Archive for July, 2010
Late Night Open Thread: Yu Ming is Ainm Dom
A ten-minute diversion for a Saturday night… Of course it’s not “realistic” to pretend someone could learn Gaelic in six months from a textbook, but realism is not an essential element of the motion-picture art, is it? (H/t James Fallows at the Atlantic)
July 31, 2010
· 
Anne Laurie · 
53 Comments
Posted in: Movies, Open Thread
All In The Past
Digby on Shirley Sherrod, whose father was murdered in 1965 by a white man who wasn’t indicted: Far too many people are acting as if this woman wasn’t a living witness to the horrors of Jim Crow and the fallout of 200 years of racist history and instead believe that she’s nursing ancient grievances. Her [...]
July 31, 2010
· mistermix · 44 Comments
Posted in: General Stupidity, Good News For Conservatives
Kanawha County USA
One of you recommended this radio documentary on the Kanawha County text book riots of 1974. I just finished listening to it and found it very interesting, despite its public radio “shape of earth, views differ” viewpoint (which isn’t inappropriate throughout but certainly is when it equates “condescension” with school bombings). If you’ve got time [...]
July 31, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 29 Comments
Posted in: Other
Open Thread
Off to a baby shower, of all things (I know- living the vida loca, aren’t I?). Here’s a picture of Tunch doing what he does best to hold you over: He’s found his way into the spare bedroom again.
July 31, 2010
· John Cole · 56 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature
Via FrumForum, I found this interesting blog called Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature. Here, the blog reprints the famous Winston tunnel scene —the deaths-by-suffocation of several passengers on a train. Rand strongly implies that the passengers deserve to die because of their political opinions: It is said that catastrophes are a matter of pure chance, [...]
July 31, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 75 Comments
Posted in: Glibertarianism, Other
Headed Our Way
A good primer on what may be the next racial issue we’ll be hearing about, but not actually dealing with in any substantive or helpful way: Another public conversation about race may be the last thing the Obama administration wants, but thanks to the Supreme Court, one is very likely on the way. It has [...]
July 31, 2010
· Kay · 40 Comments
Posted in: Uncategorized
Meet the candidates
Congressional elections in my area this fall figure to be a snooze, but I decided to check in with people from NY-25, the district just to the east of me which stretches from Syracuse to the eastern suburbs of Rochester. It’s a classic Rockefeller Republican area, +3 Democratic Cook PVI but with a Republican representative [...]
July 31, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 23 Comments
Posted in: Politics
Open Thread
Another failed shopping adventure. Looked around and could not find anything I liked. Ended up getting some boxers, some kitchen utensils, and some towels for the spare bathroom, then just said to hell with it and got a pedicure. And you can joke all you want about the pedicure, I don’t give a shit. Best [...]
July 31, 2010
· John Cole · 125 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Open Thread
Farmer’s marketand a bunch of other stuff, then I have to go shopping for clothes, something I detest more than root canals. At any rate, TattooSydney sent this along- a little story he wrote: The fat man, the fat cat and the barky dog. There once was a fat man, who lived with a fat [...]
July 31, 2010
· John Cole · 142 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Why The Post Intelligence Series Flopped
Richard Posner has some good insights: The report is, in fact, a disappointment. It is descriptive rather than analytic, and the description is based entirely on two types of data, neither of which contributes to an understanding of the nature and problems of the nation’s intelligence system. The two types are statistics indicating the size [...]
July 31, 2010
· mistermix · 37 Comments
Posted in: Media
MoveOff
Perhaps my give-a-shitter is irreparably damaged, but I can’t manage much enthusiasm for a MoveOn.org petition drive to put NPR in Helen Thomas’ old seat in the White House briefing room. As far as I’m concerned, they can put a well-trained circus dog, a wax replica of the corpse of Chester A. Arthur, or a [...]
July 31, 2010
· mistermix · 87 Comments
Posted in: DC Press Corpse
Open Thread
So, what we do we know about stoves? Seems my ancient electric stove is about to completely shut down, having two burners that do not work. Going to buy a gas one (I have an outlet). Any suggestions, as this is something I’ve never even thought about buying before? And I’m not made of money, [...]
July 30, 2010
· John Cole · 213 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
So You Think You Had it Bad?
And he keeps on digging: If Sherrod wanted to meet with you, what would you tell her? I’d have a long discussion with her, and I’d tell her that I’m not one of these people in this country that thinks racism doesn’t exist. And that I’m not one of these people who says that she [...]
July 30, 2010
· John Cole · 199 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Bring on the Brawndo!, Clown Shoes, Fucked-up-edness, Teabagger Stupidity
We’re Never Leaving
Dan Froomkin on the mythical 2011 withdrawal from Afghanistan: “All of these benchmarks are designed to pacify onlookers on the Hill, help to justify our presence in the country, and set unrealistic goals that everyone knows are not going to be met,” said retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor, a respected military strategist and author. “You’re [...]
July 30, 2010
· John Cole · 114 Comments
Posted in: War on Terror aka GSAVE®
Chump Change
Hard to argue with anything in this Greenwald rundown. I know that this will now cause two distinct flame wars- Greenwald lovers versus Greenwald haters and also those who fail to see team Obama doing anything wrong versus those who refuse to acknowledge team Obama does anything right. Le sigh. This ACLU report is distressing, [...]
July 30, 2010
· John Cole · 122 Comments
Posted in: OBAMA IS WORSE THAN BUSH HE SOLD US OUT!!, The Dirty F-ing Hippies Were Right, War on Terror aka GSAVE®
