Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Petty moves from a petty man.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Humiliatingly small and eclipsed by the derision of millions.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

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

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

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

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

We will not go back.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

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

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Wednesday Evening Open Thread

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The last one was getting unwieldy, so here’s another. Bonus photos!

First up, a scene from the river a few days back:Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Next, three Belted Kingfishers engaged in aerial combat over the river:

Wednesday Evening Open Thread 1

And finally, one of the combatants rattling at the other birds before he joined the fray:

Wednesday Evening Open Thread 2

They’re super-feisty, Kingfishers…

Open thread!

 

 

 

 

Reader Interactions

44Comments

  2. 2.

    Hkedi [Kang T. Q.]

    Bit of Balloon Juicer news, I’m going to be moving back to Maui from New Mexico to take care of my mom in early December.

    Any rumors of me moving to keep tabs on NotMax at Baud’s orders are completely incorrect.

  3. 3.

    JustRuss

    Nice pic of the river.  If you gotta get chomped by an alligator, I guess there’s worse places for it to happen.

  12. 12.

    Gvg

    I am off this week. Tomorrow my father and I will do a boat trip on the St. John’s river. We haven’t done it in several years so really looking forward to it. We were going Monday but the boat battery was dead. Joys of boat ownership. Weather is perfect. Going on weekdays increases wildlife viewing, especially turtles.

  13. 13.

    NotMax

    Shocked, shocked.

    A $6 billion federal program created to provide fresh produce to families affected by the pandemic was mismanaged and used by the Trump administration for political gain, a new congressional report has found. Source

  14. 14.

    Betty Cracker

    @Gvg: How fun! Hope y’all have a fabulous trip. I love the St. John’s. I assume you know why it flows north, right? ?

  18. 18.

    NotMax

    FYI (WaPo link).

    An Army reservist charged in the Justice Department’s sweeping investigation of the U.S. Capitol riot was demoted and discharged earlier this year, becoming the first known service member to be forced out of the military after officials learned of an alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to personnel records reviewed by The Washington Post and the former soldier’s attorney.
    [snip]
    Hale-Cusanelli is one of at least six service members charged in connection with the riot. Another, Marine Corps Maj. Christopher Warnagiris, also faced a military administrative proceeding recently, the outcome of which is pending, officials said. Authorities have accused Warnagiris of assaulting police and leading rioters into the Capitol building. His attorney did not return a request for comment.

    Both men have pleaded not guilty.

    At the time of his arrest, Hale-Cusanelli, who remains in federal custody, according to the Justice Department, was employed as a civilian security contractor at Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey and held a secret security clearance, prosecutors said in a March court filing. Navy investigators interviewed 44 of his colleagues, including Navy personnel and fellow security contractors, about his behavior at work. All but 10 described Hale-Cusanelli as “having extremist or radical views pertaining to the Jewish people, minorities and women,” prosecutors said. Source

  29. 29.

    Burnspbesq

    @debbie:

    There are a number of truly nasty places that New York State could send Trump if he goes down on state charges, and Sing Sing isn’t the worst by any stretch of the imagination.

    I particularly like the thought of him freezing his fat ass off in Dannemora, with the wind off the St. Lawrence River cutting like a knife and snow from before Halloween until after Easter.

  31. 31.

    germy

    CUPERTINO, CA—In a long-anticipated keynote event, Apple revealed Tuesday that their new MacBook Pro will be a refurbished Dell laptop they got off Craigslist for $500. “It has some scratches here and there, but the thing still runs just fine—you just have to be patient when it starts up,” said CEO Tim Cook, who heralded the all-new model as a bold new direction for the company, highlighting the notebook computer’s Ethernet port, CD drive, and Vampire Weekend bumper sticker as just a few of its cutting edge features. “We know the touchpad was unpopular, so you’ll be glad to know it’s been eliminated. We’ve also eliminated the webcam. As a bonus, the new MacBook Pro will come preloaded with Minesweeper, Windows Vista, and Microsoft Office 2007. Unfortunately, it does not come with a charger, but we estimate there’s still about two hours of battery life on there.” At press time, Cook added that the MacBook Pro would start at $1,999.

    (the Onion)

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