Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

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

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

When we show up, we win.

Books are my comfort food!

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

The words do not have to be perfect.

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

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

You cannot shame the shameless.

the 10% who apparently lack object permanence

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

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  1. 1.

    NotMax

    How are all of you doing?

    Same answer which have been stating vocally for over half a century:

    Fair to partly cloudy.

    ;)

  3. 3.

    mvr

    OK, so far. Hope you are doing well. And you came across as the same down to earth person you seem to be in your (cranky) online personality in our Zoom calls this past week. Happy to know you. And always grateful for the space you’ve made for a bunch of jackals. FWIW.

  4. 4.

    Major Major Major Major

    I got No Man’s Sky during last week’s Steam sale (half off!). I’d been waiting to play it for forever, since they hadn’t, you know, actually finished it yet for some reason. Man! What a great game, absolutely perfect for me specifically. I’m about ten hours in, a fair bit of that is just screwing around.

    Tonight I’m going to start reading Hogfather for the book club! (Meeting 12/19 afternoon, but I’ll post something more specific soonish.)

  16. 16.

    glc

    For your reading pleasure:

    A memorable editor’s note (and added footnotes) noted by Amy Maxmen:

    https://twitter.com/mslopatto/status/1334539466271203330

    Does not quite reach the level of Atlantic Monthly’s recent contribution:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/squash-lacrosse-niche-sports-ivy-league-admissions/616474/

    And one can always go on to Retraction Watch:

    https://retractionwatch.com/2020/12/04/bad-medicine-journal-publishes-doubly-brutal-retraction-notice/#more-120978

  17. 17.

    westyny

    @Anon in NC:  So sorry for your loss.  And I hate this year.  The mother of my partner’s SIL is in grave condition from kidney failure from a previous condition complicated, of course, by COVID, which she caught from the driver sent by the hospital to bring her in for said previous condition.  The whole thing sucks.

  20. 20.

    NotMax

    @Major Major Major Major

    You also might like Astroneer if haven’t already tried it.

    Haven’t been to Steam since January. Really should finish the last third of a game I was enjoying then; just haven’t felt motivation for gaming.

  27. 27.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Anon in NC:

    My condolences to you and your family for your loss. Thanks to the Orange Asshole and his Republican cult, every 30 seconds or so we are losing someone to Covid and it’s only going to get worse. I heard that Covid beat out heart attacks for the #1 cause of deaths in America this week.

    Republican built this…

  30. 30.

    StringOnAStick

    @Anon in NC: I am sorry for your loss and the pain brought to your family. It makes it even harder to know it didn’t have to be like this, but we have evil people charge who care for nothing but power and money.

    A very close friend lost an uncle to Covid yesterday. As the infection continues to spread at wildfire rates, more families will feel it’s icy touch. My oldest sister’s husband and his brother are positive and showing symptoms, and I’ll bet she is too. She takes care of our elderly father but felt that going to her Southern Baptist services several times a week is more important.

  31. 31.

    SWMBO

    @Anon in NC: @StringOnAStick: 
    Labor Day my mom was diagnosed with Glioblastoma (cancerous tumor above and behind her right eye). She finished up her cancer treatment on October 28 and was getting ready to start the next phase of treatment when she was diagnosed with Covid on October 29. She was hospitalized on November 4 with difficulty breathing. She went on a ventilator November 7 and died November 18. Fuck Cancer, Fuck Covid. And fuck everyone who says this is a hoax and no worse than the flu.

    Peace and comfort to all who are facing this horror.

  32. 32.

    Anon in NC

    Thank you all for your kind support <3. Yesterday I was sad; today I'm also angry because it didn't have to be this way, not just for us but for so many families around the US. Anti-maskers taking stupid risks with other people's lives – what an indictment on our society.

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