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You are here: Home / Pet Blogging / Cat Blogging / Kitten Tikka Masala Weighs In

Kitten Tikka Masala Weighs In

by Tom Levenson|  October 19, 20164:25 pm| 89 Comments

This post is in: Cat Blogging, I Can No Longer Rationally Discuss The Clinton Campaign, Open Threads, Woman in the Whitehouse 2016

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Tikka has decided to make his views on this election absolutely clear:

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I don’t know about y’all, but I can’t take another debate.  My spouse and son will be glued to the set while I’ll be at a bar with a friend in the science museum business.  We’ll talk shop, mostly ignore the baseball game, and, for my part, try to weigh the pros and cons between bourbon and rye. (Cue the inevitable soundtrack.)

Tikka’s done my thinking for me, and I don’t need any more exposure the Cheeto-Faced Ferret-Heddit ShitGibbon, thank you very much.

Your plans?

PS:  An alternate view: Tikka knows (as many Democratic candidates seem not to) how to engage the camera:

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  1. 1.

    Elizabelle

    October 19, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    Leave Tikka’s Billy Booosh alone.

    (Boosh. Moose. Squirrel. Why yes, it’s “Melania” again. From last night’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She shows up about 2:20 in.)

  2. 2.

    The Pale Scot

    October 19, 2016 at 4:32 pm

    the pros and cons between bourbon and rye.

    There’s a pro side to sugery water and piss? :D

    If it’s not Scottish it’s Crap!!

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    October 19, 2016 at 4:36 pm

    I love Tikka’s button! I have it on good authority that my kitties would gladly wear that button if only they knew where to find it.

    edit: you know, i still have my “dogs against Romney” magnetic strip on my car. I wonder if anyone is making anything like that? Puzzies against Trump. I would order in a heartbeat.

  4. 4.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 19, 2016 at 4:38 pm

    Tikka rocks!

  5. 5.

    SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch

    October 19, 2016 at 4:39 pm

    Tikkeh Masaleh!! Such a smart and good-looking pusseh!

  6. 6.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    October 19, 2016 at 4:40 pm

    Long lines usher in early voting in Georgia. I voted in my home state the second absentee ballots were available.

  7. 7.

    MattF

    October 19, 2016 at 4:40 pm

    I’m done with the ‘debates’. I concede that they were useful for people who had better things to do (and I don’t blame them) and they apparently had the desired effect. But I’ve hit ‘enough’.

  8. 8.

    Gin & Tonic

    October 19, 2016 at 4:41 pm

    @The Pale Scot: Clearly you have never had a good rye whiskey (of which there are many.)

  9. 9.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 19, 2016 at 4:43 pm

    @WaterGirl: If I knew where to find it, I’d send you kittties that button.

    I’ll be recording a voice over for a presidential campaign commercial tonight. No, really. The election in Ghana.

    “Change Now, Move Ghana Forward” seems to be the theme, based on the script.

  10. 10.

    Betty Cracker

    October 19, 2016 at 4:43 pm

    That is one handsome cat!

    RE: tonight’s plans, I don’t want to watch the debate. It will be unpleasant. But I don’t think I can NOT watch either. So I’ll probably watch the debate on the TV, follow baseball on the tablet and keep up with you jackals on the phone. Multitasking!

  11. 11.

    Iowa Old Lady

    October 19, 2016 at 4:44 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: All my Canadian relatives drank rye.

  12. 12.

    RandomMonster

    October 19, 2016 at 4:44 pm

    I’ll watch the debate, but mainly as a reason to drink.

  13. 13.

    Feebog

    October 19, 2016 at 4:45 pm

    My plans for the afternoon? So glad you asked. Taking one of the dogs for a rabies shot in a few minutes. Then I’m going to a meeting where greedy developers will tell us how an outsized 440 unit apartment building in the middle of a single family home neighborhood is so necessary. Look, retail on the first floor! Look, 5% of the units reserved for affordable housing units! Look, pretty drawings showing happy pedestrians walking along practically deserted sidewalks! Look, bicycle parking that will never be used! Can’t wait for the Q&A.

