Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

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

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

The words do not have to be perfect.

This really is a full service blog.

The current Supreme Court is a rogue court. Very dangerous.

Cole is on a roll !

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

Republicans do not pay their debts.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

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

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Democrats have delivered the Square Deal, the New Deal, the Fair Deal, and now… the Big Joe Biden Deal.

“Cheese and Kraken paired together for the appetizer trial.”

Never forget that he train is barreling down on Trump, even as he dances on the tracks.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Every day Vance writes another chapter in the book called “Worst VP Pick Ever”.

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

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Open Thread: Jimmy Carter Has No Hecks Left to Give

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Former President Carter is a Baptist gentleman of a certain age, so language. But he does have a standing bias against parasitic worms…

The current Oval Office Occupant, needless to say, treated these comments with his usual class and graciousness. Suck on it, Donnie, President Carter has a Nobel Peace Prize and *he* didn’t even have to go sucking up to the Swedes for it…

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Saturday Afternoon Open Thread: Cat Rulz

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Also, feral chickens are tormenting England. (h/t Dorothy Winsor)

Feral chickens roaming in Vallee des Vaux, Jersey

Jersey is being terrorised by hordes of feral chickens, which have been waking up locals, damaging gardens and even chasing joggers.

Residents have been making complaints about the birds, which have also become a traffic hazard. Two small culls have been carried out, but they continue to cause chaos, the Environment Minister has admitted.

It is believed the chickens were once pets which were abandoned, before rapidly breeding. They now roam the British island in 100-strong groups.

 

It looks like you’ve been abandoned today! Here’s a nice fresh open thread, which will now be followed by a flurry of open threads.

Have at it.

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Saturday Morning Open Thread: For the Win

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Yeah, I don’t pretend to understand soccer, but I’m enjoying this. Per the Washington Post:

… Rapinoe’s contributions punctuated a glorious night for women’s soccer, which is trying to make gains in a male-dominated sport. The United States and France were the top two favorites in the tournament, but the draw had placed them in the same bracket for a likely meeting in the quarterfinals.

“I hope this will help this women’s game go further and move into that next level,” said French Coach Corinne Diacre, whose third-ranked team has lost in the quarterfinals in each of the past five major world tournaments…

As kickoff neared, streets leading to the venue filled with fans singing and marching with flags and traditional scarves. Among the chants: “Equal pay!” — a reference to the U.S. players’ efforts for gender equality within the U.S. Soccer Federation…

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St. Louis Meet Up Proof of Life: The Up Meeters!

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Commenter Lapassionara sent me some proof of life pictures from the St. Louis meet up, where the chefs and cooks were bland, unzested, but ready!

Picture one is Commenter Quinerly in the middle flanked by Opiejeanne and BC in Illinois.

Picture two is Opiejeanne, Mr. Opiejeanne, a mystery guest, Marco Polo, and Lapassionara.

Open thread!

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Russian State TV Implies the President Is a Woman Subservient to Putin

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Karavai (the Russian spelling and pronunciation) is a traditional bread made by women and presented on a towel at weddings and other festivities by women in Ukraine (koravai), Belarus, Poland (korawaj), Bulgaria (kravai), and Russia. Russian state TV decided to memorialize the President’s meeting with Putin at the G20 summit this way:

Insult to injury.

Open thread.

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Women’s World Cup Open Thread: Captain Rapinoe, Huzzah!

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[SPOILERS]: Per the Washington Post:

This was a spectacle of women’s soccer, a capacity crowd in a famous stadium roaring as a reigning champion and an overdue contender collided in one of the most anticipated Women’s World Cup matches in history.

It lived up to its billing, and more. And when 90 exhausting minutes expired, the United States remained in contention for a fourth championship by edging France, 2-1, in a riveting quarterfinal before 45,595 at Parc des Princes.

Megan Rapinoe — the focal point of attention on the field by her exploits and off it for her outspoken opinions on politics, race and gender equality — scored twice for the second consecutive match as the Americans advanced to play England on Tuesday in Lyon…

Been a busy week for Ms. Rapinoe…

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