Pennsylvania lawmaker to President Trump: "Why don't you come after me you fascist, loofa-faced s***-gibbon" https://t.co/jwvZLwUZby pic.twitter.com/ofD4MUR9wi — CNN (@CNN) February 9, 2017 A man for our season, per CNN: … [State Sen. Daylin] Leach’s outburst was inspired by a Politico article about a meeting Trump recently had with sheriffs from around the nation and …
America’s Food Sourcers: The Common Clay of the New West
Though, the idea that fruits and vegetables would rot without immigrant labor is wrong. They would just get a lot more expensive. — Josh Barro (@jbarro) February 9, 2017 Actually, I don’t think the farmers in the following articles are idiots — they’re just ideologues. To the point of religious obsession. Sure, superior people like …
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Saturday Morning Open Thread: #NotAllPatsPlayers
(Nick Anderson via GoComics.com) . I have two libraries in my house thousands of books. I love to read because I know that for a long time ancestors weren't allowed to. — Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) February 7, 2017 From NYMag, “‘I Don’t Feel Welcome in That House’: At Least 6 Patriots Plan to Skip Visit …
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Open Thread: Worst Odd Couple Remake Yet
"OK, you hang up.""No, *you* hang up!""OK, OK. We'll both hang up at the same time!"https://t.co/TC3NsbGF9r pic.twitter.com/XI6exDlHAy — Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 10, 2017 Olivia Nuzzi, who got her first big news break by attracting Anthony Weiner’s attention, provides an entertaining read for NYMag — “Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus Want You to Know …
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Late Night Open Thread: Well, That Wasn’t Pleasant…
Abe's facial expression is ?? pic.twitter.com/etYaiNH6vp — Brenna Williams (@brennawilliams) February 10, 2017 NPR: At a joint news conference Friday, President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought to shed any perceptions of mistrust between two countries that have been longtime allies. In no uncertain terms, both leaders upheld their friendly relations — both …
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Friday Evening Open Thread: Fun with Charts
The mountain states need a new safe word pic.twitter.com/NB9OznjuRv — Gabriel Rossman (@GabrielRossman) February 9, 2017 Also, people from New Jersey need to stop punching Pennsylvanians in the chest. https://t.co/IwOyIw3LmO pic.twitter.com/toLoOa97hx — Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) February 10, 2017 Given the vast computing power available, there is nothing people can’t chart. Amino.com is a database doctor-picking …
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Friday Morning Open Thread: After the Snowstorm
(Nick Anderson via GoComics.com) . As it happened, we only got about a foot of light, fluffy snow here north of Boston, and the snowblower (which is, thank goddess, in the Spousal Unit’s domain) dealt with the accumulation handily. Hope those of you suffering from other weather events — whether Nola’s tornado, California’s mudslides, or …
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