Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Let’s finish the job.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

American History and Black History Cannot Be Separated

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

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

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

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

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Let there be snark.

I really should read my own blog.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Ah, the different things are different argument.

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  2. 2.

    Maude

    Look at that honey!
    I just came online after a cranky and a here is a joy in a hat.
    How is Mrs. B? Hey B, congrats. You can call him Maude.

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    CT Voter

    Awwwwww.

    I look forward to TBA’s comments. Daddy’s blazed a trail already.

    Congrats, BGinChi family!

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    trollhattan

    Hooray, he’s a keepah!

    Congratulations to all the BGs (BeeGees?) as you embark on your new journey.

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    Citizen_X

    Welcome to our planet, son of BG! We’ll try to make sure it’s a little less fucked up by the time you grow up.

    Congrats to ma and pa!

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    Omnes Omnibus

    Let me just reiterate my congratulations from the earlier thread and add “Cute kid.”

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    handsmile

    Warmest congratulations to you and the missus on this glorious day from me, the Dude, Walter, the Stranger, and all the fellas down here at the Bowl-a-Rama.

    Nothing but strikes for B(aby)GinChi!

    Take ‘er easy!

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    R-Jud

    @cathyx: Because babies come with hats?

    ETA: Congrats, BG in Chi. Don’t let him be a Cubs fan. George Will is a Cubs fan.

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    Amir Khalid

    Kepada kedua ibubapa saya ucapkan tahniah atas kelahiran cahayamata sulung.

    Welcome to the world, little one. You’ve got all of it before you.

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    Josie

    Congratulations to the BG family. He is precious; it looks like he might just find that thumb at some point.

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    gaz

    Yay! an adorbs baby boy! Cheers and best wishes to Mr and Ms/Mrs BGinCHI. I hope you two have a smooth first year. Hang in there! He’s precious!

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    Mnemosyne

    Awww! I especially like the “hey, what’s with all the bright lights!?” face he makes in the second picture. Congratulations!

  32. 32.

    Cat Lady

    Well done mom and dad. It gets really… interesting from this moment on, and the greatest gift you can ever give a child is unconditional love. It’s all he’ll ever need.

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    Mnemosyne

    And I assume that’s BG in the first picture since he has that panicked, “Holy shit, who decided I should be put in charge of a baby!?” look that all new parents have.

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    Svensker

    He looks very calm and alert in that first picture (Dad’s looking a bit haggard…:) )

    Yay! Soo cute and wonderful. Congrats! Remember to sleep whenever you can and let him sleep whenever he wants to. Never wake a sleeping baby. That’s my biggest tip, ever.

    It will change your life forever and you’ll find out the universe is full of way more love than you could have imagined.

    Awesome!

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    ruemara

    Welcome, little man! Welcome. It’s a very big world, an awful lot learn, a whole lot lovely and a whole lot to do. Welcome, new one, Welcome. We’ve all been waiting for you.

    He’s wonderful, BG and Mrs BG. Now, get some sleep, y’all.

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    dmsilev

    Congratulations!

    I confess to being on pins and needles myself for a similar reason; my sister-in-law is expecting twins soon. And by soon I mean “anywhere from now to 30 minutes from now”…

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    gelfling545

    Congratulations & best wishes to mom & dad and a hearty welcome to the handsome young gentleman.

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    SiubhanDuinne

    @R-Jud:

    Toby in The West Wing, right? When his twins Molly and Huck are born. It’s a lovely scene.

    BGinCHI, your son is adorable. He already looks very curious and alert. You are going to have a good time!

    Best to you, the baby, and mom.

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    Amir Khalid

    @Maude:
    “To both parents, I say congratulations on the birth of your first child.”

    cahayamata (literally, the light of one’s eyes) is a more poetic term for “child” than the usual, mundane word anak, and thus more commonly used in this context.

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    Chat Noir

    Yay! Congrats and welcome to Rahm’s newest constituent.

    And BG, you’re one of my favorite commenters here. Mazel tov to you and your wife.

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    Valdivia

    Late to the party as always. But wow, so cute. Welcome to the world, you’ll have fans for life little one!

    Congrats BG

  57. 57.

    Xecky Gilchrist

    Name TBA.

    I always thought of TBA as a girl’s name, but these days we’re all about challenging those preconceived roles.

    Congratulations!

  61. 61.

    RedKitten

    Congrats!!! What a little sweetie!

    Videotape these early days as much as you can. You’ll be so tired and (on the part of your wife) hormonal, that these early days will all too soon become hazy memories. I barely remember anything up until SamKitten was about 6 weeks old or so, between the fatigue and the wonkadoodle hormonal activity.

    Videotaping as much as you can will help you better remember those precious early days with your little one. And you’ll cherish those memories…believe me.

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    BGinCHI

    BIG THANKS TO A-L FOR POSTING.

    I’M HUMBLED AND DELIGHTED, AND SO IS MRS. BG, BY EVERYONE’S GENEROSITY AND BEST WISHES. WE FEEL THE POSITIVE VIBES AND SO DOES HE.

    Looks like his name is going to be Xavier Ray, “Xavi” for short.

    I feel a lot of love in this blog.

  66. 66.

