Everything You Know is Inoperative
The Hill, 8:55 p.m. Tuesday:
Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.) is expected to take over as senior Republican on the Senate Energy panel after Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) lost the position Tuesday.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) was behind the switch.
CNN, 2:51 p.m. Wednesday:
In a surprise move, Senate Republicans decided not to remove Sen. Lisa Murkowski from her top position on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Wednesday, according to several Republican senators who refused to explain their decision.
Actually, they voted to remove Lisa Murkwski, but discovered their error too late.
Good thing they have name tags in the picture. One would want to throw one’s unmentionables at the wrong one.
Ron Ziegler – the only Presidential Press Secretary whose principal job qualification was experience as a tour guide at Disneyland.
@Walking Still: Given the White House press corps, that seems like an incredibly useful qualification.
@SanFranLefty: I have a fridge magnet with a picture of President Clinto’s cat Socks sitting atop the podium in the WH press room.
@redmanlaw: I miss Socks.
I guess Socks misses Socks too, these days.
@nojo: From being to nothingness, but I’m sure he’s somewhere smiling down on Maru.
JNOV • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 My mood courtesy of Rhiannon Giddens: https://youtu.be/M7PvWw97Cq0
JNOV • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 A man who has his family and lackeys deeply embedded in every facet of our government is trying to…
JNOV • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 THIS IS NOT OKAY! WE’VE RUN THESE WAR GAMES FOR **YEARS**. SPOILER ALERT: A TON OF PEOPLE DIE.…
JNOV • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! WHAT. THE FUCK?!!?!
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 @ManchuCandidate: Summer definitely disappeared.
MANCHUCANDIDATE • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 BTW, has your favorite fundies gone to Ratpure?
MANCHUCANDIDATE • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Come on dude shut your mouth. Shut your mouth Never like to hear I take bribes Won't you please…
BURR DEMING • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Thank you for this, nojo. He was a wonderful talent and, by all accounts, a wonderful human…
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Oh, and there’s a Catholic church across the street. Maybe I can do a little dance for them!
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Now that I’m in NYC, plenty of pigeons to poison in his honor.