By about halfway through this video, I kept watching just to see if this guy would have enough breath to finish his walk. (Here’s the site of his better-financed opponent, for South Dakota race watchers.) That video has nothing on the kinds of stuff posted at Pro Publica’s Tumblr site collecting odd political statements, outbursts …
Archives for May 2012
Geppetto’s Conundrum
Glenn Kessler: Few things are more bothersome than that rare instance when fact checkers disagree. Our column last week, in which we awarded Three Pinocchios to Carney for citing a MarketWatch column on Obama’s spending patterns, stood in contrast to PolitiFact awarding a “Mostly True” to a Facebook post based on the MarketWatch column. After that pompous throat-clearing, Kessler doesn’t change …
Thursday Morning Open Thread
(Jeff Danziger’s website) __ Cannot resist sharing the latest from the best political cartoonist now working, and the complimentary excerpt from my favorite professional political blogger: … Have you watched those lop-ears fall in line over the last month, since it’s been clear that I’ve cleared the deal for the mortgage on their minds and …
Triglyceride Hell
I’ve been watching BBQ Pitmasters marathon on TLC or one of those channels, and I am struck by how much focus is on beef, whether it be tri-tips, burnt ends, brisquet, etc. Am I the only one who prefers swine to beef when it comes to bbq? I love beef, whether it be tenderloins, rib-eyes, …
Oklahoma Doctor Refuses to Provide Emergency Contraceptive to Rape Victim on Basis of Religious Conscience
Doctors across the nation are now free to refuse medical care to women on the basis of their own personal beliefs. What follows is a particularly egregious application of these “religious conscience” laws, and underscores why women nationwide are standing up and fighting back: An Oklahoma mother brought her daughter to a local hospital after …
Finding a one word description…
<a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/59124558@N06/7305563348/” title=”Coward_the-word-that-describes-Mitt-Romney by dengre.bj, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7218/7305563348_469951b22f_z.jpg” width=”434″ height=”640″ alt=”Coward_the-word-that-describes-Mitt-Romney”></a> I’ve been trying to think about a one-word description for Mitt Romney. Is there a single word that captures his essence? I think there is and that word is “Coward”. For a while I thought the word was “Liar”. The word does fit him …
‘Thunderclap’ the Dodd-Frank Deniers?
I’m not a Twit Tweeter, so I can’t help, but commentor Currants linked to Matt Taibbi’s latest effort to annoy the Vampire Squids: … To get the word out about Wall Street’s anti-reform push and stiffen spines in congress, we’re trying out Thunderclap, a cool new technology that lets groups of people tweet a single …