    Jebediah

    Congratulations – he’s a beauty.
    And smart – first picture kind of looks like he is giving the commentariat a little bit of the stink-eye…

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    AdamK

    TBA = best baby name evah. Twinkle in eye means he was born with a BJ sense of humor. Came pre-snarked.

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    WaterGirl

    Welcome, little one, we’re so glad you’re here. Hopefully you didn’t cause too much trouble at your coming out party.

    BG, will you be dad, daddy, father, papa, pops, poppy?

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    jacy

    Bebbeh!

    Call me crazy, but that’s the age I miss the most. Although it’s hectic and the world goes all upside down, try and enjoy this to the fullest – they grow up so fast.

    most of all CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME, KID!

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    Tom Levenson

    Congratulations! I am overcome with baby-lust…I remember when mine could fit from finger to elbow; so wonderful.

    If I were a better person I wouldn’t add that this is undoubtedly yet another failure of the Obama administration — an example of Chicago style politics given that your son will, no doubt, attempt to vote in some future election.

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    BGinCHI

    Just to add: mother and baby doing splendidly. Father fine. Shaved, showered, coffeed, and now the node of a gigantic communications network.

    Pictures really don’t do justice to how cute this kid is. He takes after his mother, naturally. He’s also sleeping and feeding like a champ.

    If I had to give an analogy, he’s almost as cute as Jeffrey’s food pics plus the pets on the calendar.

  82. 82.

    Chat Noir

    @BGinCHI: Glad all is well. In a thread earlier this week, I think you mentioned a Chicago-area Balloon Juice meet up sometime later this year. Would love to be part of one. But you have more important things on your mind at the moment…

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    cckids

    Congrats from the Southwest, also too. What a little love. Have a great time watching him grow!

    *Since we’re pet lovers here, have to add my favorite Scrubs line: “Babies are like dogs who slowly learn to talk”. There’s some truth to that. Blessed be.

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    JPL

    Well welcome to the world Xavier. You are quite the handsome lad. BG..hopefully you and your wife catch up on some much needed sleep.

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    Valdivia

    @pragmatism: agreed. and I was lucky–I met him! When Barca came to play their exhibition game here in the DC area they were training at my gym. I was there gawking at them for an hour and then ran and got my phone and took a picture of Xavi. I think no one at the gym but me and two other latinos knew who they were. :)

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    Valdivia

    @pragmatism:

    yeah! and I am six feet so it was pretty funny :)
    I have a friend who lives in Barcelona and tells me when the games are which I watch on GOLTV

    I love it when they kick the real madrid’s ass

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    bemused senior

    Xavi already has proved his genius by finding his thumb in the first day of life! Congratulations and best wishes.

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    WaterGirl

    When I look at that photo I see proud papa looking in awe at the baby he and Mrs. BG made. You did good!

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    elmo

    Congratulations and welcome to Xavi! Now, who’s gonna make sure to archive this page, so Mom and Dad can put it in his baby book, his 16th birthday card, and his wedding invitations? Must take every opportunity to save cute widdums baby stuff for later embarrassment.

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    Ming

    Welcome, Xavi! and congrats, Mom and Dad! my one best piece of advice: the Baby Book by somebody Sears. Some folks take umbrage at the parenting advice (although I personally found it to be dead on), but the section in the back on symptoms/what to do about them/what they mean alone is worth … a million bucks in the middle of the night when you’re sleep-deprived and something looks wrong.

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    Angela

    Congrats and welcome TBA son of the BG’s. You remind me of all that is good about being a parent!

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    Carrie

    Welcome, Xavi!
    What a cutie patootie.
    A baby in a bunny wrap always reminds me of a loaf of bread.

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    WereBear (itouch)

    Right now it probably feels like you are holding a helium balloon; but in the next few days he’ll start to actually have mass. Even though his weight won’t change enough to account for it.

    That’s when they settle into their place here on Earth. Blessings, little one.

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    spudgun

    Late to the party as usual but I’m gonna add to the chorus anyway…

    Congratulations, BG Fam!! What a chuchi-face…aww.

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    Dr. Squid

    Congrats! May he begin sleeping through the night within a month.

    He needs Purdue gear.

    Of course, so do my 3.

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    BGinCHI

    @Dr. Squid: True. Some Boilermaker swag would look good on him. Will have relatives take care of that. And I’m sure for a low, low alumnus donation they would send you a t-shirt.

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    A Humble Lurker

    Oh, he’s so expressive for a newborn. Very, very cute. And if his official nickname around your house doesn’t become X-ray y’all are lousy parents ;) Congrats, guys.

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    Poopyman

    Terribly late, but this is the place for it:

    Congrats to the three of you! Lookin’ a little worn there, BG. And this is just the beginning, heh!

    Give Mom and TBD our best!

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    tao9

    BGinCHIiiiiiiii….

    Congratulations to you and Mrs. BG, & all the Blessings in the world to X-Ray! Great name for a Blackhawks left-wing!

    Sláinte mhaith!

    tao & Ms. tao

    {suekzoo h/t @ PL}

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    Bernie Latham

    From myself and everyone over at Greg Sargent’s blog, the heartiest of congrats, BG.

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