Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

The world has changed, and neither one recognizes it.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

We still have time to mess this up!

We are aware of all internet traditions.

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

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

“woke” is the new caravan.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

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

No Kings: Americans standing in the way of bad history saying “Oh, Fuck No!”

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

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

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

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

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

“They all knew.”

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

The republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

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

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  1. 1.

    SFAW

    am I crazy or is this one of the most poetic songs every written?

    Why do you believe the two are mutually exclusive?

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    Big Baby DougJ

    @Jewish Steel:

    I don’t know their other stuff. White people singing tunelessly over a static beat isn’t usually my thing and I’m afraid I’ll be disappointed. But this is, to me, one of the great songs ever.

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    dr. luba

    Love, love, love this song. Heard it once several years ago and had to track it down. Found it on a roots collection, and played it so much I know every note by heart. Not sure why, but this song is hypnotically attractive.

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    RossInDetroit

    Brett and Rennie Sparks must be seen live to be appreciated. American Gothic at its weirdest and most compelling.

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    Winston Smith

    This is a great song, but I think Metric’s “Grow Up and Blow Away” is more poetic. It’s something about the combination of a sweet-sounding song and really depressing lyrics.

    On YouTube.

    If she weren’t writing in blood
    She’d bring him her jokes
    A new liver
    And a shovel for the mud
    If he were not knee-deep in mud
    He’d bring her his drugs
    He’d get her a typewriter

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    Tom Hilton

    My first thought was that the redwood forest wouldn’t have “giant dripping leaves”–dripping, sure, but Sequoia sempervirens is a conifer, and not so much with the leaves, much less giant ones. Then I thought yeah, but there could be understory stuff like laurel that has good-sized leaves (and we can chalk up “giant” to poetic license). So I guess it’s okay.

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