• Menu
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Before Header

  • About Us
  • Lexicon
  • Contact Us
  • Our Store
  • ↑
  • ↓
  • ←
  • →

Balloon Juice

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

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

Nikki Haley, who can’t acknowledge ‘slavery’, is a pathetic shill.

“That’s what the insurrection act is for!”

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

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

He imagines himself as The Big Bad, Who Is Universally Feared… instead of The Big Jagoff, Who Is Universally Mocked.

Chutkan laughs. Lauro sits back down.

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

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

I was promised a recession.

Trump’s legal defense is going to be a dumpster fire inside a clown car on a derailing train.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

FFS people, this was a good thing. take the win.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

You cannot shame the shameless.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Mobile Menu

  • Four Directions Montana
  • Donate with Venmo, Zelle & PayPal
  • Site Feedback
  • War in Ukraine
  • Submit Photos to On the Road
  • Politics
  • On The Road
  • Open Threads
  • Topics
  • COVID-19 Coronavirus
  • Authors
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Lexicon
  • Our Store
  • Politics
  • Open Threads
  • 2024 Elections
  • Garden Chats
  • On The Road
  • Targeted Fundraising!
You are here: Home / Balloon Juice / Late Night Open Thread & Test

Late Night Open Thread & Test

by Anne Laurie|  May 30, 20226:08 am| 35 Comments

This post is in: Balloon Juice, Open Threads

FacebookTweetEmail

Testing, testing…

Still a few bugs in the system!

(But at least I’ve got permission to let people out of moderation jail, you’re welcome, COLE.)

ETA:  Y’all know who this is intended for…

“I ate a Smurf.” https://t.co/mlqJYvGVB8

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 29, 2022

FacebookTweetEmail
Previous Post: « Again, Welcome Back
Next Post: COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday / Monday, May 29-30 COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday / Monday, May 29-30»

Reader Interactions

35Comments

  1. 1.

    Redshift

    May 30, 2022 at 2:32 am

    I should be in bed.

    The RSS feed didn’t reconnect in my feed reader. Not a complaint, just an FYI. I looked it up again and the one I added is working fine, in case anyone else is in the same situation.

  2. 2.

    Chetan Murthy

    May 30, 2022 at 3:02 am

    @Redshift: I noticed the same thing.  Unfollow, then follow, fixed it.

    BTW, I notice that the posts aren’t in descending chronological order.  That is to say, the newest post is not the first on the page.

  3. 3.

    trollhattan

    May 30, 2022 at 3:03 am

    Woot!

    Night, all.

  4. 4.

    JWR

    May 30, 2022 at 3:43 am

    Heather Cox Richardson was on Amanpour & Co last Friday night. Transcript and/or 17 minute video at the link.

    05.27.2022
    Heather Cox Richardson on American Gun Culture

    Heather Cox Richardson wrote this week that “America’s gun free-for-all is a symptom of the takeover of our nation by a radical extremist minority.” Her “Letters From an American” newsletter has gained a huge following, and she speaks with Michel Martin about the state of American democracy and the failure of attempts at gun control.

    BTW, the temporary site was great, but this place, with all its little blemishes*, looks and feels sooo much better. It’s definitely home.

    • Using my browsers Back button to navigate comments is still hinky. And I have no idea why typing an asterisk gave me a List item. But no big deal, it’s HOME!
  5. 5.

    M. Bouffant

    May 30, 2022 at 4:04 am

    Okey-doke, testing, testing … this thing on? Hello out there, I can hear you breathing …

     

    Damnit, moderation is not the answer!

  6. 6.

    Mousebumples

    May 30, 2022 at 4:27 am

    @M. Bouffant: is this what they mean with the proverbial Everything in moderation… ? 

  7. 7.

    M. Bouffant

    May 30, 2022 at 4:44 am

    @Mousebumples: I get my moderation by burning the candle at both ends.

  8. 8.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    May 30, 2022 at 5:04 am

    I just spent 8 hours at the Home of the Orange Apron, putting together ONE delivery, hundreds of pieces of lumber.  Whoever put this delivery together must have dropped acid before setting it up.

