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by John Cole|  July 4, 201210:04 pm| 95 Comments

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Here’s some squee for you- first, Samkitten running through the sprinklers in his knickers:

Running around in your underwear will only be cute for another year or so, buster, so make the most of it. I guess he is now qualified to be a Senator in Mass. Next, adorable snoring puppy:

The ears at the end slay me.

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  1. 1.

    burnspbesq

    July 4, 2012 at 10:07 pm

    Romney still can’t get his story straight.

    http://my.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20120704/85424ec3-d5a2-4203-a181-aeb1254fc046

    And Steve Nash, whom I have always liked, is apparently headed for the Lakers, for whom I have no use.

  2. 2.

    JPL

    July 4, 2012 at 10:07 pm

    The best pic of Sam was when he and is dad looked at the pee stick.. Congrats to the kitten family.

  3. 3.

    Punchy

    July 4, 2012 at 10:07 pm

    I bet you just got a TON of intertube traffic from Catholic priests everywhere.

  4. 4.

    PeakVT

    July 4, 2012 at 10:12 pm

    Somewhat weirder critters: Saint Ronnie on a velociraptor.

  5. 5.

    shoutingattherain

    July 4, 2012 at 10:14 pm

    Zach Parise signs with the Wild for 13 years, $98 million. If you’re not a Pens fan you won’t understand the disappointment.

  6. 6.

    Jewish Steel

    July 4, 2012 at 10:20 pm

    @burnspbesq: I think the Lakers dynasty is done. He’s never going to get a ring. That’s a shame, he’s a hell of a guard.

    Probably the source of more injuries than any other player. As in: “Hey, I’m a short white guy! I can probably do that!”

  7. 7.

    Roger Moore

    July 4, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    @PeakVT:

    Saint Ronnie on a velociraptor.

    Why in hell is St. Ronnie carrying a Soviet RPG-7 rather than a good old American made anti-armor weapon like a LAWS or a bazooka or something?

  8. 8.

    different-church-lady

    July 4, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    Ladies and gentlemen: I give you the most stupendous triggering of Godwin’s law in one note the blosphere has ever seen.

    NON-EDIT: I, of course, meant to type “Blogsphere”, went to correct it, and then thought, “No, it’s actually more accurate that way.”

  9. 9.

    scav

    July 4, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    SamKitten of SiblingKitten! Huzzahs all round and for sprinklers, let us give thanks.

  10. 10.

    j

    July 4, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    Is he wearing an ankle bracelet?

  11. 11.

    Dork

    July 4, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    @shoutingattherain:Blackhawks fans are pissed, too.

  12. 12.

    RedKitten

    July 4, 2012 at 10:25 pm

    Gad, he looks like he’s about 6 years old in that picture. I have no idea how or why he’s so freaking tall, but it’s crazy. I tell people he’s not quite three, and they’re visibly astonished.

  13. 13.

    PeakVT

    July 4, 2012 at 10:28 pm

    @Roger Moore: I think it’s a prize he took from the corpse of a Soviet general in Afghanistan. He led the Taliban to victory, don’t you remember?

  14. 14.

    WereBear

    July 4, 2012 at 10:30 pm

    @RedKitten: At any height, he is a cutie pie!

  15. 15.

    R-Jud

    July 4, 2012 at 10:30 pm

    We’re having a family reunion here in NJ, and while we were eating someone mentioned Sarah Palin. My cousin E from Juneau turned to her brother L and said, “Remember that time you slapped Bristol Palin in the face?”

    Apparently, cousin L was at a house party where Bristol, who was enrolled at Juneau-Douglas High with him, got quite drunk and tried to kiss and grab him. L warned her several times to leave him alone, or he would slap her. She didn’t, so he did.

    He’s only 22, but we immediately promoted him to head of the family.

  16. 16.

    Valdivia

    July 4, 2012 at 10:38 pm

    Squeeeeeeee!

  17. 17.

    burnspbesq

    July 4, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    Perhaps the crziest sports-transaction rumor of the day: the Mets, whose bullpen is melting down on a daily basis, may be bringing back Francisco Rodriguez from exile in Milwaukee.

