Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

It’s not even safe to go out and pick up 2 days worth of poop anymore.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Something seems odd about that, but i have been drinking.

Militantly superior in their own minds…

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

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

This really is a full service blog.

… down to kool-aid drinkers and next of kin at the trump White House

I’m going back to the respite thread.

There’s some extremely good trouble headed their way.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

We need fewer warriors in public service and more gardeners.

Tick tock motherfuckers! Tick fucking tock!

I can’t take this shit today. I just can’t.

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

Yes we did.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Screw the Judean People’s Front. Splitters.

We have all the best words.

Lighten up, Francis.

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Respite Open Thread: Waffles and Hemingway Need a Home

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A miniature horse is up for adoption in Pennsylvania – but if you want the horse, you have to adopt his best friend, too.

Waffles is a six-year-old miniature horse, and his best friend is a goose named Hemingway.

Waffles is described as being small, but with a huge personality. He loves the typical “horse things” like grass and carrots, but there is nothing he loves more than Hemingway.

Linda Reider with the Bucks County SPCA said Waffles and Hemingway are a package deal.

“If you want to adopt Waffles, you have to adopt Hemingway. And if you want to adopt Hemingway, you have to adopt Waffles,” Reider told WFMZ.

The friends go way, way back – they were both taken from the same farm, where “the conditions were not good,” as Reider described it.

Even when Waffles was sick, Hemingway wouldn’t leave his side.

“When we go to give medicines or injections [to Waffles], Hemingway would get in between us and say, ‘I’m sorry, that’s my buddy the horse, he doesn’t want a shot today,'” Reider told WFMZ.

If you are interested in adopting this adorable pair, please visit the Bucks County SPCA’s website here.

If you aren’t able to adopt Waffles and Hemingway or are looking for a pet of another kind, please consider adopting another animal from the Bucks County SPCA or from your local animal shelter.

I’m sure there is room in Cole’s backyard…I’ll chip in for transport.

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Respite Open Thread: Happy Birthday, Lily Tomlin

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A patron saint for this, our moment in time…

“No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.”

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Respite Open Thread: Uplift One Another

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Coco Gauff‘s first U.S. Open in the main draw proved arguably as memorable as her Wimbledon run last month. It ended Saturday, when defending champion Naomi Osaka served her out 6-3, 6-0 in the third round.

Then Osaka, 21, approached Gauff, 15, and urged the youngest woman in the tournament to share the on-court victor’s interview.

“It’s better than going into the showers and crying,” Osaka, who was memorably in tears after beating Serena Williams in last year’s final, when boos for the chair umpire rained down, told Gauff. “Let these people know how you feel.”

 

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Friday Morning Open Thread: Here’s Hoping for A Quiet Weekend…

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*Especially* that Florida, and our beloved Floridian Jackals, will come through Dorian as unscathed as possible!

Who’s got plans for the last official weekend of summer?

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(Sorry, Raven, I know you’d prefer we not bring up football here)

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Respite Open Thread: Egg-cellent News

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So Penelope Pearl started laying consistently this week. Her endeavors have been adorable. The eggs have ranged from full-sized to fun-sized. I should have added chicken egg for comparison – but the third egg in is about chicken egg-sized.  Duck eggs are much bigger than even extra-large chicken eggs.

duck eggs, tomatoes on counter

You can also see that Mabel and Maddie have been busy, as well (in the bowl). Their eggs are back to being hard-shelled after a few months of soft-shelled eggs. The culprit? Bixby’s dog food. They do love their dog food, so I switched Scout and the ducks back to the old food, while Bixby has to have a beef food because he’s developed a chicken allergy.

Ten days off of dog food and many days of Ducks On Strike and everything went back to normal. Except they still wouldn’t lay eggs consistently, so I relented and give them about 2 cups of Scout’s food to share in the morning. They are eating more laying mix of seeds/scratch but happy to have their dog food back and laying eggs daily.

They are also EXCELLENT bug hunters and I love watching them run around the yard devouring flies, grasshoppers and grubs.

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I Am Vengeance! I Am the Night!

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I am really enjoying these belly scritchees and my ladybug pacifier!

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FLASHBACK to Capella enjoying a morning tickle. In the wild, their mothers groom them throughout the day to keep them clean and prevent bacterial growth known as 'slimey wing'. In care, we only bath (wipe them down) our flying fox orphans once a day as we don't want to strip away their natural oils etc. After their bath, they love a good tickle to mimic their mothers tongue, and then they are sunned to dry out and get their much needed vitamin D. *bats are not pets* – I am a licensed and vaccinated wildlife rescuer and rehabilitator. If you see a sick or injured bat, do not touch it. Call your nearest wildlife rescue group. No touch, no risk. #capellatheflyingfox #blackflyingfox #vaccinatedandlicencedcarer #batsqld #flyingfox #fruitbat #babybat #bat #wildliferescue #batsofaustralia #australianwildlife #batsofinstagram #batsarenotpets #pleasedonottouchbats #notouchnorisk #rehabilitateandrelease #secondchance #australia #queensland #battyburrito #threatenedspecies #protectedspecies

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Respite Open Thread: Sealed with a Kiss

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I loved this and wanted to see if there was a youtube version – and found out puppies and seals have been kissing for years. And each one is more adorable than the next.

Here’s a little respite from the crazy today.

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