really disappointed you didn't end this with @dril's evergreen tweet, "and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad."
Politico, a.k.a. "Tiger Beat on the Potomac" (h/t Charlie Pierce), is in hot water because it does what it always has - function as a gossip column for Republican politicians?
I'm gonna just run this up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes. Why Pulte or McCarthy or whoever? Hasn't Natalie Harp poured her heart into Trump's Presidency? Hasn't she earned a promotion? I think she'd make a fine Chief of Staff for dealing with a hostile Congress and a couple of hundred infighting and backstabbing MAGAs!
If Uue are not using all yr free times to watch Scary-Asse Shitte thees Hawlerween, what even in the heck are Uue doing?
Today, Birb started to watch "Season of the Witch," directed by George Romero, on the MUBI channel.
It might be on some other channels, if you want to see it.
Also, if you have a library near you, they may still have DVDs or Blu-Rays! Go check them out!
That shit is a mess. The lady and the man are walking in the woods, then there's a crying baby on the ground, and then the man puts a leash on the lady and walks her to a fenced-in area -
Having been scared for real on numerous occasions, I eschew the horror genre. Same thing with roller coasters sky diving and rock climbing. Been scared enough.
She indicated the collared and leashed canine with it and asked, “Is he your prisoner? What’s going on here?”
“Prisoner? Good Fomo, no!” the hentai beast said in a scandalized tone. “It’s a town ordinance here; no canines allowed out of doors without a collar and leash.” He tugged slightly on the lead and the canine stepped forward. “The town council didn’t make any distinction between feral and anthro, I’m afraid, so what can you do?”
The canine shrugged and rolled his eyes. “I wouldn’t mind so much, if it weren’t for having to get my shots every year.” He flicked a small brass tag on his collar with a finger.
“Hey!” the hentai beast said. “You’re not supposed to be talking. You know the ordinance.”
Giving the beast another slightly exasperated eyeroll, the German Shepherd said “Woof,” in a sour tone.
I can't find it. Are you sure Argento directed it? Or does it go by another name? I see a Season of the Witch dir. Romero and one from 2011 starring Nicholas Cage.
I liked horror from a young age (like 11 or 12 and even the goofy black and white shit when I was younger and creature features) b/c I discovered I liked being scared in a safe, controlled environment.
B/c I couldn't control the other scary shit that was happening around me, I guess.
ETA: This Wes Craven quotation has always spoken to me, too:
"[Horror is] like boot camp for the psyche. In real life, human beings are packaged in the flimsiest of packages, threatened by real and sometimes horrifying dangers... But the narrative form puts these fears into a manageable series of events. It gives us a way of thinking rationally about our fears."
OT: We all know that making the litigation disaster tourism industry great again is what Fatberg 2.0 is all about. Accordingly:
>>A federal judge said President Trump must sit for a deposition with lawyers for the BBC by Dec. 11 as part of his ongoing defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett set the deadline during a hearing in Miami on Thursday morning, according to the Associated Press. The judge ordered Mr. Trump to answer questions by Dec. 11 or face penalties, which could include dismissal of his lawsuit against the BBC, unless the period for the president and the network to collect information in the case is extended, the AP reported.<<
Oh Trump will probably allow the case to be dismissed. I just wonder whether the BBC can file a countersuit and keep it going. This must have cost them a ton of money.
Attorney fees and other costs and expenses of litigation generally aren't counterclaim material, but the BBC can certainly take a run at recovering those via post-dismissal motion. :D
fuck cancer, and all that, but susie's decision to hang onto her job while undergoing (thus far successful) chemotherapy treatment has got to be one of the most unrelatable things about her. that she could somehow find comfort in being surrounded by this administrations collection of ghouls and nazis. i just can't get it.
Fuck it, gonna also use this time to encourage anyone to see POTUS (the play) if it's ever in your area. One hell of a farce, possibly needed in these times.
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive is just really funny, period. The President is never onstage but is implied to be some sort of W/Bill Clinton combo (his gaffes aren't severe enough to be Trumpian). The seven women include:
His chief of staff: a woman who longs to maybe be a major politician herself and is going mad trying to keep everything going smoothly. Honestly gives Wiles vibes despite being written before Wiles was a thing
His first lady: very strong Michelle Obama/Hillary Clinton vibes with her wanting to talk about her accomplishments and initiatives and constantly getting shoehorned back into the role of "wife." Simultaneously So Done and yet So Ready To Do Things
His butch twin sister: she just got out of jail and people are worried she's gonna cause a new scandal, also she has romantic history with one of the other women (iirc a reporter?). Yes she pretends to be him at one point as part of A Scheme in the show
OT: I love the fact that Bournemouth are up 2-0 over AC Milan, and Milan are playing with ten men because their goal keeper drew a red card.
