BlueSky fix your pictures so I can tag all the Virginia Republicans with a picture of a McDonald's job application

one of the ways the mid to late 20th century political world has distorted the historical memories of even sophisticated observers is in the idea that you can achieve major transformations of american political life through something like bipartisan consensus

Related: I have a Henley with this design on it from Montana Brewing Company:

Damn you autocarrot - that was clearly meant to be a Culver's custard.

The Supreme Court found that a school acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ people was such a violation of freedom of religion that they had to allow opt outs but now the 5th circuit says kids being exposed to the ten commandments isn't. The law is such a joke.

I’m sorry, but if you were looking for something other than unabashed affection and astonished adoration maybe you came to the wrong account

Good on ya.
I became a Nats fan during the late 2010s and I am enough of a gutter degenerate that I've been known to put on even NL West games if it's late and there's a good matchup.

I can't claim I'm always 100% eyes-on but all our TVs are TiVos so I can always rewind if I missed it.

one of the single most important bursts of legislative activity in the nation's history happened because the governing party did not hesitate to remove their opponents from congress itself when they had the opportunity. 🤷🏿‍♂️

tomorrow I get NYY-BOS on FS1 and Thursday we'll be at the game at Fenway - so I can't complain even if the damn Yankees win all three.

Hope your week has started stellar.

ticket holder and I went with him to a game in the 2003 ALCS at old Yankee Stadium - and living outside Baltimore we raised our two boys as 'sports bigamists' - if we took them to a Red Sox-Os game they wore Red Sox gear and Yankees-Os they wore orange and black.

So tonite I get NYY-BOS on MLBN and

Kind of an aside, but:
I showed up at college (Boston University right by Kenmore Square) in the fall of 1986. As we got closer to the World Series I became a bandwagon fan - there was no Switzerland neutrality clause in the dorms and my roommate was a Mets fan from Jersey.
My BIL was a NYY season

Welp, all we’ve got is words, so tell me some

The “you must not only take the correct action but also feel only positive feelings about it” thing is so toxic. It leads to randos screaming at folks who do the right thing, just for admitting that it sucks sometimes, AND to the faulty assumption that not loving it = it not actually being right.

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The mission is clear:
Get it back here
Clone it
Grow it
Make it a delicious kebab

It’s probably been done before, but I would love “Seether” by Veruca Salt

pepperidge farm also remembers a cartoon of a man in a straw hat ALT: pepperidge farm also remembers a cartoon of a man in a straw hat

Did you know World War II was the first conflict where the US military lost more to enemy action than to disease?

Life-threatening virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea at high levels in the U.S., CDC says Rotavirus is highly contagious, fast-moving and especially dangerous for babies and young children. Doctors worry declining vaccination rates could lead to more hospitalizations.

Since he can't see a virus, fingers crossed Gin Diesel catches this off a doorknob. www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...

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You're all freaks, get some help.

this is horrifying

on this basis they could charge a GC holder with anything in absentia, arrest them on their return to the US, and deport them on the grounds they've been charged with something before ever seeing a courtroom

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And all the finalists

Egyptian Archaeologists Find Perfectly Circular Temple Tied to Ancient Water Cult At first, researchers believed they'd found an old government structure. They were very wrong.

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Thanks to everyone who nominated Rapport! And congrats to all the other nominees!

pre TSA air travel

Trump just issued a last-minute warning to Virginians that if they vote YES on the redistricting referendum tomorrow, he will lose power: "If the Democrats get additional seats, they're going to be making changes at the federal level."

Go fuck yourself with a white hot stick. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER.

A glorious Effin’ Birds Queen Size blanet which says: I am Fucking Magnificent. The design is a peacock on a blue background, standing with it’s display in a train behind it.

Congratulations! 😎👍

I, in my official capacity as a person on the internet, award you, in recognition of your recent award, this blanket: (photo by me, blanket by Effin’ Birds.)

I feel like Sun Tzu really missed out on "Invent Pete Hegseth and give him to the enemy"

And congratulations to Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz, and Roseanne Liang for the nominations for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for Murderbot TV episodes “All Systems Red” and “The Perimeter”!!! Congrats to the whole Murderbot team!

We flew back from Austin and I just drove him home to reunite him with his family, including his baby. Obviously everyone was very emotional, and I felt a bit like an intruder when they invited me inside. They even asked for a picture with me. But it did feel like it was an important thing to do.

However, because he was detained in South Texas, he was released without any cash or ID at a bus station in San Marcos. The family and I were trying to figure out where he was and how to send him money or buy his bus ticket. I also looked up that a Greyhound trip would be 3 days and 4 transfers.