Balloon Juice - Past Authors

Balloon Juice was started by me in 2002. It has grown and changed along with me, with many commenters becoming front page authors. The current Balloon Juice authors are at another link; you can find the work of past authors here. Gone, but definitely not forgotten!

~John Cole

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

We are aware of all internet traditions.

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

The words do not have to be perfect.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

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

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

Bark louder, little dog.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Fani Willis claps back at Trump chihuahua, Jim Jordan.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

We’re not going back!

Past Authors

Tom in Texas

Michael D.

Dennis G.

Randinho

Kay

E.D. Kain

Imani Gandy (ABL)

Freddie deBoer

Sarah, Proud and Tall

Steve M.

Libby Spencer

Zandar

Soonergrunt

JPK

Bernard Finel

Elias Isquith

Elon James White

Zaid Jilani

Tom (TBogg) Boggioni

Little Red Rising

Hilzoy

RSA

Alain Chamot (1971-2020)

Hillary Rettig

Okkam

Cheryl Rofer

Jewish Steel