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You are here: Home / Foreign Affairs / North Korea Has A Parade

North Korea Has A Parade

by Cheryl Rofer|  February 7, 20187:20 pm| 98 Comments

This post is in: Foreign Affairs, Live Blogging, Rofer on Nuclear Issues

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Another live event starts at around 7:30 Eastern time. In honor of (or to upstage) the start of the Winter Olympics in South Korea, North Korea will parade some of its military might. Wonks love this, because North Korea frequently uses their military parades to show off new missiles. Or, with screen caps and close examination, the wonks can learn details of existing missiles.

We don’t know what tonight’s (Friday’s in North Korea) parade will bring. If there’s a live feed, I’ll update this post with it.

A number of experts on North Korean missiles usually tweet their comments on the parades. Here’s a good list to start:

@nktpnd

@annafifield

@wslafoy

@mhanham

@ArmsControlWonk

@atomic_pickles

@ISNJH

@KelseyDav

@DaveSchmerler

@grace_c_liu

Don’t forget the hashtag.

For those already getting annoyed by indecipherable hashtags, #JucheFest2018 and #juchefest refer to the Feb 8 Army Foundation Day celebration & military parade in North Korea, which is starting at 7:30PM EST. Analysts are watching it for military hardware and other data.

— Scott LaFoy (@wslafoy) February 7, 2018

I’m not a missile expert, but I occasionally add something to the discussion. I’ll post tweets with trenchant comments or interesting pictures in the comments.

Here’s a photo from an earlier parade. I’m sure the White House and the Joint Chiefs of Staff will be watching to help plan the next big military parade in Washington.

 

Update: I am told that the parade will be streamed on this channel or on YouTube, although there doesn’t seem to be a way to embed it. Livestream from North Korea breaks up regularly.  So don’t blame me.

If Adam shows up and can figure out how to embed the video, please feel free to edit this post.

 

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  1. 1.

    Wapiti

    February 7, 2018 at 7:24 pm

    Looks like a few hundred thousand people wearing pink knitted hats there.

  2. 2.

    debbie

    February 7, 2018 at 7:24 pm

    “Your button may be bigger than mine, but the size of my parade grounds is much yuuuger than yours!”

  3. 3.

    Baud

    February 7, 2018 at 7:25 pm

    As president, I will establish America’s first official national dog parade.

  4. 4.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    February 7, 2018 at 7:26 pm

    Oh goody, a parade.

    ETA: …and doughnuts!

  5. 5.

    Roger Moore

    February 7, 2018 at 7:26 pm

    @Wapiti:
    Are you sure they aren’t just holding up doughnut boxes?

  6. 6.

    Brachiator

    February 7, 2018 at 7:26 pm

    I hear that Elon Musk was invited to do a fly by riding Falcon Heavy….

    Is it time for the Olympics already? I have not been keeping up with regular tv.

  7. 7.

    Baud

    February 7, 2018 at 7:27 pm

    @Brachiator: Curling has started. You can stream it live right now.

  8. 8.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    February 7, 2018 at 7:30 pm

    I’m getting in the spirit of the Olympics and Kim Jong Un’s parade by having Korean food tonight.

  9. 9.

    Baud

    February 7, 2018 at 7:33 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    Same here except I’m doing it by executing my uncle by feeding him to dogs.

  10. 10.

    lamh36

    February 7, 2018 at 7:35 pm

    @Brachiator: Opening ceremony Friday

  11. 11.

    The Dangerman

    February 7, 2018 at 7:38 pm

    If Raven comes around tonight:

    Damn, Dude

  12. 12.

    mike in dc

    February 7, 2018 at 7:38 pm

    http://i.pinimg.com/736x/9d/90/12/9d9012837f2e384e638659e5fdc427d9.jpg

  13. 13.

    Mike in NC

    February 7, 2018 at 7:39 pm

    Back in the 50s and 60s, during their May Day parades the Soviets would fly a formation of new aircraft over and over in circles to exaggerate the numbers they had.

  14. 14.

