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Thursday Night Open Thread

by John Cole|  September 20, 20077:02 pm| 31 Comments

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  1. 1.

    Punchy

    September 20, 2007 at 8:03 pm

    I will bet every dollar I own, that–despite THIS sentence:

    The deadly virus itself was never present in the laboratory

    tomorrow’s headlines will read “EBOLA SCARE IN THE HEARTLAND: DEADLY VIRUS NOT SECURED”

    Meanwhile, it’s Thursday nite, which calls for a few beers and the undergrad bar scene. Booyah.

  2. 2.

    Dave

    September 20, 2007 at 8:09 pm

    Alright John,

    Niners vs. Steelers this weekend. How about a bet.

    Niners win, you make a $5-$10 donation to MoveOn. Steelers win, I’ll make the same to…whatever you choose.

    or…think of something better?

  3. 3.

    ThymeZone

    September 20, 2007 at 10:19 pm

    This is just ….. unacceptable.

    Can we get a new government please?

  4. 4.

    jake

    September 20, 2007 at 11:03 pm

    More Dumbass Headlines: La. Protests Hark Back to 50’s, 60’s.

    Except, they don’t, and the reporter is an idiot.

    However, the story does serve as a reminder that Martin Luther King, Jr. is dead and the poseurs trying to fill his shoes hark back to toddlers clomping around in daddy’s work boots.

  5. 5.

    Pooh

    September 21, 2007 at 12:25 am

    ep 1 of season two of Friday Night Lights is streaming: http://tv.yahoo.com/falltv2007/friday-night-lights/show/38958/videos;_ylt=AsDaYM1CGtT5mfB11StoEuJMO4t4

  6. 6.

    Stooleo

    September 21, 2007 at 1:34 am

    Great Sy Hersh article in Salon on Drapers new book about Dear Leader. Ahh. I got nuthing….

    http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/20/bush_draper/print.html

  7. 7.

    Dave

    September 21, 2007 at 2:46 am

    From TZ’s link…

    The nonprofit Families USA group

    Wouldn’t it be nice if Focus on the Family and all of their ilk actually…focused on families?

  8. 8.

    Dave

    September 21, 2007 at 2:52 am

    Announcement. Quiet please…

    …shhh!!….

    I have been “Dave” on BJ for a couple of years now, there are now at least one and as many as three current “Dave”s. So…in order to differentiate me from the rest….

    Heretofore, I will be known as….

    (drumroll)

    Ninerdave.

    (rimshot).

  9. 9.

    liberal

    September 21, 2007 at 5:02 am

    I watched the Colbert show re-run last night from the night before.

    A certain female who you (JC) think is extremely hot was interviewed.

  10. 10.

    Xenos

    September 21, 2007 at 5:53 am

    I missed the Madeleine Albright interview again?

  11. 11.

    Third Eye Open

    September 21, 2007 at 8:00 am

    So…how bout them Canes–eyes down please–This almost makes up for the past 4 seasons of absolute thuggish baffoonery on the field, they liked to refer to as football.

    Oct. 20 betches, Bobby is getting a grande latte enema!

  12. 12.

    akaoni

    September 21, 2007 at 8:47 am

    Great Sy Hersh article in Salon on Drapers new book about Dear Leader. Ahh. I got nuthing….

    http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/20/bush_draper/print.html

    Um…actually that’s Sidney Blumenthal, but still a good read.

  13. 13.

    Wilfred

    September 21, 2007 at 8:54 am

    BAGHDAD – American convoys under the protection of Blackwater USA resumed on Friday, four days after the U.S. Embassy suspended all land travel by its diplomats and other civilian officials in response to the alleged killing of civilians by the security firm.

    A top aide to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had earlier conceded it may prove difficult for the Iraqi government to follow through on threats to expel Blackwater and other Western security contractors.

    Hearts and minds, the Bush way – fahevah!

  14. 14.

    Zifnab

    September 21, 2007 at 9:05 am

    I missed the Madeleine Albright Cindy Sheehan interview again?

    Alternative guess?

  15. 15.

    The Other Steve

    September 21, 2007 at 9:33 am

    Punchy, did you catch this?

