Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

White supremacy is terrorism.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

Everybody saw this coming.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

How stupid are these people?

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

American History and Black History can not be separated.

People are weird.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

Fight them, without becoming them!

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

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

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

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

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Opportunity For the Night Shift (and Open Thread)

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The day shift showed up in force for the earlier double-match, and I want to give the night shift a shot at being double-angel matched for our VAAC fundraising.

OTHERWISE, just skip to the comments – this is a totally open thread.

We have $850 for the last double-angel match for our VAAC fundraising.

We did it, you met the match!  Go night shift. You guys rock!

Donations up to $100 per person are a 6x match.  Once double-matchable donations hit $850, the match will be over.

So $100 = $600, $75 = $450, $50 = $300, $25 = $150, $10 = $60, $5 = $30.

To count toward the double match, tell us about your donation in the comments, or send me an email message.

Reminder:  the zoom with VAAC is this Wednesday, May 15, at 7:30 Eastern.  Email WaterGirl to RSVP and get the zoom link.

Really hoping we can be at $15,000 (toward our $25,000 goal) in time for the zoom on Wednesday.

Open thread!

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  2. 2.

    RaflW

    Thank you. In for $50.

    And Happy Mother’s Day, though I know (boy, some years I know) it can be complicated. Was just looking at a few pics of my mom from the ’60s & ’70s and this year, it just makes me glad she ever was, and that she was my mom. Some years, even though she passed 26 years ago, it can be hard.

    Glad this year was easy for me, and that I had a fun day with the BF’s family, including his very freely-laughing, mini-golf-loving mom.

  3. 3.

    prostratedragon

    Project 2025 guy brags about being a skidmark:

    “So I always keep this fake Hollywood money in my car, so when a homeless person asks for money, and I give them like a $5 bill, I feel good about myself, they feel good,” said McEntee, also a senior advisor to Project 2025. “And then when they go to use it, they get arrested, so I’m actually helping to clean up the community and get them off the street.”

    Shades of George Floyd. The Secret Service is on notice.

  7. 7.

    mvr

    Not sure which shift I am on exaclty – unless it is the dead thread shift on most occasions. But I put in another $25. I think the fundraising on this website is awesome and am grateful for the opportunity to contribute more than I can afford. (That’s not sarcasm.)

    Thanks to one and all,

  12. 12.

    Sure Lurkalot

    @Another Scott:

    Wow, confessing to a felony (distributing counterfeit currency with the intent to defraud).

    What he lacks in forethought, he has in sociopathy. His mother must be so proud.

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    25+ 50 + 20 + 100 + 50 = 245so far.  So 605 remains on the double angel match.

  15. 15.

    Another Scott

    Meanwhile, …

    Louis Anslow
    @LouisAnslow
    6h

    Comedian asks 2 women in crowd how they met.

    Crowd member: “I was in her boyfriends cult”

    Comedian: “What cult?”

    Crowd member: describes EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM!!!!!!!

    Goes on to say there were orgies, one in an AI research office…

    [ 2:36 video link ]

    May 12, 2024 · 8:14 PM UTC

    It’s funny because it’s true??

    (via nycsouthpaw)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    Listening to the Harry Litman podcast. Today he’s got Norm O.,, Zoe, Lofgren, and Michael Steele. Michael is sure Joe  will be reelected. There are all in agreement that if uncle Joe gets out there and campaigns that it will go well and if it’s present, Biden out there campaigning it may not go so well.  Interesting! 

  20. 20.

    Another Scott

    @WaterGirl: Sam Bankman-Fried supposedly was a proponent of “Effective Altruism” which apparently involves letting MotUs have all our money to distribute as they see fit.

    The tweet is a clip from a comedy club where the stand-up woman is asking a woman in the audience about how she met her friend, and the woman starts talking about the EA “cult”…

    It should raise some eyebrows with regulators and people trying to figure out what AI is and what it isn’t and all the rest.

    My $0.02.

    HTH!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  35. 35.

    thruppence

    I work retail and today we had a trio of guys loudly exclaiming about how much prices have gone up and by God they were voting for Trump because when he was in office, there was more money in their pockets. Lot of folks out there like that. They were from Texas, though and I don’t think Biden’s taking Texas regardless.

  39. 39.

    Randal Sexton

    Im in for 50. A bit satisfying as the thermometer sez I tipped it over 15k.  Go Team. Lets save Democracy, and then lets save the f%^#*ng world.

  42. 42.

    Tony Jay

    @thruppence:

    Life sure got tough for the Project Veritas Extras Dept since O’Keefe blew the budget on staging Midnight Cowboy: The Musical.

    Tots n’Pears.

  43. 43.

    rekoob

    As is my inclination, saw the amount and threw in another $76.91 to round it up! We’ll see, since others have contributed. Thanks everyone for the matches!

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    @rekoob: thank you! $76.91! I think there might be 9 cents left on the match. I think we’ll call it complete. You guys rock!!!

  50. 50.

    WaterGirl

    @Jlongcore:  Thank you!  Two new commenters donating!

    Now that your first comment has been manually approved, your future comments will show up right away for everyone.

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