    Gin & Tonic

    February 7, 2018 at 7:41 pm

    @Baud: But then you have to eat the dogs.

  15. 15.

    Roger Moore

    February 7, 2018 at 7:45 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:
    That wouldn’t have anything to do with being married to a Korean American woman, would it?

  16. 16.

    Baud

    February 7, 2018 at 7:47 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: I couldn’t eat dog. I guess I don’t have what it takes to be a dictator.

  17. 17.

    Roger Moore

    February 7, 2018 at 7:47 pm

    @The Dangerman:

    If Raven comes around tonight:

    Fuck LBJ!

  18. 18.

    Brachiator

    February 7, 2018 at 7:50 pm

    @lamh36:

    Opening ceremony Friday

    I just have not been paying attention. Also, I have been anticipating the upcoming Black Panther movie and trying to avoid online Games of Throne spoilers. Priorities.

    And I have to work late on Friday. I will try to DVR it and watch some highlights.

  19. 19.

    Davebo

    February 7, 2018 at 7:51 pm

    Thanks Cheryl. Following all of them and I’ll be more informed thanks to you!

  20. 20.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 7:51 pm

    No parade yet.

    Still got a solid pre-show going: The good old days. #JucheFest pic.twitter.com/ZokoieA4oY

    — Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) February 8, 2018

  21. 21.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 7:56 pm

    Historical segment on KCTV parade pre-show right now on Kim Il-sung's successful capture of #USSPueblo. #JucheFest #NorthKorea pic.twitter.com/IeQZN0aMqI

    — Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) February 8, 2018

  22. 22.

    Baud

    February 7, 2018 at 7:58 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: Needs more dancing sharks.

  23. 23.

    Just One More Canuck

    February 7, 2018 at 8:01 pm

    I thought Kim was just trolling the Mar-a-Lago Fatberg with this parade

  24. 24.

    Baud

    February 7, 2018 at 8:03 pm

    @Just One More Canuck: Pretty head to put this together in a day.

  25. 25.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 8:04 pm

    One comment from a Korean speaker that this is an hour-long documentary. If that’s the case (a lot of joking goes on during these things), then the parade should start in another half-hour. The North Koreans like to troll the folks who look obsessively at the photos they release. They blur the photos and photoshop them. So today they seem to be offering up an hour history lesson, DPRK-style.

  26. 26.

    Schlemazel

    February 7, 2018 at 8:04 pm

    @Baud:
    THAT is real Leadership! BAUD FOR EMPEROR 2020

  27. 27.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 8:05 pm

    DPRK TRAFFIC REPORT: Clear skies this morning with a temperature of -11 but seems like a big traffic jam, even gridlock along the Taedong river heading towards Kim Il Sung Square. pic.twitter.com/NXoL6UfU88

    — Michael Spavor (@mpspavor) February 8, 2018

  28. 28.

    Schlemazel

    February 7, 2018 at 8:07 pm

    @Baud:
    The time I had it it had the taste & consistency of pork.
    It came with a lecture on how the people who had told them eating dogs was immoral also forced the at gunpoint to resume the opium trade which was killing people in their country.

  29. 29.

    Jay S

    February 7, 2018 at 8:08 pm

    Could we just build some special effects super weapons and a bunch of movie extras to parade for Trump? I would probably be cheaper and more effective than the real thing. Plus the more mysterious the fake weapons the more puzzled the enemy analysts will be.

  30. 30.

    Baud

    February 7, 2018 at 8:09 pm

    @Schlemazel: Interesting. So it’s the same taste as humans.

  31. 31.

    magurakurin

    February 7, 2018 at 8:09 pm

    @Baud: you can see the live stream but you can’t tell it from a still photo

  32. 32.

    Schlemazel

    February 7, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    FYWP is not letting me edit comments tonight

  33. 33.

    Schlemazel

    February 7, 2018 at 8:11 pm

    @Baud:
    Not sure, of all the creatures on earth I have never had any primate

  34. 34.

    dr. bloor

    February 7, 2018 at 8:12 pm

    In honor of (or to upstage) the start of the Winter Olympics in South Korea, North Korea will parade some of its military might.

