Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“woke” is the new caravan.

I’m just a talker, trying to find a channel!

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

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

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

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

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

I also would like a pony to improve my balloon juice experience.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

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

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

In short, I come down firmly on all sides of the issue.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

We still have time to mess this up!

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Innocent people don’t delay justice.

People are weird.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

with the Kraken taking a plea, the Cheese stands alone.

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  1. 1.

    Another Scott

    Wow. That woman’s blouse certainly is an attention-getter!

    :-)

    Thanks.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  3. 3.

    SenyorDave

    I love how the station made this into a breaking news story with almost a sense of breathlessness.

  5. 5.

    Luthe

    FYI for NoVa folks:

    I am moving in to my new apartment on Monday. Anyone want to do a meet-up sometime toward the end of next week?

  6. 6.

    SenyorDave

    @plato: Michelle Obama is the world’s most admired woman.

    And who finished 19th out of 20? The one and only FLOTUS Birther McBirtherface (thank you, Betty Cracker, this name is now ingrained into my brain forever). I can only hope that finding this out makes for a miserable day for the orange turd.

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    @Luthe: hi lithe, I am on the train so I can’t check, but I think you are one of the people who volunteered to help with testing buI didn’t t send me your email address. If that’s the case, please send email to my nym at balloon-juice.com. Thanks

  14. 14.

    rikyrah

    ????

    Y’all know exactly who you are who owe me, and like most black people who have been screaming that Trump is the SYMPTOM and not the cause since BIRTHERISM, an apology.

    — Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) July 18, 2019

  15. 15.

    rikyrah

    ???

    I keep thinking about how all of the Black and Brown people who are sitting in jail bc they can’t afford bail for minor offenses while Hope Hicks is out here living her best life. It’s the kind of thought that literally makes me ILL https://t.co/VEMQwYkza5

    — Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) July 18, 2019

  17. 17.

    rikyrah

    Damn…too too young :(

    Ex-Giants offensive lineman Mitch Petrus dies of heat stroke aged 32 while working outside for his family business in Arkansas where ‘real feel’ temperatures were over 100 degrees
    Pulaski County Coroner Gerone Hobbs says Petrus died Thursday night at a North Little Rock hospital
    Petrus had worked outside all day at his family shop in Lonoke County
    His cause of death is listed as heat stroke
    Petrus was a University of Arkansas walk-on who earned all-Southeastern Conference honors in 2007 and 2009
    He was drafted by the Giants in the fifth round in 2010 and had a three-year NFL career, winning a Super Bowl with New York
    The temperature in Little Rock was a blazing 92degrees on Thursday but had a ‘realfeel’ of a scorching 100 plus degrees
    By ASSOCIATED PRESS and MATTHEW WRIGHT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

    PUBLISHED: 10:15 EDT, 19 July 2019 | UPDATED: 12:02 EDT, 19 July 2019

  22. 22.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    Just rewatched “Years and Years” again. It is a truly frightening series. I think the most frightening scene is Emma Thompson’s character Vivian Rook explaining to a bunch of companies who are bidding to run the concentration camps (and as for “running” we mean maintaining the bricks and mortar not doing anything for the people inside) how “concentration camp” is just a term “you could have a camp full of oranges and it would be a concentration of oranges”. She also explains the historical background of the Boer War where the Brits placed the homeless people displaced by the war into camps where “nature took its course, disease and pestilence took care of the problem”. The matter of fact way that she described her policy is absolutely chilling. If you get a chance to watch the whole series, do. It really should be required watching as to how things can get when good people do nothing.

  23. 23.

    Brachiator

    @plato:

    Michelle Obama is the world’s most admired woman.

    Before I looked at the details, I was going to write, “Does the Queen of England know about this?”

    But I see that Her Majesty is in the top 10.

    Also Interesting to see that Hillary Clinton also ranks higher than Melania.

  24. 24.

    rikyrah

    @chris:

    While Justice Dems and @AOC get savaged for backing primary challengers, a PAC linked to centrist Democrats is backing a GOP challenger to a vulnerable Democrat, @KatieHill4CA https://t.co/IA8iP8W20c— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) 19 July 2019

    Backing a GOP challenger?
    Phuck outta here.

  26. 26.

    Martin

    @chris: Katie will win. The fear of a democratic rep has been dispelled (Duncan Hunter doing his part to help that), and holy fuck do Californians hate Trump. They’re raising money well, Katie Porter (similar district) hasn’t suffered for coming out for impeachment.

    But fuck the centrist Dems all the same.

  27. 27.

    chris

    @Martin: Thank you, that’s reassuring. Hard to believe that any Dem these days would get within spitting distance of a Repub without… well, spitting.

  28. 28.

    kindness

    I saw a clip on those penguins yesterday. Cute. Of course yesterday they didn’t say the Sushi shop owner had been feeding them fresh sushi like they did today.

    I am shocked, shocked I tell you to see these wild animals that I have been feeding continue to show up where I have been feeding them!

  30. 30.

    J R in WV

    Have to say, if they are supporting any Republican running against ANY Democrat, they are NOT Centrist Democrats. They are fascist Republicans, and no mistake about that!!

  32. 32.

    Shana

    @Luthe: Yep, let me know when and where.

    Can I also say I love that a group of penguins is called “a waddle.”

  34. 34.

    Aleta

    Blair Braverman @BlairBraverman
    Y’all, having sled dogs has been so good for my body image. And not because mushing is a joy-filled, physical outdoor activity, although that’s true. It’s actually something much simpler than that.

    (thread+ fab dog pics!)

  39. 39.

    Annamal

    I love wandering at night along Wellington waterfront, in some places you can hear something that sounds like a cross between a really angry donkey and a mournful demon which lets you know that there are penguins near by :)

    Having said that, the announcer is wrong about pigeons and politicians being the only wildlife around, Wellington now has a great deal of native wildlife co-existing (thanks to a fully fenced wildlife sanctuary about 30 minutes from the city centure). It’s been absolutely amazing over to years to go from just the occasional tui to a full on dawn chorus with destructive parrots:
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/114203132/wellingtons-bored-and-overfed-kk–pose-hazard-with-tree-stripping

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