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    October 19, 2016 at 4:45 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): After I wrote that, I googled. Private browsing, of course, because I worried about what might come up.

    I just ordered one! Puss1es Against Trump

  15. 15.

    Tom Levenson

    October 19, 2016 at 4:47 pm

    @The Pale Scot: Scotch whisky is a delight. It’s also grown too damn expensive (and the prices have failed, so far, to reflect the post-Brexit pound.

    I love Lagavullin 16, for example. At not-much-change from a Franklin, it’s out of my range.

    Sazarac Rye, which I enjoy, is ~30 bucks a bottle. Whistlepig, perhaps more of a comparison, is fifty or so. I’ll drink Scotch more when the damage to my wallet is less than that my liver endures.

  16. 16.

    Gin & Tonic

    October 19, 2016 at 4:47 pm

    @Iowa Old Lady: “Canadian whiskey” is mostly crap, and not generally rye (or not predominantly.) It is one of the original American whiskeys, though, and in recent years there’s been a major resurgence of craft distilling of various older formulations of American whiskey, including (perhaps especially) rye.

  17. 17.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 19, 2016 at 4:48 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: A good rye whiskey? That sir, is a contradiction in terms.

  18. 18.

    Tom Levenson

    October 19, 2016 at 4:48 pm

    @Feebog: We just dealt w. a version of that in our single-family-home neighborhood. It sucks.

  19. 19.

    Tom Levenson

    October 19, 2016 at 4:48 pm

    @OzarkHillbilly: You need to get out more.

  20. 20.

    Mike in NC

    October 19, 2016 at 4:49 pm

    Tonight we’ll watch “American Horror Story: Roanoke” but take a pass on “American Horror Story: The Donald”.

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    October 19, 2016 at 4:49 pm

    @Betty Cracker: I will be watching the debate on TV and BJ on my laptop. It’s the only way I am brave enough to watch. Last debate I realized I had no wine or chocolate in the house, and I definitely needed something!

    Planning ahead this time. I will be fortified with comfort food for dinner (my mom’s recipe for macaroni & cheese) and wine! Chocolate chip cookie dough in the refrigerator in case of emergency!

  22. 22.

    germy

    October 19, 2016 at 4:49 pm

    In the heat of the Republican presidential primary, Jerry Falwell Jr. appeared on The Sean Hannity Show to talk about the Donald Trump he has gotten to know—a man defined by “stuff the public never hears.” So he shared an anecdote about the time the billionaire’s limousine broke down, and a random passing couple stopped to help. Later, these Good Samaritans got some surprising news: As a gesture of thanks, Trump had paid off the their home mortgage. “Pretty impressive,” Hannity declared.

    But wait a second. Who exactly were these people, and why couldn’t the limo driver just call AAA? Impressive as this anecdote sounds, is it true? Well, what does Snopes say? Founded more than two decades ago, Snopes.com was originally devoted to researching all manner of just-so tales and urban folklore sourced to a friend of a friend, or to no source at all. These days, when readers “submit a rumor” they’d like confirmed or debunked, it’s likely to be a tale tied to current events. And yes, Snopes founder David Mikkelson recognized that “impressive” Trump anecdote immediately.

    “That same story had been told for years,” he says. In fact, there’s a Snopes entry—first posted in 1998 and updated as recently as this past May—about its permutations. These rumors of roadside assistance and a generous (but curiously publicity-free) financial “thank you” involve not just Trump (on various routes, sometimes with his first wife Ivana, others with his second wife Marla Maples), but Bill Gates and even Henry Ford, among others. There’s never any corroborating evidence, and nary a peep from the actual do-gooders.

    In other words, it’s a classic example of a durable myth—judged “False” by Snopes—-repurposed to fit the moment.

