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August was originally called Sextilis in Latin because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar. The pre-empire Romans basically took January and February off and just had a long gap in their calendar. March was the first month of the year until January and February were added by Numa Pompilius around 700 BC. In 8 BC, Sextilis was renamed in honor of Emperor Augustus. Other later emperors tried to rename months after themselves but they didn't stick. October and December remain mis-numbered relics of Rome's languid youth. August 8th is "Happiness Happens Day" and August is Happiness month. Both were established by Secret Society of Happy People (SOHP) which is an organization that celebrates the expression of happiness. Founded in August 1998, the society encourages thousands of members from all around the globe to recognize happy moments and think about happiness in their daily life. They dropped the "Secret" from their name at some point. I've been thinking about happiness a lot lately because I can't stop thinking about what a paradise we could build in this country if the GOP and Fox News were committed to happiness instead of misery. Read on for Open Thread Headlines.

Via Vox, here are the areas that would get major new spending: Transportation projects: The bill would spend $110 billion in new funds for road, bridges, and related projects. It…

Gerald Brady Resigns!

...is a headline that I still haven't read anywhere. I find that odd, but I find a great deal of Delaware politics odd. BTW, do you know who Brady wrote that crazily racist, misogynist shit too? It has been kind of lost in the soup, but the intended recipient was none other than...

That's a rhetorical question. The Congressional Republicans are now in open rebellion against our constitutional democracy. There is literally nothing his friends in the GOP could do that would undermine Coons' idiotic and dangerous faith in bipartisanship.

Already Distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. Now Concocts Entire Counternarrative

No longer content to absolve Mr. Trump, (congressional Republicans) concocted a version of events in which those accused of rioting were patriotic political prisoners and Speaker Nancy Pelosi was to blame for the violence.

Their new claims, some voiced from the highest levels of House Republican leadership, amount to a disinformation campaign being promulgated from the steps of the Capitol, aimed at giving cover to their party and intensifying the threats to political accountability.

You can throw him out of the band he made successful, you can put him through emergency open-heart surgery, you can cancel his tour because COVID, but you can't stop…

Socialized pricing will have a "devastating impact on... uh....innovation.  Yeah, that's it... innovation".

Will there come a point when the media's bothersiderism breaks down under its own absurd weight? I thought that the 1/6 insurrection riots, for example, might allow the media to…

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), a close ally of President Biden, said Friday he would support a bipartisan infrastructure package even if negotiators drop a proposal to significantly increase funding for…

We've been entirely too soft on Vaccine resisters

The opinion from the department's Office of Legal Counsel paves the way for more federal agencies and businesses to require vaccinations.

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Just when it seemed like some sanity was creeping in...

Sean Hannity assures audience he’s “not urging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine”

Sean Hannity issues stern rebuke to those calling him “pro-vaccine”: “Why are they saying something I didn’t say?”

 

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Some things are beyond snark. Donald Trump Jr Most Popular Among Republicans