Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“They not like us!” (that’s for sure!)

Found liable for massive fraud, is required to post a massive bond, gets a break, then files a *fraudulent* bond!

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Please don’t feed the bears.

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

Republicans can’t even be trusted with their own money.

Even though I know this is a bad idea, I’m off to do it anyway!

Another missed opportunity for Jamie Dimon to just shut the fuck up.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

He imagines himself as The Big Bad, Who Is Universally Feared… instead of The Big Jagoff, Who Is Universally Mocked.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

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

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

Can we lighten up on the doomsday scenarios?

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

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

In short, I come down firmly on all sides of the issue.

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

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Trump’s legal defense is going to be a dumpster fire inside a clown car on a derailing train.

He really is that stupid.

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Police were called to a restaurant in Silt, Colo., on Saturday night after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and her ex-husband Jayson Boebert allegedly got into a physical altercation, Police Chief Mike Kite confirmed Sunday.
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Kite told The Washington Post that police responded to a call made from Miner’s Claim restaurant, which is in Lauren Boebert’s home district, and said the incident is under investigation. He declined to comment further, saying police are reviewing surveillance tape and talking to possible witnesses.

The Daily Beast first reported on the fight. According to the news site, Jayson Boebert called the police after meeting with the congresswoman at the restaurant and claimed that he was a “victim of domestic violence.” Jayson Boebert told the Daily Beast that Lauren Boebert had “punched” him in the face several times.

I wish there was a way to shame the voters who vote these people into office, but they, like the people they elect, have no shame.

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  2. 2.

    Suzanne

    I just checked out the menu at Miner’s Claim. I’m imagining she was enjoying a plate of “Wild Boar Shanks”. Maybe she started with the “Chicken Lollipops”, then looked over, saw her ex, and decided to smack him. (I mean, relatable.) Are we sure she’s not related to the Palins?

  3. 3.

    Lyrebird

    What else can you say?
    You can say the scriptwriters for this story about washed-up romance were being a little cute by setting it in SILT, Colorado.

    And it is sad,
    and I am going to say that as much as I loathe Mr. Boebert, I am glad the LEOs responded, bc we need all people should be free of domestic violence, even the ones I hate.

  4. 4.

    Grumpy Old Railroader

    I just wish the Republicans could run more candidates of this caliber. There is just not enough media click bait on the internet yet

  5. 5.

    scav

    According to the revealed truth of the Southern Fried Baptists, it’s clearly the duty of women to be submissive to their husbands, but to deck the exes (and publicly fondle the candidates).  Unlike all those pagan feminists.

  6. 6.

    dmsilev

    This is arguably less offensive than her ‘performance’ at that now-infamous staging of Beetlejuice.

  8. 8.

    Jay

    @dmsilev:

    Beetlejuice is coming back to theaters, in advance of Beetlejuice II,

    so make sure if you are seeing the old one, or the new one, to check your theatre seating area for loose Boberts.

  12. 12.

    eclare

    @dmsilev:

    I think it is more offensive.  I bet her date at Beetlejuice encouraged her actions and enjoyed them.  I doubt her ex enjoyed being hit.

  14. 14.

    sanjeevs

    Speaking of trashy

     

    Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX
    In recent years, some executives and board members at his companies and others close to the billionaire have developed a persistent concern that there is another component driving his behavior: his use of drugs.

    The world’s wealthiest person has used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, often at private parties around the world, where attendees sign nondisclosure agreements or give up their phones to enter, according to people who have witnessed his drug use and others with knowledge of it.

     

  15. 15.

    Anotherlurker

    Bobo and Caribu Barbie are collaborating on educational courses instructing republicans in matters of etiquette and decorum.

  17. 17.

    Splitting Image

    @sanjeevs:

    Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX
    In recent years, some executives and board members at his companies and others close to the billionaire have developed a persistent concern that there is another component driving his behavior: his use of drugs.