  23. 23.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    October 19, 2016 at 4:50 pm

    I’ll be attending a lecture on the Shoemakers, a husband and wife astronomy team — the lecture description sounds like things will be part love story (how they met) and part science, an overview of their impact.

  24. 24.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 19, 2016 at 4:50 pm

    @RandomMonster: You need a reason?

  25. 25.

    Miss Bianca

    October 19, 2016 at 4:51 pm

    Tom, you got your cat to express a political opinion? The Office Kitties just want to know who’s going to promise them more tuna and mice, and then they’re all like “What?” when I stare at them. Then they start chasing little bits of paper.

    btw, I just finished “The Hunt for Vulcan” – well-done, indeed!

  26. 26.

    Roger Moore

    October 19, 2016 at 4:51 pm

    I generally prefer bourbon over rye for drinking straight up, but I insist on rye in my Manhattans.

  27. 27.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 19, 2016 at 4:52 pm

    @WaterGirl: That’s awesome. I saw a very powerful one in the “people also like” crawl:

    Jews against Trump
    We’ve seen this before
    We know how it ends

  28. 28.

    Miss Bianca

    October 19, 2016 at 4:53 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Hey, speaking of animules, I caught myself looking at this little cutie in your home state!

  29. 29.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 19, 2016 at 4:53 pm

    @Tom Levenson: Ahh the Lagavullin…. Sigh.

  30. 30.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    October 19, 2016 at 4:54 pm

    @RandomMonster: There’s always a reason to drink.

  31. 31.

    Iowa Old Lady

    October 19, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    In today’s news from Las Vegas, presumably unconnected to the debate. Headline: “Cinnamon Roll Can Explodes Inside Man’s Butt During Shoplifting Incident.“

  32. 32.

    Miss Bianca

    October 19, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    @The Pale Scot: sorry, but I have to disagree. These days, given the choice between a shot of single-malt Scotch and a good bourbon or rye, I’ll as often as not go for the latter.

    So sue me! Send me to the Arizona Home for the Rude!

  33. 33.

    Patricia Kayden

    October 19, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    Tikka Masala gets my vote!! Baud needs to procure her as his running mate in 2020.

  34. 34.

    Kristine Smith

    October 19, 2016 at 4:56 pm

    @Tom Levenson:

    Sazarac Rye, which I enjoy, is ~30 bucks a bottle. Whistlepig, perhaps more of a comparison, is fifty or so. I’ll drink Scotch more when the damage to my wallet is less than that my liver endures.

    Had a Manhattan made with Sazerac Rye at the rooftop bar of the Jane Hotel this past July. Delicious drink, plus a great view of the Hudson River. I’m growing fond of rye whiskey. Have tried only a few scotches. All I know for sure is that for me, peaty=blech.

  35. 35.

    Shell

    October 19, 2016 at 4:56 pm

    I think Tikka’s look is called “Blue Steel.”

  36. 36.

    Patricia Kayden

    October 19, 2016 at 4:57 pm

    @Iowa Old Lady: Glad I read that so I won’t be tempted to stuff a cinnamon roll can up my butt the next time I’m in Walmart. Whew!!

  37. 37.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 19, 2016 at 4:58 pm

    @Miss Bianca: He’s a doll! Dude’s an itty bitty little guy but what a soft eye, and I bet he’s charming. If you need a local report, have Adam or AL rustle you up my email. Of course, if OH canter is in Cleveland, you’re on your own…

  38. 38.

    SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch

    October 19, 2016 at 4:58 pm

    @RandomMonster:

    Has the list of drinking words and phrases for tonight been released yet?

  39. 39.

    The Golux

    October 19, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Ahh the Lagavullin…. Sigh.

    Thirded. My usual snort is Glenlivet, which I’m perfectly happy with; I buy it by the handle (though “handles” rarely have actual handles anymore). That works out to about $34 and change for a fifth.

  40. 40.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 19, 2016 at 5:00 pm

    @Tom Levenson: When I go out I don’t f around. Besides, if I’m going to ruin my liver I’m gonna do it with something that will eat up my sons’ inheritance.

