Actually, the author did. So the author is phoning in yet another PT thread. She is already over it. Y’all do your thing. Take it easy on each other, take it easy on yourselves…but the Eagles, man. I fuckin’ hate … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread ate too many ribs last night

Hi friends.  This week’s bird was suggested by a friend from work who follows along with these headers via the pictures I leave on the desktops of shared computers.  Her suggestion was the African Pygmy falcon, because the San Antonio … Continue reading The WPT Posts from the Field

Who’s responsible for putting this thread up today? I mean, jeez, get it together, right? Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and no threatening Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Wants to Know Who Is In Charge Here

Over the past few months, Louisiana has popped up as a recurring character in the drama of the Trump Administration’s crackdown on undocumented people in the U.S. It seems like every story about another Palestinian student protestor, or young mother, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Short on Southern Hospitality (5/22/25)

Do your thing. Don’t McSquirrel. Be kind and thoughtful today. Cheers. Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

So do what you will in a kind, cool, calm, courteous manner. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. See you when I get back, although knowing me, I’m lurking because I can’t help myself. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is on vacay

You probably thought this was going to be about the Supreme Court or something, but it’s really about how I have to work again this weekend and will continue to represent this fact with Loverboy’s smash 1981 hit ‘Working for … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Cares Not For Your Correct Interpretations

I just typed “poolitics” not once, not twice, but three times, so that’s how this morning is going. Talk politics. Be kind. Have a good Thursday! Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Exists (5/15/25)

Happy Wednesday! A few articles for you this morning that may make you go “hmm.” And then also one that might make you giggle because it’s about butts. Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College In January 2023, just two … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Talks About Butts

Hey, folks. I was kinda overcome by events this week, between an all day work seminar and a couple of medical appointments. All of them routine, nothing new or scary. Anyway, I wasn’t able to put together a new bird … Continue reading The WPT 5-10-25

Huge day for wine yesterday, as the Catholic Church chose a new Pope, and the Trump administration chose Jeanine Pirro to be the interim US attorney in DC. What beverage will be the star today? Gatorade? Pineapple Fanta? The spillage … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Bold and Fruity, Light and Earthy

Do your thing in a kind, calm, and cool manner. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Continue reading Emergency Thursday Politics thread is up

Resharing the mod announcement from Monday: Mod Announcement In recent weeks we have seen a big increase in misinformation being posted here, and while we understand that it can sometimes be difficult to parse what’s real and what’s fiction these … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

That’s it. Don’t even have the wherewithal to expand on that. Ummmmm….yay? Trump DOJ is going to defend mifepristone? Ok? From Politico: “Trump will defend Biden’s abortion pill rules in Texas case” Further, from Alice Miranda Ollstein “The Trump administration … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is just here.

Howdy, friends.  Boy, I tell you what, I’ve been seeing a little more of the news lately and we live in what I’ll generously call infuriating times.  I was mapping out a trip recently and found out that a couple … Continue reading The WPT Has Dinosaur Claws