Month: June 2018

by JanieM One of my favorite signs from the Augusta event: Open thread, with an emphasis on reporting in from here there and everywhere. The Augusta event was well attended, if on nowhere near the scale of the women’s march. Of the people I might have gone with, several were away and one was in … Read more

–By Sebastian Justice Kennedy resigning is a horrible blow.  As a gay man I wouldn't say that he always had our back, but he was an ally (in the sense of having very different priorities, yet still working together with us) nonetheless.  If we are going to get through all this we probably need to … Read more

by wj For the past week, we have mostly been focused on the family separation fiasco. Understandably. But in some senses this has been just another distraction effort (after all, they have now gone 3 steps forward and 1 step back; probably without general notice of the net movement). Meanwhile, there have been other things … Read more

by Ugh Today SCOTUS decided Carpenter v. United States, saying essentially if the police want to gather your cell phone location records for the past ____ days they need a warrant under the 4th Amendment.  In the decision, in an opinion by the Chief Justice (who continues to vie with Kennedy for "least awful GOP … Read more

by Doctor Science Sneakers September 1999 – June 15, 2018 We had to say good-bye to Sneakers on Friday. He’d clearly reached the end of the line, he wasn’t eating and was down to skin and bones. He had a really good run: more than 18 1/2 years is a full life for a cat, … Read more

With this post, I am breaking three of my personal rules I have for this blog. The first is that I do not call out commenters in the post as I think it is unfair to use the larger megaphone of the front page to make a point. The second rule is that in dealing … Read more

by Ugh The President is horrible. His Attorney General is horrible. His press secretary is horrible. ICE is horrible. Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan are horrible. The GOP is horrible. Also, too, horribly racist. The GOP is the party of Sarah Palin on her worst day now. I mean, fnck. Open thread…………………. Update the First:  … Read more

by Ugh Random movie quotes have been popping into my head lately and the number one thing I realized is that none of them are from a movie post-2000.  Either I'm old or my movie watching habits have declined.  Probably both. I was going to put up a thread about how one of the great … Read more