Mark Knoller, who has secured his role in the Beltway media’s village of the damned as the idiot savant Rain Man type, but without the wit and charm of Kim Peek, spending his time counting things like the number of times Obama has golfed, how many press conferences he has had, etc., while always managing …
Archives for July 2011
Everything Old Is New Again
The Washington Times: The U.S. Secret Service does more than protect Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. — the agency also pays him rent. Since April, Mr. Biden has collected more than $13,000 from the agency charged with protecting him and his family for use of a rental cottage adjacent to the waterfront home he …
Open Thread: Send In the Clowns
__ Because I couldn’t find a clip of Collins singing __ You can’t win, and you can’t break even You can’t get out of the game; You shouldn’t stay, but you ain’t leaving ‘Cause your luck… could change again… __ And besides, who doesn’t love Muppets? __ Speaking of which, I am not quite the …
What it looks like so far
I think it’s too early to tell what this will look like at the end, but this is the NYTimes on the current state of the deal. I pulled out the sections that appear substantive: There seemed to be broad agreement that any deal reached would include at least $2.5 trillion in spending cuts over …
Pit bulls and greyhounds
I don’t have anything political to talk about, but I read this article this morning, and I know you-all know a lot about dogs: For any animal, a stay at a shelter or dog pound is often a harrowing experience. But for one type of dog, the “pit bull,” admittance to a government-run facility in …
All Your ISP Are Belong to U.S.
This is horrifying: Internet providers would be forced to keep logs of their customers’ activities for one year–in case police want to review them in the future–under legislation that a U.S. House of Representatives committee approved today. The 19 to 10 vote represents a victory for conservative Republicans, who made data retention their first major …
Open Thread – Hey, Teacher! Leave our tags alone
And for the love of fucking christ, can you other front pagers stop making stupid fucking categories you only use once? I don’t know what you’re so grumpy about, Mr Cole. Isn’t the world a better place for the #notintendedtobeafactualstatement tag category? And “Sweet Fancy Moses!” makes me laugh every time I see it. But …
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