Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

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

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

“Alexa, change the president.”

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Keep the Immigrants and deport the fascists!

Also, are you sure you want people to rate your comments?

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Their shamelessness is their super power.

“But what about the lurkers?”

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Decision time: keep arguing about the last election, or try to win the next one?

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

So many bastards, so little time.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

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

Find someone who loves you the way trump and maga love traitors.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

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

American history and black history cannot be separated.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

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I think I am going to be eating beef vegetable soup for about two more days. I suppose there are worse things to eat. I froze two big containers, but I still have a bunch left.

Lots of pictures came in today, but this was my favorite:

sany1947

Another exciting night playing games and walking the dog. Really loving the storyline of Dragon Age. First game in a long time I remember actually caring about the story.

Also, since it is rapidly becoming Christmas time, the best and easiest way to support this website is if you are going to order through Amazon, click the Amazon link up above and to the right before you go there and shop. Some months we earn up to 50-60 bucks through referral fees, which is cool.

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  3. 3.

    D-Chance.

    LSU just fell victim to the SEC wanting that “undefeated vs undefeated” Alabama-Florida championship. They wuz robbed.

  8. 8.

    Jen R

    Anybody watching the Breeders’ Cup? Is it safe to watch the Classic? (Yes, this is what I’ve been reduced to.)

    And did you see the Turf? Holy shit, I love watching Presious Passion.

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    burnspbesq

    @valdivia:

    The plan, for the moment, is for them to continue to be the “barn cats.” Not sure how they would react to the dogs and the oh-so-prissy house cat, or vice versa. There is a warm and off-the-ground place for them to sleep near the front door. We could also look at putting a cat portal into the garage door if there is enough clearance.

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    valdivia

    @Yutsano:

    another cutiepie. he definitely looks cozy ah? good job on getting him to be lord of your home. I see this is in burnpbesq’s future.

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    Jason Bylinowski

    Yes, John Cole, I am also much enamored with Dragon Age. 15 hours in so far and planning on making a major dent in that figure tonight. Everybody talks about what a show-stealer Morrigan is, and she is certainly compelling if you’re into sarcasm, but my favorite character is Alistair by far.

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    gwangung

    I am confident that they will be happier when basketball season rolls around.

    I have a small confession to make: I actually like the Dukies in basketball. I like a program that’s relatively clean, very successful and pretty much fitting into an academically demanding school.

  27. 27.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @General Winfield Stuck: It’s the only thing that has kept me sane today. I’ve been listening to America, smoking dope and working on a paper for class. I tried watching the HCR debate on CSPAN but it was harshing my mellow.

  28. 28.

    burnspbesq

    The kid is all spiffed up for one of his best friends’ sweet 16 parties.

    Black tux, black shirt, purple vest and tie.

    Looking gooooooood.

    Hopefully his mom is getting photos.

  30. 30.

    AB

    I almost always play games for stories, but I’m a busy college student and don’t do much except for studying and research during the term. I hear great things about the story for Dragon Age, but just looking at some of the demo videos makes it look like an RTS game, I sure do hope it’s not like that.

  31. 31.

    R-Jud

    Cole:

    I suppose there are worse things to eat.

    Tuna soup, brussels sprout soup, mayo, baked beans, Glenn Beck’s appendix… I could go on.

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    Yutsano

    @burnspbesq: That almost sounds like my brother’s wedding. He stuck us in white tuxedos while he and his groomsmen wore zoot suits. We all looked pretty damn good I must say.

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    Yutsano

    Also, since it is rapidly becoming Christmas time, the best and easiest way to support this website is if you are going to order through Amazon, click the Amazon link up above and to the right before you go there and shop. Some months we earn up to 50-60 bucks through referral fees, which is cool.

    I’ll have to remember this since I do a lot of my holiday shopping online and my sister-in-law works for Amazon so I get a discount too.

