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Balloon baiting

by David Anderson|  December 23, 20159:19 am| 50 Comments

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Two recent posts are the epitome of Balloon Juice commentariat baiting:

From Lawyers, Guns and Money,  just the headline:

“Arizona GOP taps creationist chemtrail truther to lead Senate [blank] committee”

I guessed it was the Science Committee

And Kevin Drum linked to an article on vocabulary development:

“A voluminous taboo lexicon may better be considered an indicator of healthy verbal abilities rather than a cover for their deficiencies,”

“a set of 10 taboo words accounted for 55–60% of all taboo word data….”

Enjoy your goddman open thread….

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  1. 1.

    Cermet

    December 23, 2015 at 9:26 am

    I $%^&#$%* will and you can %^*^#, as well!

  2. 2.

    Mark

    December 23, 2015 at 9:27 am

    And Merry God Damn Christmas to you sir.

  3. 3.

    Hildebrand

    December 23, 2015 at 9:41 am

    Definitely the Intelligence Committee.

  4. 4.

    Lurker

    December 23, 2015 at 9:48 am

    Sorry to use an open thread to address site maintenance issues, but I notice that when I get to the bottom of the front page and click to go to the next page (or page 2, 3, whatever) my browser (Firefox, if that matters) takes me right back to the front page. Anyone else experiencing this, or am I special?

  5. 5.

    Amir Khalid

    December 23, 2015 at 9:49 am

    goddman

    Uh …

    I went to the University of Malaya Medica Centre today. It’s all the way across town, and by the time I got there the @#%! general treatment clinic was closed. For the day (at 4pm!) and indeed for Christmas, too: I was told at the front desk that they would only open again on Monday. So I’ll have to bear with my swollen left pinky until then.

    I tell you, if the Sultan of Brunei were running things here, he’d be livid.

    ETA: By the way, what happened to the post downstairs? It’s missing a few essential features.

  6. 6.

    srv

    December 23, 2015 at 9:55 am

    In a new CNN/ORC national poll released Wednesday morning, GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump boasts a double-digit lead over his closest competitor, picking up 39 percent support from GOP voters.

    When will Nate Silver wake up.

  7. 7.

    Tenar Darell

    December 23, 2015 at 9:59 am

    I may have missed this year’s iteration of the “War,” but I got “Merry Christmas” bullied yesterday. I’m saying “Happy Holidays” like you do when you want New Year’s and Christmas included with a wish at a big group of undifferentiated people. One of the guys I was saying this blanket statement to, practically insisted, like a tribal marker, on getting a Merry Christmas from me. So I said it, and then felt all sour. The exact opposite of what saying Merry Christmas should mean.

    Maybe what I should do with these is start saying Merry Christmas in as nasty a tone of voice as possible, that’ll teach ’em! I’ll be all pre-spirits Scrooge, and intone Humbug with every Happy Christmas uttered, and pedantically point out that this is the British version of Merry.

    Oh, and Merry Christmas to you all, without a smidge of Humbug.

  8. 8.

    low-tech cyclist

    December 23, 2015 at 9:59 am

    goddman

    Now I’ve got Bowie going through my head:

    God and man – no confession
    God and man – no religion
    God and man – don’t believe in modern love

    Not a bad earworm, actually.

  9. 9.

    Paul in KY

    December 23, 2015 at 10:01 am

    @Amir Khalid: Why is the pinkie swollen (your guess/diagnosis)?

  10. 10.

    low-tech cyclist

    December 23, 2015 at 10:01 am

    @srv:

    In a new CNN/ORC national poll

    I’m OK with CNN, but I worry about the Orcs.

  11. 11.

    ZAP

    December 23, 2015 at 10:01 am

    Na-na-Na-na-Na-na-Na-na GODDMAN!

  12. 12.

    bystander

    December 23, 2015 at 10:04 am

    I’m noticing all the media attention focused on the Las Vegas nutso driver. Can’t help but wonder if the guy who shot 4 people to death in a women’s health clinic had been named Lakeisha, we’d be hearing a lot more about that case.

  13. 13.

    Gin & Tonic

    December 23, 2015 at 10:05 am

    @Paul in KY: He seems to be hitting the “a” correctly, though, without bumping the “s” or CAPS LOCK, so it’s not that badly swollen. I think he’ll live.

