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That Was Sweet

by Randinho

Ten years ago this month Mércia and I took a three week vacation in Spain and it remains probably the best trip we’ve taken together, but one of the highlights for me will always be seeing a game between FC Barcelona and Villarreal at the Nou Camp Stadium. Full disclosure: I’ve been a dedicated fan [...]

November 30, 2010 · Randinho · 113 Comments
Posted in: Sports

Blog vs Forum

by E.D. Kain

So the main complaint given in DougJ’s circle-jerk post (wherein the advent of more dispute on the front page of this blog has somehow been labeled as an ‘Atlantic style circle-jerk’) is that too much of the argument is occurring in posts rather than comments. I guess I’m confused.  Why is one more circle-jerkish than [...]

November 30, 2010 · E.D. Kain · 293 Comments
Posted in: Uncategorized

But wait til 2012

by Angry DougJ

Dave Weigel has a piece up about how there won’t be much Republican infighting in 2011. I’m sure he’s right. Generally, Republicans don’t argue with each other much during the legislative season because they aren’t interested in governing, they just don’t care enough to argue about the boring, concrete things that go into making laws. [...]

November 30, 2010 · Angry DougJ · 60 Comments
Posted in: We Are All Mayans Now

Yes, But WHAT Is Our Children Learning?

by Anne Laurie

As part of a semi-off-topic discussion of the current unemployment problem on an earlier thread, one commentor brought up an issue I have been wondering about: 1) All of those eager beaver foreign engineering students? Dollar to a doughnut, most of those students have their education being paid for by their governments. This is more [...]

November 30, 2010 · Anne Laurie · 91 Comments
Posted in: C.R.E.A.M., Domestic Affairs, Education

Open Thread- WoW Talk That Will Confuse Many of You

by John Cole

Just got done transferring my mage to join the Daily Kos players. Should be fun. Now if we could get TNC over there…

November 30, 2010 · John Cole · 61 Comments
Posted in: Gamer Dork

Jack D. Ripper Would Have Seen This Coming

by John Cole

Hrmm: Interpol has issued an international warrant at the request of a Swedish court for the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in connection with alleged sex crimes. The Stockholm Criminal Court last week issued an international arrest warrant for Assange on probable cause, saying he is suspected of rape, sexual molestation and illegal use [...]

November 30, 2010 · John Cole · 145 Comments
Posted in: Rumormongering

The Return Of Not Cynical Enough

by Tim F.

For my tastes, Tbogg doesn’t quite get across here what it feels like to be a liberal Democrat in the age of Obama. This version hits a bit closer to the mark. “Hey, John. I noticed that you got a new lawnmower but you didn’t toss the old one. I could use it if it’s [...]

November 30, 2010 · Tim F. · 105 Comments
Posted in: Blogospheric Navel-Gazing, Politics

Harass, snatch or neutralize

by Angry DougJ

I found the WikiLeaks dump interesting but not very surprising. The biggest news was how much Arab countries want us to attack Iran, but I already suspected that might be the case. But I am surprised (though I probably shouldn’t be) by the ferocity of the neocon attacks on Assange: “Why can’t we use our [...]

November 30, 2010 · Angry DougJ · 125 Comments
Posted in: We Are All Mayans Now

Getting What You Voted For

by John Cole

Y’all made your bed: Tempers flared at an unemployment office in Louisville, Ky. as the end nears for federally-funded extended jobless benefits. Local CBS affiliate WLKY captured a bit of the scene on Monday—amid some commotion, a man can be heard saying in a raised voice, “What did you just say to me?” WLKY reported [...]

November 30, 2010 · John Cole · 124 Comments
Posted in: Republican Stupidity, Teabagger Stupidity

Sometimes the Snark Writes Itself, Megan McArdle edition

by Tom Levenson

Update, Correction, and (gulp) Apology: As Megan McArdle notes below—very mildly, I’d add, given the provocation—there is a material error in this post, right there in the first line below this correction. I said “She actually writes…” when, as she says, she did not.  The quoted lines below are from the Post itself.  McArdle was [...]

November 30, 2010 · Tom Levenson · 62 Comments
Posted in: Glibertarianism, Pink Himalayan Salt

Open Thread

by John Cole

I think DougJ is an asshole. Thus endeth the circle jerk. Also, pizza or tacos?

November 30, 2010 · John Cole · 95 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread

Hands touching hands

by Angry DougJ

Ever since FourLokoGate, TrashGate, and TSAGate overwhelmed this blog, I’ve felt very trapped. I have fairly limited interest in these topics (I have some interest in the TSA stuff and none in the others), and my inclination is mostly to make fun of it all, but I know where that leads—to me getting blamed for [...]

November 30, 2010 · Angry DougJ · 249 Comments
Posted in: Blogospheric Navel-Gazing

This Should Be The End of DADT

by John Cole

In a rational world, at any rate: Okay, I’ve got some more detail for you on the findings in that forthcoming Pentagon report on the impact repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t tell will have on the military. The upshot: It will leave GOP moderates with no reasons left to oppose repeal. One of the key [...]

November 30, 2010 · John Cole · 67 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Gay Rights are Human Rights, Military

Prepare To Be Teabagged

by John Cole

All of these folks can expect primary challenges from grade a wingnuts: Eight Republican senators on Tuesday voted to preserve earmark spending despite pressure from the Tea Party movement. Sens. Thad Cochran (Miss.), Susan Collins (Maine), James Inhofe (Okla.), Dick Lugar (Ind.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Richard Shelby (Ala.) voted against an amendment to food-safety [...]

November 30, 2010 · John Cole · 141 Comments
Posted in: Election 2012, Overton Window, Politics, Teabagger Stupidity

The Tired Old Smear

by John Cole

Sullivan on Goldberg: Notice something about these two passages. Jeffrey interchangeably uses “Israel” and “Jews” in the paragraph above, when it suits him, which makes anyone’s commentary on Israel at any particular time indistinguishable from some grand ethnic or racial statement about “Jews”. For me and most people, there is, of course, a distinction. There [...]

November 30, 2010 · John Cole · 75 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Foreign Affairs

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