Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

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

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

If you’re gonna whine, it’s time to resign!

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

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

No Kings: Americans standing in the way of bad history saying “Oh, Fuck No!”

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

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

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

We still have time to mess this up!

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

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Giving up is unforgivable.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

We do not need to pander to people who do not like what we stand for.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

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

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I’m not even going to comment on what I want to comment on because I don’t want the flame war that will follow.

Oh, what the hell… I don’t know if I would use the term fringe, but I will say that people who freak out because the HRC speech was not up on the WH website fast enough are the photo negative of wingnuts screaming for Obama’s birth certificate. At any rate, here comes a couple more days of the circular firing squad as the internet gay activists and the HRC have their little proxy war at the expense of you, me, and the administration.

I’m going back to bed. Felt better yesterday, feel worse today. Heading to the doctor tomorrow morning.

Also, vote Bitsy.

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Have a little respect

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What really bothers me about the Hiatt/Sully Nobel for Neda campaign, beyond the fact that Nobel prizes cannot be awarded posthumously, is that it seems disrespectful of Neda’s humanity. This courageous young Iranian woman was a human being, who can no longer speak for herself. Sully and Hiatt don’t know anything about Neda, and they certainly don’t know exactly what she would say, what she would she advocate for, if she were still alive. To use her dead body as a symbol for their own political beliefs is deeply wrong.

I’ve always had the same problem with Christianity. You would like to think that if you spent your life preaching a message of peace and tolerance and were eventually executed for doing so, that people wouldn’t spend the next 2000 years waging wars and torturing people in your name.

I understand the impulse to use the dead bodies of people who died for their beliefs as tools to advance your own agenda. But it’s a temptation that should be resisted, out of respect. It’s one thing to be inspired, it’s quite another to put words in the mouths of the dead.

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Late OT & Thursday Night Menu

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Our “new” dog Gloria’s status is changing from foster to permanent, and she is totally taking advantage. Eight-year-old Zevon is limping from a hard shoulder check, Syd Viscous is reverting to his old abused Worm Boy persona, and don’t even ask what the three cats think. Gloria automatically goes to the Time Out crate when I raise my voice now, but you can see the “Whatevs — totally worth it” thought balloon hanging over her head, the little menace. Time to re-enroll at the doggy training classes…

Here is Bad Horse Filly’s First Snow Thursday Night Menu:

This is not your mamma’s canned tomato soup and grilled cheese, and can I say, the flax cookies are addictive (they’re a friend’s recipe, so I can say that.)

Hearty Tomato Soup
Totally Awesome Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Flax Cookies

(Click the blue ‘First Snow’ link for the complete details.)

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