Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

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

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

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

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

The revolution will be supervised.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

I didn’t have alien invasion on my 2023 BINGO card.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Come on, man.

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I don’t know if you knew this but people say dumb things in comment sections on the internet. Not here at Balloon-Juice of course. All comments here are magical and sent by some sort of higher power for the betterment of society–but other comment sections are just horrendous–especially if you discuss race or the effects of the drug war and penal system on people of color. The organization known as Beyond Bars reached out to me to…um…well…mock the shit out of the folks leaving said dumb comments. Being the patriot I am, I obviously agreed. Check out the video and think of it as a teaser for the relaunch of TWiB! – The Web Series coming Soon!

FYI: For those of you who listen to our radio shows you may already have heard that we’ve relocated our headquarters to Berkeley, Ca and are building a full fledge radio/tv studio in partnership with Daily Kos. We’re fundraising to cover the cost (we got the real estate for covered but still need to build the damn thing) and can use all the help we can get. In exchange for support we’re giving away t-shirts, mugs, engraving names on our donor wall and even raffling a trip to the Bay area to brunch hard with the TWiB! crew plus check out the new space!  A lot of folks complain about how mainstream media spin stories and portray underrepresented communities. We’re trying to create a space that challenges and changes how media works as a whole. We  could use your help.

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  3. 3.

    tom

    Your link says Behind Bars.. the organization is called Beyond Bars, was this satire/sarcasm that went over my head or a mistake?

  5. 5.

    Elon James White

    @skooter: Thank you kindly. We’ve been incredibly lucky to be accepted in spaces like Balloon-Juice and others. With folks supporting what we do and orgs respecting the work we’re really going to the next level. And the audience has already raised 5K towards our 15K goal. 2014 is going to be crazy.

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    the Conster

    Those NewsMax headlines alone could you keep you busy for an eternity – “Obama Paves Way for Second Holocaust”. And that’s not even Michelle Bachmann.

  8. 8.

    BGinCHI

    You are spot on about BJ comments and commenters, EJW.

    Smart, tasteful, good-looking, and most of all, humble.

  9. 9.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @the Conster:

    If all Jews were like Ben Stein, a second holocaust would be perfectly justified.

    However, Ben Stein is in a distinct minority of Jews. So, so much for a second holocaust.

  13. 13.

    the Conster

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    I could support a holocaust of Villagers and the Tea Party politicians they enable. Throw in Donald Trump, Newt Gingrich, Pete Peterson and Sheldon Adelson and I’d bring the marshmallows.

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    ThatPirateGuy

    Oh btw I was the one with the iTunes review that mentioned my dad and the Christmas racial slur.

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    Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader

    @the Conster: When you stop for a moment and realize that the failed rollout of PPACA is like 10 holocausts all happening simultaneously on all 10 continents, it makes you understand the enormity of one single holocaust.

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    Baud

    A lot of folks complain about how mainstream media spin stories and portray underrepresented communities.

    Really? Hadn’t noticed.

  21. 21.

    ranchandsyrup

    Donnie Wahlberg ‏@DonnieWahlberg 2h

    Why dump 600,000,000 taxpayer dollars into healthcare website? Why not dump $2,000,000 in the pockets of 300,000,000 U.S. taxpayers instead?

    Mcmeagan lent her calculator to him.

  23. 23.

    geg6

    @ranchandsyrup:

    Oh my. I guess pretending to be a cop on the teevee and being a has-been teen idol don’t take any math skills. Think he’d hire me as his accountant? I could be retired on Eleuthera in a couple of years.

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    ranchandsyrup

    @geg6: his follow up:
    That is not a bash on our president. I respect and admire him. Just doing the math.

    then:

    I know my math is f***ed. Ha Ha Ha! Thats why I stick to acting!

    No Donnie. Also, shut the fuck up, Donnie. Where’s Walter Sobchak when we need him?

    The amount of people unironically telling him to “PREACH IT” is staggering.

  37. 37.

    Tommy

    @ranchandsyrup: It is more like $57M.

    Now with that said I do web sites for a living. I like to think I am good at my job. I also know when I don’t know something and often I have to contact a third party to develop some software for me. Like for a client that does around $50,000 a day through the site I did for them. But they deliver stuff, and needed an app that would calculate mileage. They deliver in 57 locations and mileage charges were different. So were the locations they shipped from.

    This cost thousands of dollars. Not hundreds of thousands much less millions. Sure health care is more technical, but looking at it, I don’t get where the money went.

  38. 38.

    Ms. D. Ranged in AZ

    Elon, awesome that TWIB is growing and can’t wait to see more “making fun of stupid comments” videos. Here’s one you’ll enjoy. Over at another blog we were discussing the four women in TX who walked out of a restaurant to find 40 armed gun nuts waiting for them. An idjit had this to say:

    “Folks used to believe four women should be able to have a lunch and talk about their group without having to go outside and see about 20 darkies waiting for them.”

    I believe my response contained “you racist fuck”.

  40. 40.

    Betty Cracker

    @catclub: I saw that; it has haunted my fever dreams since this morning. I’ve got a horrible cold, which landed simultaneously with a gigantic pile of work, so not much time for blogging. But I’m reading! And thank you for reminding me of GIANT SNAKES!

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    Tommy

    @Ms. D. Ranged in AZ: Comments are stunning are they not. I mean how didn’t I think up the idea of mocking them?

    My little local newspaper, not close to a liberal pub, stopped taking comments.My golf coach died. Somebody that shaped my life. He was also the AD at the highschool. There was a story in said paper and a Memorial was going to be held for him at the school.

    His daughter went into the comments to convey information.

    Things went sideways. People saying some of the meanest things I’ve ever heard, and you have to work hard to offend me.

  44. 44.

    moderateindy

    I would send money, but I heard a rumor that there were Blah’s at the TWIB website, and I wouldn’t want to have them develop a culture of dependency. So I will use that money at Wal-Mart, which, like all of our job creators, never gets any type of support from our government.

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    Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader

    @moderateindy: You should just mail your money right to Alice Walton and skip the cheap Chinese imports. She can always use the money for this gaudy museum or that DUI charge.

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    Ms. D. Ranged in AZ

    @Tommy: Indeed! I grew up in a very racially divided town in the South and have been exposed to a lot of that kind of ugliness. And still I find it shocking that, in 2013, people say such things much less have the nerve to put them in writing. But anonymity is like catnip to bigots I suppose. I know the guy was probably a troll and I shouldn’t have fed him/her. Unfortunately for me, to let it go unchallenged is not within my nature. I’ve seen what happens far too up close and personal when racism goes unchallenged. For me as a kid to watch bad stuff be said and its repercussions and not be able to stand up and say ‘this is wrong’ was soul crushing. Now, I never sit down and shut up when it comes to bigotry.

  53. 53.

    jnfr

    I’ve really missed your webisodes, since I don’t do podcasts much. Very excited about the new studio and the partnership w/GOS. Please continue the great, creative, important work.

  54. 54.

    GHayduke (formerly lojasmo)

    Just dumped my shitty employer based insurance. Now I’m on my wife’s plan. Unfortunately, her contract is being negotiated, and the world famous clinic we have always attended is on the chopping block as far as her insurer is concerned.

    Fortunately, I just found out that because of Obamacare, if your plan changes structure in this way (among other things) you are able to sign up for your employer’s insurance at any time (used to be your spouse had to lose their coverage) Winning.

  56. 56.

    Commenting at Balloon Juice since 1937

    only unicorns and ponies are allowed to comment here. good luck with the multimedia empire.

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