Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

Trump’s legal defense is going to be a dumpster fire inside a clown car on a derailing train.

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

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

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

We still have time to mess this up!

When do the post office & the dmv weigh in on the wuhan virus?

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

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

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

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

Let’s finish the job.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

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

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

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  1. 1.

    Steeplejack

    I hate these videos, because they always make me worry about how the poor animal got there and what happened to it later. Ugh.

  3. 3.

    Alison Rose

    Honestly…I almost wanted to cry. Poor buddy was clearly terrified, the crowd is yelling and scaring it even more, all these people are looming over it. I saw that it eventually made it out into the stands and probably was able to escape that way, but it’s probably traumatized :(

  4. 4.

    Steeplejack

    Okay, I’ll stir the pot. Here’s an interesting thread on how anti-vax groups on Facebook are speaking on code to fly under the radar.

    Quick thread: I don’t think most people know what antivaxx posts on Facebook really look like.

    That’s good. Why would you?

    But I think people assume it’s Suzy Turmeric plaintively yelling at you about the microchip, and it’s not.

    It looks like this. Like code. Or gibberish.
    pic.twitter.com/isBIX3kNWR

    — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 22, 2021

  5. 5.

    bluehill

    @Steeplejack:  They have a lot practice given all the code words and symbols they developed for racism, anti-semitism, etc. The pepe memes, perverted US flags, hand signs, Hawaiian shirts – it’s tiring.

  6. 6.

    Another Scott

    Yup, kitty was scared. :-(

    Yet more Covid news…

    u know how people sometimes say 'well that tweet was a journey'

    well https://t.co/Y36G9v7k3x

    — darth™ (@darth) August 2, 2021

    Yup.

    These goobers think the Masque of the Red Death was an instruction manual…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  8. 8.

    Anne Laurie

    @Steeplejack: I hate these videos, because they always make me worry about how the poor animal got there and what happened to it later.

    Not an expert, but Yankee Stadium is a big facility in the middle of a heavily urbanized area, and it stands empty most of the time.   I’d assume it’s home to a long-established feral cat colony.   Tonight’s ‘tv star’ made the mistake of wandering out into public view at the wrong time… but if you watch the video, he approaches the dugout door twice (and the numbnut ‘guarding’ it doesn’t have the sense to let him back in).  This is a cat who knows his way around his environment.  I’m sure Stripy Dude was terrified, but I suspect he’s seen worse!

  9. 9.

    West of the Rockies

    @West of the Rockies:

    Just looked it up…  yeah, the Boogeroo Boys (misspelling intentional) sometimes wear them.  Well, I don’t don them often, but I wish the Trumpist white supremacists would stick to ugly polo shirts.

  10. 10.

    bluehill

    @West of the Rockies: Service uniform of the boogaloo boys. No idea why, but I’m sure there’s a convoluted story, maybe in this wikipedia entry.

    The boogaloo movement, whose adherents are often referred to as boogaloo boys or boogaloo bois,[3] is a loosely organized far-right anti-government extremist movement in the United States.[4][5][6][7][8][9] It has also been described as a militia.[10][11][12] Adherents say they are preparing for, or seek to incite, a second American Civil War or second American Revolution which they call “the boogaloo”.[13][14]

  12. 12.

    Steeplejack

    Gene Hackman retired from acting 17 years ago, but had this recent pic taken to show he is alive and well at 91 and living in New Mexico. He goes bike riding every day and remains active and engaged with hobbies and friends.
    pic.twitter.com/HzYGv7duLv

    — James L Neibaur (@JimLNeibaur) August 2, 2021

  13. 13.

    piratedan

    @Steeplejack: Hell, they probably stole it/inspired by that old classic film The Warriors as they show a montage of the NYC gangs travelling to their big meeting.  Pretty sure one of the groups sported a crappy Hawaiian shirt motif.

  14. 14.

    trollhattan

    Thinking of those test pilot accounts of when their plane goes south during a flight, “Okay, I tried #1, tried #2, tried #3, tried #4, running out of numbers here.”

  17. 17.

    raven

    Fucking bullshit “Peacock Network.” There is no ability to tape so I have to get up @ 1:30 am to watch the hoop!

