Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

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

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

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

When we show up, we win.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

Sometimes the world just tells you your cat is here.

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

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

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

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

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

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

I really should read my own blog.

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

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

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

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Open Thread: Thursday Night Menu Edition

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Take it away, Bad Horse’s Filly:

Couldn’t sleep the other night and was channel surfing when I stumbled upon my current celebrity chef crush, Ming Tsai. He had me at sesame seeds. I love sesame seeds and since that was the theme of the entire episode, I was hooked. I tried two of the recipes and decided they’d be good for tonight’s menu. One thing I really like about this dinner it is a one-pan meal. Quick and easy to cook and quick and easy to clean up. And dessert is a breeze to make and addictive. These are my versions of his, I didn’t change much because they were already simple and tasty.
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On the board tonight:
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Sesame Chive Fish
Buttered Edamames & Spinach
Sesame Brittle

Recipes and shopping list at the link.

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Another Open Thread

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Brace comes off on Tuesday and I start strength conditioning next week.

On topic. One of the most frustrating things about this has been the number of things I never thought about being unable to do before this accident, all made much more difficult by the fact that I live alone. For example, for a week or so, I had to go to my neighbor to tie my shoes in the morning. There are so many things you just do not think about until WHAM- you have no choice but to think about it.

Over the next couple of months, I think I am going to write a manual on how to recover from a shoulder injury and post it online, with tips and suggestions for people. I’ll post the preliminary results and you all can add in.

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Doing What They Do Best

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Republicans have a huge robocall effort today to sic their teabaggers on key Dem Congressmen. That sucks, but it illustrates a point that I cannot stress enough: these calls make a difference.

Do you know your Representative’s staffers on a first-name basis? Maybe you should. They appreciate hearing a friendly voice once in a while.

Switchboard: (202) 224-3121.

Guide for first-timers here.

***Update***

It will help to point out to your Rep that 95% of these angry callers wouldn’t vote for a Democrat if Jesus Christ showed up at their door and told them to.

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Open Thread: Penis Substitutes At the Ready!

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There is something seriously wrong with a society where the headline “Starbucks Asks Not to Be Center of Gun Debate” appears in the New York Times:

Coffee chain Starbucks Corp. is sticking to its policy of letting customers carry guns where it’s legal and said it does not want to be put in the middle of a larger gun-control debate.
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The company’s statement, issued Wednesday, stems from recent campaign by some gun owners, who have walked into Starbucks and other businesses to test state laws that allow gun owners to carry weapons openly in public places. Gun control advocates have protested.
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The fight began heating up in January in Northern California and has since spread to other states and other companies, bolstered by the pro-gun group OpenCarry.org.

Starbucks? This is your bold, patriotic idea of a dangerous venue in which to flaunt your precious Second Amendment pacifiers? Because laptop-wielding hipsters are soooo freaking terrifying? Because the baristers are armed with… scalding hot milk foam?
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If your gun is a tool, it is something to be treated with the respect you’d show any potentially dangerous tool. Somehow I don’t see a spontaneous uprising of lumberjacks carrying chainsaws and construction workers flourishing jackhammers at the local Starbucks, because this is the real world, not a badly scripted porno movie. Semi-retired CPAs who listen to a lot of Rush Limbaugh, please copy.
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Anyone who has to demonstrate his political allegiances by flashing a gun at a Starbucks has presumably decided that it’s too risky to “support the Second Amendment” at a Dunkin Donuts… where the professional security forces hang out. Or even at the local McDonald’s, where some safety-conscious mommy at the ball pit would be liable to give you a very hurtful talking-to.
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Is it possible that that this organization is actually a Borat-style performance? Because, seriously… Manliness FAIL.

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My heart is inditing a good matter

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It may take us a while to get this set up, and I have no idea how to get it set up! But I want to try to endow an Al Weisel Award For Internet Humor.

The Jon Swift blog was a ray of funny sunshine in a humorless cloudy world. And it’s the least we can do.

We’ll try to get something like an endowment set up soon. But in a world of short attention spans I wanted to get this up now.

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