Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Hot air and ill-informed banter

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Chutkan laughs. Lauro sits back down.

He really is that stupid.

We’re not going back!

Republicans do not pay their debts.

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

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

“Cheese and Kraken paired together for the appetizer trial.”

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

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

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

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you don’t.

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

Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.

Let there be snark.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

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    geg6

    I am going to get serious about researching retirement options. I have had the dream job I never knew I wanted for 23 years and spent a total of 31 years in higher education and I want to get out while I’m still young enough to enjoy myself and before I come to hate going to work. I think I will still want to work at least part-time. If I don’t, I am liable to become a hermit when given the opportunity. Just trying to figure out if I want to get a job just to get out of the house or try to do some private consulting, which I’ve been asked to do many times over the years, but could not, of course, due to ethical constraints. I need to try to figure that out and also start talking to HR to find out what, exactly, my package will be and what the processes are. Retirement is probably still a couple years away, but it’s good to have a plan.

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    White & Gold Purgatorian

    I’m going to try to enjoy life more, whatever it brings.
    Joy and prosperity to all of you in the New Year.

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    HinTN

    @geg6: It is good to have a plan. I pulled the trigger on 35 years this week. My resolution is to figure out what’s next. HNY all y’all.

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    Suzanne

    I am going to stay healthy, keep my family healthy, and figure out how to come into a large sum of money.

    If you have any advice on the last one, I’m all ears.

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    sab

    Housework! is my resolution. Been neglecting it for a while and that really shows. Dust bunnies are stalking the cats.

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    Grumpy Old Railroader

    I resolve to trap and release rattle snakes, rodents and other varmints found around the premises. I will, however, stomp out Black Widow spiders but further resolve to feel bad about it.

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    Ilieitz

    Well it has been a heel of a year. Lost both of my dogs, my brother and my next door neighbor. Also found out that I have prostate cancer. 2022 has to be better. Happy New Year

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    dww44

    My resolution is to start back walking for exercise. When I did that in the past it really was beneficial…. no lower back pain, lower blood pressure,  Right now, I’d head off to bed,  but some folks in the larger neighborhood have decided to set off fireworks all night.  Spouse says that if they had been in firefights as he was many many years ago, they’d never want to be around loud noises again.

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    Grumpy Old Railroader

    @geg6: I am going to get serious about researching retirement options.

    I took me about 4 months into my retirement to realize that I should have retired 5 years before.

  16. 16.

    John Revolta

     

    Wotthehell, gonna repost from the dead thread

    God Bless the Master of this house, Front Pagers also

    And all the little jackals that round the table go!

    Love and Joy come to you, and to you your wassail too

    And God Bless youze and send youze a Happy New Year

    And God send youze a Happy New Year!

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    Ruckus

    @geg6:

    I worked till just after my 72 birthday. I hope you get to retire early, because no one should have to work forever. I got my first job 60 yrs ago and that’s a long working life. Some days were good, some days not so much. It was still a long time.  Oh well sometimes your plans for life don’t work out exactly the way you planned. Or even close. Best of luck!

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    AlaskaReader

    Just send shipping,

    I’ll send you squirrels til you tell me to stop.

    ( still not midnight here

    …retire?  I was always tired.  Still am.

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    Ruckus

    @Ilieitz:

    I hope they caught it early because if they did you may not need surgery. Radiation with the modern machines can do wonders. Mine took 9 weeks, my buddy 3 yrs later did his in 10 days.

    Best of luck!

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    joel hanes

    I still have my grandfather’s crow silhouette decoys, and am still seriously offering to ship them to John Griffin Cole if he wants them, when I go back to my hometown in February.  For free.

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    NotMax

    double my efforts to make friends with crows and attract squirrels to my back yard

    The Force masochism is strong in this one. Thinking they’ll stay only on your property? Crows and squirrels laugh at fences.

    ;)

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    Nancy

    @NotMax: ​
    @NotMax: ​
    @NotMax: ​
    I suspect that the hidden goal is to work with the opposites. If one tries to attract just about anything, including squirrels? perhaps they go far, far away.

    Apparently I really wanted to get NotMax’s attention.

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    EthylEster

    I heartedly approve of your crow resolution. I have been bonding to them throughout the pandemic. I supply the food , they display entertaining behaviors. Many have been lurking in my yard during the multi day freeze over here in Seattle. I recognize some of the regulars.

    7

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    Russell

    “I am going to double my efforts to make friends with crows and attract squirrels to my back yard.”

    Peanuts in the shell works for both.

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    StringOnAStick

    I’ve been making distant buddies with the CA quail by giving them shelled sunflower seeds during this cold snap and generally feeding them and others all year.  They are super wary and shy, but once this fall I was sitting in the dirt in the backyard and I watched them sit on top of the fence and discuss if it was safe to hit the food zone with me sitting 10′ away and they decided to very carefully feed but with two watch quail instead of the usual one.  I count that as a success!

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