Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

I was promised a recession.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Motown is Joe-Town!

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

People are complicated. Love is not.

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

Usually wrong but never in doubt

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

Let me file that under fuck it.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

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

So many bastards, so little time.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Found liable for massive fraud, is required to post a massive bond, gets a break, then files a *fraudulent* bond!

Russia bombs Ukraine’s maternity hospitals; Republicans in the House can’t sort out supporting Ukraine.

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

No Justins, No Peace

“And when the Committee says to “report your income,” that could mean anything!

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  3. 3.

    stinger

    When I refreshed my screen and saw this new post, it was showing the Barry Manilow vid, which I must say surprised me a little, that you Loved Everything About It. When I clicked on it, to remind myself just how great and lovable the Barry is, it changed to the Beastie/Sesame mashup. Whew!

  5. 5.

    Noel

    I’ve always said if the original video was an actual 70s crime show I’d watch religiously. Even more so with this.

  7. 7.

    Gravenstone

    Never a huge fan of the Beasties, but this works for me. Nice palate cleanser too.

  8. 8.

    lamh36

    Ooh… Excellent link tag…so I’ll take this opportunity to pimp the latest post on my personal blog. I actually think it’s one of my best post.

    What started as a sarcasm filled twitter rant/blog comment, became the latest blog post on my personal blog (I don’t post there nearly enough).

    More here: “A Black Bond Would Stand Out Too Much”…Oh…Really!!

    …Ya’ll should already know I’m a Idris Elba-STAN…not just fan, but STAN!! Ya’ll know I likes to keep abreast of anything involving my fantasy husband Idris. Next month, BAE Idris’ new movie “The Dark Tower”, the film adaptation of the Stephen King novel, will open on August 4th. I guess, because of that and other recent news (BBC announcing a new season of Luther begins filming next year) BAE will be on the cover of the August Esquire!

    …whenever Idris Elba is in the news in any big way. The discussion on Idris Elba playing James Bond begins anew, every time…

    Um excuse me, but Live And Let Die was set in Harlem, NOLA and the Caribbean in the 70s…ya’ll gone tell me Roger Moore, tall, white Bond didn’t stand out..

    Dr No was set in parts of Jamaica…folks really think Sean Connery wouldn’t stand out in Jamaica?

    Octo(*& – India

    Don’t even get me started on “The Man With Golden Gun” or “You Only Live Twice” set mostly in Asia…

    So check it out if you feel so inclined…

  9. 9.

    Yarrow

    @lamh36: Idris would be a great Bond. Have they picked the next Bond? Is Daniel Craig done with the franchise?

    folks really think Sean Connery wouldn’t stand out in Jamaica?

    He lives in the Bahamas where he probably also stands out.

  10. 10.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @lamh36: Has Elba indicated any interest in the part? Clive Owen got mentioned and said he had no interest. If a black Bond is in the works (something I think would be just fine), I think Adrian Lester is the go to actor. Sorry.

  15. 15.

    Steve in the ATL

    Saw the Beasties open for Run-DMC on their Licensed to Ill tour. Any street cred that might have gotten me is lost when I disclose that the concert was in Paris.

    But it was a great show!

  20. 20.

    efgoldman

    Forgive me if this was posted on Balloon Juice earlier. I haven’t been able to go thru the threads. Anyway, it’s worth repeating, pointing and laughing.

    Of course, the state dept staff currently consists entirely of Tillerson, a few janitors, and some tumbleweeds.

    Somebody should have told president Bannonazi that the people who worked in the various now-empty offices, desks and chairs in the WH and various departments actually had fucking jobs to do!

    [In my mind’s eye. I’m seeing the oval office, and president Orange Julius sitting in one of those really ugly chairs next to an end table with a phone on it, furiously dialing – yes, dialing – down a list of hotels.
    Collect, of course.
    So much competence. So much winning; he was right – I am tired of it.]

    Fuckem

  21. 21.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @lamh36: Live and Let Die was, indeed, pretty much a direct sendup of the blaxploitation movies of the late 60’s/early 70’s such as Shaft and Superfly.

  23. 23.

    efgoldman

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I cannot talk about that right now.

    You can still point, and laugh until your sides hurt and you’re afraid you’ll pee your pants.

  24. 24.

    lamh36

    @Omnes Omnibus: Nor to really get into this argument again, because at this point i don’t really care if Idris is Bond or not. Adrian Lester was mentioned by one of the writer as a choice over Elba after saying he though Elba was “too street”.

