Whoever says their vote doesn’t count needs to be shown how a Kentucky House race was decided by one vote. One. Not a dozen, not thousands… One. This is why we get out and vote, and demand our votes be … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Was Decided By One Vote
Today isn’t Veteran’s Day, but it’s something just as good for those of us with half-decent jobs; the day of observation, where we get the day off to buy stuff for cheap! No, wait, that’s not what the day is … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Observes Veteran’s Day
Today is the last day before Election Day, and we don’t know what will happen. We know what we hope will happen: the blue wave will come crashing down, sweeping away the red rubbish and giving us at least a … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Just Waiting For Tomorrow
We know what happened Saturday: a horrible, senseless mass murder at a synagogue full of people worshipping life. A Holocaust survivor murdered by a man who took his ideas from the same people she had already escaped from once before. … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is in Mourning
Would you look at that. We’ve made it to another Monday. In 1962 on this day, Kennedy gave a speech to the nation to announce the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba. Hopefully, today will not bring us such … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Made it Through Another Weekend
….rather like Trump thinks “Mad Dog” Mattis is “sort of a Democrat”. This seems rather hilarious considering that “in February 2005, comments he made about using force against the Taliban in Afghanistan generated some controversy. “You go into Afghanistan, you … Continue reading The Politics Thread is Sort of On Monday
Well, the worst of….*checks watch*…the last week or so happened: Kavanaugh was put on the Supreme Court, surprising absolutely no one who either hated him or supported him. He may not be the worst judge in the history of the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Disgusted and Appalled
Discuss the sequel to Ant-Man here! Was it amazing? Was it terrible? I don’t know, I haven’t seen it yet. But I’m sure it’s awesome. Continue reading Ant-Man and the Wasp Spoil Sports Page!
Well, here’s your faithful backup politics poster Sokudoningyou, with what would have been a funny headline post, probably with this image: But for this one, there’s no getting away from the fact that the world is continuing to hit us … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is in Mourning
In the primaries, that is. Women have won primaries in a number of races, which is heartening. Here’s hoping the good news continues for those races. Another hasty politics thread brought to you by Sokudoningyou. Mayor McSquirrel rule continues to … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Sees History Being Made
In case of constitutional crisis, break the comment count record. This hasty Tuesday Politics Thread brought to you by Uvular and myself. Mayor McSquirrel rule as always remains in effect. Continue reading This Tuesday Politics Thread Is Not a Drill
The “Aliens” series is not the greatest series ever; in fact, at times it’s a frustrating one. But for what it is–a series where an otherwise normal woman named Katherine “Kitty” Katt, becomes, through a series of weird steps, the … Continue reading The Night Thread of Katherine Katt
(Yeah, my Spanish is basically nonexistent, so I assume I messed that up.) So, it’s Cinco de Mayo. It’s time to drink, and celebrate the independence of Mexico, right! It’s tequila time! Except that’s completely wrong, and the US is … Continue reading El Hilo del Día de la Batalla de Puebla
May 4th, 1886 was a day of tragedy in Chicago when a peaceful labor rally arguing for an eight hour work day was ruined by violence. It was not the first rally; several had occurred in other cities on May … Continue reading The Night Thread of the Haymarket Affair
Yeah, you know what day it is. It’s May the Fourth! Which is, of course, now possibly one of the nerdiest days ever, second to Pi Day. So do whatever you crazy kids want to do to celebrate Star Wars, … Continue reading May the Fourth Be With You Day Thread
Doctor Who has been around for over fifty years, give or take a few years where they weren’t actually on the air, and when they did that TV movie, and when they were only radio plays and comic books and … Continue reading The Day Thread of the Doctor (Who?)
Doctor Who has been around for over fifty years, give or take a few years where they weren’t actually on the air, and when they did that TV movie, and when they were only radio plays and comic books and … Continue reading The Night Thread of the Doctor (Who?)
Darkwing Duck was a half hour cartoon in The Disney Afternoon block of cartoons, airing from 1991 to 1992 on both weekday afternoons and (for the third season) ABC Saturday mornings. Not actually a spin-off from the similar universe of … Continue reading The Darkwing Night Thread
It’s Gilbert Gottfried’s birthday today. You may remember him from such classics like Beverly Hills Cop II: And Highway to Hell (yes, that’s really him): He also did the voice of some bird, but it was a minor role, and … Continue reading Gilbert Gottfried’s Birthday Night Thread
Today is the day the Triple Alliance died. In 1521, the last tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, Cuauhtémoc, fought to defend the city from the Spanish conquistadores, and ended up having to flee because the city — after having pissed off the … Continue reading The Fall of the Mexica Day Thread
So, here we are again: on the cusp of another government shutdown (has it only been a month? A few weeks?), and crisis has been averted! ….for another few weeks. I’d say “fool me once, shame on me” but it’s … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Averts a Shutdown….for Another Few Weeks
