Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

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

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

How stupid are these people?

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

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

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

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

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Second rate reporter says what?

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Everybody saw this coming.

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

… gradually, and then suddenly.

Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.

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Feels like a metaphor for the RNC, dunnit?

… As the current seatholders contemplate the terror of being only the second biggest gourd at the Communal Death Festival…

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  3. 3.

    schrodingers_cat

    I gave a talk yesterday about my pandemic hobby at our Women’s Club meeting and how it has inspired me to take up watercolors again. It was a smashing success. Its the first time I have shared my art in public.

    And example

  7. 7.

    JPL

    @schrodingers_cat:  That is really awesome and thank you for sharing it with us. During the pandemic, I read. Now Barnes and Noble just adds thing I might like to my nook.. Here’s forty pages and if you like it, you can buy the rest.

  9. 9.

    Darrin Ziliak (formerly glocksman)

    @Baud:

    Or he’s got one hell of a prenup that protects him against gold-digging hooker…er models.

  13. 13.

    zhena gogolia

    Isn’t it nice that Broadway is opening up, the Metropolitan Opera opened with a new opera by a Black composer and followed it with the original version of Boris Godunov, people are getting boosters, we have good, intelligent, well-meaning people staffing our Federal agencies, and we have honest and hard-working president and vice president? All of that makes me very happy. Plus we’re teaching our students in person and we’ve had no outbreaks.

  16. 16.

    debbie

    @schrodingers_cat:

    Love it, but am confused by “Coloring stuff” — did you draw it or was it pre-drawn and you added the colors?

    I’ve gotten away from art and miss it very much.

  17. 17.

    trollhattan

    At NRSC retreat, Trump continued false claims of fraud, urged GOP to stick together and relitigated much. “I’m not into golden showers,” he told the crowd. “You know the great thing, our great first lady–‘That one,’ she said, ‘I don’t believe that one.’”

    Trump stitched these word things into sentences and said them out loud? To a crowd? With his braying crowd voice? How is Tucker handling stenographing this on the air? How is it going over in South Dakota at the cafe?

  18. 18.

    debbie

    @trollhattan:

    He’s currently very busy condemning the FAA’s squashing of his right to give his news. Wish I cared enough to figure out what this even means.

  19. 19.

    JPL

    @trollhattan: hah   They are not pro-life, pro-family or anything.  They just are racists assholes that can’t be reasoned with.  Their parents hated FDR, but you had better not touch their Social Security, or change the TVA.

  20. 20.

    scav

    Thing is, the question is left right out in front, as set forth by himself, what and how many rumors does the great first lady believe so that she brings up the (alleged) that one that fails her sniff test?

  25. 25.

    Burnspbesq

    @Baud:

    Melania loves Trump and won’t leave him.

    Or she signed a one-sided pre-nup.

    Which do you think is more likely?

  26. 26.

    Nora Lenderbee

    I’m reading Stacey Abrams’ mystery novel “While Justice Sleeps.” It’s a good read, suspenseful, keeps moving (considering how much of the action involves lawyers’ discussions), and has a great protagonist. I hope she writes more (in her copious spare time). The writing is pretty good for a non-pro. Occasional howlers  are fun. (“The intricate knot she had twisted into her hair that morning bobbed cunningly as she neared her office.”)

  30. 30.

    mrmoshpotato

    i still am of the opinion that betting against the actuary tables when it comes to trump in 2024 is not a risk-free proposition

    Huh?  Hopefully the fat orange fascist shitstain keels over dead before 2024.

  32. 32.

    MomSense

    I should have named my dog Klepto.  She is now curled up on her bed on top of my book, my fancy red shoe, my earphones, two skeins of yarn, and a measuring tape.

  33. 33.

    Kropacetic

    @debbie: He’s currently very busy condemning the FAA’s squashing of his right to give his news.

    I suppose meanwhile the FCC is telling him he can’t just fly his helicopter wherever he wants…

  35. 35.

    MomSense

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Did you hear the clip from the last rally where he was trying to talk about instant replay?  Instead it was action replay in mactified forshon and fashionable magnified tape.
    His brain is fucked up.

  43. 43.

    Morzer

    I sometimes suspect that Loser of Mar-a-Lardo’s threats that Republicans won’t vote in 2024 are just a way to get his excuses in early. It ain’t a loss if you throw the game!

  45. 45.

    mrmoshpotato

    @MomSense:

    Did you hear the clip from the last rally where he was trying to talk about instant replay? Instead it was action replay in mactified forshon and fashionable magnified tape.  His brain is fucked up. 

    No.  I still can’t stand his disgusting voice.  I doubt that’ll ever change.

    I don’t know how Hal Sparks wades into the bullshit swamp day in, day out.

  55. 55.