  41. 41.

    Old Broad in California

    October 19, 2016 at 5:00 pm

    Tikka is beautiful!

    I’m going to a debate watching party tonight with a friend. I was promised all Hillary supporters in attendance and lots of wine. Still, if I didn’t really like the friend who invited me I would have begged off.

  42. 42.

    Patricia Kayden

    October 19, 2016 at 5:00 pm

    @MattF: I’m such a wuss that I haven’t had the guts to watch any of the debates. But I relish the comments about them afterwards and I love the SNL mock debates. So glad that this is the last time that Secretary Clinton has to subject herself to being in the same room as Orange Bigot.

  43. 43.

    SWMBO

    October 19, 2016 at 5:01 pm

    Posted earlier but updating the names. Is this Trump, Pence or Rubio?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS6lNDrCi88

    @Elizabelle: Have you seen this one?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYagr8TdBl0

  44. 44.

    Shell

    October 19, 2016 at 5:01 pm

    Has the list of drinking words and phrases for tonight been released yet?

    For safetys sake, I think we’re way beyond that.

  45. 45.

    gogol's wife

    October 19, 2016 at 5:02 pm

    @The Pale Scot:

    Mike Myers FTW.

  46. 46.

    K488

    October 19, 2016 at 5:04 pm

    Beautiful cat looks like the Notorious RBG in that second photo.

  47. 47.

    SWMBO

    October 19, 2016 at 5:05 pm

    Can I get a jail break? I’m in moderation limbo.

  48. 48.

    coin operated

    October 19, 2016 at 5:05 pm

    Rye on the rocks….well…rocks. I wish Jefferson would come out with another batch of their rye…it was to die for.

  49. 49.

    Miss Bianca

    October 19, 2016 at 5:08 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Having just taken an unscheduled plunge off the back of a taller horse, I have to say that I’m appreciating the little ones more and more! Sooo much easier to remount in the field!

    Our stable guy at the hunt is coming back to Ohio to pick up a bunch of tack – if my new job comes thru’, I may just say “screw it” and head back there with him with a horse trailer. Little Cody just looks so sweet, and our new trainer is a wee little thing, I bet she’d love to turn him into an eventer!

    (I must be crazy).

    ETA: And of course I’d love a local report from someone knowledgeable! I’ll email the lady and find out where CANTER’s Ohio center is.

  50. 50.

    Betty Cracker

    October 19, 2016 at 5:08 pm

    @Roger Moore: Co-signed.

    @Tom Levenson: Speaking of absurdly overpriced spirits, I once got to taste a precious thimble-full of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon, which my uncle had procured through mysterious means. I’m happy to report that while it was good, it damn sure wasn’t $1K+ good. Booker Noe is good enough for the likes of me when I want fancy bourbon…

  51. 51.

    JPL

    October 19, 2016 at 5:09 pm

    Yesterday, I voted for Her! I don’t plan on watching tonight, but I’m sure I’ll be notified if the Secret Service tackles him.

  52. 52.

    Cacti

    October 19, 2016 at 5:10 pm

    In another example of that famous Donald Trump “extreme vetting”:

    Trump’s invited guest, Malik Obama, the half-brother of the President, is a loud and proud supporter of Hamas.

  53. 53.

    WaterGirl

    October 19, 2016 at 5:11 pm

    @Iowa Old Lady: @Patricia Kayden: All I can say is WOW. Of all the ways I can think of to “spice up lovemaking”, I can say with confidence that it would never involve sticking a can of cinnamon rolls from the dairy case up anyone’s behind.

  54. 54.

    jacy

    October 19, 2016 at 5:12 pm

    Tonight The Boyfriend and I will be attending a screening of my favorite movie, Blade Runner (while my kids babysit his kids). Then, after all the kids are asleep, we’re going to crack open a bottle of wine and watch a recording of the debate. That may take more than one bottle of wine. In fact, it may take all the alcohol in the house…

  55. 55.

