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Open Thread Nov. 10: Scientology, Mental Illness and an Atheist in Congress

By Alby November 10, 20172 Comments

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

By Alby November 9, 20174 Comments

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

By Alby November 9, 20176 Comments

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”

By Alby November 8, 201713 Comments

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

By Alby November 8, 201715 Comments

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

By Alby November 8, 20174 Comments

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

By Alby November 7, 2017

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…

Afternoon Clickbait: Taxes, Phony Billionaires and Mickey D’s

By Alby November 7, 20178 Comments

Turns out phony billionaire president Donald Trump has more in common with his Treasury Secretary Wilbur Ross than just ownership of shell companies that hide dealings with Russia. Forbes magazine…

What’s a Colostomy Bag Worth?

By Alby November 7, 20171 Comment

Sanctimonious shitbag Paul Ryan has proved his impeccable credentials in that arena yet again, criticizing the "secular left" for dismissing his and all conservatives' call for thoughts and prayers, claiming…

Open Thread, Nov. 7: Eagles, Fast Cars and Taylor Swift

By Alby November 7, 201711 Comments

Alt-right darling Taylor Swift is already widely despised, but for some reason she doesn't want to be associated with white supremacists -- so much so that she has threatened to…

Second Prize Is a Set of Steak Knives

By Alby November 6, 20171 Comment

Donald Doofus was feeling free and easy in Japan Monday, drinking the covfefe that's only for winners. Did he act steamed again, as he did Sunday, because his hosts had…

This Is What Fascism Looks Like

By Alby November 6, 201723 Comments

Remember the woman who got 15 seconds of fame last week when she flipped off the presidential motorcade? There's a coda to her story. Her name is Juli Briskman. She told…

Open Thread for Nov. 6, 2017

By Alby November 6, 20172 Comments

People who want marijuana legalized for recreational use often talk up its tax advantages, but they're seldom realistic about it. Consider this Los Angeles Times article about the coming tax…