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Greetings fellow Avocados, I’m SaragossaManuscript and I’ll be the one to blame for Wednesday Politics Threads going forward. I don’t quite have my own thing yet, but hope to become gradually more coherent over time. For now, I’d like to … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Under New Management
Yeehaw pardners!!! It’s the Tuesdays triple tweet round-up! Mosey on over, pull up a bale of hay, and set yourself down a while. Just chuck that dried up ol’ cowpie over on the pile of other dried up ol’ cowpies. … Continue reading Tuesday’s Tweet round-up.
At Pittsburgh bridge collapse site, Biden calls state of U.S. infrastructure “mind-boggling” A Pittsburgh bridge collapsed Friday morning, sending multiple vehicles and a public bus plummeting into a park below, officials said. Ten people suffered minor injuries and four people … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Waiting, Again, For Infrastructure Week
♬ I must not think bad thoughtsI must not think bad thoughtsI must not think bad thoughts ♬— When the dream police execute their no-knock warrant on your dirty mind, will they find you out of your head? Your rarely … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Drops a Dime
In a delightful bit of Econ and Fantasy Nerdery writer Jack Monroe came up with what she coined The Vimes Boots Poverty Index something that will “document the disappearance of the budget lines and the insidiously creeping prices of the … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Puts On Vimes Boots
Mornin’ Politocadoes! Russia, the country most likely to use the Troll Face as it’s avi, appears poised to invade Ukraine. With 100,000 soldiers on the ground spread across Belarus, Crimea, and its’ own border with Ukraine, Russia has the country … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Invades Ukraine?
Hi there! It’s Wilhelm Wolff, one of our resident Germans, posting a much too long header about, you guessed it, German politics. This time, as she has finally retired, I want to look back on Angela Merkel’s career and especially … Continue reading The Wednesday PT looks back on 16 years of Merkel
I would like to live in less interesting times now, please. Anybody else? Personally, still wrangling a huge work thing (and trying not to scream “I BLOODY TOLD YOU SO, AND HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU SO FOR THE PAST THREE … Continue reading Tuesday’s politics thread remembers boredom wistfully.
M&M’s characters are getting a new look to become more ‘inclusive’ M&M’s hopes to “create a world where everyone feels they belong and society is inclusive,” one personified candy at a time. USA Today The Feminist Self-Help Movement Helped Women … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Still Likes the Go-Go Boots
And what costume shall the poor girl wearTo all tomorrow’s partiesFor Thursday’s child is Sunday’s clownFor whom none will go mourning— Turns out, “Nico” and “Nazi” slant rhyme for a reason And speaking of people history should/must/please gods do treat … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread … OF COCKTAILS
Wasp Rant (Warning I am very aware of ultimately in a grand scheme that this is very silly but it still bothers me a little): The big corporate bigwigs at Mars Wrigley decided to solve a problem that nobody had … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Buzzing
Mornin’ Politocadoes! Senate Republicans (Democrats? Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema) voted against changing filibuster rules in order to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights act. And what is our correct expression to this ongoing to travesty? Why, yes! It’s Dull … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread IN: DULL SURPRISE
I’ve mentioned this in comments here and there on the PT, and perhaps it’s obvious by my replies to many things related to higher ed, but I’ve been in and around colleges campuses since I arrived on one as a … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread goes to school.
One of the things that comes from being a gen-x person is that you were more often than not front and center to the crossover point in how the world has changed with the introduction of the Internet. While for … Continue reading The Politics Thread Grimly Notes That Internet Politics Jumpstarted In 1998
And I submit this afternoon that we can end poverty in the United States. Our nation has the resources to do it. The National Gross Product of America will rise to the astounding figure of some $780 billion this year. … Continue reading It’s the MLK Politics Thread
♫ Don’t wanna be buried in debt or in sinSo we pray to Jesus and we play the lottoCause there ain’t but two waysWe can change tomorrowAnd there ain’t no genieAnd there ain’t no bottleSo we pray to Jesus and … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Sounds One Note on Sounding Off
Politics huh? How about them politicians! I’ve been busy all week and hadn’t gotten time to hand craft an actual header. I’m light of that here’s a list of political podcasts I love The Weeds by Vox Media Land Of … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread
Mornin’ Politocadoes! The Filibuster is an outdated Senate procedure that effectively stops dead a piece of legislation that is being decided on. It is not part of the Constitution and was only created via Senate rules instituted in 1806. Rarely … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Fills-A-Buster
Bonjour Politcadoes! Please pay attention to how Right Wing lies have been finding eager buyers in Left Wing bubbles too often of late. The objective is always voter suppression. Far too many have embraced the Republican strategy of spreading propaganda … Continue reading Adieu – Wednesday Politics Thread
I was up late watching UGA win the NCAA National Football Championship. Have at it folks. Be kind, be cool, behave! No threatening anyone. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread says GO DAWGS!!
Hollywood Pays Tribute to Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier is remembered as the entertainment world mourns the esteemed actor. The Root Ballroom Culture in Nigeria Is Being Revived By Queer Youth For queer people across the world, seeing LGBTQ folks celebrating … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Makes an Entrance
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