    Tom Levenson

    October 19, 2016 at 5:13 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Thanks! Frankly, I was surprised my notoriously salty feline overlord stood still for the photo, but he feels very deeply about Mr. Trump.

  56. 56.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    October 19, 2016 at 5:14 pm

    @Patricia Kayden:

    I know, right? Damn, there go my plans for the afternoon.

  57. 57.

    Tom Levenson

    October 19, 2016 at 5:15 pm

    @OzarkHillbilly: ;-). I have informed my 16 y.o. of your very sound strategy.

  58. 58.

    Elizabelle

    October 19, 2016 at 5:15 pm

    @Patricia Kayden:

    So glad that this is the last time that Secretary Clinton has to subject herself to being in the same room as Orange Bigot.

    During the campaign. Probably it is. Hadn’t thought about that.

  59. 59.

    chopper

    October 19, 2016 at 5:16 pm

    your cat’s all “I’m with purr”

  60. 60.

    Betty Cracker

    October 19, 2016 at 5:16 pm

    @SWMBO: LMAO at both of those clips!

  61. 61.

    Origuy

    October 19, 2016 at 5:16 pm

    @Tom Levenson: I get Lagavulin at Costco, for considerably less than a Benjamin. They also have good prices on Oban.

  62. 62.

    Fair Economist

    October 19, 2016 at 5:18 pm

    @Iowa Old Lady:

    In today’s news from Las Vegas, presumably unconnected to the debate. Headline: “Cinnamon Roll Can Explodes Inside Man’s Butt During Shoplifting Incident.“

    The mugshot looks particularly apropos.

    Hard to believe anyone would want the cinnamon rolls after that transportation methodology. Which brown is which?

  63. 63.

    Tom Levenson

    October 19, 2016 at 5:18 pm

    @Origuy: Hmmm. May have to take a look-see next time I’m over on the Somerville/Everett line. (the nearest Costco to me). Seeing as I’m at home writing a book this year, that might be a while. I don’t get out much in a radius larger than a stroll.

  64. 64.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 19, 2016 at 5:20 pm

    @Cacti: Heh. Got a link?

  65. 65.

    JCJ

    October 19, 2016 at 5:20 pm

    Maybe Tikka would like to listen to this…

    http://www.musicforcats.com/

    I am skeptical as to how receptive cats would be. My cat seems OK with Nine Inch Nails

  66. 66.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 19, 2016 at 5:21 pm

    @Betty Cracker: I had to complete a project I was working, so I occasionally checked Balloon Juice and streamed the debate on my iPad, for the first debate. Needless to say I found many mistakes when I was editing my draft.

  67. 67.

    NotMax

    October 19, 2016 at 5:23 pm

    Kitten Tikka Masala

    Very few Indian restaurants list that on the menu anymore.

  68. 68.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 19, 2016 at 5:23 pm

    @Tom Levenson: I hope you are speaking of your whiskey and not your child. I’d hate to be responsible for steering yet another impressionable young person down the wrong path in life.

  69. 69.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 19, 2016 at 5:25 pm

    Save this poor kitten from the orange monster with tiny hands, vote Hillary.

  70. 70.

    trollhattan

    October 19, 2016 at 5:28 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch:
    List better not include “sniff” or I won’t make ninety minutes. Also, too, am ruling out “Bill Clinton” and “e-mail.”

  71. 71.

    mike in dc

    October 19, 2016 at 5:29 pm

    @Elizabelle:
    They are both appearing at the Al Smith dinner, which I believe is tomorrow night. So, one more time after this. But they’re expected to be funny, not ranty.

  72. 72.

    trollhattan

    October 19, 2016 at 5:31 pm

    @jacy:
    Been meaning to acquire a copy of “Blade Runner” but heck if I can sift through the various “director McCutty cut” versions to make a choice.

