Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

So many bastards, so little time.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

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

A fool as well as an oath-breaker.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

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

Everybody saw this coming.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

Fear and negativity are contagious, but so is courage!

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

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

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

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

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

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

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  4. 4.

    WaterGirl

    Could someone on twitter please tweet Cole about the website issues and then report back to us that you have done that? At least then we’ll know that Cole knows about the problem.

  7. 7.

    beth

    About 10,000 people showed up today in the South Carolina capitol to “Stand With God” at a pro-family rally. It’s very sad. I’ve seen people I know post what I guess was the highlight of the day – Rick Perry’s speech where he said it was time to go to Washington and turn over the tables of the moneychangers. I was going to point out the irony of these words coming from the mouth of someone who became a multi-millionaire while working in government jobs, but really what’s the use?

  8. 8.

    chopper

    made it to Bellevue WA. spent 30 min getting the damn Penske truck turned around in my brother’s driveway, but now I can break for a few days before I figure out how the hell to get the behemoth into my new nabe in Seattle.

  11. 11.

    Another Holocene Human

    @rickstersherpa: There was a movie, that brought some attention to it.

    Dozens of Rosewood survivors fled on the midnight train to Gainesville. Their descendants still live in Gainesville, FL today.

    On a somewhat (?) lighter note, there’s a marker dedicated to Josiah Walls in Gainesville, on W University Ave near the DA’s office.

  12. 12.

    donnah

    I had never heard of Rosewood. What a terrible tragedy! And it sounds like what could have happened in To Kill a Mockingbird. A frightened woman accusing a black man of raping her, when in fact it was her lover who did it while her husband was away at work.

    The results were horrible: the town of Rosewood was attacked by white men from surrounding areas, burned to the ground. The community fled, never to return.

    Wouldn’t it be great to say we’re glad this sort of thing could never happen now? That race relations had improved by leaps and bounds?

    Not so much.

  13. 13.

    Another Holocene Human

    @beth:

    Rick Perry’s speech where he said it was time to go to Washington and turn over the tables of the moneychangers.

    What the heck, no need to drive that far when there are some infamous moneychangers in the temple in Greenville, SC.

  14. 14.

    Another Holocene Human

    @donnah: Rosewood was a pogrom. Anyone who tells you that mob wasn’t motivated by economic interests is a liar.

  15. 15.

    SatanicPanic

    I comment over at the Atlantic a lot, but lately any article discussing Trump gets flooded with open racists. They really love that guy in a way that I never saw with other candidates. It’s kind of amusing how nuts these people are, but OTOH the fact that it encourages evil people like Dylan Roof makes it not so funny.

    It’s also a sad commentary that the Republican party is still getting worse and more racist.

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: ha!

    seriously, though, I think Cole would care if he knew. (I know, I am an optimist.)

    I just emailed mistermix because I sort of think he was the one that handled the tech side of getting the special live BJ posting thing for the big events of the last election. Am I right about that, or was it someone else?

  17. 17.

    Another Holocene Human

    If you drive out to Levy and Gilchrist counties, the whiteness is kind of spooky. Especially at parks like Rum Island (it’s a crik, I mean river) and so on.

    If you go to Poe Springs in ALACHUA county you will see the rainbow. But that’s where UF is based.

  19. 19.

    Myiq2xu

    @beth:

    About 10,000 people showed up today in the South Carolina capitol to “Stand With God” at a pro-family rally. It’s very sad.

    Was it the “Stand With God” or the “pro-family” part that bothered you?

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    @TaMara (BHF): You can completely blame it on me if you like. Thanks for going in.

    And if we don’t see you again :-) thanks for all the recipes!

    @TaMara (BHF): I had not noticed that until you pointed it out, but you are right!

  21. 21.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    I foresee a “Why don’t you all go fuck yourselves?” post in our near future.

  23. 23.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Myiq2xu: I see we’re still trying out different troll outfits for the 2016 season.

    This one makes you look like a big ass.

    You’re welcome.

  24. 24.

    Wormtown

    If any of you listen to the Professional Left podcast (which I discovered via this site), my kitteh is IKOTW !

  25. 25.

    Bostondreams

    I spent a decade teaching high school in Levy County, where Rosewood happened, as the resident Yankee. And oh my, trying to get kids to do a role play that required at least some to play the role of Union soldiers? Forget it.
    My pitching coach, when I coached JV baseball and I said they had MLK day off from practice: ‘we don’t recognize that day around here. It’s Robert E Lee day.’
    And so many kids loved to wear, and still wear, their shirts with that flag on it. And we opened faculty meetings with Christian prayer.
    A whole different world.
    And Rosewood? Most kids didn’t know about it :(

  26. 26.

