the networks just refuse to put this thing to bed.

  196. 196.

    germy

    Some people thought Jared Kushner was on top of the post-election legal effort.

    Kushner thought others were on top of it.

    Turns out no one was, and David Bossie — who is not an attorney — is playing the lead role.

    — Julie Bykowicz (@bykowicz) November 6, 2020

  197. 197.

    OGLiberal

    I just watched the Allegheny Co., PA guy come out to give the latest vote dump totals.  Only a few thousand.  Over 75% for Biden.  They guy looks like he needs a 3-month vacation after this…and I’m sure the folks doing the actual counting could use it as well.  Likely a thankless job in normal time.  With all these mailed in ballots and the threat of Rudy – as incompetent as he is but don’t want to give him anything – lurking?  Respect these folks.

  200. 200.

    CaseyL

    @germy: Sounds like every other project the weasel was in charge of.  He’d go to a couple of meetings, emit some buzzwords, and leave the actual work to everyone else,

  205. 205.

    dmsilev

    @OGLiberal: The NYT had a story about a vote counter in Atlanta who had to go into hiding because of death threats because some viral-video nonsense falsely accused him of throwing away some ballots.

    If nothing else, treating white-guy terrorism with kid gloves has to stop.

  206. 206.

    different-church-lady

    @Kattails:

    1. Plantation 5 year
    2. Appleton VX
    3. Liberty Tree
    4. Contraband Havana Club 7 year
    5. Contraband Havana Club normal
    6. Various Barcardi I don’t wanna talk about it…
    7. Clement Canne Bleue
    8. Clement Select Barrel
    9. Mt. Gay
    10. Cruzan silver
    11. Cruzan aged
    12. Pusser’s
    13. Uhh… probabaly some other stuff…
  208. 208.

    Morzer

    It’s so refreshing to listen to a president who is clear, factual, civilized and decent. It’s been a long four years.

  209. 209.

    dmsilev

    Biden: “We’re going to win”. I guess “We’ve won” was deemed to be impolite or something.

  221. 221.

    frosty

    @germy: “…the actual day-to-day business of being president? It’s been pretty unpleasant for him”

    Fuck him. He could have resigned any time instead of dragging us all down with him. Boo fucking hoo.

  224. 224.

    OGLiberal

    @dmsilev: I saw that,  Disgusting.  The guy I saw was an elected county exec.  – and he is busting his ass.  That counter is just some person in Georgia.

  231. 231.

    dmsilev

    And out.

    Clear statement at the end that he expects to declare victory tomorrow. Given that the margin in PA has been ticking steadily upwards all day today, that seems reasonable.

  233. 233.

    different-church-lady

    @frosty: I had to work Wednesday morning, so I couldn’t indulge election night. And that just made the whole thing extra hellacious.

  234. 234.

    WaterGirl

    @germy: She is there, standing to the side.  She was supposed to speak, but I believe that has changed since here’s really nothing to be said that hasn’t been said before.

    UNTIL the race is called.

  236. 236.

    CaseyL

    That was a very sweet speech, and the sentiment behind it will last until the first meeting with the GOP Senate.

  242. 242.

    Steeplejack

    So much tension as we wait to see which candidate will win the presidency—the one ahead in the popular vote or the one ahead in the electoral college—who are both the same man.

    — The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) November 7, 2020

  244. 244.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @germy: she was there, the plan was for both to speak, but it seems like they dialed this back. This was setting the stage for a more formal declaration of victory tomorrow. I’m sure she’ll speak, and things won’t seem so rushed, and I bet there’s a bit more stage craft.

    I wasn’t watching, but twitter is telling me Steve Kornacki, and Nate Silver (on ABC?), and Harry Enten (on CNN?) all had “Oh for fuck’s sake, I’ve seen enough” moments on their respective platforms.

  245. 245.

    Chetan Murthy

    There are many things that have changed in our country from when I was a child.  One of them, that I’ve noticed before, is that almost every important public address has sign-language interpretation for the deaf.  This, I’m guessing is due to the ADA.  And it’s a great thing.  I don’t know whether we did it before or after other advanced nations, but my guess is that it was *before*, and if so, that makes me proud.  If after, well, we got there, and that’s a good thing.

