Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

You cannot shame the shameless.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

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

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

This blog will pay for itself.

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

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

When we show up, we win.

There are times when telling just part of the truth is effectively a lie.

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

Consistently wrong since 2002

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

Fucking consultants! (of the political variety)

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

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The Fetterman – Oz Debate – STOCKPILE

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Happy New Year

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I don’t think I even made it to eleven pm EST. Just was nothing to gain from being awake.

One of the weird things about being sober for over a decade (I think I had my ten year anniversary but am too lazy to look it up) is that even thought I have not been hungover for that time, I read Betty say this morning she was hungover and the memory of a hangover washed over me like I had been on a solid old school bender last night. I FELT the dry mouth, the headache, the greasy queasy feeling, the shakiness from the alcohol withdrawal and all the sugars in your system, all the blood vessels in the body contracting after all the booze. It washed over me like a horrible dream.

I do not miss that at all.

What is on the agenda today? Don’t forget the zoom at 1 pm. I missed the one last- been here 24 hours and already the time zone difference got me. Showed up after everyone was gone and it was just me and max and subu and WG and riky. Hopefully I will manage to keep it together long enough to remember to attend in an hour.

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Defiant Fort Lauderdale: ‘We Are Not That’

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Fort Lauderdale has a New Year’s message for Ron DeSantis – we are not bigots, we don’t hate everyone like you do, so screw you, and stop destroying our livelihoods. (paraphrased)

Everyone Under the Sun, Rose Parade Style

'We Are Not That' in Fort Lauderdale: Everyone Under the Sun, Rose Parade Style

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The Florida governor had spent more than a year attacking LGBTQ+ rights, and the Broward County seat was suffering. In 2023 alone, 18 conferences pulled bookings from the county, repelled by the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill and DeSantis’ forays against queer and trans people and reproductive rights, among other targets.

So Ritter came to California and enlisted 45,000 flowers; a raft of Brussels sprouts; the nephew of the late Harvey Milk, one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials; and what amounts to a two-hour televised ad — also known as the 135th annual Rose Parade — that is viewed by millions.

Thanks to Ritter, president and chief executive of Visit Lauderdale, her county now has its first Rose Parade float, complete with rainbow umbrellas and a slogan she hopes will counteract DeSantis’ march to the right: “Everyone under the sun.”

“We’re hoping that the way we have designed the float will show how diverse and inclusive this destination is,” Ritter said of Fort Lauderale. “It’s a place that might be different from your perception of Florida and what the headlines say Florida is. We are not that.”

Featuring a yacht, a lifeguard tower topped with a pride flag and depictions of wildlife, the float incorporates nods to the county’s beachy tourist attractions. It’s topped by a replica of the Guitar Hotel at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.

Moreover, Ritter said, the float will feature community leaders such as Miss Florida Seminole Thomlynn Billie, who described Visit Lauderdale’s message as “powerful.”

Given the Rose Parade’s national reach, the Visit Lauderdale float will send a message across the country that it’s “OK to be who you are and celebrate who you are,” said Anthony Ocampo, a professor of sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. But it’s also one step in the right direction. “It’s a symbol of support, and as much as symbols of support are important, it’s also necessary to have policies of support, because policies are what affect people en masse,” he added.

I especially love this:

“I’m a big believer in trying,” she said. “Not everything that we do will be a huge, resounding success, but if you don’t try, you’ll never know. I think this is one of those things that’s going to be a huge resounding success and that the people who live [in Broward County] are going to be proud of for a really long time.”

Open thread.

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Monday Morning Open Thread: Happy {*Crosses Fingers*} New Year

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Monday Morning Open Thread: New Year 1

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Squishable Morning Thread

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Happy First Day or whatever. I’m a bit hungover from partying with the neighbors. We were making merry at the new and improved side-yard bar, and some sumbitch wandered over with schnapps. (Oh right, that was my husband. We’re too old for this nonsense!)

I was reviewing the college bowl game action on tap for today and became aware that Jerry Falwell’s diploma mill has a D1 football team that is playing on New Year’s Day. What the hell? Anyhoo, Go Ducks!

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On The Road – Albatrossity – Birds Who Should Be Christmas Ornaments – 2

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Today in honor of New Year’s Day, we have our last holiday OTR post birds who should be Christmas ornaments!

Tomorrow we return to our regular programming. :-)

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Week 2 of Birds Who Should be Christmas Ornaments features some birds for which I have actually see ornaments based on them. If any of you have some of those, I’d love to hear about it in the comments!

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Near Manhattan KSJanuary 29, 2017

Here’s one that for sure graces Christmas trees in the USA, the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis). Indeed, it has a whole organization dedicated to it! Click here for more information about this bird, and here to embiggen the image.