Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

Accountability, motherfuckers.

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

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

This blog will pay for itself.

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Second rate reporter says what?

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

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

You can’t love your country only when you win.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.

T R E 4 5 O N

This fight is for everything.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

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  8. 8.

    Commish

    Guys at work love this show, so I watched one episode a year or two ago. In the big scene one of the characters was chained up and forced to watch his daughter get doused with gasoline and burned to death.

    No thanks, and I can’t begin to understand why some people want to pollute their souls with this shit.

  10. 10.

    burnspbesq

    I’m torn. If Honduras wins or draws, we’re in. If Panama wins, Mexico is on the outside looking in with two matches left.

  14. 14.

    Mike in NC

    Never got into “SoA” but it’s on Hulu, so eventually. Just finished “Luther” Season 4 on BBC America. Good show but I read that they cut about 15 minutes per episode to make room for all the crappy commercials.

  23. 23.

    lamh36

    @schrodinger’s cat: SON OF A B….!!! I was at least hoping for a diff result for the male winner. but damn I was 0-2.

    Still, I totally think this may be a case of the Jhud type of runner up “future” prospects. I can see both of the #2s doing really well with a dance career, the female #2 much more so than the male, but both are good

  27. 27.

    PsiFighter37

    de Blasio less than 1% from avoiding a runoff. Wonder if the areas left for him are enough to get him over the threshold.

    Either way, it looks like Quinn went down in flames – she’s around 15% of the vote right now…that term limits thing came back to bite her in a big way.

    I have to think that if it goes to a runoff, Thompson is going to find himself a lot of new friends eager to pour money into his pockets. I don’t understand why people like him – Al D’Amato is basically running his campaign.

  28. 28.

    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn

    SoA doesn’t seem to be my thing (or I’ve just not given it enough time, but I’m very selective about <2 hours or so of TV stuff I watch each week [not that I'm a snob, I'm just compelled to spend a lot of my time with my hobby]). But I do haveta say, after the Left Coast showing of Breaking Bad on Sunday, I couldn't bellive I didn't see a peep about it on this site. I know Cole's still in the catch-up phase, but Miei Rigatoni!, did that show land a haymaker last week. Walter White is now firmly ensconced with Michael Corleone and Henry Hill in the Outlaw Hall of Fame in the Pantload household.

    Anyhoo, just hadda say. Now I should really finish up my work, since I'd rather be typing this from home next to Mrs. Pantload.

  31. 31.

    PsiFighter37

    Looks like we’re in trouble in one of the CO State Senate races – the Senate President is down 4% and needs to win the remaining votes by 12%+ to stay in.

    We’ve got to win these races – shit like this just gives those fuckers at the NRA more power.

  35. 35.

    different-church-lady

    @Belafon: Kos was asked directly about it, weighed in as “I don’t give a shit” and took a lot of crap for it.

    He seems increasingly at odds with his own denizens. Notice that hardly any of the front pagers over there will touch it either.

  36. 36.

    JGabriel

    @lamh36:

    Any NYC think this will be a hard fight for De Blasio or is he basically in like Flint?

    I don’t think De Blasio is in like Flint, but I don’t think it’ll be a particularly hard fight either. Lhota will probably have a lot of money backing him, and all the NYC conservative media.

    But I get the feeling that people here are pretty much tired of our Dem city being run by a Republican. Thompson’s near upset in the last election was a sign. So, absent a scenario where Lhota gins up a De Blasio scandal, De Blasio will take it. In my opinion. Assuming Bill’s the candidate, I’ll certainly be voting for him in the general (and the runoff, if there is one).

    .

  37. 37.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @JGabriel: What is it with New York and Republican mayors? Chicago hasn’t elected one since before the New Deal. Milwaukee elects Democrats or Socialists.

  39. 39.

    JGabriel

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    What is it with New York and Republican mayors?

    I have no fucking clue. I voted Dem in every election since I returned here in the early-mid 90’s. Except for one, and I’m still kicking myself for it — thought the last mayoral election was a done deal for Bloomberg and skipped it. I was totally annoyed with myself for not voting after I saw how close it was.