    Another Holocene Human

    @Bostondreams: damn, what you just said explains some things

    one of my coworkers moved out of Gainesville into the backwoods. he had a white neighbor shooting rifles and stuff conspicuously, so one day, he came home and started shooting too.

    the neighbor knocked it off.

  28. 28.

    Another Holocene Human

    Levy County was named for a Jew (the guy who created the railroad that moved pencil wood from Cedar Key to the Atlantic coast). I find it ironic, as it’s an area as ignorant on religion as it is on race. Even in Alachua County, even though there is a vibrant Jewish community, you encounter so many natives who are soooooooo ignorant about Judaism.

  31. 31.

    RedDirtGirl

    Here’s a cat query from a long-time lurker, because I come here for the animal info as much as for the politics….
    My 13 year-old feline has started peeing in my bed! It has happened several times in the past few months – once when I was out of town, but a roommate was looking in on her, and since then on random days while I am out at work. Her litter box is clean, so it’s not that. Any ideas what’s going on from the collective cat-minded mind?

  32. 32.

    trollhattan

    @Another Holocene Human:
    Jesus. Sounds like the tale of living next to Brownback’s psychopath brother.

    Buddy’s BIL, a county sheriff, moved the family to the Sierra foothills (land, trees, land!) and one day while walking the property line he met his neighbor, who announced, “You step onto my property and I’ll shoot you.” Evidently the Placer County Welcome Wagon is now sponsored by NRA.

  34. 34.

    burnspbesq

    @Myiq2xu:

    Was it the “Stand With God” or the “pro-family” part that bothered you?

    For me, it was the fact that the vast majority of the attendees are (a) anything by “pro-family” and (b) barely (if at all) acquainted with the teachings of the God they profess to worship.

  36. 36.

    Mike in NC

    Maybe Rick Perry is upset because the moneychangers won’t float him another loan to keep his campaign alive.

  38. 38.

    Some guy

    Poe is pretty but too small. Blue and Ginnie are nicer, And plenty of people of color at both.

  41. 41.

    OGLiberal

    @RedDirtGirl: If you get rid of the smell and it still happens it could be a bladder infection. Easy enough to diagnose and clear up but need the vet to give you meds. It’s relatively inexpensive. Our dog had one recently and she was uncharacteristically peeing on the carpet. That stopped almost immediately after she started taking meds. (Usually take them for 10-14 days)

  42. 42.

    the Conster

    @RedDirtGirl:

    My old cat used to pee on my pillow when he was mad at me for being gone too long, or if he didn’t get enough attention when I was at home. I wouldn’t know it until I laid down at night, and boy, that’s not what you’re looking for. Had to keep all the bedroom doors closed.

  45. 45.

    WaterGirl

    @RedDirtGirl: Take your kitty to the vet and have them test for a bladder infection. That’s the most obvious culprit so there’s no point in pursuing anything else until that has either been ruled out or in.

  46. 46.

    Zinsky

    @donnah: Florida has long been known for its horrific violence and sadistic treatment of African-Americans.

    Check out the gory details of the lynching of Claude Neal in 1934:

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Neal

    Castrated, made to eat his own genitalia, burned, shot – the cruelty was unthinkable. Climate change may do us all a favor and put this foul peninsula at the bottom of the sea forever!

  47. 47.

    TaMara (BHF)

    @RedDirtGirl: I concur with the bladder infection, especially if you get rid of the smell and it still happens. It can also be a behavior thing. My brother’s cat peed in Bixby’s toy bag on our visit because he was annoyed with the dog.

    I gave me little Missy a towel on the floor to pee on if her reoccurring bladder infection came back or if she was mad at me. Don’t ask me how we came to that agreement, but we did and I was grateful, because much easier to clean a towel than a carpet.And much easier to get her meds if it was an infection – there is often blood spots with a UTI.

  48. 48.

    Gimlet

    Following in Reagan’s spiritual footsteps, Jeb should have announced his run for the Presidency from Rosewood. Not sure what the covering spin could have been.

  50. 50.

    Ajabu

    I make typos when I get livid. You know I meant MOTHERFUCKER!!
    (Wonkette doesn’t allow comments, we don’t allow cursing here at BJ)
    This not a curse of “a guy”, just descriptive…

  51. 51.

    adepsis

    @RedDirtGirl: Do you like your vet? Since she’s 13 it might be a good idea to take her in. If you don’t have a vet you trust, ask some friends with cats for recommendation. Might be nothing, but if she’s trying to tell you something’s wrong the earlier it’s caught the better. This is from personal experience.

  52. 52.

