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Open Thread: Why I {Heart} the Internet

by Anne Laurie|  June 9, 20185:20 pm| 70 Comments

This post is in: Dog Blogging, Open Threads, Daydream Believers

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When your landlord has a strict 'no dogs' policy pic.twitter.com/8fEFhIhxCY

— Paul Bronks (@BoringEnormous) June 6, 2018

That's just a poodle dressed up to look like a zebra. Actual zebras are much larger.

— Pastor Pete Peters (@PastorPPeters) June 6, 2018

NOW you tell me… https://t.co/lFYcXE8lqa

— Paul Bronks (@BoringEnormous) June 6, 2018


 
But srsly, folks…

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— ???? Lin-Manuel Miranda ?????? (@Lin_Manuel) June 8, 2018

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  1. 1.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2018 at 5:25 pm

    I’m so glad you guys have turned me on to Paul Bronks, my new substitute for the lamented Cute Overload.

    I can’t refuse Lin-Manuel anything.

  2. 2.

    Jerry Russian

    June 9, 2018 at 5:29 pm

    What sounds do zebras make? One way to tell which species it is would be to ask it a few questions. If it answers “woof”, then it is most likely a dog. If it answers with whatever sounds zebras make, then it is most likely a zebra.

  3. 3.

    debbie

    June 9, 2018 at 5:35 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    First I’ve seen of him, and I can’t stop laughing.

  4. 4.

    Mnemosyne

    June 9, 2018 at 5:37 pm

    I finally got everything I wanted to find for my niece’s graduation, and now I need to wrap everything and put it into the reusable shopping bag that is part of the gift for our family dinner tonight. Short version, I got her the academic version of the planner I like (Passion Planner) and a bunch of planner accessories, plus a couple of themed adult coloring books, plus a Target gift card.

  5. 5.

    Amir Khalid

    June 9, 2018 at 5:42 pm

    @Jerry Russian:
    If it helps any, zebras are horses, and they make horse noises. At least, that’s what the wildlife documentaries say.

  6. 6.

    Jeffro

    June 9, 2018 at 5:43 pm

    Heading out in just a bit to see Dave Matthews Band…Mrs. Jeffro can scratch that one off her bucket list now!

    (I’m a little jaded…I saw them ‘back in the day’ at smaller venues in the Valley…saw Boyd Tinsley back when he had his own trio going)

    Translation: I’m old.

  7. 7.

    frosty fred

    June 9, 2018 at 5:48 pm

    @Amir Khalid: They don’t really sound like horses, though they don’t woof either.

  8. 8.

    HumboldtBlue

    June 9, 2018 at 6:00 pm

    Just in case youse didn’t know, today is Worldwide Knit In Public day. I just ran into a large group of folks camped out in a downtown plaza busily knitting away.

    Came away with a beautiful hand painted silk scarf and left a donation for the breast health project.

    Knit on! You mighty knitters!

  9. 9.

    A Ghost To Most

    June 9, 2018 at 6:01 pm

    As if my nightmares about being bitten by dogs needed a new hellhound.

    No cat would put up with that indignity without drawing blood.

  10. 10.

    Another Scott

    June 9, 2018 at 6:11 pm

    Our doggie barely holds still to put her collar on most of the time. I can just imagine what she’d be like if I came at her with a paintbrush and a can of paint. After shaving her…

    Entertaining clip though!

    Donated++ Thanks.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  11. 11.

    Mnemosyne

    June 9, 2018 at 6:17 pm

    @HumboldtBlue:

    I am sad that my carpal tunnels made me give up knitting for now. ? I should probably learn to dictate my novels so I can knit again, but I can’t both type and knit, unfortunately.

  12. 12.

    raven

    June 9, 2018 at 6:19 pm

    Another shot at the Triple Crown coming up!

  13. 13.

    The Dangerman

    June 9, 2018 at 6:19 pm

    A zebra is a horse, of course, of course,
    And no one can talk to a zebra of course
    That is, of course, unless the zebra is the famous Mr. Ed

  14. 14.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    June 9, 2018 at 6:25 pm

    @Jeffro:

    Don’t ever tell anyone you have Dave Matthews tickets or they’ll think you have DMT or so a person I knew in school told me. Apparently DMT is a drug that slows down perception of time. The same person took this drug

  15. 15.

    Nicole

    June 9, 2018 at 6:26 pm

    @raven: I am out here at beautiful Belmont Park. It’s a gorgeous day. My seven-year-old is my date to the race. Thankfully, Belmont has a playground in the back so he’s getting to run off a little bit of energy before we go up to our nose bleed seats.

