May 2008
32 posts
“Hey, remember when the Buildings Department announced that it was easing the...”
– Curbed: Lessons in Bad Timing Yikes. Now what?
“Our country is in danger: not just from foreign enemies; but above all, from our...”
– Bobby Kennedy quoted in a great article about his 1968 (anti-war) campaign, The Last Good Campaign: Politics & Power - Vanity Fair
Tea Party Tonight
oats:
It was awesome. Actually in my opinion it was one of the best. Thanks to Matt for the big assist (and Andrea), and thank you to everyone who came tonight. We drank a lot of Kashmiri green tea, more green tea with whiskey, and then a vodka-grapefruit-pomegranate concoction. UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE…We also ate fine Swiss cheese and tasty Swiss chocolates that I smuggled home from Geneva on...
I finally watched Recount last night and about an hour or so into it, I had a strong feeling that Gore might actually win by the end of the movie. Also, Kevin Spacey is great, as always.
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It's the bottom of the 9th and the home team is... →
That’s when a frightening thought suddenly occurs to him: what if Clinton gets the next out, but the umpires aren’t there to say the game is over? After all, the game should have been over when Clinton failed to score the tying run in the top of the ninth, but but when he decided to oblige her by playing out the bottom of the ninth, the umpires didn’t protest.
I’m financially and emotionally drained. - Zach leaving Cabela’s
16% of US science teachers are creationists →
foodinmouth:
katrina:
jimray: That’s one in eight. Unbelievable.
you can count my HS physics teacher. he had a PhD too. great physics teacher actually… everyone took his class. but it was high school physics, not stuff about the big bang…
Just to be clear, 16% is about one in six but one in eight are actually teaching creationism “as a ‘valid, scientific alternative to...
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Chuck Hagel Takes On McCain, Repeatedly Praises... →
Wow, this is big news. Republican Senator, and close friend of John McCain, Chuck Hagel ripped into McCain tonight for repeated misleading statements about Obama’s stance on diplomacy:
If you engage a world power or a rival, it doesn’t mean you agree with them or subscribe with what they believe or you support them in any way. What it does tell you is that you’ve got a problem...
There’s something sad about a homeless trumpet player begging for change by playing ‘New York, New York.’
The sun does a great job of blocking out this hat. -Tom at Preakness
Republican Panic in Mississippi
Before tonight’s only important results were in:
Consider what’s going on tonight in Mississippi’s First Congressional District.… In normal times, this kind of musical chairs would be a slam dunk for the GOP; in normal times, Republican candidate Greg Davis would win this special election in a yawn. After all, [Senator Roger] Wicker won his seat seven straight times, with never...
“In comparing Clinton and Obama, the media have focused on Ohio, Florida, and...”
– Peter Keating - Forging Ahead, The New Republic
Things younger than John McCain →
Including the chocolate chip cookie (!!), the ballpoint pen (!), FM radio (!), and both of Barack Obama’s parents (!!!).
“Wouldn’t taking his advice be a little like getting health tips from a funeral...”
– Bill Burton, Barack Obama’s press secretary about Karl Rove who gave Obama advice [NYT] from his new job at Fox News.
A little rebellion
From Noam Chomsky’s recent article in the New Statesman about 1968:
The Pentagon Papers tell us that, because of the fear of growing unrest in the cities, the government had to end the war - it wasn’t sure that it was going to have enough troops to send to Vietnam and enough troops on the domestic front to quell the riots.
This line reminded me of Thomas Jefferson:
A little rebellion...
So when is “until there’s a nominee” Huckabee Clinton going to finally admit defeat? The thing I really don’t understand about this “more electable” argument is, if she were really more electable, wouldn’t she be winning more elections and getting more votes?
“A tortured soul who lives a miserable life having flashbacks about pearls...”
– Who Kicks More Ass: Batman or Iron Man? Absolutely no doubt Iron Man is the best superhero ever. He’s James Bond cool meets no regrets Rambo with a 180 IQ (supergeek?). If you say Superman, a story which implies that mankind’s only way out of problems is for an alien to come and save...
“32. Describe a glass of wine in one sentence without using the terms nutty,...”
– The 75 Skills Every Man Should Master
Where Are They? Why I hope the search for... →
Thought-provoking and well-written look at life on earth and in the universe and why no news is good news. I’m sold. I love this concept of the Great Filter.
“Women’s Voices, Women Vote is being accused of waging a high-tech voter...”
– from Wired.com Sickening. The group has agreed to the North Carolina AG’s request to stop the calls and the AG is investigating.
“The McCain-Clinton proposal is a reminder to me that the biggest energy crisis...”
– Thomas Friedman Sad and true.