Sunday Breakfast Links: Open Thread, Nov. 12
Question of the day comes from Lucian Truscott, who asks "WTF is wrong with rich people?" I have to say, I don’t have a clue what’s up with rich people.…
GOP: Grabby Old Perverts
In blackjack, doubling down is what you do when you're holding a 10 or 11 and the dealer shows a bust card. In politics, it's just what Republicans do. Every.…
Open Thread, Nov. 11: Saturday Scrapple
When it comes to judges, I like 'em well-seasoned. Republicans like 'em raw. Yesterday every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted for a 36-year-old twerp who has only practiced…
Field Guide to Conservatives
I don't know where this came from originally but it's too good to pass up: Things conservatives find offensive: Pink Pussy Hats Rainbow Flags ObamaCare "Happy Holidays" NFL Players kneeling…
Can a Harasser Truly Apologize? Louis C.K. Gives It a Try
The tsunami of stories about men behaving badly is sweeping the worlds of celebrity and politics so fast that nobody who has been accused has been able to come up…
Call Roy Moore a Perv, Get a Spittle Shower
The list of men called out for bad sexual behavior, from creeping on underaged girls to rape, keeps growing. Comedian Louis C.K., who was trailed for years by rumors of…
Open Thread Nov. 10: Scientology, Mental Illness and an Atheist in Congress
Here's my question about Roy Moore: What's with the fucking cowboy hat? You live in Alabama, dipshit. Nobody but a country singer or a phony wears a cowboy hat outside…
Clickbait Canapes: Johnstown, Deals and the Great Skedaddle
Donald Trump was right about people getting sick of winning -- look at how many Republicans are fleeing Congress. Yahoo asked a bunch of them for their reasons, and while…
Open Thread, Nov. 9: Equal Pay, Elections and Halladay’s Plane
Stories searching for lessons in Tuesday's election litter the ground like autumn leaves, and I'll be damned if I rake them all up. A couple of them are worth your time,…
“Our State Has Decided to Allow Our Children to Become Transgenders”
That's the opinion of one man, anyway, State Rep. Rich Collins, R-Bedrock, who vows not to let it happen on his watch. WXDE's Rob Petree, who interviewed Collins, cited the…
Tea and Clickbait: The NFL, Bannon and Brains
Football took another blow to the head at a University of Maryland symposium, with several sportswriters acknowledging that it's going to be hard to make a collision sport brain-safe. Bob…
Open Thread Nov. 8: Red Hats, Day Drinking and Denial
Defeat is an orphan, all right, and Trump left Ed Gillespie's losing race in the convent doorway with a note saying, "He wouldn't embrace me." The Daily Beast has the…
The Right Prayers for Gun Victims
Pious Paul Ryan claims to believe that prayer does work, and that it's a proper response to gun massacres. Based on the evidence, though, the Big Guy is either deaf in…