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Trump now claims he will "be great for reproductive rights"!! I tend to agree... Put a picture of him above the bed and no one will ever want to have sex again.

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Hello Charlotte! One of my first Twitter follows.

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Blinken is reporting Israel has accepted a possible agreement with Hamas!

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Who then will tell the flowers about winter? Frost tonight in the low lands.

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tfg trying again to make a Fox News debate with Harris a thing.

What a fucking loser.

https://x.com/trumpdailyposts/status/1825739896205750538?s=61&t=d57_wdu2mp3jUpQgi28A5Q

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... This development...

Eff off you wanker

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She should continue to torment Trump! Maybe I will, maybe I won't. (psych!).

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Rebecca Schoenkopf is now qualified as a attorney-at-law. She's passed the bar! (Probably several times while looking the wrong way...)

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Ah ha! Trained in mischief making! Or not.

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I went to urgent care this morning, but they were of limited help. Nothing they could do but give me some artificial tears (eye drops) and call my retina specialist's office. Good news: specialist has an opening tomorrow afternoon, and they set up an appointment because my eye problem is "probably" related to the laser treatment I received a few weeks ago for retinal bleeding.

In an attempt to make myself feel better, I went to Olive Garden for dinner because I had an email saying that unlimited pasta bowls has returned. Hooray! Too bad the waitress didn't understand and it took a visit to my table from the culinary manager (she sought me out, not the other way around) to get everything right. In the end, I had a lovely plate of chicken fettucine alfredo for dinner and there's a bowl of rigatoni and meatballs for tomorrow night.

And speaking of tomorrow night, I'll be enjoying some fun gummies. Not THC-P, because those are evil, but Delta-9. Hopefully all I need is a little more laser shot into my eye, maybe some medicated drops. I'd just like to see normally again.

Oh! And my annual pay raise--which is probably another fifteen cents an hour--is now in effect and will show up on my paycheck next week. Whoo!

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Be well, friend. I hope your eyes are OK and everything gets resolved.

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You got to meet Charlotte! Charlotte was one of the first people I followed on Twitter when it was good a million years ago! I think she maybe followed me for a second until she became famous and understandably had to roll back who she followed even before Elon made Twitter into X. I'm a giant fan!!!!

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Had dinner and x beers at my favorite brewery. The owner, head brewer & a few other folks had a long, deep discussion into the origin of Blues Clues. You can't buy this kind of expertise.

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FOUND IT!

The PBS special that asked "If television had existed, how would it have covered the heated Constitutional debates in New York?"

It was called "An Empire of Reason" and aired in 1988. "The production uses modern news and public affairs formats (e.g., 'Nightly News,' 'Firing Line,' 'Donahue,' 'MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour') and some of broadcasting's most recognizable news personalities and political figures (including governors Cuomo and Kean and Mayor Edward I. Koch) to present the historical events of the period in a lively and contemporary fashion. Walter Cronkite anchors the 'Continental Television Network' news, John Chancellor provides commentary, and Andrea Mitchell, Forrest Sawyer, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault report on events as they unfold."

https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-1v5bc3tv8b

And it's on Vimeo, not YouTube:

https://vimeo.com/231093077

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Okay, this sounds like fun, opening a tab :)

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It should be re-made with Fox calling Thomas Jefferson a Marxist.

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morning and afternoon fox would have a few mentions of the convention debates at the top of the hour

the prime time shows would just talk about the importance of enforcement of the stamp act and scary theories about what the slaves could do to their viewers if the good white folks didn't have them under control

all day the shows would end with a feel good piece about some loving slave owner saving a baby for future free labor....

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Fox would be so in the tank for the British.

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"You'll be Back!"

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The biggest problem is finding TV newspeople as trusted as Cronkite was.

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The list:

1.

2.

Ok, I give up.

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That's why you do it as Fox.

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I really didn't care for the way of that half eaten pan of Godiva flourless chocolate torte was looking at me. Sometimes I relish in problem solving. It was good even without the dark chocolate ganache that incurred my wrath some time ago.

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When there is ice cream in the freezer, I feel like I'm constantly under threat. And deal with it in much the same way!

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like.

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Take that half eaten pan of Godiva flourless chocolate tort!

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I mean, I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt, but a close look revealed that it was past the tipping point.

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Wonkette! Best comments section evah!!!

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Let justice rain down like treacle into a Christmas pudding

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It totally had it coming.

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founding

Auntie Maxine is on, y’all.

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The GQP tries to call us crazy while they spew objectively crazy shit. I am reminded of a lyric from Suicidal Tendencies.

"You wouldn't know what crazy was if Chales Manson was eating Froot Loops on your front porch."

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“𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘮 𝘐, 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺!”

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Yeah. They've taken the "I'm rubber and you're glue" option way past the limit.

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Always projection

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Which will be OPEN THREAD? Hi Wonkets, here is your evening Zelenskyy, it’s actually a Zelenska because they are off traveling. There is plenty at the site. https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/olena-zelenska-prodovzhuyemo-dovoditi-svitovi-sho-buti-z-ukr-92685

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Pissing off the warrior stock of both Europe and Byzantium is such a good idea!

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Despite its reputation, "starting a land war in Asia" is actually a couple sots behind "pissing off the warrior stock of Europe and Byzantium" on the list of things not to do...little known fact :)

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“Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.”

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If you can't find a bar in Chicago you're not looking.

As an aside, I hope people brought a sweater or jacket. It'll be a bit cooler than usual this week.

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Yeah its been downright chilly in NE Ohio the past couple nights. Not appreciated what with it being mid August and all (and doubly so because the pumpkin spice girlies get all Ermagehrd, Autehrm!!1! about it)

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