Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

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

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

Washington Post’s Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

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

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

Books are my comfort food!

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Second rate reporter says what?

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

So many bastards, so little time.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

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Because of the way FB works, I’ll be forever grateful my cousin follows this group and liked a bunch of Carson is Dead – Again videos. Carson is a rescue opossum at the For Fox Sake Wildlife rescue in TN, and he is VERY DRAMATIC. While most possums will fake death when threatened, Carson fakes death if you look at him. So the videos of his vet checks went viral.

ETA: Forgot to say he was just released with 3 others, this week. And yes, he did “die” before he finally left his crate. They had to watch with binoculars to make sure he was finally on his way.

 

@forfoxsakewildlife Carson dies again. #wildliferescue #opossum ♬ Funeral Choir – Marc Straight


I LOVE that they made him a little coffin enclosure and added the funereal music.

@forfoxsakewildlife Carson dies again. #opossum #wildliferescue ♬ Church pipe organ & chorus – PeriTune

Here he is on CNN, with a bit more explanation.  Carson is dead again   (you’ll have to click over, but it’s worth it)

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Now we’re going to not only change lanes, but hit the gas because Randy Rainbow has a new video on MTG

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And finally, Sam Bently makes me smile again with his good news roundup for May.

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Here’s the cuteness in my life right now:

May be an image of cat
Reggie and Trixie chillin’

I have got to get video together so you an see Reggie’s little hop, not that it stops him from anything, and of him and Jasper playing “attack the tail”. Maybe this weekend.

*a South Park reference

This is an open thread while we wait to see that the jury does today.

 

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  2. 2.

    RandomMonster

    Robert Burck, the Times Square performer knows as The Naked Cowboy, confirms with police that he’s in the right place before walking into the area for Trump supporters.

    NBC Trump on trial

  8. 8.

    sab

    It sure seems like Carson needs his freedom.

    I don’t know why, because they are so ugly, but I love opossums. I think because they look so misleadingly ferocious.

    I had a friend who had a rescue pet opposum. Probably illegal. But he was so cute and very friendly.

  9. 9.

    trollhattan

    If Carson is released into the wild I’m not sure how he gets through his day. All those decisions: eat/die? Climb tree/die? Cross road/die? That last one could be a twofer.

    But as a meme he’s aces! And the vet is very droll about the whole thing. “How many times have you seen him die?” “Maybe a hundred-fifty.”

  11. 11.

    different-church-lady

    New code for life: live it in a way that would never gain Randy Rainbow’s notice.

  13. 13.

    trollhattan

    Did anybody need another reason to hate Ticketmaster? Question has become moot.

    A hacking group called ShinyHunters claims it breached Ticketmaster, stealing sensitive information of 560 million customers, according to cybersecurity news outlet Hackread and Australian news site Cyber Daily

    ShinyHunters posted on Tuesday night in a hacking forum that it obtained data from Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, including customers’ names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and order details, Cyber Daily wrote. The group is reportedly attempting to sell the stolen data for $500 million.

    The hacking group is well known in cybersecurity circles, having stolen customer data in the past from Microsoft, Wishbone, and AT&T. Ticketmaster, an American company, did not immediately respond to Quartz’s request for comment, but the Australian government has acknowledged the incident.

    Ticketmaster was already having a bad couple of weeks. Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Live Nation, alleging that it maintained an illegal monopoly over live entertainment, controlling about 80% of primary ticketing at major concert venues and 60% of concert promotions in the U.S. The government claims Live Nation’s non-competitive practices hurt venues, artists, consumers, and promoters.

    Live Nation’s stock price is down about 8% since before the DOJ announced its lawsuit. The company’s share price remained relatively flat following reports of its massive data leak.

  14. 14.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    @sab:

    I don’t know why, because they are so ugly, but I love opossums. I think because they look so misleadingly ferocious.

    We grew to love em back in Central Misery.  They just looked so hapless, it was impossible to hate em.  And when you tell people that they’re basically tick vacuums, whatever distaste someone has for them vanishes.