    Gimlet

    @RedDirtGirl:

    I had a cat once that behaviorally would do things like that when we left town or someone was visiting with kids (no uti)

    I used to cover the bed with an old shower curtain when we left town for the weekend.

  57. 57.

    WaterGirl

    @raven: Why are you sure Cole knows about the problems? With BJ technical problems in the past, I recall posts from Cole saying “we’re working on it”.

    Selective memory on my part?

  61. 61.

    NotMax

    @RedDirtGirl

    Neighborhood cat would sun itself on the car roof and pee down the windshield. Urine seeped into the air vents on the hood.

    Boy, that first time when I got in and turned on the fan, the sudden rush of acrid stench just about peeled my skin off.

  62. 62.

    Schlemazel

    @A-hole guy:
    you missed the opportunity. you should have said “Why don’t you liberals ever talk about all the white towns burnt to the ground and all the whites lynched & beaten to death by black mobs for no real reason?

    Then you could close with a Rhodesian flag

  68. 68.

    Schlemazel

    @A-hole guy:
    There ya go! I knew ya had it in ya. You lose several points for having to have it pointed out to you but we grade on a curve here at BJ so the developmentally delayed trolls such as yourself can can compete. You’re still in the middle of the pack at our special troll olympics so hang in there

  69. 69.

    Suzanne

    @NotMax: My Nico died of kidney failure, and she took to peeing on the couch because she wouldn’t use her box. Man, did that couch reek. Into the dumpster it went.

    I still miss Nico like none other.

  71. 71.

    Joy in FL

    @RedDirtGirl: you’ve already got good info. I have two things to add.
    1. My current cat (12 years old; adopted by me 2 years ago) seems prone to bladder infections. Vet put him on expensive Science Diet for recovery, but I’ve kept him on it & he has not had a recurrence for several months, so I think it’s worth it.
    2. A previous cat (14ish at the time) started peeing on the carpet at closed doors. Turns out she was diabetic & my then vet said that was sometimes a behavior symptom.
    Good luck with your kitty.

  74. 74.

    hitchhiker

    @chopper:

    Dude, you picked a weird day to arrive in Puget Sound. Usually we get these Big Wind storms in November.

    Welcome anyway!

  75. 75.

    Gimlet

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was in a Fort Worth courtroom on Thursday for the initial hearing in his financial fraud case, pleading not guilty to three felony charges related to claims that he misled investors in business dealings before he took office.

    After attorney Joe Kendall told state District Judge George Gallagher that he was stepping down from Paxton’s defense team, Paxton told Gallagher he didn’t currently have a lead defense lawyer.

    Kendall, a former federal and state district judge, gave no further explanation for his departure beyond saying there were “issues” that made his continued involvement in the case difficult.

  77. 77.

    gelfling545

    @RedDirtGirl: There is a recipe for removing urine from mattresses all over on line. (Pinterest, for one) Use that to get the smell (which the cat can smell, even if people can’t) out of the bedding. Also have her checked for a bladder infection. Older cats can be prone to them.

  85. 85.

    Gimlet

    “People in this country are smart,” he told listeners at the National Federation of Republican Assemblies’ 2015 conference in Nashville on Saturday.

    “We’re tired of being the patsies for everyone,” Trump said.

    “There is a big, big, growing-by-leaps-and-bounds silent majority out there. Trump argued he is surging in national polls because he represents the Tea Party supporters ignored by Democrats and betrayed by Republicans.

    “I love the Tea Party,” Trump said. “You people have not been treated fairly. These are people who work hard and love their country, and then get beat up by the media. It’s disgusting.”

    “You don’t know how big you are,” he told listeners. “The Tea Party has tremendous power. It’s Democrats, it is evangelicals, it is everybody.”

  86. 86.

    Another Holocene Human

    Anyone heard from SouthernBeale lately? Wonkette had some news of the derp from UT, thought she might weigh in.

  87. 87.

    Another Holocene Human

    @Gimlet: There’s a YOOOOOGE silent majority out there. The media won’t tell you this, but it’s klassy.

  88. 88.

    OGLiberal

    Check out these assholes:

    cnn.com/2015/08/29/us/texas-sheriffs-deputy-shot-gas-station/index.htm

    The top obvious asshole is the guy who shot the cop in cold blooded of. Evil. Second is he DA, talking about a silent majority…nice dog whistle. Third is the recently appointed Republican sheriff – “selected” to replace the elected Dem who resigned to run for mayor of Houston. With no evidence reported/in and the suspect just arrested, he’s already blaming this murder on BLM, basically telling critics of police violence to shut up because it will result in dead cops. I originally chalked it up to emotion until I read that he quickly replaced his predecessor’s diverse staff with white dudes and got rid off the office’s LGBT laision unit. Dick.

    nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-sheriff-reverses-predecessor-pro-lgbt-policies-article-1.2260483

  90. 90.

