Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

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

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

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

T R E 4 5 O N

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

An almost top 10,000 blog!

I didn’t have alien invasion on my 2023 BINGO card.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

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

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

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  2. 2.

    John Cole

    My favorite one is where he claims I am a hack for pointing out that racist attacks against Malkin are unfair in a post in which I flamed Malikin so bad I apologized.

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    Brian

    And they think you’re a “douche” too!

    From one arrogant douche-bag jackass hack to another, your critics are a great indicator on your success. You and Goldstein are the best!

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    Joey

    We are all your fans, John. Seriously. That’s why we hang around here.

    Exactly. If I wasn’t a fan, I wouldn’t visit, and I certainly wouldn’t take the time to comment.

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    RSA

    In other words, they’re mindless hacks who never criticize their own party. (I should note that this doesn’t apply to conservative blogs like Maguire or John Cole- I’m mostly thinking of our friends at Powerline.)

    Don’t worry, someone will eventually suggest that non-mindless hacks and mindless non-hacks are logical exceptions to the description :-).

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    Vladi G

    Brad R. posts here sometimes. It’s pretty clear he’s a fairly regular reader.

    Sometimes I think you’re a douce, too, but I wouldn’t keep coming back if most of the stuff wasn’t thought provoking and generally fair.

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    scs

    You have another one here. Go down half way to a post on ID Haven’t even read it yet. Must do now. Just thought you’d like to know.

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    scs

    Weird, was just browsing around and saw this. Sorry, not so much a fan post.

    Science’s other enemies2 comments

    For once I’d like to see a blog discussion addressing the ramifications of Intelligent Design upon the education system that doesn’t turn into Christian-bashing. However, this thread at Balloon Juice ain’t it. John Cole links to a NYTimes article on an evangelical high school student in California who is suing the state university system for denying him course credit. I’m agnostic about ID in public schools — as any true federalist should be — but my eye-rolling reflex got going at the identity politics overtones of the lawsuit. That said, I feel sorry for the kid, and everyone taking the piss out of him in the comment thread has conveniently ignored the fact that the article doesn’t explain his personal beliefs about science.
    …..
    A few brave souls did point out the similar dangers of PoMo/multiculti influences on academics, and the double standards shown by the failure of the university system in California to crack down on them, points which are well-founded but lost in the sea of sniggering.

    Word. BJ commenters m.o. is getting around.

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    Jim Allen

    I’ll grant you the “arrogant jackass”, but I think that “hackulent fucktard” charge is a bit extreme.

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    oomab

    If I ever form a punk band, “Hackulent Fucktards” will be its name.

    John — you’re doing a great job. This is one of the most reasonable blogs there is, in my opinion.

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    Lines

    It wouldn’t be Balloon Juice without the great humor mixed in with the insightful commentary.

    And Brad R. would just be another anonymous blogger if not for Pastor Swank. (just kidding, Brad)

    You may be a douchebag, John, but you’re our douchbag.

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