  16. 16.

    raven

    June 9, 2018 at 6:26 pm

    @Nicole: Cool! What kind of hat are you wearing?

  17. 17.

    lollipopguild

    June 9, 2018 at 6:40 pm

    @The Dangerman: “Wilber!”

  18. 18.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    June 9, 2018 at 6:44 pm

    I’ve watched the rerun of Secretariat winning the Belmont Stakes hundreds of times and it still gets to me. Let’s go Justify!

  19. 19.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2018 at 6:52 pm

    Okay, I dissed “Lady Bird” last night but I tried watching it again today and it’s not so bad. Saoirse Ronan is amazing (not sure I spelled it right), as is Laurie Metcalf (whose name I’ve been misspelling all my life). The plot is a little predictable so far but maybe the last 20 minutes will surprise me.

  20. 20.

    sukabi

    June 9, 2018 at 6:52 pm

    What a tangled web…brexit, banks, farage, Russian gold mines, bannon, Cambridge analytical & Drumpf…

    From November 2015, the ambassador, Alexander Yakovenko, courted Banks and Wigmore, inviting them to multiple events and meetings in the run-up to the European referendum, many of which, the documents suggest, they attended.

    On 16 November, the documents suggest, Yakovenko invited them to an evening meeting at the Russian embassy. It is not clear if they attended but the next day, 17 November, Leave.EU held its launch event – with Brittany Kaiser of Cambridge Analytica. And on 18 November, Banks and Wigmore again visited the embassy. On this occasion, the Russian ambassador introduced them to a Russian businessman with extensive business interests in Russian goldmines, according to documents seen by the Observer.

    It is understood they were presented with a business opportunity in which they were offered a chance to invest in a plan to buy six Russian gold firms and merge them into a single entity, potentially netting a profit of several billion dollars.

    Documents seen by the Observer suggest further meetings and discussions took place between the businessman and Banks and Wigmore, including a trip to Moscow in February 2016 during which Banks was scheduled to meet high-level officials from the state-owned bank.

    The deal to buy the goldmines with funding from the bank was announced on 5 July 2016, 12 days after the referendum. It is not clear if Banks invested, although he tweeted on 17 July 2016 : “I am buying gold at the moment & big mining stocks.” There is no public record of Banks being an investor in it.

    According to the documents seen by the Observer, the hospitality extended both ways with Banks and Wigmore inviting the ambassador and a senior Russian diplomat to attend an evening with business contacts in a pub, and even to watch the results of the referendum at Leave.EU headquarters in Millbank, although the ambassador said he had to decline because of commitments in Moscow.

    The invitations continued after the referendum during the time in which Banks, Wigmore and Farage began travelling regularly to America to support Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency, according to the documents.

    Ambassador Yakovenko met Wigmore and Banks on 19 August, the day Steve Bannon became Trump’s campaign manager. It was days before they travelled to Mississippi with Nigel Farage for a rally on 25 August at which Donald Trump introduced him to the crowds as “Mr Brexit”. He said a Trump presidency would be “Brexit plus”.

  21. 21.

    debbie

    June 9, 2018 at 6:58 pm

    @The Ancient Randonneur:

    What a beautiful run! Almost as smooth as Secretariat!

  22. 22.

    JPL

    June 9, 2018 at 6:59 pm

    Congrats to Justify and Nicole .. what a beautiful race.

  23. 23.

    JPL

    June 9, 2018 at 7:01 pm

    @debbie: That’s what I thought and he did what he had to do.

  24. 24.

    Mel

    June 9, 2018 at 7:02 pm

    This, for pure kitteh joy!

  25. 25.

    SiubhanDuinne

    June 9, 2018 at 7:04 pm

    Justify: only the 13th Triple Crown winner ever, and only the second unbeaten TC winner.

    In my TOTALLY ABOVEBOARD and ABSOLUTELY LEGAL friendly sweepstakes, I — as usual — pulled the horse with the longest odds, Abandon All Restore Hope.

  26. 26.

    HumboldtBlue

    June 9, 2018 at 7:04 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    Voice text! Solves all your problems.

  27. 27.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    June 9, 2018 at 7:07 pm

    @Mel: That upset my kittehs. The most paranoid of them is still looking for the invader.

  28. 28.

    SiubhanDuinne

    June 9, 2018 at 7:07 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    Fabulous gift! I wish I were your niece!

  29. 29.

    germy

    June 9, 2018 at 7:11 pm

    Anyone wish to contribute?

    https://www.gofundme.com/grandson039s-roger-stone-legal-fund

  30. 30.

    eemom

    June 9, 2018 at 7:12 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    I’m sure you’ve considered this already, but I just wanted to mention that I had carpal tunnel surgery in both hands and it worked perfectly. Also it is a very minimal surgery….the worst part is the EMG.

