If you stare too long into the abyss… Reeves Wiedeman, in NYMag: “Lenny Pozner used to believe in conspiracy theories. Until his son’s death became one“: On December 14, 2012, Lenny Pozner dropped off his three children, Sophia, Arielle, and Noah, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Noah had recently turned 6, and …
Late Night WTF Open Thread: All the Best People
WSJ asked 45 former White House economists for their views on Trump and Clinton. Results: https://t.co/nqf8DUgPud? pic.twitter.com/nmmAE9jBqO — WSJ Think Tank (@WSJThinkTank) September 18, 2016 Thing about Presidential Candidate Donald J. Trump: He has not made himself popular with quite a few people who would normally be voting Republican. That’s the Wall Street Journal, pointing …
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Hillary Clinton’s “Alt-Right” Speech in Nevada
Flagged by valued commenter Trentrunner, this tweet sums it up perfectly: Hillary shot a campaign in Reno just to watch it die — Bobby Big Wheel (@BobbyBigWheel) August 25, 2016 She burned the fucking Trump campaign to the ground and pissed on the ashes — in a remarkably ladylike fashion. Then she scooped up the …
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Open Thread: A New Dope Nope Hope!
Is it possible for me to pre-read all the "Trump Is Pivoting" stories that will come out this week? I'd like to be efficient. — Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) August 8, 2016 BREAKING FIRST ON @Morning_Joe: Multiple sources say an independent conservative candidate will announce his candidacy for president today. — Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 8, …
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Saturday Morning Pop Culture Open Thread
(via Slate) Seven Samurai is the version I know, so I don’t have an allegiance to the “original” American remake. I adore Denzel Washington, I like Chris Pratt & Jennifer Lawrence, and Anton Fuqua’s Training Day was very good IMO. So we may not get around to seeing this in a theatre (the Spousal Unit …
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Late Night Sh*tshow Open Thread: “Well, Actually… “
Hey Sanders supporters, before you get upset about our delegate system, here are the results of winner take all:Clinton: 1647Sanders: 732 — Sarah Wood (@SarahWoodwriter) April 10, 2016 Clinton also has the popular vote by more than 2 million votes. Bernie isn't losing unfairly, Hillary is winning by A LOT. — Sarah Wood (@SarahWoodwriter) April …
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They’re Idiots. Dangerous Idiots — But Still Idiots.
(Jeff Danziger’s website) First, the earnest truth from Mr. Charles P. Pierce… … This is an act of armed sedition against lawful authority. That is all that it is, and that is quite enough. This is not “an expression of anti-government sentiment.” Flipping off the governor as he drives by is “an expression of anti-government …
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