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Dec. 3 Open Thread: We Already Know Whodunit

By Alby December 3, 20183 Comments

Anyone who wonders why the Trump-Russia story gets so much ink must be blind to the popularity of mystery stories. Almost every novel, movie or TV show has some mystery…

Dec. 2 Open Thread: All Over But the Whining

By Alby December 2, 20182 Comments

It wasn't hard to see that winning the presidency would be Trump's ultimate undoing. His sleazy, corrupt business model can only exist in darkness, and Trump won an office that…

Nov. 28 Open Thread: We Are All Mr. Jones

By Alby November 28, 20188 Comments

We know something is happening but we don't yet know what it is. Dominoes are falling in the Mueller probe, but even the most plugged-in pundits are struggling with what…

Nov. 27 Open Thread: Tear Gas Si, Lettuce No

By Alby November 27, 2018

Welcome to Donald Trump's Festung Amerika, where a salad can make you sick but you can put tear gas on your nachos. There's no smoking gun linking the latest e.…

Nov. 26 Open Thread: Depends on Who’s Being Hanged, Doesn’t It?

By Alby November 26, 20183 Comments

Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has lurched from one racism-tinted gaffe to the next in the run-up to her run-off election against Democrat Mike Espy. As Trump prepares to stage rallies…

Nov. 24 Open Thread: The Centrists Cannot Hold

By Alby November 24, 20188 Comments

Surrender-happy centrist Democrats continue to believe the country can't run without their wisdom, so let's look at a prime example of how wrong they are: Georgia's 6th Congressional District, the…

Nov. 23 Open Thread: Judge Dread

By Alby November 23, 201811 Comments

Now even SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts isn't Trumpy enough for Trump. Roberts rebuked Trump for trash-talking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Trump has lashed back ever since.…

Thanksgiving Open Thread: Happy Mac ‘n’ Cheese Day

By Alby November 22, 20184 Comments

I'm a sucker for these U.S. maps that show the most popular insert-noun-here for each state. Today's shows the most Googled Thanksgiving recipe for each state, and Delaware's is --…

Belongs on Black Velvet

By Alby November 21, 20184 Comments

That's some right leg. I'd like to meet his tailor. For this I left Paris? Picasso, Miro, Basquiat -- lately I've seen a lot of paintings that don't represent reality…

Nov. 2 Open Thread: Signs of the Blue Wave

By Alby November 2, 20189 Comments

If you've read enough election stories over the years you know that the congressional district in Pennsylvania Dutch country around Lancaster has never elected a Democrat. Ever. Before Republicans existed…

And Now For a Little Comic Relief

By Alby November 1, 20184 Comments

The conservative dirty tricksters who tried to frame Robert Mueller went ahead with their news conference at the ultra-swanky Roslyn, Va., Holiday Inn even though -- surprise! -- the woman…

Nov. 1 Open Thread: Donnie Two Scoops Melts Down

By Alby November 1, 20186 Comments

The dishiest Beltway reporter these days is definitely Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman, who reports that Trump's mood is grim and has been ever since Cesar Sayoc's arrest. Sherman also hears…

Oct. 31 Open Thread: President Pariah

By Alby October 31, 20185 Comments

Something unprecedented in American history happened yesterday -- a sitting president was universally shunned when he tried to stage a photo op pay his respects at the Pittsburgh synagogue where…