    The world’s wealthiest person has used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, often at private parties around the world, where attendees sign nondisclosure agreements or give up their phones to enter, according to people who have witnessed his drug use and others with knowledge of it.

    My prediction is that Skum will be the wealthiest person in the history of the world to go bankrupt, and I’ll stick with it.

    He might kill himself first, of course. In which case I will happily take the L.

  20. 20.

    dmsilev

    @sanjeevs: I’m sure DOD will be thrilled to hear that, since they’re entrusting multibillion dollar recon satellites and similar to his launch services company.

  21. 21.

    Quinerly

    “From a public safety perspective we’re better off having Boebert in Congress than in a restaurant or theater.”

    Andy Borowitz

  26. 26.

    sdhays

    @dmsilev: I saw a Xeet from him that denied it, saying that he’s been subject to random drug tests since 2017. I don’t take his word for it because he’s a liar who lies. But even if it’s true…he’s a fucking shady billionaire. If he can’t fake random drug tests, it can’t be done.

  29. 29.

    Barbara

    @sdhays: ​Well, many drugs become undetectable after only a short time. Unless the testing is random it can be gamed or ineffective. I don’t even know if you can test for LSD or similar substances.

  31. 31.

    Chetan Murthy

    @sdhays: let him officially and in a legally binding matter release anyone who attended a party with him from any NDA.  Then we’ll see.

  32. 32.

    Shalimar

    @sdhays: Musk doesn’t have to fake anything.  Even if it’s true that he is subject to “random” drug tests by some group, how trivially easy would it be for him to bribe the person giving the test to say it was negative even though it didn’t happen at all?   A million dollars is like a penny to Musk.  He wouldn’t even notice it gone.

  34. 34.

    sdhays

    @billcinsd: True, but the current concerns aren’t about drug use over 6 years ago. They’re about the here and now. He’s claiming he has “proof” he’s been clean since 2017.

    @Shalimar: Exactly. Just because he “passed” doesn’t mean anything for someone like him, assuming it is true (and I don’t).

  35. 35.

    Jay

    @sdhays:

    hair drug tests show use with in 90 days for head hair, body hair 12 months, and can detect 29 different “recreational” illegal drugs.

  37. 37.

    trollhattan

    @Kelly: Airplane part/backyard decoration, why not both!

    TBH I figured it was in some thick fir forest and gone for good.

  40. 40.

    frosty

    @Kelly: Ha! My family has been ragging me because I didn’t get a case for my 13 Mini (wouldn’t fit in the watch pocket of my jeans with a case).

    This proves my point! Apple makes them tough.

  50. 50.

    Martin

    @Kelly: They found the ‘door’ in someone’s backyard in Portland. It’s not really a door, it’s a filler panel for where a door would normally be, but this configuration apparently didn’t need the additional exit. Kind of wonder if they would have been better off keeping that an exit.

  51. 51.

    Chetan Murthy

    @opiejeanne: I wondered about that video.  It looked a little too much like the cat and mouse knew each other?  I mean, sure maybe the cat was lazy as all-get-out, but why would your random mouse be so …. complacent in the presence of what ought to be viewed as its natural predator?  Even if the cat didn’t pounce, I’d have expected the mouse to scurry away, not …. jump onboard for a little ride!

    I kinda wondered also if the cat was disabled: its gait didn’t seem completely natural ?

    Maybe cat & mouse were both pets of the person taking the vid, and it was a bit of comedy ?

  52. 52.

    Martin

    Also, Bill Ackman would like you to know that only he’s allowed to do hit jobs on faculty, now that his wife is being targeted. He suggests this is very unfair.

    We need to make being a billionaire a felony.

  53. 53.

    Chetan Murthy

    @Martin: From Ackman.  The man doesn’t know when to quit.

    Imagine the following:

    You’re a man who serves as Chairman of the Board of a large University who led the search for the recently hired president.

    Your wife runs a non-profit in the DEI space. She is the only full-time employee of the organization, serving as Founder, CEO,…
    — Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) December 14, 2023

    I guess it’s OK for people to dig into his wife’s business: after all, Ackman think’s it’s 100% fine to dig into the business of other people’s wives.

