Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it’s a trap.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

In after Baud. Damn.

He really is that stupid.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you don’t.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Shut up, hissy kitty!

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

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

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  1. 1.

    SiubhanDuinne

    He looks as though he’s concentrating. Hard. Probably trying to manifest treats out of thin air.

    (Badgerbadgerbadgerbadger…)

  4. 4.

    NotMax

    Grocery note.

    For those who don’t automatically eschew Amazon, me likey this condiment find. Dijon-style with an oh so subtle touch of heat. With any luck will be on reduced price sale during Prime Days on dates TBA in July.

  5. 5.

    Scout211

    Perfect likeness of Badger.  Well done!

    I’m sorry you are having a shit day, though.  Here’s some sunshine and rainbows.  ☀️🌈☀️🌈☀️🌈

    😊❤️

  11. 11.

    sab

    I remember your winefoil armadillo from years ago. Not necessarily any connection except a reminder to me that you are very talented in all sorts of media.

  14. 14.

    Elizabelle

    Color in that doggie.

    Any day that you are here, Betty, is a good day for Badger and for Pete and for us. I hope your day gets deshitified rapidly.

  16. 16.

    Old School

    Here’s hoping the day improves – and keeps going up from there.

    Nice picture!

  19. 19.

    CaseyL

    I like the vivacity of the drawing.

    Also, it looks like you did it on an Etch-a-Sketch: most of the lines seem to be connected

    (During my Etch-aSketch heyday, I did quite a few drawings – of dogs, cats, and horses – that looked like that.)

  30. 30.

    cain

    Sorry it’s been a shit day. Someone should take this pic of badger and see if there is some generative Ai stuff to turn it into a real badger !

  31. 31.

    geg6

    Love the Badger drawing! I sure hope your day gets better, Betty.

    If it makes you feel any better, we here in Western PA are suffering FL-type weather this week.  It is currently 93 F and humidity over 50%.  In other words, miserable.  And it’s supposed to stay that way all week.  Ugh.

    Even worse, the air conditioning went belly up in our new house.  The repairman said it’s an easy fix but he needs a part which will take 2-3 weeks.  Double ugh.

  34. 34.

    trollhattan

    Marketing postcard today for Lucid Motors, inviting me to test drive one (models start @ $70k ranging to a base price of $110k for the top dog).

    They must think I’m doing very well, so thanks for that.

    Then I look at the address and see it’s to my kid.

  36. 36.

    Lily

    I never “got” Boston terriers until the Badger clips and stills. Then I fell for him right off.  In my head I still watch “He’s got lambie!”  sometimes.

  40. 40.

    lowtechcyclist

    @SiubhanDuinne: ​
     

    He looks as though he’s concentrating. Hard. Probably trying to manifest treats out of thin air.

    (Badgerbadgerbadgerbadger…)

    Well, since nobody else has said it…mushroom, mushroom!

  42. 42.

    SomeRandomGuy

    That’s a great cover story, Betty! No one will know that it’s the best photograph taken of him on a B/W camera, *ever*, given his hyperspeed movement and camouflage coating.

    I mean, it’s not true, of course. We just call it a ‘cover story’ because it’s cute, and see, the black lines on the picture ‘cover’ Badger, like a sketch in the news paper.

    So don’t anyone start thinking about a secret identity that I’m trying to protect with a feeble cover story, because it’s not true. It’s not even a real “cover story”!

  43. 43.

    MomSense

    It’s cold and windy here today but tomorrow is supposed to be high 80s and Wednesday we may hit triple digits.  Yikes.  Breeze don’t fail me now.

    Betty I hope your day gets better and tomorrow is a good day.  That is a great drawing of Badger.

  45. 45.

    VeniceRiley

    Reggie rolled around in a cow pie yesterday. Fun times! He pulled me over in the garden while trying to get to an injured wood pidgeon. Yes, he’s on a lead even in the garden, because he does love to jump fence and through hedges to get to our other neighor’s often enough that they gave us their gate code so we can just fetch him. It’s costing us wines and chocolates. Hope he’s happy, because we’re having his berries off next week. It’s not revenge, I swear!

    Kilo absconded to the other neighbors. He loves attention from that elderly vegan lady, but she does not enjoy him peeing on her garden gnomes.

    I wish I could draw like that, Betty.

  46. 46.

    Ohio Mom

    @geg6: Ugh is right. My advice is to buy a cheap window unit (you might try FB Marketplace), install it in the bedroom, and stay in there except for bathroom breaks, meals, and absolute emergencies. Well, and going to work but work is climate-controlled.

    Betty Cracker, all I can say is bad days are bad but you manage to create something worthwhile in spite of it all. Which is something to be proud of.

  47. 47.

    Central Planning

    I just so happen to be in Cardiff, UK, with my wife and one of my kids. Taylor Swift (not why we are here) is playing here tomorrow, and people are already lined up to get in (standing room floor). Crazy!

    Were we here tomorrow night, I would probably splurge for 3 not-together tickets (cheapest ones now are 305 British pounds).

    She plays in London on Friday – GA seats are 866, which I’m sure is cheaper than anything back in the US.

  48. 48.

    TBone

    Dotard has more than 500 pass-through entities (*snickers gleefully)

    The proposed rule and guidance announced Monday includes plans to essentially stop “partnership basis shifting” — a process by which a business or person can move assets among a series of related parties to avoid paying taxes.

    https://digbysblog.net/2024/06/17/trumps-gonna-be-hopping-mad/

    Seems like Dotard’s gonna go through some things.

    (As Marie Y. was told)

  52. 52.

    sab

    @Ohio Mom: We have a window unit sitting around from before we had wholw house a/c. You just convinced me not to get rid of it when we decutter the house this summer.

    If any jackals in NE Ohio need a unit to borrow, please comment.

  53. 53.

    trollhattan

    @SomeRandomGuy: Hawk of Color, please!

    The wilder the story the more the faithful will believe it. Like those thousands of Trump voted tossed into the Hawaiian volcano crater. With magma!

  58. 58.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    @NotMax: My spouse was a mustard connoisseur.  His favorites were Pulaski and Kosciusko, one Polish and the other Czech, both named after US revolutionary war heroes.

  64. 64.

    MomSense

    @NotMax:

    You have to try Raye’s Mustard from Eastport Maine.  It’s the last mustard in North America made with ground mustard and it’s wicked good.  They have lots of flavors.  My go to is the Old World which is like a European style Dijon.

  68. 68.

    BretH

    Definitely Dog Days as we’re on our second full day with our new Golden puppy Rosie. She comes from the same local breeder as our 10 yr old Cody and she’s beyond cute.

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