Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

No one could have predicted…

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

“But what about the lurkers?”

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Usually wrong but never in doubt

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

Infrastructure week. at last.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

This really is a full service blog.

T R E 4 5 O N

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Everybody saw this coming.

I did not have telepathic declassification on my 2022 bingo card.

In my day, never was longer.

The willow is too close to the house.

The revolution will be supervised.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

We still have time to mess this up!

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

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  1. 1.

    Violet

    So sad. Condolences to Oliver and his family. C.K. sounds like a pup beloved by everyone. They were all lucky to have each other.

  4. 4.

    The Moar You Know

    So hard to say goodbye to them, but at least we can do for hem something we can’t do for our fellow humans – make sure their exit is quick and painless.

    My condolences to the family. I’ll be joining that club soon enough, don’t see how my pup is going to last out 2012. She’s still happy and eating like a pig, and that’s what counts, but she’s just breaking down everywhere.

  8. 8.

    Cat Lady

    I have something in my eye. Poor Oliver, but he did the right thing.

    I hope he isn’t a Steelers fan too.

  11. 11.

    JPL

    Someone posted a link to this earlier and like many others I had tears in my eyes. It’s always difficult to let go. RIP

  14. 14.

    Raven

    We who choose to surround ourselves
    with lives even more temporary than our
    own, live within a fragile circle;
    easily and often breached.
    Unable to accept its awful gaps,
    we would still live no other way.
    We cherish memory as the only
    certain immortality, never fully
    understanding the necessary plan.
    — Irving Townsend

  17. 17.

    Chuck Butcher

    They are just dogs… but those of us who’ve loved them know them as something more. I recently lost the other end of the doggy size world – the hole is the same size.

  18. 18.

    cmorenc

    My own dog (an Italian Greyhound) is ten years old, and though they tend to be one of the longer-lived breeds (15-20 years is not at all uncommon)…she’s beginning to show some gentle signs of aging, enough to remind me of her inevitable mortality. I’m going to miss her just as terribly as Oliver misses C.K., and cry for I don’t know how long at the terrible hole she will have left behind, and the lack of a canine snuggle partner on the couch will remind me of it for a long time every time I turn on the tv or read a book.

  19. 19.

    WereBear

    @Felinious Wench: Reminds me of the caption to that classic Far Side cartoon:

    “Every day, a truck made entirely of pressed ham rumbles through dog heaven, and all the dogs can choose whether to chase it or not.”

  20. 20.

    JGabriel

    Gary Larson via WereBear:

    Every day, a truck made entirely of pressed ham rumbles through dog heaven …

    And, finally, they have a truck that, when they catch it, they know what to do with it.

    .

  21. 21.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @WereBear (itouch):

    Yup, absolutely true.

    The upside is another fine canine will come along, and while not replace C.K., will bring his or her own personality and light up lives in a different way.

  25. 25.

    WereBear

    @Villago Delenda Est: The upside is another fine canine will come along, and while not replace C.K., will bring his or her own personality and light up lives in a different way.

    I’ve known people who will go out and get the same breed and give the pet the same name.

    Does not work. They are unique individuals. But while that experience can never be duplicated, we can have another great experience. And I can’t think of a better monument to love… than to give it out to some other being who needs it.

  26. 26.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    @WereBear: True, but when Eddie died, I went and got a black, male medium-hair kitten. While Harry is certainly different, he does share some of the same personality traits that Eddie did. And a lot of the others I hope he never does, since so much of Eddie, good and bad, was a product of all of the physical trauma he suffered over the years, and I don’t want Harry to go through the same.

    Many condolences to Oliver. I know that I still miss the thump-thump of Eddie coming to join me in bed. A three-legged cat loses all of its ability to walk stealthily.

  27. 27.

    WereBear (itouch)

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): Oh, I know you did, and it was a tribute to Eddie.

    Likewise, Oliver might feel the pull of another mini Doxie one day. I’ve had three, myself. But you never tried to pretend Eddie had never left, and that was what I was objecting to. Heavens, it’s not like getting a new couch!

  28. 28.

    jackmac

    I’ve only read Oliver a few times and don’t know much about him, but I do know the pain of losing a four-legged friend. We put our long-time canine buddy down after his health seriously worsened a few years back. It hurt, but it was the right thing to do. The pain and loss will ease after time and at some point, you’ll be ready to bring another in your life. Condolences to you.

  30. 30.

    ruemara

    Condolences, Willis. It hurts to day goodbye, but you’re doing the right thing by preventing the suffering. When you’re ready, you’ll find the right furperson who, coincidentally, was looking for you.

  31. 31.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    As a fellow pet owner slave who has lost his own family members over the years, I’m so sorry to hear this. My wife and I talk about our departed pets while enjoying the companionship of our new ones. It keeps the memories alive, makes us appreciate their presence in our lives and savor the time spent together, building fond memories.

    Best wishes Oliver.

  33. 33.

    John S.

    I know the feeling all too well. We had to put our 16 year-old dacshund Sasha down over the weekend (who looked a lot like CK). After a battery of seizures left her blind and unable to walk or function, we had no choice.

    It’s especially tough with doxies because due to their size and build, they worm their way into even the tiniest spaces of your heart.

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