Tag: Open Thread
Tuesday Open Thread
What is there to look forward to on a Tuesday? A fresh, shiny new open thread that’s what. Also, Drinking Liberally on Thursday at the Homegrown Cafe in Newark! Republican economist Bruce Bartlett has advice for the Republicans, not that they’ll take it. The advice is that the economy needs spending, not cuts: According to […]
Monday Open Thread
Are you ready for Monday? Are you ready for Thursday’s Drinking Liberally at the Homegrown Cafe? Let’s talk about Faux News, since they can’t seem to stop talking about themselves. Faux deployed the blondes to whine about Faux News victimhood. There was the inexplicably popular Laura Ingraham on ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopolous: Ingraham […]
Weekend Open Thread
Thread it up! LOL! Another Republican push poll fail. So Faux News is the queen of whining victimhood. They are a real news station, they are! Maybe not so much… Friends and associates have encouraged him [Fox News founder and CEO Roger Ailes] to run, POLITICO reported earlier Friday. “Ailes knows how to frame an […]
Friday Open Thread
It’s Friday and it’s open thread time. That means your Friday is already halfway over! It’s also National Mole Day, a celebration of Avogadro’s number, 6.02 x 10^23 (the number of atoms in a mole). It’s celebrated from 6:02 AM to 6:02 PM on 10/23 every year. This link gives you some tips on how […]
Thursday Open Thread
Thursday’s open thread: PHILLIES! Courageous blogger Mike Stark attends a press conference by the ACORN video producers and learns: Some things you probably don’t know about James O’Keefe (“the pimp”) and Hannah Giles (“the prostitute”): […] 1. You know that ridiculous pimp outfit O’Keefe was filmed wearing? Well… he never wore it into an ACORN […]
Wednesday Open Thread
It’s Wednesday and we have thread. Are you suffering from Crazy Fatigue? I know I am. Speaking of crazy, crazy birther lawyer/dentist/real estate agent Orly Taitz is appealing her $20,000 fine. Do you think she’ll get a fine every time she files now? Here’s a taste of Taitz’s latest (bolded text in original): Judge Land’s […]
Tuesday Open Thread
Tell everyone your deep, dark secrets. We promise not to tell anyone. Let’s get this conversation started: A heartbreaking story of a man who lost his job and joined the army to get his wife cancer treatment. Health care reform now! h/t dkos In March, he was laid off from his job as a raw […]
Monday Open Thread
I’m still all juiced up from the weekend craziness. You guys were chatty this weekend! It’s open thread time – what do you want to talk about? It’s a special week this week – National Chemistry Week! The theme this year is “Chemistry – It’s Elemental.” Yeah, I know we’re not the most creative bunch. […]
Sunday Open Thread
You guys sure are chatty this weekend. Here’s a fresh thread for you. Is the Delaware Democratic party’s website fubar-ed for you as well? An excellent diary on anti-vaccine hysteria from Daily Kos. Some on-line activist started a website called Republicans For Rape after 30 Republican senators (all men) voted against the Franken amendment. The […]
Saturday’s Open Thread
Cold and rainy Saturday. A great day to watch some college football from the comfort of you living room. Or maybe you would like to discuss some of the following: Delaware gets smacked by a nor’easter (link) Pakistan starts military action against Al-Queda and the Taliban (link) James Monroe biographer says that Obama should take […]
Friday Open Thread
Anyone got exciting plans for the weekend? I have to train for a 5K run on Halloween. Any suggestion for a costume you can run in? To start your weekend out right, watch Rachel Maddow tear Tim Phillips from Americans for Prosperity a new one (the real fireworks are in Part 2 but watch the […]
Thursday Open Thread
Is it Thursday already? The week is flying by! This is just cool: Then it will be time to test one of the most bizarre and revolutionary theories in science. I’m not talking about extra dimensions of space-time, dark matter or even black holes that eat the Earth. No, I’m talking about the notion that […]
Wednesday Open Thread
What up? I know that’s the name of a blog that you totally wanted to use. Well, it’s too late – Michael Steele has taken it. For real. The RNC has a new website. It’s communist red and the URL of Michael Steele’s blog is “/chairman_steele”. Steele’s blog is called “What up?”, and it certainly […]
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