Soonergrunt – Balloon Juice

About Soonergrunt

Twitter @soonergrunt
Retired Army/National Guard Infantry NCO. I am an IT Specialist for the US Department of Agriculture. Nothing I say in any forum should be attributed to the the Army, the National Guard, the DoD, or the DoA.
I ski and hike and camp a lot.
Oh, and I go to Comic Cons in Salt Lake City and in San Diego whenever I can.

Entries by Soonergrunt

5 years and 3 days ago John gave me the keys

November 25, 2016 /53 Comments/in Open Thread /by Soonergrunt

And I promptly crashed the blog into the ditch. We’ve dug out the Christmas decorations and started tossing them around. We’ve got the garage door openers installed, and the new snow blower is really something. So far, we’ve had two <3-inch snow falls, so I may not get to really give a work out for […]

It’s a beautiful day in Utah. Open Thread.

October 29, 2016 /208 Comments/in Election 2016, Energy Policy, Hillary Clinton 2016, Open Thread /by Soonergrunt

Doing some renovation on our house. There were relatively minor things wrong with it, with a couple of exceptions when we bought it, but it was a short sale so we got a very good deal on it. Today, we’re moving a garage door opener from the big garage door to the small one. The […]

The Republican Party is tearing itself apart. It’s about damn time.

October 10, 2016 /218 Comments/in America, Assholes, Blogospheric Navel-Gazing, Both Sides Do It!, I'm With Her, Politics, Schadenfreude, Stream of Consciousness /by Soonergrunt

The following is from a Tweetstorm I composed yesterday in the hours before that shitshow of a “debate.” There are probably some spelling and grammar errors, because for the most part, I just copied and pasted from my Twitter account, @soonergrunt. Someone asked me recently why I’m a dick to Conservatives who engage me on […]

Trump is a Goddamned moron, and has no honor.

September 8, 2016 /106 Comments/in America, Clown Shoes, Election 2016, Hail to the Hairpiece, Media, Military, Our Failed Media Experiment /by Soonergrunt

But you already knew that. Here’s where it matters.

I’m not outraged about Colin Kaepernik

August 29, 2016 /160 Comments/in America, Blogospheric Navel-Gazing, Foam Finger Nation, Outrage /by Soonergrunt

I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff on Twitter and Facebook about how Colin Kaepernik insulted Veterans with his refusal to stand for the National Anthem. I personally am not offended by Kaepernik’s actions. I wish he’d chosen a different method, but only because the substance of his protest, the glaring racial iniquities of policing […]

It’s been a while. Love what you’ve done with the place.

February 16, 2016 /72 Comments/in Excellent Links, Open Thread, Rare Sincerity /by Soonergrunt

Tonight I’m interrupting your regularly scheduled blog programming to tell you that a guy with whom I served in combat, Ken William “Wild Bill” Lynn killed himself this morning. I’ve already had my emotional reaction to it. I’m not posting this for your sympathy. I’m posting this because losing a friend sucks. I’m posting this […]

Open Thread

October 22, 2015 /192 Comments/in Open Thread /by Soonergrunt

So Trey Gowdy and the Republicans of the House Select Committee On Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign basically cut their own asses off and gave them to Hillary Clinton, who obligingly handed them their asses right back. In other news today, A US Special Operator (probably Army Special Forces, but not confirmed) was Killed in Action […]