Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

Nothing worth doing is easy.

‘Museums aren’t America’s attic for its racist shit.’

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

The arc of the moral universe doesn’t bend itself. it’s up to us.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Alternative history is always a weak argument. Always.

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

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

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  2. 2.

    Old School

    Major storms and tornadoes are happier topics?

    Well, at least you don’t have to dig out the shovel.

  8. 8.

    dmsilev

    We’ve got fairly heavy rain (couple of inches or so) due early next week. Won’t be much fun during the storm, but we could really use the water, so…

  10. 10.

    dmsilev

    Boostination: it works.  LA County Public Health:

    Between November 23rd and 29th, people who had received both a primary vaccine series and a booster had six-fold more protection from infection than did people who had received the primary vaccine series alone (seven-day cumulative rates: 7 cases/100,000 vs. 43 cases/100,000). Unsurprisingly, unvaccinated people were at the highest risk over the same period of time, with a seven-day cumulative infection rate of 165 cases/100,000.

  12. 12.

    Mousebumples

    We’re getting 3-6 inches overnight, probably. My husband has his booster tomorrow, so we’ll have to clear the driveway before then… ❄️❄️❄️

  14. 14.

    Red Cedar

    We’ve got a good nine inches of snow here in St. Paul, and the suburbs south of us are reporting 15 and 20 inches. And it’s still coming down!

  15. 15.

    mvr

    Actually that thermometer (to the right of this box on the website) keeps creeping up. Pretty impressive pre-promise-of-a-match.

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    Interesting that everyone is having interesting weather, but I certainly didn’t mean to limit the conversation to weather. :-)

    Two of the TV shows I was going to watch tonight are instead 60 minutes of some weather guy yammering on and on about the storm.  I hate that!

    I’m heading to bed.

  17. 17.

    NotMax

    @Red Cedar

    snow here in St. Paul

    Been there, done that (for two years), have the Doan’s pills.

    Grand Avenue in the fresh snow sure is purty, though, don’cha know.

    ;)

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    @mvr: It is nice to see it creep up.   I hope we’ll have a good head start when we start actively fundraising again on Feb 1, or maybe even a smidge earlier.

    We’re going with the no active fundraising during the holiday season rule.

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    Okay, one last comment.  It’s no surprise that we have a storm – the temp was 34 degrees this morning, and now we’re suddenly up to 62!

    I did not see that coming!

  21. 21.

    Winston

    70 degrees here in Lakeland. Clear, moon setting in the west. Perfect. Eat your heart out.

    Watched the unforgiverable on Netflix. Made me cry.

  22. 22.

    mvr

    @WaterGirl: Appreciate your work and everyone else’s work on this. I’m actually sitting out the donations for a bit myself, having just seen my credit card balance. But when the fundraising starts up I’ll kick in again.

  24. 24.

    CaseyL

    The storm system Seattle forecasters said was coming in starting late Friday is… coming in, late Friday! Kudos to Seattle weather watchers: They’re usually a few days off.  So it’s both very cold AND wet; which is to say, miserable weather.  I don’t mind cold and I don’t mind wet; just not both at once!

    Even Oscar has opted to stay indoors.

  25. 25.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    I do just want to quickly say sorry for the doom and gloom last thread. I had to get that all off my chest and I want to thank those who were trying to raise my spirits. You all definitely gave me a lot to think about and it helped a little bit

  27. 27.

    Benw

    Happy holidays to all who celebrate this time of year! It’s cold but we took Hudson for his usual (slow ass) walk.

  29. 29.

    mrmoshpotato

    @NotMax: Maybe if I was in Minnesota. ?

    Vodka and braised pork chops here in the windy, unseasonably warm, city by the greatest lake.  (Yeah, you four heard me!)

  34. 34.

    Another Scott

    Meanwhile, AndroidPolice – How MS Teams broke 911 emergency calls:

    If you missed it, last week, a Pixel owner took to Reddit to describe an actual nightmare: While their grandmother appeared to be having a stroke, attempts to dial 911 on a Pixel 3 failed. The phone was “stuck,” preventing them from hanging up to dial again, and later recreations revealed the call may never have been connected, even though the phone reported sending the customer’s location to emergency services. Thankfully, a landline was also available, and a second (successful) 911 call was placed.

    (Insert old joke about if Microsoft developed cars…)

    :-/

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  35. 35.

    NotMax

    @divF

    True story.

    I was invited (read: begged) to join a small tech consortium laboring on a prototype of what became MTV.

    Whom I fobbed off with a “Yeah, good luck with that harebrained scheme.”

  41. 41.

    trollhattan

    Starting tomorrow night and extending through Thursday, our bit of California is predicted to get a righteous soaking, the first since October’s deluge. Good news if it happens, because the soaked soils from October are drying out and it’s helpful for runoff into reservoirs and rivers, to have saturated soil when rain and snow arrive. Except March if it’s too much. That’s how we roll.

  44. 44.

    Fair Economist

    @dmsilev: Keep in mind that unvaxxed people have mostly had it, so vaxxed vs. unvaxxed there is mostly vaxxed vs previously infected.

  45. 45.

    Fair Economist

    Here in Socal serious rain is rare enough that it’s fun and different, provided you don’t have to be out or driving in it.

  46. 46.

    sab

    62° here in NE Ohio. I have the window open (in December!) and the cats are thrilled, and busy duking it out amongst themselves to determime who gets to sit on the window ledge and sniff the fresh air. The dog is asleep and snoring loudly through that stubby pitbull snout.

  49. 49.

    SeattleDem

    Serious wind and rain out on Lake Washington tonight. I’m guessing tomorrow’s Christmas Ships parades will be curtailed due to high winds. Not great being in a crowd of small boats in 30 knot winds, especially at night and with visibility seriously degraded by your own Christmas lights.

  51. 51.

    sab

    @Jay: Yes they do. I tend to pat dog heads and forget nose hugs. That is a shame, because nose hugs are what mama dog did and what they do to each other since no hands,

    The last couple of weeks are the first time in her life there are no other dogs around. I think she is disconcerted. She loves her cats, but they are cats and thus inherently weird and incomprehensible.

    We went for a walk today and she was obsessed with a neighborhood dachsund. My husband thought she wanted to eat it. I thought it reminded her of her terrier and chihuahua siblings.

    Dogs live Dickensian lives. So many lost family members. I am amazed at their continued ability to love and trust through all the loss.

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