  18. 18.

    kindness

    July 4, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    That pup has the look of ‘I’m so busted…’ at the end when he woke.

  19. 19.

    Valdivia

    July 4, 2012 at 10:51 pm

    @RedKitten:

    wow tall boy! and btw many congrats on the coming Kitten!

  20. 20.

    the Conster

    July 4, 2012 at 10:52 pm

    Cuteness! Love it. Why can’t cuteness instead of assholeness rule the world?

  21. 21.

    Dork

    July 4, 2012 at 10:55 pm

    @burnspbesq: Mets would be smart to be buyers in the trade market, cuz theres no way the Nats are gunna stay atop that division another month.

  22. 22.

    S. cerevisiae

    July 4, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    @Dork: But Wild fans are partying down – Parise and Suter are coming home. With the kids coming up next year the Wild are suddenly a team to watch in the west. Bring the Cup to the State of Hockey!

    J.P. Parise was one of my favorite North Stars back in the day.

  23. 23.

    AliceBlue

    July 4, 2012 at 11:02 pm

    Wasn’t this supposed to a big day for the teabaggers? Anyone heard/seen anything?

  24. 24.

    John Cole

    July 4, 2012 at 11:17 pm

    @R-Jud: Whatever happened to Samkitten’s future spouse? How come we have not seen any updates of her?

  25. 25.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    July 4, 2012 at 11:17 pm

    For yet another example of right wing idiocy, there’s this Tbogg post.

  26. 26.

    TaMara (BHF)

    July 4, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    SamKitten is as cute as eveh! Teh cute puppy is cute indeed. Love the embarrassed burying of the head at the end.

    My niece is adorable. Also, too. I get to see her at the end of the month.

    I drive 8 hours, she waits up for me, it’s adorkable.

  27. 27.

    dp

    July 4, 2012 at 11:27 pm

    There are Republican congressmen who are ready to call out the child porn cops for this sort of thing. Of course, it’s not embarrassing fossil fuel producers, so you may skate.

  28. 28.

    Cacti

    July 4, 2012 at 11:46 pm

    It’s a sad day in Phoenix.

    Steve Nash has been traded to fuck the Lakers.

  29. 29.

    the Conster

    July 4, 2012 at 11:47 pm

    “I love this country,” Romney said. “I love the people who have built this country.”

    for me he didn’t say.

  30. 30.

    AkaDad

    July 4, 2012 at 11:50 pm

    @The prophet Nostradumbass:

    This land was made for me, not you.

  31. 31.

    Cacti

    July 4, 2012 at 11:51 pm

    @the Conster:

    “I love this country,” Romney said

    “So much that I sought out 4 deferments from having to perform military service for it.”

  32. 32.

    the Conster

    July 4, 2012 at 11:53 pm

    @Cacti:

    Military service is for the little people, who are just the right height for military service.

  33. 33.

    Mnemosyne

    July 4, 2012 at 11:53 pm

    Managed to have a reasonably nice day despite getting The Bad Phone Call about G’s dad first thing this morning. I dropped G off at LAX, did some shopping since it turns out I am too fat to fit into the black dress that’s in my closet, and then rode my bike along the beach path from Santa Monica to Will Rogers State Beach, then turned around and followed the path down to Venice, and then back to SM.

    Doing some laundry now since I’m leaving for Chicago at an ungodly hour on Friday morning and I have to work all day tomorrow.

  34. 34.

    Valdivia

    July 4, 2012 at 11:55 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    so sorry to hear that. [hugs]

  35. 35.

    NotMax

    July 4, 2012 at 11:55 pm

    @the Conster

    Ol’ Mitt seems to have remembered the lesson he learned when much younger about inserting both feet firmly into his piehole on Independence Day:

    Romney’s first July 4 flub

  36. 36.

    Hill Dweller

    July 4, 2012 at 11:56 pm

    @the Conster: Willard’s got nothin’. He is an awful candidate running an inept campaign. The only thing that can save him is the economy tanking again, which is a real possibility.

  37. 37.

