Archive for May, 2009
Pens v. Wings, Game 2
Go Pens!
May 31, 2009
· 
John Cole · 
99 Comments
Posted in: Sports
From the comments
Commenter deekaa6 on his experiences with Dr. George Tiller: In 1994 my wife and I found out that she was pregnant. The pregnancy was difficult and unusually uncomfortable but her doctor repeatedly told her things were fine. Sometime early in the 8th month my wife, an RN who at the time was working in an [...]
May 31, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 140 Comments
Posted in: Other
Ginny and Guesly
Dad has sent me two quick videos of the puppies, who are now really pretty big: Wild ones.
May 31, 2009
· John Cole · 32 Comments
Posted in: Dog Blogging
Pro-life
This is terrible: George Tiller, the Wichita doctor who became a national lightning rod in the debate over abortion, was shot to death this morning as he walked into church services.[....]Tiller has long been a focal point of protest by abortion opponents because his clinic, Women’s Health Care Services at 5701 E. Kellogg, is one [...]
May 31, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 351 Comments
Posted in: Outrage
Surprise! It Was The Clenis’s Fault
The newest version of the conspiracy theory regarding Chrysler dealerships circulating the WingNet is pretty awesome. I just love it when they go old school: This puzzled us. Why would there be a significant and highly positive correlation between dealer survival and Clinton donors? Granted, that P-Value (0.125) isn’t enough to reject the null hypothesis [...]
May 31, 2009
· John Cole · 40 Comments
Posted in: Clown Shoes
Almost?
Steve Benen on the Cheney doctrine of blame: This generally goes unsaid, but it’s a key aspect of the recent Cheney crusade—if something horrible happens, we’re not supposed to blame the team that left this mess for Obama to clean up, we’re supposed to blame Obama himself. If only the president kept torturing people like [...]
May 31, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 30 Comments
Posted in: Media, Republican Stupidity
Damn Yankees
I just got Chaplain Klingenschmitt’s Top Ten list of reasons Sotomayor won’t be confirmed via the Human Events mailing list. Here’s the number one reason: 1) SOTOMAYOR: BASEBALL BIAS FOR NEW YORK YANKEES! As a native of South Bronx, Sotomayor’s hidden home-town bias became manifest in her love for the New York Yankees, judicially favoring [...]
May 31, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 55 Comments
Posted in: Burkean bells
Another Open Thread
By request, an open thread for people to share book choices (and other things).
May 30, 2009
· John Cole · 263 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Pens vs. Red Wings Open Thread
Let’s go Pens! OT: Tell me the recipe for lavender-lemon cookies in this GOS diary doesn’t sound amazing. *** Update *** 1-1. This is stressful, and the Pens are doing some piss poor passing and puck control. *** Update #2 *** Wings win, and they are just a really damned good team and this will [...]
May 30, 2009
· John Cole · 148 Comments
Posted in: Sports
Why does David Petraeus hate America?
Via the Washington Monthly, David Petraeus has several comments in support of Obama’s policies on Gitmo and enhanced interrogation. Here’s his comments on the closing of Gitmo: “Gitmo has caused us problems; there’s no question about it. I oversee a region in which the existence of Gitmo has indeed been used by the enemy against [...]
May 30, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 56 Comments
Posted in: Burkean bells, Military
Going Galt
I was wrong about the rain, and it has turned out to be beautiful. I’m going to get some errands done and swing by Animal Friends. Here is a question for you: It is 75 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, there is a cool breeze, and you are about to take a drive [...]
May 30, 2009
· John Cole · 165 Comments
Posted in: Going Galt, Music
The Worst Defense Since the 81 Colts
A really embarrassing effort from Jonathan Chait: Somewhat belatedly, I’ve noticed that numerous commentators have decided to label Jeffrey Rosen’s online article about Sonia Sotomayor from a few weeks ago as “gossip.” The description has been employed by left-wing or liberalcommentators like Glenn Greenwald of Salon, Adam Serwer of the American Prospect, and Matthew Yglesias [...]
May 30, 2009
· John Cole · 119 Comments
Posted in: Clown Shoes, Media, Politics
Saturday Morning Open Thread
You know the drill. Looks like more rain here again today. I suppose we need it, but it is making it hard to get anything done in the garden.
May 30, 2009
· John Cole · 43 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
The selling of the president
I know it’s all in the game and that the Obama people are smart to do this, but it makes me a little sick anyway: But Friday, the West Wing door was held open by a matching door stop and camera crews, and television reporters came and went as they pleased. In fact, the White [...]
May 30, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 66 Comments
Posted in: Media
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
Larison solves the problem of why Maria Sotomayor’s ruling in the Ricci case was not the Worst Decision Evah (his entire post on Sotomayor is excellent): What this means is that the appeals court ruled against Ricci because it recognized that New Haven had tried to avoid a lawsuit that would have been possible and [...]
May 30, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 23 Comments
Posted in: Media, Other