  15. 15.

    O. Felix Culpa

    I remember the summer when a possum took a distinctive triangular bite out of every. single. one. of my tomatoes. I wouldn’t have begrudged the critter one or two whole tomatoes,  but no, it had to taste them ALL. After that,  I grew my tomatoes in containers on the deck. No more possum bites.

    Carson is funny.  Thanks. TaMara.

  16. 16.

    trollhattan

    @WereBear: Heh. People still talk about his work as Romeo.

    “I have never seen Romeo asleep halfway through Act One before. What a brave interpretation.”

  17. 17.

    mrmoshpotato

    I get why my best friend hates possums.  They’re scarily ugly.

    Also, Dump is also disgusting and can go fuck himself into the Sun.

    Adorable picture of Reggie and Trixy.

  18. 18.

    trollhattan

    Always be grifting. ALWAYS.

    May 30, 2024 at 10:51 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

    “Donald Trump is refusing to put his own money into his political campaign, instead relying on funds from supporters around the country. But his businesses are continuing to collect money for various services. The effect: Money from small-dollar donors turns into revenue for Trump. New filings raise the question of whether Trump is also using his campaign to convert Secret Service funds into business revenue,” Forbes reports.

    “The agency has paid Trump’s campaign $817,000 for airfare this election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission documents released Monday. The Secret Service also owes the campaign an additional $361,000. The campaign has, in turn, paid one of Donald Trump’s companies, Tag Air, $4.2 million.”

    “It’s not clear whether all of the Secret Service payments cover flights on Trump’s personal aircraft or whether they might also include flights on planes owned by other parties. The biggest airfare provider for Trump’s campaign is Tag Air, in which Donald Trump holds a 100% stake.”

    Tag Air?

  19. 19.

    Jackie

    Former Apprentice producer’s NDA has expired and he’s spilling the beans:

    Bill Pruitt, a former producer for The Apprentice whose NDA just expired after 20 years, writes in Slate that Donald Trump used the n-word during the production of the show — and there are tapes of him doing it.

    “No one involved in The Apprentice—from the production company or the network, to the cast and crew—was involved in a con with malicious intent. It was a TV show, and it was made for entertainment. I still believe that. But we played fast and loose with the facts, particularly regarding Trump, and if you were one of the 28 million who tuned in, chances are you were conned.”

    “As Trump answers for another of his alleged deception schemes in New York and gears up to try to persuade Americans to elect him again, in part thanks to the myth we created, I can finally tell you what making Trump into what he is today looked like from my side. Most days were revealing. Some still haunt me, two decades later.”

  22. 22.

    CaseyL

    Does Carson react that way to everything, or only to humans?

    He’ll need to become a little less of a Drama Queen if he wants a social life in the wild. Even other possums might think, “This guy is just too sensitive. I bet he writes poetry.”​

    Sad, goth possum-poetry.

  24. 24.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    @lowtechcyclist:

    My favorite one, and I’m not sure if this counts, is when he tried to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge into the S. Platte River, aka the Splatte.

    He lands in 2 feet of water so I don’t think he died (I can’t pin down which episode).  We howled because it shows the writers understood the Splatte and what the name means, ie., if it were a waterway back east, it’s be a creek.

  26. 26.

    different-church-lady

    @Jackie:

    Donald Trump used the n-word during the production of the show — and there are tapes of him doing it.

    Shit, he’s a lock for a second term now.

  31. 31.

    Old School

    @comrade scotts agenda of rage:

    He lands in 2 feet of water so I don’t think he died (I can’t pin down which episode).

    Appears to be the first episode of season four, The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000.  And Kenny does die:

    Later, Kenny tries to hop his way out of the river, but then lands in a deep spot and inevitably drowns

  33. 33.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    @Old School:

    Thanks for finding that.  I’m again LOLing at the fact he does die after finding probably the only “hole” in the Splatte.

  34. 34.

