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Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

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

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

We do not need to pander to people who do not like what we stand for.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

“They all knew.”

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

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

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Trump should be leading, not lying.

Find someone who loves you the way trump and maga love traitors.

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

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

When we show up, we win.

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  2. 2.

    Baud

    We’ve implemented genital inspections as a condition for posting.

    No, wait, that’s Kansas and children’s sports.

  4. 4.

    Barbara

    @Baud: ​I can’t imagine. I just can’t. How did we go from panicking over sexual abuse at daycare centers to requiring kids to display their private parts to strangers supervising their sports activities?

  7. 7.

    James E Powell

    My only concern is how all this will impact the 2024 elections. We need to win the next three to clean out the rot.

  9. 9.

    NotMax

    Media mention, for the times when the well appears to be leaning to the dry side.

    Although they’ve been upping the frequency of ad breaks (Boo!), one could do worse than tuning into Single-handed on Freevee via Prime. The Irish brogues can run pretty thick though, so closed captioning recommended.

  12. 12.

    MomSense

    @NotMax:

    Not sure if you have the PBS streaming app, but I just started watching Paradise.  It’s in Italian (Paradiso) with English subtitles.  Great show about a woman who works at a fancy department store in 1950s Italy.

  13. 13.

    Ohio Mom

    Was hoping for a comment that would make some sense of those three train wrecks but I guess not. Maybe the tincture of time will help me.

  15. 15.

    HumboldtBlue

    Bryce Harper and Rhys Hoskins raised the Phillies National League Championship banner ahead of the Phils’ home opener.

    Man, I love baseball.

  18. 18.

    zhena gogolia

    @Sister Golden Bear: I have a new favorite Leslie Nielsen line, from the first Naked Gun movie. He brings Priscilla Presley home from a date and she says in a sexy voice, “Can I interest you in a nightcap?” He says, “No, thanks, I don’t wear them,” and walks away.

  19. 19.

    bbleh

    Nope.  A humiliatingly weak and feckless Biden is still driving the nation toward utter ruin through his iron control of the all-powerful librul-woke-deep-state.

  20. 20.

    HumboldtBlue

    @Baud:

    It really does, and I am pleasantly surprised I like it. The game moves at a much faster clip, and that’s a good thing.

    @Old Dan and Little Ann:

    Well, considering what that lineup did to the Phils, I’m glad you missed it. That Yankee’s batting lineup is absurd.

  24. 24.

    sab

    Spouse and his best friend in my living room watching Cleveland Guardians opening game. I love their new name. I love their new logo.

  28. 28.

    Betty Cracker

    McConnell weasels out on witnesses

    Seriously, phew! What a day! (For me offline, I mean.) And now I have to make a goddamn butter lamb because Easter.

  32. 32.

    bbleh

    @eclare: How many times making a butter lamb does it take to convince oneself that one should never make a damn butter lamb again

    @Suzanne: @geg6: I think it’s more like, do *I* ever get less insane paying attention to it?  I have found it valuable occasionally simply to disconnect for a few days.  It’s refreshing, and contrary perhaps to expectations, not unlike tuning out of a soap-opera for a while, you don’t miss a thing

    @Frankensteinbeck: @Barbara: and the fundie men “their” women.

  35. 35.

    glory b

    I’m here to call BS on Clarence Thomas. Tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of state, local & federal employees have to complete the same financial disclosure. Almost every state has adopted the same format. We get VERY specific, detailed instructions for how to complete it. Here in PA, it is a firing offense for not submitting it, or withholding information.

    I fill them out each year, so does my husband. Most of my answers are the “no, no, none, none” responses. Every employee in a position that makes decisions affecting financial or political interests must complete these. It beggars the imagination that a Supreme Court justice can’t figure this out.

    Also, he was caught failing to disclose about $600,000 in consulting fees (!) that Ginni received years ago during the Obama administration from a Tea Party group, while he was refusing simultaneously to recuse from decisions on the ACA.

  36. 36.

    Betty Cracker

    @eclare: Not that long, really. Less than an hour total, and that includes waiting for it to chill between fleece applications. The most fraught part by far is transporting the damned thing!

