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Globos verdes y dos trajes de neopreno

by David Anderson|  June 4, 20201:48 pm| 102 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Green Balloons

Spanish porn star Nacho Vidal, who likes to advertise his aromatic candles shaped like male genitalia on Twitter, has been arrested on manslaughter charges following a man's death during a mystic ritual in which he inhaled psychedelic toad venom @AFP https://t.co/csPGMAnQOq

— Hazel Ward (@WardieJerusalem) June 3, 2020

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Globos verdes y dos trajes de neoprenoPost + Comments (102)

They’re Predicting 3k Deaths a Day This Summer and 40% of the Public Will Vote for Trump No Matter What

by John Cole|  May 4, 20208:22 pm| 94 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Green Balloons, Serenity Now!

I just wanted to say it out loud because it’s so fucking hard to believe.

They’re Predicting 3k Deaths a Day This Summer and 40% of the Public Will Vote for Trump No Matter WhatPost + Comments (94)

WTF / WASF Open Thread: A Glitch in the Simulation

by Anne Laurie|  April 2, 202010:17 am| 168 Comments

This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Open Threads, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, Green Balloons

What’s the first specialty quarter of 2020?

Not a joke. pic.twitter.com/IYGSmykh3R

— Timothy P. O'Malley (@timothypomalley) March 30, 2020

The Trickster God will have His little joke…

Of course, everyone this is not the bat that causes the virus. It's not even clear where the virus came from right now. This tweet was but a mild interruption to what has become the world's longest March. It's also not evidence of government conspiracy. Just a bat on a coin.

— Timothy P. O'Malley (@timothypomalley) March 31, 2020

It's the Samoan Flying Fox, which is found in our National Park in American Samoa. The tails side of most recent quarters is of scenes from our National Parks and Historic Sites.

— cinyc (@cinyc9) March 31, 2020


*SRSLY. Click on the embedded link, below:

Looking at the rest of the quarters for 2020, we can expect:
Lyme Disease (Weir Farm, CT)
A hurricane (VI)
Bernie Sanders (VT)
Bubonic Plague (KS, carried by prairie dogs)https://t.co/CIQzXOz0u2

— Bridget (@BostonBridget) March 31, 2020

So, you're saying it's the year of the fruit bat? #Discworld #century

— Sprezza (@TureMasing) March 31, 2020

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Just Chillin’

by ruemara|  November 15, 201912:49 am| 49 Comments

This post is in: Nature & Respite, Open Threads, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, Green Balloons, I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

Take a break from fuckery all day, every day. It’ll still be there when you’re ready to deal with it.

Go breathe. Go create something.

The feeling I have is that the constant crap we have to deal with is to prevent us from saying, “hey, we can make the world a bit better”. When we have room to breathe, time to focus on breathing, we have ideas. We gain strength, release anger and tension. We think clearer and for those of us with souls, we feel human and humanity towards others. So stop for a while tonight. Enjoy something. Write a few lines. Laugh at something. Feel unabashedly in love with a person, a story, a piece of music. Forget the bullshit of adulthood and expectations. Be intensely you – and enjoy how great you are.

You earned it. Obligatory cat pic from my library of shots during my tenure in animal behaviour.

Adorable little kitten wrapped in a full burrito restraining wrap.
Be the purrito, live the purrito

Just Chillin’Post + Comments (49)

Congrats, UK, You Morons

by John Cole|  July 23, 20199:38 am| 155 Comments

This post is in: Green Balloons

"Dude, we are going to energize the country, we are going to get Brexit done!" said Boris Johnson as he closed out his victory speech — to an audible mix of cheers and groans https://t.co/mqiMhy5mJV pic.twitter.com/ndFJevA08C

— CNN (@CNN) July 23, 2019

*sigh*

I often think about how in 2016, when almost anyone who mattered was dying (Prince, Bowie, Carrie Fisher, Alan Rickman, I kept thinking “Man this is the worst year ever.”

Congrats, UK, You MoronsPost + Comments (155)

Cold Grey Pre-Dawn Open Thread: Abasing Himself Before the Preachers

by Anne Laurie|  June 3, 20193:51 am| 49 Comments

This post is in: Hail to the Hairpiece, Open Threads, Religious Nuts, Republican Stupidity, All Too Normal, Assholes, Green Balloons

President Trump makes an unannounced stop at McLean Bible Church in Vienna, VA. pic.twitter.com/qBZzDi96vl

— The Hill (@thehill) June 2, 2019

It’s not exactly Henry II abasing himself before the bishops, but showing up for the hardcore Talibangelicals’ big “Day of Prayer” sans spray-tan and combover would seem to indicate that Lord Smallgloves, or his advisors, will indeed be leaning heavily into his ‘religious’ base during the upcoming election. (As a different Henry is supposed to have said, Paris is worth a mass.) Typical of the man’s slipshod ways that he couldn’t be persuaded to take the effort of changing out of golf togs. At least take off the cleats!

I'm sure the evangelicals would have been totally fine with Obama stopping by church for 16 minutes so everyone could pray for him. pic.twitter.com/7JpgxKmBTX

— Schooley (@Rschooley) June 2, 2019

Roger Stone says Trump’s never looked better!

Roger’s stoned. pic.twitter.com/s8AFeMqDNk

— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) June 3, 2019

He looks like if The Walking Dead and Gilligan's Island had a crossover episode.

— Doug Hanke (@doug_hanke) June 3, 2019

And please note that McLean Bible Church is on Rte. 7-right up the road from Sterling, VA, where the golf club is. It’s like he stopped for beer at 7-11 on the way to the BBQ.

— I am Scorpio (@adelphean70) June 2, 2019

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And you could have a change of heart

by DougJ|  December 13, 20185:40 pm| 102 Comments

This post is in: Clown Shoes, Green Balloons

Who is your favorite Trump Chief of Staff candidate? Some people like Newt, but I’m all about Rick Santorum. Not only is he crazy, he’s also very, very stupid. I know he said “no” once but I’m still holding out hope.

Disappointed no one has mentioned Scott Baio.

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