Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

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

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

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

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

I really should read my own blog.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

The revolution will be supervised.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Let there be snark.

I was promised a recession.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

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I think we need to spend some time talking about new blogs we have found lately that are worth a look. I’m so caught up in my own bullshit that I haven’t explored as much and am kind of in a rut/routine as to what I read and check, so if you have a blog you think is worth checking out, or if you know of one we should be reading, through it in the links here so we can give it a test drive.

Also, I’d like to make an ActBlue page for the Wisconsin recall. Do we know who the candidates are? I sure as hell don’t. Names would be useful.

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  1. 1.

    fasteddie9318

    I just stumbled across this very interesting blog run by someone named Andrew Something-or-other. He’s got some intriguing ideas and I wish he had a newsletter to which I could subscribe. I used to think Mark Halperin and Ann Althouse were IT as far as star bloggers were concerned, but this Andrew person seems so thoughtful and reasonable that I’m not sure anymore.

  4. 4.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    I like Capital Gains and Games. Somebody here suggested it when I was asking for “intelligent, old-school conservative blogs.” I don’t really see the conservatism here as much as objectivity. And I’m sure 100 people will flame me for paying them that compliment, but the posters here seem to be realists to me.

  6. 6.

    redshirt

    I like science blogs. Here’s two fun ones:

    Bad Astronomy – Mostly science with a mild humor twist. Also a skeptic blog. We need more skepticism!

    Pharyngula – Used to be more science. Mostly pro-atheism/evolution these days – and/or attacks on the Wingnuttery.

  10. 10.

    Tulip

    when politics just get to depressing:

    http://baseballmusings.com/

    I also used to love:

    http://www.baseballprospectus.com/

    But when I had to take a 10% paycut all extra stuff got put on hold. Content for non-subscription isn’t very good. But if you are a stat geek and can afford it, I loved the articles. Besides Nate Silver was a founder (or something)… so politically it seems a little left leaning. :)

  11. 11.

    Sarah Proud and Tall

    I don’t really read many political blogs, except when I am going nutpicking, because otherwise I begin to despair.

    One of my favorite distractions is Flagrante Delicia, a sweet little Portuguese lady who makes truly wonderful desserts – English version for recipes, more expansive Portuguese version for pure cake porn.

    I also love Flikfilosopher – good movie reviews and scads of yummy Doctor Who geek-girliness.

    For the ultimate productivity destroyer, try How to be a Retronaut.

  18. 18.

    Southern Beale

    Well, it wasn’t the boobies.

    Okay John, I love ya but don’t ask us to share info about our favorite new blogs when our comments with said information is gonna get embargoed for having too many links.

    LE SIGH

  19. 19.

    Southern Beale

    OK I’m not embargoed anymore. Thank you.

    So anyhoo, just made a fabulous dinner and then went on a blog and made an ass of myself, what’s new with y’all?

  21. 21.

    shortstop

    @John Cole: Well, damn. You’re just failing all around on the alpha front, aren’t you? Haw.

    ETA: I see the word “candidates” now. I haz a blush.

    And E again TA: And it’s not like you’d be making ActBlue pages for Republicans, would you? I just did this to take the focus off of SouthernBeale. ;)

  22. 22.

    chamois

    http://current.com/shows/countdown/

    Keith! Good stuff developing there, with his Current TV show going on air June 20th. I think that with the constraints of corporate TV ownership off him, he will be able to say ALL that needs to be said. It will not an antidote to FOX because KO will speak the truth and not anyone’s propaganda. Please, let us not tolerate the anticipated false equivalences–which are as predictable as you can say “David Gregory.”

  24. 24.

    shortstop

    I just noticed that the GOP senators’ petition challenges have been approved in reverse alphabetical order. I wish some troll would explain the proof of nefarious Democratic conduct illustrated therein.

  26. 26.

    Southern Beale

    @Kewalo:

    Oh, my! Thanks for the link to Juanita Jean’s Beauty Shop! This comment on the Chris Christie helicopter of doom is classic:

    Man, I hope they had some rocket fuel in that sucker because Christi once fell down and rocked himself to sleep trying to get up.

    I’m sorry I shouldn’t find that funny but I do.

  27. 27.

    J.W. Hamner

    For food not politics, I added a handful of blogs to my RSS feed from Saveur’s best food blog awards, but it’s too early to tell which of them will stay on the feed. The good thing about food blogs is that they don’t update so often that it’s hard to keep track of them, but the bad thing about food blogs is that they update so seldom it’s hard to evaluate them.

  28. 28.

    srv

    FDChief:
    http://www.firedirectioncenter.blogspot.com/

    When intel-dump went defunct a 2nd time, the commenters started http://milpubblog.blogspot.com/. FDChief was one of the best sages there and he’s like John, but less snark and always right. I’ve never, ever disagreed with the guy on anything, and he’s a great writer. Stuff like this:

    Every single fucking human being needs to have it driven into his or her forehead with a steel nail that every single day in every single war some person dies a stupid, meaningless death that snuffs out the world in a moment. That those empty eyes zipped inside a bag or covered by a bloody blanket were the windows to an entire universe, once.
    __
    That the price we pay for forging our national will is paid in the unlived futures of those we kill and those of us who die to make it so.