    At least they didn’t take down a commercial airliner this time around.

  35. 35.

    mike in dc

    February 7, 2018 at 8:14 pm

    @Jay S: I suggest building a giant Voltron or Gundam robot.

  36. 36.

    TenguPhule

    February 7, 2018 at 8:16 pm

    @Baud:

    So it’s the same taste as humans.

    Human is fattier. And smells worse.

  37. 37.

    Jeffro

    February 7, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    I’m trying to think of the Top Ten, most out-in-the-open, why-isn’t-this-a-national-scandal things about the Trumpov admin, and this request for a DPRK-style parade isn’t even close. (No offense to Cheryl or any of the posters…I was just trying to think of it all, this past Year of Wonder we’ve been going through)

    In no particular order…
    10) Trumpov personally profiting every time he visits one of his own businesses (like his golf courses – with cart rentals, etc)
    9) The fact that he golfs every 4th day or so, and doesn’t bother to hit the office on the other days until 11am after several hours of “executive time”
    8) The fact that he jacked up golf club memberships at Mar-a-Lago “the winter white house” and sells Trumpov-endorsed merchandise, sometimes through ‘official’ channels
    7) The fact that he a) paid off a b) porn star to c) keep quiet about their affairs d) that he had shortly after the birth of his fifth kid with his third wife e) during the fucking campaign and f) was apparently one of ‘hundreds’ of women who were also paid off, g) possibly with campaign/legal defense funds
    6) Firing the FBI Director for not quashing an investigation into his/his campaign’s collusion with a hostile foreign power, and admitting it on national TV
    5) Attempting to intimidate Comey, McCabe, others – hell, the entire FBI – via the national media
    4) lauding the “very fine people” in Charlottesville
    3) allowing people like Jared Kushner and Robert Porter to handle classified materials on a daily basis when they don’t have the clearance
    2) giving away classified intelligence…to representatives of a hostile foreign power…IN. THE. OVAL. OFFICE.
    1) Letting Puerto Rico suffer without power and water, and berating its citizens in their darkest hours

    Several of the above are illegal and could/should/will? lead to charges. Several are part of the power of the presidency, but should come at a huge cost (and most certainly would never be tolerated if parties were reversed). And the last few are just utter dereliction of duty, with no real remedy save not re-electing this clown.

    Let’s have that ‘truth and reconciliation’ committee a.s.a.p. and then please FSM let’s try to put what we can in place so that this never happens again. Tumbrels as a last resort but not taking that off the table.

  38. 38.

    Roger Moore

    February 7, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    @mike in dc:
    Definitely a Gundam. Some of the Gundam models (e.g. RGM-79 GM) were actually designed for mass production to serve as part of an organized military. That’s a much better choice than a one-off like most mecha in anime.

  39. 39.

    Timurid

    February 7, 2018 at 8:27 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    Calm down, Hannibal.

  40. 40.

    MomSense

    February 7, 2018 at 8:29 pm

    @Baud: @Schlemazel: @TenguPhule:

    I think I’ll stick with hummus.

  41. 41.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 8:31 pm

    Looks like the documentary is ending.

  42. 42.

    TenguPhule

    February 7, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    @Jeffro: You missed the missiles to nowhere in Syria and his African clusterfuck that killed some of our soldiers.

  43. 43.

    TenguPhule

    February 7, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    @Timurid: I never said I actually ate it.

  44. 44.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 8:33 pm

    Notice that everyone is exactly the same height and shape.

    Karaoke night in Pyongyang can get pretty wild #JucheFest pic.twitter.com/JdSyXrVbzR

    — Tom MacDonald (@tscmacdonald) February 8, 2018

  45. 45.

    Yutsano

    February 7, 2018 at 8:33 pm

    @Roger Moore: Could we just borrow the life sized Gundam from Tokyo and call it good?

  46. 46.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 8:33 pm

    Time for some karaoke. #JucheFest #NorthKorea #JucheFest2018 pic.twitter.com/yFHGKBwDYq

    — Alexander Leslie (@aejleslie) February 8, 2018

  47. 47.