  9. 9.

    Jay

    May 30, 2022 at 5:18 am

    @ BillinGlendaleCA:

    I thought you were part time?

  10. 10.

    NotMax

    May 30, 2022 at 5:45 am

    ‘@BillinGlendaleCA

    must have dropped acid

    You say that as if it’s a bad thing….
    ;·)

  11. 11.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    May 30, 2022 at 6:11 am

    @Jay: I became full time in January.

  12. 12.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    May 30, 2022 at 6:18 am

    @NotMax: It is when you’re either scheduling employees or taking an order for delivery.

  13. 13.

    JWR

    May 30, 2022 at 6:25 am

    @NotMax:

    You say that as if it’s a bad thing….
    ;·)

    Yeah, what’s up with that? ;)

  14. 14.

    JPL

    May 30, 2022 at 6:30 am

    It’s nice to be back.

  15. 15.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    May 30, 2022 at 6:31 am

    Here’s a bit of the order I was dealing with…one line calls for 39 2″x6″x20′, then a few other items and 5 2″x6″x20′, which totally confused our order fullfillment app.  Why not just have one line with 44 2″x6″x20′?  Totally bonkers.

  16. 16.

    JPL

    May 30, 2022 at 6:32 am

    @JWR: Thank you for the link.   Her newsletter is a treasure and I’m pleased she continues to write.

  17. 17.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    May 30, 2022 at 6:37 am

    @JWR: I won’t even discuss how crazy my work schedule is…I told the HR person, I need 2 consecutive days off, since I’m a photographer and I need to travel to dark places that can be a bit far away and can’t do that with one day off.  Nope, get like Thursday and Sunday off.  Nuts!

  18. 18.

    Mousebumples

    May 30, 2022 at 7:09 am

    @ BillinGlendaleCA: any luck trading shifts with coworkers? Eg, can someone pickup your Wednesday, and you’ll work their Sunday?

    Working in retail is generally not fun. Hope your coworkers are good, at least.

  19. 19.

    charon

    May 30, 2022 at 7:30 am

    It’s good to be back.

  20. 20.

    Betty

    May 30, 2022 at 7:33 am

    Just checking to see if the site remembers me. Thanks for being here, Annie Laurie.

  21. 21.

    Steeplejack

    May 30, 2022 at 7:52 am

    @Chetan Murthy:

    The posts are in the usual descending order except for Cole’s initial one at the top, which I’m sure is glued there for a while to let people know about the comeback.

  22. 22.

    Geminid

    May 30, 2022 at 7:56 am

    @ BillinGlendaleCA: I hope you keep pressing HR and they come around. You are a valuable employee, but your other work is valuable also.

  23. 23.

    Steeplejack

    May 30, 2022 at 7:57 am

    @M. Bouffant:

    Repeating from last night, for all who wonder:

    The blog is starting over from scratch, so everybody’s first comment goes into moderation until it is approved by a front-pager. After that you’re good to go for future comments, if you checked the “save my info” box below the comment form.

  24. 24.

    JWR

    May 30, 2022 at 8:06 am

    @JPL: “Her newsletter is a treasure”

    Definitely gonna check that out. (Hmm. Did I even know about her newsletter?) Oh, and you’re welcome!

    PS to all. HCR’s blog: Letters from an American

  25. 25.

    WaterGirl

    May 30, 2022 at 8:28 am

    @Redshift: Mine came back on its own.  I use Leaf, which is fed by Feedly.

    It just came back a few minutes ago.  My guess is that after no response for some time, different RSS readers check sites on different schedules.

    The lazy route worked for me!

  26. 26.

    WaterGirl

    May 30, 2022 at 8:29 am

    @Chetan Murthy: Well, they are, except that Cole pinned his welcome tweet at the top of the page.  I unpinned it when I got up this morning.

  27. 27.

