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 …
Saturday Morning Open Thread: Maybe Don’t Encourage Him
Last year, Trump released a Contract With The American Voter, outlining an agenda for the first 100 days. Here's the status of that agenda: pic.twitter.com/cujdxe30OT — Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 18, 2017 Politicians are judged by the "ridiculous standard" that they set. Here's what @POTUS said he would do in 100 days: https://t.co/TjU478QFST https://t.co/tw3xU9LH19 — …
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A Little Reminder That Good Things Still Happen and Make the World a Better Place
So this happened earlier tonight (h/t: Josh Marshall’s twitter feed): So my neighbor died. His sweet little dog sat at his side until they found him and now she needs a home. Like right now. Can you help? pic.twitter.com/23eCTWhxxi — Sara Morrison (@SaraMorrison) April 21, 2017 Her name is Noni and she is 13 years …
I Love Spring
I love this time of year. Everything is getting green and pretty and smells so good. Rode around today doing some errands and broke out the Police- Synchronicity and the Stones – Emotional Rescue and enjoyed the cool breeze and warm sun. It was a good day.
Friday Evening Open Thread: Readership Capture Social Notes
NEW: President Obama will make his first real public appearance in Chicago on Monday, and to a familiar audience: young community organizers — Gregory Korte (@gregorykorte) April 21, 2017 Former President Barack Obama will speak to young people at the University of Chicago on Monday, returning to the city for what will be his first …
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Our town is turning into shit
I just finished listening to the Shit Town podcast. Has anyone else listened to it? After the first episode, my wife said “That guy (John B.) sounds a lot like someone from Balloon Juice.” Overall, I liked it a lot but I thought it dragged a lot after the first three or four episodes. I …
Headlines that make me want to gouge out my eyes with a melon baller
What do you get when you cross an inanity with a pathetic attempt to paper over gaping ineptitude and a statement of the blindingly fucking obvious? This headline from your paper of record: Trump keeps global rivals off balance with improvisational foreign policy, but it has risks https://t.co/uPyDhxCaaJ — NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) April 20, 2017 …
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