From the Washington Post: Miss Piggy is finally joining her love, Kermit the Frog, in the Smithsonian Institution’s collection of Jim Henson’s Muppets, and Bert and Ernie will have a place in history, too… The newest donation includes an original version of Miss Piggy and some of her co-stars from “The Muppet Show,” including Fozzie …
Late Night Noisy Nuisance Open Thread
One more thing Repubs can’t count — characters: Question to @gov: how come @BarackObama 's last tweet was more than 140 characters? Does he play by different rules??? — Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 24, 2013 I believe Twitter totally lets @BarackObama DM you even if you aren't following him. #Dictatorship @pareene @gov @AriFleischer — William …
Tuesday Evening Open Thread: Reeeealy?
(Tom Toles via GoComics.com) . Cue the world’s tiniest violin. Dave Weigel, at Slate: The Most Powerless Republicans: They’re Not Who You Think! Monday morning, former New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg—a Republican who was briefly and abortively Barack Obama’s choice to run the Commerce Department—published a column that excoriated his party. It was massively popular, …
President Obama’s Speech at the UN
Here’s the full transcript, from the Washington Post; I’ll put up a video link if one becomes available. Via John B. Judis at the New Republic, who had his own interpretation: President Barack Obama’s speech Tuesday to the United Nations was his most significant foreign policy statement since becoming president. It showed he had clearly …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: the Right Enemies
(Mike Luckovich via GoComics.com) . So, President Obama and the Clintons have now endorsed Bill de Blasio for New York’s next mayor. I’ll admit I was wary of what the media called de Blasio’s “progressive charm”, because every anecdote gave me a strong whiff of John Vliet Lindsay, whose mayoralty was a key factor in …
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Update on Mother Russia’s (You Have No) Human Rights Front (NSFW)
As Dubya’s approval ratings demonstrated, nothing consolidates the political status of an underperforming Leader like having all the media outfits shriek “OMG look, over there — THE ENEMY!!” Even, or especially, when the propaganda can be aimed at The Enemy Within. Guess Putin’s feeling a little underappreciated recently… Dan Savage embeds a “new Russian anti-gay …
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Writer Bleg: “The Last Campaign”
This bleg originally went to Cole, who kicked it over to me: Two close friends, who are avid readers of yours – Johannes and La Caterina (Mrs. Johannes) – suggested I contact you. I’m a writer and former Congressional staffer writing a book, “The Last Campaign: How Presidents Rewrite History, Run for Posterity and Enshrine …