Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Keep the Immigrants and deport the fascists!

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

The world has changed, and neither one recognizes it.

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

If America since Jan 2025 hasn’t broken your heart, you haven’t loved her enough.

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

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

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

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

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

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Our messy unity will be our strength.

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

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

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Open Thread: Speaking of Valentine’s Day – Zoom, Anyone?

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Speaking of Valentine's Day – Zoom, Anyone

The blog lord is wondering whether anyone would be interested in a Balloon Juice Zoom on Valentine’s Day.

What say you?  If you would be interested in that, let me know in the comments.  If it looks like there is enough interest, we’ll figure out the time and I’ll announce it.  Then you can RSVP to me by email so you can get the zoom link.

Open thread.  Talk about anything you want.  Personal or political.  You decide.

Update: oh, and totally unrelated, there is a new I Got the Shot! thread in the sidebar.  It’s been 30 days since I put up the first ones, so comments on that one are closed.  Have we really only been getting vaccinated for just over a month?

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    Oh my god, did T****’s attorney just point out that a president is subject to criminal prosecution after he leaves office?  (I am behind in watching the questions.)

    He also states that there is no January exception.

    In what way is that supposed to be good for T****?

  2. 2.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    I did not know about the “I Got The Shot” posts or I would have commented there. My apologies to everyone.

  4. 4.

    Brachiator

    Cool science story from BBC News

    Archaeologists have managed to get near-perfect notes out of a musical instrument that’s more than 17,000 years old.

    It’s a conch shell that was found in a hunter-gatherer cave in southern France.

    You can hear a sample of the sound at the link.

     

  5. 5.

    Amir Khalid

    @WaterGirl: ​
     If he (Schoen? Van der Veen? Castor?) did point that out, let’s hope the DoJ was listening.
    I have no objection to Trump’s own lawyers damaging his already weak case by admitting the truth.

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    @Amir Khalid:  I enjoyed the moment of imagining T**** seeing that and shouting at the screen.

    Also, the Q & A finished early!  I thought there was more than an hour left and then suddenly it was over.  yay!

  11. 11.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @WaterGirl: Yeah, then they’ll say you can’t prosecute a president for something he did while he had the protection of the office of the presidency. This is Lucy-football stuff.

  12. 12.

    NotMax

    Sure, por qué no?

    BTW, if you’re having trouble finding Zoom hosts, keep in mind that someone with a Zoom account can arrange and open the meeting and then designate someone else in the meeting as host if he/she needs to duck out.

  14. 14.

    laura

    Missed the entire next door discussion this morning. I couldn’t hack the suspicious minds and deleted it. But I look at the BestOfNextDoor twitter feed and it is Hilarious! So worth a waste of your time.

  17. 17.

    Amir Khalid

    @WaterGirl:

    Various of the media’s analysts have noted that the House managers’ case is already strong enough to ensure Trump’s conviction in a criminal court.

  19. 19.

    mali muso

    Maybe on the zoom, depending on time and childcare obligations, etc.  TGIF and I’m already ready for bed.

  23. 23.

    NotMax

    5 hours waiting around the mechanic’s shop today with the landlady to get a diagnosis on the trouble lights. Not one, but two oxygen sensors glorked, apparently. So another trip to be made when they get the parts in. Meanwhile, system has been reset and the lights are off (for now, at least). Turns out the new guy working the desk at the mechanic’s was a long time regular customer of my store back when. Then ran into two other former regulars who came from different places in the complex to use the rest room, which is right next to the mechanic’s shop. Sort of a mini old home week; they all wanted to talk story.

    Had the foresight to bring along a folding chair so I could sit outside and enjoy see-gars while reading on the Kindle. Plus a travel mug of coffee, which the repair shop gladly refilled. Also, friends have a shop right across the street so was able to pop in and schmooze with them for a bit.

    Followed with a swing by Kaiser because landlady’s doctor wanted her get a walk-in blood test. So a full day.

