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Category: Open Thread

  • Friday Open Thread

    Everything you need to know about NASA’s discovery, which was both awesome and extremely disappointing. Christine O’Donnell has a book deal, which led a certain Libertarian blogger to exclaim, “This is why people don’t believe in God.” The World Cup will be held in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022, leading the World to…

  • Open Thread-Friday Edition

    First Things first-Happy Hour tonight is at Manuel’s ( North Ave side) We start at 5:30 ish and will likely be there till 8:30 pm. Join us! Congratulations to the Cobb County Democratic Committees newly elected leadership. Last evening the post seat holders elected Melissa Snyder Pike the Chair of the Cobb County Democratic Party. She’s…

  • Weekend Open Thread

    So what’cha up to this weekend? I know that some of the BFD faithful have lit off to NOLA for ElectionPalooza, their friends can follow the debauchery and tall tales via Twitter, Facebook and likely a few texts. Someday I hope to join in the fun, hum maybe 2012. Tomorrow morning ( Saturday) I’ll be…

  • Predictions (Open Thread)

    Roy heads to a runoff Thurmond loses in a landslide. Marshall goes bye-byes (probably epically too). Bishop wins. We win one Constitutional Office. It won’t be Moffett, Martin, or Powell. Legislature gets more Republican. Democrats retain both chambers. OPEN THREAD!!!!

  • Political Fall “sport”

    Dean Wormer: Who dropped a whole truckload of fizzies into the swim meet? Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner? Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode. Juliana: And every Fall we political folks engage in the sport of kings, not polo, but yard sign hijinks!…

  • Open Thread-Weekend Edition

    Based on this news story-I’m voting NO on Amendment 1, well at least I think I am. I hate these questions, they all feel like they are designed to make you feel like an idiot. Lawyers in the audience, please help! Bill Clinton lays it out. Preach it Bill. Want to Defeat Nathan Deal? Here is…