An update on the Balloon Juice store: I have just learned that the commissions generated from the Balloon Juice Online Store for Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue (with Little Bitsy being one of our shining star rescues) have passed the $500 mark for the first two weeks of being online. Thanks to the loyal Balloon Juice …
Archives for February 2010
Open Thread
Took a bunch of pictures of Lily in the snow this morning, but none of them turned out very well except for this one: We just had a bath, and now we are going to Woof’s to get some dog stuff and some catnip for his royal highness. No matter how many baths she gets, …
Franks worked with Team Abramoff for Earmarks…
By now many folks have heard the name Trent Franks. He is the typical Republican douchebag who told Mike Stark that slavery was a better situation for African Americans than the life they live in America today. Franks is batshit crazy and he was just named the most conservative member of the House Republicans. And …
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Chilean Earthquake
Because there has not been enough human misery lately, there was an 8.8 earthquake in Chile, and it looks like a disaster movie. There are tsunami warnings to be sounded as far away as Hawaii. Keep your fingers crossed.
Early Morning Open Thread
In the absence of Tunch photos… Mr. Whipple’s Punkie is shocked to discover that he has competition in the World’s Largest Domesticated Feline Hassock trials! ******
Wallace not Goldwater
Jonathan Rauch has a truly superlative piece on how George Wallace is the true god-father of contemporary Republicanism. The side-by-side comparison of Palin quotes with Wallace quotes is striking, but you need to read them all to see just how striking it is, so instead I’ll excerpt Rauch’s thesis and summarization: Wallace’s national appeal came …
Open Thread
You guys keep filling them up so fast.