    Has a series of decisive battles of history and often the observations have a very current theme. Give him some love.

  29. 29.

    Southern Beale

    This may be an ignorant question but do they even have senate candidates in Wisconsin yet? Isn’t the recall vote a separate thing that has to come first?

    I haven’t heard anyone talk about running FOR these seats, just recalling the assholes currently occupying them.

  30. 30.

    Davis X. Machina

    Even if it’s unofficial, it might behoove the WI state Democratic party to wink-wink-nudge-nudge the names of potential candidates for the soon-to-be vacated senate seats.

    You can’t beat someone with no one. You can beat no one with no one, but it’s easier to beat no one with someone.

    Or something.

  31. 31.

    BP in MN

    @Southern Beale:

    In Wisconsin, the format is that the recall election is actually more like a do-over. So the 6 Senate Republicans will each have an opponent; if they get more votes, they’re retained, and if not, they’re dumped and the opponent takes over.

  33. 33.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    Not a blog but a forum of like minded individuals who evicerate the “birfers” on a daily basis. They follow their cases and their blogs and forums and debunk every last thing they ever post. A really smart bunch of lawyers and other sundry types (like me) who dedicate an inordinate amount of time to make sure that “falsehoods unchallenged only fester and grow” are challenged every day.

    Warning sometimes the lawyers get into an argument about a nuance of the law, it is fascinating, albeit confusing sometimes. At times like that I go to the funnies section!

    http://www.thefogbow.com/

  34. 34.

    Kewalo

    @Southern Beale:

    You are very welcome…you too Evolved Deep Southerner. I’m so glad you enjoyed her.

    Don’t feel bad about laughing..the line that had me rolling was his shadow must weigh 17lbs.

    She is consistently funny and her posts about Gov. Perry are always hilarious.

  41. 41.

    Lurker

    For the past several months, my vice has been the A Distant Soil blog. I already own the graphic novels, but I still look forward to viewing the pages as they get posted online. The artwork is that beautiful.

    The author’s posts about the American comics industry and Very Bad Publishers are also worth reading, too.

  43. 43.

    Ghanima Atreides

    cosmic variance, disco blog and i’ll second bad astronomy.

    if you move the LoOG to the mock column where it belongs, I’ll stop throwing a hissy when DougJ and mistermix link EDK.

    /smiles winningly

  44. 44.

    Davis X. Machina

    @Cat Lady: Pierce turns up in the comments at Rumproast, IIRC, and Lawyers, Guns and Money, among other blogs. He is the most recent instantiation of the ancient Celtic god of snark. “C-plus Augustus” for George II is one of his, e.g.

  45. 45.

    Southern Beale

    @Sarah Proud and Tall:

    Is it sad that when I went to your blog I was disappointed that it was actual boobies and not cute birds with blue feet?

    You must know commenter w00t over at Eschaton, who only posted pictures of blue-footed boobies …

  49. 49.

    Gravenstone

    @shortstop: Oh, they’re out there. Unfortunately caught the last few minutes of a local right whinger on talk radio this afternoon. He was swearing up and down about the state Government Accountability Board scheduling the Republican recalls earlier than the Democratic ones. Of course, he was conveniently ignoring that they recall schedule is set by when the challenges are certified. The GAB has certified all the petitions against the Republican senators, but the ones against the Democrats are still underway (and the GAB is seeking to delay the 6/3 deadline to certify due to the wide range of challenges and protests files against the Democratic Senator recall efforts). They’re trying desperately to spin their little conspiracy theories because they know they’re fucked.

  50. 50.

    TooManyJens

    @Sarah Proud and Tall:

    I also love Flikfilosopher – good movie reviews and scads of yummy Doctor Who geek-girliness.

    OMG. I just lost about an hour over there. Thanks for the rec.

    (So glad to know I wasn’t the only one who thought the morality of “The Almost People” was totally fucked up.)

  52. 52.

    AliceBlue

    It’s not a political blog, but GoFugYourself is hysterical. It’s two Brit gals who live in Los Angeles making snarky comments about celebrity fashion (with pictures).

  55. 55.

    Suffern ACE

    I like Vagabond Scholar. I’m guessing he get’s read since he shows up here from time to time.

    If I could make a suggestion though, could we have Palin Free Fridays for the summer. Even if she shows up on Bill Ayers front lawn drunk while posting her privates to Facebook on a Friday in Chicago at high noon? Could we delay analysis of the event until Saturday at 12:00am?

  57. 57.

    PeakVT

    I recently added a few decidedly non-mainstream blogs that are following the Fukushima disaster on a daily basis to my reader. They’re useful because they mine the Japanese-language press for articles. They are EX-SKF and Energy News.

  58. 58.

    Ben Railton

    Gonna shamelessly self-promote here and just say that my daily blog, americanstudier.blogspot.com, is an attempt to write about scholarly (American Studies-esque) issues and themes in a way that would hopefully be of interest to intelligent, engaged, interesting, sometimes funny people. Like, y’know, you guys. FWIW.

