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You are here: Home / Politics / Domestic Politics / Feet Bleat (Open Thread)

Feet Bleat (Open Thread)

by Betty Cracker|  November 6, 20176:01 pm| 223 Comments

This post is in: Domestic Politics, Open Threads, General Stupidity

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I’ve never been a “girly girl.” I’m one of probably five straight women south of the Mason-Dixon Line who does not wear makeup.

I’ve never had a manicure. Never had a pedicure. Never been to a spa and have absolutely no desire to go.

But the other day a product came to my attention that promised to restore users’ feet to a state of baby softness, and I was interested!

I go barefoot most of the time, so my feet can use all the help they can get. The product in question looks like a pair of “toe socks,” but the inside of the socks feature a rubbery material supposedly impregnated with foot-friendly minerals and oils.

So, I bought a pair and wore them for the prescribed two hours. My feet felt pretty good at first! But it turns out I’m allergic to some substance that infused the socks.

So now my feet are scaly, rash-covered, itchy, leprous-looking appendages that can barely propel me around the house. Goddamn it!

Open thread!

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  1. 1.

    Karen Potter

    November 6, 2017 at 6:04 pm

    my condolences for trying to fit in, never works

  2. 2.

    NotMax

    November 6, 2017 at 6:07 pm

    Socks? Dimly recall having some in a drawer someplace.

  3. 3.

    debbie

    November 6, 2017 at 6:10 pm

    Oh, jeez. Try putting on some hydrocortisone cream and cover with some normal socks.

  4. 4.

    Mary G

    November 6, 2017 at 6:11 pm

    @NotMax: I got rid of my socks too.

    Poor Betty. Mani/pedis are fun, you should try them once you heal up.

  5. 5.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    November 6, 2017 at 6:11 pm

    So this product kind of defeets its purpose!

  6. 6.

    Skepticat

    November 6, 2017 at 6:11 pm

    Consider trying Johnson’s Foot Soap. It’s a tad old-fashioned, but then again, so am I (not to mention just old)–and I swear by it.

  7. 7.

    Major Major Major Major

    November 6, 2017 at 6:12 pm

    That wonderful illustration made me smile, thanks.

    @Skepticat:

    Johnson’s Foot Soap

    I love product names that just sound totally fake.

  8. 8.

    Drunkenhausfrau

    November 6, 2017 at 6:14 pm

    Try soaking in Epsom salts. I use Burt’s bees honey foot cream.

  9. 9.

    Baud

    November 6, 2017 at 6:14 pm

    Better feet than crotch.

  10. 10.

    jharp

    November 6, 2017 at 6:15 pm

    Go walk in the ocean. Best damn thing you can do for your feet

    I recall getting a herpes whilst visiting Florida over spring break many years ago.

    Swimming in the ocean cut the healing time in half. Literally half. I shit you not.

  11. 11.

    HumboldtBlue

    November 6, 2017 at 6:15 pm

    This is why I no longer do rash things or act rashly.

    Medical bills are a bitch and I just received a letter from Anthem that my monthly premium will rise from about $180 per month to $918 per month. This country is so fucked. Back to hoping my eyesight doesn’t get any worse, hope has failed so far, but hey, at least I paid a few thousand dollars to never find out (how’s that 5k deductible working out? That was an awesome way to get a monthly premium out of my poor ass but still make it prohibitively expensive for me to see a doctor).

  12. 12.

    Yarrow

    November 6, 2017 at 6:16 pm

    That sounds awful.

    the inside of the socks feature a rubbery material supposedly impregnated with foot-friendly minerals and oils.

    Do you know if you have a latex allergy? It’s not uncommon and perhaps the “rubbery material” has some latex.

  13. 13.

    chris

    November 6, 2017 at 6:16 pm

    BC, soak them in salt water like this kitty.

  14. 14.

    Mike J

    November 6, 2017 at 6:16 pm

    When you bathe, make sure you put on plain old socks before you put on your underwear. This is a common vector for athelete’s foot becoming jock itch.

    While this is probably not that fungus, you want to minimize chance of spreading, especially to places where it would be very uncomfortable.

  15. 15.

    donnah

    November 6, 2017 at 6:16 pm

    I’ve never done those things either, Betty. I’m sorry you got burned, so to speak. I’ve decided that I yam who I yam and don’t care about the same stuff everyone else does. And I stopped caring what other people think about me, too. So liberating!

    Hope your feet heal up soon.

  16. 16.

    Starfish

    November 6, 2017 at 6:17 pm

    I am so sorry, Betty! I am sensitive to whatever is in the hemp hand lotions. The store people are very “but it is natural” as if foxglove and brain eating parasites are not parts of nature.

  17. 17.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 6:22 pm

    @Baud: That has a campaign slogan vibe. It might attract the highly desirable yet elusive, economically anxious white working class voters you should be lusting after.

  18. 18.

    Miss Bianca

    November 6, 2017 at 6:23 pm

    Oh, noes! : (

  19. 19.

    Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)

    November 6, 2017 at 6:24 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: Holy shit.

  20. 20.

    Yarrow

    November 6, 2017 at 6:24 pm

    @Mary G:

    Mani/pedis are fun, you should try them once you heal up.

    They’re really relaxing, especially if they have the massage chairs. You can just do the pedicure part if you don’t want the manicure. Even Cole gets pedicures.

  21. 21.

    jl

    November 6, 2017 at 6:26 pm

    I thought blog stringman Cole required that all the front posters get regular pedicures.

  22. 22.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 6:26 pm

    @Starfish: Wow. Sorry to hear that. I have issues with most hand lotions because they cause my hands to burn or break out, especially when my hands are cold and dry in the winter. I have had great luck with Body Works Hemp Cream. Their Rose hand cream not so much. The only other one I can tolerate is Gold Bond.

  23. 23.

    Major Major Major Major

    November 6, 2017 at 6:27 pm

    @Yarrow: you can even do the one where the fish eat your feet!

  24. 24.

    J R in WV

    November 6, 2017 at 6:28 pm

    I got a tropical fungus while in the USN, has reoccurred for nearly 50 years now. Pills, even, sometimes… argh!

    No pix?? that great new Coolpix could document the pain and suffering, then you could ask for a refund x 10 $$$ to fix the tiki bar.

  25. 25.

    zhena gogolia

    November 6, 2017 at 6:29 pm

    I’m bummed out too, as the coat I bought on rush order because I thought it would be warm enough for Chicago but not as bulky as my regular coat arrived today — and I can’t even get the zipper to work. It’s a piece of Trump. But I guess I should be happy my feet are okay. (It’s Orvis, by the way — they used to be very reliable but I think something’s happened.)

