Archive for May, 2010
Another Open Thread
Thought I would share a picture of the mini greenhouse I’m building on Tunch’s window: I think one of my begonias is dying.
May 28, 2010
· 
John Cole · 
96 Comments
Posted in: Black Thumb
Open Thread
I was driving to the fruit stand today and some redneck (with obligatory mullet!) in a beater of a pick-em-up truck passed me, and he had a bumper sticker that said “Horn broken- watch for finger.” Even though I know it was tacky, I laughed pretty hard because it just fit the whole truck perfectly. [...]
May 28, 2010
· John Cole · 86 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Blame it on the puppy
By contrast, here’s what Noonan said about Katrina: • President Bush. The political subtext: Does he understand that what has happened in our gulf is as important as what is happening in the other gulf? Does he know in his gut that the existence of looting, chaos and disease in a great American city, or [...]
May 28, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 63 Comments
Posted in: General Stupidity, We Are All Mayans Now
I don’t really think that the end can be assessed as of itself as being the end
I read a lot of right-wing blogs as well as reasonable number of right-wing pundits now. I’m always struck by the fact that the pundits are generally more over-the-top with their rhetoric than the blogs are. Peggy Noonan today (via Sullvian): The disaster in the Gulf may well spell the political end of the president [...]
May 28, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 125 Comments
Posted in: Hoot-Smalley, We Are All Mayans Now
Folks like us
Do we really live in a world where bloggers can allege having had affairs with politicians and suddenly become national celebrities? Is this something we at Balloon-Juice should consider as a traffic maximization strategy? And who would be a good politician to claim I’ve had an affair with?
May 28, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 194 Comments
Posted in: General Stupidity
SestakGate
I don’t think that SestakGate will have much traction with voters for a number of reasons: (1) it’s a complicated process story and voters don’t care about complicated process stories, (2) “Sestak” is difficult to pronounce, and (3) Sestak is running against Pat Toomey, who is a shitty candidate. I find it remarkable that Broder [...]
May 28, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 118 Comments
Posted in: Politics
Supporting the Troops
This is unbelievable: Michael Clauer is a captain in the Army Reserve who commanded over 100 soldiers in Iraq. But while he was fighting for his country, a different kind of battle was brewing on the home front. Last September, Michael returned to Frisco, Texas, to find that his homeowners’ association had foreclosed on his [...]
May 28, 2010
· John Cole · 242 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Military
First They Came For My Burner
Following the lead of privacy trailblazer Mexico, we’re going to start recording the ID of everyone who buys a prepaid cell phone. I’m sure you can guess the reason why: “This proposal is overdue because for years, terrorists, drug kingpins and gang members have stayed one step ahead of the law by using prepaid phones [...]
May 28, 2010
· mistermix · 80 Comments
Posted in: General Stupidity, Security Theatre
I Suppose It Is Good News We All Agree This is a Catastrophe
But when the oil company that caused the mess is using this terminology, you have to wonder how horrible it is: BP’s top official, who had previously said the environmental impact on Gulf of Mexico would be modest, upgraded his assessment Friday to an “environmental catastrophe.” Also Friday, engineers in the Gulf tried the “junk [...]
May 28, 2010
· John Cole · 38 Comments
Posted in: Domestic Affairs
Oh- Hey Look at That Non-Story Going Away
No surprise: Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) said Thursday his brother has spoken with White House officials about the congressman’s allegation that he was offered an Obama administration job if he would stay out of a Democratic Senate primary. Sestak ran in, and won, that primary, defeating the White House’s preferred candidate, Sen. Arlen Specter. He [...]
May 28, 2010
· John Cole · 73 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Democratic Stupidity
Repealmentum
Clowns: House Republican leaders introduced a bill Thursday to repeal and replace the sweeping healthcare law adopted in late March. According to Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the measure would repeal the current law and replace it with the alternative the minority party offered to the original healthcare legislation last November. “As unpopular as this healthcare [...]
May 28, 2010
· John Cole · 29 Comments
Posted in: Republican Stupidity
Security Rag
For some reason, going through airport security always reminds me of this song. Also, too, I’ve always wondered why the MacGyver/Lex Luthor alchemists who hate us for our freedom are capable of creating a mix of exotic explosives in an airplane potty, but they could never do anything with a laptop battery, which contains heavy [...]
May 28, 2010
· mistermix · 16 Comments
Posted in: Security Theatre
Early Morning Open Thread: Dirt Talk
February must’ve been more brutal than I remember, or else I was permanently scarred by last summer’s rain-intensive Year of Almost No Sunlight, because somehow I ended up with 42 different tomato varieties, mostly single plants, mostly mail-order. (And, yes, I understand that completely violates the whole virtuous green locavore ethos of growing one’s own, [...]
May 28, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 40 Comments
Posted in: Black Thumb, Music, Open Thread
Open Thread: Thursday Night Menu Edition
Take it away, Bad Horse’s Filly: Tonight’s menu is really in anticipation of fresh summer produce. We are not quite there yet, but you shouldn’t have any trouble finding the ingredients. While I lived in suburbia, there was a great farm stand a mile or so from my house. I passed it coming and going [...]
May 27, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 144 Comments
Posted in: Cooking, Open Thread
Open Thread
I’ve had a feeling of impending doom all day as if I have forgotten something important, but I know I have gone through everything. Weird.
May 27, 2010
· John Cole · 74 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
