Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

In my day, never was longer.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

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

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

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

T R E 4 5 O N

You cannot shame the shameless.

I was promised a recession.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

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  1. 1.

    ppGaz

    Does drug reporting suck more than most other reporting?

    From my perch, it looks like the media, which own the venues, have long ago sold out to ratings and profits. Drug-scare stories sell papers? So do exploding-car stories which hype nonexistant “problems” with police cars. So do Iraq WMD scary stories. So do “opinions differ on shape of earth” stories. So did “Richard Jewell” stories. So do Blonde White Damsel In Distress stories.

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    Zifnab

    See, I think I’ve lost sight of what the “media” is. If you mean Time Magazine and CNN and Fox News, then yeah, the media is knee deep in its own excrement. It’s all puff pieces and op-ed and human interest stories with no actual reporting. Even the local media succumbs to it occationally with their “Little girl’s pony makes friends with local chipmunks” pieces.

    But by and large I’ve grown up respecting the Big Three – Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw(sp?), and even Dan Rather – and if you sit back and watch some 60 minutes you’ll see some honest to god investigative journalism. Read a piece in the New York Times or the Washington Post. There’s a reason these newspapers are internationally syndicated. The Associated Press is a fine organization, and when I see AP next to a news story I tend to trust it. And while I’ve seen some crap, fear, and propoganda spewed about the Drug War, I’ve also seen some honest-to-god insight on the issue come out of the MSM. I’ve heard the “man thrown in jail for all eternity cause he was holding more than 6oz of pot” and the “man smokes pot for 20 years, loses job, loses family, lives in alley outside of slum and dies” stories. There’s some good drug reporting out there, you just have to find it. First hint, don’t ask Rush Limbaugh journalists for an investigative report, cause you’re not going to get a good one.

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    Matt

    Appropriately enough, I did see a nice bit of drug reporting on a major news outlet, and it was on the Ecstasy special that ran on ABC news hosted by Peter Jennings a little over a year ago. They came right out and said that the government was lying about the dangers of the drug. I was shocked, and came away with a bit more respect for Jennings after that.

  4. 4.

    Defense Guy

    You could go the extreme cynical route and state that the illicit drug trade, which competes with the legal one, buys no advertising space in any MSM publication, that I am aware of.

  5. 5.

    Scott Chaffin

    Can Shafer hold two thoughts in his head at one time? Last week, he was moaning about newspaper readers and their imbecilic lack of belief in their local papers. Now he’s moaning about reporters who…wait for it…probably shouldn’t be believed.

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