    Just noticing, is all.  A more perfect union, and all that.

  247. 247.

    Steeplejack

    Well, that was a bit of a nothingburger. Placeholder for the big announcement they weren’t able to make?

  253. 253.

    WaterGirl

    @Steeplejack:

    Placeholder for the big announcement they weren’t able to make?

    Yep.

    As it turns out, it wasn’t a good idea for them to publicize the big speech before the networks were willing to make the call.  I’ll say it again, not a good look.  Not to me, anyway.

  254. 254.

    zhena gogolia

    @CaseyL:

    These are things a President is supposed to say, regardless of how anyone else behaves. I’m happy to have a statesman again instead of . . . well, we’ve used up all the synonyms.

  256. 256.

    different-church-lady

    @Kattails: Back when we were allowed to go to bars, we like to play a game where we’d look at the wall behind the ‘tenders and say, “Have it, have it, don’t have it, have it, have it, want it…”

    I’m probably worth more in distillates than I am in cash…

  258. 258.

    frosty

    @different-church-lady: Waitaminute! You’re short a couple of rums. I don’t see these:

    Myers Original Dark; Goslings Bermuda Black

    You can’t make a proper Dark and Stormy* without black rum.

    * Ms F new COVID hobby: cocktails

  260. 260.

    NotMax

    @Steeplejack

    Yeah, but on the other hand vitally important he make regular public appearances right now.

    And retrain the American ear to not being accosted by lies and controversy each time.

  262. 262.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    @WaterGirl:

    What will be on your celebration playlists?

     

    I’ve only been planning a music celebration list since Election Day 2016

     

    Happy – Rolling Stones

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBcFjNUzFJ0

     

    It’s All Over Now – Rolling Stones

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur-yMil88fU

     

    The End – Beatles

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12R4FzIhdoQ

     

    I’m Free –Who

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRD_gIoVOmY

     

    Hallelujah  – Leonard Cohen

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etc29mMOaLU

     

    Ode to Joy  – Beethoven

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdWyYn0E4Ys

  264. 264.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @zhena gogolia: and it’s late on a Friday, people have gone to bed, switched over to netflix, picked up a book…. tomorrow night at a better hour for all times zones, with a little more preparation

    all will be well

  269. 269.

    different-church-lady

    @frosty: NUMBER 13 ON THE LIST, BITCH!!!!

    Yeah, forgot both of those, but they’re here. The Meyers tastes like asphalt, but you can’t make a good Jet Pilot without it!

  273. 273.

    Mandarama

    As a terrified little person sick with the tension of this horrible timeline, I can’t tell if I am more envious of you wise jackals who just tuned out most of the week, or DIFFERENT-CHURCH-LADY AT THE DEW DROP INN!  ?

  276. 276.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    BREAKING: Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has the coronavirus. Meadows informed a close circle of advisers after the election.

    As Immanuel Kant once said: BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

  283. 283.

    Cheryl Rofer

    Biden mentioned that the pandemic is out of control and needs something done, and the clown car shows he’s right again.

    We need for Biden to be able to start doing something about this – he sounded like he’s ready to.

  284. 284.

    Curtis

    @WaterGirl:  I think it’s weird because this whole election is weird. The news companies don’t know how to deal with it and are being overly cautious, especially after AZ.

    That said, they need to get a grip and just call it.

  285. 285.

    Kattails

    @germy: He has not done the actual fucking business of running the country, so this is a bullshit take.  What infuriates me to this day is that Hillary Clinton wanted the JOB.

  289. 289.

    mrmoshpotato

    @NotMax: “No virus!  No virus!  My daddy Vladdy says you’re the virus!   My daddy Vladdy says you’re the virus!   SAD!”

  290. 290.

    Blue Galangal

    @different-church-lady: we’ve been working our way through the Phryne Fisher 1920s era cocktails. Some of them are downright nauseating. But a champagne cup is quite pleasant.

    I’ve also become fond of Algonquins this summer (2 parts rye, 1 part dry vermouth, 1 part pineapple juice, some bitters). Refreshing.

  291. 291.

    Aleta

    Emily King: “Remind Me in Philadelphia on 2/8/19.