  31. 31.

    JPL

    June 9, 2018 at 7:13 pm

    @germy: I’m going to be polite. NO FKING WAY

  32. 32.

    Mel

    June 9, 2018 at 7:14 pm

    @Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism: I have two rescued oriental shorthairs, and a rescued tabby.

    The oriental shorthair girls both make that same noise themselves, so they sleep right through it. My tabby girl leaps up and smacks the screen with a look of total horror and disdain on her face – pretty much the same look she gets when her buddies shriek like that for Da Bird!

    Funny video for humans, but the feline jury is still out!

  33. 33.

    Mnemosyne

    June 9, 2018 at 7:15 pm

    @eemom:

    The last time I had it tested, I wasn’t a candidate for sugery because I didn’t have an actual blockage, just pain. I should probably get that checked again since it was over 15 years ago and the standards may have changed.

  34. 34.

    evodevo

    June 9, 2018 at 7:17 pm

    @Jerry Russian: they sound like a donkey with a cold …

  35. 35.

    The Dangerman

    June 9, 2018 at 7:18 pm

    @germy:

    Anyone wish to contribute?

    Sure, after a 12 pack.

    Oh, you meant money … nevermind.

  36. 36.

    Ruckus

    June 9, 2018 at 7:19 pm

    @germy:
    Is there a way to contribute a flaming bag of dog shit?

    If you want to read a disgusting bit of bullshit, read the entire thing. Include the comments.
    The last one is in Russian. Here’s the translation.
    Continue a good job, comrade. Together we will crush these capitalistic pigs and raise Mr. Donald to the supreme leader.

  37. 37.

    Another Scott

    June 9, 2018 at 7:19 pm

    In other news, on Twitter, Donnie just blew up the unanimous communique from the G7 summit because Trudeau said that Canada’s tariffs would still go ahead. As reported by BBC News.

    Least surprising action, ever.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  38. 38.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    June 9, 2018 at 7:21 pm

    @Jerry Russian:

    What sounds do zebras make?

    The only one I’ve ever heard sounded a lot like Chris Rock.

  39. 39.

    Mnemosyne

    June 9, 2018 at 7:24 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    It can be hard to say with her — she’s on the autism spectrum* so she has very definite opinions about what she does and does not like that can’t be moved, so either she’ll love it or she’ll just be puzzled.

    * As you may already know, a decade ago they would have said she has Asperger’s, but they’ve now realized that Asperger’s is just the highest-functioning type of autism.

    I’ve gotten the same gift pack for my Florida niece, tailored to her preferences, so I need to send that off next week. She’s actually starting her first semester of college on 6/23 because she needs to get out of the Devil Woman’s house ASAP for her own sanity.

  40. 40.

    Ruckus

    June 9, 2018 at 7:26 pm

    @eemom:
    EMGs are fun! Fun I tell you! And if anyone believes that I’ve got titles to several bridges that I’ll let you have cheap.
    I noticed that they placed the pickups at the end of your extremities. To check that the signals were going the other direction, to your brain correctly, they wait for the patient to exclaim “MotherFucker!” which is a totally appropriate response. It isn’t the response that’s important, it’s the delay between them pressing the button and your utterance. You will utter something.

  41. 41.

    JPL

    June 9, 2018 at 7:28 pm

    @Another Scott: I actually think that is him because it is hard to read without taking a breath. I hope they nail the asshole in chief.

  42. 42.

    germy

    June 9, 2018 at 7:30 pm

    @Ruckus: That one had to be a joke.

    Right?

  43. 43.

    debbie

    June 9, 2018 at 7:34 pm

    @Another Scott:

    What exactly did he think they would do? Quake in fear of him? This must be something else he’s been preparing for all his life.

  44. 44.

    Shell

    June 9, 2018 at 7:34 pm

    @Ruckus: Ive had them it wasnt as bad as I thought itd be. The worst was how long I put it off cause I dreaded it so.

  45. 45.

    JPL

    June 9, 2018 at 7:35 pm

    Trump is gonna say that Kim Jong-un treats us better than Trudeau isn’t he.

  46. 46.

    debbie

    June 9, 2018 at 7:36 pm

    @Ruckus:

    I had an EMG in my shin. Never again.

  47. 47.

    Mike in NC

    June 9, 2018 at 7:53 pm

    Apparently Trump suggested if the G-7 didn’t meet all of his absurd fairness demands, “we’ll stop trading with them”. Like the petulant man-baby that he is, he’ll just pick up his toys and go home.