    Baud

    February 7, 2018 at 8:35 pm

    @MomSense: I like hummus.

  48. 48.

    Baud

    February 7, 2018 at 8:36 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: Stop trying to get us to feel better about life under Trump.

  49. 49.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 8:39 pm

    @Jeffro: Dan Murphy has been listing stuff all day.

    … accused the judge overseeing the fraud lawsuit into Obama University – which ended with Obama paying a $25mln settlement to his victims – of racial bias because he was white.

    — Dan Murphy (@bungdan) February 8, 2018

  50. 50.

    TenguPhule

    February 7, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    said Putin wasn’t responsible for the murder of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko with Polonium-210 because he hadn’t been convicted of the killing in a court of law.

    /headdesk

  51. 51.

    Roger Moore

    February 7, 2018 at 8:43 pm

    @Yutsano:
    Honestly, I think Trump deserves a Guntank rather than something cool like a Gundam.

  52. 52.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 8:45 pm

    It’s somehow comforting to know that even North Korea can’t always get a parade started on time.

  53. 53.

    Yutsano

    February 7, 2018 at 8:45 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: He stopped 6 minutes ago. I’m guessing it’s mental health break/whisky time.

    @Roger Moore: Yeah but we would (probably) have to assemble the thing. This stupid parade is worth doing on the cheap.

  54. 54.

    Jeffro

    February 7, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    @TenguPhule: Not to discount those but I was going for the 10 biggest/things-that-should-have-every-American-rioting-in-the-streets.

  55. 55.

    Jeffro

    February 7, 2018 at 8:50 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: He must have a bit more time than me…the thought is the same. Would love to have the whole country arguing about which of his thousand outrages deserve a ‘top ten’ rating. It’s appalling.

  56. 56.

    chris

    February 7, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    @Jeffro: Good list but short. Here’s a really big one. Week 64 now and it goes all the way back to the beginning of the long national horror show.

    (Yes, it’s Amy Siskind. I know, right? But this is a valuable service.)

  57. 57.

    Jeffro

    February 7, 2018 at 8:53 pm

    I’m seeing stories that Netanyahu is about to get charged with bribery, and he’s warning his fanboys in advance?

    “Fake News!”

    “Rigged!”

    Can we just buy these clowns an island, ship them there, and be done with this? The world has much better things to do.

  58. 58.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 8:53 pm

    This is possible.

    Gonna bet that we won’t get a live feed of the KPA parade on KCTV, but rather carefully edited footage later in the day. Currently 10:17am in Pyongyang, most expected the festivities to begin already. #JucheFest #NorthKorea

    — Alexander Leslie (@aejleslie) February 8, 2018

  59. 59.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    Meanwhile, back in Washington…

    ‘It’s Step, Twist, Step, Dammit!’ Yells Leotard-Wearing, Cigarette-Smoking John Kelly While Choreographing Upcoming Military Parade https://t.co/VGht0Enp2t pic.twitter.com/hzCem5cD5q

    — The Onion (@TheOnion) February 7, 2018

  60. 60.

    Peale

    February 7, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    @TenguPhule: also cancelling the visas of hundreds of travelers mid flight, including green card holders, no matter where they had traveled

  61. 61.

    efgoldman

    February 7, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    @Jeffro:

    I’m trying to think of the Top Ten, most out-in-the-open, why-isn’t-this-a-national-scandal things about the Trumpov admin

    Unfortunately, most of these, while dishonest, stupid, self-aggrandizing and generally rotten, aren’t prosecutable.
    Same thing happened during Watergate: all kinds of things were discovered (enemies list, potentially using the IRS for political ends) which were stripped from, the final impeachment indictment so as not to muddy the waters.

  62. 62.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    @Yutsano: Starting up again. Probably a whisky break.

  63. 63.

    Jay S

    February 7, 2018 at 8:57 pm

    @Yutsano: A squadron of Trumps invisible planes would be sweet.

  64. 64.