    Betty Cracker

    Many years back, one of our dogs walked up with an enormous possum in his jaws and dropped it at the backyard bar where Bill and I were enjoying a cocktail. It looked SO dead! Its eyes were bugging, and its tongue was hanging out. Bill went in to fetch tools to dispose of it, and the dog followed him inside. The possum then startled me by leaping up and scurrying off! Possums should get all the acting awards!

  35. 35.

    Chief Oshkosh

    @trollhattan: How in the FUCK can the Secret Service “owe” a presidential campaign? And what’s Trump gonna do if they don’t pay?

  37. 37.

    Scout211

    @Jackie: From  Mediaite

     

    5 Craziest Details from Blockbuster Trump Expose By Ex-Apprentice Producer

    Trump’s Offices Were NOT Suitable for Prime Time.
    Pruitt reveals that Trump’s offices were cramped and not “suitable” for cameras trying to convey the opulence of a self-proclaimed billionaire’s work environment
    . . .

    Trump’s signature “You’re Fired!” line came after producers had to ASK for it.

    Among the details surrounding Trump’s mythology, his signature phrase at the end of The Apprentice is nearly at the top of the list. However, Pruitt reveals that this line came only after producers and an NBC executive huddled in a control room, unhappy with how Trump initially ended the first show.
    . . .

    Lordy, there are tapes!
    Because The Apprentice is technically a game show that awards lucrative prizes, all behind-the-scenes negotiations were recorded to make sure it abided by FEC regulations
    . . .
    Trump’s on-set behavior was pretty lecherous in the eyes of the producer.

    Pruitt noted that Trump was so rarely on set that when he was, his behavior was particularly disrupting, notably when it came to how he treated women on the production crew.
    . . .

    Trump struggled on camera and benefitted heavily from post-production editing.

    Trump had long been a media figure in 2004, but he had little to no experience as an on-camera talent. As a result, he struggled to give clear and concise directions, which are essential to any television show, especially a competitive reality program like The Apprentice

    Color me unsurprised about these “crazy details” that are Trump every single day.

  39. 39.

    Old School

    The fact that Justice Samuel Alito calls his wife “Mrs. Alito” instead of “mother” is, honestly, pretty weird.

    by Mike Pence— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) May 30, 2024

  43. 43.

    wjca

    @Chief Oshkosh: How in the FUCK can the Secret Service “owe” a presidential campaign?

    The same way they were stuck paying enormous rents at Mar-a-Lago for rooms while he was President.  (And probably since.)  Just one more scam on the part of TIFG.

  44. 44.

    JAFD

    ‘Twas a ‘what’s improtant in the political sphere’ thread yesterday.  Me had long day, didn’t get to it until ’twas dead.  Anyway, in yesterday’s “POLITICO New Jersey Playbook”*, there was story on nominating petitions, how many signatures it takes to get on NJ primary ballots,

    “Statewide, the requirement is 1,000 signatures. For U.S. House seat, 200. For state legislative seats, 100.”

    Too few ? Too many ? Whattda you think ?

    *”Politico ?”  Yeah, feh.  But they do cover stuf that the local rags – hollowed-out shells – or the Inky or NYT don’t

  47. 47.

    TBone

    @wjca: I’m so old I remember when the Secret Service had to rent a condo just to have access to a toilet.

    Instructed not to use any of the half-dozen bathrooms inside the couple’s house, the Secret Service detail assigned to President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law spent months searching for a reliable restroom to use on the job, according to neighbors and law enforcement officials. After resorting to a porta-potty, as well as bathrooms at the nearby home of former president Barack Obama and the not-so-nearby residence of Vice President Pence, the agents finally found a toilet to call their own.

    But it came at a cost to U.S. taxpayers. Since September 2017, the federal government has been spending $3,000 a month — more than $100,000 to date — to rent a basement studio, with a bathroom, from a neighbor of the Kushner family.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/14/secret-service-bathroom-ivanka-trump-jared-kushner/

  48. 48.

    wjca

    @TBone: Instructed not to use any of the half-dozen bathrooms inside the couple’s house, the Secret Service detail assigned to President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law spent months searching for a reliable restroom to use on the job, according to neighbors and law enforcement officials.

