Valued commenter Jeffro shared an anecdote in the morning thread that got my attention because I’ve witnessed the phenomenon myself: I don’t know if anyone else is having a similar experience, but as I mentioned last night, Mrs. Jeffro is now almost as painfully up on all things political as I am (and that is …
Site Update Incoming
WordPress just released a pretty important security update which I’m about to apply. Besides that, I’m still working on a number of smaller issues such as buttons for mobile site, better video embeds for live events, adding comment counts to next/prev post buttons, and some instructions so that commenters can put tweets properly in comments …
Charlotte
When I first posted here a couple weeks back, some of you remembered that I used to post here a long time ago – 2008 actually. And a couple of you even remembered that I had a dog at the time – a Black Labrador Retriever named Charlotte. Well, I’m happy to report that she …
Writing Group Update and Open Thread
Nice alteration on the G train. pic.twitter.com/jVh6oQiigF — Wesley Verhoeve (@wesley) January 26, 2017 Writers Chatting is scheduled for Sunday at 12:30 est/11:30 cst/ 10:30 mst/9:30 pst – all the time zones for ya whiners! ;-) As always I have a couple of guest posts and we’ll keep it positive and politics free (as much …
Anti-ACA piccadores
It is becoming clear that there is a strategy to hamstring and hamper the ACA so there will be less public opposition to repeal because the law won’t be seen as delivering any benefits. But the hamstringing and hampering will not be great acts that immediately cripple the Exchanges but instead, small jabs and lances …
Friday Morning Open Thread: “Routine Resistance”
Good @neeratanden piece on the need for *sustained* and *consistent* resistance to Trump: https://t.co/AdDO4yN4TZ pic.twitter.com/BRZOZ2cQLz — Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) January 26, 2017 From the Washington Post, “Thousands demonstrated against Trump in Philly“: The rally didn’t start until 11 a.m., but Jackie Hamilton and Barb Beattie had shown up to the downtown plaza by 9:45 a.m. …
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Late Night Horrorshow Open Thread: A Difference of Patriotic Opinion
House Republicans and Democrats are split on focus of probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election https://t.co/B9O3uEhXv5 pic.twitter.com/3CCeWKt64E — CNN (@CNN) January 26, 2017 The Democrats want to find out if our country’s security has been compromised. The Repubs want to be sure investigating the thimblerigging that put Putin’s Paul Ryan’s Puppet into …
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