Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Consistently wrong since 2002

Let there be snark.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

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

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

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

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

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

A Senator Walker would also be an insult to reason, rationality, and decency.

Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

You cannot shame the shameless.

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

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

I did not have telepathic declassification on my 2022 bingo card.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

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From Quinerly – and Poco!

We were the second car in after the reopen of White Sands National Monument on Tuesday, 1/23/2018. It felt like we had the entire park to ourselves (see Poco’s parked Escape on one of the pullouts). No one had walked on the gypsum sand dunes since Friday….plus there had been a windstorm with 20 mph winds over the weekend. Drifts everywhere…plus the snow plows were out clearing the road. Poco had a blast. Would give anything to see it through his ex inner city street dog eyes. He was wiggly and nervous when he first got out of his Ford Escape. Thank you for this morning feature. We enjoy sharing our trips with Balloon Juice.

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Good – HAPPY – dog!

 

Thank you so much Quinerly and Poco, travel well and do send us more when you can.

Note – looks like OzarkHillbilly’s son will make it, though I’m unclear on the details. All I can say is, phew!

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  2. 2.

    ThresherK

    I’ve never seen such an amount of empty sand in real life. Rather hypnotic, really lovely.

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    Quinerly

    Thanks for posting! Poco is still snoring and I’ll let him know when he wakes up. He’s exhausted from prancing around La Mesilla and Las Cruces…and sniffing around Mesilla Valley Bosque SP and Dripping Springs Natural Area. We are off to the Deming area today to check out wine country and some vineyards. I spent almost a half day yesterday at the NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in La Cruces and LOVED IT inside and out.? Love the wine at Luna Rossa Winery and the locals at the Double Eagle at happy hour. Thanks, desertfriar, for all your suggestions. Ended up staying an extra night in La Mesilla. Had lunch yesterday at Ardele’s. Plan on having dinner tonight at Chala’s Wood Fire. Have a great day, everyone!

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    Quinerly

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Nothing like your beautiful composed shots. I point and shoot with my 3 year old Microsoft Nokia Lumia smarty pants phone. Kinda hard to make any fancy app adjustments when one arm is being pulled by 70 lbs of Poco. When I bought the phone, I said “it has to have a button I can just press down for pictures….one hand.” Young smarty pants phone dealer looked at me like I needed to be put somewhere….but I digress.?

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    Quinerly

    @Baud: Poco sez, “When was the last time this ‘Baud’ made the cover of Balloon Juice? This is at least my 4th time in less than a year? Also, too, I can count to 5.” ?

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    Mary G

    Poco looks like he has found heaven on earth. “All this just for us?

    Your phone takes excellent pictures, Quinerly. Keep them coming.!

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    raven

    Nice pix! I’m very happy with the camera on my iPhone 7 plus. I’m thinking my Rose Bowl/LA pics got lost in the shuffle.

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    Quinerly

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: ?. This was my second Microsoft Windows phone with a dedicated button on the side for camera only. I’ll have to get up to speed on another phone down the road. Microsoft is dropping (may have already dropped them) their phone line. My phone is glitchy and many apps not being supported anymore. I’ll go with a Galaxy when the time comes.

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    bystander

    @Baud:

    Balloon Juice is rigged!

    Just wait until Devin Nunes blows the lid off the Quinerly and Poco! secret society with Cole’s wife.

    Great pics, Quinerly. Our Buster loved running on sand. The first time we took him to the beach he was 6 or 7. Buster would do his frenchie/lamby hopping alternating with leg kickoffs and shoot us a “how long were you going to keep this from me?” look.

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    debbie

    Quinnerly, your photos remind me of the dunes on Nantucket. So beautiful. I wonder if there’s ever been a book about the various sands in this country?

  24. 24.

    Quinerly

    @bystander: Actually, Poco has been “seeing” both Lily and Rosie. Sometimes Steve watches. Don’t you dare let this info get out. Baud doesn’t have a clue. Poco has a “leg up” on Baud!?

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    Quinerly

    @rikyrah: Would love to see it all through his eyes and know what he is thinking. 4 years ago at this exact point he was trying to stay warm in a rough neighborhood in St. Louis…fearful of gunshots and probably relying on the kindness of crack whores to feed him.

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    satby

    Greetings from Shanghai airport, where I’m on a layover waiting for my flight to Bangkok. Ironically, freezing rain and snow here, which is what made the drive to O’Hare in Chicago a white knuckle trip.

    The best news is hearing about Ozark’s son.

  31. 31.

    MomSense

    Poco is magnificent! He looks like he could be my pup’s litter mate. Several of her older brothers look just like Poco.

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    Yarrow

    Gorgeous photos! I love White Sands. Was there a few years ago. We had plastic snow saucers and slide down the dunes. It’s harder than it looks!

    What an amazing experience to get to be there after it had been closed for a few days. Poco looks like’s having a great time! Lucky dog.

  41. 41.

    DesertFriar

    @Quinerly:

    Glad you’re having a great time. In Deming you can go to the Luna Rosa Winery for a tasting. I like their wines a lot.

    Hopefully the restaurants are to your liking!!!

  42. 42.

    Quinerly

    @DesertFriar: Having so much fun in Las Cruces that we added an extra day for Deming and Luna Rosa Winery. Staying right across the street from the restaurant. Back from our morning hike at Organ Mts Desert Peaks National Monument. Thanks for all your great suggestions.

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    daverave

    Great pix! And thank you, thank you for keeping Poco on leash as required. I am SO tired of pet owners who think that the regulations in national parklands do not apply to their precious because he/she is “special.” This is after their pet has charged up at me out of sight of their irresponsible owners.

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    stinger

    Great photos, happy dog. I saw White Sands must have been 40 years ago, visiting friends who were stationed there. Ate at La Posta de Mesilla and may still have my souvenir menu somewhere. I so envy you your lengthy trips around NM, Quinerly!

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