538 has a good piece on the implicit bias referees have when they get yelled at in NFL games: a sideline bias in the NFL is real, and it’s spectacular. To prove it, we looked at the rates at which refs call the NFL’s most severe penalties, including defensive pass interference, aggressive infractions like personal …
Thursday Morning Open Thread: Keep Going After the Bastids
Per Crooks & Liars: … A frustrated Senator Warren asked Rep. Price direct questions about his own policy prescriptions, but he refused to give a definitive answer, even about the cuts he has repeatedly called for. Sen. Warren discussed his calls to cut funding and asked, “You recently authored as chair of the House Budget …
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Late Night Open Thread: Hail, Glowryus Leeder
Just in case you thought Trump's laziness was delaying activation of the dictator playbook: Get ready for the parades! pic.twitter.com/1gP210VEBI — Schooley (@Rschooley) January 18, 2017 Ours or Russia's? https://t.co/HkzsaW4nQb — Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) January 18, 2017 If only it were as lazy easy as trademarking someone else’s slogan! … The slogan itself was not …
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Sign Help
I have a friend heading to the march in Washington, and we are looking for some ideas for a sign for her to carry. Personally, I would just carry a sign that says “FUCK THIS BULLSHIT” but I am a crude vulgarian. She would prefer something punny and clever. Have at it.
Guest Post From Cheryl Rofer: The Department of Energy, What Does it Do? ?
(Not Cheryl Rofer!) Fails Dancing With The Stars, Wins Nuke Prize by Cheryl Rofer According to the New York Times, Rick Perry, former governor of Texas, presidential aspirant, and now Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Energy, um, didn’t know what the Department of Energy does when he accepted Trump’s nomination. “Sure I’ll be Ambassador …
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Shaping the Operational Environment: McClatchy Reports that the US Intelligence Community is Investigating Ties Between the Trump Campaign and Russia
Among all the other news, big, medium, and small was this important report: As we've said… https://t.co/vfeV4iYyP6 — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 18, 2017 McClatchy has reported that: WASHINGTON The FBI and five other law enforcement and intelligence agencies have collaborated for months in an investigation into Russian attempts to influence the November election, including …
Wednesday Evening Open Thread: “I Don’t Try to Predict the Future, I Try to Prevent It” (R. Bradbury)
Yep. pic.twitter.com/pPzKY5Wvhr — Clarahhj (@clarahjorth) December 19, 2016 . So many falling anvils, so few anvil-rated shelters — and that’s just in my small personal circle. I’m stockpiling non-inauguration-related stories for Friday, in the cynical expectation that they’ll be preempted by breaking news. *********** Apart from the slow-rolling tshit tsunami, what’s on the agenda for …