Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

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

Republicans in disarray!

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

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

Usually wrong but never in doubt

No one could have predicted…

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

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

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

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

The words do not have to be perfect.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Consistently wrong since 2002

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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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