    The point of the post (if u haven’t read it) that the argument that Bond couldn’t be Black cause he would “stand out”, which is the go to argument some folks like to use instead of just saying they think Bond should stay white, as written, which IMHO is a better, less controversial argument.

    BTB, my personal options in Lester is that folks want a bland Bond in the vein of the pre-Craig Bond. Ya know the more suave over brawn type Bond that Craig was…so sure Lester would fit that bill. He’s a bland enough Black guy to not offend some white sensibilities.

    Idris Elba on the other had has the combination of brawn, suaveness and commanding presence that is the essence of the James Bon super sexy spy mystique.

    i can almost guarantee u Elba would bring in the ladies (of ALL ethnicities) and the guys to the Bond fold.

    But again, i don’t really care if Idris is in a list or not just tired of the “he can’t be Black cause he’d stand out” argument

    Excuse the typos i’m using my phone and not my laptop

  26. 26.

    Adam L Silverman

    @efgoldman: This failure is at the feet of the Deputy Assistant to the President/Director of Advance. Can’t remember the guy’s name, but he screwed up royally.

  28. 28.

    lamh36

    @Major Major Major Major: thx i just replied. It would be so cool if the Doctor was a woman or P.O.C. once…i mean what would one season hurt. heck they should try it and if it fails call it all a dream like they did on Dallas when they killed off Bobby Ewing

  29. 29.

    JCJ

    Just glanced at GOS and found a link to a story about today being the 71st anniversary for President and Mrs Carter. There is a link to a facebook page Honoring Jimmy Carter.

    Best wishes to The Carters!

  31. 31.

    Laura

    Best wishes to The Carters!
    Those folks walk their talk.
    Jimmy Carter irradicated the guinea worm and brain cancer.
    Bless his every day.

  32. 32.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @lamh36: I was iffy about Craig and I liked what he did. Lester is an easy Bond. Idris isn’t. He might work as well as Craig did. Me, I read the books and, after trying to shed iffy shit that Fleming dropped, I still think that Lester is the better Bond.

  34. 34.

    mainmata

    Meh…I thought they did the play on the action movies mediocre (and I am a lifelong fan of Sesame St). Suspect it depends on better writing and direction since the “production values” were fine.

  35. 35.

    efgoldman

    @Adam L Silverman:

    This failure is at the feet of the Deputy Assistant to the President/Director of Advance.

    At that level of competence, I assumed the job was left unfilled and maybe Tangerine Torquemada either tried to do it himself or told Kushkie or one of the boys to do it.
    You’re probably correct on the facts, but my way is funnier.

  36. 36.

    efgoldman

    @JCJ:

    today being the 71st anniversary for President and Mrs Carter.

    And many people we know think our forty years next month is an extraordinarily long time.
    My parents made it to 60. One of my mom’s aunts and uncles made 75.

  37. 37.

    gene108

    @lamh36:

    Elba’s in his mid-forties, which is a bit older than other people, who started off playing Bond.

    Figure a run as a modern James Bond would last 7-8 years, he’d be in his early fifties at the end of it.

    I am not sure how well he’d be able to hold up.

    I’d prefer going with a younger actor.

  39. 39.

    efgoldman

    @gene108:

    I am not sure how well he’d be able to hold up.

    Isn’t that what stunt persons, stand-ins and CGI are for?

  41. 41.

    Mnemosyne

    @gene108:

    I thought that Ron Perlman was going to be way too old to play Hellboy, but damn if he didn’t pull it off. You never know how an actor is going to come across in a particular role.

  42. 42.

    Mnemosyne

    Also, too, I got home from a stressful and busy week at work, only to discover that not only had G drunk all of our rum AND all of our gin, he hadn’t bothered to replace it. So I had to go drinkless. Damn it.

    (He drank it slowly over time and didn’t bother to buy more when he used the last of it, so it’s not like I came home to find him passed out surrounded by empties. That would be a very different type of comment.)

  43. 43.

    gene108

    @Mnemosyne:

    Perlman had a lot more make-up / costume going on as Hellboy, to hide his age, than anyone will have as Bond.

    Roger Moore started as Bond in his early forties and stayed till his mid-fifties. He looked too old for the part after awhile.

  44. 44.

    Mnemosyne

    I hate when there’s just ONE more freakin’ song that needs to download from the album you just bought at Amazon, but the stupid thing keeps getting hung up for no reason. Argh.

  47. 47.

    SFBayAreaGal

    @lamh36: Idris as Bond, heart be still. This white woman would love to see him as James Bond. Especially wearing a tuxedo. Oh my. I am looking forward to seeing him in the Dark Tower

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