    Cacti

    July 4, 2012 at 11:58 pm

    @the Conster:

    Military service is for the little people, who are just the right height for military service

    George Romney avoided service in World War II.

    Everybody served in World War II. Wasn’t too old either (34 as of December 7, 1941).

  38. 38.

    Jewish Steel

    July 5, 2012 at 12:03 am

    @Mnemosyne:

    Wow. That was quick. Sometimes that’s a mercy. Sorry to hear of it all the same.

  39. 39.

    the Conster

    July 5, 2012 at 12:04 am

    @Hill Dweller:

    Romney’s on his heels already now. The drip drip drip of oppo research coming out is the early summer appetizer. The Obama folks have the fall entree all teed up. They’ve got this. Where’s there’s Stericycle, there’s a fire.

  40. 40.

    TaMara (BHF)

    July 5, 2012 at 12:06 am

    @Mnemosyne: I’m so sorry to hear that. But that ride sure sounds amazing, love that path. Hopefully it gave you some respite.

  41. 41.

    Cacti

    July 5, 2012 at 12:09 am

    @the Conster:

    Romney’s on his heels already now. The drip drip drip of oppo research coming out is the early summer appetizer.

    As mentioned above, Romney’s campaign is amateur hour. His only hope at this point is the economy tanks and catapults him into office.

    I can’t wait to see how he addresses the revelation of his secret piggy bank in Bermuda.

  42. 42.

    TaMara (BHF)

    July 5, 2012 at 12:09 am

    @WereBear: If you’re still around, I posted this earlier in another thread, I have a question. I have a cat who seems to have laryngitis. Otherwise he seems fine. Is this something you’ve encountered, ever? It’s kind of funny/pathetic as he still walks around talking like nothing is wrong, but the best he can get out is a scratchy whisper.

  43. 43.

    R-Jud

    July 5, 2012 at 12:13 am

    @John Cole: Oh, I figured I was boring people. She’s fine, likes hotdogs, hates fireworks. She was a flower girl at my sister’s wedding last weekend. Go to thisweekinbean.wordpress.com for a picture– I’d link, but I’ve not worked out this phone yet.

  44. 44.

    jwb

    July 5, 2012 at 12:14 am

    @Cacti: Can hardly wait to see what horror Romney springs for his VP.

    No Tea Party presence at the local Fourth celebration. They were out in force in 2010.

  45. 45.

    Lockewasright

    July 5, 2012 at 12:14 am

    A Higgs boson walks into a catholic church. The priest says: We don’t admit Higgs bosons at this church. You’ll have to leave.”

    The Higgs boson replies: “But, without me, how can you have mass?”

  46. 46.

    TaMara (BHF)

    July 5, 2012 at 12:15 am

    @R-Jud:

    Oh, I figured I was boring people

    Not possible. What a cutie.

  47. 47.

    Mnemosyne

    July 5, 2012 at 12:15 am

    @Valdivia:
    @Jewish Steel:
    @TaMara (BHF):

    Thanks, all. When my FIL would come out to visit, he would stay at a friend’s apartment in Santa Monica that was right across the street from the beach. He absolutely loved staying so close to the ocean and loved taking long walks on that beach, so it made me feel a little closer to him to go there today.

  48. 48.

    the Conster

    July 5, 2012 at 12:16 am

    @Cacti:

    I don’t even think the economy tanking would help him, because he has nothing to offer as a solution except for self-serving tax cuts for millionaires like himself, to offshore into his Bermuda accounts. He can’t convince anyone of anything because he’s an untrustworthy cipher. The Obama people will make sure they keep their boots on his neck about all of his Bain self dealing, I have no doubt. They’ve got this.

  49. 49.

    FlipYrWhig

    July 5, 2012 at 12:17 am

    For future reference for other crazy cat people: the Fourth of July evening is not the best time to attempt to give subcutaneous fluids to a strong and skittish old cat.

  50. 50.

    TaMara (BHF)

    July 5, 2012 at 12:18 am

    @Mnemosyne:That’s wonderful. Now I’m going to think of you every time I walk that beach. Big hugs.

