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Stranger Than Friction's avatar

So who were the hecklers at Kamala's talk, and what were they saying? At least the other attendees shouted "Four more years!" to drown them out.

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JCfromNC's avatar

Four? It's Kamala, they should be yelling "12 more years" just to piss 'em off. She could theoretically do that, you know.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Evan.

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Always Be Ithacating's avatar

I was completely unaware that VP Harris has her own entrance music, Integrity Fanfare and March by Julie Giroux. I'll give it some re-listening and thought, but my first reaction is Do Not Want.

Is there anything I should know that would help relieve my lack of understanding?

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Anonymous Venezuelan's avatar

Ivan suffers crippling inflation. Thanks a lot, OHJB.

𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗸

"Officially, inflation is at about 7%, but the head of Russia’s central bank, Elvira Nabiullina, suggested in December that it was rising again, stoked by cash hand-outs to soldiers and their families as well as high consumer borrowing. In September 2023, consumer borrowing for subsidized mortgages was nearly 50% higher than a year earlier.

In response, the central bank has raised its key interest rate from 7.5% to 16% in just six months. Nabiullina said the Russian economy was like a car trying to go too fast. “It can go, it might even be quick, but not for long,” she said.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/europe/russia-sanctions-putin-ukraine-economy-intl/index.html

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blueicebank's avatar

OT.

"Conservatives Go Next-Level Crazy With Taylor Swift Super Bowl Conspiracies"

• Now that the Kansas City Chiefs have made it to the Super Bowl, the far right is freaking out about Taylor Swift again.

https://newrepublic.com/post/178536/far-right-taylor-swift-super-bowl-conspiracies

Not (yet) among the theories is the Chiefs will stun the San Francisco 49ers by suiting up Taylor Swift ... one of the best receivers in the business.

Announcer: "Oh wow. Patrick Mahomes just lobbed a 90-yard pass ... and wide receiver Swift has outrun cornerback Charvarius Ward toward the end zone ... and she just caught the ball in a flying leap. OK, now she's doing a dance routine. No flag on the play."

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

No notes, either...

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Arolpin's avatar

I think the real reason for the hatred is that all the fascist fucks thought that Taylor would be their little blond-haired, blue-eyed Nazi queen, and she explicitly rejected them, and their adoration, against the suggestions of her then management (her dad, mainly), and it worked out well for her.

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

millions and billions of little MAGA sperm spilt in her name...

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tek's avatar

Let me just say, and I mean this with all sincerity,

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 “𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝐵𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘” 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑦, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑉𝑖𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘.

𝐵𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑑𝑜𝑧𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠—𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑟, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 60. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑦’𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 700,000 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠.

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Darth Trad's avatar

Wait till they hit a long straight stretch and shut down all the gas stations on it should be fun.

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swmnguy's avatar

I think I read they're going from Virginia Beach to the Texas border by way of Jacksonville, FL for some reason.

Which only adds about 100 miles to the trip, but for what purpose? So all they have to do for directions is, "Keep the Big Wet Thing On Your Left, and Grit Your Teeth across Northern FL until you see it again, on the LEFT!"

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Momo's avatar

Trucking industry is crap. Nobody's gonna waste the fuel to Texas if there's not a paycheck involved.

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Old Man Shadow's avatar

[𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 60]

What color are they? I think I knoooooow.

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V4Virginia's avatar

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The government said NOTHING so they think it's a plot! How do these people remember to breathe?

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Linda's Bitter Disappointment's avatar

Well, that was a promise they never intended to keep. Where did this pull that number? Seven hundred THOUSAND?

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Arolpin's avatar

Especially since there are only 300k-500k long-haul truckers in the US. Sure, they are ~3.5 million 'truck drivers' in the US, but even including all the folks driving delivery vans, I don't think they're going to get 14% of 'truck drivers' to join their little pity party.

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

Somewhere near their wallets

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Maybe's avatar

Wait for a few more to get into Texas and then quickly build the wall... On the north side of Texas.

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

700,000 coronary artery events

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SkeptiKC's avatar

All that I can possibly add to such an articulate observation would perhaps be a definitive, "...you VAPID fuckwits!".

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PAUL's avatar

Knowing your love of (and talent for) alliteration, I try to use "vacuous" with "vapid" whenever the opportunity presents itself.

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Maureen's avatar

I’m in complete agreement with your comment.

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

Follow the Trail of Dorito Dust

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Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

GIVE 'EM HELL, KAMALA!!!

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House of the Blue Lights's avatar

I think I forgot to eat lunch.

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Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

I just ate a couple of dates. Would you like some?

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House of the Blue Lights's avatar

Yes please. (I made some popcorn, and I'm going to do bourbon chicken for an early dinner)

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Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

Honestly, you people...

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House of the Blue Lights's avatar

Sorry, you left that door WIDE open

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Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

Psht. Weirdos...

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

Multiple dates with the same person?

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John Thorstensen's avatar

If you microwaved them first, they'd be hot dates!

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Darth Trad's avatar

If you leave them for a month, they'll be 'out of dates'.