  26. 26.

    HumboldtBlue

    November 6, 2017 at 6:31 pm

    Have you motherfuckers seen this?

    12-year old girl composes a sonata from four notes pulled from a hat. My guess is she’s heard of that Wolfie Mozart character before. Quite brilliant.

  27. 27.

    HumboldtBlue

    November 6, 2017 at 6:32 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady):

    I know. Fuck ’em all.

  28. 28.

    Baud

    November 6, 2017 at 6:32 pm

    @Kathleen:

    Campaign ad in the works.

  29. 29.

    Yarrow

    November 6, 2017 at 6:34 pm

    @Kathleen: Have you tried Bag Balm? I have a few relatives that swear by it.

  30. 30.

    Mary G

    November 6, 2017 at 6:34 pm

    @Yarrow: I am also not a girly girl, but mani/pedis are self-care. I don’t even get the polish, I just like the soaking and callous removal and massage.

  31. 31.

    mai naem mobile

    November 6, 2017 at 6:35 pm

    That sounds painful. If you ar. E go f to do a soak I would do use a couple of betadine in a small tub(like those pink hospital tubs.) And I am saying betadine not iodine. The rust colored liquid they use during surgery.

  32. 32.

    Yarrow

    November 6, 2017 at 6:36 pm

    @Mary G: Yep. They’re a fairly inexpensive way to treat yourself.

  33. 33.

    debbie

    November 6, 2017 at 6:37 pm

    @Baud:

    Too funny!

  34. 34.

    debbie

    November 6, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    @Kathleen:

    Have you tried this? It’s the only thing that works for me in the winter.

  35. 35.

    acallidryas

    November 6, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    It’s for the best. If you’re going barefoot in Florida you need those calluses you’ve developed to protect against crab grass, broken pieces of shells in the yard, 200 degree pavement, and those spiky burrs on everything.

  36. 36.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 6:43 pm

    @Baud: Great! Couldn’t get much whiter than that dance! You will go far!

  37. 37.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 6:44 pm

    @Yarrow: Thank you! I will give that a try.

  38. 38.

    Fair Economist

    November 6, 2017 at 6:45 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: Because of the bizarre pricing changes which Trump’s mismanagement has caused, particular healthcare insurance plans have often soared in price. However, there is generally a different plan which will be a much better deal. Shop around before you pay.

  39. 39.

    Davebo

    November 6, 2017 at 6:45 pm

    I’m an over fifty guy, from Texas. And I gotta say, go get the mani pedi!

    Any guy who says he hates them haven’t had one. Plus you’ll be supporting your local Vietnamese community!

  40. 40.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 6:45 pm

    @debbie: I don’t think I have, though I’ve used other Nutrogena products.Thanks, Debbie!

  41. 41.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 6:50 pm

    @donnah: Yup. I don’t wear makeup either and am not stylish. My daughter in Tampa on the other hand is a girly girl who always wears makeup, styles her hair, and coordinates her wardrobe. She also loves to “camp”, which I consider a four letter “c” word, and she’s totally apolitical. I sometimes wonder if she’s my daughter. Don’t get me wrong – I love her dearly and she will always be my “baby” (she’s now 44).

  42. 42.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 6, 2017 at 6:51 pm

    Interesting that so far, Wikileaks has no involvement in the Paradise Papers.

  43. 43.

    cynn

    November 6, 2017 at 6:53 pm

    I have horrible toe fungus; I always wear closed shoes, which probably makes the problem worse. I have been tempted to soak my feet in a formaldehyde solution, since that was the only way to get rid of the awful plantar warts I had in high school. No good ventilation, though.

  44. 44.

    FlyingToaster

    November 6, 2017 at 6:53 pm

    This is where store samples are a freaking requirement.

    Before we buy a lotion, we go stand at [fill in the blank] and try it. If neither I nor WarriorGirl break out, then I buy one and we both try it for a few days. Hereditary atopy (primary symptom: atopic eczema, yeccch) is a bitch.

    She mangled her feet for her birthday, so I’ve been making her do the white-sock and safe lotion thing occasionally to make them heal up. WarriorGirl sympathizes with you.

  45. 45.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 6:54 pm

    @Mary G: I’m with you. Not a girly girl, but mani/pedis are must have. I’m also fussy about my hair, as I am currently in “hair despair”. It feels like my scalp has given birth to a mutant alien spawn of Rand Paul and Donald Trump.

  46. 46.

    raven

    November 6, 2017 at 6:54 pm

    @jharp: When I surf fish I get what I think is Athletes foot. I get a big crack in between my little toe and it hurts like hell. I’ve googled the hell out of it and find no answers.

  47. 47.

    Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)

    November 6, 2017 at 6:56 pm

    I don’t wear make up and have never had a mani/pedi. You all are tempting me, but the idea of someone touching my feet kind of creeps me out.

  48. 48.

    raven

    November 6, 2017 at 6:56 pm

    @Kathleen: Ever watch Good Hair by Chris Rock?

  49. 49.

    raven

    November 6, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady): Lil Bit and Bohdi hate it too!

  50. 50.

    Baud

    November 6, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    Can’t wait to see the ads this thread will generate.

  51. 51.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    @cynn: I had that when I was training for marathons. A manicurist suggested soaking in bleach. I never did that so I can’t testify to its effectiveness. Since I quit distance running the fungus has gone away. Good luck with that.

  52. 52.

    raven

    November 6, 2017 at 6:58 pm

    Thousands of Georgia Power customers were without electricity Monday night in downtown Atlanta.

    And that includes the SkyView attraction at Centennial Park.

    According to the company’s outage map, 4,757 customers were in the dark at 6:35 p.m.

    A spokeswoman for the company said power should be restored quickly.

    “It’s going to sound a little crazy, but a crane was picking up a heavy dumpster with trash and other materials and it fell on the (power) line,” Holly Crawford told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

  53. 53.

    Mary G

    November 6, 2017 at 6:59 pm

    A happy bit from NY Mag: Paul Manafort Will Not Be Allowed to Take Off His Ankle Monitor.

    Their trial isn’t set to begin until May 2018, but cabin fever is already setting in. Over the weekend, Manafort’s attorney, Kevin Downing, filed a motion in the United States District Court in Washington D.C. requesting bail and offering up several homes, including his Trump Tower condo, as collateral. Downing argued that Manafort isn’t a flight risk, in part, because his offshore accounts don’t have much money in them, and the majority of his assets are in the U.S. He added that despite his characterizations in the media, Manafort isn’t “a 68-year-old ‘Jason Bourne’ character.”