  51. 51.

    FlipYrWhig

    July 5, 2012 at 12:18 am

    @Mnemosyne: Bah, sorry to hear that it happened so fast…

  52. 52.

    JCT

    July 5, 2012 at 12:19 am

    Sweet Samkitten will be an awesome big brother!

    Alas, I am so old that my youngest niece is now taller than I am. Hmmm, maybe I’m just short, not too old?

    Also too, Sir Mittens Robin is both a dreadful candidate and a jackass. I hope Obama kicks his ass in Nov.

    @Mnemosyne: Condolences to you and your family – I hope he went peacefully. Nothing beats a “good” death.

  53. 53.

    Steeplejack

    July 5, 2012 at 12:19 am

    @Mnemosyne:

    My condolences to you and G.

  54. 54.

    PurpleGirl

    July 5, 2012 at 12:21 am

    @Mnemosyne: Sorry to hear this. {hug}

  55. 55.

    Jewish Steel

    July 5, 2012 at 12:22 am

    @Lockewasright: Ha! Stolen and retransmitted to my nerd friends.

    @FlipYrWhig: Fourth of July evening is not the best time to attempt to do anything apart from observe from a safe remove a strong and skittish old cat, I would imagine.

  56. 56.

    Lockewasright

    July 5, 2012 at 12:25 am

    @Jewish Steel: I have been embracing my inner dork lately.

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/frontsquare/heavy-metal.jpg

  57. 57.

    MikeJ

    July 5, 2012 at 12:27 am

    @Jewish Steel: You can tell them at the next quadratic occasion.

    That’s a party for squares.

  58. 58.

    Hill Dweller

    July 5, 2012 at 12:28 am

    @the Conster: The Vanity Fair article on Willard and Bain is pretty brutal.

    I think the push back(from both Dems and Republicans) against the initial Obama attacks on Bain were the result of some very powerful people calling in favors. Said power players probably know Bain will prove to be a treasure trove of oppo research for the Obama campaign, and expose some shady shit from other people.

    Willard got away with it during his state level campaigns and first short run for President, which gave them a false sense of security. But now Willard is the Republican nominee, facing a level of scrutiny he’s never seen.

    I hope they bury(figuratively speaking) that sociopath and his Stepford wife.

  59. 59.

    Sarah, Proud and Tall

    July 5, 2012 at 12:29 am

    @Lockewasright:

    Hah!

  60. 60.

    Jewish Steel

    July 5, 2012 at 12:29 am

    @Lockewasright: One of my students walked in wearing that the other day! I don’t play favorites with my students…but she’s my new favorite (shhh)

    @MikeJ: Oh, mercy. That’s a painful one. Maybe not a bad band name either…

  61. 61.

    burnspbesq

    July 5, 2012 at 12:30 am

    @Cacti:

    Even worse, Nash is apparently singing a Warren Zevon song (“Join Me in L.A.”) to Grant.

    Grant could give Kobe a master-class on class.

  62. 62.

    Lockewasright

    July 5, 2012 at 12:33 am

    @MikeJ: Ha!!!

  63. 63.

    PurpleGirl

    July 5, 2012 at 12:39 am

    @R-Jud: Very nice pictures; cute, squeeable little ones.

  64. 64.

    the Conster

    July 5, 2012 at 12:40 am

    @Hill Dweller:

    Willard has never had to defend himself, and he thinks he can just dismiss it all like he’s used to doing because he’s so fucking rich. He’s built to be a bully surrounded by sycophants – he’s Draco Malfoy. He’s got nothing positive or hopeful to offer to counter the bad stuff he’s done, and his Mormonism isn’t a plus either to fall back on, because that’s just weird too. I already sense he knows he’s done – that it’s just beginning to dawn on him that it’s all different, bigger and harder core than he thought it would be – but his ambition is a wild beast that he couldn’t help but strap himself to, and it’s running away with him.

  65. 65.

    Jewish Steel

    July 5, 2012 at 12:41 am

    @burnspbesq: Isn’t he a painting collector and super cultured? IIRC he could give us all a lesson or two. (except me. i’m, like, way highbrow, y’know?)

