Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Nevertheless, she persisted

This is how realignments happen…

How has Obama failed you today?

Hot Air and Ill Informed Banter

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

Almost as fun as hiking the Appalachian Trail.

Mission Accomplished!

Usually wrong but never in doubt.

This blog will pay for itself.

Our job is not to persuade Republicans but to defeat them.

I showered with Rahm and all I got was this shitty blog.

I personally stopped the public option…

Women: They Get Shit Done

Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

The Math Demands It!

Screw the Judean People’s Front. Splitters.

Yes we did.

Shock troops for the Unitarian Jihad.

Just a few bad apples.

Also, too.

Saul Alinsky is my co-pilot

‘Forty-two’ said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

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Celebrating Jackals: Birthday Twins – Subaru Diane and Omnes Omnibus

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So the birthday twins have their big day today.

If you have a favorite story about Omnes or a favorite verse from Subaru Diane, share it here.  Or anything else you want to share, of course!

This is the internet and there’s an image for everything, so I searched for “subaru scales of justice”.  This came up, so I figure what the hell, it works as well as anything.

Celebrating Jackals: Birthday Twins – Subaru Diane and Omnes Omnibus

We’ve been with you guys for all sorts of life changes, and will hopefully be with you guys for many more, including some big changes for the better in the coming year.

Happy Birthday to both of you! 💕

 

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Perry Mason: Speculation & Spoilers

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Episode 7 is tonight – the penultimate episode of Season 1 of the 8-part series on HBO.

Spoiler alert:

If you’re not caught up with the first 6 episodes of Perry Mason on HBO, open this thread at your own risk. My hope is that it will be filled with speculation and spoilers (for those who aren’t  caught up)!

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Site Update: We Made ANOTHER Change, Please Check Your Devices and Report In

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Hey everybody, we made ANOTHER change.

Please try on all your devices and let us know whether it helped, whether it made it worse, or whether it made no difference – on each one.  Please also describe what issues, if any, you are seeing related to the front page or to individual posts loading.

I AM LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON CHANGES SINCE MOST OF YOU REPORTED IMPROVEMENTS ON WEDNESDAY.

Is it better/ faster than it was after I made the change on Wednesday?  

Worse/slower than it was after the change I made on Wednesday?

No change since Wednesday?

Please try from : 1) the front page AND 2) from within and individual post AND 3) from within an Anne Laurie COVID post.

Why yes, that is Henry’s head in Tucker’s mouth, why do you ask?  This was from when Henry was a little fluff ball, and in spite of how it looks, and how it sounded, Tucker was very gentle with his new buddy.

Update: If your name is on the list below, I would appreciate it if you can get in touch with me to let me know whether you notice a change – for better or worse – compared to when you posted on the site update thread on Wednesday.

Please send email to my nym at balloon-juice.com – if you are willing to help with this, it will be much appreciated!  ~WG

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Live: John Lewis Funeral Service in Atlanta, Georgia

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John Lewis wrote this essay shortly before his death, to be published upon the day of his funeral.  That day is today.

While my time here has now come to an end, I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me. You filled me with hope about the next chapter of the great American story when you used your power to make a difference in our society. Millions of people motivated simply by human compassion laid down the burdens of division. Around the country and the world you set aside race, class, age, language and nationality to demand respect for human dignity.

That is why I had to visit Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, though I was admitted to the hospital the following day. I just had to see and feel it for myself that, after many years of silent witness, the truth is still marching on.

Emmett Till was my George Floyd. He was my Rayshard Brooks, Sandra Bland and Breonna Taylor. He was 14 when he was killed, and I was only 15 years old at the time. I will never ever forget the moment when it became so clear that he could easily have been me. In those days, fear constrained us like an imaginary prison, and troubling thoughts of potential brutality committed for no understandable reason were the bars.

John Lewis Funeral Service Live on C-SPAN

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Medium Cool with BGinCHI – Literature & Art That Define A Region

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Hello all from BGinCHI, AKA Bradley Greenburg.

I’m here once a week on Wednesdays at 6pm Eastern to offer a thread on culture, mainly film & books, with some TV thrown in.

Arguments welcomed, opinions respected, fools unsuffered.  We hope it’s a welcome break from the world of shit falling on our heads daily in the political sphere.

Tonight’s Topic:  Literature and Art That Define a Region

Take it away, BG!

The MA course I’m teaching this fall is Southern Lit. I’ve taught it several times, and for each iteration I swap out probably 1/3 to 1/2 of the reading. I’m always looking for something interesting (especially recent) to slot into the late part of the course. I’m currently sorting that section of the syllabus, and it has me thinking about regional literatures (not just of the South).

For this week’s Medium Cool, let’s talk about regional literature, or other art forms that define, or represent, a region. Could be an area of the country (Midwest, Appalachia, PNW), or a state (recovering Hoosier here), or even something more local. It shouldn’t be something that’s just from there, but a work that situates the place’s placedness. Tell us how it does that.

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After tonight, BG will be on vacation for two weeks – apparently that’s in his (nonexistent) BJ contract for Medium Cool!  But we have done some advance planning, and we have a gaming post all set for you guys for next week on 8/5.

Last time we had a gaming thread on Medium Cool, a bunch of you came in late to the thread and said “I wish I had known we were going to be talking about this.”  So please consider this your official advance notice!

We have another post teed up, scheduled for the week after that, on 8/12.  BG won’t be participating in the vacation posts in real time, but I know he is going to want to read what you guys come up with in response to the 8/12 post, because it’s a good one.

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Site Update: We Made A Change, Did It Help On Your Devices?

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Hey everybody, we made one change.

Any change on any or all of your devices?

Please try on all your devices and let us know whether it helped, or whether it made no difference – on each one.  Please also describe what issues, if any, you are seeing related to the front page or to individual posts loading.

Please try from : 1) the front page AND 2) from within and individual post AND 3) from within an Anne Laurie COVID post.

I’ll start. It sped things up for satby on her Kindle, front page and in individual threads.

My computer never had an issue, and it made no difference on my iPad, regardless of front page or individual threads.

And because Cole thinks I post pictures of Henry but never of Tucker – (and he’s probably right – here are a couple of Tucker pictures.


Who doesn’t need 3 beds and a baby?


Tucker’s wrestling moves.

 

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Sunday Night TV: Granchester, Endeavour, Perry Mason and More

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Sunday night TV seems different to me than TV on any other night of the week.  

I’m not sure what they all have in common, but the Sunday shows like Doctor Who, Masterpiece – with Endeavor coming up – and Perry Mason, all have a different than shows on other nights.  Even Elementary, which was on CBS, didn’t really feel like a CBS show.  The Good Wife was great TV, and that was on Sundays.  Madam Secretary was a quality show, too.

What is it about Sunday nights?

Sunday Night TV: Endeavour, Perry Mason and More

Granchester just ended.

Endeavour returns on Sunday, August 9.

Perry Mason gets a second season!

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Did anybody else watch last week’s Perry Mason episode?

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Update: I’m planning on a Perry Mason Speculation and Spoilers thread for anyone who wants to talk about episodes 1-6.  This coming Sunday, 8/2 in the afternoon.

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