Generic Open Thread
No frills. No new material to read. Just a place for you to talk about what you want to talk about in the comment section until the next post is completed, which should be later today. Have a good morning, … Continue reading
No frills. No new material to read. Just a place for you to talk about what you want to talk about in the comment section until the next post is completed, which should be later today. Have a good morning, … Continue reading
President Obama gave his final State of the Union Address last Tuesday. In it, he mentioned something that turned a number of heads, maybe including yours. It was when he was speaking about employment and workers and so forth. “Americans … Continue reading
Bill’s faithful wife Hillary. Larry David’s crazy cousin Bernie. That other white guy. Debate open thread. Live coverage starts at 8pm Eastern, 7pm Central, 6pm Mountain, 5pm Pacific, 3pm Hawai’i-Aleutian, 4am tomorrow Moscow. The debate itself begins an hour later. … Continue reading
First GOP presidential primary debate of 2016. Fox Business Network. “Undercard” debate with Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and the now-demoted Carly Fiorina begins at 6pm Eastern, 5pm Central. Rand Paul didn’t like being demoted, so he won’t be attending. Moderators … Continue reading
Recorded here for posterity. "For the sake of our national security, we must give diplomacy a chance to succeed." —President Obama on Iran, #SOTU Address, 1/28/14 — CO2 Producer (@CO2Producer) January 12, 2016 "We have a chance to negotiate…agreement that…secures America…avoiding … Continue reading
This is it. Our first State of the Union open thread, and the last time–hopefully–that Americans have to see and hear this man speak from the U.S. House Chamber podium. Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Paul Ryan will … Continue reading
Cars. That’s what Obama wanted to talk about this week in his address to the nation. He needed to take credit for something new as a little preview of what we can expect to hear him say in his final … Continue reading
The words that might have appeared here aren’t here. Instead there are these words. But there will be more words to come. Oh by the way, the shocking news of the morning is that the iconic musician David Bowie has … Continue reading
WARNING! SPOILERS DEAD AHEAD! I provide this post for those who have seen the new Star Wars movie and have been dying to discuss it with each other. If you haven’t seen it yet and don’t want details of the … Continue reading
Obama wept. Media collectively orgasms. North Korea made something big go boom. There’s some wet weather in California thanks to El Little Boy, and brutal Arctic temperatures will blanket much of the country by this weekend. The Taliban have killed … Continue reading