Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

He really is that stupid.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

the 10% who apparently lack object permanence

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

Fight them, without becoming them!

Good lord, these people are nuts.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

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  3. 3.

    dmsilev

    Wonderful.

    I eagerly await learning just how a WWII Army vet and retired judge will be declared unAmerican. I imagine we’ll find out by Tuesday at the latest.

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    Shelton Lankford

    Now, someone want to start a donation drive to put that on every TV screen in the USA? I have a couple bucks rattling around in my wallet.

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    beltane

    I just heard some old women screaming in my living room. My mother and one of her friends have come over for a visit and they seem to have seen a scary person called Paul Ryan on the TV. They apparently do not care for him.

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    Shawn in ShowMe

    All you folks with gigantic mailing lists, get to work. This magnificent soliloquy needs to go viral.

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    hoodie

    Judge Maxwell was in the same place as my Dad when WWII started and, like Dad, probably served through the entire war (not exactly missionary work in France). If he were still around, I’m pretty sure Dad also would have detested Romney. My recently deceased uncle (35 missions over Japan) certainly did. Romney is an insult to their memory.

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    Nutella

    “Wherefore art thou, Romney-o?”

    Back in Utah next January, I hope. Or La Joya, or Winnepesaukee, or Belmont. As long as it’s not Washington.

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    Ash Can

    Almost every Saturday afternoon, I tune in to a four-hour-long program on a west-suburban public radio station (WDCB, out of the College of DuPage, if you’re keeping score at home) that features recordings of old “golden-age” radio programs (1930s through early 50s). Especially since WWII falls smack in the middle of that period, and especially since a great deal of radio recording was done during the war years so that US radio programs could be rebroadcast to the troops abroad, this WDCB program often features old recordings of programs and their accompanying ads that were decidedly patriotic and pep-talky. And what’s striking about this material is how today’s Republicans/right-wingers would surely recoil in horror from it.

    This cheesy patriotic stuff mentions such things as the multi-cultural nature of America — in positive terms. It extols the prowess of our great scientists, working tirelessly to ensure that the USA remains in the forefront of world technology. And the actual wartime recordings are rife with ads and placements for war bonds, victory gardens, and cheerful encouragements to “all you housewives out there” to return rendered fat to their butchers, be thrifty with their use of precious wartime resources, and buy such-and-such a product because it helps their rations go further. And always, above all, there’s the underlying message of all Americans working and sacrificing together to win the war. Can you imagine the reaction, especially from Republicans/right-wingers to messages — let alone government policies — like this?

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    13th Generation

    C’mon ABL, you haven’t had an overtly race baiting column in days, what’s the problem? I think you’re starting to lose your touch, or did you decide it wasn’t worth all the smackdowns?

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    Publius39

    @13th Generation:

    Amazing. You complain about all of ABL’s perceived “race baiting columns,” and then bitch because she isn’t producing alleged columns? Is this snark, or is this some low-level trolling?

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    gbear

    That makes me proud to be from MN. 716 views when I saw it, someone in the comments was hoping for 1000’s of views, but I didn’t want to read too far down the comments. I wonder if they’ll have to close them once the teatards find the video?

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    Mike

    Sweet, gent fills out his dress uniform nicely after all these years and knows how to present. Some fire there too.

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    The Fat Kate Middleton

    Absolutely wonderful. I want to be his daughter. Posted this to my FB page. Thank you so much, Imani.

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    Patricia Kayden

    Loved it, and yes, let’s give Obama four more years! Four more years! Four more years!

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    satby

    Added to mt FB page too. Balloon-Juicers can help get those views stats up! What a grand old man!

    Edited to add: hope someone on the Obama team sees this and has this gentleman meet the President.

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    SBJules

    I loved Robert Maxwell. I Delivered a tax return(he got an extension) to my 92 year old client. He is very sharp too and fun to be around. Long may they both wave!!

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    Charlie Dodgson

    By the way, Judge Maxwell didn’t always look quite this trim. He says he was a flabby couch potato at age 74, and decided to whip himself into shape. It seems to have worked. He now holds multiple world records in men’s 90+ track and field, including 80-meter hurdles, pole vault, and combined score in the decathlon. (If you have to ask, don’t try it. You’re certain to sprain something, at the very least.)

    http://news.menshealth.com/fitness-inspiration-for-men/2012/03/01/

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    decitect

    had to share this on my Facebook, it’s simply a great poem with a heaping dose of righteousness. What a guy…

  42. 42.

    Emily

    My dad was a WWII vet. He died a couple of weeks after the 2008 election, but he got to see Obama win. He also got to see the Phillies win. Both those wins made him very happy.

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    Trakker

    Thanks, I really needed that. Seems like every time I turn on the TV it is awash with the right’s ads spouting anti-Obama lies. Cruel lies, but they far outnumber the Obama ads, and it’s becoming depressing because as a normal American trying to make ends meet my voice is being swamped by those with more rights (i.e., money) than me.

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    Dwane Powell

    My dad was in the Aleutians too, with the 206th Coastal Artillery from Arkansas. How about your Dad? This was a great video. @hoodie:

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