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Tetman Callis's avatar

. . . splattered all over the inside of the microwave.

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Daniel's avatar

Forgive me they were so delicious so hot and so sweet

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John Thorstensen's avatar

Just a few seconds!

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Mateo del Sol's avatar

Oh, I'm not the only one.

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satch's avatar

For sheer, bleeding from the ears stupidity, it would be hard to top Ohio state rep John Becker's provision in an antiabortion bill that mandates insurance coverage for surgery to reimplant an ectopic pregnancy... a thing which does not exist.

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ZorPern's avatar

What lobbyist from what insurance company said they'd go for this?!?!?

(... Meanwhile trader joe's kicked some guy 𝑶𝒇𝒇 insurance after being diagnosed with cancer.)

Nothing is normal, nothing is sane, let's all go dance in the street in our nightgowns.

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Darth Trad's avatar

'There's a team of doctors who feel that your cancer is viable, Rep Becker. So we are putting it back in'

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

Well, in Brave New World....

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V4Virginia's avatar

Won't need a fallopian tube anymore!

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

In the year 2525.....

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

“Just like changing a spark plug “

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Bobathonic's avatar

Snaps in place like a Lego.

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Momo's avatar

Feel like I just watched a 21st century Gettysburg Address. Kamala Harris earned my respect.

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

She’s terrific

Too bad that a third of the country would rather hack off their feet and eat them than vote for her

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Georgiaburning's avatar

That would certainly make things interesting if they need to stand in line on Election Day

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

Deep fried with Ranch on the side

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Georgiaburning's avatar

Original, or extra crispy?

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

Original

Extra crispy toe fungus is an acquired taste

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Mavenmaven's avatar

She's great and I hope they bring her to the forefront again.

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Tetman Callis's avatar

I wouldn't mind if she were President of these United States.

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John Thorstensen's avatar

And even those other United States, over there!

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Tetman Callis's avatar

All of 'em. Wrap 'em up with twine and put a pretty bow on the package.

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BillEGoatSmile's avatar

I was so hoping we'd get the DC Circuit decision on the PAB's moronic immunity claims today, and/or an early decision from Engoron. Day's not over yet though...

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weejee's avatar

My guess is Engoron will release his decision past usual bidness hours, just because. Maybe at 9:00 pm or later, just to piss off the PAB.

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Lefty Proud's avatar

Love the crowd chanting "4 more years" to drown out the forced birth banshee.

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

I thought it was Ceasefire people?

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Lefty Proud's avatar

Oh, I made an assumption. Couldn't tell what was being said. Carry on, nothing to see here folks.

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Brando's avatar

Those people are becoming a problem. I'm pretty much in agreement that we need to do everything we can to stop this bloodshed, but the Biden critics on this are using tactics designed to piss off everyone.

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Daniel's avatar

Isn't this what's said about every protest movement?

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Brando's avatar

Some protest movements are better at winning adherents than others.

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Daniel's avatar

But every single one gets met with the same complaints that they are annoying people.

I think every single one finds it has a lot more adherents after it succeeds than before.

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

Make 8-Tracks Great AGAIN!

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

Good job, MVP!

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IMPOed's avatar

Awesome women, challenge men to their knowledge of the woman's reproductive system, which to the Puritans, is icky...!

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Bear: PROTECT THE AMERICUB's avatar

She must have some sort of vestibule that miniaturizes the stork on the way in. That, or Jeeebus fires his mind rays at the bird first. (He has mind rays for that, but not for curing cancer or AIDS or 'beetus.)

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wobbly's avatar

One of the classics:

Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, the Republican who's challenging Democrat Claire McCaskill for the U.S. Senate seat, said in a television interview Sunday that it's "rare" for women to become pregnant when they are raped.

"If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," he said in an interview with KTVI, a St. Louis television station.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/08/19/159273876/missouri-gop-senate-candidates-remarks-on-rape-stir-controversy

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Darth Trad's avatar

Ahhhhhh.... Not THIS shit again!

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Bear: PROTECT THE AMERICUB's avatar

That party has put up many candidates for it, but Akin still wins the Dumbest Asshole Hooman award.

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Anonymous Venezuelan's avatar

Backdrop screens are the new desktop publishing. What graphic artist wouldn't relish a canvas that big? Instead, they let Mike from IT have a hand at it.

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swmnguy's avatar

You would think. But, as you say, the job is a pain in everyone's ass, so it goes to the lowest-ranking person who can do it and can't dodge out of it.

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

Guernica or Bust!

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Eileen's avatar

Yer killin' me heah....

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Chemical's avatar

Glad to see VP Harris talking about these issues. Personally I don't think we've seen enough of her during Biden's 1st term (this is a media thing, not a Biden admin thing)

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carovee's avatar

That's because she has to hang on in congress breaking ties right and left.

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Boogie Mama's avatar

Heck, we barely see anything of Old Handome Joe!

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Brando's avatar

If she has more appeal among the young, I'd set her loose at the college campuses and work on that demo.

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BillEGoatSmile's avatar

She was already doing that last fall.

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