As everyone starts their spin, the President prepares to tweet or do a press gaggle with the traveling press pool as he flies back to DC, rending of garments, gnashing of teeth, victory laps, and celebrations depending on one’s political views and perspectives, I wanted to just make one quick point. The letter that Attorney …
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Open Thread: I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying
For obvious reasons, this just about did me in: Here’s a quick pic of mine. THEY DO NOT LIVE IN THE HOUSE, LOL. But they have started laying eggs again, so you know spring is really here. It is so difficult to get photos of them. They HATE when I aim a camera or phone …
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Sunday Morning Open Thread: Could Be Worse
"Yoopers" embrace endless winters along Lake Superior. The proof is in the pictures. https://t.co/7tireeY5lN — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 23, 2019 The first of our daffodils have opened, near the south-facing front window that leaks heat. They’re not looking very prosperous — I suspect because it was a cold winter without the usual snow …
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Late-Night Movies Open Thread: Scammers All the Way Down (The Theranos Grift)
The wildest thing about the Theranos doc is that people are like HOW could this YOUNG GRIFTER have FLIMFLAMMED so many PEOPLE and, I mean, the grifter is blond and doe-eyed the people bankrolling her were horned-up old white dudes terrified of death, this isn't difficult — andi zeisler (@andizeisler) March 20, 2019 Guys responding …
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Having a Great Time at the Beach
pic.twitter.com/abmjx2muIU — carmelo sgroi (@sgroi_carmelo) March 21, 2019
Election 2020 Open Thread: Elizabeth Warren Is Not Lisa Simpson
I wrote about the stereotype of Elizabeth Warren as nerdy professor/Poindexter/Lisa Simpson, and why it both underrates her exceptional charisma and betrays our inability to handle smart women: https://t.co/nACDJTCaYx — Sady Doyle (@sadydoyle) March 22, 2019 Unless, of course, you’re the type of ‘edgy’ media village idiot who thinks Bart Simpson is the president America …
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BFD Day
Today the Affordable Care Act (ACA) turns nine. It is still a BFD. Open thread