Today's Tweet

More of the ridiculousness of religion-driven "law".

Wedding dresses hang from nooses in Beirut to protest law to let rapists go free if they marry victims @Patrick_Baz pic.twitter.com/JgbdDCDFkU

— Naomi O'Leary (@NaomiOhReally) April 23, 2017

The Meemaw Of All Bombs

Trae Crowder

(also - "...like titties on a 4-wheeler)

Today's GIF

So much hyper-awesome goodness going on with this one, I don't even know where to start.

Crazier

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A Word For The Friendly Skies

Lol 😂 pic.twitter.com/46iO3IjC8K

— Ffs OMG Vids 📽🔞 (@Ffs_OMG) April 20, 2017

Well Said, Whoever

In a world of little moral courage, physical courage becomes common, but will always remain a poor substitute.

--anon

driftglass

From driftglass today:

On the special election in GA-06:

On the one hand, as I said after the 2016 election, I have never gone wrong betting on the racism and arrogant ignorance of the Right: I've only erred occasionally on the point spread. And six months later my faith in the suicidal stupidity of the average Republican voter remains deep and abiding.

On the other hand, every election between now and 2020 is a referendum on President Stupid and his just-fucking-sack-the-place agenda.

Today's Today

We live forever as long as somebody picks up where we left off and carries it forward.

On this occasion, I'll take a moment to remember the main point:

Far better men than Putin and Trump have been trying to conquer the world for 40,000 years or more. And guess what - the world remains undefeated.

A moldy oldie for today's special birthday boy:

Seems Mildly Important

Reuters:

The first Russian institute document was a strategy paper written last June that circulated at the highest levels of the Russian government but was not addressed to any specific individuals.

It recommended the Kremlin launch a propaganda campaign on social media and Russian state-backed global news outlets to encourage U.S. voters to elect a president who would take a softer line toward Russia than the administration of then-President Barack Obama, the seven officials said.

A second institute document, drafted in October and distributed in the same way, warned that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was likely to win the election. For that reason, it argued, it was better for Russia to end its pro-Trump propaganda and instead intensify its messaging about voter fraud to undermine the U.S. electoral system’s legitimacy and damage Clinton’s reputation in an effort to undermine her presidency, the seven officials said.

The current and former U.S. officials spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the Russian documents’ classified status. They declined to discuss how the United States obtained them. U.S. intelligence agencies also declined to comment on them.

The Appropriate Screaming Headlines

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