    Bobby Thomson

    @raven: I haven’t seen him respond to the bitching, though. Doesn’t mean anything. But it also doesn’t mean anything.

  96. 96.

    A guy

    Would it be appropriate to call the black guy who executed the cop in Houston a stupid fucking nigger? And would it be appropriate to call that guy who murdered innocent black church goers in charleston sc a racist fucking redneck? U make the call

  99. 99.

    Chris

    @Gimlet:

    “You don’t know how big you are,” he told listeners. “The Tea Party has tremendous power. It’s Democrats, it is evangelicals, it is everybody.”

    Everybody who’s not black, immigrant, Muslim, homosexual, poor, unionized, a woman who refuses to accept her proper role of “submitting to her husband” and being a baby incubator, or an Obama voter.

    With those few caveats, the Tea Party Movement is everybody.

  101. 101.

    Mike J

    @hitchhiker:

    Dude, you picked a weird day to arrive in Puget Sound. Usually we get these Big Wind storms in November.

    I had to go down to the lake earlier to secure the club’s boats. Whitecaps everywhere, spray drenching everything. Last October we had a boat turtle on us and it took six hours to get it righted. Today’s action was to prevent that.

    Then I got home and power was out. For three hours. Grrrr.

    Drinking whiskey now, preparing to watch the (pre-season) American football and throw a burger on the grill.

  102. 102.

    FlipYrWhig

    @Gimlet:

    The Tea Party has tremendous power. It’s Democrats, it is evangelicals, it is everybody.

    Didn’t Glenn Beck have a rally called “We Surround You”?

  103. 103.

    Redshift

    @Gimlet:

    There is a big, big, growing-by-leaps-and-bounds silent majority out there.

    That makes no sense. He really is Sarah Palin with the ability to form complete sentences. And an inheritance.

  105. 105.

    trollhattan

    @Chris:
    Yeah, about that teabagger diversity.

    Back when they were contaminating the Capitol lawn in Year I of Tyrant Obama’s Reign, I’d wander over for the laughs. They didn’t disappoint and I can also report a notable dearth of black lesbian hipsters. Nooner’s “friend” Cesar wasn’t there, either.

  106. 106.

    Kropadope

    @A guy: That’s odd, that places history makes it sound pretty emblematic of what A guy like you thinks makes America great.

  107. 107.

    Kropadope

    @A guy:

    Would it be appropriate to call the black guy who executed the cop in Houston a stupid fucking nigger? And would it be appropriate to call that guy who murdered innocent black church goers in charleston sc a racist fucking redneck?

    I forget who it was on Chapelle’s show, famous rapper in any case, who gave the best possible advice on the matter; “know your audience.” That may or may not be a paraphrase.

  108. 108.

    OGLiberal

    @Redshift: Complete sentences, perhaps, but logical? I just read where he somehow connected Anthony Weiner showing his package on social media with Huma working for Clinton and Clinton having access to confidential information and Clinton giving that to Huma and Huma giving it Weiner because ??? and Weiner giving the info to ??? because he’s “disturbed” and a “perv”. I guess Weiner’s social sexy selfie friends would be interested in confidential information about Israeli missile estimates because ????. And Weiner would give that info to them because ???? And Huma is giving Weiner this info based on ???. Not exactly a word salad but completely unconnected and irrelevant and unfounded…but his supporters will cheer about this shit because man-hating, lesbian, America-hating Hillary and commie, self-hating Jew perv and secret Muslim Brotherhood lady.

  109. 109.

    Kropadope

    @MyiqDirt/2:

    Was it the “Stand With God” or the “pro-family” part that bothered you?

    My guess would be that it was the facts described in the remainder of the post that you didn’t include in your quote-grab.

  110. 110.

    Ajabu

    @chopper:
    I don’t know.Still sounds like descriptives to me (perhaps the 2016 repug field?)
    My point was that Wonkette says they don’t allow comments right before the hundreds of comments in the (unallowed) comment section.

  113. 113.

    Steve from Antioch

    What’s the problem with the website?

    Everything loads fine for me – using Safari on a Macbook.

  116. 116.

    FoxinSocks

    Hey all, are we doing fantasy football this season? I had a blast doing it last year.

  117. 117.

    AxelFoley

    @donnah:

    A frightened lying white woman accusing a black man of raping her, when in fact it was her lover who did it while her husband was away at work.

    Fixed that for you.