  66. 66.

    thalarctos

    July 5, 2012 at 12:44 am

    @Mnemosyne: I’m sorry, Mnemosyne. You and G have my condolences.

  67. 67.

    Mnemosyne

    July 5, 2012 at 12:58 am

    @Jewish Steel:

    Don’t mock too much — Cheech Marin is the foremost collector of Chicano art in the world, and Vincent Price now has a real art museum named after him.

    You never know who’s going to turn out to be a significant collector.

  68. 68.

    JCT

    July 5, 2012 at 1:03 am

    Whoa, I am almost crying with laughter over T-bogg’s top few posts — really worth a look, except for the post laugh realization that if these nut cases gain any more power we are just screwed.

    Such an inspired lead-in…

    Over at Michelle Malkin’s Twitter For Tweakers folks are screaming at their Commodore 64s and having 140 character meltdowns because The Google ruined America’s birthday by pissing in the punch, crapping on the birthday cake and butt-raping Liberty The Freedom Clown in front of the horrified but mildly intrigued children. How did Google do this? By creating a Google Doodle using something right out of Chairman Mao’s Little Red Commie Book. Yes they did.

    The imagery…

  69. 69.

    Ash Can

    July 5, 2012 at 1:05 am

    @Mnemosyne: So sorry to hear that. Condolences to you and yours.

  70. 70.

    Yutsano

    July 5, 2012 at 1:22 am

    @Mnemosyne: Hugs and safe travels to you sweet spirit.

  71. 71.

    NotMax

    July 5, 2012 at 1:28 am

    You never know who’s going to turn out to be a significant collector.

    For example:

    Never mind that he’s performed before crowds a thousand times bigger, sold a gazillion records, won Grammys and an Academy Award. British singer and drummer Phil Collins is fidgeting because he’s about to give the world a first glimpse inside his own private Alamo.
    __
    And it’s a rarefied and improbable realm, filled with hundreds of Texas Revolution artifacts and documents painstakingly archived inside a basement room in Collins’ home outside Geneva.Source

  72. 72.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    July 5, 2012 at 1:46 am

    @NotMax:
    Alamo? Basement?

  73. 73.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    July 5, 2012 at 1:50 am

    @Mnemosyne: Condonlences & safe travel, neighbor.

  74. 74.

    Nellcote

    July 5, 2012 at 1:54 am

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    Alamo? Basement?

    Switzerland?

  75. 75.

    Narcissus

    July 5, 2012 at 2:17 am

    I don’t care what anyone says “I Can’t Dance” is an awesome song

  76. 76.

    Jewish Steel

    July 5, 2012 at 2:33 am

    @Mnemosyne: Oh, heavens no, not mocking. If I had two nickels to rub together I’d love to collect art. I’m a big colorfield fan actually.

  77. 77.

    asiangrrlMN

    July 5, 2012 at 2:49 am

    @Mnemosyne: ::hugs:: So sorry for your (and G’s) loss. My deepest condolences.

    SAMKITTEH! Soooo cute. Puppeh in teh cute, too. I can’t wait to pace the virtual floor again when RedKitten2 is ready to pop.

    @R-Jud: Adorable! She and SamKitteh will make a great couple!

  78. 78.

    Yutsano

    July 5, 2012 at 3:05 am

    @asiangrrlMN: We have to hold out until January hon. By then Tom Cruise could be on his fourth beard!

  79. 79.

    NotMax

    July 5, 2012 at 3:23 am

    Yay! It’s raining now, so looks like my neighbors next door won’t be, as is their wont, setting off enough firepower to wake the dead. On Mars.

  80. 80.

    Linda Featheringill

    July 5, 2012 at 3:26 am

    @JCT:

    By creating a Google Doodle using something right out of Chairman Mao’s Little Red Commie Book. Yes they did.

    I noticed that the song reference this morning and was pleasantly surprised.

    What’s Malkin’s group upset about? We always sing just before land redistribution. :-)

  81. 81.

    amk

    July 5, 2012 at 3:42 am

    Our boy is out loose and drunk twittering.