    MagdaInBlack

    @mrmoshpotato: Speaking of, Hal and I just watched a very orange, very coked up Don Jr read his post-it note talking points, whine about Hunter Biden and spit all over the screen.

    I think the old man might out live the kid, at this rate.

  60. 60.

    steppy

    So we know that when he pre-emptively denies something, it’s true. It’s just a matter of getting in front of something. Mark my words, something is coming about his, shall we say, affinities.

  61. 61.

    Kropacetic

    @MomSense: His brain is fucked up.

    Of course. Being the only sane, wise man in a sea of losers would engender a few idiosyncrasies in the mind of any very stable genius.

  64. 64.

    Kropacetic

    @dmsilev:Why is it that our Federal Government has an FAA and an FCC but does not have an FBB?

    The BBB holds too much sway and is hoarding the letter, only doling it out to their cronies.

    Republicans in Congress only financed enough to get rights tonuse it for the FBI.

  65. 65.

    dexwood

    @schrodingers_cat:  Love the painting of the elephants. Go back to watercolors for your medium. Coloring books are great exercises for painters.  Ms. dexwood, a painter, uses them sometimes, to work out color arrangement.

  66. 66.

    Kay

    Katie Rogers
    @katierogers
    · 1h
    .@SecretaryPete joins the parental leave debate, sharing a truism that every parent knows but one that VERY FEW men in power have talked about: “This is work. It may be time away from a professional role, but it’s very much time on.”

    Excellent. Oh, they walked right into that one! I was sorry he was on parental leave because I didn’t think he’d respond and I knew he’d be GREAT at responding :)

  68. 68.

    HumboldtBlue

    @Morzer: ​ 

    Michael Cohen said something similar and doesn’t believe he will run cuz he couldn’t take losing again.

  69. 69.

    Benw

    @dmsilev: haha good question. Side note: I have an excellent coworker who hated calling things B and C so we labeled our production ASICs A series for the FE and D series for the ADC.

  72. 72.

    dexwood

    @Dan B:  I hear you. Serious nap for me this afternoon. Jabbed at 2 yesterday, flu-like symptoms since noon today. I can live with it.

  74. 74.

    Dan B

    @dexwood: i watched Amanpour last night. Went to bed after it ended at midnight.  Got up at 1:45 PM.  Heading back to bed.  My immune system is very angry at that booster.  Go for it immune things

    I’m getting nerve twinges on my chest.  Head and eyes are achy.  Uck.  In two weeks I get Shingrix 2.  Oh noes!!

  76. 76.

    L85NJGT

    Trump said the only thing that would stop him from running for president in 2024 would be a “bad call from a doctor,”

    The former Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman said Sunday that if Donald Trump wants to run for president again in 2024 he “needs to come clean to the American people” about his health.

  77. 77.

    Dan B

    @debbie: I ordered soaps from Satby who was down for the count after hers.  She’s had a tough spell with losing her oldest dog among them.

  80. 80.

    Geminid

    @HumboldtBlue: I think the orange churl wants to run again. But it’s hard to tell, because he needs to tease a run at least to keep money flowing to his campaign and related PACs. And he wants to control the Republican party, and much of his power there would fade if he disclaimed any plan to run in 2024.

  81. 81.

    dmsilev

    @L85NJGT: There are a lot of things that he should ‘come clean’ about, but the cult doesn’t care and the not-cult wouldn’t believe a word of anything he says.

  83. 83.

    Dan B

    @David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Pfizer.  I don’t believe they’re offering the others at Kaiser WA yet.  It was very quiet when I was there at 9:30 AM.  The shots were by appointment and there was no one in line behind me and nobody waiting 15 minutes afterwards.  The jabbers were desperate to talk to someone so I high tailed it out if there and delivered some excess cookware to friends – got two countertop induction units so had to buy new pots and pans.  The kitchen suddenly shrank with all the new stuff.

  84. 84.

    zhena gogolia

    @The Dangerman: Now the Atlantic is telling me you shouldn’t get a second J&J but should get Pfizer or Moderna as a booster. I guess the FDA is going to have to sort it out.

  85. 85.

    J R in WV

    @schrodingers_cat: ​
    Really nice owl. Any specific species of owl you were shooting for? We have quite a few Barred Owls in the neighborhood, have seen some Great Horned Owls both here and in AZ near the winter camp. Thanks for sharing!

  91. 91.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    @Dan B:  did you have any negative reaction after the first two shots of pfizer (presumably in the spring)?

  92. 92.

    J R in WV

    @schrodingers_cat:

    The free-hand watercolor elephant painting is very good. My mom took up watercolor/mixed media after the family sold the business. She took classes, and painted every week with 2 friends, they would drive into the countryside and pick a place to park and paint.

    Quaint farm houses, waterfalls, streams, rocky hills, etc. By the time she had to quit from fading health she had shows and won awards. Was wonderful with handicraft work, refinished a dining room suite, refinished beautiful old furniture from the antique junk shops she loved.

