Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

Be a traveling stable for those who can’t find room at the inn.

Come on, man.

The US Supreme Court is on the ballot in november.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Fani Willis claps back at Trump chihuahua, Jim Jordan.

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

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Biden: Oh no. We’ve upset Big Pharma again.

It’s a new day. Light all those Biden polls of young people on fire and throw away the ashes.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

“They not like us!” (that’s for sure!)

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

T R E 4 5 O N

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

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Folks,

Our hosting company, Hosting Matters, is in reach of Irma. So lines or power could go down and so could this site. They have generators, backups, all kinds of great and groovy stufff, but shit happens.

Luckily, we have a test server. Right now, it’s configured for test usage, not live site usage. So please don’t go there to check it out. But, should the main site go down, I will upgrade the memory and processers so you can use it instead. It is hosted far away from Irma (or José, for that matter!)

Even after memory and CPU upgrades, it will be much less powerful then the main server, but it will work to keep the community going.

Please consider the site a resource to help get through Irma, and whatever cruel twist of fate José might offer.

Your normal nyms should work, and it should work and look like the main site but there may be twitches – it’s a development, testing, and staging site.

The site is at https://test.balloon-juice.com

I will repost this post over the next day or so, stopping when the threat to the main site has passed.

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  2. 2.

    OzarkHillbilly

    Alain? You are a jewel.

    ETA: to be particular, I’d say an emerald or a ruby. Never a diamond, they are so over rated. For my money, Yogo sapphires are the creme de la creme, and you are definitely close.

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    Alain the site fixer

    Oh, and to explain, upgrades are by the minute charge, so it’s expensive to do the upgrade until the main site is down.

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    OzarkHillbilly

    @Baud:

    Yeah, it’s like seeing meetup photos and realizing nyms are real people.

    Speak for yourself. I’m just a figment of your imagination.

    (and an asshole one at that)

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    Davebo

    Hosting Matters is a solid host. Hopefully things will be fine.

    Great job Alain. And really, testing server? Remember what Captain Ron said.

    “If anything’s going to happen, it’s going to happen out there!”

  23. 23.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @satby: The Mask? Dogma? Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

    “Watery tarts lying about in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for government!”

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    Davebo

    I once setup and hosted a site for a company that organized motorcycle rallies. It was.. different. I set up a forum for users and that got out of hand quickly.

    This was a over a decade ago but I’ll always remember one user name. InMyMouthNotInMyEye. They were a colorful bunch and I did get to judge a bikini contest once but sadly they were sluggish on remittance and I had to cut them loose. Made my wife happy.

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    Omnes Omnibus

    @OzarkHillbilly: And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

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    Schlemazel

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:
    She bought a property & was trying to bring it to the screen but it must have died by now. She was working on a documentary about discrimination against Italian-Americans and developing a talk show. So really not much, sadly

  55. 55.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    NBC News‏Verified account @ NBCNews
    WATCH: Officials say 95 percent of St. Martin is destroyed after Hurricane Irma ripped the island apart as a Category 5 storm.

    population 75,000. What now?

  61. 61.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    @Davebo:

    Captain Ron is one of the finest movies of all time.

    “Watch out for guerillas in the jungle, boss.”

  62. 62.

    satby

    I’m fostering two cute little kittens my rescue pulled from Animal Control. One of them likes to knead the bed while sucking on the blanket, sounds stupid but she’s adorable. You can hear their happy little purrs from across the room.

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    chopper

    Luckily, we have a test server. Right now, it’s configured for test usage, not live site usage. So please don’t go there to check it out

    nobody tells me what to do! (goes to test site, crashes everything)

  67. 67.

    Gin & Tonic

    Does anybody know for a fact, one way or another, whether US TSA accepts a Global Entry ID card as a photo ID at check-in for a domestic flight?

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    Origuy

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I was on St Martin in 2000. The pictures I’ve seen from Marigot are really sad. The northern half is a Department of France; the southern half has a complicated relationship with The Netherlands. Hopefully those countries can provide support for rebuilding. It will take a long time, though, especially with the main airport damaged.

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    Argiope

    Alain, I’d feel a lot better if you were in charge of our nation’s physical infrastructure. You seem to get the whole “belt & suspenders” thing. We’re lucky to have you.

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    Omnes Omnibus

    @Argiope:

    We’re lucky to have you.

    Seconded. I don’t know if Aiain came in with or after the Tommy-related site update, but since he has been the face of the tech side things have been explained clearly and executed as well as updates can be.

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    CaseyL

    Alain, however many thanks we give you, it isn’t enough: you are a treasure. Thanks for all your hard work keeping us up and running!

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    Alain the site fixer

    Thanks to all for the kind words.

    I know that, should there be any downtime, it will be minimal. Our hosts are very good at what they do, but as I said, shit happens. It’s always good to have a plan. Most importantly, communicate the plan with stakeholders.

    So here we are. Good night and be safe, everybody – as Adam says, stay frosty!

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    Alain the site fixer

    @OzarkHillbilly: I love sapphires, but emeralds – wowzers! I’m blessed to have had a grandmother with great taste and access to emeralds, so mom inherited them and isn’t the biggest fan. I just wish I liked to wear jewelry or had a cane or some other be-jeweling target.

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