  54. 54.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 6, 2017 at 6:59 pm

    @raven: In the PNW, if you go hiking in the mountains, you carry a short length of fiber with you. If you get lost, bury the fiber, and a backhoe will find it.

  55. 55.

    eclare

    November 6, 2017 at 7:00 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady): I’ve had one pedi out in public, I prefer to do them myself.

  56. 56.

    Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)

    November 6, 2017 at 7:02 pm

    @raven: I’m with Lil Bit and Bohdi.

  57. 57.

    ruemara

    November 6, 2017 at 7:03 pm

    @raven: That is a great documentary

    Edited to reflect that I don’t really care for manis, because that cuticle stripping thing ALWAYS messes up my fingers, but I’m in love with pedis. They just aren’t allowed to cut my toenails. I don’t know who started that strange style of overgrown nails jutting from your feet, but unless you’re using them to carve footholds in trees, they are gross.

  58. 58.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 7:04 pm

    @raven: Yes! I really enjoyed it.
    Dumb question, but are you wearing shoes when you fish? Obviously I know nothing about surf fishing. Have you tried putting Vaseline on your foot and covering it with a sock when you go to bed?

  59. 59.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    November 6, 2017 at 7:12 pm

    @HumboldtBlue:

    Just when I think humanity is almost completely dreadful, I’m reminded of how amazing we can be… thanks HB.

  60. 60.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 7:14 pm

    @ruemara: What I found especially interesting was as huge as the business is the mainstream press (surprise), particularly business publications, don’t seem to write about it (shock). I also enjoyed watching the yearly competition.
    OT, but someone needs to do a biopic of Madam CJ Walker. What a fascinating woman.

  61. 61.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    November 6, 2017 at 7:17 pm

    Spring for the pedicure – it is totally worth it.

  62. 62.

    Mnemosyne

    November 6, 2017 at 7:21 pm

    @raven:

    Most power companies have a wall featuring the last remains of the various squirrels that have taken out their transformers or power lines. Your local one probably does, too.

  63. 63.

    Mnemosyne

    November 6, 2017 at 7:23 pm

    Also, the only hand cream I can use is Aveeno Eczema Care. Anything else irritates my hands more than it helps them.

  64. 64.

    narya

    November 6, 2017 at 7:24 pm

    I’ve never had a pedicure and have zero desire to do that; one manicure (only because friends urged it on me before a wedding) and never again for that.

    I use aloe for nearly anything skin-related.

  65. 65.

    DanR2

    November 6, 2017 at 7:26 pm

    Judging by the drawing, the lawnmower accident feet need to be rubbed with isopropyl alcohol to remove any remaining irritants.

  66. 66.

    Mnemosyne

    November 6, 2017 at 7:28 pm

    @ruemara:

    When I get a manicure, I tell them to only push back my cuticles and not cut them. They think I’m nuts, but I’m the customer and I tip well.

  67. 67.

    germy

    November 6, 2017 at 7:31 pm

    My wife buys pure shea butter. It comes in thick chunks. She cooks it up with some other ingredients and pours it into jars. When it cools it becomes a soft lotion.

    It’s great for the skin and scalp, and smells nice. (Most perfume smells bother me, but shea has a nice, earthy aroma)

  68. 68.

    germy

    November 6, 2017 at 7:32 pm

    @Mary G:

    Manafort Will Not Be Allowed to Take Off His Ankle Monitor.

    He should be made to wear a cone of shame, as well.

  69. 69.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 6, 2017 at 7:35 pm

    Had my colonoscopy/endoscopy today. At last I can eat.

    Unfortunately, something about the anesthesia wasn’t right, so I have clear memories of the doc shoving the instrument up my ass. Didn’t feel much, but a distinct sensation of being shoved around. Not pleasant at all. Ultimately found and removed four polyps, pretty normal for me.

    On the bright side, I came home and slept the sleep of the dead.

  70. 70.

    TenguPhule

    November 6, 2017 at 7:38 pm

    @Mary G:

    Downing argued that Manafort isn’t a flight risk, in part, because his offshore accounts don’t have much money in them

    Pull the other one, its got bells on.

  71. 71.

    Emma

    November 6, 2017 at 7:39 pm

    Late to the conversation but really, a good mani-pedi is a great foot and hand protector. Do NOT go to a nail-only factory shop. Get your hairdresser to recommend someone.

  72. 72.

    ruemara

    November 6, 2017 at 7:40 pm

    @germy: I do that too. I make custom blends of shea, coconut oil and essential oils. If I like you, i make you good shit.

  73. 73.

    TenguPhule

    November 6, 2017 at 7:40 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Interesting that so far, Wikileaks has no involvement in the Paradise Papers.

    Russians were not expecting that their money laundering would be investigated.

  74. 74.

    debbie

    November 6, 2017 at 7:40 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Glad for you it’s over.

  75. 75.

    jeffreyw

    November 6, 2017 at 7:41 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Johnson’s Foot Soap

    I love product names that just sound totally fake.

    Foot’s Johnson Soap?

  76. 76.

    TenguPhule

    November 6, 2017 at 7:41 pm

    @germy:

    He should be made to wear a cone of shame, as well.

    With the accompanying high explosive attachment to prevent him from trying to remove it.

  77. 77.

    debbie

    November 6, 2017 at 7:43 pm

    In a different time, I got weekly manicures and monthly pedicures. You haven’t lived until you’ve walked home in winter wearing flip flops. I moved back to the Midwest, didn’t see any place that I thought looked like I could trust it (one of my cousins got that flesh-eating bacteria thing after she let someone cut her cuticles), and just haven’t bothered since.

  78. 78.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 6, 2017 at 7:43 pm

    From the NYT story on the Rand Paul altercation: “The senator grows pumpkins on his property, composts and has shown little interest for neighborhood regulations.”

    Everyone who is surprised at that last phrase, raise you hand.

  79. 79.

    Mike J

    November 6, 2017 at 7:44 pm

    @Mary G: Gates however, will be allowed to leave his house to go vote for Gillespie.

  80. 80.

    NotMax

    November 6, 2017 at 7:44 pm

    Strictly out of curiosity, anyone here a member of (or know someone is) the TCM Wine Club?

    Not something I have any interest in joining, it’s more that each month that passes the wines they tout seem less and less appealing. Frankly, the whole thing has always struck me as a ‘let’s slap a new label on a wine already being marketed and call it special’ type of operation.

