Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

No Justins, No Peace

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

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

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

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

In short, I come down firmly on all sides of the issue.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

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  1. 1.

    Raven (formerly stuckinred)

    I chipped in on the condition that she not stop pissing off all these douche bags on BJ.

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    some guy

    Now that Sarah is not running, many of you will have some extra scratch

    Center Right BJ Two Minute Fight Club: you and Cole fight.
    fight, fight, fight

  8. 8.

    Corner Stone

    Now that Sarah is not running, many of you will have some extra scratch that otherwise would have gone to her campaign

    What’s funny, or sad, is that many of your current non Republicans here may have been salivating for just that outcome.

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    beltane

    @Raven (formerly stuckinred): Rubio was already being harassed by birthers. No way was the GOP going to run a Mormon/Brown person ticket, not even if the brown person was a right-wing extremist. They’ll need an authentic American Christian to offset Romney’s exoticism.

    Also, police are now beating up protesters with clubs in NYC. So far, no sword wielding cops of camels though.

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    Jenny

    Interesting, Rachel says raising money by bashing Obama has dried up so wingnut solicitations are now raising money by bashing Romney.

    Mormonism is more scary than Kenyaism.

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    beltane

    @Jenny: The wingnuts regard a Romney ticket in the same way we would regard an Evan Bayh candidacy. They don’t like him and they don’t trust him.

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    Monkeyfister

    To you fantastic friends and excellent Bloggers–

    I am writing to you en masse, completely uncharacteristically, to draw your attention to two long-term asset strategy memos put out by CitiGroup in 2006. It is clear that they remain operating strategy.

    Please, have a look at Citi’s Plutonomy Memos.They literally DRIP contempt for us down here. Their #1 stated fear is that we finally catch on, and demand our fair share. They go on to state that they have the power and influence to enact any type of Civil crisis to STOP that.

    No kidding.

    http://monkeyfister.blogspot.com/2011/10/citis-plutonomy-memos.html

    Please download these memos, and repost wherever possible. They will not last long where they are, and I am running out of venues. Citi’s lawyers find them and have them torn down.
    My health is very bad, but I feel that wide dissemination of these memos is absolutely vital to the cause of the 99%, and Occupy Wall Street. With wide enough distribution, there will be no way for the Banksters to push their fictions on the various Media Platforms. They really ARE out to get us, as a matter of strategy.

    Yours always,

    –Monkeyfister

  18. 18.

    Villago Delenda Est

    “Not being a candidate, you are unshackled and able to be even more active,” she said on the Mark Levin show. “I look forward to using all the tools at my disposal to get the right people in there who have a servant’s heart.”

    Shorter Sarah: “There’s still money in the pockets of the marks.”

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    amk

    ABL will prolly get more when the racist mofos, who are demanding $arahpalinpac refund their ‘donations’, get their wishes.

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    Corner Stone

    @beltane: Romney is going to have to stick his dick into the Lincoln Memorial and sing the Beatles catalog backwards to lose this nomination.

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    Corner Stone

    Grifters in the night, exchanging glances
    Wond’ring in the night what were the chances
    We’d be grifting before the night was through

    Grifters in the night
    Two grifting people, we were grifters in the night
    Up to the moment when we said our first hello little did we know
    Grift was just a pageclick away, a warm grifting click away

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    beltane

    @Corner Stone: Yes, but they’re probably to going to have to clone an actual Neandethal to serve as his running mate if they want to whip up the base the way Sarah Palin did for McCain.

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    Kola Noscopy

    Wow. Shameless grifting from the the Angry Black “Grifters Gonna Grift” Lady herself.

    I await your apology to Jane Hamsher.

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    amk

    @Kola Noscopy: yeah, the fact that the last white hope of firebaggers is now toast must be pissing off insane jane, you, mclaren and other such teabaggers from left.

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    Donut

    I am broker than broke right now so no donation from me, but I like ABL’s writing and I think she increases the goodness of this blog in many ways. That’s all I got. Carry on.

  31. 31.

    John S.

    @Monkeyfister:

    Wow, that is some crazy shit. My favorite line thus far:

    Beyond war, inflation, the end of the technology/productivity wave and/or financial collapse, which have killed previous plutonomies, we think the most potent and short-term threat would be societies demanding a more “equitable” share of wealth.