  41. 41.

    karen marie

    @bbleh:   I saw a “make your butter fancy” thing last week that may be a nice upgrade for the Butter Lamb – sprinkle it all over with Maldon salt and dried herbs and spices or your favorite savory blend, like Za’atar or Everything But The Bagel.

    I guess, except for the salt, the lamb would look like it had been rolling in the hay or something but …

  46. 46.

    sab

    Ponyo the pitbull had her second mast cell tumor removed yesterday. 8 inch slit in her side. Happened Wednesay. She sobbed all night yesterday because it hurt so much. Today i took her in and asked if they really couldn’t give her better painkillers. Being a dog she is not likely to be a drug addict. They gave her two kinds and she is much happier.

    Benedryl and Neurontin. No wonder dogs don’t have drug problems. Why bother.

  55. 55.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Suzanne: Insanity? My son-in-law needed a fairly complex surgical procedure, so my dear wife and I took in the grandkids for a week so he and my daughter would have some quiet time for his recovery. My grandson’s been coughing up a storm since he arrived, so I took him to the urgent care yesterday for a positive diagnosis of strep. I took him, because my dear wife has been very unwell – so she went to the urgent care today and was diagnosed with pneumonia. I’ve been holding down the fort as best I can, considering I’m recovering from surgery four weeks ago. Quite the shitshow.

    We need a vacation.

  58. 58.

    glory b

    @eclare: I know! He said he’s a member of leadership now. I think he’s (because of course it’s a man) a member of the governor’s cabinet.

  64. 64.

    NotMax

    Hmm.

    On the one hand, boneless leg o’ lamb on special at $5 a pound today only in a market in town.

    On the other hand, today is a state holiday so traffic and crush of shoppers will be extra extensive.

    For today at least, experiential knowledge shall take precedence over the siren call of frugality.

  71. 71.

    rikyrah

     

    I went to the Hood grocery store today.
    Got me some:
    Pan sausage
    Mississippi sausage
    Rind-on bacon
    Fresh cut pork steaks

    IYKYK😂😂😂

  77. 77.

    BlueGuitarist

    JC: check out  Rikyrah’s posts about Tennessee!
    I think you might enjoy these Nashville links I posted downstairs:

    Nashville students mock TN house speaker the way Nashville hockey fans taunt opposing goalies:
    mobile.twitter.com/TheTNHoller/status/1644012806620979201

    hockey version
    facebook.com/HockeyNightInCanada/videos/nashville-fans-taunt-matt-murray/1655032887857414/

    (sing name 3 times, “you suck,” then “it’s all your fault” 3 times)

    And yesterday posted a clip of excellent, temporarily expelled TN state rep Justin Jones explaining “no justice, no peace” with quotations from MLK and Jeremiah 
    mobile.twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1644063474778099716

  79. 79.

    BlueGuitarist

    @SpaceUnit:

    did you see @lolgop’s comment on that Taibbi interview:

    ”Credit to Matt who backed up his passion for showing Hunter Biden’s dick on the internet by getting pantsed on national television.”

  80. 80.

    Delk

    @Baud: just saw that he was trending when I clicked over to the Tennessee tweet posted up thread. Didn’t really care enough to look further.

  81. 81.

    trollhattan

    @Delk: ​
    “Elon is my god and savior.”
    “You bore me. Banished!”
    “Farewell, sweet prince.”
    Hard out there, for a pimpwhore.

  83. 83.

    owlbrick

    Let’s all take a moment to thank the TN GOP for making Justin Jones a national star and bring him to the attention of a massively wider audience.  One generally hesitates to use arch phrases like “rue the day”, but there are times for them.

  85. 85.

    NotMax

    Pro tip: If a tech company’s head honcho’s initials are E. M., be on your toes.

    Stability AI, one of the hottest companies in artificial intelligence, is burning through cash and has been slow to generate revenue, leading to an executive hunt to help ramp up sales, according to people familiar with the matter.