  81. 81.

    Kay Eye

    November 6, 2017 at 7:44 pm

    Be good to your feet. Go get a pedicure. Remember, John Cole loves them.

  82. 82.

    germy

    November 6, 2017 at 7:45 pm

    @ruemara: She’s been blending shea and coconut. Lately she’s been using beeswax also. I love the smell of pure shea butter! As does our cat for some reason.

  83. 83.

    Humdog

    November 6, 2017 at 7:45 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: and I know so many people in Humboldt County who do have medical issues but cannot find anyone local who can/will help them. I’ve been working worth a team of doctors and it took three years for a diagnosis. Then I find no one local can help with one of the two things needed to help cure me. I have insurance and have spent $33K in three years just on copays, coinsurance, and prescriptions not covered by insurance. Anthem is the only real game in town.
    Really, healthcare is the only real drawback for living in this redwood paradise as far as I am concerned. If my family gets less healthy we may simply have to move, but I have loved it here for 26 years.

  84. 84.

    joel hanes

    November 6, 2017 at 7:46 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    I have clear memories</em

    TMI

  85. 85.

    WaterGirl

    November 6, 2017 at 7:46 pm

    @jeffreyw: What? No link? You almost always provide a link to pics. :-)

  86. 86.

    Patricia Kayden

    November 6, 2017 at 7:46 pm

    @Baud: Speaking from experience? You will certainly have some interesting tidbits to share with the American people during your first SOTU.

  87. 87.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 7:47 pm

    @Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: We were speculating about the motive behind the Rand attack. Have you heard any scuttlebutt?

  88. 88.

    zhena gogolia

    November 6, 2017 at 7:47 pm

    @NotMax:

    Looks like a ridiculous scam. “Oh, this tastes just like Orson Welles!”

  89. 89.

    Humdog

    November 6, 2017 at 7:47 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: they scoped you from both ends on the same day!?!?!?

  90. 90.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    November 6, 2017 at 7:50 pm

    @NotMax: Speaking of TCM, they’re running “Casablanca” on big screens across the country this coming weekend.

    I’ve never seen it on a wide screen so I’m catching the Sunday matinee.

    People may remember how cool it was when they ran “North by Northwest” this summer.

    You can find where it’s being run in your locality at this (link)

  91. 91.

    Emma

    November 6, 2017 at 7:51 pm

    @Mnemosyne: My manicurist would never consider cutting cuticles unless it’s loose or threatening a hang-nail. It’s not done in “current practice” or so I am told.

  92. 92.

    JPL

    November 6, 2017 at 7:51 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: I’m shocked, just shocked. If it’s a gated community, they could have fined him. If Paul lived next to me, I’d buy round-up and take care of those vines growing on my side. When I first heard about the altercation, I assumed it was about dog poop.

  93. 93.

    Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)

    November 6, 2017 at 7:51 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Could you hear the medical people talking about you?

    Isn’t it great when a test like that is over?

  94. 94.

    Patricia Kayden

    November 6, 2017 at 7:51 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Libertarian to a fault. Thankfully he has that good government health insurance he’s trying to keep away from the rest of us peasants.

  95. 95.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    November 6, 2017 at 7:54 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Rand Paul held a press conference today to discuss his injuries and he looked terrible (photo)

  96. 96.

    germy

    November 6, 2017 at 7:54 pm

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch:
    I see “The Old Dark House” is coming to some big screens as well.
    Pre-code comedy/horror film directed by James Whale.

  97. 97.

    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    November 6, 2017 at 7:54 pm

    @germy:

    Wouldn’t that be lovely! Kushner, Sessions, the lot of them in cones?

  98. 98.

    WaterGirl

    November 6, 2017 at 7:56 pm

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: OT, but did you ever see my answer to your question about the screens on my porch?

  99. 99.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 6, 2017 at 7:57 pm

    @Humdog: Yes. I was due for followups on both, and specifically asked to have this done. Only one prep period then. I’m assuming they used a different scope on each side.

  100. 100.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 6, 2017 at 7:57 pm

    @zhena gogolia: That works on several levels!

  101. 101.

    Corner Stone

    November 6, 2017 at 7:58 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: The only “pumpkins” involved in this story are the ones he teases her about when seducing the underage daughter next door.

  102. 102.

    jl

    November 6, 2017 at 7:58 pm

    @Patricia Kayden: I don’t believe the stuff about the Paul/Neighbor fight being over politics or adultery. Clearly, only something like leaves and compost blowing across property lines could spark something like that.

    First thing I thought of was that there is a famous economic theorem (the Coase Theorem) that libertarians misapply that proves (proves!) that a fight like this can never happen. Property rights are are well defined, and voluntarily agreed to neighborhood property owner community regulations govern blown garden refuse. If these did not suit Rand Paul and/or Neighbor, they would negotiate things out in a gentlemanly way, and make some side payments. And arrive at a libertarian paradise!

    I notice Krugman has a funny tweet about it.

    Edit: Coase himself was not a libertarian and did not apply his theorem the same way libertarians do.

  103. 103.

    No Drought No More

    November 6, 2017 at 7:58 pm

    Which begs the question: just what is the criteria a Florida woman must meet before she’s considered a “swamp thing”?

  104. 104.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 6, 2017 at 8:00 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady): Yes, I’m glad it’s over. I have no recollection of them saying anything, but this doc also likes to have music on.

    I guess I’m glad they sedated me correctly when they were putting screws in my arm. I’m quite sure I wouldn’t have wanted to feel that.

  105. 105.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    November 6, 2017 at 8:01 pm

    @WaterGirl: yes! thanks for asking and caring.

  106. 106.

    Silent no more

    November 6, 2017 at 8:01 pm

    Totally off topic, but I’m hearing that the finger-displaying biker in DC got fired from her job. I wish I could offer her one.

  107. 107.

    NotMax

    November 6, 2017 at 8:02 pm

    @No Drought No More

    Hanging tendrils and streamers of moss are a pretty good indicator.

  108. 108.

    WaterGirl

    November 6, 2017 at 8:02 pm

    You know how on the award shows they honor people who have died during the past year? So-and-so, actor, flip to the next photo of so-and-so, director. I want to see that for all the traitors who get caught up in the Russia scandal.

    Paul Manafort: money-laundering, treason, theft, lying under oath, sentenced to 14 years. Flip to the next photo… I’m sure there’s a song out there that would be an appropriate backdrop. I predict 200 people or more.

  109. 109.