    Seriously, fuck you, Citigroup.

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    Kola Noscopy

    @amk:

    yeah, the fact that the last white hope of firebaggers is now toast must be pissing off insane jane, you, mclaren and other such teabaggers from left.

    No idea what it is you think you’re babbling about…take your meds.

  36. 36.

    Amir Khalid

    It might be a good idea, it seems to me, to devote one front-page post a day (more if needed) to the Occupy Wall Street protest. This could be used to highlight noteworthy developments, and to provide a comment thread for those of us following it — as I’m sure most of us are. What say you all?

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    Villago Delenda Est

    @John S.:

    They never, not once, ponder the thought that Ian Malcom put to John Hammond in Jurassic Park: “Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.”

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    Cain

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Shorter Sarah: “There’s still money in the pockets of the marks.”

    They apparently had a group family pray (prey?) and figured out that there were other ways to get more money from the rubes.

    The press is probably more disappointed than anybody else. Eventually, all these republican candidates are going to be saying so much shit that it’ll be one stupid remark after another.

    Obama is going to cruise to re-election, he’s going to look like the only serious adult in the room.

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    Jenny

    @Kola Noscopy:

    Wow. Shameless grifting from the the Angry Black “Grifters Gonna Grift” Lady herself.

    How is she griffting?

    I await your apology to Jane Hamsher.

    Apologize for what?

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    Corner Stone

    @Amir Khalid: Maybe. This site used to be a pretty good time. Then a bunch of humorless fucks stuck their bare asses to the windshield and through sheer force of will sucked the absolute fucking life out of it.
    But I think I’m pretty much on point on this one.

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    John Cole

    @Kola Noscopy:

    Wow. Shameless grifting from the the Angry Black “Grifters Gonna Grift” Lady herself.

    A blogger asking for donations from readers isn’t grifting- it’s asking people for donations.

    Someone asking for donations to engage in some political activity and then spending it all on other shit, like a fucking home in Arizona for Brisol- THAT IS GRIFING.

  47. 47.

    Corner Stone

    @Cain:

    Obama is going to cruise to re-election, he’s going to look like the only serious adult in the room.

    To who?

  49. 49.

    Brian S

    I’d like to thank Cole for this post, mainly because it’ll make it easy for me to update my pie filter. Meanwhile, I’ll toss ABL a few bucks (since a few is all I have) just because she rocks.

  51. 51.

    John Cole

    @Corner Stone: There is no hypocrisy whatsoever. If ABL was asking for money to start a PAC to elect herself or others, and spent the money on bullshit, she’d be a hypocrite. But she’s not.

    She’s asking for money to support her blogging. She’s going to spend it on, well, whatever.

    That’s not grifting. That’s not a con. In software terms it’s called fucking freeware. “LIKE WHAT YOU SEE HERE? DONATE!”

    Criminy.

  52. 52.

    Kola Noscopy

    @John Cole:

    A blogger asking for donations from readers isn’t grifting- it’s asking people for donations.

    Your chivalry on behalf of ABL is notable, but I must point out that she is the one who used to harp on Hamsher being a grifter…ABL is the originator of “Grifters Gonna Grift.” And now here she is…grifting. Will she be publishing a detailed rundown of how contributions are spent?

    Why do bloggers expect money for their typing anyway? What exactly does it COST to blog, John?

  54. 54.

    Kola Noscopy

    @John Cole:

    She’s asking for money to support her blogging. She’s going to spend it on, well, whatever.

    Gotta love the “whatever.”

    Oh please. Again I ask: What does it cost a person to fucking blog?

    And once a blogger starts accepting cash from his or her readers, there is no way the content is not going to be affected by the blogger’s natural desire to keep the lucre flowing and the hits coming…or do you claim to be immune to that tendency?

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    Brian S

    @Kola Noscopy:

    What does it cost a person to fucking blog?

    It costs them time you fucking nitwit, time that could be spent making money doing other things. Now here’s the thing–if you don’t think her writing is worth money, then you don’t have to pay for it. None of us have to. But there’s nothing gritty about asking for donations to help cover the cost of one’s time spent writing.

  58. 58.