    /Frist

  14. 14.

    low-tech cyclist

    December 23, 2015 at 10:05 am

    @Tenar Darell:

    Maybe what I should do with these is start saying Merry Christmas in as nasty a tone of voice as possible, that’ll teach ’em!

    Or just say, “It makes the baby Jesus cry when people use his birth as an excuse for being assholes.”

    Being of a more religious bent, I think I’m gonna try, “God is love. Guess you must be on the other side.”

  15. 15.

    Mustang Bobby

    December 23, 2015 at 10:05 am

    @Tenar Darell: When that happened to me, I replied, “Well, then, ‘Merry Christmas’ if it means that much to you.” All smiles.

  16. 16.

    waysel

    December 23, 2015 at 10:06 am

    @Tenar Darell: I like to say “Merry Ex mas.”

  17. 17.

    Mustang Bobby

    December 23, 2015 at 10:06 am

    @low-tech cyclist:

    I’m OK with CNN, but I worry about the Orcs.

    Yeah, they’re just trolling. [Ducks, runs away.]

  18. 18.

    Paul in KY

    December 23, 2015 at 10:10 am

    @Tenar Darell: Grit out a ‘Merry Fuckin Christmas’. To you, a sincere Merry Christmas!

  19. 19.

    Paul in KY

    December 23, 2015 at 10:11 am

    @Gin & Tonic: Well diagnosed. Also, I wanted to be Frist (wah)!!

  20. 20.

    Amir Khalid

    December 23, 2015 at 10:11 am

    Another thing I saw today was a sticker in a taxi window, issued by SPAD, the agency that licenses public transportation in Malaysia. The sticker said that Uber cars don’t have the appropriate SPAD licences and passenger insurance, without which it’s illegal to operate a transport service. Per the local news, SPAD is currently deciding whether/how to legalise Uber and similar services operating in Malaysia.

  21. 21.

    Paul in KY

    December 23, 2015 at 10:12 am

    @Mustang Bobby: You are certainly a more polished person than I. Merry Christmas!

  22. 22.

    srv

    December 23, 2015 at 10:13 am

    Merry Christmas from the TSA:

    Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has changed the rules of airport protocol to allow TSA agents to force certain passengers to go through the Advanced Imaging Technologies (AIT), even if they want to opt out and would prefer a pat-down.

  23. 23.

    Paul in KY

    December 23, 2015 at 10:14 am

    @Amir Khalid: ‘Uber’ is German for ‘over’ (I think). What is Malayan for ‘over’?

  24. 24.

    Amir Khalid

    December 23, 2015 at 10:14 am

    @Gin & Tonic:
    Mind you, I only ever type with four fingers: the index and middle fingers of both hands. Sometimes I do hit the space bar with my thumb

  25. 25.

    Just One More Canuck

    December 23, 2015 at 10:17 am

    @Tenar Darell: not exactly filled with the Christmas spirit, was he?

  26. 26.

    Waldo

    December 23, 2015 at 10:17 am

    @Tenar Darell: I say, “Joyeux Noël” — mostly to see if they hate French more than they hate non-Christians.

  27. 27.

    GregB

    December 23, 2015 at 10:17 am

    @Tenar Darell:

    Only the morally corroded modern day American rightwing Christian could turn a cheerful season’s greeting into a reason to get angry and lash out at others.

    Another example of Conservative Political Correctness run amok.

  28. 28.

    CaseyL

    December 23, 2015 at 10:19 am

    @Tenar Darell: I haven’t encountered that particular variety of creep yet, and if I can hold out just a few more days the season will have passed. If I do encounter that particular variety of creep, I’ll either ignore them, or tell them I wish them a stocking full of coal.

    @Amir Khalid: Possibly dislocated? How much does it hurt?

  29. 29.

    Amir Khalid

    December 23, 2015 at 10:19 am

    @Paul in KY:
    The German for over/above/etc. is über (mit umlaut). “uber” appears to be meaningless. “Over/above” in Malay is di atas.

  30. 30.

    Amir Khalid

    December 23, 2015 at 10:21 am

    @CaseyL: The original injury, whatever it is, didn’t hurt much if at all. It’s the swelling that concerns me.

  31. 31.