    WaterGirl

    November 6, 2017 at 8:03 pm

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: You are most welcome.

  110. 110.

    Mike in NC

    November 6, 2017 at 8:04 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Rand Paul was operating a puppy mill for pit bulls in his basement.

  111. 111.

    NotMax

    November 6, 2017 at 8:06 pm

    Speaking of feet, still waiting for mine to stop growing. Used to wear an 11½, now some 13s are almost tight.

    Really suspect what the sizes themselves represent have changed over the years.

  112. 112.

    NotMax

    November 6, 2017 at 8:08 pm

    @WaterGirl

    The Golden Probes?

  113. 113.

    TenguPhule

    November 6, 2017 at 8:08 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    “The senator grows pumpkins on his property, composts and has shown little interest for neighborhood regulations.”

    So Rand Paul was rotten on his property.

  114. 114.

    Mike J

    November 6, 2017 at 8:09 pm

    @NotMax: Scientists say the universe is expanding. Why not your feet?

  115. 115.

    TenguPhule

    November 6, 2017 at 8:10 pm

    @Mike in NC:

    Wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Rand Paul was operating a puppy mill for pit bulls child sex slave ring in his basement.

    Corrected for accuracy.

  116. 116.

    jharp

    November 6, 2017 at 8:10 pm

    @raven: Hmmmm. Sea water does the opposite for me. It clears up my feet woes.

  117. 117.

    NotMax

    November 6, 2017 at 8:11 pm

    @Gin & Tonic

    Pumpkins? Can we be sure one of his neighbors isn’t Alger Hiss?

    :)

  118. 118.

    TenguPhule

    November 6, 2017 at 8:12 pm

    @JPL:

    When I first heard about the altercation, I assumed it was about dog poop.

    Presumes a Rand Paul is capable of holding affection for dogs not in evidence.

  119. 119.

    Corner Stone

    November 6, 2017 at 8:13 pm

    I commented in another thread that I think If Rand has any principles he will bear the entire cost of medical costs personally. I want to know if he price shopped around for an ER or Doctor who would reset his ribs and inspect his lungs to see if they had collapsed.

  120. 120.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 6, 2017 at 8:13 pm

    @jl: Libertarians are utter idiots who demonstrate, repeatedly, that they know nothing of human nature, and have zero self awareness of their own natures.

  121. 121.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    November 6, 2017 at 8:13 pm

    @ruemara: I just tell them I don’t cut my cuticles and they’re fins with that.
    I am not girly at all, and I was surprised to discover what a treat manis & pedis are. I’ve gotten to be kind of a regular at the place where I go and it’s become fun. One day I’d picked out a kind of subtle taupe and was waiting for my tech to get her tools. The (wife) owner walked by and took it off the table; she said “it’s spring; go pick a color.” So I did.

  122. 122.

    schrodingers_cat

    November 6, 2017 at 8:14 pm

    @Kathleen: Try Vitamin E oil from Trader Joe.

  123. 123.

    Major Major Major Major

    November 6, 2017 at 8:14 pm

    Well, after an hour and a half meeting, I am pessimistic about my new project. It reflects the usual lack of ontological clarity from management, which is doom for any sort of library-like tool. I suppose we shall see. The actual nuts and bolts are straightforward.

  124. 124.

    NotMax

    November 6, 2017 at 8:16 pm

    Ought to mention that many here have praised the lotions from our own satby’s Etsy shop.

  125. 125.

    JPL

    November 6, 2017 at 8:17 pm

    @TenguPhule: There is no doubt in my mind that Paul would train his dog to poop on his neighbor’s lawn, if he did have a dog.

  126. 126.

    Cheryl Rofer

    November 6, 2017 at 8:17 pm

    The Carter Page testimony to the House Intelligence Committee is out.

  127. 127.

    Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)

    November 6, 2017 at 8:19 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: I hesitated to click because I’m pretty sure that will be a deep pool of crazy.

  128. 128.

    Yarrow

    November 6, 2017 at 8:20 pm

    You know how on the award shows they honor people who have died during the past year? So-and-so, actor, flip to the next photo of so-and-so, director. I want to see that for all the traitors who get caught up in the Russia scandal.

    Paul Manafort: money-laundering, treason, theft, lying under oath, sentenced to 14 years. Flip to the next photo… I’m sure there’s a song out there that would be an appropriate backdrop. I predict 200 people or more.

    @WaterGirl: I think Motorhead’s “Traitor” would do nicely as an accompaniment. Link.

    You stand accused of treason, you offer no good reason
    You are a bloody liar, yours is the stake the fire,
    You say you are innocent, but you be caught and spent
    And now you pay the price, for avarice, your vice
    Intrigue your sole desire, you sold your wife, your child
    You sell your oldest friends, you sold your countrymen
    And yet we know your name, traitor, traitor

    And now your face is shown, and so your fate is known,
    We have discovered you, we have uncovered you,
    You say you were led astray, fall on your knees and pray,
    Pity is not for you, we’ll make things hot for you,
    Our hearts we make to harden, for you there is no pardon,
    For you the spike awaits, upon the traitors gate,
    And crows will eat your eyes, traitor, traitor

  129. 129.

    Baud

    November 6, 2017 at 8:20 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    Happy reading.

  130. 130.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 6, 2017 at 8:20 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: How many brain cells will I have to sacrifice?

  131. 131.

    Just One More Canuck

    November 6, 2017 at 8:20 pm

    @WaterGirl: I fought the law and the law won

  132. 132.

    PST

    November 6, 2017 at 8:20 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Congratulations on having nothing but polyps. I had my scoping last week with similar good results. But there was a bonus when I read the report. I had scored a 9 on the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS). At first I felt bad, figuring it was a 10 point scale and my colon had been less than pristine. And it is a 10 point scale, but scored 0 to 9. I was perfect! I haven’t been so proud since the SAT scores came out.

  133. 133.

    NotMax

    November 6, 2017 at 8:20 pm

    Now there’s a shocker (not).

    Fox cancels airing of ad urging Trump’s impeachment

  134. 134.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    November 6, 2017 at 8:21 pm

    @WaterGirl: I so hope you are right about the numbers and also hope you are well. And all your critters and your lovely garden.

    PS – has your email changed?

  135. 135.

    Corner Stone

    November 6, 2017 at 8:21 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady): Don’t go, IOL! That way lies only insanity! Stay here with us where you have a range of mentally damaged options.

  136. 136.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    November 6, 2017 at 8:22 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    I’m assuming they used a different scope on each side.

