Month: April 2022

Sauce for the Goose

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by wj Coming up with a title for this Open Thread was a bit challenging. Alternatives I toyed with were: – As you sow, so shall you reap – Payback’s a bitch We’re all familiar by now with RWNJs who denounce with great outrage other people who (supposedly) have been engaging in immoral behavior which, … Read more

The happiest place on earth

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by liberal japonicus A bit late, but folks here might have some comments and perhaps some insight into the push to make Disney pay. https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/04/27/disney-in-the-dark-about-florida-move-to-dissolve-self-government/ A college friend of mine in Florida observed that Orange and Osceola counties went Democratic in the last election, so this plugs into it and he also feels that this … Read more

On l’a échappé belle

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by liberal japonicus That’s French for a close call, but there was nothing beautiful about that escape. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/24/emmanuel-macron-wins-french-presidential-election-say-projected-results I suppose I should take my good news where I can get it, but one wonders where then next eruption/irruption of neo-fascism is going to happen. Place your bets!

Wherever I lay my hat, that’s my home

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by liberal japonicus As always, a quasi-poen thread, but was hoping UKians might comment on this https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/09/rishi-sunaks-hopes-of-becoming-prime-minister-are-over-say-top-tories?fbclid=IwAR1p2vWhNBN9xJOF7fGxg2ERMwl7SM37vlho5aXJmaOtLYyN7u9QsQRxI2w Saw some YouTube videos from Good Morning Britain (and god, what an embarassment! That fanfare opening is half finished! I suppose one can’t expect much from a program that employed Piers Morgan, but wow) where Adil Ray keeps … Read more