  19. 19.

    trollhattan

    Confess “Norwegian destroys 400 hurdles world and Olympics records” was not on my 2021 bingo card.

  20. 20.

    Steeplejack

    @raven:

    I feel your pain. Simone Biles’s balance beam event is at 4:50 a.m. EDT. I’m sure they’ll rerun it a billion times, and I don’t need to see it live, but I’d like to see it spoiler-free and not wrapped in a bunch of emo commentator bullshit.

    ETA: Jeez, I may actually stay up to watch it. Not like I’ve been getting a lot of solid sleep at night lately anyway.

  22. 22.

    trollhattan

    @raven: This is the untold trap awaiting potential cord cutters. A lot of streaming services don’t even let you rewind in real time. Slo-mo? Fuggiddaboudit.

    Fine for most regular teevee, sucks for sports.

  29. 29.

    trollhattan

    Ya goin’ to hell, buddy, no matter how many Suburbans you drive.

    The pastor of a Rocklin megachurch who has defied California’s COVID-19 restrictions urged his followers during a Sunday sermon to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election, testing IRS regulations that restrict political campaigning inside churches.

    During an impassioned sermon, Destiny Christian Church Pastor Greg Fairrington asked his congregants to vote “yes” on removing the governor from office in six weeks.

    “You afraid of Gavin Newsom? My God, do your job as Christians on Sept. 14, and vote ‘yes’ on recalling an immoral governor,” Fairrington said while pointing to a screen behind him that delivered the same message.

    In neon red letters and against a yellow backdrop, the screen read, “VOTE YES ON RECALL SEPT. 14.”

    “Not paid for by any candidate or committee,” a second, smaller line stated.
    https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article253200278.html#storylink=cpy

  32. 32.

    Roger Moore

    @Steeplejack:

    I hate these videos, because they always make me worry about how the poor animal got there and what happened to it later.

    A lot of venues like stadiums and amusement parks keep feral cats around to help keep rodents under control.  They try to keep the cats from getting out when customers are around, but they are somewhere between tolerated and encouraged.  I was a bit surprised this cat didn’t have its ear tipped.  In any case, nothing terrible is going to happen to the cat.

  35. 35.

    NotMax

    @raven

    When I was (ostensibly) growing up we called that style cabana shirts. Hawaiian shirts tended more to depicting the botanical.

  37. 37.

    piratedan

    @raven: one is set circa the early 60’s and the other is late 70s, different eras entirely and noted change in the city landscape socially.  Just different movies but both revolving around gangs.

  41. 41.

    NotMax

    @raven

    Slip on a pair of white deck shoes along with the shirt and you can saunter in to the nearest yacht club unchallenged.

    ;)

  46. 46.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    Oh this is too precious …

    https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/anti-vaccine-groups-changing-dance-parties-facebook-avoid-detection-rcna1480

    “He believes that by being around those who have danced the glitter caused the shingles reactivation,” the group member wrote. The glitter, in this case, refers to “vaccine shedding,” a false theory among anti-vaccine activists that claims people who have been vaccinated are somehow “shedding” their vaccine onto the unvaccinated, and causing them to become sick with a litany of illnesses.

    Hahahahaha what a pack of utter dimwits.

  50. 50.

    frosty

    @mrmoshpotato: Nice one! There was a summer, maybe around 9th grade,  when the local station played all the Marx Bros and WC Fields movies. I weep that my boys haven’t seen them: “But they’re in black and white!”

    One day I will bar the doors to watch Dr. Strangelove.

  55. 55.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    Just wait till McGarrett and Wo Fat hear about the perverted Hawaiian shirts

  56. 56.

    frosty

    @Citizen Alan: ​
      Tonight is the first I’ve heard of it and I’m obsessive about the news. I think you’re safe. Just leave your SS death’s head badge in the drawer with the other collectibles. //

  57. 57.

    mrmoshpotato

    @frosty:

    “But they’re in black and white!” 

    If you want to really freak them out, tell them about silent movies with intertitles!

  61. 61.

    mrmoshpotato

    @NotMax:

    So are Oreos. Do you refuse to eat them?”

    So you’re why so many old movies are lost!

    Taking “an appetite for film” a bit too literally there.

  65. 65.