    They used to, but after Obamacare passed…

  137. 137.

    lgerard

    November 6, 2017 at 8:24 pm

    Even I get a pedicure every few months

    Of course, it is done by an elderly podiatrist at a hospital, so I guess it is not the same thing

  138. 138.

    Cheryl Rofer

    November 6, 2017 at 8:25 pm

    I AM GOING TO READ IT SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO!

    Or skim it anyway.

  139. 139.

    Mnemosyne

    November 6, 2017 at 8:25 pm

    @Humdog:

    Rural healthcare is always going to be tough, because the market is so small. Even Canada has issues getting healthcare delivered in the more rural provinces.

  140. 140.

    barb 2

    November 6, 2017 at 8:25 pm

    Classical symptoms of latex contact allergy. I know because I had my feet on a pad that had been infused with latex — the red dots turned to blisters and then sores. I’ve been going to a wound clinic for a year because I couldn’t see the bottom of my feet. I only knew they hurt. Now I’m super sensitive to anything latex — and I can’t walk until my feet heal.

    Throw those socks away! NOW! I’ve researched this and talked to lots of people who have a latex contact allergy. The red dots and itchy feet are classical allergy symptoms. There is a Benadryl spay for itchy skin — use that on your feet to stop the allergic reaction. Keep that for the next time you have a reaction. Latex is not listed on a whole lot of consumer goods which use the horrible junk. Be thankful you did not have the socks on your feet longer than two hours.

  141. 141.

    NotMax

    November 6, 2017 at 8:25 pm

    @JPL

    Apparently he does.

    The attack was a shock for the community in Bowling Green, where a neighbor says he would often see Paul and Boucher out walking their dogs on the normally quiet streets.
    [snip]
    …Both of them walked their little dogs at about a mile and a half circle, a nice little dog trot. I’d see them out walking, maybe they might stop and speak with each other.” Source

  142. 142.

    NotMax

    November 6, 2017 at 8:31 pm

    FYI.

    The small city of Bonn, Germany was inundated with thousands of delegates today for this year’s UN climate summit. Over the coming two weeks, negotiators will hammer out the rule book for the Paris climate agreement reached two years ago.

    The VIPs will not arrive until next week for the intensive final days of the summit. But already, the politicians are gearing up for a battle between people claiming to speak for the United States.

    …President Trump is sending a small delegation to Bonn that will try to continue to shape the rules of the agreement.
    [snip]
    For the first time ever, the United States did not set up a pavilion at this year’s UN summit – the only developed country not to do so. But a rival group of US governors, mayors and business leaders, called the We Are Still In coalition, is opening a “US Climate Action Center” pavilion on Thursday. It is led by California Governor Jerry Brown and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
    [snip]
    All of this means there will be two competing US delegations at this year’s summit, which has left people wondering who really speaks for the United States.Source

  143. 143.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (Formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    November 6, 2017 at 8:34 pm

    My wife is one of the other four straight women south of the Mason-Dixon Line who don’t wear makeup, which is one of the things I love about her. She doesn’t even have pierced ears.

  144. 144.

    Baud

    November 6, 2017 at 8:34 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: It’s what we pay you for.

  145. 145.

    jl

    November 6, 2017 at 8:35 pm

    @NotMax: Most will favor the group that had the immense business know-how, managerial talent, ingenious foresight, PR savvy, and sheer will power to up a stinking pavilion.

    Edit: I heard a news report that said the Trumpster’s will give a presentation at the conference that will show how, actually, believe it or not, coal, is the solution to both world energy and climate problems. I wonder whether that was a joke that got into the news report by mistake. If true, might make a good front post.

  146. 146.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    November 6, 2017 at 8:38 pm

    PoliticsVideoChannel‏ @politvidchannel

    Trump tells Japanese dignitaries he never knew there were ‘so many countries’ until he was elected

    70 replies 102 retweets 84 likes

  147. 147.

    schrodingers_cat

    November 6, 2017 at 8:39 pm

    I @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (Formerly Mumphrey, et al.): What’s wrong with make up and pierced ears?

  148. 148.

    jl

    November 6, 2017 at 8:39 pm

    @NotMax: ‘little‘[!?] dogs. Rand Paul has a little yappy dog?
    I guess Rand is the one who will take the really big dumps around the house, thank you very much.

  149. 149.

    RollSound

    November 6, 2017 at 8:41 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: Steve Allen used to do that on his show back in the day.

  150. 150.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 6, 2017 at 8:41 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: It’s not a good look on me.

  151. 151.

    NotMax

    November 6, 2017 at 8:44 pm

    @David Merry Christmas Koch

    “More and more people are finding the Earth might be round every day.”

    @jl

    Perhaps a Kochapoo?

  152. 152.

    TenguPhule

    November 6, 2017 at 8:44 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: All of em, Katie.

  153. 153.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    November 6, 2017 at 8:45 pm

    @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (Formerly Mumphrey, et al.):

    I tend toward a like of rougher appearances – tats and body piercing, including VCH…?

    Different strokes…

  154. 154.

    TenguPhule

    November 6, 2017 at 8:46 pm

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: Somebody please make it stop.

  155. 155.

    hueyplong

    November 6, 2017 at 8:46 pm

    @NotMax: Finally, the long-awaited evidence of that Bowling Green massacre.

  156. 156.

    TenguPhule

    November 6, 2017 at 8:47 pm

    @jl:

    I heard a news report that said the Trumpster’s will give a presentation at the conference that will show how, actually, believe it or not, coal, is the solution to both world energy and climate problems.

    And if its Mike Perry, the solution to the world’s sexual assaults too.

  157. 157.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 8:48 pm

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: I’m seeing it at AMC in Newport, KY. I can’t wait! I’ve seen it on TV 50 times but never on the big screen!

    ETA I’m old enough to remember when people agreed Nazis were bad.

  158. 158.

    Millard Filmore

    November 6, 2017 at 8:48 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Interesting that so far, Wikileaks has no involvement in the Paradise Papers.

    Maybe they were offered and refused, or they have a copy but the originators didn’t see them published so re-released them to a different party.

  159. 159.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 8:51 pm

    @Silent no more: Patton Oswalt asked people on Twitter to hire her. They are both from Sterling, VA.

  160. 160.

    Major Major Major Major

    November 6, 2017 at 8:52 pm

    @Millard Filmore: or maybe the hackers/leakers are smart enough to know that Wikileaks is Russian propaganda garbage and decided to go elsewhere in the first place.

  161. 161.

    Mike J

    November 6, 2017 at 8:52 pm

    @NotMax: Gov Inslee went to Bonn. Good guy.

