Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Shocking, but not surprising

I’m only here for the duck photos.

Good luck with your asparagus.

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

No one could have predicted…

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

There’s some extremely good trouble headed their way.

Just a few bad apples.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Dinky Hocker shoots smack!

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Historically it is a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

The willow is too close to the house.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Han shot first.

Yes we did.

We can agree to disagree, but i’m right.

How do you get liars to care about the truth?

Today in our ongoing national embarrassment…

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Lighten up, Francis.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

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Open Thread: President-Elect Biden Thanksgiving Address Bonus: Pets

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I feel like you deserve some bonus pets:

Gabe sleeping

Gabe is stretched from Bixby (see his back feet are pressed against Bixby’s butt) all the way to the corner…which is WHERE I SIT. Nope, not today. Zander is snoozing away, oblivious to the ongoing battle.

Open Thread: President-Elect Biden Thanksgiving Address Bonus: Pets

I thought you might like to see a full-sized Scout. She can reach the top of our 6′ fence now. It’s scheduled to be replaced in the next year and I’m thinking I’m going for an 8′ one as a replacement.

Open Thread: President-Elect Biden Thanksgiving Address Bonus: Pets 1

Emma LOVES to be brushed and that sharp implement is her favorite of the brushes. No wimpy little soft nubbed Zoom Groom or glove brush for her. Bring on the torture devices. In her defense, her fur is pretty thick. She’s 18 now and as much of a pill as when she was 8 weeks old and hiding in my shoes and giving an entire other set of Danes hell.

Open Thread: President-Elect Biden Thanksgiving Address Bonus: Pets 2

And finally, the Big Guy.  You’ll notice a theme here. That’s my spot. LOL.

If you need me, I’ll be in my office, working. Where no pets are allowed.

Open thread

(and before you ask, no ducks today, because when I went on my photo spree, it was still too cold for them to be out of their hut).

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  1. 1.

    Nicole

    Speaking of pets, I watched the Rev. Warnock ad and how much do I love it?  Not only funny, but he comes across as affable, relatable AND a very responsible pet owner to boot. :)

  2. 2.

    patrick II

    I just saw my wife chopping up walnuts in the kitchen.

    “What are you doing?”

    Her: (scornfully) I’m making banana bread.  You bought all of those bananas.

    Me: That’s terrible.

  4. 4.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @Emma from FL: If Bixby was still doing “Up” (none of my male danes have ever been able to do it after around 4, I’m thinking something fuses as they mature) he could look over the fence.

  5. 5.

    trollhattan

    The kid is home for Thanksgiving-Christmas break from college–yay! (except for the unnecessary mountain of crap she brought with her that we’ll be packing and lugging right back in six weeks). Her English running teammate came along for a few days and she’s right out of central casting, if you were to call and say, “Get me a typical English schoolgirl.” Delightful.

  7. 7.

    R-Jud

    My sister had a major stroke this morning. She’s 35. She’s out of surgery and in the ICU recovering. I’m 3,300 miles away and can’t go help anyone out.

  8. 8.

    Amir Khalid

    They like to sit in your spot because it smells like Mom, and the smell of Mom makes them happy.

  15. 15.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    @R-Jud: OMG I’m so sorry.  That’s horrible and just as horrible is you’re stuck far away and can’t do anything but worry.  {{hugs}}.

  17. 17.

    R-Jud

    Thanks for your good thoughts, all.

    She’s not a jackal, but I do send her TaMara’s posts because she’s been thinking of adding ducks to her menagerie, which includes two dogs, two horses, several chickens and a donkey named Albus Dumbledonkey. She is a dear, dear person and she makes an immaculate whiskey sour.

  20. 20.

    Bex

    Not a pet, but Rockefeller the owl in the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was released into the wild yesterday.  Rocky is a girl, so maybe she should be called Rockette.  Anyway the wildlife people who helped her have a Go Fund Me page for some much-needed funds.  http://ow.ly/ksap5OCgmFI

  21. 21.

    JanieM

    @R-Jud: That’s awful. May she have the best of recoveries, and may we all get to travel to our loved ones soon.

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Here’s Samwise being extremely curious about lased-focused on my tuna salad

    LOL. We now have a cat on the property named Luthien. I thought of Samwise when my son named the new kitty. (Neither cat nor property is mine, strictly speaking, but I enjoy both.)

