Tag Archives: JMG Overnight

CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Some good news from Maine to start you off tonight: Controversial Republican candidate Leslie Gibson, who drew fire for insulting several teen survivors of the Florida school shooting, is abandoning his effort to win a state House seat this year. Gibson said he made the decision after talking with his family, praying and discussing it with friends and colleagues, including …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Tonight’s starter topic comes from Ad Age: MoneySupermarket’s latest ad in its “Epic” series, which has previously featured He-Man and Skeletor in a “Dirty Dancing” pastiche, a break dancing bodyguard and a businessman twerking in hotpants, breaks this weekend, this time starring Action Man dancing and stripping down to his underpants in an incredibly camp striptease. The new ad, directed …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Here’s a topic to get you started tonight: A 37-year-old lawyer named Jason won the hearts of thousands of people on social media Tuesday night when he single-handedly rescued a police van from a bed of snow—while dressed as Queen Elsa from Frozen. The Queen of Arendelle, also known as Jason Triplett, told the Boston Globe he wore the iconic …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Here’s one topic for tonight: Three weeks, three winter storms. The first one blasted New England with gusts up to 97 mph and knocked out power to 2 million homes and businesses. The second dumped as much as 3 feet of heavy, wet snow from Philadelphia to Boston. This one is causing whiteout conditions in southern New England, where snowfall …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Last week our first couple of overnight threads generated about 3000 comments in total so maybe we should start doing them on weekends too, say around 5PM? As for tonight’s, JMG reader David writes to suggest photos of your pets, adding that “the love that pours out is always palpable” in our pet threads. As always, please keep your images …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

For those who missed last night’s debut: As most of you here at this hour know, for years the final JMG post of the day has turned into an overnight salon (to use the 16th century definition of the word), during which our flying monkeys fold their wings and chatter about every imaginable topic, both political and highly personal. And …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

As most of you here at this hour know, for years the final JMG post of the day has turned into an overnight salon (to use the 16th century definition of the word), during which our flying monkeys fold their wings and chatter about every imaginable topic, both political and highly personal. And over the years I’ve gotten regular requests …

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