I recognize some of those words. 🤪
H-how does a goal keeper draw a red card?
really disappointed you didn't end this with @dril's evergreen tweet, "and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad."
'Womp womp' . . . don't forget your 'special pillow' Corey.
(I am surprised that the corrupt MAGA DOJ is investigating one of their own.
•---•---•---•---•---•---•---•---•---•---•---•---•---•---•---•---•---•---•
"Justice Department investigating Republican operative Corey Lewandowski over alleged contract misconduct at DHS, sources say" https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/republican-corey-lewandowski-justice-department-investigation
The special pillow has a name! Kristi!
Someone didn’t pass the cut upwards
Nature of the business it’s the drug dealers blues
*THIS* DOJ? Must be some serious shit.
Piggy didn’t get his beak wet.
And here I'd thought that $hitler had fired the Inspectors General and replaced them all with Genital Inspectors.
"Bend over, Reacher, and let's make sure your balls are still there."
Oh please please please torpedo his ass. Fucking break him.
I can’t believe this has to be said but Ukraine and Canada are the good guys, and Vladimir Putin is NOT a humanitarian.
Ru$$ia-Israel-United States 2020s Axis of Evil
When were we not the good guys as of late?
You gave us Ted Cruz, Justin Bieber, and Nickelback
So, let me get this straight...
Politico, a.k.a. "Tiger Beat on the Potomac" (h/t Charlie Pierce), is in hot water because it does what it always has - function as a gossip column for Republican politicians?
They spread the wrong gossip. It’s a whole thing, don’t ask.
But they always TELL!
Trump gets to fire his mother by proxy. Probably what his life is all about. It sure ain't public service.
*---Sigmund Freud has entered the chat---*
We must avoid being tainted by Sharty's pubic service.
He will leave his stench upon US!
ISWYDT
Oh look, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is exactly as corrupt as we all know he is.
“More than $700 MILLION in transfers” — Saudi Arabia & UAE set up a multi-billion dollar slush fund for him.
https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3myidj3xjv22h
And he still sucks as an investor!
Acting as an unregistered foreign agent.
I'm gonna just run this up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes. Why Pulte or McCarthy or whoever? Hasn't Natalie Harp poured her heart into Trump's Presidency? Hasn't she earned a promotion? I think she'd make a fine Chief of Staff for dealing with a hostile Congress and a couple of hundred infighting and backstabbing MAGAs!
In a sense she already has the job, and that's a problem.
I might actually read a book about that.
{{{Hamilton salutes with a dog holding a coffee cup.}}}
Better than a rat holding an ice cream cone.
I once saw a rat living in a high heel on the subway tracks in Manhattan.
Was it holding a Chinese menu in its hand?
Or a slice of pizza.
Every time I come across the name Susie, or Suzy, I think of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaGjdmPMtU0
OT:
If Uue are not using all yr free times to watch Scary-Asse Shitte thees Hawlerween, what even in the heck are Uue doing?
Today, Birb started to watch "Season of the Witch," directed by George Romero, on the MUBI channel.
It might be on some other channels, if you want to see it.
Also, if you have a library near you, they may still have DVDs or Blu-Rays! Go check them out!
That shit is a mess. The lady and the man are walking in the woods, then there's a crying baby on the ground, and then the man puts a leash on the lady and walks her to a fenced-in area -
Now that's a proper scary movie!
If you have some snaccs, get them out.
Having been scared for real on numerous occasions, I eschew the horror genre. Same thing with roller coasters sky diving and rock climbing. Been scared enough.
Wanna know what fear is? Your kid in the NICU.
If I need a horror movie, I'll just go to sleep. My nightmares can be nasty.
I *love* nightmares. XD XD XD XD XD
I like being scared in safe, controllable environments.
A leash?
Written back in May:
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She indicated the collared and leashed canine with it and asked, “Is he your prisoner? What’s going on here?”
“Prisoner? Good Fomo, no!” the hentai beast said in a scandalized tone. “It’s a town ordinance here; no canines allowed out of doors without a collar and leash.” He tugged slightly on the lead and the canine stepped forward. “The town council didn’t make any distinction between feral and anthro, I’m afraid, so what can you do?”
The canine shrugged and rolled his eyes. “I wouldn’t mind so much, if it weren’t for having to get my shots every year.” He flicked a small brass tag on his collar with a finger.
“Hey!” the hentai beast said. “You’re not supposed to be talking. You know the ordinance.”
Giving the beast another slightly exasperated eyeroll, the German Shepherd said “Woof,” in a sour tone.
Argento is the master, and he does it with hardly any make up or special effects really.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RKci7zsrtE
I watched some 1960s Italian horror the last few days. Long Hair of Death and Mask of Satan (aka Black Sunday).
And my son and I recently watched Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter. Every time a new character appeared, we'd say they were the vampire!
I can't find it. Are you sure Argento directed it? Or does it go by another name? I see a Season of the Witch dir. Romero and one from 2011 starring Nicholas Cage.
Yeah, that was George Romero. I'll fix the post. Thanks.
No worries! I thought it was a different title in the US versus Italy, maybe. XD
I've never seen that one. I'll check it out.
I never liked horror. Who in the hell needs horror, when I can just read the news?
However, Halloween is all about passing out candy to small children who dress up in costumes and is awesome.
“Now I understand why you don’t like horror. Your life has been a horror movie!” — My Girlfriend
That and passing out.
"How do you feel?"
'Like Sandhurst.'
"What?"
'Parts of me keep passing out," replied Arthur Dent.
I liked horror from a young age (like 11 or 12 and even the goofy black and white shit when I was younger and creature features) b/c I discovered I liked being scared in a safe, controlled environment.
B/c I couldn't control the other scary shit that was happening around me, I guess.
ETA: This Wes Craven quotation has always spoken to me, too:
"[Horror is] like boot camp for the psyche. In real life, human beings are packaged in the flimsiest of packages, threatened by real and sometimes horrifying dangers... But the narrative form puts these fears into a manageable series of events. It gives us a way of thinking rationally about our fears."
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, you are also corekt
OT: We all know that making the litigation disaster tourism industry great again is what Fatberg 2.0 is all about. Accordingly:
>>A federal judge said President Trump must sit for a deposition with lawyers for the BBC by Dec. 11 as part of his ongoing defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett set the deadline during a hearing in Miami on Thursday morning, according to the Associated Press. The judge ordered Mr. Trump to answer questions by Dec. 11 or face penalties, which could include dismissal of his lawsuit against the BBC, unless the period for the president and the network to collect information in the case is extended, the AP reported.<<
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-bbc-deposition-defamation-lawsuit/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
yup, those British judges look adorable in their wigs but don't fuck around.
> **U.S.** Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett ...
who is also adorable
Oh Trump will probably allow the case to be dismissed. I just wonder whether the BBC can file a countersuit and keep it going. This must have cost them a ton of money.
"Default judgment for the defendant, in the amount of $10B."
Attorney fees and other costs and expenses of litigation generally aren't counterclaim material, but the BBC can certainly take a run at recovering those via post-dismissal motion. :D
Time to declare flawless victory and split...
TOTAL EXONERATION!
https://www.deviantart.com/chaotic-atonement/art/Flawless-Victory-133545486
fuck cancer, and all that, but susie's decision to hang onto her job while undergoing (thus far successful) chemotherapy treatment has got to be one of the most unrelatable things about her. that she could somehow find comfort in being surrounded by this administrations collection of ghouls and nazis. i just can't get it.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/09/27/susie-wiles-breast-cancer-treatment-chemo/91905873007/
Fuck it, gonna also use this time to encourage anyone to see POTUS (the play) if it's ever in your area. One hell of a farce, possibly needed in these times.
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive is just really funny, period. The President is never onstage but is implied to be some sort of W/Bill Clinton combo (his gaffes aren't severe enough to be Trumpian). The seven women include:
His chief of staff: a woman who longs to maybe be a major politician herself and is going mad trying to keep everything going smoothly. Honestly gives Wiles vibes despite being written before Wiles was a thing
His first lady: very strong Michelle Obama/Hillary Clinton vibes with her wanting to talk about her accomplishments and initiatives and constantly getting shoehorned back into the role of "wife." Simultaneously So Done and yet So Ready To Do Things
His butch twin sister: she just got out of jail and people are worried she's gonna cause a new scandal, also she has romantic history with one of the other women (iirc a reporter?). Yes she pretends to be him at one point as part of A Scheme in the show
S - is for sincerity which she's got none of.
U - is for you know what I mean.
S - is for sincerity which she's got none of.
I - is for the Irish in her smile. her Irish smile.
E - is for her eagerness to please us,
That is how she wants her Navy-eee.
Put them all together, and they spell Su hu hu hu sie,
The sweetheart of all the boys at sea.
Brame Klezmer Tiem!! Lewis judges me from atop The Refuge Jail.
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c6sH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fmedia_upload%2Fcomment%2F77e1897f-c20b-4363-ae24-8bc14c4d7344%2F413a83a2-2131-4a02-8b3b-5823d38b9e0c.jpeg
How did he go from precious kittenhood to grumpy and judgy so fast? Has he been watching the 'news' too much?
All right! My Brame is Klezmered. I'll go do some work now. Thanks, Lewis!
"Hooman, it is your duty to clone yourself so you can vote six or eight times. And I still only see one of you."
I feel he is judging us all.
He is a judgmental little Stripey Fucker isn't he?!
What fein earz that boi haz
"She has been with me since the beginning, is my trusted advisor, and has my COMPLETE confidence."
She's toast.
milque even.....