    A proper mansion should have servants quarters, which would have addressed the problem.  But naturally Trump’s are strangers to “proper”.

    EDT With 20/20 hindsight, it really is too bad that they didn’t resort to chamber pots.  Which could be taken out (if at all) only at end of shift.

  49. 49.

    Chris

    @sab:

    I don’t think they’re that ugly.  They basically look like big mice.

    They’re also one of the few mammals that are, not quite immune to rabies, but very strongly resistant to them, which I find it hard not to appreciate.

  50. 50.

    NeenerNeener

    @Scout211:  And this is all stuff Noel Casler has been saying on X/Twitter for years, so this confirms it. He was crew on the show.

  51. 51.

    Joy in FL

    Thank you for the Good News video. I am now a subscriber.

    The cuteness in your life is phenomenal. I love the Reggie and Trixie photo.

  52. 52.

    TBone

    @wjca: if I were on that Secret Service detail, I’d have proudly taken a dump on the Jarvanka doorstep.  Then, lit it on fire, ring the bell, and run around the corner to watch.

  54. 54.

    Kristine

    I love Carson.

    One night, I let Gaby out to do her business. Next thing I know, she’s running back and forth across the yard with something in her mouth, her “I need to find a place to bury this” scurry. I went out after her and saw that damn, she had nailed a small possum. I made her drop it, and it played dead while I hustled the mighty huntress back into the house. After a few minutes, it got up and trundled off.

  56. 56.

    Josie

    Thanks, TaMara. The little possum reminded me of the one my late husband rescued in the yard. I fed him with a baby bottle until he was able to eat and turned him loose when he got bigger. We lived on a lake, and we put him on an island behind the house to live his best life.

    Sam Bently is adorable. I subscribed to his youtube channel and look forward to many more uplifting bits of news.

  58. 58.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Chris:

    They’re also one of the few mammals that are, not quite immune  to rabies, but very strongly resistant to them, which I find it hard not to appreciate.

    AIUI, their central nervous systems aren’t sufficiently complex to be particularly susceptible to rabies. IOW, they’re almost too dumb to get rabies.

  60. 60.

    Hoodie

    @Old School: That’s not even considering the irony of an out of the closet Tradcath claiming that his inability to control his wife constitutes an excuse for not recusing.  I can’t decide if he’s that unironically dumb or just gaslighting.  Probably the latter, as he damn well knows that whether he can prevent his wife from doing something is irrelevant as to whether he has a conflict.   We know he’s a fucking liar.

  61. 61.

    JWR

    @Jackie:

    I can finally tell you what making Trump into what he is today looked like from my side.

    I am so happy I never saw his stupid TV show.

    BTW, has fat orange turd been found guilty yet?

  62. 62.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @wjca:

    EDT With 20/20 hindsight, it really is too bad that they didn’t resort to chamber pots.

    Originalism!

  63. 63.

    Old School

    @Hoodie: For you, I’ll post a second Pitchbot tweet:

    With respect to the Stop the Steal flag, I had absolutely no right to control my wife or tell her what she must do. Remember this is a flag we’re talking about, not her body.

    by Samuel Alito— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) May 30, 2024

  65. 65.

    Matt McIrvin

    @sab: Playing dead isn’t their only threat response–most of them will do a really scary-looking teeth-baring display first, and they have SO MANY teeth (the most teeth of any North American land mammal, or so I read). So I can understand that that freaks people out.

    But it’s pretty much for show–they’re not that aggressive, one of the more harmless wild mammals out there.

    I like them. When I was in college at William and Mary, I remember walking through the Wildflower Refuge after dark (a woodland area right in the middle of campus) and seeing a gigantic one waddling around, looked like it was over two feet long. They’re pretty common in urban areas too but you don’t see them that often because they’re shy and nocturnal, and people often don’t know what they are when they encounter one. Some kind of giant rat?

