Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

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

This really is a full service blog.

The willow is too close to the house.

Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.

Bark louder, little dog.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

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

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

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

Battle won, war still ongoing.

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

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

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

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  8. 8.

    Wallis Lane

    He doesn’t need to dream, he’s got a pretty sweet situation IRL. One handsome slab of cat, and already growing out of his summer cut into furry magnificence.

  11. 11.

    West of the Rockies

    Question for the BJ commentariot:

    Okay, MSNBC has “Republican” pundits like Schmidt and David Jolley and Michael Steele… Schmidt no longer even identifies as Repub. Jolley may be about to leave the party, too.

    They routinely bash Trump and their cohorts (former cohorts).

    Fox has “liberal” Dershowitz. Do you think Dershowitz is now essentially a Republican or is he just saying what he thinks his Fox audience wants to hear?

  13. 13.

    John Cole

    @Major Major Major Major: I honestly don’t know why people have problems. I run the website on chrome and firefox (and I have edge and opera installed just to check when people complain) and I never have any of these problems on my desktop or macbook, and I never have any problems on safari on my iphone. I have ONCE in five years had an ad with volume, and I muted it and I have never had a problem again. I don’t get it. Maybe I am low maintenance and just don’t notice things that others do- I don’t notice commercials on tv because I just tune out and read until they are over, so that may be it. I also have a fuckton of memory on my desktop and the max on my macbook, so maybe it is that.

  16. 16.

    smike

    @John Cole:
    I run Firefox on a laptop, but I keep my sound muted until I want to use it. I see few ads on the site, but I never hear them (which suits me fine).

  19. 19.

    Mary G

    I haven’t put any Ad Block type software on this computer, and I get the video ad that keeps sliding into the bottom right corner, but it has no sound. It’s a minor annoyance I am happy to ignore. On the Kindle and Samsung tablets it’s more aggravating, because I am half blind so the site is zoomed in and the ad takes up a third of the screen. It’s apparently impossible to click the x to close it, not matter how hard I try. Still no big deal. I have the superfast cable internet package, so that may help the site load fast for me.

  23. 23.

    Major Major Major Major

    @John Cole: I never had an auto play audio ad here, but the streaming looping video really chewed through my phone’s battery. And that’s with just one of them making it through an adblocker! Not to mention a lot of folks are on fixed data plans.

    Anyway, lots of users reporting a problem you can’t even reproduce? This is why frontend development is haaaaard.

  24. 24.

    AnotherBruce

    I too have a lovable fat cat. He loves to love and he loves to eat, not necessarily in that order. His name is Bonks, because he loves to headbutt and play kitty kissy face. He’s a very talkative cat who gets into everything. I think he’s trying to develop an opposable thumb. It’s kind of a tragic story. I had a friend that succumbed to cancer. She raised Bonks and cherished him. And I could never thank her enough for trusting that I would take care of Bonks. I talk to him about my friend, because who knows what Cats can understand.

  31. 31.

    Betty Cracker

    Badger finished puppy school this (well, yesterday) evening. He was a bit wobbly on some skills, but I think he was valedictorian since he’s the only one who didn’t shit on the floor.

  32. 32.

    HRA

    I do not comment regularly. So it is not a problem for me to put in my name and email. I have tried to change the email to my new email and it will not take. I do need advice on how to get it done.
    The only ad that makes me crazy is the one with the hand out and finger pointing.
    Happy Birthday, eemom!
    .

  33. 33.

    Jay

    In coming!!!!!!!!!!!

    Friendly Fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    “The legal bombshells that exploded around President Donald Trump on Tuesday sent most congressional Republicans diving for cover. Rep. Tom Cole isn’t one of them.

    The Oklahoma conservative, in a Wednesday interview, didn’t hide his alarm over the eight felony convictions of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and eight felony guilty pleas by Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. He warned his party against retreating into “a fantasy world” that assumes Trump’s predicament is not both disturbing and hazardous for the GOP.

    The allegation that Trump ordered crimes to which Cohen has pleaded guilty is “potentially very dangerous,” the eight-term lawmaker said. Taken together, he added, the Manafort and Cohen cases weaken the Republican campaign to keep control of Congress so long as Democrats don’t overplay their hand with a rush toward impeachment.

    And as Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation continues, Cole didn’t rule out even a GOP Congress acting to cut Trump’s presidency short.

    “If something comes out that is clear and convincing and impeachable, I think members will act,” Cole said. He called it “too soon” for a congressional impeachment inquiry, though “I’ll leave that to the Judiciary Committee.”

    Cole’s words represent a red flag for fellow Republicans. A former chair of the Oklahoma GOP, chief of staff for the national party and head of the House campaign committee, he is among the most politically savvy members of the Republican caucus.

    The most immediate consequence of Tuesday’s legal developments, he said, is provide Mueller with additional insulation from Trump allies seeking to shut down his investigation. Though the Manafort charges didn’t concern Russian meddling, he explained, the guilty verdicts mean “you can’t dismiss it as a witch hunt.”

    “I don’t know what it is,” Cole said of the special counsel probe. “Yesterday was a pretty sobering day. The Mueller probe needs to be allowed to proceed.”

    https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-first-crack.html?m=1

  37. 37.

    CaseyL

    @Betty Cracker:

    I think he was valedictorian since he’s the only one who didn’t shit on the floor.

    That’s an important skill for a dog, not shitting on the floor. He should at least make Dean’s list.