  119. 119.

    Schlemazel

    @NotMax:
    You know there is a percentage of people who are going to go out of their way to make this as painful as possible. 10-20 years ago there was a movement to remove “Squaw” from every spot in Minnesota because it means ‘cunt’ in many native languages. My niece’s husband took great joy in using the word every chance he got, he went out of his way to use it because it was offensive. Having been to Grand Forks for hockey games last winter I can tell you there are a LOT of those types there.

  122. 122.

    Suzanne

    So here’s Part II of the Shit My Spawn Says for the day:
    (Remember, Spawn is 11.)

    Scene: in the car, flipping through radio stations, and Limp Bizkit’s song “Break Stuff” comes on the radio. I haven’t heard it in a few years, so I’m listening.

    Spawn: “This is a good song to listen to if you’re angry and want to blow off steam. Like that ‘I Hate My Life’ song you like.”
    Me: “Yeah, I like that silly song when I’m in a bad mood.”
    :::I turn on ‘I Hate My Life’. Lead singer sings, ‘I hate how my wife/Is always up my ass/She always wants to buy brand new things/ But I don’t have the cash.’
    Spawn sings back the line about the wife up the ass: “Yeah, that’s funny, usually it’s the other way around.”

    I laughed so hard that I couldn’t breathe. My eleven-year-old is making buttfucking jokes. Holy balls. I really don’t know why I am surprised.

  123. 123.

    Arm The Homeless

    Don’t believe the hype. This storm is going to be some rain and wind, its not even a hurricane. There will be localized flooding in low lying areas.

    Gov. Voldemort is looking for FEMA funds for the string of storms a few weeks back, but it wasn’t enough to justify federal funds, so he and the communities who were affected are trying to make a show so that the feds will acquiesce. They figure with the Katrina rememberences, they can cajole Craig Fugate, a former Florida Emergency Management head, to avoid a public shit flinging.

    These fuckers won’t take federal dollars to help 800,000 working poor, but they will take it to subsidize vacation homes and poorly mitigated mobile homes. They disgust me, and I work with them daily.

  124. 124.

    burnspbesq

    @Gimlet:

    Kendall, a former federal and state district judge, gave no further explanation for his departure beyond saying there were “issues” that made his continued involvement in the case difficult.

    My guess: he’s got an out-of-control client, and doesn’t want to expose himself to the risk of being seen as suborning perjury. That’s what’s known in the guild as a “loud withdrawal,” and sends a very clear signal to the court.

  125. 125.

    Another Holocene Human

    @Arm The Homeless:

    These fuckers won’t take federal dollars to help 800,000 working poor, but they will take it to subsidize vacation homes and poorly mitigated mobile homes. They disgust me, and I work with them daily.

    Sort of thing that makes you want to believe in the righteous wrath of a just God.

  126. 126.

    Kropadope

    @Iowa Old Lady: Sounds interesting. I added it to my list in case I ever have disposable income again, right alongside Frankensteinbeck’s. Also, quite the impressive bio.

  127. 127.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    @Iowa Old Lady:

    Erika has pretty much dissipated, from what I can tell. Now it’s just rain and localized flood watches. And TV weather still trying to hype it.

  129. 129.

    Another Holocene Human

    @Ajabu: Wonkette trapped some angry comments in the spam filter one day and the wingnut accused Wonkette of not allowing comments. (This was during the grimdark days of Livefyre ETA IntenseDebate.) It’s been an in-joke ever since.

  130. 130.

    Arm The Homeless

    @Another Holocene Human:

    It’s frustrating. The things I would love to say in a Reply All when they send out the daily reports outlining activation roles and storm path updates. But a guy’s gotta eat, right.

  132. 132.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @burnspbesq: His client is a willful criminal shitstain, who he knows for a certainty will perjure himself on the stand, and who he knows thinks that he (the client) is above the law.

    I don’t blame him for sending a signal like that.

  133. 133.

    Chris

    @Another Holocene Human:

    Sort of thing that makes you want to believe in the righteous wrath of a just God.

    “It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.”
    /Calvin and Hobbes

  136. 136.

    Arm The Homeless

    @efgoldman:

    “The first 72 are on you” is a well worn cliche around here.

    IMHO, much of the EM community wasn’t around for the 2004-2005 storm season, and they need something on their resume before they move on to bigger and better things. If I never hear another retired P.O.G talk about the “battle rhythm” of the storm response, it will be too soon. These dorks just can’t seem to get out of a military mindset.

  138. 138.

    Arm The Homeless

    Persons Other than Grunts.

    Mostly Florida Guard paper-pushers who live vicariously through the guys who were getting shot at in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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