  66. 66.

    Hoodie

    @lowtechcyclist: Does that apply to armadillos as well?  They’re really simple minded and, from what I understand, rarely get rabies.   Seems to me it would be more that both of these animals notoriously avoid conflict and, thus, are less likely to get bitten by others of their kind or by other animals.  That is, and survive the bite, e.g., if the predator doesn’t buy Carson’s dead act, Carson is likely lunch.

  67. 67.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Matt McIrvin: I once saw one crossing Third St just south of the Ohio State Capitol in Columbus.  It was cutting across the street from the Hyatt toward the Presbyterian church on a Sunday morning.

  68. 68.

    UncleEbeneezer

    @Scout211: Color me shocked…

    “Why didn’t he just fire her?” Trump asks, referring to Omarosa. It’s a reasonable question. Given that this the first time we’ve ever been in this situation, none of this is something we expected.

    “That’s not his job,” Bienstock says to Trump. “That’s yours.” Trump’s head continues to bob.

    “I don’t think he knew he had the ability to do that,” Kepcher says. Trump winces again.
    “Yeah,” he says to no one in particular, “but, I mean, would America buy a n***** winning?”

    Kepcher’s pale skin goes bright red. I turn my gaze toward Trump. He continues to wince. He is serious, and he is adamant about not hiring Jackson.

  69. 69.

    Eyeroller

    @lowtechcyclist: They are marsupials.  Their body temperature is a little lower than placentals and not optimal for rabies reproduction. The “playing dead” act (which is actually involuntary) also reduces their odds of being bitten.  But they can and do get rabies, it’s just less likely.

  71. 71.

    sdhays

    @JWR: I saw it once, and it was clear Trump had nothing to do with anything. I remain astounded anyone was fooled, frankly. They really didn’t do that great a job.

  72. 72.

    Eyeroller

    @Hoodie: Yeah, that’s why squirrels and other small mammals rarely carry rabies–they are unlikely to survive an attack by a rabid predator, not that they can’t get it.

  73. 73.

    Hoodie

    @UncleEbeneezer: That speaks volumes about his attitude towards Obama.  He just couldn’t believe that a black guy could get elected, so there had to be something sinister about him.  This is probably part of the mind meld he has with some white voters.  Many of them live in white bubbles and just can’t fathom that a lot of the rest of the country doesn’t look that way.

  74. 74.

    WereBear

    @Matt McIrvin: I have seen them in Queens and I’m sure they are the origin of the Giant Sewer Rat of legend.

    Soon to get their own Marvel series, I’m guessing.

    Dark Carson. Makes YOU play dead.

  77. 77.

    UncleEbeneezer

    @Hoodie: I’m not even sure living in white bubbles is that big of a factor.  There used to be an online tool to look at your neighborhood and see who donated to Trump on a map (since political contributions are public info).  For shits and giggles, I looked at my city which is deep blue and very diverse.  And it was scary how many residences donated to Trump, even here.  And I’ve heard far too many comments like Trump’s (without the n-word, but same vibe) from White, Latino/a, and Asian-American people who grew up around plenty of Black People here in Los Angeles.  This sort of Anti-Blackness is likely more common in rural areas that are effectively white bubbles, but it is certainly not confined to them.  But yeah, the resentment of Obama was the first thought that came to my mind, as well.

  78. 78.

    Chris

    @lowtechcyclist:

    AIUI, their central nervous systems aren’t sufficiently complex to be particularly susceptible to rabies. IOW, they’re almost too dumb to get rabies.

    As I understand it, and a quick google search seems to agree, it’s because their body temperature’s unusually low for a mammal, which makes them an unusually inhospitable environment for rabies.

  79. 79.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Eyeroller: The only marsupials that live around here–that’s another remarkable thing about them.

    (Central and South America have many other species of opossum. They are not closely related to Australian possums, which are a whole other group of marsupials, but a few South American species do resemble them.)

