Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

“Squeaker” McCarthy

This fight is for everything.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

Why did Dr. Oz lose? well, according to the exit polls, it’s because Fetterman won.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

Not all heroes wear capes.

All your base are belong to Tunch.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

T R E 4 5 O N

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Second rate reporter says what?

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

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  4. 4.

    Kathleen

    @germy: Weasel Gym really thinks he can one up her. He may need to rethink that. What about three decades a cop does he not get?

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    debbie

    There have been a few spontaneous parades around here (not of the caliber of Austyn’s). I love them and cheer them, but they always make me weepy.

  14. 14.

    Betty Cracker

    I watched Farrell’s Tina Turner video a couple of times when it first went viral — it’s hilarious, and he captures her energy so well! I’m not surprised to find out he’s a professional dancer; the man has the moves, and I hope he can parlay his viral success into a career asset. He really is awesome.

  22. 22.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    @Baud: ​

    Republican voters don’t send their people to Congress to get things done, but to fight Democrats.

    I stole the following from somebody, probably somebody here, but it’s inline with your observation:

    Congressional Republicans: The Car Dealership Owner ClassWhat they want is to remain in the minority, phone it in at work, use the culture wars to fundraise trips to the Bahamas. Very few of them have any real interest in governing and these priorities demonstrate that.
    There are a few of them that want to use the power of the state to crush their critics but mostly, they want to get paid for a do-nothing job, go to the country club and be on the teevee once in a while.
    The thing about congressional republicans is just how utterly lazy nearly all of them are. No town halls, no events they might be criticized at, no real legislative efforts, just fundraisers and schmoozing and golfing. They are the car dealership owner class.​

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    OzarkHillbilly

    @satby: :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

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    John S.

    @OzarkHillbilly: I have found that the tendency of a person in congress to grandstand and seek attention is often inversely proportional to their effectiveness as a legislator.

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    Ken

    @germy: I’m amazed there’s still a Woolworth’s open. Or has the building been converted to a national historical site?

  43. 43.

    germy

    @Ken:

    In a surprise stop during a visit to Greensboro, North Carolina, on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris dropped in on the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.

    The museum houses what remains of the Woolworth’s five-and-dime where, on Feb. 1, 1960, four Black college students sat at a lunch counter and politely asked for service ― a revolutionary act at the time.

  44. 44.

    Ken

    @germy: I’m intrigued, because what could possibly be in a yearbook that would damage a right-winger?  It almost has to be something worse than blackface, or even dressing up as a Nazi.  Maybe something that no normal person would see as bad, but would damage his credibility with the base; president of the chess club, perhaps.

  46. 46.

    germy

    @Ken:

    I don’t know about his college yearbook, but his high school yearbook lists him as a member of the “Dan White Society”

    Here are all the mentions of Carlson in his senior year. Anyone know what the Dan White Society is? Can’t be THAT Dan White, right? pic.twitter.com/5h4y8L7ADz

    — Will Stancil (@whstancil) April 21, 2021

    Important context here for Carlson's senior yearbook entry: he grew up in San Francisco and was apparently living in the city when Dan White assassinated Harvey Milk and George Moscone.

    (thanks @maxdubler) pic.twitter.com/xIFhGtdVRU

    — Will Stancil (@whstancil) April 21, 2021

  48. 48.

    WereBear

    @germy: I had to revamp my whole life to get better sleep, but the stakes are high.

    Still, some of the tricks are easy. Glasses that filter blue light at sundown and wearing a sleep mask really works.

  49. 49.

    germy

    @WereBear:

    What helps me is this:  every time I wake up (three or four times a night, usually) I look at the foot of our bed and see our cat curled up.  It’s a peaceful feeling.

  54. 54.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Apart from the (former?) rotating tag, I never really heard of country singer Brad Paisley. But he’s on MJ right now, he’s strongly pushing for everyone to get vaccinated, and he comes across as a really good guy.

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    Ken

    @mrmoshpotato: Every now and then there’s a picture of a bird which makes me say, “Why did it take so long to recognize that these are dinosaurs?”  That bird is definitely one.

  62. 62.

    PST

    It’s snowing here in Chicago pretty hard at the moment. I would like to think of it as a birthday present for my dog, who is half Swiss. I’m glad I didn’t put petunias out on the balcony yet. Fortunately, it is way to warm for anything to stick.

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    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    @WereBear: 

    Yeah, I’ve never figured out where the light insult “You’re such a pansy” came from because those are tough-as-nails flowers.

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    OzarkHillbilly

    @PST: @WereBear: Drove home thru an all but whiteout yestereve. Left us with an inch and a half to zero accumulation depending on where the flake landed. Then it cleared off so the temps could drop to 25F. I was too tired from the long drive to take protective measures. We’ll see what survived the freeze.

    Why is it every time I go to NOLA, I return to shitty weather?

  66. 66.

    Ken

    @OzarkHillbilly: Why is it every time I go to NOLA, I return to shitty weather?

    Are you doing something in NOLA to trigger it?  Like, going to a voudon service and not putting anything in the collection plate?

  71. 71.

    jnfr

    I am over “we need the moisture”. It’s 20 degrees colder than usual here, my yard is still soggy with slushy snow, and I really want my gardening season back! I have things to do.

  72. 72.

    Jeffro

    Everyone remember to play a tune or two for The Purple One today.  Gone five years already.  =(

  75. 75.

    MisterForkbeard

    @germy: Yeah, but it’s not a scandal if Tucker had joined a group that endorsed killing gay people in the 90s. His base will approve.

  76. 76.

    evodevo

    @Ken: ​
      Watching a wild turkey running down over a hill and then flashing on one of the Jurassic Park movies will drive home that hypothesis….

  77. 77.

    James E Powell

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Apart from the (former?) rotating tag, I never really heard of country singer Brad Paisley. But he’s on MJ right now, he’s strongly pushing for everyone to get vaccinated, and he comes across as a really good guy.

    Country is not my thing, but I do like Paisley. Even read his book Diary of a Player. He does appear to be a good guy. He’s a helluva guitar player. He is, for reasons that are not at all clear, a Cleveland Browns fan

    Here’s him having fun with a DJ.

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    Miss Bianca

    @Jeffro: Oh, man…and I remember it like yesterday. I was on this site all damn day trying to process it.

    I’m still not sure why Prince’s death hit me so much harder than, say, David Bowie’s or any of the other rock-pop culture icons who passed that year. It just did.

    (And I’m still getting membership renewal notices from some public radio station in Minneapolis because I kicked them some $ in appreciation of their wall-to-wall Prince coverage during that time).

  81. 81.

    J R in WV

    Prince was more of an icon than most “pop” musicians. He created more innovative music and was more independent than most musicians. Also was younger by far than the older pop icons that were dying at the time, and seemed healthier by far.

    I didn’t know he suffered from chronic pain from a back injury. Pain can make your thinking murky even without the effects of medication. And there is nothing like the relief from constant pain.

    He was such a creative and independent musician. We will always miss his creativity and musicianship. Killer guitar work~!!~

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