  22. 22.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    Thanks for the pics.  All your animals are great, but Emma is gorgeous!  Those green eyes with the black fur are killers. Sounds like she has the legendary tortoiseshell personality too :-)

  23. 23.

    Aleta

    @R-Jud:  I’m so sorry.

    It’s so rough to be far away.   (Been there, w/ my brother.)   If you need contributions coming back when it’s safe or finding good rehab for her, please let me know.

  26. 26.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @R-Jud:

    Oh no no no. I’m sorry; I know you must feel utterly helpless. Where is your sister hospitalised? Please keep us updated as you can (and are willing). All best to her for a full and speedy recovery. {{{{{Hugs}}}}} to you.

  27. 27.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @TaMara (HFG): One of my clearest memories of my college summer job as a letter carrier came at a fairly ordinary Cape Cod. I was working on undoing the knot holding the gate of the chain-link fence closed, in order to reach the mailbox on the porch, when out of the corner of one eye I spotted movement –

    And took three very quick steps back, as a classic Tyrannocanis rex ambled out from behind the house and in complete silence put two large paws on the top bar of the fence, lifted his large head above them & stared at me as if to say, Wanna rumble?

    And I thought, 1747 Drexel Rd.** gets no mail delivered today. In that ancient era, carriers had the right to make that call, and their supervisors would back them up.

    ** Not entirely sure of the number, but fairly certain it was odd & within 20 of that given. And it was definitely Drexel Rd., one of three roads (with Burnham and Kirk-something, maybe Kirkwood [hah: Kirkland!]) in the second half of my divided route, across Wise Ave. from the Sparrows Point Country Club in greater Dundalk, MD. /trivia

  30. 30.

    Princess Leia

    I am THRILLED to hear that the Army Corps of Engineers denied the permit for the Pebble Mine!!! Bristol Bay, and all the pristine land near it, esp Katmai National Park and the lovely ecosystem there has dodged a huge bullet. SO thankful for this!!!

  35. 35.

    trollhattan

    @Princess Leia:

    Oh, that IS great news because I thought Bernhardt was going to manage to push this one through. Horrid, horrid project from stem to stern and one that has been in the works for several decades. Admit I never expected gold to be $1,800/OZ either.

  40. 40.

    WaterGirl

    @germy: Looks like they set up the hotel conference room to look like Rudy is testifying in congress or something.

    Is he testifying anywhere official, or is this all theatre?

  41. 41.

    R-Jud

    @Roger Moore: I have a GP appointment next week about tinnitus so I will absolutely mention it. People in my family do have stroke issues but generally not until they’re over 65. Which we aren’t.

  43. 43.

    scav

    Were there no services parking lots in Gettysburg!?? Why not Guttersburg? Ah well, Windy Ham does about sum it up accurately anyhow.

  45. 45.

    narya

    @R-Jud: She might enjoy Quinn Cummings Zoom cocktail lessons. They’re free, but if you donate to her local shelter she puts your name in a drawing for some free stuff. (And she puts the names on little paper balls and waits to see which ball the cat kicks out of the pentagon she has taped onto the floor.)

  46. 46.

    Emma from FL

    @R-Jud:  I can imagine how you feel; my sister and I are very close, and I would be going nuts if that would have happened to us. Hang in there. Keeping you and her in my prayers.

  47. 47.

    Shakti

    @R-Jud:

    At least she won’t be completely alone.  It’s still awful feeling like there’s nothing you can do to help from thousands of miles away.

  50. 50.

    Nicole

    @R-Jud:  I’m so sorry to hear this.  Sending good thoughts and I’m relieved that she has her husband and parents there.  I can only imagine how frustrating it must feel to not be able to go yourself.

  53. 53.

    germy

    @WaterGirl:

    The state’s Lt. Gov. says that Giuliani is essentially criticizing his hosts, in part. https://t.co/XJSTv8lMiK

    — Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) November 25, 202

    He’s got witnesses testifying.  It’s about as official as the one in PA.  Trump on speakerphone

    So, to be clear, Trump is currently phoning into a Republican-led hearing at a Wyndham hotel in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania — a state that has certified its results and a Biden victory — to dispute Biden's election victory."This election was lost by the Democrats," he says.

    — Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) November 25, 2020

  58. 58.

    Kent

    @Princess Leia:I am THRILLED to hear that the Army Corps of Engineers denied the permit for the Pebble Mine!!! Bristol Bay, and all the pristine land near it, esp Katmai National Park and the lovely ecosystem there has dodged a huge bullet. SO thankful for this!!!

