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kmblue187's avatar

When I first adopted my second dog at four months old, she was afraid of riding in the car. I confess to being very disappointed, because my first dog, Shasta, loved riding in the car, faced front, and would curl up and sleep on the front passenger street on long road trips. I've tried attaching a doggie seat belt in the backseat, no go, it terrified her, and treating her during car rides. She's improved in the sense she'll get into the car without struggling and sit up and look around when I slow or stop. She was returned by her first owner , the Atlanta Humane Society gives you 30 days to change your mind. I'm thinking she had a traumatic experience with her first owner. Any suggestions out there?

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Sherry's avatar

Total clown car this administration. Look we all want to work with someone we like but we do not want to go behind them constantly to fix their stupid mistakes. They only want to people willing to do the worst without giving a green goddamn that they can actually do the job. She’s just one more brick in that crumbling wall.

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Joe Schmoe, Troublemaker's avatar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUQOK49C3Vw

I Witnessed Trump's Case Against James Comey Implode in Court

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Joe Schmoe, Troublemaker's avatar

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-s1-5620636/lindsey-halligan-us-attorney-unlawful-comey-james

Hed: The case against Comey failed because of Trump's prosecutor. Who is she?

She's a pseudo-pretty nobody wanna-be; the next-in-a-nearly-infinite-line of sacrificial lambs in the current administration. She's practically an NPC, a has-been, a [to channel B.Bunny:] a marooon, a nin-cow-poop. Not a loser but a LOOOOOS-AHHH-ERRRRR!!

If you scrub off all the makeup and filler she's a 4 out of 10🙄

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Mx.le Maerin's Luxury Comedy's avatar

"a super special top secret fairy princess cowboy GI Joe dinosaur spaceman lawyer"

This, theydies and gentlethems, is why I pay Wonkette the big* buckadingdongs every month, and some medium ones to Evan too.

(They are not big, or even really medium, except as compared to my budget mebbe. Love you guys, mean it).

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AKLynne's avatar

Well, couldn't they arrange it for her to prosecute Mark Kelly?

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RefillingThorsBeer's avatar

bringing sides to Thanksgiving dinner is so 2024....

this year, we are all bringing Surroundings. I made a green bean casserole the shape of the Gulf of America!

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fawkedifiknow's avatar

I am embarrassed to acknowledge that Miss Lindsey (not Graham) Halligan is a graduate of my law school, the U, a/k/a University of Miami, a/k/a Sun Tan U. Jesus weeps.

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LOU LOU's avatar

It’s absolutely exhausting having to be so aware, all the time, double and triple checking everything that malignant narcissists do, while they continue to deny the evil they are doing. It takes incredible energy, energy to deal with narcs and I wonder if that’s a narcs strategy to exhaust their prey, as cats do, playing with their prey before consuming its life energy. May people of good conscience seeking to stop Trump and his ilk be restored with more then enough feel good energy as this is going to be a long struggle.

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Ill-Advised's avatar

Ach, that's a slur on cats. That "play" protects their eyes & face from the damage prey can inflict on the predator-- damage that could lead to a slow death from infection. Their murder mitts have to bring down the defenses before they can eat.

Rather like peaceful protesters embarrassing ICE agents huddled behind their bluffs, hoping that onlookers won't notice their fake warrants, false narratives, or dare to mock and block their kidnapping efforts.

Cats are honest.

By refusing to act like prey, the death of the fascist movement from slow attrition can be brought about, as you observe.

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Shocktreatment's avatar

"In an interview with THR, Brady Corbet, the director behind “The Brutalist,” clarified some details about his next film.

Corbet confirms plans to shoot his untitled Western in 70mm, with production eyed for next summer, and it will indeed be rated NC-17—or “X,” in his own words... it won’t be a horror movie...Previously, Corbet told The New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan that the film would be four hours in length..."

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/11/24/corbet

I can hardly wait

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Fog of Jen's avatar

He should name it Unforgiveable

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

This reads like he has a great publicist!

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JCfromNC's avatar

Is it getting that rating for violence or sex or both, I wonder?

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Old Man Yells at Cloud's avatar

The 4 hour length.

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tehbaddr's avatar

One could only hope.

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Shocktreatment's avatar

I'm guessing not at all. There might be plans to shoot X/NC material, but what comes after negotiations for distribution? We shall see and Corbet's company will do their best to keep us talking right up to the moment...

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TootsStansbury 🇺🇦's avatar

Think of our brothers and sisters in Ukraine who also had fatal overnight kabooms on their apartment buildings.

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Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

Oh ... this is sooooo tempting ...

𝗢𝗹𝗱-𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻

Stavros Korokithakis really wanted to slam the receiver on meetings, so he built his own device to do just that

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/24/rotary_phone_online_meetings/

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PrimerGray's avatar

Our phones at work are slammable but they are not like the old rotary phones which seemed unbreakable. I feel like I could shatter these modern ones if I use the force I want to.

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TootsStansbury 🇺🇦's avatar

We switched from the indestructible slammable handsets to these fancy things where you pushed a button to hang up and placed the handset on a cradle. I used to hurl the handset at the floor to satisfy the need to slam. It wasn’t the same.

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JCfromNC's avatar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfdUudG6sms

Rotary cell phone, but you can't slam the receiver down, so yours wins.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

I have ALWAYS wanted one of these but I need Google Maps.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

I need this!

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

Okay yous guys, fingers crossed that my mortgage closes today or tomorrow. The processor says they are reaching out to the bank for the payoff next, so I have some hope. I'd like to get it done by the 1st so I don't have to pay my ex-husband his $50 for December.

Working today and off tomorrow. This evening I head to the animal rehab. It's fun working there because the staff is so young and energetic. It's funny to see them play with the animals which they are not supposed to do. They are all very happy in their careers and seem satisfied. It's nice.

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MRK's avatar

Good luck.

All the money is digital, so it really doesn't make sense that it still takes this long.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

It's all the checking they do. I don't have a complicated financial history, but they check everything.

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Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

Best of luck. This was the most tense time in our married life: waiting on the mortgage.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

I've been approved on everything and gotten the appraisal. I'm just waiting to sign.

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JCfromNC's avatar

Make sure your hand is rested and flexible, because you're going to be doing a *lot* of signing.

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coco lurks from home's avatar

Most places use Docusign for that now. It’s less satisfying somehow but also no writers cramp.

Why should Joe Biden get to have all the autopen fun?

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Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

We were tense until we signed everything ...

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Mad Ophelia's avatar

Morning all. Woke up far too early and am in the precarious headspace of feeling like I have all the time in the world to actually do something before work, but also sure that actually doing something will bite me in the tuchus when I inevitably lose track of time.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

I never do anything before work. Before work belongs to me.

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Mad Ophelia's avatar

An excellent philosophy. I’m currently tempted to paint my nails or knit, but should probably pack something for lunch.

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Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

I HATE having chores before work. It stresses me out to be under pressure to finish something before I have to get to my desk. Back when I was a teacher, I almost always had all my planning and peroxide done the night before.

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JCfromNC's avatar

I keep waking up around 7pm, which is 4 hours before I leave for work. This gives me just enough time to get deeply into doing something, look up and go, "Oh, crap, is it that late already?!?" and run out the door to barely get to work on time.

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Mad Ophelia's avatar

My people!

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The Wanderer's avatar

Morning, Ophelia!

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