Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

So many bastards, so little time.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

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

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

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

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

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

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

He really is that stupid.

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

So very ready.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

White supremacy is terrorism.

Bark louder, little dog.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

We are learning that “working class” means “white” for way too many people.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

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  1. 1.

    cain

    Spent some time talking to my brother about the challenges of raising kids..I don’t have children so it’s informative.

  4. 4.

    Stuart in Austin

    @cain: My mother never comprehended that you can’t make children be what you want them to be. My approach with my daughter was to provide opportunities to try different experiences in relatively safe circumstances. Now, as she struggles with my adopted granddaughter and my grandson she says she is beginning to understand what a weird kid she was. I’m the middle generation of at least five generations people on the autism spectrum.

  5. 5.

    Jay

    Srry, shakey as FA.

    Targeted gang shooting in the Safeway parking lot below our apartment,

    I was headed down to the Liquor Store, get T a bottle of wine, me, 2 cans of beer.

    I had my pack on, because I did not want to dig out a bag.

    Apparently, according to the cops, they missed their target.

    Hit a female bystander 3 times, instead.

    Femoral, chest, gut.

    I have IDF tourniquets, so got the femoral shut down, got chest patches, so she could breathe, gauze and my tshirt and pressure for the gut shot.

    Cops showed up, there’s cameras. Ambulance showed up, knowing what they were dealing with.

    Too many guns in Canada, in gangs, all from the US.

    I used to only have basic first aid in my backpack, now because of the US, I have a f’n carry a trauma ward.

    I am going to get piss drunk tonight.

  6. 6.

    Chetan Murthy

    @Jay: Oh jesus, I’m so sorry that happened, and that you were in danger, but OTOH you were there and saved her life.

  7. 7.

    J. Arthur Crank

    I love flowering plum trees and flowering apricot trees.  The blooms come in before the new branches really get going.

    It is much too warm on San Diego to get tulips.  I miss the hell out of them (but not enough to move somewhere cold enough for them to bloom).

  9. 9.

    TaMara

    @Jay: Thank goodness you were there. So awful. Today (here still) is the anniversary of Columbine and it never seems to end.

    I had a similar incident that I was involved in a few weeks ago – no weapons drawn, but a gang incident with a young teen being horribly beaten.

    I shook for HOURS afterward. Then I had several sleepless nights wondering what would have happened if I hadn’t been there to intervene. Then a few more sleepless nights wondering what would have happened if there had been weapons.

    Again, I’m so glad you were there with what you needed to help and I’m sorry you had to. I hope you can get some rest.

  10. 10.

    frosty

    @Stuart in Austin: One thing I discovered as an adoptive parent is that (if you’re smart) you won’t have any expectation that your children will have your skills or that they will want to go into the family business. They are a completely blank slate and your job is to roll with it and find out who they are and what interests them.

    The funny thing, is this is the same situation for any parent. They think the kids will be like them but genetics are a wild card and there’s no more guarantee of that than there are of my adopted sons.

    I mean, based on my history, who knew I would raise a fraternity brother who loves golf?

  11. 11.

    frosty

    @Jay: I’m sorry that happened. In the US, sure, we’re gun-crazy, but BC? I’m glad you have that kit and know how to use it. I’ve had a lot of basic first aid but this situation is a bit out of my training.

    I don’t think two cans of beer will do it for piss drunk. If there’s nothing else in the place, commandeer T’s wine. Apologize later. She’ll understand.

  14. 14.

    ColoradoGuy

    @Jay: It was a horrible experience for you, but you saved a life. That action will create ripples throughout the world as the result of that life you saved. You did a great thing.

  16. 16.

    Ruckus

    @cain:

    Sure it’s work raising kids.

    But.

    It’s interesting to see them grow up, learn and become individuals and that life goes on. Haven’t had any of my own but have had a couple of partners that had them, and got to help raise them. Right now have a neighbor who has a great grandson who is a pretty cool, I’ve picked him up at his elementary school not far down the street a few times – his great grandmother and I live in the same complex and he often stays with her till his mom gets off work.

  20. 20.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Bart: Rest in peace, Pope Francis.

    Even as a lapsed Catholic, I liked his ability to critically look at the Church’s practices.

  23. 23.

    West of the Rockies

    @Bart:

    I sooo agree about Vance.

    Man, maybe it was J.D.’s dreariness that did in the old fellow.

  24. 24.

    Splitting Image

    @Bart:

    RIP Pope Francis.

    lemonde.fr/en/obituaries/article/2025/04/21/pope-francis-has-died_6740454_15.html

    Love that one of his last acts was shitting all over JD Vance.

    I just saw that. If Francis achieved nothing else with his administration, he proved that there is a big difference between a conservative and a reactionary.

    Francis may have been old and set in his ways, and therefore not moving his institution forward as quickly as we would like, but he wasn’t actively working to turn the clock back to some imagined utopia from decades past or to burn the world to the ground if he couldn’t get his way.

    Rest in Peace. I hope he appointed enough cardinals of his own stamp to ensure that his successor is cut from similar cloth.

  25. 25.

    Tony Jay

    @Jay:

    I’ll raise one tonight in your honour, Jay. Sterling work saving a life, but yeah, you’ll definitely need a while and some room before the bitter juices of that memory drain out.

  26. 26.

    JoyceH

    I just have the awfulest feeling that the next pope is going to be one of those horrible haters that Francis was always having to rein in. Because that’s the timeline we’re in now apparently.

  27. 27.

    Tony Jay

    @Splitting Image:

    I hope he appointed enough cardinals of his own stamp to ensure that his successor is cut from similar cloth.

    That would be better for everyone, but given that this is the Catholic Church, and how ravenous the Fraternal Alliance of Sex Cases, Idolators, Supremacists and Traditionalists must be to get one of their false priests back in the white and gold…

    …gonna be a hell of a Conclave.

  28. 28.

    Geminid

    @mrmoshpotato: Turkish journalist Ragip Soylu’s appraisal:

       Pope Francis was an honorable man who stood on the right side of history, earning respect snd admiration around the world.

    I don’t think Soylu much likes J.D. Vance though. He took three pokes at Vance and his visit with Pope Francis. One was some video of Vance shaking Frances hand and being pleasant, with the caption:

      “It’s good to see you in better health.”

    Famous last words.

    Ragip Soylu is Turkiye bureau chief for Middle East Eye now, but he spent a couple years reporting from Washington for the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah and he pays attention to US politics. Soylu is also a contemporary of Vance, which might add some edge to his disrespect.

  31. 31.

    kalakal

    @Jay: You saved a life. That’s a great thing. i’m sorry you had to go through that horrible experience.

    Take good care of yourself, you deserve and need it

  33. 33.

    Wanderer

    @Jay: Well done Jay. I’m so glad you were not injured and had the selfless courage to give the victim such intensive lifesaving aid.  Well done indeed.

  34. 34.

    UncleEbeneezer

    Very late to this thread, but yes, everyone take some time to yourselves to live.  We’ve sort of been forced to dial back on political stuff since we are both still grieving from the fire but it really has helped to do so and I hope a lot of people here will do so preemptively for the sake of your own joy and mental health.  Being Very Online is not good for your brain/soul and I can tell you firsthand that reducing the amount of bandwidth you give to Trump, Musk etc., is good for you.  Do it, when you can.

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