    Won’t be skipping any elections again.

    .

  40. 40.

    David Koch

    Spitzer is losing 48-52 with 86% of the vote in

    What up with you liberals in NYC? I thought you guys couldn’t care less about sex.

  43. 43.

    JGabriel

    @PsiFighter37:

    Could end up being a Bill v. Bill runoff. He’s at 39.5% right now…

    In a runoff, almost all of Liu’s vote will go to De Blasio (they were both supported by Working Families) — which could put him within a percent of the majority before the runoff even begins.

    I can see how it might get close. Obviously the anti-De Blasio vote will coalesce behind Thompson, but I think De Blasio is just too close to already having a majority in the runoff, if it happens. I think De Blasio will probably pull over 40% once all of tonight’s votes are counted, though.

  44. 44.

    David Koch

    I bet Spitzer wants to strangle Weiner right now.

    Speaking of which, when does Huma serve the divorce papers? I say 4th of July (the deadest news cycle of the year).

  46. 46.

    David Koch

    92% of the vote is in, and Weiner has an anemic 5% of the vote.

    So much for the power of the vaunted blogosphere.

  48. 48.

    David Koch

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it’s ovah. AP projects Elliot Spizter has lost. Way to go liberals. No really. The GOP has no problem re-electing their sex scandal pols (Sanford/Weiner). Yet cosmopolitan, well educated liberals have turned into a bunch of prudes. Bravo.

  51. 51.

    scav

    @Yatsuno: Playing with cardboard cutouts and yelling when they don’t behave entirely as personal stereotypes? Hell if I know, but I assume it passes the time.

  52. 52.

    David Koch

    @Yatsuno: Lemme see, well qualified, highly intelligent and effective former Governor and Attorney General named Elliot Spitzer runs for a minor office against a no name and losses the Democratic primary because liberal primary voters living in a big city can’t get over an extramarital affair that happen years old. Inexcusable. They voted down the best person for the job over a personal affair.

  54. 54.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @David Koch:

    They voted down the best person for the job over a personal affair.

    It wasn’t that it was an affair. The extramarital sex isn’t the point. The prostitution bit was. Because it is illegal. And he was AG and governor while doing it.

  55. 55.

    eemom

    @David Koch:

    The guy running against Spitz had some solid liberal cred, did he not? Backed by all the unions?

    You know he lost BECAUSE of the “personal affair” how exactly? Which btw wasn’t just a fucking “personal afffair” — it was, you know, law breaking — the same law that he charged others with as AG.

    Man, there’s some weird shit in the drinking water tonight. Even for here.

  57. 57.

    Yatsuno

    @Omnes Omnibus: There was that little bit about crossing state lines in order to get his call girl on. And some small nit about using state funds to support the habit. But hey, Washington State just doesn’t seem to do corruption well, so what do I know?

    (What are the odds of sending Scotty Walker to the unemployment line?)

    @eemom:

    Man, there’s some weird shit in the drinking water tonight. Even for here

    I blame Obummer. IMPEACH NAOW!!!

  58. 58.

    eemom

    @David Koch:

    Furthermore it’s kind of amusing to see you jumping on the “oh POOR martyred Spitzer” bandwagon — which is an emoprog meme if ever there was one.

  61. 61.

    SarahT

    @David Koch: Really don’t think it has anything to do with Spitzer’s sex scandal. IMHO, it has a lot more to do with the fact that Stringer is a good solid Progressive Democrat and that Democratic New Yorkers are tired of megabucks candidates trying to buy the race.

  65. 65.

    TheronWare

    Holy cows, I forgot it was on yesterday but remembered to schedule a recording on the DVR. All is right in the world!

  66. 66.

    Roger

    @Commish: @Commish:

    Don’t blame you at all – that very scene and the aftermath in which the guy (who OK is a vicious killer himself – but still daughter burned alive in front of you?) gets over it amazingly quickly was the final shark jump for me.

    But if you’d started at the beginning and got through Season 2 you might have at least seen the potential that the show has pissed away.

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