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Regrets, I Have a Few: Trump’s Young Black Leadership Conference

by TaMara (HFG)| October 5, 201912:45 pm| 49 Comments

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Please, please, please, someone provide a photo/video of this conference. I need to see all the young people of color at this "Young Black Leadership Summit". Because otherwise, I'm just gonna assume it's Candace and Diamond and Silk. ?

— Miss T (@TaMarasKitchen) October 4, 2019

I made a snarky response on twitter, forgetting what Trump supporters are like. Now I’m in a whirlwind of approval and equal nastiness.

But honestly? Can anyone blame me for thinking it would be another “Hispanics for Trump” and “Blacks for Trump” signs being held up by a sea of white faces?

News reports say there were 200 attendees – black, white and orange. There is a real lack of photos of the audience. Just the front two rows.

Anyway…I’m about ready to delete my tweet because I’m over the interaction. LOL, I prefer my tweets unread.

What are your thoughts on this rally?

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Open Thread: Now with more Nick Danger, Third Eye

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)| September 13, 201710:15 pm| 150 Comments

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Thanks to Raven et al. for reminding me of the genius that is Firesign Theater. Suck it, haters!

Open thread!

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Things To Do On Days When Do Nothing Seems Like The Best Option

by Tom Levenson| April 1, 20173:08 pm| 185 Comments

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Perhaps…rotate your improbable confections once a day for six months…

My son dug this up (it should be noted that the sole useful purpose of a sixteen year old roommate is exposure to the zeitgeist — or at least that part of it to which us certain-age types have no direct access). I am awed by the whacky patience required to come up with a chocolate geode.

What’s the most unlikely project you’ve ever attempted. Did it work?

And beyond that question…open thread.

PS: lovely meet up last night. As usual, I completely failed to match up names to nyms but it was a hoot to see such friendly jackals in congress.

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Happy New Year: Ireland Man Edition!

by Adam L Silverman| December 31, 20169:35 pm| 96 Comments

This post is in: An Unexamined Scandal, Because of wow., Open Threads, Popular Culture, Silverman on Security, Fuck Yeah!, Someone Somewhere Is Having More Fun Than I Am, THIS WAS AWESOME

We have an early entrant in the bizarre things that occur on New Year’s Eve contest. This one courtesy of Ireland Man (like Florida Man, but with a better accent!).

(h/t: https://twitter.com/AMoCS/status/815302062829404160)

Hope everyone’s festivities or quiet night’s in are going to plan!

Stay frosty!

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College Football + Other Stuff Open Thread

by Betty Cracker| December 31, 20162:59 pm| 132 Comments

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LSU has dispatched Loo-uh-vull, and Georgia Tech handily dismantled Kentucky, so now it’s on to the games with title implications: ‘Bama vs. Washington starts at 3 PM ET (Roll Tide!), and Ohio State and Clemson play at 7 PM (Go Clemson!).

I’ve got ropa vieja simmering in the kitchen (following this recipe, more or less, only I use Goya Adobo instead of assembling the spice mix described in the recipe because ain’t nobody got TIME for that shit!) and am enjoying the beautiful weather outside.

A beer would complete the circle of my domestic contentment, but I gotta pace myself: I want to make damn sure I’m awake at midnight to watch motherfucking 2016 die!

Open thread for both sportsball and non-sportsball talk!

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Late Night/Early Morning (Eastern Daylight Time) Open Thread: Mad Weapon Designer Edition

by Adam L Silverman| April 16, 201611:51 pm| 66 Comments

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If you’ve never seen one of the Slingshot Channel’s videos, you are missing out on sheer, insane, fun. Jorge Sprave, the genius behind the Slingshot Channel, seems to have more fun, at all times, than anyone I’ve ever seen. In this recent episode from April 7, he demonstrates his fully automatic Ping Pong ball shooting Gatling Gun!

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Sort of Maybe a Bit Like Friday Recipe Exchange on Monday: Do NOT Try This at Home Edition!!!!!

by Adam L Silverman| March 28, 20165:21 pm| 87 Comments

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Alton Brown has been tinkering again. He’s invented a way to make ice cream in under 10 seconds. The video is below. Whatever you do, do not try this at home!

Bon appetit! And open thread.

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Fuck if i know. i just get yelled at when i try it.

We survived Breitbartpocalypse!

This blog is Obama’s Katrina.

… down to kool-aid drinkers and next of kin at the trump White House

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

I personally stopped the public option…

I thought we were promised Infrastructure Week.

Saul Alinsky is my co-pilot.

Reality always wins in the end.

The revolution will be supervised.

No one could have predicted…

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Where tasty lettuce and good mustard aren’t elitist.

Almost as fun as hiking the Appalachian Trail

It’s not even safe to go out and pick up 2 days worth of poop anymore.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

This really is a full service blog.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Lighten up, Francis.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn – Nancy Pelosi

Something seems odd about that, but i have been drinking.

I swear, each month of 2020 will have its own history degree.