Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

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

“Squeaker” McCarthy

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Bark louder, little dog.

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

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

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

The willow is too close to the house.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

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

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

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  2. 2.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @eemom: Thank you. Whose/ who’s is one of those things that always makes me loose it.

    Lose / loose being another.

  5. 5.

    Mnemosyne

    Thanks, I needed that.

    I especially liked the players who were like, Well, I guess we get a time-out!

    And I’m assuming the security guy was the closest one who had a leash/harness handy.

  6. 6.

    TenguPhule

    At the U.S. border, asylum seekers fleeing violence are told to come back later

    In several cities along the border, asylum seekers who follow the Trump administration’s instructions and go through official border crossings are turned away and told to return later.

    JFC, our national asylum policy has turned into an automated support line.

    Via Wapo.

  7. 7.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @Matt Smith: I’m wondering if he is a police dog, possibly working with that heavily armed cop who runs onto the field. What other dog would be that close to the action?

    I imagine him sitting there, all seriousness the way well-trained working dogs are, as the ball goes back and forth in front of him… and all those people running.. back … and forth… until he just can’t stand it any more.

  8. 8.

    jacy

    Okay, getting ready to head out and present my case in a last-ditch attempt to avoid another custody battle. Think good thoughts for me.

  10. 10.

    Mnemosyne

    @jacy:

    Good luck, and keep reminding yourself that he’s doing this because he knows he’s losing the long game. Don’t let him get to you.

  15. 15.

    Roger Moore

    @Mnemosyne:

    And I’m assuming the security guy was the closest one who had a leash/harness handy.

    I assumed he had a leash handy because his dog slipped it and ran out onto the field.

  16. 16.

    JPL

    @jacy: Good luck and remember rosie the raccoon climbed 25 stories only to be released in happier surroundings. She persisted and so can you.
    I named the St. Paul raccoon Rosie because it seems fitting.

  17. 17.

    trollhattan

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym:
    Exactly–a dog can only take so much. Think it’s a malinois owned by the very overly geared cop who ran onto the field. Oops. Gonna need a couple refresher courses.

  20. 20.

    dmsilev

    So, David, as a former football referee, how exactly would you handle this situation? Yellow card the dog?

  24. 24.

    Mnemosyne

    @Roger Moore:

    If that’s the case, then that country has very poorly trained bomb-sniffing dogs. Or else they didn’t let the poor doggo have his reward after a long day’s work.

  28. 28.

    MomSense

    This brings back horrible memories of being so embarrassed when my childhood dog went onto the field during a soccer tournament. All the players on all the teams couldn’t get the ball from him. Finally my grandmother had to bring raw hamburger to the field so he would drop the ball.

    The problem was that we had a big yard and played soccer every day with all the neighborhood kids. Our dog loved to play with us. He used his snout and front paws and was the most amazing ball handler I’ve ever seen. He knew he was good too because he used to taunt us by putting the ball between his front paws, getting into a downward dog position, and wagging his tail and hind end in a teasing gesture. Of course he would escape with the ball as soon as we got close.

    Imagine a hundred kids on a field with a dog taunting them with their ball.

  33. 33.

    Roger Moore

    @dmsilev:

    So, David, as a former football referee, how exactly would you handle this situation? Yellow card the dog?

    The dog was a good boy who deserves a pat on the head. It’s the human who deserves a red card.

  34. 34.

    Platonailedit

    Is this the dog’s version of Fuckitall, I am taking my ball and going home?

  42. 42.

    Mnemosyne

    @Steeplejack:

    You will feel my pain: I’m proofing a manuscript where the author keeps saying “lightening” when he means “lightning.” And I’m only on page 5. ?

  46. 46.

    Steeplejack

    @Mnemosyne, @Steeplejack:

    Then it gets worse when the writer argues with you that he/​she is spelling it right. Can’t remember a good example; it might have been something like principle/​principal. More likely something a bit more esoteric, like material/​matériel, as in “war matériel.” Good times.

  47. 47.

    trollhattan

    @Steeplejack:
    Running along the perimeter of Santa Rosa Airport, which began life as an airbase, is Ordinance Road. They should have called it “Stuff What Blows Up Road” instead of misspelling Ordnance but what are you going to do?

  49. 49.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Steeplejack: I used “materiel” in a comment on an almost top-10,000 blog just this very morning. But I’ll admit I’m lazy about diacritical marks. They’re actually easier on an iPhone, but then you have the whole re-enter-my-nym-every-comment thing.

  53. 53.

    burnspbesq

    Has President Asshat claimed credit for the success of the 2026 World Cup bid yet?

  54. 54.

    burnspbesq

    If Spain crashes and burns due to its sudden and self-inflicted managerial turmoil, who gets tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail, the head of the federation or Perez, the Jerry Jones of Madrid?

  56. 56.

    Roger Moore

    @Mnemosyne:

    He does at least use Oxford commas correctly.

    But does he use them consistently? I think it’s most important to be consistent in which style you use; switching back and forth can leave your readers confused.

  58. 58.

    Aleta

    Dogs invented soccer just not with the boundary lines, penalties, restarts and rules.

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