Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Even though I know this is a bad idea, I’m off to do it anyway!

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

Shut up, hissy kitty!

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

Pelosi: “He either is stupid, or he thinks the rest of us are.” Why not both?

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

White supremacy is terrorism.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

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

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

American History and Black History can not be separated.

Bogus polls are all they’ve got left. Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls a year from now.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

If you’re looking for someone who’s young and athletic, go watch a fucking movie.

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No heavy posting for me today- had a long day, starting with an 8 am run to the airport to pickup Holly, who was in NYC to have her shunt replaced (again). This weekend washer anuervesary, and she had to go up a week early because a shunt was protruding. On the way home, we both decided we are going to use shunt as a dirty word from now on.

Oh, and this happened- sometime in the last week Thurston’s right ear decided “Ehh, screw it,” and we are now putting it on the Physically Unable to Perform list (Get it- the PUP list! I kill myself, really…).

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Let’s go Penguins, beat the Rangers!

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  1. 1.

    Elizabelle

    I think Thurston’s got dachshund in him. Do you think? He’s 100% adorable, no matter what, and the ear deal just kicks it.

  5. 5.

    Schlemazel

    One of the local TV stations (the KARE bears) made a tiny mistake in spelling while headlining a story about the Wild/Blues series shifting to Minnesota
    deadsp.in/Sfd8VhV

  7. 7.

    geg6

    @BGK:

    She’s some kind of masochist, that woman. Maher pretty much took her apart, a fellow (well, formerly fellow) NYTer took her apart on Morning Ho and now this. Either she likes it or she needs the money from that book bad enough to subject herself to being flayed on live TV. Or both, now that I think of it.

  9. 9.

    donnah

    And that is the cutest thing I’ve seen all day! He’s adorable. So glad you kept him!

  10. 10.

    PurpleGirl

    I hope Holly is feeling better and that this new shunt lasts a lot longer than the others have.

    Thurston is sooooo cute with one ear up and one ear down. (Good picture too.)

  11. 11.

    geg6

    I’m in love with Thurston’s crooked ears! Almost as much as I’m in love with Lovey’s bat ears.

    Speaking of Lovey, she and Koda are now the fastest of friends. Tug of war is their favorite game. Lovey tugs valiantly and is very fierce about the whole thing. Koda just holds on and when she’s had enough, just lifts her head with the toy in her mouth and Lovey dangling at the other end until she can’t hold on any more. I keep trying to explain that her 8 pounds stands no chance whatsoever against 85 pounds. But Lovey is nothing but persistent!

  12. 12.

    Violet

    Squeee! Thurston is adorable! That ear is too cute. Hes giving you the look of love that NYT article talked about.

  15. 15.

    Violet

    @geg6: Awww…that is so cute. Any chance of video at some point? Glad Lovey is settling in nicely. Sounds like she’s keeping the name “Lovey”?

  17. 17.

    greennotGreen

    John, I believe puppies’ ears don’t take their final position until the puppies are about six months old, and even then, some dogs with only so-so ear leather may sometimes have an ear at half-mast.

    My last failed rescue (I adopted him) came to me at two yo looking pretty cute except for his lowered, floppy ears. He was very nervous and fearful. After a couple of months in a secure home, his ears went to half-mast and they’ve stayed there ever since.

  20. 20.

    Redshift

    Let’s go Penguins, beat the Rangers!

    As a Caps fan, this would ordinarily be a root for injuries situation, but I’ll give you a pass this time.

  21. 21.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    “Shunt” always reminds me of Julia Sweeney’s really good book (and one-woman show) “God Said Ha!” where her brother with leukemia is given a shunt. Now all I can think of when I hear the word is, “I tell you what, I love my shunt!”

  23. 23.

    Mandalay

    @Corner Stone:

    You think she got the best of that exchange?