  162. 162.

    Another Scott

    November 6, 2017 at 8:52 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady): Seth Abramson is ‘live tweeting’ a thread on it:

    1/ The first 30 pages are a rant against Obama, Clinton, and Harry Reid—who are portrayed as criminals of international scope and dimension.

    He’s doing yeoman’s work on this Trump-Russia Collusion stuff.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  163. 163.

    ThresherK

    November 6, 2017 at 8:53 pm

    @Kathleen: What’s the over/under on number of theaters with Neo-Nazis in the audience singing along with Horst Wessel Lied?

  164. 164.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 8:53 pm

    @WaterGirl: There was a hit in the early 60’s called “Midnight In Moscow”.

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

  165. 165.

    Mike J

    November 6, 2017 at 8:55 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: Didn’t GG have nasty things to say about the Panama Papers because he thought they were mean to Vlad? I can’t imagine he’d like this kind of whistleblowing.

  166. 166.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 8:55 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: Thank you! Vitamin E is good!

  167. 167.

    Mary G

    November 6, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    I tried to read a bit of Carter Page’s testimony where he was being questioned by Adam Schiff and I had to stop. What a bozo (with apologies to bozos everywhere). This doesn’t sound good for somebody:

    #CarterPage transcript for #TrumpRussia invest. is up. You should know:-Met w/ Gazprom/Rosneft-Clovis made him sigh NDA (knew of trip)— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 7, 2017

  168. 168.

    Major Major Major Major

    November 6, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    @Mike J: he had a piece out this weekend about how Hillary did too rig the DNC!!, doing a characteristic million-word counterpoint to four tweets.

  169. 169.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    November 6, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady): It is a deep pool of crazy complete with riptides. I should have listened to Corner Stone.

  170. 170.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    @Just One More Canuck: Or in Rand Paul’s case, “I Fought The Lawn and The Lawn Won”.

  171. 171.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    November 6, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    @Kathleen: It an amazing difference seeing classics not only on a big screen but also in a communal setting.

    I saw Citizen Kane a number of times and then I saw it on a big screen in college with a full house and it was just so different: the infectious humor, the shared darkness; somehow the pace of the movie was faster.

  172. 172.

    Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)

    November 6, 2017 at 8:59 pm

    @Another Scott: Oh dear lord.

  173. 173.

    Corner Stone

    November 6, 2017 at 8:59 pm

    Tom Perez really isn’t doing a great job on Chris Hayes right now.

  174. 174.

    Mary G

    November 6, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: I have never been able to read even one of his “short” columns all the way through. When he was popular for going after GWB I could never figure out why, so many other people did it so much better and shorter.

  175. 175.

    frosty

    November 6, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    @Yarrow: Wow, those lyrics are perfect for serenading a video of traitors.

  176. 176.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 9:02 pm

    @ThresherK: Since the theater is in Northern Kentucky, odds are pretty good.

  177. 177.

    Cheryl Rofer

    November 6, 2017 at 9:02 pm

    @Baud: I’m going to ask for a raise.

  178. 178.

    Millard Filmore

    November 6, 2017 at 9:02 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Yep, didn’t want to risk Wikileaks altering documents or inserting fake ones … or stripping out the ones that embarrass Putin.

  179. 179.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 9:03 pm

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: I know. I can’t wait! Casablanca is the most perfect movie ever made on so many levels.

  180. 180.

    Betsy

    November 6, 2017 at 9:04 pm

    Oh no! I hope your feet heal soon.

    Props for making me laugh through your pain with the cute MSPaint drawing. You sure have a resilient sense of humor.

  181. 181.

    Cheryl Rofer

    November 6, 2017 at 9:04 pm

    @Another Scott: @StephanieCarvin is also live-tweeting her read. I’m doing some too.

  182. 182.

    Mart

    November 6, 2017 at 9:04 pm

    Man that reads like a Cole I broke my body for no good reason post, minus a few fucks. Being “sensitive” to elixirs, I try a small dab to see if it takes off. Of course that only applies when I remember to be safe…

  183. 183.

    Another Scott

    November 6, 2017 at 9:04 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: rofl.

    :-)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  184. 184.

    Major Major Major Major

    November 6, 2017 at 9:05 pm

    @Millard Filmore: what exactly is Wikileaks’ value add supposed to be anyway? And who named that, it’s not a wiki.

  185. 185.

    Amaranthine RBG

    November 6, 2017 at 9:06 pm

    @jl:
    There’s no trade in an externality like leaf litter or unpemitted compost heaps or whatever, plus transaction costs involving real estate are high so that likely prevents Pareto efficiencies.

    Plus, I’m still betting on the jilted lover angle for Paul and his “””neighbor”””

  186. 186.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 9:06 pm

    Just found this on You Tube – One Hit Wonders from the 1960’s. Even has clips from American Bandstand.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNnw9I86Ojs

    Brings back memories of my childhood because I would hear my dad play these songs on the radio.

  187. 187.

    Millard Filmore

    November 6, 2017 at 9:07 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: As someone around these parts here (BJ or DKOS) said recently, “you get what you negotiate for”. You will do better if you join a union!

  188. 188.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 9:08 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Destroying people and groups who are firewalls against Fascism.

  189. 189.

    Yarrow

    November 6, 2017 at 9:09 pm

    @Corner Stone: Speaking of Tom Perez…

    On Tuesday, we'll be joined by DNC chair @TomPerez and @OurRevolution president @ninaturner on DNC 'rigging' claims https://t.co/P2RianVhk7— On Point – NPR (@OnPointRadio) November 6, 2017

    So dumb. Why do this on election day? Why do this at all?

  190. 190.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    November 6, 2017 at 9:09 pm

    “Trust me, I’m, like, a smart person.”(pointing to his temple) Jan 21, 2017

    Trump tells Japanese dignitaries he never knew there were ‘so many countries’ until he was elected. Nov 6, 2017

  191. 191.

    jl

    November 6, 2017 at 9:12 pm

    @Amaranthine RBG: The Coase theorem is a negotiated solution to externalities. Low tansactions costs in this case because they walk their little yappy dogs together and have plenty of time to time. What is crucial is that property rights seem to be very clearly defined.

    Coase theorem = no fight could possibly have occurred (at least if you are a libertarian). It must be Fake News.

  192. 192.

    jl

    November 6, 2017 at 9:13 pm

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: Hawaii, US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico threw Trump for a loop. Clearly. it’s all very unfair to Trump.