    Keep up the watercolor work, you’re good at it~!!!~

  93. 93.

    Dan B

    @debbie: She mentioned it when I inquired about soap and lotion availability.  It’s why she’s not been commenting much here.  I referred her to Watergirl’s post about people purchasing things because of commenter’s recommendations.  Satby’s soaps got more comments than anything else.  She found the post and was happy to read our glowing praise.

  95. 95.

    J R in WV

    Back in Feb/Mar of 2021 Wife and I got our Moderna shots. Then in the end of August, so 6 weeks ago, friend who works for the county health dept as a field inspector emailed us about that health dept seeking people for 3rd shots, any shots, as they had vaccines nearing expiration.

    So, near the end of Aug we both got a 3rd shot of Moderna, full dose as administered after first being approved last winter. No serious side effects, so glad to have gotten a full size dose already.

  96. 96.

    Ruckus

    @debbie:

    I had a hard 2 days after Pfizer #2. #1 and 3 were nothing. I think that it really depends on how an individual builds resistance to whatever the vaccine is for and that is going to determine what and when of any reaction.

  97. 97.

    Kristine

    @zhena gogolia: Antibodies aren’t the only indicator, but it’s the one they’re going with.

    I have a study follow-up visit next week. I assume they’ll take lots of blood, but I’m going to see what I can find out.

    From the article:

    All the findings described above may be telling just part of the story. Remember, the NIH study used antibody counts, which are a proxy measure of actual immunity. Antibodies represent the body’s first line of defense against the coronavirus, but they’re not our only weapon. Immune cells, such as B and T cells, are also important, especially in the long run. (Sax told me that some researchers guess that J&J might be especially good at inducing the latter, longer-lasting form of immunity.) The best way to determine which of the nine mix-and-match options produces the best protection from disease would be to recruit thousands of volunteers for a randomized controlled trial, and then count how many people on each regimen get sick over an extended period. But short of doing that, antibody levels provide the best and most convenient information that can be garnered quickly from the greatest number of people.

  99. 99.

    Shalimar

    @Baud: I’m not sure about tiny, but J&J is mostly rural and low income because of the simpler storage requirement, so not really a big demographic here.  I got it back in April, and haven’t decided on J&J or one of the others for a booster.

  100. 100.

    schrodingers_cat

    Thanks so much everyone for your kind and encouraging comments. I have a had a long week other and am very tired otherwise I would have answered each of your comments. I really appreciate them.

  102. 102.

    dmsilev

    @Ruckus: It seems to be all over the map. I had a couple of days of fatigue after each of the first two, but the booster just left me with some soreness around the injection site and that was it.

  103. 103.

    sdhays

    I don’t really understand Dump’s word salad about the golden showers, but shouldn’t the take-away be that the Third Lady believes the other allegations in the Steele Dossier??

  110. 110.

    mrmoshpotato

    @MagdaInBlack: Speaking of, Hal and I just watched a very orange, very coked up Don Jr read his post-it note talking points, whine about Hunter Biden and spit all over the screen.

    You two (and bluegal) have a stronger constitution than me.

  111. 111.

    Madeleine

    Husband & I got booster today. All I have so far is a sore arm. The real pain was trying to get the boosters with appointments at a Duane Reade/Walgreens yesterday. Really incompetent and unpleasant. We ended up walking out.

    Off to bed. If #3 is like #2, I won’t be sleeping well.

  115. 115.

    Cermet

    Either the orange rump knows he’ll never survive a campaign in 2024 due to failing health – so he wants to be reinstated now (I know, impossible but he is stupid) so he is threatening all thugs with the cult following base. Or, he is once again making shit up as be mouths off soon to be forgotten like all his bull shit.

  118. 118.

    Thor Heyerdahl

    As a Canuck who has a mixed vax dosage (AZ and Moderna), it was wonderful to see that we will be permitted into the US by land shortly.
    Canada took a risk during early days of vaccination where we didn’t have much volume, so we stretched the length of time between shots and said that mixing was okay.
    It was a decision that has paid off and the science supports it.

  120. 120.

    Morzer

    Two wallops of Astra Zeneca for me. The first left me feeling unwell for a fortnight, the second produced a couple of days of tiredness.  Onwards!

  121. 121.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    Trump won’t run unless the fix in for the 2024 election. Of course why would the GOP do that, just to have Trump get into office and screw them for revenge?

  122. 122.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @sdhays: yes, that quote has the vibe that Stable Genius is an even bigger freak that golden showers, and for that I want brain bleach.

  124. 124.

    Just Chuck

    He’s not into Golden Showers, he’s into Cleveland Steamers.  Actually he is a Cleveland Steamer, with the most sincere apologies to Cleveland.

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