    Congrats, Badger!

  40. 40.

    TheMightyTrowel

    Our two cats are on the chubby side of healthy and Mr. Trowel almost cries every time the vet tells him they ought to be skinnier.

    in other news: Australia appears to be without a government again. Looks like we’re well on our way to our 5th PM in the 6 years I’ve lived here. Bloody backstabbing politicians who’d rather jockey for power in the party room than actually f’ing govern!

  44. 44.

    Jay

    @TheMightyTrowel:

    The Vet said Little Bit was too fat.

    I said she was big boned and muscular.

    He said no, she’s not and started to touch her.

    She pushed him away, jumped down off the table, pushed the fridge out from the wall and hid behind it.

    He said, “yup, she’s big boned and muscular”.

  47. 47.

    TheMightyTrowel

    @Jay: Ha! Yeah, our problem is that the cats are very different sizes. Gambit is big boned and muscular (and would be entirely indolent if it were up to him) whilst little brother Storm is wirey and hyperactive but also hungrier. We have yet to figure out how to feed them separately without a massive freakout so Gambit gets about what he should get fed while Storm gets a bit too much

  50. 50.

    Jay

    @TheMightyTrowel:

    We just have a never ending food bowl. Jellyman, the shed roof Kitty is skinny and hyper. Little Bit, who fit in one hand when we got her and had a pipe cleaner for a tail, has gotten “chunky”. But then, she spent 10 years wrestling with a Pittie, just for fun and tripping a Belgian when she felt like it.

    Cappy, Capra, a beautiful orange tabby, long passed, was the only one who could handle her, when she had her oats up. He’d put her in a choke hold then use her as a pillow once she passed out.

  53. 53.

    TheMightyTrowel

    @Jay: ours are rescue cats and obviously had a traumatic kittenhood. if we leave food available they eat compulsively until they barf then keep eating

  54. 54.

    Jay

    @sukabi:

    Nope, he put raisins in the potato salad and gestated turkeys too long for the Hamptons crowd.

    He’s desperately searching for a new crowd to hang with.

  55. 55.

    Jay

    @TheMightyTrowel:

    Jelly does that sometimes. I just clean it up. Dude spent two years abandoned by his family when they moved, living on a rotting shed roof in an area with a whole bunch of predators.

    Bitsie was a barn kitten. She had a better life.

  56. 56.

    opiejeanne

    @John Cole: I’m on a Mac Book and the ads have started annoying me just recently. I tend to keep the whole computer on mute to avoid bothering my husband while he sleeps and I do the insomnia dance.

  63. 63.

    eemom

    Thank you so much for the kind birthday wishes, y’all. ❤️❤️❤️

    I am too old to be up this late/early.

  66. 66.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    @HRA:

    When you change your e-mail, the site sees you as a new commenter, and your comments will not appear until you have been “approved” by a front-pager. I hope that has happened, since we are seeing this message.

  71. 71.

    zhena gogolia

    I love you, Steve! You’re on my calendar this month and I don’t want September to come.

  73. 73.

    Aleta

    @zhena gogolia:
    Most people don’t know that this song was originally written for cats like Steve.

    I love, I love, I love my calendar cat
    Yeah, sweet calendar cat
    I love, I love, I love my calendar cat
    Every day
    Every day
    Of the year. Every day of the year.

  74. 74.

    sherparick

    @West of the Rockies: Dershowitz is saying what he thinks his audience (in particular Donald Trump and Sheldon Adelson) want to hear. Also, Dershowitz and his shilling for Trump are completely understandable, despite his “liberal” reputation regarding American politics, as he is a complete Likudnik and Netanyanhu fan boy regarding Israel and the Middle East. Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran is his favorite song.

  77. 77.

    sherparick

    @Steeplejack (phone): When you look at her web site, it is obvious that she is quoting the story from Harwood. I expect more of an error when she tried to post the link or thought the link was there in the text, not malice.

  81. 81.

    J R in WV

    @eemom:

    Happy Birthday, youngen!! I’m sneaking up on 68 later on this year, and 56 is better. I was tearing into a building project hands on when I was 56.

  82. 82.

    JoeyJoeJoe

    @Jay:

    Tom Cole has a history of being independent from time to time. That’s partially why he lost his position as NRCC chair. I’m not surprised that he’d speak up like this.

  83. 83.

    Darrin Ziliak (formerly glocksman)

    The Devil is coming to Evansville on August 30.

    Local columnist has a list of predictions

    4. The national media will screw up some obvious detail about Evansville

    “The small Indiana city just outside Chicago …”

    5. Speaking of the media …

    Man, those rallygoers are gonna boo the hell out of us. They sure did last time Trump was in town, and the rage building around the press has only grown since then.

    I’m really leaning towards joining the protesters, but getting inside and booing sounds good as well. ?

  88. 88.

    D58826

    @TheMightyTrowel:

    Bloody backstabbing politicians who’d rather jockey for power in the party room than actually f’ing govern!

    Backstabbing is easy. Almost as easy as front stabbing. Governing is HARD

  90. 90.

    Bonnie

    My cat used to be nice and round like Steve; but, at 17, she is now quite skinny. Still, the vet tells me she is very healthy for her age. Now, she and I are having a contest to see which of us lives longer. However, I keep reminding her that if she does live longer than I, she will have to live with a friend of mine who has 7 cats and one dog, which I think she would hate.

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