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Dead and Bloated

by John Cole|  June 24, 20089:49 am| 22 Comments

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Not sure what happened, but it appears the site is broken.

O Frabjous Day! Calooh! Callay!

I have submitted a ticket.

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22Comments

  1. 1.

    cleek

    June 24, 2008 at 10:04 am

    We’re sorry, but we could not reproduce the problem. Your site appears to be working.

  2. 2.

    Teak111

    June 24, 2008 at 10:08 am

    Test

  3. 3.

    jibeaux

    June 24, 2008 at 10:12 am

    Would it be irresponsible to speculate that Karl Rove is responsible?

  4. 4.

    nightjar

    June 24, 2008 at 10:12 am

    It’s too crowded where BJ is located on the Celestial blog grid. Internet traditions call for at least one parsec of distance between blogs. And five for wingnut blogs.

  5. 5.

    rob!

    June 24, 2008 at 10:16 am

    i am aware of all internet traditions.

  6. 6.

    Punchy

    June 24, 2008 at 10:18 am

    If you’ve never been to BJ, you know this blog. It’s the shrill right-of-left centrist blog that hangs out at a neighborhood swimming pool with underage jailbait, drinking a Natural Lite, smoking a Swisher Sweet, standing in the deep end and secretly peeing on everyone that swims by.

  7. 7.

    Zifnab

    June 24, 2008 at 10:19 am

    Someone get FEMA on the horn.

  8. 8.

    jake

    June 24, 2008 at 10:20 am

    I thought you were talking about McCane’s bid for the White House.

  9. 9.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    June 24, 2008 at 10:24 am

    Would it be irresponsible to speculate that terrorists may be behind Balloon Juice’s recent site problems?

  10. 10.

    TheFountainHead

    June 24, 2008 at 10:26 am

    I think all the WordPress blogs on that map you linked earlier ought to be quarantined under the heading:

    WordPress blogs: Here be dragons.

  11. 11.

    jibeaux

    June 24, 2008 at 10:28 am

    Would it be irresponsible to speculate that terrorists, working in conjunction with John McCain’s campaign to assist his candidacy, may be behind Balloon Juice’s recent site problems?

    It would be irresponsible NOT to.

  12. 12.

    dr. bloor

    June 24, 2008 at 10:29 am

    Sympathies, but possibly not the best thread title with levees breaking all over the midwest.

  13. 13.

    The Other Steve

    June 24, 2008 at 10:34 am

    This is clearly because you are not using the superior liberal technology to run your blog.

  14. 14.

    jibeaux

    June 24, 2008 at 10:35 am

    That blog map was weird. a) Little Green Footballs was Center-Right. Red State was lefty Right.

    I am aware of all internet traditions, but that’s just flat scary.

    b) What was the up and down supposed to represent? Just exactly how isolated your opinions are from everyone else?

  15. 15.

    Kevin

    June 24, 2008 at 10:35 am

    I didn’t know you were an STP afficionado, John.

  16. 16.

    John Cole

    June 24, 2008 at 10:47 am

    I didn’t know you were an STP afficionado, John.

    I am, but if you pay attention to the titles of posts this morning you will notice something.

  17. 17.

    Kevin

    June 24, 2008 at 10:58 am

    I am, but if you pay attention to the titles of posts this morning you will notice something.

    Well, they’re all song titles.

    This isn’t going to be the newest home of Attackerman, is it? :-)

  18. 18.

    mitch

    June 24, 2008 at 11:06 am

    In light of this, someone should come up with a picture with John McCain and “I is not aware of all internet traditions”

  19. 19.

    jake

    June 24, 2008 at 11:12 am

    Johnz in ur base listenin 2 ur tunes.

  20. 20.

    AkaDad

    June 24, 2008 at 11:25 am

    WordPress database error: [Table ‘wp_comments’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired]

    Heh

  21. 21.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    June 24, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    AkaDad Says:

    WordPress database error: [Table ‘wp_comments’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired]

    Heh

    June 24th, 2008 at 11:25 am

    Indeed.

  22. 22.

    skippy

    June 24, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    he chortled in his joy.

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