Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

No one could have predicted…

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

Petty moves from a petty man.

Fucking consultants! (of the political variety)

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

Republicans do not trust women.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

I really should read my own blog.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Tick tock motherfuckers!

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

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

I don’t recall signing up for living in a dystopian sci-fi novel.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

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

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

The snowflake in chief appeared visibly frustrated when questioned by a reporter about egg prices.

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Late Night Open Thread: Prepare the Assault Sharpies!

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THE INTERNET IS FOREVER!

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Open Thread: Counter-Programming

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Strong, successful businesswomen ✔

Bilingual ✔

All of TrumpNation’s heads exploded (if twitter is any indication). ✔

I’m happy. Now I’m digging out all my Shakira tracks to listen to on my commute tomorrow.

Also: They had two Great Dane puppies in the puppy bowl who basically got to make an appearance and then leave because the cameras really only could film their legs and they intimidated the other puppies (the life of a Giant Breed). ?

ETA: These were my two (and only) favorite SB ads this year:

https://youtu.be/85iRQdjCzj0

https://youtu.be/AnhzGUcENWo

Did you have any favorites?

Open thread.

 

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Super Bowl Open Thread

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Just in case people need a place to critique the ads, okay?

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Struggling This Year

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I am really struggling to make it through this “winter.” I know I have said this a couple times, but this has just been a brutal few months for me. I have had basically a sustained sinus headache/infection since November, and I just have no energy, no desire to do anything, I am apathetic and indifferent, don’t want to deal with people- it’s just been super bad this year. And please, I do not need medical advice or emotional support, I am just venting.

Normally after November, we get a sustained freeze, and all the mold and the bugs and everything dies off. Not this year- the temperature has been yo-yoing up and down and up and down, blowing up my sinuses, and there is nothing my doctors can do. I even went to the dentist a while back because I thought I had a toothache and needed a root canal, but nope, x-rays showed it was just my sinuses pushing into my teeth.

On top of all that, the political situation is just shit. I honestly am starting to feel like there is no Democrat who will beat Trump in November. I just am not feeling it. I definitely do not think that Bernie will win should he win the nomination. Man, I wish I had the confidence of a Bernie stan. They just seem so confident, so convinced, so sure. I personally think he would lose 40 states if he got nominated. I think the notion he would have won WV in 2016 is a fucking pipe dream, but I hear them claim it all the time. The only thing that reassures me is that I am so frequently wrong about everything. I mean, fer fucks sake, I was a lifelong Republican in WV until 2005, the moment I switched to Democrat the state all went Republican. So the one thing you can really bank on is me being wrong.

And then there is just Trump. All fucking day every fucking day that fucking name. Trump. Trump. Trump. There’s no fucking escape. Every day he does something new and awful. It’s just a relentless stream of bile. And the nihilism. No one fucking believes in anything. It’s all just bullshit.

So yeah. That’s my headspace right about now. I just keep getting up and plodding forward. In a couple weeks I will see light at the end of the tunnel and plant my seedlings, and then it will start to become spring and I will begin to feel human again. But man, this year has been rough.

I’d kill for three weeks of below 20 weather and snow. Honestly, I would.

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Sunday Afternoon Open Thread: Words to Live By

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You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of current reality, whatever they might be.

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