Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

I desperately hope that, yet again, I am wrong.

The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

The current Supreme Court is a rogue court. Very dangerous.

Israel is using food as a weapon of war. Unforgivable.

Giving up is unforgivable. ~Joe Biden

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you don’t.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

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

Let’s show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself. We’re allowed to grow past that.

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

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

Every day Vance writes another chapter in the book called “Worst VP Pick Ever”.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

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  3. 3.

    NotMax

    Difficult to pin down corroboration on the situation, but something is putatively going on:

    As many as 60 Afghan school girls were hospitalized with suspected poisoning in Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province on Saturday morning, local officials said.…
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    …Recently, suspected poisoning cases have affected as many as 500 schoolgirls in the north of Afghanistan.…Source

  4. 4.

    Burnspbesq

    In order to be 24, she would have to have graduated from high school at 13, or done undergrad and law school in two years. Not saying it’s not true, but it’s more likely that she’s playin’ witcha.

  6. 6.

    Cain

    @Burnspbesq:

    In order to be 24, she would have to have graduated from high school at 13, or done undergrad and law school in two years. Not saying it’s not true, but it’s more likely that she’s playin’ witcha.

    Most romances started with less.

  7. 7.

    Comrade Mary

    Happy whatever damn birthday you’re calling it, ABL! Anyway, who says we all have to count in Earth years? So boring.

  8. 8.

    Burnspbesq

    @NotMax:

    There is one faction in Afghanistan for whom the words “school girls” are an abomination. I don’t find this even a little bit implausible.

  10. 10.

    Burnspbesq

    @Cain:

    Most romances started with less.

    And there are plenty of direct flights between LAX and Pittsburgh …

  14. 14.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    Happy B-day! Oh, and John? Did she tell you about the teensy bit of numerical dyslexia? 42, not 24. So, same as you!

  15. 15.

    NotMax

    @Burnspbesq

    Well aware of that. So far haven’t come across even a whisper of these cases in the Western press sites, nor in English-language news sites in India and China, which sometimes break these types of stories well before they bubble up in the North America or Europe.

    That is absolutely NOT to say that what was reported is not happening, just a standard caveat on single-sourcing.

  19. 19.

    Citizen_X

    Happy birthday ABL!

    Whichever birthday it is, I’m sure you’re not a day over 29.

  22. 22.

    danielx

    Happy 24th, ABL, and may you lose not one iota of healthy outrage in your declining years :).

  26. 26.

    jl

    Happy B-day ABL. I wish you many more happy healthy birthdays.

    22 is OK.

    Watch out for 24 and 27.

    I think Cole is 42, which has a mystic relationship to 24 by switching the digits, which would have sent conspiracy theories aloft among the commentariate, I am sure.

    Is the supposed Cole (evidence of the existence of whom stands on ONE blurry pic) 24?

    27th birthday hazard requires no explanation.

  28. 28.

    lamh35

    John have u learned nothing!! there are two numbers you don’t challenge a woman on, her age & her dress size (especially if u suspect it’s a higher number than she is saying) .

    so “22th” Happy Born-day ABL

  30. 30.

    Alison

    Happy birthday *yesterday* ABL. I guess Cole was too busy furminating Tunch, so this post is a day late.

    (Just teasing you JC! All in good fun :))

    I’d say you’re only as old as you feel, but my own birthday is coming up and I feel about 93 most days, so…yeah, no.

  32. 32.

    BGinCHI

    My birthday today too. Wow, ABL and I are like twins.

    Been off cycling in lovely Michigan for a couple of days. Good times. Not sure what I missed in politics, but I’m probably better off not knowing….

  33. 33.

    sharl

    Happy {___th}* Birthday, ABL!

    *birthday person: enter appropriate number in the underlined space.

  36. 36.

    NotMax

    @Burnspbesq

    Thanks for that link. Came across the piece I linked to on Friday, and looked around quite a bit on Friday night and Saturday for more. Hadn’t yet done a full news trawl today.

  39. 39.

    Elizabelle

    Happy Birthday, ABL.

    Think years are calculated differently on the West Coast.

    May this be a good year for you.

  41. 41.

    jeff

    Hey! Happy Bday ABL!

    Thanks for everything over the last year that you’ve given us!

  43. 43.

    'Niques

    I think you should be only as old as you WANT to be! Happy Birthday, ABL. Thanks for all your posts!

  44. 44.

    hamletta

    Happy birthday, ABL!

    I think Jack Benny had it right, so I celebrate my 39th birthday every year.

  50. 50.

    Raincitygirl

    Many happy returns on your “24th” birthday, ABL!

    And Mike, this is a birthday wishes post. How about you insult the woman in one of the many other, more appropriate threads available? Doing it here is just tacky.

  52. 52.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    Late to the party but what else would someone expect from a slacker like myself?

    Happy Birthday ABL! If I’m late, will Happy Afterbirthday work? Nope? Darn! ;)

    I hope you had a great one ABL. :)

  54. 54.

    SFAW

    Hey, I’m 24 too! Well, actually I’m closer to 3B, but Cole’s 2A, so you guys are only, like, six years apart.

    Oh, wait, you’ve never coded? Never mind …

    Happy Birthday!

  57. 57.

    dearolddad

    I used to work with a tough, young, black chick…then after about 22 years she turned into a tough, middle-aged, black chick :)

  58. 58.

    Rex Everything

    Wow, Cole, maybe as a birthday present you could let her write “posts” on Balloon Juice that are really just links to her crappy blog.

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