  80. 80.

    rikyrah

    Possums…no…

    But, there is a groundhog named Chunk that I absolutely adore. His youtube channel helped get me through the pandemic

  81. 81.

    Chris

    @Hoodie:

    @UncleEbeneezer: That speaks volumes about his attitude towards Obama.  He just couldn’t believe that a black guy could get elected, so there had to be something sinister about him.  This is probably part of the mind meld he has with some white voters.  Many of them live in white bubbles and just can’t fathom that a lot of the rest of the country doesn’t look that way.

    The 2012 election is especially revealing here, for reasons best summarized by my wingnut uncle’s bumper sticker wisdom:

    “You voted for Obama in 2008 to prove you weren’t a RACIST.  Now vote against him in 2012 to prove you’re not an IDIOT!”

    There’s a number of wingnuts who were able to kind of steel themselves for 2008, but even then, they did it by convincing themselves that Obama only won because he was black and white people felt guilty.  It was unthinkable that by 2012, people wouldn’t come to their senses and send him back to where he belonged.

    And it was unthinkable to them largely because the idea of a black man, much less a black man with a name like “Hussein,” being recognized as competent or worthy of a job like the presidency was simply impossible.  Like, as a first principle.  At least in a “fair” election.  The only way you could make it happen was if you “cheated” by guilt-tripping people over racism, but even then, surely the fact that he was unfit for the job would be obvious as soon as he was in office.

  82. 82.

    Eyeroller

    @Chris: It’s not unusually low for a marsupial.  It is low compared to placentals.  Marsupials have body temperatures a few degrees C below placentals, on average, which is why the “Virginia” opossum is about the only one present in relatively cold climates.  Somehow it toughs it out.  There are several species in South America.

  84. 84.

    rikyrah

    @Chris:

     

    it was always the re-election of Obama that broke the minds of some White folks.

     

    Never forget…Willard got the same percentage of White people  in 2012 that Trump did in 2016…..

  86. 86.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Chris: I had a Facebook friend who went through this rapid mutation from anti-imperialist “progressive” to anti-Hillary burn-it-down type to full MAGA Trump fan in 2016, and one of the things he harped on was that liberals had been duped by their white guilt to vote for Obama just because he was black.

  87. 87.

    villiageidiocy

    @Eyeroller: I always thought it was cool to see how the distribution of marsupial species is a example of how the continents used to be connected – where Australia and South America were fused before continental drift pulled (pushed?) them apart.

  89. 89.

    Eyeroller

    @villiageidiocy: Australia was not connected directly to South America, though they were joined with the rest of the southern continents into Gondwana.  Marsupials almost certainly evolved in South America, then possibly as few as a single species trekked across what is now Antarctica to Australia.

    An example of a group that is spread pretty much throughout what was Gondwana (except Antarctica) is parrots.

  90. 90.

    Matt McIrvin

    @villiageidiocy: Yes, though they weren’t directly adjacent–what is now Antarctica and southern Africa were in between. It’s interesting that there aren’t any marsupials in Africa.

    I just looked it up–the evolutionary history is… complicated! Apparently metatherians, the group of which modern marsupials are a part, used to live all over the world and were actually more common in Laurasia, the more northerly of the continents resulting from the breakup of Pangaea.

    They came south from North America, then some got into Australia via Antarctica. And some did live in Africa, but not any more. There are fossil ones found in Antarctica. They were apparently out-competed by placental mammals in most parts of the world, but these lineages remain.

  91. 91.

    Matt McIrvin

    @O. Felix Culpa: Yeah, around the same time he started displaying a general bug up his ass about black people. Didn’t take long for me to stop being able to stand him any more.

    He’d been a weird drama king for a long time–I knew him from back in Usenet days, when there was this episode where he faked his own death so he could come back and call everyone who’d mourned him a phony.

  93. 93.

    Eyeroller

    @Matt McIrvin: Oh, another nifty opossum fact, they are immune to most viper venom.  Proteins in their blood neutralize it. They eat snakes and don’t hesitate to attack rattlesnakes, copperheads, etc.

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