Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

White supremacy is terrorism.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

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

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

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

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

All hail the time of the bunny!

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

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

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

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

People are complicated. Love is not.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

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  1. 1.

    Kristine

    Should be more like $1350, according to the Chip In counter, unless some payments haven’t cleared yet.

    I’m glad Lady will be cared for. Poor thing.

  3. 3.

    Another Commenter at Balloon Juice (fka Bella Q)

    This crowd is nothing if not pet friendly. Thank you for helping, everyone(to include Cole for the alert). It’s times like this that reinforce my notion “proud to be a Juicer – of Balloon, of course.”

  11. 11.

    JPL

    John, You are an angel for setting up the Balloon Juice Store with the proceeds going to rescue dogs.

  12. 12.

    JCT

    And hopefully a forever home for Lady once she recovers!

    Such a great antidote for all of the terrible political nonsense.

    @stuckinred — awesome news, I had forgotten this was coming out, been following her for years, great voice and a story to match.

  13. 13.

    Loneoak

    Since this is a pet-oriented open thread, I’ll solicit some pet advice. We are on the brink of getting this new puppeh, but we have just found out that it is a she and not a he. The owners found out that her ‘boy bits’ were actually a prolapsed umbilicus. The problem with this that our current Alpha bitch, Turnip, adores boys and often does not get along with girls. She’s had fights with males and females, but she pretty much automatically reactive to a new female. She’s had a few girlfriends, but her best buds are always males and she’s a big flirt. So having a sister is much less appealing than having a brother. Any experiences here? The puppy aspect is the X factor–no way of knowing this puppy’s personality yet.

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    Erik Vanderhoff

    Why the hell is there a grinning Michelle Bachmann on your ad banners? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    quaint irene

    Always nice to hear some good news for a change. John, could you keep us updated on Lady’s condition? From the way (in the picture) it looked like the growth was hanging away from her body, I’m hoping the surgery won’t be too complicated.

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