Terms for the GOP's capitulation appear to be almost ready: http://t.co/axTm18V9YR What a bloody pointless waste this has been. #Warishell — billmon (@billmon1) October 12, 2013 . Soundtrack for the sadness of the Teahadists… (Live at the Nobel Peace Prize?!?) You can do better? Prove it, in the comments.
Friday Night Open Thread: Tailgunner Ted Cruz & the “Values” Voters
Cruz to teabaggers: "If you wamt to live in a fantasy world where you'rw winning, then so will I." http://t.co/EiS1k0JiHI — billmon (@billmon1) October 11, 2013 Either Cruz also completely delusional, or he believes living the fantasy now will set him up 2 lead the "stabbed in the back" search later. — billmon (@billmon1) October …
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Friday Recipe Exchange: Lots of Soups for You
From our Food Goddess, TaMara: And we’re back. There’s been a bit of chill in the air with some areas getting the first touch of snow, but I didn’t need much encouragement to start the soup and stew ritual. Last weekend I put two big batches of soup together while it drizzled outside. That means …
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Long Read(s): GOP “Middle American Radicals”, aka “Peasants With Pitchforks”
. . This wordcloud appears in Thomas Edsall’s NYTimes column, from a Greenberg Quinlan Rosner survey of Republican focus groups asked for their opinions of President Obama. John B. Judis, in The New Republic, has a fascinating discussion of Edsall’s column and “The Final Days of the Republican Party“: … Since the late 1960s, America …
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Open Thread: Losing the Plot
This NYTimes story got kicked around some in the comments earlier today, but I think (hope?) it’s significant: Business Groups See Loss of Sway Over House G.O.P. As the government shutdown grinds toward a potential debt default, some of the country’s most influential business executives have come to a conclusion all but unthinkable a few …
Open Thread: So Much for That Clever Plan, Sen. Cruz…
"health-care law has become MORE popular since the shutdown began" http://t.co/GDtO86jQWC @EWErickson: "Ah, the sweet smell of success!" — billmon (@billmon1) October 10, 2013 WSJ/NBC poll suggests Ted Cruz is the best thing to happen to Obamacare since the SCOTUS decision. — Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) October 10, 2013 . If the Teahadists have lost Karen …
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Open Thread: GOP Casting for A Scapegoat?
The Washington Post says that “Thursday is shaping up to be a critical day for any possible breakthroughs, with a series of key huddles of Republicans and meetings at the White House.” Just possibly, the not-completely-insane members of the GOP might be looking for some disposable figurehead to blame for getting them into a battle …
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