Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

We still have time to mess this up!

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

“Alexa, change the president.”

Accountability, motherfuckers.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

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

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

This really is a full service blog.

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

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

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Twilight of the Elites: We Have A Winner!

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The Gods of Randomness have spoken, and the signed hardback of Chris Hayes’ Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy goes to Comment #23 — geg6. Congratulations!
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If you are one of the other entrants, Twilight of the Elites is also available for Kindle, audiobook or Audible. Amazon’s even offering a special deal with Maddow’s Drift…

Thanks to everyone who commented, and I hope to post my review within the week.

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  8. 8.

    beltane

    Congrats to geg6. Nice to see the book go to a frequent commenter.

    The book must be excellent since it made David Brooks all pissy.

  12. 12.

    Baud

    @beltane:

    The book must be excellent since it made David Brooks all pissy.

    I expect Brooks will write his own book in response. Possible titles include Dawn of the Elites, Revenge of the Elites, and The Elites Strike Back.

  14. 14.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Yutsano:

    I can’t pout for her.

     Don’t pout for me, dear Yutsano
    The Hayes book  , I never read it. 

  16. 16.

    Bizono

    Off topic – where did the phrase “Conservatism cannot fail, it can only be failed” originate?

  17. 17.

    Valdivia

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    OMG. So funny.
    And I hate that song because of all the Evita papers I had to read when I was teaching freshmen Lat Am history, that song played in my head over and over. SO you made it the impossible possible, making me like that.

  18. 18.

    dmsilev

    @Bizono: It’s an adaptation of an older phrase about communism. I don’t know who is to thank for the adaptation, but thanks are definitely due to that person.

  19. 19.

    Warren Terra

    If it had to go to someone other than me, at least it went to a longtime commenter. Congratulations to Geg6.

  22. 22.

    Phoenician in a time of Romans

    the signed hardback of Chris Hayes’ Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy goes to Comment #23

    Bloody Illuminati.

  23. 23.

    mclaren

    The random number generator was only pseudorandom, with a strong bias. I can prove it with calculus.

  28. 28.

    BGinCHI

    I assume that geg only has 10 minutes to respond.

    Release the next random number!

    /Chicago-style politics

  30. 30.

    gbear

    Twilight of the Elites is also available for Kindle, audiobook or Audible

    Yeah, but those involve money.

  32. 32.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Phoenician in a time of Romans:

    Ah jeez, I came THISCLOSE to saying something about Robert Anton Wilson and for some reason didn’t think anyone would know what I was talking about.

    I was forgetting for a minute there that this is BALLOON JUICE, BITCHEZ and that pretty much everyone here would get the #23 reference.

    I’m too old for this.

  35. 35.

    jayackroyd

    The book’s really great. I’ve got about a dozen pages to go. Chris really clearly makes the case for the pursuit of an unachievable meritocracy is a death spiral.

  36. 36.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    Well played Geg6!!! Oh by the way message from David Rockefeller from the CFR, you buy the first round at next week’s CFR’s Kegger at George Soros’ estate!

  39. 39.

    IrishGirl

    It’s so unfair…Hayes has a TV show and a book and he looks like he’s only 12 years old. But I’m not old and bitter….lol

    Actually I have a great deal of respect for his intellect and insight…am off to purchase the kindle version now.

  40. 40.

    geg6

    OMG! Seriously? I NEVER win ANYTHING!

    Gotta get ready for work, but I’ll email you my address, Anne Laurie. You’ve made my day!

  41. 41.

    Riilism

    Hayes has such pretty eyes. I wish he’d loose the glasses more frequently. Sigh….

  42. 42.

    Tokyokie

    Drat! Missed by 14. But if you convert “GeG” to numerals and subtract “6,” then eliminate the post itself since it’s obviously a fake, then I WIN!!!!!!!!! You can send me the book via book rate mail.

  45. 45.

    latinist

    When is the sequel, “Twilight of the Elites: New Moon of the Elites,” going to be coming out?

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