By request. A picture of Lily and Tunch: Not all inter-species snorgling attempts end well… This is your real open thread.
Wednesday Night Open Thread- There Will Be Blood EditionPost + Comments (236)
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By request. A picture of Lily and Tunch: Not all inter-species snorgling attempts end well… This is your real open thread.
Wednesday Night Open Thread- There Will Be Blood EditionPost + Comments (236)
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Sorry for stepping on the open thread, but I agree 100%: I think our society has become a bit hysterical about teen sexuality, and that age limits and punishments for statutory rape have, in some states, started to get a bit exteme even if such relationships are inappropriate. But the undisputed facts of this case …
by John Cole| 84 Comments
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Long day. Question for you all. I’m thinking about moving Tunch to all wet food rather than the kibble, because even though we have been dieting for a year we have only lost 3/4 of a lb. Many of you said your cats were much leaner and more active on an all wet diet, so …
by John Cole| 30 Comments
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This: In other news, it turns out the death penalty in Florida costs $51m a year more than just holding convicted killers for life. But, hey, that’s pocket change compared to the certainty that killing people is good. Of course, I am sure you all know the response from the death penalty crowd- “Get rid …
by John Cole| 74 Comments
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Aww, shucks: Palin’s bookers are said to be asking for $100,000 per speech, but an industry expert tells Page Six: “The big lecture buyers in the US are paralyzed with fear about booking her, basically because they think she is a blithering idiot.” Maybe she, Carrie Prejean, and Joe the Plumber can go as a …
Tough Times on the Wingnut Welfare CircuitPost + Comments (74)
by DougJ| 151 Comments
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Maybe I’m way off base on this, but in my opinion, the Conor Friedersdorfs and Nicole Wallaces of the right aren’t so different from coupmeister John L. Perry. The idea of David Petraeus sweeping in and becoming president in 2012 isn’t unethical or unconstitutional, but I can’t help but think that Friedersdorf and Wallace simply …
by DougJ| 59 Comments
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Bret Stephens of the WSJ says neoconservatism is making come back…even though he can’t say what neoconservatism is: None of this is to say that neoconservatism represents some kind of infallible doctrine—or that it’s even a doctrine. Neocons have erred in overestimating the U.S. public’s willingness to engage in long struggles on behalf of other …