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I am ridiculously, insanely, unhealthily, eye-twitchingly thankful for this holiday-shortened week, and the proportionate reduction in wingnut fuckery it brought. Anyway, Ive got a can-shaped, vodka-infused blob of cranberry sauce waiting for me, so lets get through this shit as quickly as possible, okay?
(Let us give thanks for the nifty nooz links and bright, shiny colors available here: https://showercapblog.com/sure-the-right-is-deifying-a-kid-for-killing-two-human-beingsbut-kamala-harris-bought-a-pot/)
Actually, thingsve been more or less normal in Amerikkka of late; Lauren Boebert is still, as Adam Kinzinger so astutely observes, racist trash, and John F. Kennedy Jr. remains snugly ensconced in the afterlife, despite the goalpost-shifting certainty of the dumbest motherfuckers alive.
Wet, sloppy congratulations go out to the United States of America, for joining the distressingly non-exclusive club of BACKSLIDING DEMOCRACIES! Sure, were losing rights and sacrificing prosperity, but just look at all the coronavirus deaths we got in exchange! Honestly, who even wants to be a shining city on a hill when you can be an overflowing golden toilet in an idiot game show hosts tacky-ass golf resort instead?
Further felicitations to Petulantly Unvaccinated Conservative Murica on the shiny new Covid variant even now making its way to a Klan rally near you, and all the ensuing lib-owning/ICU-swamping/gramma-killing opportunities that lie ahead in 2022. Dont worry though, if you just chant lets go Brandon at Omicron, the virusll be so impressed, itll pass right over, promise.
Now that were well into holiday season, you may find yourself preoccupied with calorie counting and expanding waistlines and such
allow me to offer a solution. Not a particularly healthy or enjoyable one, but a solution nonetheless; theres certainly no more effective purging inducer than Kyle Rittenhouses unseemly I Got Away With Murder (And So Can You!) media tour.
Cant imagine anyones surprised to find Tucker Carlson twirling his shitty baton at the head of this malevolent parade; between the softball prime time interview and the surprise documentary crew, Fish Stix Hitler certainly pulled out all the stops in his scumfuck quest to canonize white supremacys celebrity child soldier as the patron saint of murder in the name of faux victimhood.
There, see? Now that Thanksgiving dinner is safely splattered all over the floor/your playfully tacky Xmas sweater, you can craft yourself a guilt-free sammich from any available leftovers before finishing this post
you may want to keep a bucket handy, though.
Naturally, young Kyles successful evasion of justice earned him an audience with Government Cheese Goebbels himself, and Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to give the little creep the Congressional Gold Medal, but hey, Im sure its only the healthiest of democracies that feature so many prominent politicians and pundits openly glorifying the slaughter of political opponents
right?
Of course, J.D. Vance couldnt allow boyish brownshirt Josh Mandel to outflank him from the right on the issue of Gunning Liberals Down in the Street, and while I was far from a Tim Ryan fan during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, the Ohio GOPs fashier-than-thou Senate contest has me appreciating Tims dreamy eyes, strong jawline, and super-sexxxy absence of authoritarian tendencies a little more every day.
Well, should you find yourself concerned/worried/petrified with terror at the implications of Ohios MAGA mud-wrestling spectacle, at least take some comfort that far-right Pennsylvania Senate candidate Sean Parnell dropped out of the race after losing custody of his children over allegations of violence, reducing the number of Ex-President-Taintfungus-endorsed domestic abusers seeking election to the upper chamber by one, though not, of course, to zero; this is the Republican Party, after all.
Oh, also, since this is Hell, now quack extraordinaire Dr. Oz wants the Pennsylvania Senate gig, no doubt sensing an opening in this batshit era when the fevered screechings of the anti-science death cultist hold so much sway. What, was the demon semen lady not available?
Well, the RNC is still paying the Deposed Dotards personal legal bills, and hey, if you sincerely believe that quivering submissiveness is a desirable leadership trait, you probably should vote Republican. I mean, whats the worst that could happen? Tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths, a crotch-stomped economy, and an increasingly violent authoritarian movement, dedicated to subverting, and eventually ending American democracy?
I see Aaron Rodgers, fresh off his Too Dumb to Not Catch Covid Covid diagnosis, publicly stated he had Covid toe, only to throw a sad, sorry, little shitfit when the Wall Street Journal reported he had Covid toe, demonstrating deft mastery of the whinging, victimhood-manufacturing histrionics that seem to be the sole reason any American conservative even bothers getting out of bed anymore. The Rodgers/Rittenhouse 2024 Wisconsin Senate primary is gonna be a show, folks.
While the shitstorm generally shows few signs of abating, this week actually offered plenty to be thankful for. No doubt a certain skeevy pair of democracy-assaulting, pro-Trump attorneys are walking funny tonight, after the $180,000 spanking administered by the very court they sought so cynically to abuse; but perhaps theyre counting their blessings, looking at the $25 million bill dropped in the How Exactly Did This Flock of Puckered Buttholes Ever Imagine Theyd Be Difficult to Replace? Charlottesville rally organizers subpar white boy laps. Im thankful for sweet, sweet CONSEQUENCES, is what Im trying to say here.
Youre probably engorged with gratitude after that last paragraph, but tough shit, youre going back for another helping, and youre not excused from the table until you clean your plate, because the Biden/Harris/Pelosi/Schumer/You/Me/Every Dem Everywhere machine is firing on all cylinders, working out the kinks in the supply chain, even as new unemployment claims drop to a 52-year low, not too shabby, huh? And thats with trillions of dollars worth of progressive goodness still yet to hit our weary, battered economy, mind you.
And hey, white supremacist vigilantism actually took an L in court this week, that was pleasantly non-appalling for a change, wasnt it?
Quick confession: I am a willing, indeed joyous participant in the lamestream liberal medias cover-up of the greatest political scandal of the 21st century: Kamala Harris spending some of her money on a pot. Now if youll excuse me, I need to take my Soros-funded private jet to my Soros-funded mansion in the Hamptons.
Before I sign off, forgive a little corniness on my part, as I express my gratitude for all yall; strange as it may seem, drafting meandering, scatological rants on a regular basis has been nothing but beneficial to me
your kind feedback and support over the years have helped me overcome lifelong confidence issues, (my therapist thanks you) and enabled me to finally pursue my dream of writing comic books, so from the bottom of my drunken, masked-n-bathrobed heart
I thank you.
ON THAT NOTE, yeah, Ive got a comic book Kickstarter thats live for a couple more weeks, and were lagging a bit behind previous projects, so Id be even more grateful if youd check us out and consider making a pledge. (Make note of those upper rewards tiers, by the way; if youve ever wanted somebody to tell your Republican Congressjag what a turd-munching fuckhead he is, nows your chance!) ODD YARNS is fun as hell, and Id really love to share it with as many folks as possible.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/worthcost/odd-yarns
Oh, and for backers of my previous comic, MARGUERITE VS. THE OCCUPATION, the shipment has FINALLY been unloaded from the dang boat, so I should have it within the next couple of weeks, which means I can hopefully get your books mailed out relatively soon. Im sending out updates through Kickstarter, so be on the lookout.
Ok folks, thats all Ive got tonight. Stay safe out there, see ya soon!
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CaliforniaPeggy
(156,596 posts)Thank you for all the laughter and the insights too.
It's been one hellacious ride!
littlemissmartypants
(33,415 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(16,267 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,869 posts)...and start a fundraiser for myself?
Hugin
(37,840 posts)Unusual occurrence with the after Thanksgiving food fixings this year.
Along with the other left-over rituals I have a long habit of performing in the aftermath of the main offering. I make a dump soup with, well, almost everything I find left in the fridge a couple of days later. (Except, the apple cider... I made that mistake once. Never again.)
Normally, after a night in the cooler, the soup forms a layer of separated fat (most of it from the turkey) in a white lens on top of the container. If it seems thick, I will break out some. A nifty way to reduce the soup's fat content for the waist conscious.
This year, no lens. Not even a hint of a lens. It was all pectin gel. That was the leanest turkey I've ever cooked the goose of. It must've been a supermodel turkey. Weird.
While I ponder this, I'd like to wish everyone a well deserved and earned peaceful holiday season.
Thanks again, Cap.
LetMyPeopleVote
(179,571 posts)Elessar Zappa
(16,385 posts)Tommymac
(7,334 posts)Oh yeah...opioids continue to kill masses in the suburbs, the farms, cities large and small...but nothing to see there so move along, no M$M soup for them.