Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

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

“A king is only a king if we bow down.” – Rev. William Barber

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

the 10% who apparently lack object permanence

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

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

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

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

This blog will pay for itself.

One way or another, he’s a liar.

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

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

You cannot shame the shameless.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

Everybody saw this coming.

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

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

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  5. 5.

    Origuy

    I vaguely recognized that statue, but I couldn’t place it. Google informs me that it is Ashurbanipol the Lawgiver, located in the San Francisco Civic Center near the Asian Art Museum. I’ve probably passed it 100 times. Apparently there’s a controversy about it; the local Assyrian community says that no Assyrian king would wear a mini-skirt and that it looks more like the Sumerian king Gilgamesh. I have heard of long lasting feuds, but Assyrians and Sumerians appear to have been going at it for millenia.

  6. 6.

    Tony Jay

    @Origuy:

    I’m sure more knowledgable Jackals will correct me if I’m wrong, and not at all to detract from your larger point, but I think the Sumerians predate the Assyrians by quite a chunk of time. The cultures that Assyria would have had grudges with would have been late Bronze Age/early Iron Age Babylonia, Egypt (obvs), the Hittites and, of course, the poor old Mitanni.

    The Assyrians weren’t exactly popular, skirts or no skirts.

  7. 7.

    twbrandt

    @Tony Jay: The Wikipedia article Origuy linked to has some details about the dispute. Apparently, the Assyrian community in the US did claim that the sculpture resembled a Sumerian king rather than an Assyrian one. I personally haven’t a clue either way, so 🤷‍♂️

  8. 8.

    JPL

    Happy Juneteenth Day!

    Grand imps will be visiting since they don’t have camp today.   Fun times.

  11. 11.

    Tony Jay

    @twbrandt:

    I was just being pernickety. It’s early here and without the requisite amount of coffee in my system I get very “Well, actually..” at the drop of a hat.

    @NotMax:

    “Around the table what began as a smattering of applause evolved into a swelling, pulsing cacophony of approval as news of his achievement lapped the room and chair after chair was scraped back so that the assembled guests could rise and, like a single organism, pay homage to the wit of their host.”

  12. 12.

    satby

    Opened my tablet to this thread right after feeding the latest batch of neighborhood outside cats, which started with an obvious sibling of Bitchleen’s and has expanded now to three or four more, only one of which has a collar. Two, possibly three look like they came from the Bitchleen litter. Cats can be assholes, but they can be the sweetest things ever too. How people can neglect them so cruelly, I can’t imagine.

  13. 13.

    satby

    @JPL: Hope you all have a fun day and that it isn’t too hot.

    Here, it will be 89° with air already in the orange zone for “poor” air quality. Once the herd eats and moves on, I need to get out and water before it’s really warm.

  14. 14.

    Kristine

    @satby: One good thing about being close to the lake—supposed to stay below 80F all week. But it’s weather and can always change. Maybe we should call it the asshole instead of the cat.

    I hope next weekend’s rains materialize for us both.

  15. 15.

    satby

    @Kristine: I hope next weekend’s rains materialize for us both.

    For sure! I miss being closer to the lake. I used to just drive over to watch the sunsets at least once a week in MI when I was 10 minutes away, now it’s almost an hour to my favorite beach to do that. 😕

  16. 16.

    kalakal

    That cartoon is my Virgil. He can be an absolute jerk towards the others when mood takes him.

    @Tony Jay: Statue can’t be Assyrian, it’s not purple and gold.

  24. 24.

    frosty

    @NotMax: That is old. I first saw it in a book at my grandma’s called What’s Funny and Why. All the examples were radio humor; the book dated to the 20s. I still remember a lot of the jokes.

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