  193. 193.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 9:14 pm

    @Yarrow: I’m sure NPR will give this the thoughtful, factual, context and coverage the topic deserves.

    Oh, who f**k am I kidding.

  194. 194.

    satby

    November 6, 2017 at 9:14 pm

    @Starfish: could be you’re allergic to the hemp itself (not unlikely if you have any allergies to plants), but it could also be the preservatives. @Yarrow: petroleum jelly and lanolin (ick)
    @debbie: you guys are killing me

  195. 195.

    tobie

    November 6, 2017 at 9:14 pm

    @Yarrow: So glad I won’t be around to hear this horrible broadcast.

  196. 196.

    Patricia Kayden

    November 6, 2017 at 9:15 pm

    @Yarrow: “Even Cole”. For some reason that sounds wrong. Lol.

  197. 197.

    jl

    November 6, 2017 at 9:16 pm

    @Patricia Kayden: Cole is always the exception that proves no rule.

  198. 198.

    MomSense

    November 6, 2017 at 9:16 pm

    @HumboldtBlue:

    ????

  199. 199.

    Yarrow

    November 6, 2017 at 9:18 pm

    @satby: Yeah, but it has worked for several people I know when nothing else did, from natural oils to fancy lotions. I always think it’s worth a mention for that reason.

  200. 200.

    NotMax

    November 6, 2017 at 9:18 pm

    @Kathleen

    And then there’s Tony Burrows who holds the dubious distinction of having 5 one hit wonders.

  201. 201.

    satby

    November 6, 2017 at 9:19 pm

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: got my tickets a while ago! Wish someone lived near me to go with!

  202. 202.

    Rugosa

    November 6, 2017 at 9:19 pm

    @cynn: I have Smelly Feet. [Shameful confession emoji] I use an antiperspirant on my feet and the problem is minimized. It may help with your fungus problem by drying up the environment. Get an unscented product if you think allergy is a problem – fragrances/perfumes can be very irritating molecules.

  203. 203.

    satby

    November 6, 2017 at 9:23 pm

    @NotMax: thank you sweetie.

    But really, people should just read labels. Lots of crud out there, and lots of allergenic ingredients.

  204. 204.

    ThresherK

    November 6, 2017 at 9:28 pm

    @NotMax: I did not learn til very recently that that surfer song, a decent imitation Beach Boys, was from England.

  205. 205.

    Kathleen

    November 6, 2017 at 9:30 pm

    @NotMax: I did not know! I loved those songs. Great link. Thanks!

  206. 206.

    satby

    November 6, 2017 at 9:38 pm

    @Yarrow: before I started making stuff I used it for my eczema. It was ok for the scaly skin once the blisters broke open, but I had continued outbreaks. But I’m allergic to animals, so the lanolin was the problem there.
    @FlyingToaster: this is the right idea really. Because everyone can develop allergies to anything at any time test, test, test.

  207. 207.

    Another Scott

    November 6, 2017 at 9:42 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: Thanks for the pointers!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  208. 208.

    HumboldtBlue

    November 6, 2017 at 9:45 pm

    @RollSound:

    Yeah he did.

  209. 209.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 6, 2017 at 10:00 pm

    @NotMax: ZOMG, the ad would offend the snowflake morans who make up the Faux Noise audience! Swoon!

  210. 210.

    MoxieM

    November 6, 2017 at 10:10 pm

    Living in the land of cracked winter hands (ouchie!) I highly recommend Carmex–the little pot of greasy junk. It’s great for the cracks that you get along the sides of fingernails. My other personal recommendation for that hurty condition is plain old Chapstick. Yes! it works (wax and some kind of grease, probably petroleum based.)

    Even better, you can keep on in the car, and use it while stopped at a light. Both soothing and curative.

    For rubber-foot-reaction I could not say, but have you tried taking a Benadryl just to see if the swelling & itch subsides? Years ago my mom dove into a nest of red jellyfish (off the coast of CT, those are the kind that sting), and she ran home and took Benadryl. She probably also drank a Gin & Tonic, but I’m pretty sure she ascribed her reduced reaction to the Benadryl.

  211. 211.

    MoxieM

    November 6, 2017 at 10:11 pm

    @NotMax: Well thank somebody it’s not Hamburg again.

  212. 212.

    Rugosa

    November 6, 2017 at 10:22 pm

    @germy: Hi germy,

    Does she have a recipe she can publish? or is this secret lore? I have sensitive skin and make up my own potions with oils and butters.

  213. 213.

    satby

    November 6, 2017 at 10:25 pm

    @Rugosa: there are recipes all over the internet and Pinterest for shea butter and other whipped butter concoctions. Just Google and pick what appeals to you.

  214. 214.

    mainmata

    November 6, 2017 at 10:26 pm

    Having worked in Indonesia for a long time, massages are wonderful and therapeutic both mentally and physically.

  215. 215.

    WaterGirl

    November 6, 2017 at 10:37 pm

    @Yarrow: Seems like an excellent choice!

  216. 216.

    WaterGirl

    November 6, 2017 at 10:37 pm

    @Just One More Canuck: Oh, that would be fun!

  217. 217.

    WaterGirl

    November 6, 2017 at 10:38 pm

    @Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho: No, I have just been hibernating. But this afternoon I literally (the real literally) put a reminder on my calendar to write you back tomorrow.

  218. 218.

    WaterGirl

    November 6, 2017 at 10:40 pm

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: Oh my god. If this were a movie instead of reality, it would be a farce.

  219. 219.

    WaterGirl

    November 6, 2017 at 10:42 pm

    @Kathleen: That’s a new one on me. Listening now.

  220. 220.

    Aaron

    November 7, 2017 at 12:29 am

    A guy here: I use my cordless dremel with a sanding drum occasionally to reduce the build up of dead skin on my underside of my feet.

  221. 221.

    Duane

    November 7, 2017 at 3:44 am

    @West of the Rockies (been a while): That just toes to shoe you.

  222. 222.

    ljdramone

    November 7, 2017 at 1:42 pm

    @ThresherK:

    What’s the over/under on number of theaters with Neo-Nazis in the audience singing along with Horst Wessel Lied?

    The German song that gets drowned out by “La Marseillaise” in Casablanca is actually “Die Wacht am Rhein”(“Watch/Guard on the Rhine”), not the Horst Wessel Song. “Die Wacht am Rhein” was composed in the mid-19th century, and was an unofficial German national anthem from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 through 1945.

  223. 223.

    VeniceRiley

    November 7, 2017 at 1:59 pm

    Foot peel masque (for after your rash heals on your heels)

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