    John Cole ‏@Johngcole

    Power is out and I am completely naked on the back deck in the rain drinking scotch. America, fuck yeah!

  82. 82.

    'Niques

    July 5, 2012 at 6:59 am

    @TaMara (BHF): Probably a bit late, but nibbling on diefenbacia (sp) leaves will tenporarily paralyze vocal cords. I’ve had it happen with kittens.

  83. 83.

    JPL

    July 5, 2012 at 8:04 am

    @R-Jud: Bean is adorable and she looks like a princess in her flower girl dress.

  84. 84.

    bjacques

    July 5, 2012 at 8:49 am

    Awesome sauce: Steve McQueen visits the USS Texas, at the San Jacinto Park, in 1971. Time-travelling hipster tries to get close enough to snap some pix with her Galaxy S3.

  85. 85.

    quannlace

    July 5, 2012 at 9:46 am

    Military service is for the little people, who are just the right height for military service.

    Is there anything Romney says that doesn’t sound ‘off’ or just plain weird. His reply to why none of his strapping sons volunteered for Iraq, despite they’re being for the war. “They’re fulfilling their patriotic duty by working for his campaign.” ???
    And now saying he’s got an in with Latinos cause one of his kids speak Spanish.

    I mean, honestly!
    ***********************
    Samkitten, naked time! Why do toddlers love it so?

  86. 86.

    Paul in KY

    July 5, 2012 at 9:50 am

    @Cacti: He was a Mexican.

  87. 87.

    quannlace

    July 5, 2012 at 10:02 am

    What’s Malkin’s group upset about? We always sing just before land redistribution. :-)

    Wouldn’t it just be easier if these people made a list of the things that DON”T turn them into screaming hysterics?
    When we sang it back in middle school music class, it was always presented as a patriotic song.
    And the Google Doodle was charming- done in a ’50’s folksy style like it came off of a cover of a Kingston Trio album.

  88. 88.

    gelfling545

    July 5, 2012 at 10:14 am

    @Lockewasright: That is a hoot!

  89. 89.

    ThresherK

    July 5, 2012 at 10:14 am

    I always wondered what a fireworks would look like if it all went off at once.

    Now I know.

  90. 90.

    hilts

    July 5, 2012 at 10:18 am

    Herman Cain TV
    http://www.salon.com/2012/07/05/caintv_wackier_than_palin

  91. 91.

    Mino

    July 5, 2012 at 10:57 am

    @RedKitten: I saw that photo and immediately decided to stop aging–it was happening too damn fast. Relieved, now.

  92. 92.

    Mino

    July 5, 2012 at 10:58 am

    @quannlace: Just saw the Woodie G movie. Those hootenannies brought out the cops then, too.

  93. 93.

    Nutella

    July 5, 2012 at 11:05 am

    @The prophet Nostradumbass:

    Speaking of TBogg, here’s a lovely story about what a nice guy Mitt is.

    He was coming in last in the family triathlon so he changed the rules: “We added some things I excel at so I don’t come in last every year.”

  94. 94.

    Mnemosyne

    July 5, 2012 at 11:17 am

    @Nutella:

    I can kind of see doing that if one of the kids is constantly coming in last and everyone’s under 18 — you know, making sure everyone’s talents and abilities are used, etc. etc.

    But for aging dad to declare that the rules have to be changed so that he can keep up with his sons and pretend that he’s still just as young and strong as they are? A little weird, IMO.

    ETA: Tbogg, of course, has the best summary:

    So Mitt is one of those hyper-competitive dicks who go “3 out of 5 …. 4 out of 7 … 5 out of 9″ when he is losing to his seven year-old granddaughter. Nice.

  95. 95.

    RedKitten

    July 5, 2012 at 12:30 pm

    This is what gets me:

    after Mitt once nearly finished last, behind a daughter-in-law who had given birth to her second child a couple of months earlier, the ultra-competitive and self-described unathletic patriarch expanded the games to give himself a better shot.

    What, Mitt lose to a woman? That just can’t be right. Mulligan!

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