Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

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

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

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

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

In my day, never was longer.

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

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And We’re Off

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And we’re off on another excellent adventure.

I’m feeling really confident about my music selection. It was tough winnowing it down to only 200 gigs, but I feel pretty confident I can make it two weeks on what I have.

Check in with you all when I reach Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina.

And if you have not already, don’t forget to pick up your 2019 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar, available here:

Those pets aren’t going to spay and neuter themselves.

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  2. 2.

    HinTN

    Safe trip, Cole. I know a guy that’s a chef in a restaurant in Charleston if you’re looking for recommendations.

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    Betty Cracker

    Sullivan’s Island! I visited that place as a child with my grandmother; we stayed overnight with relatives. All I really remember about it is that it had an usual lighthouse. Have fun!

    Also, those dogs on the calendar cover are weapons-grade cute! Whose are they?

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    A

    Heh, I’m here right now. Hit the Pour House on Maybank Highway while your down here multiple times. Easily the best music bar in this ridiculously fun city.

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    A

    Seriously, I’m staying only like 15 mins away. If you need recs for anything, or want to get together for coffee, give a shout out. Also, best coffee place in the city is Muddy Waters (also on Maybank Highway, on the way to Folly Beach). But I’m biased! :-)

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    Yarrow

    @Betty Cracker: I asked the same question in the last calendar thread and Lee responded and said they were his! Link to comment by Lee. What he said:

    Those two maniacs are mine!

    Roo is the red merle and Confetti is the blue.

    They will be a year old in February. We adopted them in June from someone who could no longer take care of them because of an illness.

    They are totally adorable and it’s such a good story to go along with it. Happy first Christmas to the cover dogs!

    Safe travels, Cole. Hope you have a good trip.

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    Raven

    We’re almost to Charlotte, I’ve given up the “I have to drive every second “ in favor of splitting the effort. The fish are still hitting in South Carolina so there is that. Were doing 2 days at home and then off to the Easy.

  27. 27.

    Peale

    @jeffreyw:i think what we do is break into the tool shed and bring out threaded comments and the like button. As long as we put them back before he gets home…let’s upvote like crazy

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    CaseyL

    Have a safe trip and a great vacation! We eagerly await the tales of your (mis)adventures, though hopefully Lily will keep you out of too much trouble.

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    frosty

    @Raven: We flipped. I used to do all the driving, but the last couple years my wife does 90% of it. Fine with me, I get to get on the phone and correct everyone who’s wrong on the internet while we travel.

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    janesays

    “Winnowing it down” to 200 gigs?

    That’s about 40,000 songs in MP3 format… are these FLAC files?

  41. 41.

    serge

    John…please don’t bring any crappy WV weather down with you. The weather here is finally good after about 237 inches of rain…I just moved off of Sullivan’s Island a few months ago after 30+ years on the beach. The insurance for my shack (almost literally) was pushing $20K a year. Shout if you need any help while you’re here!

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