    Amir Khalid

    @Colonoscopy:
    You may not be aware of this, but you remain perfectly free to

    — skip ABL’s posts if you don’t like’em

    — keep your money if you figure she ain’t worth your pennies

    — avoid Balloon-Juice if the rest of us here get you so riled up all the time

  59. 59.

    Elie

    Its pretty awkward to ask people for support but I don’t think that there is any “grifting” in asking for money to straight ahead do something. There is no fraud or misleading information. She is a good writter and I have sent her a few bucks… Everyone who operates a blog has to start somewhere.

  60. 60.

    Kola Noscopy

    I asked earlier, but haven’t heard yet: Will ABL be publishing a detailed rundown of how the money she grifts, I mean receives, is spent?

  61. 61.

    Corner Stone

    @John Cole: Cole, as with pretty much everything you and I have disagreed on. You’re fucking wrong.
    There is zero wrong with a blogger asking for support for what they want to produce. Nothing.
    But 100% of those bloggers have never waged a jihad against another blogger monetizing their situations. First.
    Now, somehow, shit got real son.
    And it’s all ok to bash the absolute fuck out of others who have monetized their space, and then monetize your space in the exact same way.
    It’s cool bro. You monetized pageclicks from EDK and then ABL.
    We get it.

  63. 63.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

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    @amk:

    Heh, there is always grover fucking norquist for you leftist teabaggers to find common cause with.

    Heh, this just in – grover fucking norquist, the fucking asshole, says that 2 + 2 = 4. Do you agree with him? Are you with him? Are you making common cause with him on this equation? Also too, look up “stopped clock – right twice a day”…
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  66. 66.

    LTMidnight

    The fact that some of you are trying way too hard to find some grand hypocrisy in what ABL is doing where there isn’t any just shows that your issues with her goes far beyond what she writes.

  68. 68.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

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    @amk:

    No, per fucking norquist, 2+2 = Zero tax.

    Monkey, you were factually informed that he says that 2 + 2 = 4 – to which you supplied a false quote. You are therefore considered a liar.

    Anyone in bed with him is an asshole.

    On any issue? Any issue at all? There is no issue which Grover Norquist, Jane Hamsher, and President Obama would happily get in bed together on? How about preventing another 9-11? How about unleashing a biological agent which would wipe out all mammalian life on Earth? Which ones would not wish to prevent those events from coming to pass? I think all three would join forces on all those issues. Does any sane person think otherwise? Oh, that’s right – you’re a monkey and wouldn’t understand. You’ll have to take Yutsano’s word for it, then. Oh, wait…

    Firebaggers are assholes.

    All hateful lying Cult of Personality assholes say that, pipsqueak. I therefore consign your opinion to the Dustbin of Ferocity.
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  70. 70.

    amk

    @Uncle Clarence Thomas: LOL. you’re pissed off because your pet boy grover fucking norquist is being pissed upon right now, even by rethugs, aren’t ya ? I would love to see the fucking firebaggers’ ass-holish heads exploding all around on 7th Nov morning when they realize 44 is still 44.

  73. 73.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

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    @amk:

    LOL. you’re pissed off because your pet boy grover fucking norquist is being pissed upon right now

    I’m most gratified that you didn’t even attempt to defend your previous lies, as they are indefensible. However, you are flinging more lies, monkey. I previously stated that I think that Grover Norquist is an asshole, so why would I be pissed off at him being pissed on? I’m helping to piss on him. BTW, President Obama also says that 2 + 2 = 4, as do I.

    I would love to see the fucking firebaggers’ ass-holish heads exploding all around on 7th Nov morning when they realize 44 is still 44.

    Of course you would. You are a delusional and hate-based Cult of Personality member in good standing. Myself? I’d like to see a progressive elected president. Any progressive will do.
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  74. 74.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

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    @Brian S:

    Well, Norquist isn’t a fan of regulation that would mitigate the effects of global warming, and that’s close enough to your third example—the biological agent one—for me.

    Brian, I, like, totally believe you. However, global-warming denial is not, in fact, “close enough” to my biological agent example, even for horseshoes, hand grenades or h-bombs. In the future, you will be more effective at arguing against the examples people actually use, rather than substituting examples that they do not use, to attempt a refutation. Your fallacious technique might work with a monkey like amk, however.
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    Corner Stone

    @Uncle Clarence Thomas:

    In the future, you will be more effective at arguing against the examples people actually use, rather than substituting examples that they do not use, to attempt a refutation. Your fallacious technique might work with a monkey like amk, however.