  54. 54.

    Jay

    @Martin:

    The plastic door panel weighs a little bit less than a door, and based on the lower occupancy, the FAA does not require the escape door.

    Yeah, they would have been better off keeping the door.

    But money.

  55. 55.

    opiejeanne

    @Chetan Murthy: Yes. The way the mouse stood up to be nose-to-nose with the cat made me wonder. When our kitty encounters a mouse in the garden, we’ve seen the mouse try to bite our cat.

  58. 58.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Chetan Murthy:

    This is nothing but Billionaire Bullshit. If he is going to attack someone he should expect people are going to start sniffing around his life to see if he or his passes his own purity test. Fuck him on his Billionaire Bullshit whining about the Business Insider story being an antisemitic attack on his wife. If that’s the case then the Harvard President can call his attack on her a racist one.

    Whiny-assed billionaire babies dish it out but can’t take it. Tax the over-entitled fuckers, please. Give them something else to whine about.

  61. 61.

    Martin

    @Chetan Murthy: Reminder that Ackman couldn’t see SBF for the fraud that he was, defended him when rumors that SBF was stealing from FTX.

    I don’t expect people to be a perfect judge of character, but when you’re a billionaire, you get to act like a perfect judge of character with no real repercussions when you’re wrong.

  62. 62.

    Chetan Murthy

    @Martin: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/06/18/vaccine-scientist-peter-hotez-says-he-was-stalked-after-billionaires-and-joe-rogan-urge-him-to-debate-rfk-jr/?sh=20b07d156362
    Vaccine Scientist Peter Hotez Says He Was ‘Stalked’ After Billionaires—And Joe Rogan—Urge Him To Debate RFK Jr.
    An ongoing Twitter debate over vaccine misinformation between podcaster Joe Rogan and scientist Peter Hotez has led a number of individuals—including billionaires Bill Ackman and Elon Musk—to urge Hotez to debate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in an online spat that purportedly led anti-vaxxers to show up at Hotez’s home to “stalk” him.

  65. 65.

    Betty

    I saw some reporting that Mr. Boebert may have been the instigator in this incident so maybe we shouldn’t just take his word for what happened.

  66. 66.

    Chief Oshkosh

    @Martin: Many airliners have these plugs. The additional exits are only needed on planes that are expected to be absolutely crammed with passengers, and even then, only if the plane is flown in countries that have such safety requirements. The plugs had been pretty much failsafe. They require much less to secure to the fuselage compared to doors.  It’ll be interesting to find out what the NTSB discovers.

  67. 67.

    Chief Oshkosh

    @Jay:

    Yeah, they would have been better off keeping the door.

    Do you have data on that? It’s outside my field, but I was told by an airline pilot that the plugs are way simpler than the doors and that this is the first time he’s heard of problems with plugs. Doors, OTOH, are relatively complicated, have failed a lot more than plugs, and require attention. He also told me that this specific B737 was manufactured in Renton, WA, but that some assembly was conducted by subcontractors elsewhere. I’m not sure how all that comes together, but his guess was that they’ll eventually discover that it had something to do with a euro by subcontractors or an error in communication between Boeing and the subcontractors.

    We’ll probably start to get hints within the month, but the full NTSB investigation, if indeed one occurs, will take much longer.

  70. 70.

    Miss Bianca

    @HumboldtBlue: Oh, my heart is breaking a little – that wolf boi looks just like my late Roxy, a wolf-dog we rescued. How we got so lucky with a wolf-dog hybrid I don’t know, but she was the gentlest soul on earth.

    I gotta get down to Mission Wolf this year – that’s the wolf refuge in my county. I give them donations but I need to see the wolves.

  74. 74.

    brantl

    @Shalimar: And Boobert is this tiny woman, too; so how much of a wuss is her ex?

    He ought to be able to put his hand on her forehead and  be largely out of reach.

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