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Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

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

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

Democrats have delivered the Square Deal, the New Deal, the Fair Deal, and now… the Big Joe Biden Deal.

American History and Black History can not be separated.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Trump makes a mockery of the legal system and cowardly judges just sit back and let him.

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

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

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

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2017 pets of balloon juice calendar

…the 2017 Pets of Balloon Juice calendar is metaphorically on the shelves of the Balloon Juice shop at Cafe Press. You can follow the link at the right to place your order. All profits go to support the work of MARC, a non-profit organization of volunteer citizens concerned about the welfare of animals, created to assist people and animals live more humanely in Marion County, Tennessee, and to help ease the social burden of too many stray dogs and cats.

You should be able to view each month’s page before you buy the calendar. If you sent a photo in, take a moment to look through to make sure I got it in and I got the name correct. I can easily make corrections to the pages and I’d much rather do that, than have you be unhappy every time you look at the calendar. If you have any corrections, send them to me at bjcalendar2017 at yahoo dot com.

I want to thank everyone who sent in a photo or five this year. You make this possible.

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  1. 1.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Happy Walter! What a great total-BJ Mascot he has turned out to be, and what a slice of joy in an otherwise pretty grim year!

  3. 3.

    Bobby D

    Somehow the cover being full of black dogs (which doubles as a term for depression) seems pretty appropriate for 2017.

  5. 5.

    manyakitty

    Yes!!! I ordered mine a few minutes ago. Love seeing my furry little physicists immortalized in print. Thank you!!!!

  6. 6.

    Yarrow

    Walter! Yay! His rescue and transformation has been a real bright spot this year.

    When I clicked through I noticed there was no 2016 Pets of Balloon Juice calendar. Seems fitting for this year. Even the pets knew it would be awful.

  7. 7.

    dr. luba

    Maybe I’m an idiot, but all I can see is the cover and January at teh CafePress link. And I can’t figure out how to embiggen it.

  8. 8.

    manyakitty

    @dr. luba: You have to click on the text to see all the pages. You can magnify it a bit, but it will still be pretty small. Even so, I could pick out my critters and see their names.

  10. 10.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @dr. luba:

    Click on the text (“View calendar pages”), then click on the individual months.

    ETA: Yeah, what manyakitty said.

    Beth, have you put Walter on EVERY PAGE? That’s just great!

  19. 19.

    K488

    Thanks so much for putting this together! Simon, Paul and Martha are all proud to be part of this. Rocky missed out (wouldn’t pose, but that’s just like him). Loved seeing Tunch, and Walter!

  24. 24.

    beth

    @Major Major Major Major: if i missed him, i will revise a page and let you know when it’s up so don’t buy a calendar yet! my external drive died about 98% of the way through downloading/placing the photos so it’s entirely possible i missed one or five.

  29. 29.

    Sab

    @Bobby D: Especially since black pets tend to not get adopted, and all of these guys, mostly rescues, did. Apparently the black pets are not photogenic. On the other hand, their fur does not show up on your business suit if that is what you wear to work.

  32. 32.

    daryljfontaine

    Yay! I’ll get mine ordered shortly.

    Lots of B/W moggies in January, including my favorite pic of Hamilbutt.

    D

  33. 33.

    Bumper

    Thank you Beth. It’s so nice to see Oreo in his favorite spot among the Christmas display. We lost him to cancer exactly a year ago so this is very meaningful to me. Also fun to see our two dogs, one of whom is my namesake!

  34. 34.

    MoxieM

    Elmo, that Banner is some lovely dog. They all look fab! I can’t wait for my calendar to arrive

    (Even though I’m presently in Germany where it is warm, the food is yummy, the folks are hospitable, & I’m with my brilliant, intrepid and all around fantastic kiddo. I don’t want to return to the US. )

    Not, thankfully, in Berlin where the tragic attack on the WeihnachtsMarkt happened. So sad. And the worst part is, the right wing crazies will turn it into a reason for more of a propaganda war. Where have we seen this movie on re-reun?

  35. 35.

    bystander

    I’m going to have to find this thread when I get my copy and link pets to posters.

    Our Buster is in November.

    ETA: Thanks for the calendar, Beth!

  36. 36.

    J R in WV

    Many pretty puppies and kitties !!!!

    Hurray !!!

    Will order soon. Thanks, Beth, I know that was a ton of work to get everything to fit just so.

    ;-)

  37. 37.

    p.a.

    @dr. luba: @manyakitty:
    What link? No link in Beth’s text, no link on calendar pic here. Went to CafePress, no ‘Balloon Juice Store’ in search engine or sitemap. Went to calendars: not there.
    Android, Galaxy S5

  41. 41.

    Aleta

    I like this part:
    “With our money-back guarantee, whether it’s too small, too big, too orange, or …”

  43. 43.

    beth

    I was just reviewing the link and wanted to tell you to be careful to set your calendar to start on January. Currently it’s set to start on December 2016. I don’t know if that’s a thing i can force or a feature of cafe press (i only interact with cafe press once a year for this project) but watch out. 2017’s going to be tough enough without being short a month of balloon juice pet photos.

  44. 44.

    HinTN

    Our Lightning, Phantom, Franklin, and unnamed Franklin/Phantom fisticuffs made it! In other news, this dullard finally figured out that I could make it start with January 2017. Whew!!! Well done and THANKS

  46. 46.

    debit

    Beth, beautifully done! Ordering mine right now. In fact, I got two. Thanks again for all your hard work and for spotlighting Walter.

  48. 48.

    RL 大芒果

    I will be able to get out of the dog house now that my wife’s pups and kitty made the April pages…
    She loves Rugby the Dog (often Dogby the Rug) more than anything or anyone in the world…
    And Jaxx is the King of all cats.

    Thanks from 大芒果 (the Big Mango )
    spending a year in China where they laugh at Trump daily…..

  49. 49.

    RealityBites

    Thanks so much for thinking one of my pics was good enough to include. I sent pics of all rescue critters instead of my own pets because Walter (and others) made this a year for rescues. All the pics are wonderful. So many great poses and personalities! Got to do some ordering!

  52. 52.

    Fuckface Von ClownStick

    I have no idea why this makes me so happy, but it does. Bitzer is in March! My order is in. Thanks.

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