    The startup, which was founded in 2019, is one of the biggest names in the so-called generative AI industry. Its image generator Stable Diffusion competes with products like ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Midjourney. But the name recognition and early traction have not translated into enough revenue to counter sky-high server costs and the rapid recruitment of employees around the world, people familiar with the company say.
    [snip]
    Meanwhile some employees have lost faith in CEO Emad Mostaque’s leadership style. He prefers to give AI researchers radical independence, like handing off access to expensive server time without any oversight, according to people familiar with the company. But one former employee said Mostaque also sometimes swoops in to take over a project. Source

  90. 90.

    Pennsylvanian

    @eclare: Did I miss the butter lamb this year? Must go check.

    When I see it, it always feels like the scene in Apollo 13 when the vest arrives before the launch.

    True artistry mixed with tradition!

    I can’t believe I’ve been reading this almost top 10,000 blog for 20+ years. Happy April holidays that you celebrate!

  91. 91.

    delphinium

    @HumboldtBlue: ​

    One source said Kucinich has urged Kennedy to focus more on the environment than on anti-vax msg…

    Geez, Kennedy needs a campaign manager to tell him that? Looks like he is off to a great start, not.

  98. 98.

    Edmund dantes

    Apparently the asshole judge down in Texas did it. He invalidated the FDA approval of mifepristone.

    we need the 5th or the scotus to stay and overturn this bullshit.

  101. 101.

    EarthWindFire

    @rikyrah: Then Shelby County can just stop turning in their tax dollars to the state, amirite? Two can play this game.

  105. 105.

    Scout211

    @WaterGirl: He said he is leaving because Twitter has started blocking links to Substack articles.  

    Since sharing links to my articles is a primary reason I come to this platform, I was alarmed and asked what was going on. I was given the option of posting articles on Twitter instead. I’m obviously staying at Substack, and will be moving to Substack Notes next week.— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) April 7, 2023

  108. 108.

    BQuimby

    @glory b: I worked for the State of CA and we were not even allowed  to accept a box of See’s chocolates, bottle of wine or misc paper goods swag from our management company.  If a vendor tried to gift a modest holiday fruit basket, we had to refuse acceptance of delivery.  EVERYONE knows the drill.

  113. 113.

    Percysowner

    @Edmund dantes: ​

    @Baud: ​
     I wonder how high they will take the appeal. From what I know the 5th Circuit is pretty conservative and may uphold. Is there cause to jump to the Supreme Court immediately, considering this affects the entire country? How does Thomas’ Yacht owning friend want him to vote? Will it take more than one trip to buy that vote? Inquiring Minds Want To Know.

  115. 115.

    Scout211

    Washington State has purchased three years worth of   

    mifepristone.  I hope other blue states do this.

     

    Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, says he ordered the Washington Department of Corrections to use its pharmacy license to buy 30,000 doses of mifepristone, an estimated three-year supply for patients in Washington state. The pills were received on March 31.

    Inslee says the University of Washington has obtained an additional 10,000 doses, or about enough for a fourth year.

    Noting that Washington is the first state to take such an action, Inslee called the purchase “an insurance policy” in case the drug becomes unavailable.

  119. 119.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Comrade Scrutinizer:

    I called him GoatBoy all the time…lol! I even took the “I love the smell of napalm…” lines from Apocalypse Now and repurposed them just for him.

    “I love the smell of goats in the morning.” Good times…lol!

  125. 125.

    The Up and Up

    Mr. Cole I saw your tweet about “Love your body Larry.” Naturally I had to find and play the theme song for that movie. The next tune on Youtube autoplay, Kenny Loggins’ Theme from Caddyshack 2, “Nobody’s Fool.” Oh my. What a dreadful movie but compared to crap going on around of late. I recall first seeing the film on VHS with friends. There were a couple funny scenes not enough compel me to watch anytime in the last bunch of years. The clips in the Loggins’ video will suffice. Thanks for a break from the humdrum.

  128. 128.

    laura

    @sab: Oh Sab, I would so outer spoon Ponyo night and day, gently petting and scritching the non-hurty parts until the pain passes. Se ding waves of good wishes for.the entire household.

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