Balloon Juice - There are a few things

There are a few things in life that I look forward to, and Mark Steyn’s columns are one of them (Sports Illustrated on Thursday in the mail and bottles of wineFriday afternoon are two other things). His latest offering skewers the corrupt House of Saud (though not with the relentless tenacity of Charles Johnson).

There are only two convincing positions on the House of Saud and 9/11: a) They’re indirectly responsible for it; b) They’re directly responsible for it. There’s a lot of evidence for the former — the Saudi funding of extreme Islamist madrassahs, etc. — and a certain amount of not yet totally compelling evidence for the latter — a Saudi “humanitarian aid” office in the Balkans set up by a member of the Royal Family which appears to be a front for terrorism. Reasonable people can disagree whether it’s (a) or (b) but for Americans to argue that the Saudis are our allies in the war on terrorism is like Ron Goldman joining O.J. in his search for the real killers.

Yeah. What he said.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

Fuck that bum, let’s go Joe!

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

This blog will pay for itself.

…and a burning sense of injustice to juice the soul.

Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

There are a few things