Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

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

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

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

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

I really should read my own blog.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Second rate reporter says what?

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

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

All your base are belong to Tunch.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

“But what about the lurkers?”

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

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

Come on, man.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

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  5. 5.

    Comrade Kevin

    Anyone else see the ass on MSNBC yesterday saying about how much of an "outrage" it was that Barack Obama was flying to Hawaii to "visit grandma"?

  6. 6.

    Melinda

    I come from a family of nerds. So my sister, who’s constitutionally sort-of liberal but basically apolitical (I’m not sure she even votes all that often) sat down and did the arithmetic on McCain’s healthcare proposal, then went out and got an Obama yard sign.

    Speaking of which, during an airport layover yesterday I eavesdropped on an accountant on a phone call with one of his clients. He was trying to convince the client that his taxes would go down under Obama, then explained that his own Obama yard signs had been stolen so he smeared white lithium grease on the new ones, figuring that at least he could mess up the interior of the thief’s car.

  7. 7.

    ThymeZoneThePlumber

    Actually, the ass twice said that the outrage was taking that big expensive "767" just to see grandma.

    Of course, he was wrong on the facts … Obama’s plane is a 757, quite a bit smaller plane. But the ass part …. the idea that somehow it was scandalous to make the trip … left pretty much everybody shaking their heads.

    Apparently all Republicans are now on crack.

  9. 9.

    Cris v.3.1

    The mobile version of this site is very cool, but it doesn’t include comments. Much as I love the writing of the main site authors, the comments are what bring me back to hit Refresh every five minutes.

    If comments can’t be included in the mobile site, it would be nice if there was a simple way for a mobile browser to switch back to the canonical site.

  10. 10.

    Stooleo

    Schadenfreude.

    I really like this quote.

    "One well-connected Republican in the private sector was shocked to get calls and resumes in the past few days from what he said were senior McCain aides — a breach of custom for even the worst-off campaigns."

  11. 11.

    OriGuy

    My dad has always been hard to get Christmas gifts for. Since Mom died, he’s told my sisters and I, "Don’t get me anything; you kids will just have to get rid of it when I go." (He’s in good health for 79.) This year I may just send some money to The Heifer Project in his name. They buy livestock from chicks to water buffaloes for people to raise and breed, putting the money into local economies.

  13. 13.

    Comrade Stuck

    All is not lost for our wingnuts.

    Republicans Don’t Worry, Be Happy

    Here’s a silver lining for Republicans—they’re happier with their lives than Democrats, according to the latest Pew Research Center survey measuring the personal attitudes of voters.

    I guess the phones were busy at NRO.

  14. 14.

    sstarr

    Apropos of nothing at all:

    For the past for or five years I’ve had a nagging doubt about the stock market. It had nothing to do with the mortgage crisis or with Credit Default Swaps – which I hadn’t heard of before Behr Sterns started to collapse – but rather with the imminent retirement of millions of baby boomers.

    Stock value – as I understand it – is based on the value of the underlying company (stop laughing!) and also on the good old law of supply and demand. In other words, the more people who want to buy stocks, the more the price will increase.

    Baby boomers are retiring by the millions. They invested in stocks for retirement. Now, to get that money out of the market they will need to sell off their stock portfolios. Millions of people selling stocks, and many fewer members of generation X out there to buy them. Therefore, the value of stocks is doomed to go down for years to come. There are simply too many buyers and not enough sellers.

    Now, I have no data or expertise to back up this hunch. Could be that institutional investors so dwarf the individual investors that it won’t make any difference. Still, some of those institutions are pension plans etc.

  17. 17.

    binzinerator

    Funniest f’ing youtube over at the Atlantic, via Sully. From Russia, a Song for Sarah.

    What are you doing right now, lets see…
    Are you and Todd OK?
    You say you can see me and my country from your state
    Well I’m looking at you every day

    Misses Palin
    I want to fly into your airspace.
    Misses Palin
    I want to rear my little head.
    Misses Palin
    Why don’t you reply to my e-mails?
    I made a telescope for you.
    I love you so.

    You don’t like newspapers.
    Well neither of us can say or read English.

    I say
    doggoneit youbetcha youbetcha
    doggoneit youbetcha youbetcha

    Gawd these two guys are fucking funny!

  18. 18.

    jake 4 that 1

    McPalin Communication Breakdown – Part the 3rd:

    Palin, who is John McCain’s vice presidential running mate, said the clothes were not worth $150,000 and were bought for the Republican National Convention.

    Most of the clothes have never left the campaign plane, she told the newspaper.

    "It’s kind of painful to be criticized for something when all the facts are not out there and are not reported," Palin said.

    "That whole thing is just, bad!" she said. "Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are."

    News of the purchases of designer clothes, largely from upscale Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, contrasts with the image Palin has crafted as a typical "hockey mom."

    McCain was asked several questions on Thursday about the shopping spree — and he answered each one more or less the same way: Palin needed clothes and they’ll be donated to charity.

    "She needed clothes at the time. They’ll be donated at end of this campaign. They’ll be donated to charity," McCain told reporters on his campaign bus between Florida rallies.

    Awe. Some.

  19. 19.

    binzinerator

    Lyrics for Song for Sarah.
    Vlad & Boris rock!


    Soon as I wake up in the moring
    I go to my window
    I made this telecope myself
    out of duct tape and the thing that holds the wrapping papers
    so I can see if you’re there
    I fixed it on your house in Alaska
    My next-door neighbor
    Here in Moscow

    What are you doing right now, lets see…
    Are you and Todd OK?
    You say you can see me and my country from your state
    Well I’m looking at you every day

    Misses Palin
    I want to fly into your airspace.
    Misses Palin
    I want to rear my little head
    Misses Palin
    Why won’t you reply to my e-mails?
    I made a telescope for you.
    I love you so.

    We share a small maritime border
    But the borders of our heart is thick
    You don’t like newspapers.
    Well neither of us can say or read English
    We are made for each other
    So fly your plane my way
    I live at 45454
    Russia Avenue

    Misses Palin
    I want to fly into your airspace.
    Misses Palin
    I want to rear my head
    Misses Palin
    Why won’t you reply to my e-mails?
    I made this telescope for you.
    I made this telescope for you.

    I say
    doggoneit youbetcha youbetcha
    doggoneit youbetcha youbetcha
    doggoneit say it ain’t so joe
    youbetcha doggoneit youbetcha
    doggoneit say it ain’t so joe
    youbetcha doggoneit
    youbetcha doggoneit
    say it ain’t so joe
    doggoneit

    doggoneit youbetcha
    youbetcha doggoneit

    I love you

  21. 21.

    binzinerator

    Misses Palin is how they spelled it when that part was onscreen in the vid.

    Who am I to second-guess genuis?

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