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♫ Well now take a look at that I made a castle in the sandSaying: this is where it’s at, youCouldn’t understand nowIf I realized that the chances were slimHow come I’m so surprised when the tide rolled in? ♫— … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Sees the Sea Seize Shacks
Another one of my favorite political(ish) songs is America by Simon & Garfunkel! This song tells the story of Paul Simon and Kathy Chitty as they travel by way of buses and hitchhiking across America. During this trip Paul Simon … Continue reading The Friday PT Looks for America!
Mornin’ Politocadoes! Welp, the former President appears to have, in addition to basically everything else on the list of things not to do, may have violated the Presidential Records Act. Upon leaving office, Trump failed to send documents back to … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Violates The Presidential Records Act!
Good morning Politicados, and welcome back to Worldwide Wednesday. It’s a pleasure to bring you this latest installment as I continue to fumble my way through global political news as a largely ignorant American. ASEAN-India High-Level Conference on Renewable Energy The … Continue reading The Worldwide Wednesday Politics Thread Gets Renewed
And now the whole neighborhood has seen me in my jammies because my office is across the street from my house in the garage apartment behind my dad’s house. I’ve been working from home since the before times. I would … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is late
It’s Tax Time, Americados! I did mine Saturday, and wow, was it fun. For those who don’t live in the US, understand that we, because tax prep companies spent a shit ton of money coercing reps and senators into blocking … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Does Its Taxes
♫ We roll right through our yearsWe drift right through our monthsI slide through our daysI’m always throwing hack weight ♫— Should you ever find yourself at the lonely end of the rink, skate away and jump into the fire. … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Curls Up
I’m hanging with family on Thursday and Friday so I can’t write a real long piece. Fuck Joe Rogan he’s a piece of trash! Here is a real classic Political track from Neil Young a real cool dude! Tell me … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Spins Neil Young
Mornin’ Politocadoes! More information has been coming to light about the Ex-President’s attempts to subvert democracy and remain in power. Besides what we already know, the PowerPoint presentation prepared by John Eastman, the pressure Trump put on Mike Pence, the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Tried To Steal An Election
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
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