Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

Fight them, without becoming them!

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

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

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

People are weird.

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Early Morning Open Thread: Less Ugly Americans?

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DougJ already linked to one of James Fallows’ excellent Atlantic posts on the Media Village Idiots’ deliberate misunderstanding of President Obama’s goals during his Asian trip. But I thought this quote from an unnamed government official in Manufactured Failure #6 : The Wrapup deserved to be highlighted:

“From inside our bubble, we thought we were doing what we should be doing. From inside the press’s bubble, I think it came across fine except for China. I think some of them wanted us to be rude to the Chinese leadership. That seems to be the standard for effectiveness. Not only is it bad form in general to be rude, and ineffective in Asia, but the last person on the planet who would be rude is Barack Obama. That is part of the reason he got elected.”

Is this fellow suggesting that Americans are willing to give up rudeness as “our” default foreign policy tactic?

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Monday Night Pet Rescue Story

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The story:

This is Jean Luc (the gray and white on the couch) and Duncan (the tabby with his back to the camera on the red blanket). They are about 12 years old, adopted from Angell Memorial in Jamaica Plain, Mass. The shelter is next door to the hospital, the largest animal hospital in the country, but I was told they are not officially affliated with one another.

Anyway, four cats were found in an abandoned house in Roxbury. I went to the shelter with plans to adopt one female tabby, and saw Duncan first and loved him. He’s a very affectionate cat. I saw Jean Luc and I thought he was so handsome and I couldn’t decide between them. Then I found out they were the last two of the group of four so I adopted them both. They were about one year old at the time. Duncan was named Spock and, not being a Star Trek fan, I changed it. Jean Luc is named after Jean Luc Picard apparently, but I liked the name so I kept it.

I got cats because at the time I travelled a lot for business, short trips but a lot of them, so I wanted a pet I could leave alone for a day or two at a time. Well, about six months after I got them Jean Luc was diagnosed with both an enlarged heart and asthma and needed meds twice a day. So he’s cost me a fortune, between many, many vet visits, tests, procedure, medicine and cat sitters. But I adore him. I sobbed like a baby when he was first diagnosed and I thought he might die, even though I’d only had him for about six months. I wouldn’t trade him for anything. Or Duncan. I love them dearly. They’ve been the most consistent and constant thing in my life for 11 years. I cant even think about my life without either of them.

Keep the stories and pics coming in (although I have about 20 lined up right now).

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Open Thread

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Sorry, was out of the loop all day. I had to go to the Burgh to hit the Apple store for the macbook problem (diagnosis- optical drive is broken and we ordered one), then spent some time looking for a new couch. While up there, the doom and gloom for the Steelers on talk radio was heavy.

And let’s face it, our offensive line has one good leg among the group of them, our defense is not the same without Polamalu and our secondary suspect, we are now on our third string quarterback who the team is suggesting they have no faith in (why have we paid Dixon the last three years) and Jeff Garcia might be on our roster by the end of the week, and our special teams play is as bad as I have ever seen.

I suppose there is always the Pirates.

Just kidding.

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getsmartin, GG Bridge.

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G.M., Toronto Skyline.

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Mike Dresslar, Lost Game Face.

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