  24. 24.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @WaterGirl: I wasn’t mocking. I’m actually a little sorry I said anything at all that would set off the emotional vampires of Balloon Juice.

  25. 25.

    WaterGirl

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Funny, I just left this comment on a previous thread:

    I would not have predicted vaccine fights.

    Go add your vaccine comment in the I Got the Shot! thread, and tell me which sticker you want.  I’ll add it in the morning.

  26. 26.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @WaterGirl:  Yeah, there’s too many people on Balloon Juice who just sit here all day like they’re in prison, looking for a fight. It’s what drives the interesting people away.

  28. 28.

    gwangung

    @Benw: Comics fanboy here. And I’ve been loving it. I think I can guess the twist they’ll probably make…but there’s three episodes to go, so anything can happen.

    One thing I’m sure of….we’re getting another black superhero….

  29. 29.

    VeniceRiley

    @Benw:  I watched and I’m sure I’ll catch up at some point. But I find the whole 50’s so traumatizing that I never watch more than 2 episodes of Mad Men. I feel like I can’t breathe when I see it. Even a winking knowing stylized version of it.

  33. 33.

    phdesmond

    i’d be interested.  i could read the pandemic valentine’s day poem i just sent to my girlfriend.

    :-)

  37. 37.

    RedDirtGirl

    @Alison Rose: I’ll pop in. And will have a dog to show off. No, I haven’t adopted one yet, but will be watching Bruna for a week while her parent is in warmer climes.

  38. 38.

    gwangung

    @VeniceRiley: Third episode is the 70s and the current one is the 00s, so that may help. The first three episodes are designed to set you on edge with a subliminal creepiness; fourth episode gets you into standard blockbuster plotting

    @Benw: This was the chemistry that was missing in the movies…most likely because there was no space for it. The weekly format allows room to breath and is kinda like the monthly comics format anyway..

  39. 39.

    JoyceH

    I’m interested in zooming if we’ve got power here. Ice storm expected tonight, so fingers crossed.

  40. 40.

    CaseyL

    I am always up for a BJ Zoom! Valentine’s Day is a perfect excuse.

    ETA: Did the first grocery run for the new fridge.  It’s so much fun putting food away in a brand new, spanking clean, not-yet-beat-up refrigerator. (My old one was in sad shape, even before the compressor went out.)

    Also, it is snowing like mad here now in Seattle.  Not big flakes, so it doesn’t look very dramatic, but the stuff is accumulating fast.  Looking forward to seeing how deep it gets overnight.

  43. 43.

    zhena gogolia

    @Delk:

    Do you know how to do that? A friend of mine (78 years old) is nagging me to show her how to do it, and I don’t know.

  46. 46.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    I get so disgusted seeing the phrase “capitol riot” on the crawler or voiced by the pundits. It was an insurrection, not a riot. It was a putsch, a failed coup. They weren’t protesters or rioters. They were seditionists and insurrectionists.

  48. 48.

    mvr

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    Thanks! I guess that means that always being the last post (to which no one responds) on any thread is a good thing since it means I’m not one of those folks.

    :-)

  49. 49.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @mvr: I’m not sure what your comment means but I only commented here because I was one post off from the most current post when I was scrolling through the last few threads.

  54. 54.

    rose weiss

    I’m up for a zoom on Sunday. My sometime BF is making himself scarce so company, even virtual company, would be nice.

  56. 56.

    J R in WV

    @Amir Khalid: ​

    Various of the media’s analysts have noted that the House managers’ case is already strong enough to ensure Trump’s conviction in a criminal court.

    Yes, but in a criminal trial, jurors who met with the defense would be put off the jury, perhaps with criminal prosecution to follow. Here, jurors who have worked with the defense in the case will be able to vote for acquital in the end — not fair in my book, but those are the crumbles in this case.

    Hoping for successful criminal prosecutions of Trump, his family, aides, Stone, etc following this show trial in the Senate. Jurors in the DC courts may not be as inclined to let Trump slide as Senators, or jurors in localities farther from the heated action at Capitol Hill.

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