Tim F. – Balloon Juice

I never said that

September 27, 2016 /186 Comments/in Assholes, Politics, Republican Stupidity /by Tim F.

You know the crazy dream where you just did something with potentially catastrophic consequences and you beg the universe for a chance to take it back*? Apparently Donald Trump thinks you really can do that. Probably that is what growing up in a gilded little box does to you. Let’s say that young lord Fontleroy […]

Gimme money, that’s what I want

September 22, 2016 /136 Comments/in Domestic Affairs, Free Markets Solve Everything /by Tim F.

Kevin Drum made an interesting observation this morning – a lot of major central banks would like to see more inflation right now, but so far no one has pulled it off. A bunch of people replied that maybe one of the central banks should try printing a lot of money, so Drum pointed out […]

Open thread

September 20, 2016 /184 Comments/in Dog Blogging, Open Thread /by Tim F.

I spent a year and a half investigating the Clinton Foundation and all I got was this lousy t-shirt. ***Update*** OK, enough Clinton-Trump for now. You know what this blog needs? A pug named Dumpling. Treat? Crap, I’m out of treats. Chat about whatever.

Memo to women everywhere

September 6, 2016 /114 Comments/in Assholes, Media /by Tim F.

1. Find out if you work in a state that mandates two-party consent for recording. New York lets one person record a conversation without telling the other. 2. If you think your boss is likely to lech on you, get it on tape. There are so many good apps for that. 3. Sayonara, asshole. [FOX […]

The work of accurately covering Trump could kill a man

September 5, 2016 /135 Comments/in Domestic Affairs, Grifters Gonna Grift, I Smell a Pulitzer!, Media /by Tim F.

I’m gonna throw this out as an answer to why the Times (and other supposedly responsible media outlets) are acting so strange on Trump and CLinton. Yes, the senior management of the New York Times has had a hard-on for the Clinton family since 1992. But Krugman is right, this year they have acted really, […]

Immigration was always the explosive wedge that will destroy the GOP

August 25, 2016 /185 Comments/in Assholes, Republican Stupidity /by Tim F.

I wrote this in 2007. If you want to know what happened with Trump, skim through. I don’t have much passion one way or the other. Having to speak Spanish to get a decent wet burrito doesn’t bother me, I like cinco de Mayo and it strikes me as vaguely fair that our policy should […]

Wrong frame

August 18, 2016 /203 Comments/in Assholes, Republican Stupidity /by Tim F.

This is Trump's Hail Mary play https://t.co/EwtyLE975m — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 17, 2016 A hail mary implies you are only down by one touchdown. The Breitbart gambit is Trump swapping his beaten, demoralized starting line with some third stringers who are desperate for game time and nobody cares if they get hurt. Steve Bannon […]