Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Their shamelessness is their super power.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

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

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

When I was faster i was always behind.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

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

Optimism opens the door to great things.

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

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

75% of people clapping liked the show!

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

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It’s too late to stop now

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I’m having a hard time mustering up my usual enthusiasm for ranting about all the stupidity out there on the internets today. The possibility of a decent health care reform bill just seems so much more important.

Now that it’s through the House, I can’t imagine that the Senate will drop the ball. We’re going to have a bill. No doubt it will fail to “bend the health care price curve” to Fred Hiatt’s and Ruth Marcus’s satisfaction. And no doubt it will be widely heralded as good news for conservatives. But getting access to health care for 30 million Americans matters a hell of a lot more than any of that.

Consider this an open thread.

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Open Thread

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Simp, Aramona Beach, New Zealand. [Aoteroa Aotearoa indeed – ed.]

dunedin-dunes

Cay, Annecy, France.

annecy-france

Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites in open threads. Send a short caption if you want one.

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Tell me something good

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Word on the street is that Dems have the votes to get this whole health care huckleberry through the House tonight.

I know some of the amendments suck. But still, we’re one step closer to getting health insurance for tens of millions of Americans.

I have a hard time writing about health care reform without sounding sappy, so I’ll shut up and throw up a YouTube.

DougJ +5

Update. We are at 212.

Update 218!!!!

As recommended by a commenter, time 4:30 of this.

Update update. Maybe this is a link too far. But I don’t think so.

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Saturday Night Open Thread

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I think I am going to be eating beef vegetable soup for about two more days. I suppose there are worse things to eat. I froze two big containers, but I still have a bunch left.

Lots of pictures came in today, but this was my favorite:

sany1947

Another exciting night playing games and walking the dog. Really loving the storyline of Dragon Age. First game in a long time I remember actually caring about the story.

Also, since it is rapidly becoming Christmas time, the best and easiest way to support this website is if you are going to order through Amazon, click the Amazon link up above and to the right before you go there and shop. Some months we earn up to 50-60 bucks through referral fees, which is cool.

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