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Early Morning Open Thread: Mother’s Day Edition

by Anne Laurie|  May 8, 20115:41 am| 9 Comments

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers, and a reminder for some of the rest of you that it’s not too late to call yours.

There will be a NIXONLAND thread at 7pm EDT tonight, because he was one nasty mother…

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  1. 1.

    Franklin

    May 8, 2011 at 6:30 am

    Who are the worst offenders among the Beltway crowd of reporters? I don’t mean the most malicious, necessarily, but the most mindlessly conventional-wisdom-repeating, the most rooted in oligarch-leg-humping, stenographer culture?

  2. 2.

    Franklin

    May 8, 2011 at 6:34 am

    Hm. In moderation. Was is for the word m-a-l-i-c-i-o-u-s? Let me try again.

    Who do you think are the worst reporters? The most mindlessly conventional-wisdom repeating, inside-the-Beltway leg-humping, stenographers?

  3. 3.

    chopper

    May 8, 2011 at 6:44 am

    shut yo mouth!

    seriously tho, the tyke decided to get up at 5.30 this morning. i’m already beat to hell.

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    CA Doc

    May 8, 2011 at 7:56 am

    A strange Mother’s Day for me as I’m in DC for a conference. Going to take in a museum before my meeting starts while everyone else is at brunch. Kinda nice, actually!

  5. 5.

    PurpleGirl

    May 8, 2011 at 8:23 am

    AL; Thanks for the morning laugh. That was pitch perfect.

    (Have a good day, I hope the weather is nice…)

  6. 6.

    13th Generation

    May 8, 2011 at 9:45 am

    Site Meter’s approaching 50 million. Will someone win a prize?

    And happy Mother’s day to moms everywhere!

  7. 7.

    Joel

    May 8, 2011 at 11:21 am

    Dwyane Wade is a goddamn punk.

  8. 8.

    Tom Hilton

    May 8, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    Too late to call mine, alas. I miss her.

  9. 9.

    Nutella

    May 8, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    Not about moms but about women in public service: this link even has bonus misogyny in the first comment!

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