    Been without it for so long,
    Forgot what it feels like

    Something that I used to feel
    Like a heartbeat racing
    Like a new beginning
    You remind me of something else
    Something that I used to feel,
    Something like what I’ve been missing

  293. 293.

    sdhays

    @WaterGirl: LOL. Yeah, this is one way to, how did that report put it? “Back away from the President”.

    Of course, I’m sure Dump is all, “Get your ass in here, Mark. I’ve already had the COVID so there’s no danger. … What do you mean you can’t breathe? Get me a hamberder!!”

  298. 298.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    @germy:

    They can’t even keep themselves safe.  No way they could ever protect the rest of us.

    I agree with you, but there are millions of morons in this damn country who don’t give a fuck about Trump’s unprecedented stupidity or his contempt for science

    An Associated Press analysis reveals that in 376 counties with the highest number of new cases per capita, the overwhelming majority — 93% of those counties — went for Trump, a rate above other less severely hit areas.

     

    h/t https://apnews.com/article/counties-worst-virus-surges-voted-trump-d671a483534024b5486715da6edb6ebf

  303. 303.

    mrmoshpotato

    @WaterGirl: I’m all for as much calming “We got this.  And we’ll be a stable administration.” announcements as Biden and Harris want to make after these 5 years of shit.

    (Yes, I include the Soviet shitpile mobster conman’s campaign.)

  307. 307.

    NotMax

    Attention Brian Williams:

    Cease and desist softsoaping it by constantly referring to souls. They’re LIVES that are being lost. Just say it already.

    The beach isn’t patrolled by soulguards. The Red Cross does not run soulsaving classes. Convicts do not receive a soul sentence.

    /rant

  308. 308.

    different-church-lady

    @Steeplejack:

    She needs a bottle of Barbancourt.

    Agreed. A fresh bottle. I have but a trickle of five star left.

    I like the three-star more than the five-star.

    Curious. I’ve never had the three star. Elucidate, please.

  310. 310.

    different-church-lady

    @frosty: Hold on, hold on, lemme get a pencil and paper and write this all down…

    Cane… that would make it like an American agricole, yah?

  311. 311.

    Chetan Murthy

    I was talking to a friend in Denmark today.  Everyone in his office is talking about the election, and has been for weeks.  They were all on pins and needles, terrified, about it.  My friend in France told me that early this week, the election was the *only* news on French TV.

    I know that our allies haven’t tried to interfere, and for good reason: what if they got caught, and he won?  But the citizenry of our allies?  They’re all pulling for us.

  312. 312.

    mrmoshpotato

    @NotMax: Men!  Women!  and CHILDREN!

    Children have been orphaned.  Parents have had to buried their children.

    (Sorry, it gets to me.  Fuck this bastard administration who let people die.)

  316. 316.

    WaterGirl

    @mrmoshpotato:  I’m glad you were pleased.

    After waiting for 3 hours, my reaction was more ho hum, heard all this before, blah blah blah.  Not the reaction I hoped to be having to the first big speech from (hopefully) our next president.  I was hoping he could come out strong.

    Time for bed.  If they call it in the next hour or two, be prepared to hear the words TOTAL FUCKING COWARDS in the morning.  :-)

  317. 317.

    Steeplejack

    @different-church-lady:

    It has been quite a while, but my memory is that the five-star was too fancy-shmancy, like gilding the lily. I don’t think a good dark rum needs that, and the three-star is “cleaner,” for lack of a better word.

  318. 318.

    different-church-lady

    @Steeplejack: Heck, just looked at the shelf and it turns out I’ve got the three star after all, and plenty of it. Yeah, clean. And sugary after all the Plantation I’ve been drinking tonight.

    And while I was back there, I noticed I have…

    16: Fleur de Cana 4 year

    17: Fleur de Cana 7 year…

  319. 319.

    different-church-lady

    @different-church-lady:  And…

    18: Damn, how could I forget the 10 Cane? Very smooth for sipping.

    19: Hidden in the basement is my Appleton 12 year — not terribly expensive, but a finish like cognac!

  320. 320.

    Steeplejack

    @different-church-lady:

    I’m a simple man. Rum and tonic is my go-to drink, with a big piece of lime to offset the sweet (one-eighth of a lime per drink). But the Appleton 12 sounds intriguing; might give that a try.

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