Archive for the ‘Open Thread’ Category
Sunday Morning Open Thread
According to Google Translate, the song is called “Tight-fisted Girl”. I can only hope the lyrics aren’t hideously inappropriate/embarrassing, or at least that no one among the Balloon Juice commentariat will tell us if they are. On a completely unrelated topic, the NYTimes’ doggedly pragmatic Nicholas Kristoff finds the answer to a question that has [...]
February 12, 2012
· 
Anne Laurie · 
24 Comments
Posted in: Music, Open Thread, Religion
Late Night Open Thread
No rambling tonight, I’m just too tired. I just had my own West Wing marathon, and I know I have mentioned it before, but it is just crazy how much watching the show has me fired up for this election. I’m still crushing on Donna, and it has nothing to do with her appearance, because [...]
February 12, 2012
· John Cole · 40 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Saturday Evening Open Thread
Since this week has been all about the godsbothering, a historical sidebar I’ve been saving, from Kevin M. Kruse at the NYTimes: ... The concept of “one nation under God” has a noble lineage, originating in Abraham Lincoln’s hope at Gettysburg that “this nation, under God, shall not perish from the earth.” After Lincoln, however, [...]
February 11, 2012
· Anne Laurie · 111 Comments
Posted in: Excellent Links, Open Thread, Religion, Republican Venality
Open Thread: The Punkers Punk’d
(Drew Sheneman via GoComics.com) Dave Weigel at Slate reports on this year’s very serious most important CPAC straw poll: We are nearly through the Alternate Reality Week of the 2012 primary. Rick Santorum won two caucuses and one ballot test which assigned no delegates. This gave him “momentum.” He joined two other candidates (not Ron [...]
February 11, 2012
· Anne Laurie · 132 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Election 2012, Open Thread, Republican Stupidity
Open Thread
Whenever I open BJ, I first look at the moderation filter, and clear anything that is not obviously spam. This morning, there were 18 messages in the filter. Usually, there’s two or three. I don’t know what is triggering, but I didn’t see anything that should have done it. Anyway, here’s a nice shiny [...]
February 11, 2012
· Soonergrunt · 64 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Open Thread: It’s All For You
Apparently Lana Del Rey attracts a lot of haters. Her first album is definitely uneven, but how can you hate someone who can turn in a performance like this? Open thread to discuss that weighty topic or anything else you’d like.
February 11, 2012
· mistermix ... World Peace · 95 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Open Thread
Both piglets are sitting behind me giving me the “WTF DUDE, BEDTIME” look, so I will just leave you with this as I head off to spoon the PUPPEHS: The videos are not unrelated. It’s been a good night, as I watched a couple West Wing episodes, got some shit off my chest, and I [...]
February 11, 2012
· John Cole · 17 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Open Thread
What are we all into tonight? I’m watching some West Wing and trying to forget the CPAC rap. I’m still crushing on Donna, and definitely think I need a Donatella Moss in my life, but CJ just rocks. I like how both of them give people a lot of shit.
February 10, 2012
· John Cole · 137 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Open Thread
I don’t have a lot to talk about, but I’m sure some of you all do.
February 10, 2012
· Soonergrunt · 14 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
I Like the Night Life
I think I have finally decided that I am a night person. I’m sitting here, trying to avoid going to bed, but yawning every minute and knowing that inevitably I am going to lose this battle. But I fight, and I put it off as long as I can. I’m not sure when this happened. [...]
February 10, 2012
· John Cole · 187 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Whaddya Know- Someone Else Has a Problem With Mah Authoritah!
This is a benevolent dictatorship, and you come when I call or this is your fate: It does appear that Tunch, unwilling to concede that he was in the wrong, has decided to deploy his KITTYZOMGLAZERSPEWPEWPEW in an attempt to gain entrance to the household. I’ll pay for this crime, I’m sure.
February 9, 2012
· John Cole · 107 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Open Thread: Thursday Recipe Exchange – Slow Cookers
From our Food Goddess, TaMara: Years ago, when I was first learning to ski, I was very frustrated by the amount of time I spent on my ass and not skiing. Someone told me that if I wasn’t spending a lot of time picking myself up, I wasn’t really skiing. I needed to push my [...]
February 9, 2012
· Anne Laurie · 94 Comments
Posted in: Cooking, Crock Pot Craziness, Open Thread
Occupy the Bedwetters Ball
Our Mission: Occupy CPAC. Create as much non-violent resistance as possible, and make this a conference the attendees will never forget. We will be joining in solidarity with the AFL-CIO, SEIU, National Nurses United, Metro Labor Council, OurDC, and more to make our voices heard in our increasingly top-down, money-corrupted democracy. We will have actions [...]
February 9, 2012
· Anne Laurie · 60 Comments
Posted in: #OWS, Assholes, C.R.E.A.M., Open Thread
Another Late Night Rambling Open Thread
Mom and dad went to Pittsburgh tonight to hang out with my sister Devon, and they all went out to eat, and dad apparently had a veggie burger wrapped in lettuce and has taken the heart attack as a serious warning. I know this is hard to believe, but both he and I are very [...]
February 9, 2012
· John Cole · 107 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Late night open thread
What’s your favorite song ever about driving? I’ll go with “Nothing But The Wheel” and “Blue Driver” (these are both covers). A little obscure, for me, but I like them. Talk about anything else too. I think we’ll do the Balloon-Juice meet-up Sunday at McGee’s on 55th and 8th.
February 8, 2012
· DougJarvus Green-Ellis · 222 Comments
Posted in: Blogospheric Navel-Gazing, Open Thread, Readership Capture