    That is indeed great news.

    And here in Washington a judge just overturned the Corps of Engineers permit for the what would have been the largest methanol plant in the world, on the Columbia River, converting fracked natural gas into methanol for export to Asia.

    https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2020/11/judge-voids-permits-for-columbia-river-methanol-plant-orders-new-environmental-review.html

  61. 61.

    hedgehog mobile

    @R-Jud: All good thoughts and love to you and her.

    What a lovely speech from Unca Joe.  Humane and kind.  Yeah, I sniffled in places.

  62. 62.

    Ohio Mom

    R-Jud:
    Sending healing thoughts into the universe for your sister.

    The only gesture I can think of from your distance would be to send your BIL food. It’s pricey but there are outfits online that send whole meals ready to heat up.

  63. 63.

    KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))

    I have flour & butter on my hands, I’m making pie crust, but I just wanted to jump on to say, you don’t have to believe in God to be comforted and uplifted by Joe Biden’s faith. His speech made my Thanksgiving.

  65. 65.

    OzarkHillbilly

    TaMara,

    I’m thinking I’m going for an 8′ one as a replacement.

    be sure to check your local codes before you do that. In STL and environs privacy fencing is limited to 6 feet in height. Your area may well be different, but a lot of these types of codes are practically universal. Not all, but a lot.

  66. 66.

    FlyingToaster

    @scav: I suspect the Hotel didn’t require cash-in-advance, because they don’t follow the news about Deadbeat Donnie.

  69. 69.

    FlyingToaster

    @germy:  Weird how the Pennsylvania GOP is unable to book rooms in the Capitol.  It’s like this isn’t a governmental function, but a party activity.  Hmmm.

  70. 70.

    TaMara (HFG)

    @OzarkHillbilly: Codes? We don’t need no stinkin’ codes! Thanks for that – I actually did check a while back because my neighbor put one up and I was envious. I believe for backyards, 8′ is the limit in town. Front yards, of course, have much stricter rules.

  71. 71.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Twitt-ler now being mocked by everybody’s favorite “adult alternative” Mormon rockers

    The Killers @thekillers 14h
    OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTING ROOMS. WE WON THE GRAMMYS, GOT LOADS OF LEGAL VOTES. BAD THINGS HAPPENED WHICH OUR OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE. NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. DOZENS OF BALLOTS WERE SENT TO PEOPLE WHO NEVER ASKED FOR THEM! #RIGGEDGRAMMYS #WEWON

  74. 74.

    Emma from FL

    @stinger: you beat me to saying just that. And on top of having wonderful words, he delivers them with conviction, because the writers are just polishing them. That’s the real Joe Biden speaking.

  78. 78.

    trollhattan

    If you spy a California vanity plate “FUCKYOU” on the road one forthcoming day, you can “thank” the libertarians.

    The California Department of Motor Vehicles is now barred from enforcing its policy of refusing personalized license plates that are “offensive to good taste and decency,” after a federal judge ruled that such a policy violates the First Amendment.

    The Pacific Legal Foundation, the libertarian legal organization which facilitated the lawsuit against the DMV’s restrictive policy, declared victory following Tuesday’s ruling.

    “This is a great day for our clients and the 250,000 Californians that seek to express their messages on personalized license plates each year,” attorney Wen Fa said in a statement. “Vague bans on offensive speech allow bureaucrats to inject their subjective preferences and undermine the rule of law.”
    https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article247408230.html#storylink=cpy

    There is a Pacific Institute, based on Oakland, doing the lord’s work protecting the environment and especially water resources, and I’m forever getting them mixed up with the Pacific Legal Foundation assholes. And now I can have “ASSHOLE” as my license plate if I wish to self-label that way.

  80. 80.

    Ohio Mom

    Trollhattan:
    Gee, I feel freer already.

    Guess we should be happy California’s libertarians put their efforts and resources into vanity license plates instead of just about anything else. That might be the most benign libertarian accomplishment ever.

  81. 81.

    Ruckus

    Your dogs always remind me of my neighbor’s dogs when I owned my bike shop. She made doggie jackets, her shop was called “Pug Snuggly.”  Thing is, she brought her dogs with her to work. The pug was understandable, but the two of her dogs together was hilarious because the other one was a great dane. His shoulders came about to my waist.

  82. 82.

    Yutsano

    I’ll make this easy:

    Pick a time. If I can pop in I will. But I especially want to Zoom meet Amir!

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