Open Threads

Steve Benen:

Tomorrow, when you sit down for your Thanksgiving meal and your crazy right-wing uncle says something like, “Well, at least I can count on Bush to tell us the truth,” you can safely say, “You’re just about the only person who thinks so.”

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Tell that to your uncle.

Hugh Hewitt:

It is that time of year again, when the extended family gathers to feast, watch some football, and fall into deep quarrels over politics.

Well, hopefully you can avoid the latter.

But, if you have a brother-in-law or a shirttail cousin who insists –absolutely insists– on arguing “Bush lied, people died” again, follow these simple rules:

And if you are just some innocent bystander at your family Thanksgiving dinner getting harangued by the activist liberal/conservative at the dinner table, you are welcome to come to my house, where I have spent the afternoon balancing a box of wine on my stomache while watching football.

Different LensesPost + Comments (33)

I’m planning to spend the day with the extended family, but this post raised an interesting question: what was the first album that you bought on your own? Vinyl, tape or CD?

For me it was Midnight Oil, Diesel and Dust. I bought it on tape some time during the first second Reagan administration.

Yep, I was pretty much born a raging lefty. You won’t be surprised to know that around the same time I secretly put weighted-down Listerine bottles in my family’s toilet bowls to reduce water per flush.

***Update***

Tear in time-space continuum repaired.

First album?Post + Comments (60)

Have a good one, eat lots of bird, and don’t forget the Mountaineers are on tonight in the Backyard Brawl. Tim and I would have made bets, but I think we both agree that Pitts is going to get killed by WVU.

BTW- The Macy’s parade is being broadcast in HD on NBC, which I think is a sign of the shift to HD broadcasts.

Happy Thanksgiving!Post + Comments (3)

I just dusted off the Police, Synchronicity, something I had not listened to in at least a dozen years, and I had forgotten how good the album is and I remembered every lyric.

Aside from the fact that the album is great, it really took me back to another time (high school, actually, as it came out 83). I find the way that scents and sounds can trigger memories to be really interesting, and if you have anything interesting on the subject matter, put it in the comments so I can check it out.

BTW- Previously mentioned box wine = goodness.

*** Update ***

The wine might be too good. I am having a deep hankering for an Arturo Fuente or a Padron. If I open the Laphroiag, all bets are off.

*** Update #2 ***

The wine is so good I am now dipping deep into the heavy shit, like the Cars, a band I have always secretly loved. The lights are on, moving in stereo.

Bwahaha. Drubnk enough to not only make up words to songs when I sing, but when I type. I RULE! Someone set us up the bomb!

Is Anybody Alive In Here?Post + Comments (35)

While buying supplies for tomorrow, I picked up something new (for me, at least)- a box of wine.

Before you groan, my friend, who is a chef, claims that some of these have really become quite good. I bought Hardy’s Shiraz.

So far, it is looking like turkey, gravy, oyster stuffing, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, and brussel sprouts.

No dessert, since I never have enough room left anyway.

Brave New WorldPost + Comments (49)

You’re not supposed to know about this, so don’t tell anyone I told you.

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