Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

If you’re gonna whine, it’s time to resign!

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

We do not need to pander to people who do not like what we stand for.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

One way or another, he’s a liar.

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

Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.

Find someone who loves you the way trump and maga love traitors.

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

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

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

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

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Houston Area Cat Needs a Home

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Cowboy has been returned to his owners, so you all can cross him off your list of concerns. On to our next Balloon Juice celebrity du jour:

Houston Area Cat Needs a Home

This handsome boy needs a home:

Heya- not sure if you have time/room/inclination to post this on BJ, but I’ve been trying to find a home for a stray (dumped, I think?) young male cat that has taken up residence on my patio and is driving my (indoor) cats crazy.

He’s gorgeous- all white with gold eyes, a sweet temperament and VERY VOCAL. He wants to come inside so badly but my big male Satan cat would make short work of him. I’m guessing he’s around 8-9 months old, in decent health. I’m looking into a low cost neuter program, and will also get first round of shots if it helps.

I am in Houston and can drive a few hundred miles to meet if there any souls out there who need a smol white cat. I can get more photos if anyone is interested.

If you are interested, please say something in the comments and I or WG will sort you out and get you to the right person. As an aside, all of my cats have been vocal, and I would not have it any other way. I like that when I walk by Max or Steve (or Tunch, back in the day), nod and say “What’s up” and they meow back at me.

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In other news, I am in a world class foul mood today. I am in such a mood that I told Joelle I am locking myself in the backroom so as to not be around you because I’ll just be a dick. So I am sequestered in the “Den of Iniquity” as Joelle likes to call the spare bedroom/makeshift office. I hate when I get in these moods, especially because I am of the belief that the only person who can control how you feel about things is you, but here I am feeling pissy and unable to do anything about it.

Also, I will task Joelle with taking some glamour shots of the critters. I’m fucking off to a fantasy video game.

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War for Ukraine Day 687: Slow News Day Update

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Slow news day, huh?

I want to make a quick point about something that has nothing to do with Ukraine. I know by now everyone has seen the video of Bibi’s statement from last night in English regarding Israeli objectives in Gaza. The statement isn’t worth the breath he used to make it. Bibi has for decades said one thing in English when pressured by the US or attempting to get ahead of a US response. He does it very publicly and everyone in the US pats themselves on their backs. Then the next day or a few days later he gives a statement in Hebrew. It isn’t widely promoted by Bibi, his trusted aides, surrogates, supporters, and friendly to him Israeli media. It always contradicts the English statement and the reason for that is the statement in Hebrew is the real statement. The statement in English is bullshit. It can and should always be ignored. Bibi does this because he thinks American journalists, politicians, and Americans in general are stupid. And every time he does this his belief in American stupidity is almost always rewarded. Here’s the real statement in Hebrew:

The historic irony here is this was Yasser Arafat’s communications strategy for decades. He’d say whatever he though the US wanted to hear in English and then make the real statement in Arabic knowing that no one in the US news media would cover the latter, largely because they had no idea what he was saying in Arabic.

There is nothing new under the sun.

Now on to Ukraine.

Here is President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier today. It was to a special session of the Riigikogu, the unicameral legislative assembly of Estonia. Video below, English transcript after the jump.

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Howdy Partner

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Everyone say hello to Cowboy!

Howdy Partner

The last couple of days it has been so cold Joelle has not biked, so I have been driving her to work. On the ride home, we saw this chunker running down the street. Joelle saw him first and said “oh no” and I just said “Fuck. We have to go get him, don’t we?” And Joelle said “yes so I popped a u-turn and we chased him down. Corralled him, put him in the car, and he promptly peed all over my lap.

Drove around looking for frantic people for a bit then took him to the vet and got him scanned. His owner is in Scottsdale, so we have no idea how he got here, but the vet is contacting the owner and giving my information. Fortunately for Cowboy, he was rescued by two people with more dog crates than anyone not running a breeding operation needs, so he is safe and sound here until we can get him back to his people.

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Palate Cleanser Open Thread: Mychal Threets, Winning

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Here’s a nice update to my post about Mr. Threets last week. From the Washington Post, “Librarian faced spate of insults. Thousands of people came to his defense” [gift link]:

Mychal Threets is a self-proclaimed library super fan. He has a tattoo of Arthur Read’s library card on his arm…

Threets, 33, is the supervising librarian at Fairfield Civic Center Library in Solano County, Calif. It’s the library he grew up frequenting as a young boy. Over the past few years, Threets has been sharing snippets of his life as a librarian on social media, in the hope of spreading what he calls “library joy.”…

Recently, though, Threets became the subject of insults on social media.

On Dec. 29, someone shared one of Threets’s library-related videos on X, formerly Twitter, and wrote that “people are getting weirder.” The post continued with additional tweets, including one that used a slur implying people at libraries have developmental delays.

Then came dozens of comments from other people, criticizing Threets’s appearance, voice and mannerisms. Some people called him autistic, which Threets said is incorrect….

The tide turned for Threets when people came to his defense. There were friends and fans — as well as complete strangers.

“Incredible, you took a guy who is passionate about his job of being a librarian and trying to encourage adults and kids to read more/get a library card….and somehow made it negative,” one person commented.

“Have we decayed so much as a society where general wholesome enthusiasm is seen as an undesirable trait?” another person wrote…

Before long, the critical comments were far outnumbered by those that were supportive of Threets.

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Trump Gets His Temper Tantrum After All

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You may have read that Trump lost his chance to speak after missing deadlines 3 times.  Finally Judge Engoron said that Trump could not speak.


I hope all judges everywhere – especially the US Supreme Court – are seeing Trump’s total disregard for the law, the courts, the judges, the rulings.  Trump is a very dangerous man, and dangerous most of all to democracy.

Pay attention judges.  If Trump were to be elected, courts, judges, rulings – they will mean nothing.  And Trump’s attorney already told us earlier this week that if he sent Seal Team Six after a political opponent, and had them killed, well, that’s just a-ok in Trump’s world.

The question is this: are they smart enough to know that Trump has no loyalty to anyone and no respect for any court or institution?  Are they aware that if judges disagree with Trump, they are most likely to be taken out and shot.

WHEN PEOLE SHOW – AND TELL – YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM.

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Thursday Morning Open Thread: ‘Sharing Is Caring’ Edition

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