    Thanks,
    Ben

  60. 60.

    Mike

    The candidates in the upcoming recalls of Republican Senators in Wisconsin are:

    Incumbent (R) Challenger (D) District
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1) Rob Cowles Nancy Nusbaum WI-SD-02 (Green Bay)
    2) Alberta Darling Sandy Pasch WI-SD-08 (Milwaukee north shore)
    3) Sheila Hardsorf Shelly Moore WI-SD-10 (Hudson)
    4) Luther Olsen Fred Clark WI-SD-14 (Baraboo)
    5) Randy Hopper Jessica King WI-SD-18 (Fond du Lac)
    6) Dan Kapanke Jennifer Shilling WI-SD-32 (La Crosse)

    Nice ActBlue page for them all here.

  62. 62.

    Ghanima Atreides

    I like to read Allahpundit still at hotair.
    This is so poignant, where he links NPR.
    Allahpundit is bright enough to see contemporary culture rejecting conservatism like a disease, and sometimes he just seems so wistful.
    Its very soothing when evil flourishes like the green bay tree, to taste AllahP’s sadface.

    and i think balloon juice shud make a lipdub.
    like this one.
    i can see it in my head.
    ;)

  69. 69.

    John Weiss

    Off Topic!!

    John, you need to find a good home for Rosie. Some family that would appreciate a lovely very fat dog. A family with no tradition of eating dogs. A family with no other pets.

    If you keep Rosie, she will slowly drive you madder than you are.

  70. 70.

    Danny

    Here comes some shameless self promotion:

    I just started writing a blog and would love some Balloon-Juice traffic. If anyone wants to check it out it’s at exleywartime.blogspot.com.

  71. 71.

    kideni

    For the Wisconsin recalls, Dane101 has a handy list of names, Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, and websites, which they update as new info becomes available.

    The challengers are all pretty good. Jen Shilling, Fred Clark, and Sandy Pasch are all current Assembly reps.; Jessica King is Deputy Mayor of Oshkosh and lost to Hopper by under 200 votes last time around; Shelley Moore is a teacher and very active in her community; Nancy Nussbaum served as Brown County executive and has been a mayor and worked in the state Justice Dept.

    Keeping with the Wisconsin theme, I’ve been rather enjoying The Paul Ryan Watch, a group blog by DownWithTyranny and a bunch of folks from the Cheddarsphere.

    And speaking of Paul Ryan, perhaps some coin could go to his challenger, Rob Zerban? Unlike Ryan’s previous opponents, Zerban seems to actually have a shot; the national party actually mentioned him last week in the wake of NY26, so there may be some support for the Democratic challenger for once.

  73. 73.

    burnspbesq

    The Reality-Based Community

    http://www.samefacts.com

    Had a momentary freakout when I saw the name Shelley Moore; there’s a Congresscretin from West Virginia named Shelly Moore Capito (daughter of former Gov Arch Moore, who I think Mel Brooks had in mind when he created Governor LePetomane).

  74. 74.

    johnsmith1882

    My friend and I have a blog that is a couple of months old. We cover current events, from the serious to stupid shit that needs to be held up and ridiculed.

    hijackedsignal.com

    There’s even a handy link to balloonjuice for use in case of emergency.

  75. 75.

    Shadow's Mom

    I like The Files of Nefarious Newt for thoughtful, compassionate posts about the human condition framed by current events.

    Also, Eclectablog, for coverage of happenings in Michigan. He also sends care packages to vets through Netroots for the Troops. You all should head to his blog now and send your condolences along. He just lost one of his beloved dogs, Hara.

  76. 76.

    Platonicspoof

    . . . rut/routine as to what I read and check, . . .

    Tomdispatch has been around for almost ten years, so it’s certainly not a new blog, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen the FP’ers here link to it.
    The intros and articles have many good background links, since the articles tend to be analysis, links which help me catch up on news I’ve missed or news I’ve forgotten. There may be two or three days between new posts, so I check weekly.
    Tomdispatch is where I first read articles by the late Chalmers Johnson, among many other fine writers.

  80. 80.

    Maeby

    Late to this thread, and it isn’t new, but Playing for Change is too AWESOME to be missed.

    From the site: “Musicians from all over the world are brought together to perform benefit concerts that build music and art schools in communities that are in need of inspiration and hope.”

    Rollicking chunes and positive action. Inspiring.

  82. 82.

    MarkJ

    @burnspbesq: I second this one. The guys at the Reality Based Community are actual academics or high ranking experts in their fields.

  83. 83.

    philowitz

    I started a blog a few weeks ago— current entries range include the economy and the financial system, student loans and debt peonage, Fukushima, and the republican primary circus. I hope some folks here find it worthwhile to check out:
    possibleexperience.blogspot.com

  84. 84.

    Desargues

    For a few years now, I have been reading http://hammeroftheblogs.blogspot.com/. He’s an excellent writer, keen and perceptive, and delivers a heady mix of snark and insight. I check it out every day. Also: I don’t do sports, but now and then he writes about them. So, there’s that too.

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