Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

White supremacy is terrorism.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

“woke” is the new caravan.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

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

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

Giving up is unforgivable.

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

So many bastards, so little time.

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

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Friday Night Early Bird Open Thread

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So what is on the agenda for everyone this weekend? It is snowing here, so I think I am going to give ME2 another shot.

BTW- I had the weirdest craving today. For some reason, I was just dying for pineapple, so when we went to the store, I picked up a fresh pineapple and some frozen pineapple juice. I have a friend who is pretty convinced that when she craves something, it means she must need the nutrients in that item, so maybe I needed some vitamin C. Do any of you have any first hand experience with research that attempts to explain cravings?

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I hope this “Coffee Party Movement” catches on…

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The Washington Post had a story up today about a sane response to the TeaBagger movement: The Coffee Party Movement.

As I pour yet another cup this morning I found myself nodding in agreement to this post on the Coffee Party blog:

Our focus is on the democratic process. We want to encourage everyone–no matter their positions on issues–to participate in the process in a civil and responsible way.

We want the political process broken down into three steps:
1) open and respectful dialogue
2) thoughtful and informed deliberation
3) competent and decisive execution.

A grassroots populist movement that seeks to channel frustration, anger and the energy of engaged Citizens in a useful direction–now that’s unusual in our politics and worth supporting. I’m going to an eye on this because statements like this make sense. It is an invitation to the sane among us (so I guess that means it will be a small movement).

Even if a group of Citizens having reasonable conversations to try and solve problems and improve our Government can’t compete with the teevee ready craziness of the astro-turf corporate funded TeaBaggers of Wingnutopia, it is still an effort at real Citizenship that is worthy of support (IMHO).

Cheers

dengre

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Amazingly bad coverage…

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For all the talk that these HCR negotiations needed to be on C-Span it was odd that when it happened the event was only on C-Span 3, which is not even offered as an option by many teevee delivery systems. The cable news shows were basically hacktacular in their coverage. CNN decided to only show Republicans and MSNBC was just as bad. The “liberal” network broke into the summit every few minutes for commercials or to let folks hear spin from proven corruptionists like Armstrong Williams.

Thank the FSM that I have broadband.

There was decent coverage online, but the teevee coverage was amazingly bad. The only aspect they seem to be able to cover is that John McCain still thinks that he is President.

OTOH, is you do get a chance to watch the full event online (or whenever C-Span decides to actually broadcast it on their real network) I thought it was an amazing event (this highlight reel from the GOS is a good sample of why). It is just too bad that most folks will never sit through it.

So it goes.

Cheers

dengre

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Open Thread: Thursday Night Menu

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Take it away, Bad Horse’s Filly:

I’d bet everyone’s mom has some version of this that she served – especially if you grew up in the 60’s and 70’s. This was a weekly staple of my childhood. Of course we had to eat it off the bone, we were so deprived back then.
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So I offer a menu that tastes great, is easy to put together and for me, has a lot of nostalgia.
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On the board tonight:
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Oven Fried Chicken
Broccoli
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Sliced Pears

Recipes and shopping list at the link.
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And from BHF’s co-blogger Jeffrey W, a photo of a guy bird who’d have settled for KFC…

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