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Thursday Open Thread | 73 comments (73 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

I just discovered Booman Tribune (duuuuh!) Is it the American version of ET?

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 11:46:20 AM EST

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Some of us were there first before we came here. Bootrib was the model for ET in many ways - especially the civility and occasional quirkiness.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 11:53:31 AM EST
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But is it ET for the US or what?

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 11:58:27 AM EST
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I wouldn't call it that, no.

It's more a loose affiliation, and originally a shared server (I'm not sure if we have our own now or are still running on Booman's server).

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 12:00:41 PM EST
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Booman and Jerome set up something called "the Tribune Group" together and they created two 'sister sites' sharing a server, and cross-linking to each other's front pages (as you have found out). That was 4 years ago.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 12:03:27 PM EST
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Bootrib was a spin-off of Daily Kos. I believe they had "issues" with Markos or something. ET was a spin-off of Daily Kos. I believe Jerome just wanted to try his hand at European version. BooTrib and ET have shared the same server, for some reason.

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky

by poemless on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 12:04:31 PM EST
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You mean, ET was a spinoff of BooTrib.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 01:11:19 PM EST
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No. I mean, Jerome was at Daily Kos, was impressed by it, and was inspired to do a European progressive political scoop-style blog.

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky

by poemless on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 01:15:51 PM EST
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Well, the mythology will probably build, but perhaps some might remember that The (pompous) Welshman was involved. Dkos was the inspiration, true, and Booman was a spin-off into a subset of DKos - but still US focused. The European version was originally conceived by Booman, J, the Welshman and others, but the W broke ranks and set up his own. Thank Blog!

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 03:37:06 PM EST
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Who would this pompous W'man be? This one?.

(Not me, anyway, I filled in the vacant pompous W'man slot later).

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 03:47:32 PM EST
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As I recall, he was a (barrack room) lawyer, and had a dog. I have the impression of an unlit pipe in his hands, but I may be wrong. He feigned advanced avunculism, and was reasonably intelligent, though lacking in humour. It was only the dog that really listened to him...

He played a nasty trick on me, and I believe that is par for his course.

I am not sure that he was Welsh - more of an immigrant. Any road, I have liked all the real Welshmen I have ever met ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 04:18:30 PM EST
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Sssh (did you follow the link?)

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 04:36:50 PM EST
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The comment was typical of #10. Perhaps he was the Prisoner of Portmeirion?

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 04:57:44 PM EST
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Tsiisus! has it really been 4 years?

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 05:10:28 PM EST
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Time flies when you're having fun. Mind you I missed the start, joining early in 2006.

I remember W.... from the blog he started up, supposedly in competition with ET, which I joined before I came here. It never really took off mostly cos it just wasn't that interesting.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 05:17:57 PM EST
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Yes, I was also there at whatever it was called. Amazing how you push bad stuff out of your mind.

But ET is now part of my life, and I bet that is so for many other commenters. It is sometimes difficult to fit in to a busy schedule on a daily basis, as you have discovered, but whenever I'm away or offline for a couple of days I wonder what is happening in the neuron mines of ETstan ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Apr 17th, 2009 at 08:25:07 AM EST
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We used to post there in another life. I was rom wyo.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 12:02:01 PM EST
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Well hell, I've got too much assholiness for just one site. I'll spread my largess (no, not large ass. I heard you) there too.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 12:08:12 PM EST
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(You said so once before but) this still kind of surprises me because I remember rom wyo and can't twig to the common vibe between you (though if I went back and searched rom wyo posts I'd probably get it). But it's as if a classy nick like de Gondi rubs off on the feel of your comments (blogger marketing Lesson 1; note to self: drop afew).

rom wyo was mysterious though. (F)rom Wyo(ming)?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 12:32:11 PM EST
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Or "Rome, Wyoming."

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Thu Apr 16th, 2009 at 12:35:06 PM EST
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