. 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, …
Monday Morning Open Thread: Merry Xmas (If You Can)
He deserves it pic.twitter.com/COgU6rUTpS — Popehat Needs A Babymamma (@Popehat) December 11, 2017 Merry Christmas to all, and to @realDonaldTrump: Happy Holidays. — John Dingell (@JohnDingell) December 24, 2017 . How’s the Official USA Yule Holiday treating you, o Balloon-Juice jackals? . . The most British story ever: For 12 years, my husband gave his …
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Late Night Open Thread: Musical Interlude
(My favorite Christmas carol, and one written by a Jewish composer. The grocery where Guilherme Assunção currently works is not quite close enough that we shop there, but given the number of small venues around here, I’m hoping to see him on a larger stage someday.) I’m guessing there are still West Coast jackals wrapping …
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Open Thread: The 2017 Bitcoin Adventure
(Drew Sheneman via GoComics.com) . Bitcoin plunges 25% in 24 hours in cryptocurrency market rout https://t.co/pYipLSJxNC via @WSJ — David Wessel (@davidmwessel) December 22, 2017 Whoa bitcoin. Down and to the right. Down nearly 50 percent from its peak and still falling — Farhad Manjoo (feat. Drake) (@fmanjoo) December 22, 2017 But… but… BLOCKCHAIN!!! https://t.co/JNx0ZJazrG …
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Sunday Morning Holiday Stories Open Thread
The reindeer are union and don’t work weekends. pic.twitter.com/kbD1bmxBzd — shauna (@goldengateblond) December 9, 2017 In a minor seasonal miracle, our cherished holiday tree ornaments turned up last night, unearthed on a high shelf in the backyard storage shed when the Spousal Unit went out to make room for the half-dozen potted rose bushes we’re …
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Open Thread: Quite the Challenge (Coin)
THE NEW BITCOIN’S HERE THE NEW BITCOIN’S HERE pic.twitter.com/CYyFtvVDXU — Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) December 22, 2017 What's that thing from Harry Potter? Horcruxes? The challenge coin is obviously a horcrux, right? — Adam Rogers (@jetjocko) December 22, 2017 Challenge coins are souvenirs. Humans squirrel away souvenirs; museums contain troves of antiquities whose only purpose was …
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Saturday Morning Open Thread: Counting Down
. Who’s ready to start fresh, at least with a new calendar? ************ We know people get sick of hearing what Trump voters think about things, so here's a thread on what supporters of the popular vote winner think about things… — PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) December 21, 2017 86% of Clinton voters think that Trump's campaign …
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