I’m going to have to make room for this twaddle on my list of the Worst Movies of 2018. It’s tone deaf, ill-conceived, smug, unfunny and poorly executed. Other than that, good job!???? https://t.co/lwitBhVxO1 — Richard Roeper (@richardroeper) December 27, 2017 So the grown-ups at Vanity Fair decided, during this (usually) slow-news week, to let …
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: The Stories We Tell Each Other
I saw @BarackObama speak in Chicago a couple of weeks ago. He said that he didn’t watch cable news when he was POTUS because everything on there was stuff he had learned a long time before it was on TV. https://t.co/9skSSSVQib — Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) December 23, 2017 Stephen Greenblatt, with an op-ed in the …
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Open Thread: “You’ll Poke Your Eye Out!”
You can bring guns into the new Tennessee legislative building, but you have to leave “hand-carried signs and signs on hand sticks” because they “represent a serious safety hazard.” https://t.co/4nMvckuRDW — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 26, 2017 . True Heartland(tm) values! Guns YES, thoughts NO! Which means you can walk in with your gun but …
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Open Thread: The Very Serious Media Will Never Give Up Their ‘WWC Trump Voters’ Woobie
These “Trump supporters are sticking w Trump” article-supporting editors are sticking w “Trump supporters are sticking w Trump” articles. https://t.co/qLxlY573jo — Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) December 26, 2017 Coming Wednesday: In the symbolic heart of Trump’s America, the president’s supporters stand resolutely behind him still, hopeful he’ll keep his promises to revive the coal business and …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Not All Heroes Wear Capes
imagine falling in love with someone and then finding out they don't like dogs https://t.co/P5YLKEJeqb — laura olin (@lauraolin) December 26, 2017 … But I hope this one was wearing a good pair of work gloves. Per the Washington Post: It was one of those gag cards you can buy in a drugstore. “Merry Catsmess!” …
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Late-Night Monday Open Thread: Wrap Up the Leftovers
On behalf of the Obama family, Merry Christmas! We wish you joy and peace this holiday season. pic.twitter.com/CNFUZrhrBj — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 25, 2017 . We gorged ourselves at our favorite Chinese restaurant, and still came home with enough leftovers for the rest of the week. Beef with mushrooms, Singapore rice stick, and Yang …
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Xmas Evening Open Thread
. From irrepressible commentor OldGold: How is Christmas like an ordinary day at the office? You do all the work and a fat guy in a bad suit gets all the credit. . The snowplow guy, bless him, showed up (we didn’t expect him!) to remove the ice barricade at the end of the driveway, …