Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

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

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

After roe, women are no longer free.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Ah, the different things are different argument.

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

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

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

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Everybody saw this coming.

“woke” is the new caravan.

In short, I come down firmly on all sides of the issue.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Republicans in disarray!

Bark louder, little dog.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

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Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

So please, speak up and share some of your adventures and travel news here, and submit your pictures using our speedy, secure form. You can submit up to 7 pictures at a time, with an overall description and one for each picture.

You can, of course, send an email with pictures if the form gives you trouble, or if you are trying to submit something special, like a zipped archive or a movie. If your pictures are already hosted online, then please email the links with your descriptions.

For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

Have a great weekend y’all, and enjoy the pictures!

 

Today, pictures from valued commenter VickiD.

Sabah State, Malaysia (on Borneo). March 2018. Into the jungle.

Sabah State, Malaysia (on Borneo). March 2018. An Orangutan in the wild.

 

Sabah State, Malaysia (on Borneo). March 2018.  Things grow big in Borneo

Thank you so much VickiD, do send us more when you can.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

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19Comments

  1. 1.

    J R in WV

    I always know when I wake up in the middle of the night there will be something new on Balloon-Juice!

    This morning it was just after 5 am, I was really dry, so I got a drink of water and sat down.

    Thanks VickiD for the photos, I’ve never thought of going to Borneo, but how interesting !!! Looks HOT and DAMP there for sure.

  3. 3.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    Very cool! Things do grow big in Borneo.

    Good morning, everybody. I’ve missed y’all. I hope/plan to read and interact again soon.

  10. 10.

    Tarragon

    Question for photo loving Juicers…

    My 5 year-old, Rosemary, loves borrowing phones to take pictures. She has a surprisingly good sense of composition and takes better photos than I do. I love that she does this.

    So far she’s only ever used a cell phone camera, but we’re SooooOOOoooo not ready to get her a phone of her own. I don’t know that she would enjoy a point and shoot in the same way, plus she’s 5; It’ll get dropped, wet, and probably dropped while wet. The kid targeted cameras I’ve seen are all pretty crappy with a tiny screen and I’m pretty sure the big screen is part of the joy for her.

    Any one have thoughts about a way to go here?

  11. 11.

    Elizabelle

    @Tarragon: Give her an older smartphone with a camera but no service otherwise? Maybe you could pull the photos down to a laptop via USB?

    I have heard of people using their old iPhones for photos …

  13. 13.

    Wag

    @Tarragon:

    My son, Now age 12, loves photography. He now has a digital SLR, but he started off just like your daughter. Our first solution was to get him an iTouch which had a fairly decent camera on it.

  15. 15.

    FlyingToaster

    @Tarragon: When WarriorGirl was 6, we got her the Nikon Coolpix S30; the current iterations are the W100 and W300. It’s Waterproof, Shockproof, and we attached a wrist-float to it so when she dropped it in the Gulf we could easily retrieve it.

  16. 16.

    Dev Null

    Somewhat off-topic, but has anyone noted this?

    “President Trump’s allies are waging an increasingly aggressive campaign to undercut the Russia investigation by exposing the role of a top-secret FBI source,” the Washington Post reports.

    “The extraordinary push begun by a cadre of Trump boosters on Capitol Hill now has champions across the GOP and throughout conservative media — and, as of Thursday, the first anniversary of Robert S. Mueller III’s appointment as special counsel, bears the imprimatur of the president.”

    “The stakes are so high that the FBI has been working over the past two weeks to mitigate the potential damage if the source’s identity is revealed… The bureau is taking steps to protect other live investigations that the person has worked on, and trying to lessen any danger to associates if the informant’s identity becomes known.”

    From the WashPost via PoliticalWire (source)

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    @Dev Null: Your first paragraph, I read about that earlier this week. Paragraphs 2 and 3 are even more frightening than the horrors we are seeing every day. It’s like there is a coup going on in our government.

  19. 19.

    Tarragon

    Thanks all, I’ll think about this a bit. I don’t think we’re ready to give her a fully enabled phone or iPod touch but it looks like I can lock it down really if I sign up for some MDM (Mobile Device management) software so it’s still in the running. I’ll definitely look as the cool pix cams too.

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