Have at it, friends. Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread!

My internet is being pokey, so we’re keeping it light. Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel, even if he’s only moving at 56k. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Keeps It Light

Metaphorically, but also sleepy as shit. I could use some reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee– -eeeeeeeeeest. I watched a Nova special on Saturn earlier this week when I couldn’t sleep, so that was pretty great. And then Amanpour & Company was on right after. … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is So Tired

Category is: Wicker Man. Get ’em, Jade. Here’s a bonus video from Sekou, who appears in the Church video. This one isn’t really political, it’s just a nice, laid back jam to take you into the weekend. Be nice to … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Werks While the World Burns

But it’s here. And really, isn’t slapdash kind of fitting for a thread about politics? Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel with slapdashes or anything else. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Full of Slapdashery

The swamp at two in the morning is not quiet; it is one of the loudest places I have ever been,” [photographer Frank] Relle says. “But a photograph of it is silent. And in that silence, there is an opening. … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Takes a Quiet Moment

I’m late, I’m late, I’m late. Sorry about that. Be nice to each other, to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Has No Time to Say Hello

By sneezing all over the place and complaining about daylight savings time. Ah, what a beautiful time of year. Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel, even if he disagrees with … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Celebrates the Unofficial Beginning of Spring

BYE KRISTI! And look, Markwayne Mullin ain’t shit either, but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate Kristi Noem getting busted down to Sovreign Shield of the Antarctic or whatever the fuck. And Corey Lewandowski’s out too, which is fun. Be … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Wants to Sing All Night Long

What kind of (probably unconstitutional) nonsense will we have today? Only one way to find out. Be nice to each other, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Gets Down to It

Have some amazing flamenco: Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Let’s do this Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Feeling A Little Stompy

There’s winter sports to watch! There’s Mardi Gras to celebrate! (It’s this Tuesday, for those who are wondering, but weekend partying is appropriate and encouraged). There’s birbs to learn about! There’s naps to take! Oh, maybe a nap DURING the … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Looking Forward to the Weekend

I got a shingles shot yesterday. Since I know you all hang on my every word, you’re probably thinking, ‘Wait, QHarp, didn’t you complain about getting a shingles shot a few months ago?’ Well, let me save you from having … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Gets Shingled Out

Have at it, ‘cados. Be nice to each other today, be nice to yourselves, be nice to the mods, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Feeling Ruff

As many of you have likely heard, there’s a giant winter storm set to hit the US this weekend, dropping a ton of snow and ice, knocking out power, fucking up roads, and turning Great Lakes lighthouses into Lovecraftian horrors. … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Getting Ready to Hunker Down

It’s Friday! I knew that! No surprise there, no sir! It’s tough out there ‘cados; let’s make it as easy as we can in here. Be nice to yourselves, be nice to each other, be nice to the mods, and … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Coming In Under the Wire

It has been a rough week, ‘cados. Let’s let Labelle lift us up and tide us over until tomorrow. It’s been a hard week, but we don’t need to be hard with each other. Be nice to each other today, … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Sings the News, Dances the Blues

For a lot of folks in the American South, it’s traditional to have black-eyed peas, cabbage, and ham (or other greens/other pork, but it’s cabbage and ham in the QHarp family) on New Year’s Day in order to attract health, … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Has Some New Year’s Leftovers

Today we celebrate Boxing Day, so named because it’s traditionally the day on which family members had fistfights over the last of the holiday baked goods. In my case, it’s fruitcake cookies and buche de noel. I’m excited to hear … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Celebrates Boxing Day

At first, I accidentally wrote ‘The Friday Politics Thread is Walking in a Winger Wonderland’ and was going to go with it and post a bunch of Winger songs, but then I stopped because I wasn’t sure if Kip Winger … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Walking in a Winter Wonderland

I don’t know, y’all, I cannot make my brain get it together. So, let’s have a great Friday, let’s be nice to each other and to the mods, and let’s not threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Let’s do some Folitics. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Staring at the Screen