    Peale

    February 7, 2018 at 8:57 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: wait what? Obama university?

  65. 65.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 8:58 pm

    @Peale: He’s framing it in the “What if Obama…” mode.

  66. 66.

    Baud

    February 7, 2018 at 8:58 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: Were they known for their punctuality?

  67. 67.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 7, 2018 at 8:59 pm

    @Peale: looks like a “can you imagine if Obama did this?” thread

  68. 68.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 9:01 pm

    Another sunset. We are at the end of another inspirational video. Whether the parade starts next is up for grabs.

  69. 69.

    efgoldman

    February 7, 2018 at 9:02 pm

    @Jeffro:

    Can we just buy these clowns an island, ship them there, and be done with this?

    From what I understand about Israeli/Likud politics, whoever replaces him, unless there are new elections or the coalition breaks down, will be every bit the asshole

  70. 70.

    Jeffro

    February 7, 2018 at 9:06 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: It’s good to know in advance what tonight’s nightmares will look like, thanks so much!

  71. 71.

    Jeffro

    February 7, 2018 at 9:08 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Sometimes it is the only way to puncture the ‘bubble’ when talking to Republicans or both-siders…or just to keep one’s own self suitably outraged…by picturing how of-the-hook the RWNJs would be at any single one of these things.

  72. 72.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 9:09 pm

    @Baud: Like any other dictatorship, the Kim family makes the parades run on time. This is really an extraordinary delay, unless they are trolling their wonky audience. But some of that audience have better connections into North Korea sometimes, so they will tell us if indeed the parade is happening while we are being fed propaganda and joking among ourselves. Haven’t heard anything from them.

  73. 73.

    Adam L Silverman

    February 7, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    It’s acting funky for me too when I try to embed it. I’ve got Alain looking into it. Please stand by.

  74. 74.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 9:12 pm

    First Ever #JucheFest2018 !!!! pic.twitter.com/LComCjc2Un

    — Generic Neil Gaiman Heroine (@Molly_VE) February 8, 2018

  75. 75.

    dmsilev

    February 7, 2018 at 9:14 pm

    @Jeffro: I’d suggest a B Ark. SpaceX has this shiny new rocket…

  76. 76.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 9:19 pm

    #breaking First images from Pyongyang show the military parade is happening. Nothing yet on North Korean TV. TBD if they’ll show it live or wait to carefully edit the images first. Sources say North Korea banned foreign press to avoid questions about authenticity of missiles. https://t.co/O8lgfG13r6

    — Will Ripley (@willripleyCNN) February 8, 2018

  77. 77.

    Jay S

    February 7, 2018 at 9:22 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: We can not afford to have a phony missile gap! The fake Trump parade must go on! ETA bigger and better fake missiles, fantasy weapons, invisible planes.

  78. 78.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 9:22 pm

    In past parades, analysts have wondered if the missiles are real or are mockups. Close examination of news photos has indicated that some seem to be mockups. News reporters are highly restricted at this parade.

  79. 79.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 7, 2018 at 9:23 pm

    so this should be in the trump’s hair thread down below but I’m a fucking rebel, so…

    Howard Gewirtz @ howard_gewirtz
    The picture is what happens after a badly done hair transplant. There’s a scar left where the donor hair came from that produces that bald spot. VERY common and ALWAYS the result of poor transplantation.
    Briar @ nethersky
    It is a microcylinder weave. An elaborate process costing $60k and then it must be reworked when the hair grows out to tighten it. The orange tone of his hair is the human donor hair which is typically sourced from Asia which does not bleach well. If you look closely, he is gray.

  80. 80.

    Patricia Kayden

    February 7, 2018 at 9:25 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: $60 k and yet it still looks fake and horrible. Sad.

  81. 81.

    Gin & Tonic

    February 7, 2018 at 9:27 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: That is way more than I ever wanted to know about the subject.

  82. 82.

    Jager

    February 7, 2018 at 9:28 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Probably stiffed the doc who did the transplant.

