Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

In my day, never was longer.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

This blog will pay for itself.

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

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Let there be snark.

“Squeaker” McCarthy

We still have time to mess this up!

“Why isn’t this Snickers bar only a nickle?”

Good lord, these people are nuts.

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

Cole is on a roll !

So many bastards, so little time.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

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

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

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  5. 5.

    eclare

    Computer/technical question from someone who is adept at neither. My laptop battery stopped charging, and I did some research and determined that I need to download some Bios drivers. However, when I attempt to do that, I get a message that my battery must be at 10%. Well, it’s at zero, so I keep it plugged in. Is there any way to fix this, or should I just invest in some very long extension cords?

    Laptop is Dell, bought in October 2015.

  7. 7.

    Nicole

    @eclare: Are you sure your battery isn’t just done? Three years is probably about battery life in a computer. It’s not too expensive to get them replaced.

  8. 8.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD): Ongoing issue on the mobile site. Some people have claimed to find a workaround that involves going to the full site (link at bottom of page), entering your information there, exiting and re-entering, and muttering an incantation in the Dark Tongue of Mordor, but I’m not sure of the exact sequence of steps.

    The Mordorish-chant bit is especially tricky. You get the accent even just a little wrong and… well, nobody ever talks about Alain’s predecessor.

  9. 9.

    rikyrah

    LarryO was blistering on Rudy.

    THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O’DONNELL 6/7/18
    Giuliani speaks, causes Trouble for Trump
    Rudy Giuliani made off-the-cuff remarks about North Korea that the Secretary of State had to rebuff. Giuliani also made claims about Melania Trump and Stormy Daniels that the First Lady’s spokesperson had to shoot down. Lawrence asks, how much longer can Giuliani continue to damage the Trump admin?

  10. 10.

    rikyrah

    Will the problems with the mobile site be fixed anytime soon? It’s a little irritating, always having to put in your ID information.

  12. 12.

    Mike in NC

    @rikyrah: CMM reports Trumps appeared in three Playboy videos between 1994-2001 which featured nude models and soft-core porn. So much class, so much winning with Trump! U-S-A, U-S-A!

  13. 13.

    eclare

    @Nicole: Yes, before I realized it was a driver issue, I ordered a new battery and installed it. So it is brand new.

  14. 14.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @rikyrah: Heard a weird one a couple days ago. A reporter called up the president of some company after hearing that Mueller wanted to talk to him. The next day the company ceased to exist and the CEO went into hiding and nobody has seen him since. Unfortunately I can’t remember the details. Maybe Rachel included that in her list. IIRC the events happened in April.

  15. 15.

    M4

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym:

    The Mordorish-chant bit is especially tricky. You get the accent even just a little wrong and… well, nobody ever talks about Alain’s predecessor.

    Saying the chant wrong makes you a bigoted stalker? It’s worse than ambien!

  16. 16.

    Jeffro

    One more week of school for my kiddos – I don’t know how they can contain themselves. I wasn’t nearly as restrained when I was in middle/high school!

    This year I asked my wife to keep one week in August free of camps and commitments so that we can have “Dad Camp”. I’m thinking Kings Dominion one day, a double-feature the next, and so on. Nothing but picnic/cookout food all week long (well, takeout too – I mean if we fix anything at home, it has to be classic Summer FoodTM)

    Not sure if “Dad Camp” is for my kids’ benefit, or mine. ;)

  17. 17.

    germy

    Bigots: We shouldn't have to hire or serve a community we don't approve of and no one should be able to make us.

    Also bigots: What do you mean I'm fired for saying that?

    You would think they could connect the dots. But here we are…

    — Your favorite problematic fave (@Karnythia) June 7, 2018

  18. 18.

    bemused

    @rikyrah:

    I’ve had it with these stupid, bloviating old white guys who run off at the mouth with total bullshit who think they are brilliant, superior beings. They seem to exist everywhere. Rudy is just like every small town self-important old coot.

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    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @M4: Wait, are we talking about somebody specific? I didn’t even think we had an “Alain” before Alain, except one guy who volunteered and took the design in a direction nobody wanted to go. I think I missed the “bigoted stalker” part of some story.

  23. 23.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: That was the John Fotiadis architecture firm. Rachel’s usual overlong setup was to get to that story; she had the CNBC reporter who placed that call on her show.

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    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @M4: Tommy was who I was thinking of, but couldn’t remember the name. As I said, I remember technical arguments with him (“You’ll accept my design and like it!” “What do you mean I told people to accept my design and like it? That’s not me.” Paraphrase) But the rest of the story apparently escaped me, or I’ve forgotten it.

    So, OK, that confirms my statement that we can blame any issues on a mispronounced Mordorish fix-turned-curse by Alain’s predecessor.

  29. 29.

    Gin & Tonic

    @M4: I bet an enterprising data scientist with privileged access to the BJ archive could find that out pretty quickly, if it actually mattered.

  33. 33.

    rikyrah

    @Jeffro:

    This year I asked my wife to keep one week in August free of camps and commitments so that we can have “Dad Camp”. I’m thinking Kings Dominion one day, a double-feature the next, and so on. Nothing but picnic/cookout food all week long (well, takeout too – I mean if we fix anything at home, it has to be classic Summer FoodTM)

    Not sure if “Dad Camp” is for my kids’ benefit, or mine. ;)

    This is so cool. They will remember it always.

  36. 36.

    Elizabelle

    Love the Furs. Have seen them a few times in recent years. Still look and sound great, playing fiercely behind those shades.

  37. 37.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Mike in NC:

    CMM reports Trumps appeared in three Playboy videos between 1994-2001 which featured nude models and soft-core porn. So much class, so much winning with Trump! U-S-A, U-S-A!

    Well, it shows Ghoulania knew what he was talking about then when it came to porn stars.

  38. 38.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    I see Culture Warriors (r) have felt embolden by the Supreme Court decision and are now hanging “No Gays” in their store windows. Beyond, do these twats really think gays swish about like a drag queen act, what do they do with closet cases like Michele Bachmann husband? Yes, I get that this pissing on civil liberties and it’s small step to discrimination against Hispanics for being Catholics and black for being “the children of Hamm” but it seems so pathetic.

  39. 39.

    Barbara

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: If somebody asked me if I were gay when I walked into their store, I would turn the tables by asking if they were propositioning me and if there was some other kind of business going on in the basement. Once upon a time, when I was virtually a baby, I worked in the catering division of a hotel that had been booked for an Amway convention. As I was moving around the room trying to keep things tidy and otherwise doing my job a convention attendee came up and asked me if I wanted to make more money. I think merely seeing the look on my face clued him in that his question was open to highly negative interpretation and when I all but screamed “doing what?” in response, he hastily assured me that he meant “selling Amway! Of course!” I bet he never tried to recruit another waitress to his team again.

  40. 40.

    J R in WV

    @Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD):

    Also, when did autosaving commenter info become not a default[?]

    When the new EU privacy regulations went into effect a couple of weeks ago. That’s the root of all the changes. Driving both John and Alain to distraction!

  41. 41.

    J R in WV

    @eclare:

    You can get a new battery for the laptop for much less than a laptop costs, probably under a hundred dollars. I needed a new battery once, they often are swappable just by unlatching the old battery, unplugging it, and plugging the new one it.

    People actually take extra charged batteries with them when they know they will be off grid in order to keep computing in the field. Or you could take it to a computer shop, even Best Buy could probably deal with a software update and battery issue.

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