Tag: Open Thread

Thursday Open Thread

Filed in National by on April 8, 2010 5 Comments

Welcome to your almost-daily open thread. Do you have any burning issues that you just can’t wait to talk about? Share them here. The man charged with threatening Nancy Pelosi lives off government largesse (of course he does): The San Francisco man arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her support for […]

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Wednesday Open Thread

Filed in National by on April 7, 2010 22 Comments

Welcome to a regular Wednesday in summer. What, it’s not summer you say? It certainly feels like it. My husband and I waited until 8 PM last night to go running because we were hoping it would cool off some. It didn’t. It was still 80 when we finished the run around 9 PM. So, […]

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Tuesday Open Thread

Filed in National by on April 6, 2010 26 Comments

Welcome to Tuesday, the day after the Duke-pocalypse. Everyone’s least favorite college basketball team won the NCAA championship tonight. So, is anything else on your mind? Tell us in today’s open thread. The loneliest KKK member: This Saturday, the Church of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan — a once-powerful organization that in […]

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Monday Open Thread

Filed in National by on April 5, 2010 14 Comments

Welcome to your first post-iPad Monday. Does the world feel different and new? Are you ready to chuck your unwieldy netbook and use an iPad forever? So, are there any non-iPad related things you want to discuss? Put them here, in your open thread.

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Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on April 3, 2010 8 Comments

It’s a holiday weekend and it’s time for an open thread. The holiday I’m talking about, of course, is iPad launch day. If my Twitter feed is correct it’s the biggest thing happening in the world this weekend. There’s also some holiday called Easter. The headline of this article says it all “Not satisfied with […]

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Good Friday Open Thread

Filed in National by on April 2, 2010 47 Comments

Welcome to Good Friday on this beautiful spring day. While most of you are slaving away at work, I’m going to be enjoying a day at the spa (my Christmas present). So I hope you’re having fun! So, what’s on your mind besides intense jealousy? It’s time for an open thread. Obama visited Maine yesterday […]

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April Fool’s Day Open Thread

Filed in National by on April 1, 2010 14 Comments
April Fool’s Day Open Thread

It’s the first day of April and that means it’s time for April Fool’s Day. April Fool’s is becoming a bit of an internet holiday, so be careful what you read over the internets. I’ve already read that Google is changing its name to Topeka and that the journals Science and Nature are combining to […]

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Wednesday Open Thread

Filed in National by on March 31, 2010 54 Comments
Wednesday Open Thread

It’s Wednesday and it’s time for an open thread. Do you have any burning thoughts you want to share with the rest of us? Put your thoughts, non sequitors and links below. This thread is open! There’s not too much I can add to this story of a Hutaree wedding: Isn’t it romantic? Weddings always […]

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Tuesday Open Thread

Filed in National by on March 30, 2010 12 Comments

Welcome to Tuesday on another dreary day. I keep hearing rumors that the end of the week will be nice and sunny. Bring it on! What’s on your mind today? Share it in our daily open thread. I’m not so sure that Republican donors should be that outraged at the RNC’s expenses. Scamming their followers […]

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Monday Open Thread

Filed in National by on March 29, 2010 18 Comments

Welcome to a dreary Monday open thread. What can we do to brighten your day? Perhaps an open thread will work? For some reason, CBS invited lunatic Rep. Michele Bachmann on Face the Nation and she was as fact-free as ever. Bachmann, who is by most measures stark raving mad, didn’t disappoint. Given the national […]

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Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on March 27, 2010 17 Comments

Happy weekend everyone! I hope you’re having a good one. A little birdie told me that liberalgeek is having a birthday today, so everyone wish him a happy birthday. I think he’s turning 29 today. So let’s start this open thread. As expected, President Obama has made some recess appointments: The White House has just […]

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Friday Open Thread

Filed in National by on March 26, 2010 19 Comments

Welcome to Friday of what has been both a weird and wonderful week. I hope you have awesome weekend plans! What’s on your mind? Let’s get this open thread spinning. Before you feel too sorry for the newly-purged conservative David Frum, take a look at this blast from the past (written by Frum in 2003). […]

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Thursday Open Thread

Filed in National by on March 25, 2010 19 Comments

Welcome to Thursday. So far my day is going better than yesterday and catching up on sleep really helped with that. So, tell us, what’s on your mind? Open thread! A win for the good guys! Jamie Leigh Jones gets her day in court, thanks to Senator Al Franken. The Fifth Circuit eventually held that […]

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