Ciao

"Conservative" icon Antonin Scalia dies, and we can absolutely count on at least one of his fellow "conservatives" to pay him great honor and respect by tweeting out a picture that's NOT Antonin Scalia.

In which a sitting US senator tweets out the photo of an actor to pay homage to Scalia pic.twitter.com/wnUfpE6Rpb

— Luke Brinker (@LukeBrinker) February 14, 2016

Senator Ron Johnson is a seriously doltish meathead who probably couldn't find his ass with a guide and a fucking GPS.

The good news is that Russ Feingold is back and could end up kicking this turd muffin to the curb.

Seriously - what the fuck is wrong with these guys?

Take Good Care Of Your Mother

The oceans on this planet comprise 99% of all livable habitat.

Inquiring Minds, featuring Marah Hardt

"I never drink water - have you any idea what fish do in water?" --(not really) WC Fields

Today's Toon

The Patriots

The pinnacle of historical esteem is when people write songs about you and your exploits.  I guess there's some kind of opposite thing happening when they do it as satire(?)

The Ballad Of The Malheur Patriots  --Laura Sams and Garrett Palm

hat tip = Little Green Footballs

Today's Tweet

Guests on Diane Rehm show talking about “enormity” of support for Trump. Hope they’re using the word on purpose.

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) February 12, 2016

It takes a writer like Fallows to see the "enormity" of the problem and then express it in fewer words rather than more.

Today's GIF

Goober Squad Update

The last of the militia schmucks in Oregon gave it up today and surrendered to the FBI.

NY Times

So, of course, I had to bop over to Fox Nation to check on the reactions of the Guano Clan - and also too because trolling those mush-brains is just too damned fun.

Today's best troll comment:

The System Ain't Broke

...it's fixed.

The Real News Network

And Then There Were 7

And the question now is - will they let Jim Gilmore into the next debate?  I mean - gee whiz  - he was only 6300 votes outa 8th place in New Hampshire.  And you gotta have an odd number so you can make sure Trump's always at center stage.  C'mon, guys, think. 

Today's WIngnut

Some of these wackos are giving wackos a bad name.

pic.twitter.com/pDe3mp1bef. Saturday stuff!

— Doc Cooper, HM3 (@CMark1950) February 6, 2016

The Purge for Purity is just plain silly if you're concluding that a rapacious privatizing rent-seeking asshole like Paul Ryan doesn't quite measure up to your Assholery Specifications.