Who was it who said (paraphrasing) a competent administration provides its citizens the luxury of not thinking about politics all the time? This cartoon is my life now: I hope the science marches are HUGE today. I can’t go because of a family thing, but my encouragement, admiration and good wishes go with those of …
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Monday Morning Open Thread: Keep Resisting
Bill Nye is going to march on Washington https://t.co/ogDRWizE3k pic.twitter.com/EUaO4zyz1Y — Popular Science (@PopSci) April 3, 2017 Bill Nye, star of the megahit “Science Guy” television show of the 90s, announced his public support of the March for Science in a blog post on Thursday. The April 22 march is billed as a call for …
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Monday Morning Open Thread: Happy Vernal Equinox
Time to take a stand. @RevDrBarber coming to D.C. to lead #MoralRally for healthcare. pic.twitter.com/nX8Gnsyyio — J Wilson-Hartgrove (@wilsonhartgrove) March 18, 2017 . Apart from #Resisting, what’s on the agenda as we start another week (and season)? *********** A new Washington Post feature, from Media Columnist Margaret Sullivan — “Tracking the special treatment media get …
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Snow (Job) Day?
IN OTHER NEWS, the Trump/@FreedomCaucus pizza party and bowling night at WH on Tuesday has been postponed due to the snowstorm! — Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) March 13, 2017 Not sure how much of DC will be shut down, so this next may or may not be postponed: I'll just tweet interesting congressional news. For one, …
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Monday Morning Open Thread: People Power
pic.twitter.com/wrUc6xTA5y — Sad Trombone Sound (@Johngcole) March 12, 2017 Probably a more viable alternative, at the present moment: It's Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale and the ACLU meeting is packed pic.twitter.com/TkX1DkMQyD — Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 11, 2017 CORAL GABLES, Fla. — It had all the trappings of a campaign rally: the signs, the Bruce …
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Late-Night Sweet Little Leftovers Open Thread
Happy Purim. A holiday when we Jews celebrate managing to not be killed by some antisemitic schmuck, which is basically all of our holidays. — OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) March 12, 2017 . Mmm, hamantaschen. My family wasn’t Jewish, but every sensible New Yorker takes advantage of ethnic bakeries during their various holidays. Purim, this year, actually …
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Saturday Morning Open Thread: Make It So — Cute!
When your dog looks like Patrick Stewart pic.twitter.com/MNgyK0BPpr — Shaz ?? (@sharonmar3) March 8, 2017 Sir Patrick probably wouldn’t object to the comparison. What’s on the agenda for the day, or the weekend? *********** Speaking of things that could cheer you up, from the Washington Post — “Trump stumping for AHCA? Democrats aren’t worried”: The …
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