  83. 83.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 9:30 pm

    As every half-hour increment approaches, hope builds in the wonk community that North Korean tv will switch from propaganda videos to the parade.

  84. 84.

    jl

    February 7, 2018 at 9:33 pm

    Oh geez. I’m sure another commenter mentioned this but no time to go through all 80 something. It’s too damn close to Trump planning his own big military parade. He’ll want one bigger and better and longer. From what I hear about soldiers’ enthusiasm for humongous and lengthy parade ground exercises like this, might cause some mutinies.

    Edit: can we make a plea to NK to call it off or downsize it? And if Trump gets too ticked off, I don’t want WWIII over parade drill envy.

  85. 85.

    Another Scott

    February 7, 2018 at 9:33 pm

    @Mike in NC: Yup. Bomber Gap – Aviation Day Deception.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  86. 86.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 7, 2018 at 9:33 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: and more than trump ever wanted known, I’m sure. That’s why this makes me chuckle. I can’t imagine he isn’t aware of the word buzzing around the twitterverse

  87. 87.

    Adam L Silverman

    February 7, 2018 at 9:34 pm

    Alain just got back to me and says:

    Something is way fucked up and I’m scared of touching a thing.

    I’m not sure what’s going on with that link. I tried the url as well and then tried iframe and when I do that, it shows me the bj site front page which makes no sense.

    Sorry!

  88. 88.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 9:37 pm

    From someone in Pyongyang. Looks like another hour. I’m gonna do something else, will return later. Maybe I’ll put up another thread to continue the essential discussion of Trump’s botched hair transplant.

    It looks like the the parade will begin after lunch.

    — Michael Spavor (@mpspavor) February 8, 2018

  89. 89.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 9:38 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: North Korean video is strange.

    ETA: Thanks to you and Alain for trying.

  90. 90.

    Thor Heyerdahl

    February 7, 2018 at 9:44 pm

    Saw this on Twitter about Trump’s dream weaver hair and thought of our blogmaster and Steve

    “He looks like a shaved cat’s ass.”
    https://twitter.com/FeralNegress/status/961407465333186560

  91. 91.

    Jay S

    February 7, 2018 at 9:48 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I can’t see anything current in the Gewirtz twitter timeline. Here’s a 2017 article with some divorce testimony. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trumps-hair-mystery-solved-he-had-scalp-reduction_us_58966965e4b061551b3dff8a

  92. 92.

    jl

    February 7, 2018 at 9:49 pm

    Saw a clip via Josh Marshall’s twitter that his central casting generals are not overly enthusiastic about the biggest most terrific classiest best ever military parade just for Trump and his buddies. Trump’s central casting generals went low energy on him.

    Not surprising though. The clip said that the military does rather more prosaic versions of these big parades periodically anyway around he country on military facilities. Maybe they can fly Trump around to a few of them, and tell him the thing is so damn big that they can’t fit it into DC?

  93. 93.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 7, 2018 at 9:52 pm

    @Jay S: I got that from Josh Marshall’s feed, I may have misattributed something while trying to clean up all the links and whatnots

  94. 94.

    Jay S

    February 7, 2018 at 9:58 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Ah, it is a reply not a post. From here.ETA Anyway – should move to new topic where it isn’t a diversion.

  95. 95.

    Cheryl Rofer

    February 7, 2018 at 10:02 pm

    Parade now supposed to start at midnight PST.

  96. 96.

    Adam L Silverman

    February 7, 2018 at 10:07 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: No worries. Sorry we couldn’t make it work.

  97. 97.

    hueyplong

    February 7, 2018 at 10:35 pm

    Imagining the people who sold Trump that hair for $60,000. They’re laughing their asses off, saying, “What’s he gonna do, sue us? Imagine the discovery process, the things Trump would have to admit/allege in his complaint,” etc., etc.

    It’s kind of like how he treats his immigrant workers, except that we get a daily, visual reminder.

  98. 98.

    Bjacques

    February 8, 2018 at 1:11 am

    Looks like the parade has begun. Here’s some leaked footage of the preparations as well:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O1B_rojs0fE

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