Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Giving up is unforgivable.

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

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

“Alexa, change the president.”

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

You know he’s going to shit a cat.

People are weird.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Fucking consultants! (of the political variety)

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

Second rate reporter says what?

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

Today in our ongoing national embarrassment…

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Respite Open Thread: The Blog’s Three Favorite (Non-Controversial) Subjects

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Like this guy, I am tired of watching Republicans behave badly.

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What The ACTUAL Hell??

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Did he really just say this?

I am going to be out of can’t evens before this all ends.

Open thread

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Lawyer lawsuits and other horseshit

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If you were puzzled by Trump impeachment lawyer Jay Sekulow’s odd rant about “lawyer lawsuits” yesterday, you’re not alone. Turns out he misunderstood Rep. Val Demings’ reference to “FOIA lawsuits” and wasted several minutes of the Senate’s time on a moronic non-issue:

The Post has a story about it here: An embarrassing moment for Trump’s legal team.

Appearing shortly after 6 p.m. on the Senate floor, Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Jay Sekulow offered an indignant rebuke of the Democrats’ impeachment managers. What he was so incensed about: that they had allegedly referred to “lawyer lawsuits” in prosecuting the case against Trump.

“And by the way — lawyer lawsuits?” Sekulow began. “Lawyer lawsuits? We’re talking about the impeachment of a president of the United States, duly elected, and the members — the managers are complaining about lawyer lawsuits? The Constitution allows lawyer lawsuits. It’s disrespecting the Constitution of the United States to even say that in this chamber — lawyer lawsuits…”

What’s even more remarkable about the flap is that the White House actually stood by Sekulow’s allegation. Asked about the remark by reporters later in the night, White House legislative affairs director Eric Ueland reportedly walked away, only to return a while later — apparently after checking? — and suggest that Sekulow had not erred.

Make a monumentally dumb error, then double down on it. How on brand is that for Team Trump?

Also, a reminder: Sekulow is a grifter who parts wingnut evangelical fools from their money via a fraudulent nonprofit. Again, SO on brand!

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Switching gears, Joe Biden’s campaign just released another video. It’s a long one featuring Andrew Bates, the campaign’s rapid response director — just a regular guy having a beer while explaining why Trump’s corruption accusation against Biden is self-serving horseshit. The words “horseshit” and “bullshit” are used, amplifying the regular guy down at the pub vibe…

[Points off for the green grocer apostrophes laid over Trump’s “yelicopter” dialogue at the 3:16 mark.]

 

I think Biden’s campaign ads thus far have been pretty good. This one isn’t up to their usual standard, IMO, but it’s not an ad they’re going to run on TV. They want to get the facts about Biden’s activities in Ukraine out in a relatively succinct package for people to share on Facebook, etc. It’ll probably work just fine for that. Open thread.

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Quinerly In New Mexico – Meetups

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Green balloons

Quinerly has landed in Las Vegas, NM, for a train ride. She’ll be in Santa Fe for a month – January 27 to February 27 – and we should have a meetup while she’s here. She particularly likes La Boca restaurant, so let’s start with that as the venue and, arbitrarily, the week of February 3. La Boca is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week.

With the new site, we have a new option. Instead of one or a few posts getting buried, you can always see what’s happening with the meetup by clicking on “Balloon Juice Meetups” under “Calling All Jackals.” The meetup information will have a link to this post, where you can comment. The Seattle meetup post is set up already, so you can see there how it works.

Also, if you’d like to meetup with Quinerly in one of her other New Mexico destinations,

  • Gallup – February 27 to March 1
  • Farmington – March 1 to 7

comment here, and we’ll (that is, WaterGirl will) put the information in the appropriate meetup pages.

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20 Questions

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I thought this quiz from the Post was an interesting exercise in figuring out which candidate to support. I’m sure most of you have made your decision but you might be curious to see if your preferences match your quiz results. Unfortunately, the quiz includes Tulsi, but not everything in the world can work right. Here’s my list – I was surprised at the Yangmentum:

Open thread.

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