Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

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

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

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

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

Let there be snark.

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

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Again, Welcome Back

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I’m about to hit the hay, so unless one of the other front pagers checks in, a lot of y’all are gonna be stuck in moderation for a short stretch.  Hopefully some of you will have the good sense to think about your sins during your time in purgatory, but I am sure most of you won’t (I’m looking at you Baud and Omnes).  Regardless,  Anne Laurie or someone else will spring you soon enough and you’ll about your busy schedule of mucking up the now pristine comments sections.

Other than that, welcome back, and we missed you. Good night.

Welcome to the New Old New Balloon Juice

 

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    mrmoshpotato

    Goodness gracious great gherkins of Aldi!

    Thanks to everyone who’s getting the site back on its feet!

    And I REALLY hope the archive isn’t lost.

  6. 6.

    NotMax

    But- but- we were promised Tuesday!

    Can’t trust anythin’ you read on the intertubez. grumble grumble

    //

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    suilebhan

    My Balloon Juice withdrawal is over.  Thank you!  Thank you!   Ready to get juiced.

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    scav

    This’ll undoubtedly be the single and unique opportunity I’ll ever have to be among the admitted chosen.  No way I’m making it into the annotated index of Purgatorio and even Limbo is a long shot.  Might as well make the most of it.

  12. 12.

    Anne Laurie

    Cole — I’m locked out of the Dashboard, and I’m pretty sure it’s YOUR FAULT!

    (Commentors:  If there’s no Covid update overnight, that’s why.)

  13. 13.

    Montanareddog

    Glad to see the old site back and thank you to the front pagers for the amazing amount of work to get it done

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    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    It’s really good to have the site again.  Thank you John, and a HUGE thank you to Water Girl!!

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    ghost cat

    Yay!!! Thanks John & WaterGirl & everyone else who helped!

    As for “the unpleasantness,” has Steve improved his hacking skills lately? Has he seemed happier in the last 2 weeks? Is it possible that this whole depressing episode has been Steve’s Revenge?

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    Wanderer

    Oh Auntie Em, there’s no place like Balloon Juice. Thanks to everyone who has worked so hard for the return.

  26. 26.

    Nancy

    I was asleep and thus missed history in the making. But here I am appreciating with everyone else the work and dedication to all this. Balloon-Juice matters to me and I missed being able to check in several times a day.

    Thank you all

  29. 29.

    Krish

    Hoo boy!!!! I’ve been a lurker for years and years. Never commented but love this site and the comments. And the withdrawal I experienced thanks to the crash has been terrible. I’m so glad y’all are back. Thanks for all the hard work.

  31. 31.

    Gvg

    Commenting to get moderated and approved. May I request pet pics and Ukraine updates please?

    I really missed this place and it was worse in the blank days when there wasn’t even an update explainer on an inactive page.

  34. 34.

    Denali

    I have nothing nearly as exciting as the Mona Lisa getting caked, but it wonderful having my morning ritual of checking in with Balloon Juice restored. So great to hear from all of you! Thank you WaterGirl for all your hard work and Cole for keeping your sanity.

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    Yutsano

    I see the visual/text bug is still here. We must be back if we’re complaining already!

    Seriously though, much thanks to WaterGirl and the Blogfather for the resurrection!

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    olster

    Great to see the old boat afloat once again.
    Thanks for keeping at it, JC and Water Girl.

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