Balloon Juice - I am not dead. I

I am not dead.

I just want to get that clear. I have not been posting for a month, and it has been one of the wildest, weirdest, and worst months of my life. I have moved, made some other major changes, found a job, and my sister got arrested for possession of heroin when no one in the family knew she was even using. I am not kidding about the last part, and boy is a junkie sister in jail a real test of true family values. It looks like we might be able to get her back into rehab (back??- I will explain all later), and I should have internet access by this week-end. Other than that, for those of you who have never read me before, I have a chip on my shoulder and should be back to normal soon. For those of you who are used to me- expect more of the same and a site re-design soon. I swear.

Petty moves from a petty man.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

They spent the last eight months firing professionals and replacing them with ideologues.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

American history and black history cannot be separated.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

“Alexa, change the president.”

I am not dead. I