    Meh. I think he deserves a little break. A little poetic license to play fast and loose with the facts, if you will.

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    amk

    @Uncle Clarence Thomas: LOL. I pity ginny. To be married to a nutjob must be hell for her.

    OTTH, corner stone seems to be your wife. A perfect match made in hell.

    But remember, 44 will still be 44, come 2013. Cha, cha.

  77. 77.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

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    @Corner Stone:

    Meh. I think he deserves a little break.

    I salute your ceaseless humanitarian impulses, Sir, as well as your world-famous Nachos recipe. To my chagrin, I sometimes forget to handle the little people with the well-practiced delicacy only a statesman such as yourself has mastered. I apologize for my failings, again.
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  78. 78.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

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    @amk:

    Your every comment is unresponsive to the conversation, and constitutes a non-stop non sequitur.
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    amk

    @Uncle Clarence Thomas: You don’t say ‘monkey boy’. I love to pick apart racist mofos like you and cs. I see all your firebagger temper trolltrum is coming from the fact that all your great white hopes of taking on Obama are flaming out like the gnats they are.

    And I am loving it.

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    Uncle Clarence Thomas

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    @amk:

    I love to pick apart racist mofos like you and cs

    That would be a neat trick on my part. You don’t really pay attention, do you? You must lead a blissful life, even though it is filled with uninformed hatred.

    I see all your firebagger temper trolltrum is coming from the fact that all your great white hopes of taking on Obama

    I do believe that you “see things”… But I have never advocated that only a white person should be president, and to my knowledge, neither firebaggers nor you racist balloonbaggers advocate such a thing either. A progressive can be of any race. As I said, you’re one non-stop non sequitur.
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  86. 86.

    MacKenna

    Funding ABL? hahaha. No.

    Obama has plenty of people to campaign for him and do the rah rah. He doesn’t deserve a scrap of my hard-earned $.

    Oh I know I know, there are no alternatives. But I’d rather throw my money at the Wall Street protestors who are actually doing something, than a guy who hired Goldman Sachs execs to prevent him from regulating Wall St.

    He may be the only game in town, compared to Republicans who are completely crazy and evil, but he still sucks.

    So no, I won’t be funding ABL.

  87. 87.

    No one of importance

    @MacKenna:

    So no, I won’t be funding ABL.

    I know you can’t tell black people apart, but ABL is not Obama.

    You racist tool.

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    MattMinus

    I guess she’s as shitty at law as she is at blogging, or else she probably wouldn’t need to do this.

    LOL! Grifters gonna grift.

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    MattR

    @No one of importance: Right. Because not wanting to support an Obot means that you can’t differentiate between them and the President that they support. If ABL was white Mackenna’s comment would have been just as logical. Stpuid comments like yours only reinforce the right wing talking point that liberals constantly complain about non-existent racism.

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    Corner Stone

    @Strandedvandal: Corner Stone doesn’t mind doing that once in a while.
    But no, and thank you. You are a perfect example of the kind of humorless fuck that can’t stand any differing viewpoint, and take every god damned thing here waaayyy too seriously.

  94. 94.

    Paul in KY

    I can donate. However, I will need an address I can mail a check to. I generally don’t deal online.

  95. 95.

    Svensker

    Jeez Louise. This place makes a cesspool look like a luxury spa. And that’s being rude to cesspools.

    What’s wrong with you folks?

  96. 96.

    Mackenna

    @No one of importance:

    How am I racist?

    ABL shills for Obama. She has no critical faculty.

    The respect I had for Obama in 2008 is now diminished by his policies and actions. This has absolutely and utterly nothing to do with race. But I suppose the accusation is convenient.

  97. 97.

    ABL

    Thanks to everyone who donated. I really appreciate it. I will be sending out thank you notes, so expect something in the mail — not anthrax… probably.

    :)

  98. 98.

    catperson

    You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. I’d rather give money to someone who 1) says something coherent 2)says it on a topic that hasn’t been better addressed 3 days ago, or 3)is entertaining.

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