  48. 48.

    rikyrah

    June 9, 2018 at 7:56 pm

    Just dust…can’t have a raggedy looking flag….no Siree, not while Grandma is around :)

    https://twitter.com/lexie_galaxie/status/1005441154316414979

  49. 49.

    JPL

    June 9, 2018 at 8:00 pm

    @Mike in NC: We have to accept the fact that he is crazy.

  50. 50.

    Steve in the ATL

    June 9, 2018 at 8:02 pm

    @JPL: he may be a moron as well.

  51. 51.

    rikyrah

    June 9, 2018 at 8:03 pm

    I love Bishop Swan’s twitter feed. His clapback against the deplorables is wonderful :)

    https://twitter.com/TalbertSwan/status/1005542159746043904

  52. 52.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    June 9, 2018 at 8:08 pm

    @rikyrah:

    That last line:

    Until then, shut it all the way up.

    I’m stealing that!

  53. 53.

    chris

    June 9, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    I know a little about the Canadian dairy business but I did not know that in the US Big Milk is just another welfare bum. Government subsidies account for 73% (!) of producer’s returns. Trump, of course, wouldn’t know anything about that.

  54. 54.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    June 9, 2018 at 8:14 pm

    @chris: Those dairy tariffs he’s bitching about were taken care of in the TPP. And, yes, the government supports dairy in much the same way it supports corn and other agricultural products with subsidy checks.

  55. 55.

    Dorothy Winsor

    June 9, 2018 at 8:18 pm

    @Mike in NC: How can he possibly think we could cut off all trade to the G7 nations?

  56. 56.

    Steve in the ATL

    June 9, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    @Dorothy Winsor: he’s crazy. And he’s a moron.

  57. 57.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    June 9, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    @The Ancient Randonneur: Government Cheese!

  58. 58.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    June 9, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: This is true.

  59. 59.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2018 at 8:28 pm

    @rikyrah:

    That’s beautiful.

  60. 60.

    chris

    June 9, 2018 at 8:30 pm

    @The Ancient Randonneur: Yup. Too bad, eh?

  61. 61.

    sukabi

    June 9, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    @Dorothy Winsor: That’s the problem, he doesn’t think, he bullies. It’s worked for him for several decades, he “feels” it will continue to work.

  62. 62.

    Juju

    June 9, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    @zhena gogolia: If you haven’t yet, watch the movie “Brooklyn”. I think it’s Saoirse Ronan’s best movie so far, although she has been very impressive in everything I’ve seen her in so far.

  63. 63.

    Shana

    June 9, 2018 at 8:33 pm

    @Mnemosyne: My younger daughter’s heading to Dallas for a year-long internship. Older daughter and I are thinking of sending her hair rollers, a bump-it and a can of hair spray. Cuz Texas. Good idea?

  64. 64.

    Shana

    June 9, 2018 at 8:35 pm

    @Jeffro: Me too. Waiting for Belle and Sebastian to start at the Anthem. Nice venue.

  65. 65.

    sukabi

    June 9, 2018 at 8:39 pm

    Drumpf is rage tweeting about Trudeau…and is blowing up the deal they all agreed on.

    He is now raging on Twitter about a statement given by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following Trump’s early exit.

    Trudeau said he would not cave to Trump’s trade demands, even if it meant a full-blown trade war.

    “I have made it very clear to the President that it is not something we relish doing, but it is something that we absolutely will do,” Trudeau said. “As Canadians, we are polite, we’re reasonable, but also we will not be pushed around.”

    Trump is aboard Air Force One en route to Singapore, and is rage-tweeting as he prepares to chat with a brutal and wily dictator.

    Trump says he will not sign the accords being drawn up at the G7 meeting out of protest.

    Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!

    — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2018

    PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that, “US Tariffs were kind of insulting” and he “will not be pushed around.” Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!

    — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2018

  66. 66.

    Ruckus

    June 9, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:
    May be a moron?
    Hasn’t he proven that about a thousand times over? And that’s just the last month.

  67. 67.

    Ruckus

    June 9, 2018 at 9:02 pm

    @germy:
    Well I translated the name and it comes back Vladimir Putin.
    So I’d say, yes.

  68. 68.

    Ruckus

    June 9, 2018 at 9:03 pm

    @debbie:
    They did my left side. Top to bottom.
    Fun times.

  69. 69.

    Nicole

    June 9, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    Goddamn Gronkowski blew up all my tickets.

    Still, it was really cool. I was here for American Pharoah in 2015, and this one is every bit as sweet. Third Eye Blind is now playing on the racetrack. Not a bad way to end the night.

  70. 70.

    Jeffro

    June 9, 2018 at 9:50 pm

    @Shana: Very cool place indeed!

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