Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

Reality always gets a vote in the end.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

You would normally have to try pretty hard to self-incriminate this badly.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

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

We still have time to mess this up!

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

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I heard from Larime today!

He said all the commissioned art should be finished this week, and he asked me to let everyone know that.  So I guess you should all be checking your email over the next few days.

They wanted me to let you all know how much they appreciate how patient everyone has been while they regrouped!

I thought I would dress up the post with pictures of my hibiscus.  When I got it last summer, it was just a stick with one tiny leaf at the top, about to unfurl, so I had no idea what it would look like.  These are the first two blooms – and they were over two weeks apart.  What’s really interesting is how unique each of the flowers is.

If You Commissioned Art from Larime (Open Thread)

Sunday Afternoon Open Thread 14

With every flower looking different, I think this will be a fun one.

It’s 72 and sunny and I’m sitting on the porch today.  First real spring day here!

Totally open thread.

 

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  3. 3.

    narya

    I love these flowers.  I had two several years ago (okay, decades ago), and they were infested with whiteflies. I ended up ditching them, because I had no outdoor space at the time and did not want all of my other plants to get infested as well. I was bummed, because I like flowering plants in general and hibiskim in particular. (Okay, not the actual plural form, but a jewish friend of mine came up with that one and I always liked it [pronounced hee-bisk-eem, for those of you unfamiliar w/ any Hebrew].)

  4. 4.

    WaterGirl

    @Old School: Okay, here’s the link to Larime’s store.

    It never works for me in Safari, but it opens in Chrome.  So if at first you don’t succeed, try a different browser. :-)

    That may or may not be the exact wording of the adage we learned in Girl Scouts.

    For those who weren’t scouts:  If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

  7. 7.

    Mel

    @WaterGirl: Thank you for everything you do, for the blog and for the good people and critters in the blog family who are in need of a bit of help. You are what my grandmother would have called “a kind, bright soul”.

  8. 8.

    Old School

    Tennessee House Republicans on Monday filed resolutions to expel three Democrats for “disorderly behavior” after the trio led protest chants for gun reform on the floor of the chamber last week in the wake of the deadly Covenant School shooting.

  11. 11.

    central texas

    Re: Hybiscus flower color.  I have one that seems to vary with the surrounding temps when it blooms.  In cooler weather, the blossoms are a little smaller and much redder.  In warm (OK, hot, this is Austin) the blooms are much more yellow as well as being larger.

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    @central texas: I have one hibiscus (not tropical, that one lives outside in the ground) that blooms one color in the first round of blooming, and then later in the fall it blooms again with a different color.

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    @eclare: One is sliver, and the other, gold!

    Also, this is a tropical hibiscus, so it’s inside until sometime in May when the last frost has frosted.  But it’s still lovely to sit outside.

    I have at least 2 HUGE bunnies – fattest I’ve ever seen – and they are eating everything.  So sad.  I can slam doors, yell at them, and they just sit there.  “la la la I can’t hear you!”

    Last night I put my over-ripe avocado on the table on the porch, so I threw it in his general direction this afternoon and he ran away.  I am hoping that he comes to think that big things fall out of the sky in my yard, and maybe they should think about picking up stakes and heading elsewhere.

  17. 17.

    UncleEbeneezer

    Why might Trump have kept classified documents? To share with donors. Were any of those benefactors foreign entities?

    Strzok also makes the excellent point that this could be one reason why we haven’t seen charges on the documents crimes yet: Jack Smith (or any prosecutor) would want to wait until they know, understand and (most importantly) have evidence to prove motive to a jury.  And some of that evidence simply hasn’t been available yet, due to privilege fights that are only now being resolved to compel testimony.

  18. 18.

    Dangerman

    72 and sunny. Let’s play 2.

    /ernie banks

    Also, warmer than it is here. Which pisses me off. I pay out the nether region for California weather and I’m getting cheated. Hrumph.

  23. 23.

    PsiFighter37

    Brisk mid-50s day in NYC today. Multiple helicopters overheard in Midtown, wasting fuel while undoubtedly breathlessly reporting on the reappearance of Trump in NYC. What will be worse is when the trial actually begins; that assclown will show up every day and stay in Trump Tower and cause an absolute spectacle – and unbelievable amounts of traffic for the daily sojourn from Midtown to the Financial District. That won’t be fun at all.

    I hope Bragg’s case is airtight and he’s got some surprises up his sleeve.

  24. 24.

    UncleEbeneezer

    34 Class E felony counts of Falsification of Business Records is consistent with the other reports we’ve heard to date. What we still don’t know is what underlying crime Bragg claims that those crimes were done in furtherance of. A campaign finance crime, or tax fraud?

  27. 27.

    Kay

    Aaron Sibarium
    @aaronsibarium
    36 hours after judges Ho and Branch announced that they would no longer hire clerks from Stanford Law School, the university’s president has released a statement promising “new initiatives” to safeguard “a diversity of views.”

    Our ridiculous preening peacock federal judges with lifetime appointments and zero accountability, now pitch months-long hissy fits every time they are questioned, vowing revenge.

    Terms limits can’t come fast enough, IMO. Out. Of. Control.

    Knock em back down to ordinary public employees who can lose the seat. They’re taking advantage of our generosity. The silly, embarrassing deference they receive has absolutely gone to their heads. Ten and out.

  28. 28.

    Kay

    The point of these threats and monthly hissy fits by the Right wing judges is to shut down any criticism or questions about their work.

    It’ll succeed too. These ridiculous, pompous Lords and Ladies must not be questioned or even addressed by the rabble or they issue threats.

  29. 29.

    Steeplejack

    @PsiFighter37:

    My fervent hope is that (at least) one of the 30-odd charges in the indictment is such a slam-dunk, open-and-shut, smoking-gun item that all of Trump’s apologists have to publicly eat shit and die immediately.

    I’m not putting money on it, though. It’s probably more likely with Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago documents case.

  33. 33.

    eclare

    @Steeplejack:   I don’t understand the number of charges.  IIRC, TFG reimbursed Cohen in four payments.  Even if each one was worthy of a business fraud crime charge and some other campaign finance charge, that gets you to eight.

    I am really curious to see what else the grand jury found in those books.

  34. 34.

    WaterGirl

    @eclare: I believe there were somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-12 checks.

    Also, if you wrote the check that could be 1.  When you falsified your reporting to the FEC (or whoever) that could be 2.  When you included that in your taxes (or whatever), that could be 3.

    For each of the 10 or 11 checks.

    edit: add 1 count of conspiracy with (pick at least one) Picker, Cohen, Weisselberg (sp?).

    Or 10 checks + 4 counts of conspiracy.

    🤷‍♀️

  35. 35.

    eclare

    @WaterGirl:   I’d go for something you can use from a distance.  I know they are cute and called bunnies, but any animal with teeth can bite.  I just use a squirt bottle with my dogs, but they are not wild animals.

    And, though it is highly, highly unlikely, any mammal can carry rabies.

  37. 37.

    Steeplejack

    @eclare:

    On MSNBC earlier they showed a graphic of eight checks written to Cohen and signed by Trump. And there could be other falsified records related or not related to the Stormy Daniels stuff. We’ll find out tomorrow.

  40. 40.

    sab

    @Kay: We have a federal judge in northeastern Ohio, appointed by Bush, who refuses to speak to the other judges. They communicate through their clerks. So childish. His poor son (Republican so I don’t feel too bad) keeps trying to run for local judicial offices but the name is toxic around here now.

  44. 44.

    prostratedragon

    @Baud:  I used to think of these people, “Don’t keep secrets from us.” Now I wish to hell they’d shut up.

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