    No, but she “won” in the sense that Hayes was just nailing jelly to the wall, and nothing stuck. He was obviously always thinking “you are such a fucking liar” whenever she responded, but he didn’t come close to making her squirm, or concede anything. This is the result of Hayes having a lovefest show every night, with everyone agreeing with each other: his confrontational interviewing skills atrophy (if he ever had any in the first place).

    The thing with Miller is not that she got stuff about Iraq horribly wrong – almost the entire media did – but that she was such a willing and shameless hack for blindly regurgitating all the talking points fed to her by the Bush Administration. That’s how he should have kept attacking her, without getting sidetracked.

  24. 24.

    Keith G

    @raven: My sis and her hubby lived in Beaufort while he was stationed at Laurel Bay. I spent a lot of time on visits exploring Hunting, Kiawah, and Edisto Islands.

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    geg6

    @Violet:

    Yeah, I’m not big on changing pets’ names if they aren’t awful. Otis was Otis when we rescued him. Same for Koda. And who wouldn’t love Lovey?

    I’m trying for better pics and video but it’s been a challenge so far. Tug of war always happens when my phone is three rooms away. I think they do that on purpose.

  29. 29.

    Corner Stone

    @Mandalay: Ah, GFY. He kept pressing her, interrupting her, and reading direct quotes from her to her face.
    It wasn’t a CH lovefest session because he challenged someone no one on the left likes. He stuck it right in her face, in a manner that he could use. He isn’t Bill fucking O’Reilly.
    She was never going to break down and admit the truth but he made her sit there and take it. You can say that isn’t useful, and that’s fine. But he did what he had to do.

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    I tried to resist, but this put me over the edge. I am officially in love with Thurston. My heart is going pitter-pat.

    Welcome back, Cole. I’ve missed you and it’s been great to see all these posts from you lately.

    Edit: wonderful photo!

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    @raven: That is a great photo.

    You probably know more than I do, but my friend Carol said Mel is back home and that she really looks great. I guess they changed stage 4 to stage 3?

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    Mandalay

    @Corner Stone:

    He kept pressing her, interrupting her, and reading direct quotes from her to her face.

    Any dumb interviewer can do that. What he completely failed to do was ask her a question that she couldn’t handle with ease.

    And when you feel the need to use the word “epistemic” in a prime time interview you have completely lost the plot.

  41. 41.

    WaterGirl

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym: I love the book cover. I can’t imagine anything more perfect. Congratulations!

    I have no experience with Kickstarter. I won’t have money to contribute until May 1st, but I will for sure contribute something then.

    Is there a way for us to make a notation about BJ when we contribute? I think it would be really cool to see how many backers will end up being from here.

  45. 45.

    raven

    @WaterGirl: I was thinking that must be the case. My bride just informed me that drinking wine in a restaurant does not mean she’s out of the woods.

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    @raven: Your bride is right, of course. But drinking wine in a restaurant sure beats the hell out of being in a hospital or being at home waiting to die, or worse.

    Next time Carol sees Mel, should she tell her that raven says hi?

    Edit: not “raven” of course, but using your real name.

  50. 50.

    Keith G

    @raven: Of those three, I liked Hunting the best. The light house was a great backdrop and was open to climb up and view the area I have some nice photos from then. This was in the ’78-’81 time frame so there was not a lot of development yet.

    When I was out swimming at Hunting, a bit out from the shore, a dolphin swung by reasonably close. It was an intense 2 seconds until I figured out what it was as it zoomed out of sight. I went into the beach so I could take a moment.

  52. 52.

    raven

    @Keith G: That is so cool! was Fripp all private and shit then?

    eta, Damn:

    The Vietnam War scenes from the movie Forrest Gump were filmed on Fripp Island. Also, many other scenes were filmed in the Beaufort area. The Gay Seafood Company, right outside of Fripp, sold shrimp to the production and served as a real life prop for the shrimping boat scene.[2]

  54. 54.

    different-church-lady

    So here’s a new one: my cat just tried to blow up my house.

