Hi kids! Daddy’s Home!! Lots more werds to follow, Some funny, some enraging, some not to be believed but not made up. Suffice it to say that reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated, etc… Most important thing: Y’all are the greatest pack o’jackals in all of jackalhood.Word has reached me of inquiries of literally …
The Muhammad bin Salman Gambit: Jockeying for Control and Hegemony Within and Without the Kingdom
While we wait for the Friday evening breaking news, I thought I’d take a minute and focus a bit on what is going on in Saudi Arabia in regard to both domestic and regional activities. Let’s take things one at a time. 1) The Saudi anti-corruption campaign: Muhammad bin Salman (MBS) has used the slogan …
Age of consent
Looks like Roy Moore’s not going anywhere. Fox has decided to argue about the exact age of the victims and the Alabama GOP is comparing Moore to Jesus. A new polls shows that Jones and Moore are tied. Look, people, in many ways it would be better for Democrats if Moore wins. I could be …
Kitten Transport Bleg (Minnesota to Maryland)
The good news, from NewDealFarmGrrl: The last little kitten from the bleg needs to relocate to Maryland. A number of folks chimed in that they’d help with relocation costs. Is this something Balloon Juice can get rolling? Kitten is staying at my house and is scheduled to see the vet this afternoon for well-kitten and …
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The Vultures are Circling
Maddow did a segment last night on the destruction of the State Department. I know she drives some of y’all crazy with her long windup, but it’s worth watching. Skip to the six-minute mark to bypass the soup and seafood courses and dive right into the entree. [Edited to remove video embed code because MSNBC …
The ACA and ineffective sabotage
Right now the early data indicates that the ACA is chugging along. Ineffective sabotage may be the key factor. The decision to announce the termination of CSR payments was probably made at the second to worse time if the goal was to effectively damage or destroy the ACA individual market. All of this is against …
Friday Morning Open Thread: How Low Can the GOP Go?
(Mike Luckovich via GoComics.com) . If anybody thinks Roy Moore is going to step aside, even if he did what was alleged, they've not been paying attention to his career and they've not been paying attention to this political environment. — Brian W. Schoeneman (@BrianSchoeneman) November 9, 2017 I know: How deep is down? Per …
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