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

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

People are weird.

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

Their shamelessness is their super power.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

We still have time to mess this up!

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

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

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

Text STOP to opt out of updates on war plans.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

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Another Open Thread

by John Cole|  May 5, 20109:44 pm| 28 Comments

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Here is something positive- I had the pictures I showed you a couple weeks ago professionally framed, and they came back and look absolutely beautiful:

You’ll have to click on the pictures- the colors are just so vivid and wonderful.

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Open Thread

by John Cole|  May 5, 20108:01 pm| 67 Comments

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I’m obviously in a pretty angry and volatile mood, so I’ll just stop here.

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Early Morning Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  May 4, 20106:40 am| 26 Comments

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Here’s the spin: Maybe it’s everybody’s fault! Because if it’s everybody’s fault, then it’s nobody’s fault!

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Beyond Awful
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

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Chuck Open Thread

by John Cole|  May 3, 20107:52 pm| 114 Comments

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New Chuck tonight.

Also, BombIranforChrist passes along this pic of his dearly departed Lola, who had to be put down today:

That’s just something I am completely unprepared to deal with. I bet I spend several hours a day petting Tunch and Lily. I can’t imagine having one of them gone.

*** Update ***

Is it just me, or does Fred Willard make everything he is in better? He’s like the bacon of comedy shows/movies.

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Monday Open Thread

by John Cole|  May 3, 20106:13 pm| 134 Comments

This post is in: Garden Chats, Open Threads

Sorry for the lack of posts, but the others have you all covered nicely. Had some work work to do today, then I had some stuff to do in the yard that was irritating me.

Off my back porch, where I have hung the feeders, is a large white pine that had the bottom six feet of the side facing my house with nothing but dead branches and bramble. The only living thing that might have found that attractive would be turkeys, and the only turkey around these here parts got himself stuck on the roof the other day. So I hacked that all down and hauled it away, cleaned up about ten years of pine needles, repositioned the feeders, and then went and bought a couple trays of pachysandra, which is a nice ground cover, works really well in acidic soil, and is native to the SE United States (although not the kind I bought). I figure I will plant that there and it will serve as attractive cover, and I won’t have to spend the rest of my adult live trying to grow grass under a pine tree. I also transplanted a bunch of wild spearmint to some flower boxes to contain it until I can figure out where I want to put it.

How was your day?

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Monday Morning Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  May 3, 20105:04 am| 19 Comments

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From the CSMonitor, because it just seemed appropriate for this particular Monday.

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Open Thread: The Face in the Misty Light

by @heymistermix.com|  May 2, 201011:03 am| 48 Comments

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Since it appears that the order of the weekend is lengthy, open-mouthed kisses for Laura, here’s my contribution to the genre.

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