Open Bar; Open Thread

  The drinks are on me.

Carter: “I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents.”

Wow. In an interview with NBC’s Brian Williams, former President Jimmy Carter, who has been a target of the right through the years, lauded his own post-presidency, telling Williams, “I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents.” Carter, who is out with a new book defending [...]

Uh oh…BP well from hell leaking from top; seepage two miles away

Will this nightmare ever end? According to Robert Gibbs, there is oil leaking from the top of the BP well, in addition to oil seeping from the ocean floor about two miles away. This story was posted Monday late afternoon. News reports in the last hour or so indicate that the Feds and BP are [...]

Obama Pulls Out All the Stops in Effort to Defeat Progressive Senate Candidate Joe Sestak

Jake Tapper: Organizing for America, the former grass-roots campaign arm for President Obama’s 2008 campaign, is trying to rally supporters to phone bank and get out the vote in Pennsylvania for Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Penn., the former Republican locked in a tight primary race with a far more progressive Democrat, Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Penn. Chris [...]

Sunday News and Other Fumbles

Good morning Conflucians! It’s cold in Virginia and there’s a lot of snow on the ground. The weather had been teasing us into thinking it was spring already with flowers and trees budding. And now this. Thanks to Indigogrrl for the use of her barn again. Just spectacular. Below is some of the weeks news plus [...]

Thursday Morning Open Thread

Some WTF moments from last night’s SOTU extravaganza: h/t CX4800: Chris Matthews “forgot he was black tonight for an hour.” WTF?! No. Obviously you didn’t forget. Chris Matthews needs to be put out to pasture. h/t Judge Alito commits a major breech of protocol when he shook his head and mouthed “not true” as Obama [...]

Post SOTU Open Thread

So what did you think? Did President Obama say anything that gave you any hope? Did he say anything that could be true? How many lies did you hear?

Martha Coakley for President Open Thread

I can’t reload that earlier thread anymore, so here’s a new one. From The Boston Globe: Coakley: I oppose more US troops to Afghanistan The Democratic front-runner in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy issued a statement saying, “I believe we should begin the process of bringing our troops home.” Coakley [...]

Cult Classics Open Thread.

Cult Classics are movies that were initially deemed box-office failures but attracted a devoted group of fans. One of the original cult classics was 1936′s Reefer Madness. Like many cult classics it falls in the category of “so bad it’s worth watching.” Ed Wood’s 1959 Plan 9 From Outer Space is probably the ultimate example [...]

Shitzengiggles Open Thread

I discovered a funny site called “Texts From Last Night.”  It consists of copies of text messages – some by themselves and some with responses – submitted by men and women, most of whom seem to be about college age. I should warn you that some are disgusting, obscene and/or offensive, but many are hilarious.  [...]