  73. 73.

    japa21

    October 19, 2016 at 5:33 pm

    @Tom Levenson: Finally got around to reading The Hunt for Vulcan.. I can see why you made the short list. Now, I have to go pick up some of your other writings. What is the subject of the new opus in progress, if you are allowed to say?

  74. 74.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    October 19, 2016 at 5:33 pm

    @trollhattan:

    How about, “Buh-lieve me… Buh-lieve me.”

  75. 75.

    Cacti

    October 19, 2016 at 5:34 pm

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Of course

    In 2014, the Israeli press reported on the fact that Malik Obama was photographed wearing a red and white keffiyeh, which typically signifies support for Hamas rather than the more moderate Fatah. Emblazoned on the scarf were the slogans “Jerusalem is ours, we are coming,” and “From the river to the sea.” Both are popular chants used by the terrorist group.

  76. 76.

    WaterGirl

    October 19, 2016 at 5:35 pm

    @efgoldman: I just looked at her twitter feed. She got some good ones in.

  77. 77.

    Roger Moore

    October 19, 2016 at 5:46 pm

    @Origuy:

    I get Lagavulin at Costco, for considerably less than a Benjamin.

    Is that the 16, though, or the 12?

  78. 78.

    trollhattan

    October 19, 2016 at 5:48 pm

    @West of the Rockies (been a while):
    Oy. Pair that with “It’s true; it’s true” and you have rapid liver coma.

    Think we can all agree that a shimmy=chug.

  79. 79.

    RandomMonster

    October 19, 2016 at 5:48 pm

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    You need a reason?

    Every day!

  80. 80.

    trollhattan

    October 19, 2016 at 5:49 pm

    @Roger Moore: Knowing Costco it’s three 12s in a pack, equaling a 36.

  81. 81.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    October 19, 2016 at 5:52 pm

    @trollhattan:

    Well then, I hope to get drunk on shimmies… That’ll be a good sign that Hilz is killing it.

  82. 82.

    NotMax

    October 19, 2016 at 5:53 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch

    The usual suspects.

    “33,000 e-mails”

    “Wrong”

    “Never happened”

    “I have the best [fill in the blank]”

  83. 83.

    Shana

    October 19, 2016 at 6:12 pm

    @Roger Moore: We love Manhattans in our house. Almost always with Makers Mark. A couple of variations we’ve been enjoying lately: add an equal amount of Amaretto to the sweet vermouth in your recipe, or substitute Aperol for the sweet vermouth with citrus bitters.

    You’re welcome.

  84. 84.

    Gin & Tonic

    October 19, 2016 at 6:34 pm

    @Betty Cracker:

    I once got to taste a precious thimble-full of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon,

    Way late in a dying thread, but I have to brag that a few years ago I went to a “bourbon dinner” with Julian van Winkle where we had the 12, 15, 20 and 23, and then some really extra-special never-ever-sold-at-retail treat.

    But the W.L. Weller 12 is the same mash bill, at the same distillery, and under $50.

  85. 85.

    WaterGirl

    October 19, 2016 at 6:52 pm

    @efgoldman: hmm, seems like you think that wouldn’t go well. I was impressed with the way Hillary handled herself at the last debate, hoping this is good in that respect, too.

  86. 86.

    Steve in the ATL

    October 19, 2016 at 6:53 pm

    In closely related news, I had chicken tikka masala for lunch

  87. 87.

    Cheap Jim, formerly Cheap Jim

    October 19, 2016 at 7:33 pm

    @Tom Levenson: Because if you don’t have the do-re-mi to buy a house, you don’t deserve to live in our neighborhood, right?

  88. 88.

    LAC

    October 19, 2016 at 7:45 pm

    What a darling cat. Reminds me of my sweetie, deuce. Down to the ” oh, really?” expression. Not watching the debates and watching my Martini go down slow. Cheers.

  89. 89.

    sukabi

    October 19, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    @germy: false on the face of it WITHOUT any snoping…when was the last time drumpf did anything nice for anyone AND NOT USED IT FOR HIS OWN BENEFIT?

    Never, that’s when…

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