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    Bostondreams

    Just a heads up for those of you playing Dragon Age on the PC. There are some problems with the new 1.01 patch if you run Vista. It will not allow you to run the game. You can get to the initial run screen (with the configure and install options), but clicking play does nothing. Best bet is to uninstall and reinstall, or update your Vista service packs.

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    debit

    @AB: I’m not a fan of RTS either, but there’s one game that’s the exception to the rule for me: Valkyria Chronicles for the PS3. It’s a mix of SRPG, RTS and Third Person Shooter (I also hate shooters). But I absolutely love it and played the hell out of it for the second time just recently. Because there’s only one battle per chapter, it’s easy to play for a bit, then set aside if need be. However, the story is decently done, IMO, and kept me engaged. I’m still debating on Dragon Age.

    @Just Some Fuckhead: I hope it turned out better than my Chipotle Chicken Chowder. Bland, bland, bland.

  42. 42.

    Elie

    Hey thanks John! That is my kitty, Buddy, who does actually eat a few clippings of wheat grass and a little bit of diced tomatoes in his wet food once a day.

    He is a doll baby and a demon — loves to investigate every new box or item brought into the house, steals chicken and things he likes off of the kitchen counter…is a champeen mouser and has to be kept out of the garage or he will keep us stocked with live mice for his amusement…lots of stories with THAT little habit!

    He makes me smile — a LOT…

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    Elie

    burnspbesq

    I love it when the kitties wind themselves against each other…glad you are taking care of some of the wilder little ones…

  44. 44.

    Elie

    General:

    Cats are totally weird…absolutely and completely individualists known only to themselves — always that little mystery thing held back…

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    valdivia

    @Laura W:

    LOL. I love that song from when I was a teenager but I had not thought of the song in a long while until someone mentioned America upthread.

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    RedKitten

    Durr…I didn’t realize that gsp had just asked the same question.

    Tuna soup, brussels sprout soup, mayo, baked beans, Glenn Beck’s appendix… I could go on.

    Beg to differ on the baked beans. The hubby makes them from scratch, with lots of thick-cut bacon mixed in, and they’re quite nice. Unfortunately, he tends to make them in very large batches, which means beans for supper three nights in a row, which results in…well, you get the idea.

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    Yutsano

    @RedKitten: Do not, under any circumstances, give that to the young one yet, lest you cause a toxic incident and HealthCanada descends upon your doorstep.

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    Just Some Fuckhead

    @RedKitten: I make pretty good baked beans. I start with butter, chopped onions, green peppers and apple juice, reduced. Mrs. Fuckhead loves them, at any rate.

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    RedKitten

    @Yutsano: That child provides enough toxic emanations as it is, without me feeding him baked beans. It’s rather disconcerting when I’m feeding him and he just nonchalantly farts in my lap.

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    Wile E. Quixote

    @John Cole

    Also, since it is rapidly becoming Christmas time, the best and easiest way to support this website is if you are going to order through Amazon, click the Amazon link up above and to the right before you go there and shop. Some months we earn up to 50-60 bucks through referral fees, which is cool.

    Only 50 or 60 bucks after all of the link pimpage I’ve done? Jesus, I’m glad you have those regular checks from George Soros so that you can continue to feed Tunch and pay the salaries of the crack Balloon Juice staff, the crash-test dummies of the internet who read conservative blogs so that we don’t have to.

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    Seanly

    @Jason Bylinowski:

    Morrigan is voiced by the lovely Claudia Black. Loved her in Farscape and grew to like her role in Stargate.

    DA:O is an awesome game. I screwed up first character so I backtracked. But already starting second character…

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    gwangung

    Morrigan is voiced by the lovely Claudia Black. Loved her in Farscape and grew to like her role in Stargate.

    “Lovely” seems like a terribly inadequate term for Ms. Black.

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    sbjules

    Great picture, but where is tunch and where is lily? It feels like months since we’ve seen them.

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