Now that the inaugural Ballon Juice Book Discussion Chapter can see the light at the end of the tunnel for NIXONLAND (four more weeks! four more weeks!), I’d like to (re)propose Gail Collins’ When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present as our next book. (Or one of our …
Readership Capture
Calling from the VOID
Ian Murphy, the guy who pranked Scott Walker, is the Green Party candidate in NY-26, the seat vacated by shirtless hunk Chris Lee. I don’t think Democrats have a chance in the special anyway, and I like what he has to say. Here’s his introductory video.
And a good saloon in every single town
I’m sure you’re tired of us hearing us all whine about minutiae like Bobo’s new book, the comments on this blog, and nuclear radiation, so I thought I’d do a feel good post about wine. I went to a wine dinner last night where I tried wine from Pennsylvania (a Bordeaux blend), Idaho (riesling), Missouri …
Late Night Open Thread: March Madness
From commentor Bootlegger: March Madness is upon us (at the very least if you have 8 and 9 year old boys who are chased indoors by the rain you are going mad). __ Register now for the Balloon Juice NCAA tournament pool, brackets will be ready for pickin’ on Sunday. __ I also created a …
Rally pictures
The national media ignored the huge rally in Madison this weekend as well as the solidarity rallies that took place all over the country, but I suspect they got a lot of local coverage. Here’s a picture a reader sent in from Madison. And here’s one from St. Paul. There’s a solidarity rally in Rochester …
My flight was cancelled because Al Gore is fat
I won’t be at the solidarity rally tomorrow after all because I got snowed in up here in fly-over country. So I thought I’d do a post of two unrelated items lacking the sturm und drang of most of the week’s topics. 1. Why isn’t this detail from Ian Murphy’s epic prank call getting more …
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Weak apart but strong together
MoveOn has a great tool for finding solidarity rallies near you here. I’ll be at the one in Manhattan. I’m not especially recognizable but if I hear anyone singing “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria”, I’ll know it’s another BJer and if so, drinks are on me. Consider this an open thread. Update. …