    The researcher, Yoshi Kawaoka, a professor of virology in the School of Veterinary Medicine, said he immediately moved the research to a Canadian lab with higher security after the NIH said the UW-Madison laboratory was not secure enough for the research.

    A Canadian lab, outside the jurisdiction(my ass) of the NIH. :-)

  16. 16.

    The Other Steve

    September 21, 2007 at 9:43 am

    WAIT! WAIT EVERYBODY!

    Wire Tapping does work in helping find Treasonous snakes.

    The FBI, working with an Alaska oil contractor, secretly taped telephone calls with Sen. Ted Stevens as part of a public corruption sting, according to people close to the investigation.

    Do you think they had a court order? Or did they really need one? After all if Senator Stevens had nothing to hide…

  17. 17.

    The Other Steve

    September 21, 2007 at 9:44 am

    I have been “Dave” on BJ for a couple of years now, there are now at least one and as many as three current “Dave”s. So…in order to differentiate me from the rest….

    You could be ‘The Other Dave’. Or do we got one of those? How about ‘Another Dave’?

  18. 18.

    chopper

    September 21, 2007 at 10:17 am

    you could call yourself ‘stevedave’.

  19. 19.

    Duane

    September 21, 2007 at 10:58 am

    I think that one’s taken. How about Yet Another SteveDave?

  20. 20.

    Duane

    September 21, 2007 at 11:00 am

    BTW, my cat’s name is chopper so ignore the following if you’re someone else.

    Chopper, get down! DOWN!

  21. 21.

    Jake

    September 21, 2007 at 1:01 pm

    After all if Senator Stevens had nothing to hide…

    Stevens has a wide stance on business relationships, therefore there is no underlying crime.

  22. 22.

    Pooh

    September 21, 2007 at 1:29 pm

    Do you think they had a court order? Or did they really need one? After all if Senator Stevens had nothing to hide…

    Don’t need one. They had Bill Allen dead to rights so he agreed to be recorded.

  23. 23.

    YellowJournalism

    September 21, 2007 at 1:31 pm

    How about Dave II: Electric Boogaloo?

  24. 24.

    liberal

    September 21, 2007 at 4:12 pm

    OK, before the thread gets too old…it was Naomi Wolf, for whom John has expressed a strong sexual desire.

    She showed a bit of leg, too…

  25. 25.

    DougJ

    September 21, 2007 at 4:28 pm

    Did you see the footage of Jerry Weller’s staffers beating up the reporter?

  26. 26.

    D-Chance.

    September 21, 2007 at 5:28 pm

    Do the Republican candidates realize they’re actually PUSHING Hillary into the White House???

    Fred Thompson (introducing his wife): “She would make a much better first lady than Bill Clinton.”

    Mitt Romney (about his wife): “she is a much prettier first lady than Bill Clinton…”

    Way to go, boys… keep reminding the American public that if they vote for Hillary that they will also have one of the most popular presidents in recent times back in the White House and back in (or standing side-by-side with) power. That will get those voters turning Republican! After all, if you gave the public the choice of Ann Romney, Judith Nathan, Jeri Thompson, or Bill Clinton having the president’s ear 24/7, which would they choose…

    *sigh* They just don’t see their own stupidity, do they?

  27. 27.

    D-Chance.

    September 21, 2007 at 5:29 pm

    asterisks = bold type?

  28. 28.

    Rick Taylor

    September 21, 2007 at 9:56 pm

    sigh They just don’t see their own stupidity, do they?

    Shhhhhh! If they want to do it, don’t stop them.

    It’s human nature to assume the rest of the country thinks like you do. We liberals probably sometimes over-estimate the degree to which the country opposed the war. And it’s probably difficult for conservatives who can’t stand Clinton to let in how popular he was and is.

    And yes, asterisks are bold face; I discovered it the same way.

  29. 29.

    Rick Taylor

    September 21, 2007 at 9:57 pm

    Also, when Fred Thompson said that, he was speaking to his base where it probably will help him. He probably won’t make the same joke if nominated, come the general election.

  30. 30.

    D-Chance.

    September 22, 2007 at 3:59 pm

    Nails it on First Spouses.

    Meow.

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