Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I did not have this on my fuck 2025 bingo card.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

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

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

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

This is dead girl, live boy, a goat, two wetsuits and a dildo territory.  oh, and pink furry handcuffs.

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

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

Those who are easily outraged are easily manipulated.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Also, are you sure you want people to rate your comments?

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

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  2. 2.

    Suzanne

    I was thinking about that book “White Noise” by Don DeLillo, since I just learned that there is a movie of it starring Adam Driver that comes out next month. I read it in college and loved it. Just went to my shelves to find it and it was missing (my other three DeLillo books are there, though). The ex-Mr. Suzanne took some of my books — without my permission — when we broke up. I bet he got that one, too. Grrr.

    $17 for a new one. Sigh. Will be here next week.

  3. 3.

    Jersey Tomato

    My nephew is part of the Secret Service detail with Biden family in Nantucket. He says Joe and Jill came by to thank them for giving up Thanksgiving with their families and laid out a spread that is sending agents into tryptophan comas.

  7. 7.

    Comrade Colette

    Well, dammit, Covid finally caught up with our efforts to outrun it. My teenage son went to bed sick last night and tested positive this morning. He probably brought it home from his grocery-stocking job but who knows, and it doesn’t matter. At the last second, we had to cancel our already tiny T-day get-together with in-laws. They get all the turkey and mashed potatoes and we get all the pie and salad. I happened to have a whole duck on hand, so it’s in the oven. Monsieur Colette and I are asymptomatic and negative. We’re thankful for vaccines, boosters, medical staff who work on holidays, and ducks.

    Wishing health and gratitude (and something for which to be grateful) to the jackals.

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    Miss Bianca

    Ha, Anne Laurie, with regard to your choice of music, I’ve been reading a book I got from my sister’s collection last year, called Longbourn, by Jo Baker. It’s yet another reworking of Pride and Prejudice, but this time told from the point of view of the Bennet family servants. Let’s just say it’s…an eye-opening experience. Less about the romantic travails of the Bennet sisters and more about all the back-breaking amount of work it takes from the servants to get them to the point where the young ladies can moon over young gentlemen.

    (Thanking God right now that I had the whole day off doing nothing except for cooking and eating, and no waiting on anyone else!)

  10. 10.

    Miss Bianca

    @Jersey Tomato:

    He says Joe and Jill came by to thank them for giving up Thanksgiving with their families and laid out a spread that is sending agents into tryptophan comas.

    That sounds like it could be dangerous!//

  13. 13.

    Suzanne

    @JPL: @japa21: It’s worth a lot more than $17 to be divorced! That’s a bargain in comparison!

    I remember going to pick up Spawn the Elder from his house one time, and seeing my copy of The Executioner’s Song on his bookshelf. I snatched it right back. I even showed him where it got stained from accidentally being thrown in a dumpster. DON’T FUCK WITH MY BOOKS.

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    prostratedragon

    @Miss Bianca: ​ That sounds interesting. Whenever I watch a period movie I always marvel at the human and material resources required to get the hero and heroine out of the door. Sometimes, as in the beginning of Dangerous Liasons, it’s quite explicit.

  15. 15.

    JPL

    From Anne Applebaum

    Electricity comes back on in part of Kyiv – and people shout “Glory to Ukraine” through their windows.

     

    I’m so thankful for those who are fighting back against Russian invasion.

  16. 16.

    Benw

    A happy day here in Vermont. I took the big dog for trail walkies in the am (amazingly the local coffee shop was open when we came down out of the park), then ran a 5k on the UVM women’s x-country team course as a fundraiser for the team and food drive. Then I was sous chef extraordinaire (and dishwasher boy) while my wife made a really fantastic dinner. Took my daughter to the playground just before dinner was served. Just my family and MIL but it was very nice.

    Happy thanksgiving, everyone!

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    Betsy

    We had thanksgiving with my sibling’s in-laws.  My mom and dad and I were in a horrific wreck in June (as some of you may recall) and I didn’t think we would see this day. Normal thanksgiving in a house of family members. Felt good.

    My dad has so many problems though and I dread the days to come.

  25. 25.

    Urza

    Did the last guy ever do anything with the military beyond a photo op? Not even gonna pretend to ask if anyone in that family ever volunteered to help people.

  27. 27.

    Argiope

    @Suzanne: That movie was filmed 2 blocks and 8 miles from me.  Neighbors volunteered their house for the inside scenes, and the outside scenes involved repainting the main drag of the closest town to mine. I never had an Adam sighting, alas.  Walked my dog as close as I could get and met some tech folks, but that was it.  We were all on high Kylo alert for a few weeks.

  30. 30.

    Alison Rose

    @Jackie: Me too! That’s one of the most charming things about him–the way he’ll tell a joke, let other people chuckle a bit, and then in the silence, laugh himself. Love that dude.

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    citizen dave

    Currently watching Where the Crawdads Sing on netflix (and reading BJ) Very meh for me.  Thinking of abandoning it and let the spousal unit fill me in later.  Formulaic.  And why can’t American actresses play these roles?

  43. 43.

    HumboldtBlue

    I watched the Lindsey Lohan Christmas movie on Netflix last night, well, I watched as much as I could take, and man was it bad. Even the sassy gay personal assistant and the “glam squad” couldn’t make a dent in that sappy mess.

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    Soprano2

    @Suzanne: There’s a guy in my choir who looks a lot like Adam Driver. If he grew the same facial hair he could probably be one of those celebrity impersonators.

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    HumboldtBlue

    @eclare:

    Hell no, those crappy movies serve as a muse for texts with my home girl. I get to describe the movie, and she gets the laughs. But even this one was too much for me.

  48. 48.

    HumboldtBlue

    @eclare:

    Last year on here I described the ridiculous Knight at Xmas movie, an absurd tale that was at least fun to mock, but last night was a trip to the dentist.

    Also, I’ve never understood the fascination with Lohan, she’s got a head shaped like a peanut M&M and the hairline of a coconut.

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