    JWR

    May 30, 2022 at 8:30 am

    @ BillinGlendaleCA: “I told the HR person, I need 2 consecutive days off,”

    Why don’t you guys just start a union??? /s

    But dude, that sucks. Speaking of sucktitude, one time a few of us were on an important job and had worked overtime all week, when we were asked to come in 11-12 hours on Saturday, followed by the same hours on Sunday, but in one guy’s garage machine shop. That was 12 days I swore I’d never repeat.

  28. 28.

    RedDirtGirl

    May 30, 2022 at 9:03 am

    @JWR: I highly recommend her newsletter!

  29. 29.

    JWR

    May 30, 2022 at 9:07 am

    @RedDirtGirl: Thanks. I’ve got it open right now.

  30. 30.

    John Cole

    May 30, 2022 at 9:19 am

    I’d like to note that in her very first post back on the new site, Anne Laurie spent it yelling and dragging me. So things are back to normal.

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    May 30, 2022 at 9:31 am

    @John Cole: I haven’t read the post yet, so I can ask this in good faith.

    Did you deserve the yelling and the dragging?

    edit: okay, I just read the post up top.  That’s yelling and dragging?

  32. 32.

    John Cole

    May 30, 2022 at 9:38 am

    She edited it.

  33. 33.

    Steeplejack

    May 30, 2022 at 9:39 am

    @WaterGirl:

    I think she edited her post. Last night she was yelling about Cole locking her out of the dashboard.

  34. 34.

    WaterGirl

    May 30, 2022 at 9:51 am

    @John Cole: Ah.  That explains it!

    Thank you.

  35. 35.

    Anne Laurie

    May 30, 2022 at 4:56 pm

    @John Cole: I yelled at you in the comments to your post before this, you snowflake.

    You deserved far worse!

Comments are closed.

Primary Sidebar

Recent Comments

  • Kay on Thursday Morning Open Thread — Nancy Pelosi: Every Day Is A Matter of Life and Death (Apr 18, 2024 @ 9:30am)
  • zhena gogolia on Einstein Zoom and Other Things (Apr 18, 2024 @ 9:29am)
  • Melancholy Jaques on Thursday Morning Open Thread — Nancy Pelosi: Every Day Is A Matter of Life and Death (Apr 18, 2024 @ 9:29am)
  • MelissaM on On The Road – ema – 2024 AKC Meet the Breeds (Apr 18, 2024 @ 9:27am)
  • SteveinPHX on Einstein Zoom and Other Things (Apr 18, 2024 @ 9:27am)

🎈Keep Balloon Juice Ad Free

Become a Balloon Juice Patreon
Donate with Venmo, Zelle or PayPal

Balloon Juice Posts

View by Topic
View by Author
View by Month & Year
View by Past Author

Balloon Juice Meetups!

All Meetups
Talk of Meetups – Meetup Planning
Proposed BJ meetups list from frosty

Fundraising 2023-24

Wis*Dems Supreme Court + SD-8
Virginia House Races
Four Directions – Montana
Worker Power AZ
Four Directions – Arizona
Four Directions – Nevada

Featuring

Medium Cool
Artists in Our Midst
Authors in Our Midst
Positive Climate News
War in Ukraine
Cole’s “Stories from the Road”
Classified Documents Primer

Calling All Jackals

Site Feedback
Nominate a Rotating Tag
Submit Photos to On the Road
Balloon Juice Mailing List Signup
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Links)
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Posts)

Fix Nyms with Apostrophes

Balloon Juice for Ukraine

Donate

Twitter / Spoutible

Balloon Juice (Spoutible)
WaterGirl (Spoutible)
TaMara (Spoutible)
John Cole
DougJ (aka NYT Pitchbot)
Betty Cracker
Tom Levenson
David Anderson
Major Major Major Major
ActualCitizensUnited

Political Action 2024

Postcard Writing Information

Balloon Juice for Four Directions AZ

Donate

Balloon Juice for Four Directions NV

Donate

Site Footer

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Comment Policy
  • Our Authors
  • Blogroll
  • Our Artists
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2024 Dev Balloon Juice · All Rights Reserved · Powered by BizBudding Inc

Share this ArticleLike this article? Email it to a friend!

Email sent!