America’s not just about pepper-spray-enhanced “competitive shopping” — it’s also about good ol’ fashioned mêlées over two-dollar waffle makers. You can’t help but love America. But only at a safe distance.

[via @m_weber]

Our guest Black Friday columnist says that mixing firearms and alcohol makes a great gift idea!

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We celebrate Thanskgiving the traditional way, with our Third Annual Turkey Roast. With any luck, one of the turkeys will be a trivia answer in a year or two.

[via Right Wing Watch]

Hey, what’s a quick way to annoy the fuck out of anybody who might agree with you?

Some demonstrators are planning to occupy retailers on Black Friday to protest “the business that are in the pockets of Wall Street.”

Organizers are encouraging consumers to either occupy or boycott retailers that are publicly traded, according to the Stop Black Friday website.

Brilliant!

Demonstrators Plan to Occupy Retailers on Black Friday [CNBC]

Occupy Black Friday

Image: Occupy the North Pole t-shirt [Despair, Inc., via RevZafod]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2SUaoVy_iU

[via Kottke]

What kind of jerks would schedule a GOP Debate for Tuesday night of Thanksgiving Week? That would be the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute, and CNN.

And what kind of jerks would celebrate it with an Open Thread/Turkey Shoot? That would be us.