    Anotherlurker

    I refuse to concede the wearing of the Hawaiian shirt to the Nazis.  I don’t wear them often, but when I do, I look as sartorialy inept as the next guy.

    For some MLB TV tech crews, a day game after a night game on a Saturday night/Sunday day, is Hawaiian Shirt Day.

  67. 67.

    CaseyL

    Read a long twitter thread by a woman who had a “mild” case of Covid, and now has debilitating Long Covid.  So many people replied talking about having Long Covid themselves, or knowing others who do.

    There is not yet enough data on breakthrough cases, whether getting a “mild” case post-vaccination, also risks developing Long Covid.

    Great.  I’d say it’s another reason to hate the GQP, but I hate them all so much already.  Just saturated with hatred.  If they all caught fire and burned for a year, it would not be enough.

  68. 68.

    Bruce K in ATH-GR

    @Citizen Alan: Perhaps if you combined them with a custom ball cap saying “PUNCH NAZIS” on it, that would make it work? Or what sort of off-the-shelf hat would portray an unambiguous anti-Nazi message?

  69. 69.

    NotMax

    Din-din gonna be a tad later than usual. Someone forgot to begin baking bread until very, very late in the afternoon.

    ;)

  70. 70.

    Steeplejack

    Looks like (network) NBC will not show Simone Biles on the balance beam until 8:00 p.m. EDT (“prime time delay”). But the event can allegedly be streamed live on Peacock (free) or NBCOlympics.com (free). The balance beam starts at 4:50 a.m. EDT.

  72. 72.

    Martin

    @Steeplejack: I don’t understand why Facebook, etc. don’t also flag groups for review by correlating membership. They know who were in the groups they banned, so if they see the same people show up in new groups, then have someone take a look at it.

  73. 73.

    Steeplejack

    Just checked out NBCOlympics.com on the computer (Windows 10, Firefox). Live streaming works well; no fuss, no hassle. I watched a few minutes of men’s springboard diving. So I guess if I can motivate myself sufficiently I can see the balance beam event live and spoiler-free. ? Maybe a short nap is in  order.

  76. 76.

    Martin

    @CaseyL: Lewis Hamilton (7 time F1 champion, possibly 8 time this season) got Covid last Dec and says he’s still suffering symptoms. He’s 36 and in better health/fitness than 99% of the human race.

  83. 83.

    What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?

    @trollhattan: YouTube TV let’s you rewind live TV IF you’ve added it to your DVR library which means it’s being recorded. And they give you unlimited space for your DVR library. Takes a little pre-planning to add every sports event you want to watch to your library so not as convenient as a cable DVR.

  85. 85.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @frosty: Those utter dimwits are fucking us over and killing kids under 12. I get more pissed off by the day.

    Go read that quote again – they’ve fucked their own kids over with their woo and lying to themselves it wasn’t them with anti vac stuff.

  86. 86.

    Ohio Mom

    When I read that right-wing nuts have appropriated Aloha/Hawaiian shirts, I wonder how Weird Al is taking this. He has a huge collection of the shirts and extremely good politics. And he’s extremely strategic (how else could someone make a mega-career out of paradox songs?).

    Off the google though so don’t know what sort of luck I’ll have.

  87. 87.

    JustRuss

    @Steeplejack: Nice.  I never met Mr. Hackman, but I did stand next to him–not in a creepy way–for a couple minutes once. It was cool and kind of surreal.

  88. 88.

    J R in WV

    @JoyceH: ​
     

    What mainlanders call Hawaiian shirts, Hawaiians call Aloha shirts.

    I have several of them, all silk, from my one trip to HI. Aloha y’all~!

  89. 89.

    Hob

    The cat video was frustrating to watch not just because the cat was clearly getting pretty anxious (even though it’s likely that cat was already familiar with the stadium and the crowds, no cat enjoys having to flee vigorously over and over again), but because as soon as it got to the edge of the field anyone could easily see it just wanted to leave the field… and yet those guys kept chasing it around and around until someone finally just opened the fucking door to let the cat go out, which it did.

  90. 90.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    @Low Key Swagger: ​  yes, you can.

    I have youtubetv and I love it. Unlimited storage. And portable – I can use it at home on my flatscreen and desktop and on the road using my phone or tablet.​

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