Hi, everyone, my name is Randy Paul. I normally blog at my own blog, Beautiful Horizons. John has graciously accepted my offer to blog about the upcoming soccer World Cup in South Africa starting in June. My love of this sport goes back some thirty-six years and I blog about it regularly. A brief explanation …
Archives for January 2010
Grammy’s Open Thread
Sorry for the delay, I fell asleep. Again. Two Chuck related things: My brother and a friend both have informed me that Casey and Sarah both do voice effects in ME2. I am a huge fan of the move “the Morgan.”
Taibbi on Bobo on Haiti
Matt Taibbi is a very controversial topic here. Some laud him as today’s Hunter S. Thompson, some deride him as a self-indulgent hack. In any case, I thought his piece on David Brooks’ column on the Haitian earthquake was excellent, not because I hate Bobo (though I do), but because it goes to something central …
Pure speculation
Dana Milbank had a column the other day about how it would be great for Obama politically if Republicans gained control of Congress. It was pretty typical TNR-style contrarian wankery, though since this was the first time that anything has ever been good news for Obama, maybe I shouldn’t look a gift horse in the …
Douthat & O’Keefe, Legacy Comics
You know the old chestnut, “History repeats itself — first as tragedy, then as farce”? Well, comedy works the same way. And it turns out (sorry, DougJ) that Ross Douthat might actually consider himself to be a comedian, in the mold of Bill Murray. Recent events have convinced me that Douthat, the NYT’s “new, young” …
Give ’em Hill
PUMAs are going on Breitbart now. No could have predicted. We are receiving help with this stand against PUMA hunters from the most unexpected and encouraging places. As we talked about on Breitbart yesterday, there are a great many layers to all of this. There are many Obama supporters involved. This has been going on …
Tech Help
How do I go about getting this on my phone: