The NYTimes recently hired the “provocative” Bari Weiss (as far as I can tell, because Bret Stephens was getting screechy about being the punchline to every ‘reactionary FTFNYT columnist shows his arse in public again’ joke). Earlier this week, Weiss produced her longest, most provocative piece so far, and boy did it get the hate-clicks! …
Late Night Horrorshow Open Thread: “Chain Migration”, It’s All-American!
(Signe Wilkinson via GoComics.com) . Count on the Trump Administration to find the most obnoxious person available to misidentify family reunification. Count on the NYTimes to pick the worst possible person to defend that misidentification, on the worst possible day… "Hey, when should we run this Ross Douthat piece normalizing the most prominent white nationalist …
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Open Thread: NYTimes: Our Sucking-Up Will Continue!
what the fuck. pic.twitter.com/0iD9NBgTkl — sean. ?? (@SeanMcElwee) December 31, 2017 President Trump has brought a reality-show accessibility to a once-aloof presidency, invigorating voters who felt alienated by the establishment https://t.co/arNi1F2bNr — The New York Times (@nytimes) December 31, 2017 The Night King has brought a winter wonderland to once temperate Westeros, invigorating a once …
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Leftover Day Open Thread
Sure, it looks like a bucket of feeble suds and rolled gym socks now, but the contents of this pot are slowly forming the basis for the most delicious French onion soup ever, which will be consumed with relish* this evening: Every Christmas, we have a four-bone prime rib for Christmas dinner. The dogs get …
Friday Morning Open Thread: “Good Riddance”
The public editor thought the public should do her job, so now it belongs to the public https://t.co/s0TWMnEui4 — Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) June 1, 2017 If the public is the public editor now then we order you to fire David Brooks — Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan) May 31, 2017 For your morning enjoyment, a most excellent …
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James Comey’s Open Thread
Valued commenter clay posted this CNN article on the previous thread. Let’s keep that thread on oceanography for Boussinesq and mess around with the politics here. The CNN story continues a Washington Post story that didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me the other day. It still doesn’t make much sense, although this …
Thursday Evening Open Thread: “This Is Fine… ” GOP Mutters to Itself
White House decision to let Russian photog into Oval Office seen as significant security lapse. https://t.co/1yyowvE7Es https://t.co/9J1SCCSqJ5 — Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) May 11, 2017 Lavrov spox blasts WaPo story on Russian photog being allowed into WH. Says Post "is making our correspondents feel like Jews in 1933." https://t.co/UmphMpWdZ7 — Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) May 11, 2017 …
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