    C.V. Danes

    December 23, 2015 at 10:22 am

    I’ve always admired the ability to curse fluently and eloquently. Wiping your ass with silk and all that.

  32. 32.

    Scout211

    December 23, 2015 at 10:28 am

    @Lurker:

    It has been discussed in the site maintenance thread and Alain is working on it.

    You can go to a particular day’s previous threads using the BJ url with the date you wish to read at the end, example: 2015/12/22

  33. 33.

    Paul in KY

    December 23, 2015 at 10:29 am

    @Amir Khalid: You should copyright that & open your own taxi thing. Since the name will be in Malay, you’ll get lots of business!

    Ta daaaaa!

  34. 34.

    Mai.naem.mobile

    December 23, 2015 at 10:32 am

    @Tenar Darell: I would just say Feliz Navidad and then do ha ha ha like you’re just joking around singing the Jose Feliciano song, because chances are high that he’s anti-Hispanic.

  35. 35.

    Bobby Thomson

    December 23, 2015 at 10:33 am

    @low-tech cyclist: I bet they’re pretty good at converting refusals.

  36. 36.

    Amir Khalid

    December 23, 2015 at 10:34 am

    @Paul in KY:
    Alas, the Registrar of Companies would never accept it.

  37. 37.

    Scout211

    December 23, 2015 at 10:37 am

    @Lurker:
    @Scout211:

    See comment 102 in the most recent site maintenance thread.

  38. 38.

    Paul in KY

    December 23, 2015 at 10:40 am

    @Amir Khalid: Dammit!! Bureaucrats & their pesky rules preventing entrepreneurs like us from innovating & such (grrr).

  39. 39.

    catclub

    December 23, 2015 at 10:40 am

    @GregB: I think this is a big deal.

    Impact of Obama’s faith

    Has anyone else mentioned it here?

  40. 40.

    Julia Grey

    December 23, 2015 at 10:50 am

    The original injury, whatever it is, didn’t hurt much if at all. It’s the swelling that concerns me.

    Spider bite while you were sleeping?

  41. 41.

    Matt McIrvin

    December 23, 2015 at 10:58 am

    Hilarious article on TPM: Can Donald Trump Lead A Conservative Movement He Barely Understands?

    I think this article is completely upside down: the conservative movement doesn’t understand Trumpism. People used to the mid-20th-century political spectrum saw Reaganism as something that dropped in from Mars; it didn’t compute. Now these guys are still living in Reagan’s world. Ted Cruz says all the stuff they want to hear, and it might still be good enough. But Trump doesn’t; he’s more like some bigot-populist demagogue out of the 1930s, hitting the racist notes directly instead of couching them in small-government and religious-conservative terms. And the conservative-movement guys don’t understand how this can be working, because it’s not the formula they’re used to.

  42. 42.

    Amir Khalid

    December 23, 2015 at 11:03 am

    @Julia Grey:
    The swelling from a spider bite would surely not have lasted months.

  43. 43.

    FortGeek

    December 23, 2015 at 11:04 am

    @Tenar Darell: And Happy Holidays back!

  44. 44.

    father pussbucket

    December 23, 2015 at 11:07 am

    She looks like Prof. Umbridge.

  45. 45.

    WereBear

    December 23, 2015 at 11:44 am

    @Tenar Darell: I vary what I say with what I know, or can guess, of the person.

    Haven’t had a greeting sour on me yet, but we are in an area with low diversity, especially compared to NYC environs, where I used to live.

  46. 46.

    delk

    December 23, 2015 at 12:18 pm

    @Tenar Darell: I usually look panicked and say, “It’s December 25th already? Damn, I gotta get some shopping done.”

  47. 47.

    mellowjohn

    December 23, 2015 at 12:28 pm

    unfortunately, the chemtrail lady (who is also a “young earther”) is going to head the education committee.

  48. 48.

    WereBear

    December 23, 2015 at 12:28 pm

    Binge watching the old UFO show to celebrate Festivus. And Happy Festivus to all!

  49. 49.

    WereBear

    December 23, 2015 at 12:30 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Might be too late now, but can you put it on ice?

  50. 50.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 23, 2015 at 2:12 pm

    Today is Festivus, after all, and my grievance is Christianist scum getting bent out of shape over “Happy Holidays”.

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