    He was begging for food while I was at the counter, and decided to go in the “forbidden zone” of the stove. I hissed him off. A few seconds later I smelled gas. Seems he managed to kick one of the burner knobs partially open with his rear leg on his way up. It was a hell of a good thing it happened while I was here.

    So now I’m wondering how to kitty-proof a gas stove.

  55. 55.

    geg6

    @raven:

    Yup. She just kept smiling and blabbing her fucking lies, completely oblivious to the reality he kept presenting her. He even said that the only reason ANY liberal gave credence to any of the bullshit leading up to the war was because it was the “even the liberal” NYT says so with her fucking byline. And she just breezed by it by saying it was the intelligence agencies who were just incompetent, not the lying incompetents that they really were. No taking responsibility for her part in disseminating those lies. I fucking want to strangle her.

  59. 59.

    Keith G

    @raven: That’s a great shot. As I noted above, it’s been a while. Back then the Beaufort docks and waterfront was fun and laid-back place to hang out. There were a couple of nice cafes to grab some low country eats.

  60. 60.

    JPL

    @geg6: At the time, some one insinuated that she slept with her source who was Ahmed Chalabi. I want to say it was NYmagazine, not the times.

  61. 61.

    Mike E

    Martin Clunes: A Man and His Dogs is a fun exploration of people’s relationship with our best friends. Mr Clunes went to a farm where they brought in JRTs to de-rat a hay store…numerous vermin dispatched quite efficiently, but with a joyful sense of purpose that only Jacks can pull off.

  62. 62.

    Keith G

    @raven: Yes it was. Sis and Hubby would rent a condo? there for a get away. Since they had a sticker on their car (or something – memory is hazy), they took me there just to knock about for a bit on the beach with their pups. I remember that it was this amazingly wide beach. Lots of space and sand to play catch with two very fast dogs.

  63. 63.

    raven

    @Keith G: It’s still pretty low key down there but I the “Anytown USA” has spread some to the West. We were able to eat at a nice joint with the dogs and there is a park-boardwalk thing from the bridge to the docks.

  70. 70.

    NotMax

    So how long until the Koch business puts Walker’s face on the body of the lumberjack on every Brawny wrapper?

  74. 74.

    Gvg

    @different-church-lady: safety 1st clear view stove knob covers on Amazon over 500 reviews with 4 stars
    Lots,of take off the knobs suggestions. Another turn off the gas when not using stove. I have never had a gas stove so I don’t know how practical that is. Have a welding shop make a flip down cover. Boxes and duct tape. I think I have seen clear shields that pull down over knobs too but didn’t find that by googling.

  75. 75.

    Brachiator

    Anyone use a Chromebook to read and post to Balloon Juice and elsewhere? I’m pondering a budget friendly portable device, and think I’d like something with a keyboard instead of a tablet.

  78. 78.

    Kryptik

    For anyone who pooh-poohs on hockey, just have them watch Ducks/Jets game 3. Holy shit, what a ridiculous game.

  79. 79.

    S-Curve

    Shunt is all shunted up and bullshunt. Yep, that works.

    Also, too: Judith Miller saw and still sees her job as gaining access to important people and telling her readers what those people think, in the guise of “information.” So she doesn’t feel guilty or duped or anything like that — she feels great about how she did.

    Hearing her castigate Rolling Stone for not following basic journalistic practices was pretty nauseating, though. I was listening as I was cooking dinner, and I did a lot of swearing as I was mashing the taters.

  80. 80.

    Svensker

    @NotMax:

    I know, right?

    That is a cute dog, Cole, and a cute picture. But either your camera has a built in vaseline button or your eyes ain’t what they should be.

  81. 81.

    Amir Khalid

    @Svensker:
    Have you seen how blurry Cole’s pictures were before? This is not his current best, true, but it’s still an improvement on the previous standard.

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