Clearly both sides are the same. One side wants women to be free to have all of the abortions they want, to welcome immigrants from all over and provide them all with free healthcare while the other side wants the exact opposite of all three of those things. But both sides are jerks about it, so it doesn’t matter where they actually stand, they’re clearly both the same: jerks.   Remember, be kind to your fellow jerks, flag any jerks who break the rules and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel, even though we all know he’s a jerk. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Plays Both Sides

Like Trump at CPAC, this thread has the approval of 93% of the people who were already pre-dispositioned to like the politics thread. You can’t make this stuff up, folks. It’s definitely a reflection of this thread’s likeability and in no way compensating for any shortcomings this thread might have. You’re the shortcoming!   Remember to be kind to your fellow Avocados, flag for rule breaking and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel! Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Gets a 93% Approval Rating

This Monday is President’s Day here in the US. We rolled all of our presidential birthday threads into one day. Frankly I’d rather use the time to think on better presidents, like every one before this one. Which isn’t to say they were good, just that we’re so far below the bottom of the barrel that we can’t even see the barrel anymore. And many of us get a day off of work to reflect on that.   Remember to be kind to your fellow Avocados, flag for rule breaking and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Thinks of Better Presidents

The United States government is down to non-essential personnel only due to a budgetary impasse in Congress. And all because they won’t fix a very simple problem, they’d rather go around in circles instead. What remains essential is that you be kind to your fellow Avocados, flag for rule breaking and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Isn’t Essential

What do you mean that’s not the tweet quote? You’re not the tweet quote! Fake comments!   (Waffle later returned to remind you to be kind to your fellow Avocados, flag comments that break the rules and if things get out of hand or require explanation, email the mods: avocadomods @ gmail.com. And don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel!)   Continue reading The Sanest, Most Brilliant Monday Politics Thread

Happy (and hopefully quiet) holiday to you, Politicados. May the world not blow up while many of us are visiting family and stuffing ourselves with cookies.   Post it up here, long form or short form. Just remember to be kind to your fellow Avocados, flag or summon the mods for rule breaking or if you get stuck in the filer and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Hopes for Just One Quiet Day