Via reader Hilts, Jon Chait has a pretty good piece on why he thinks people should should stop focusing on Chris Christie’s weight. I will tell you why I think people should shut up about it: I don’t think it affects his ability to do his job. It’s that simple, for me. This isn’t about …
Television man is crazy, saying we’re juvenile delinquent wrecks
I’ve caught a little of the media coverage of Occupy Wall Street and mostly they’re just repeating the police official story about the Brooklyn bridge arrests. But I don’t get NYC local tv up here. What are people seeing on their teevees down there? I’m very curious.
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Street-fighting men
Normally, when there are large demonstrations associated with the left, wingers start having violent fantasies about attacking the demonstrators. Anything like that going on in the wingosphere over the Occupy Wall Street movement? McMegan’s too obsessed with Solyndra to indulge her inner Bull Connor but I’m sure there are other righties with more time on …
Song of the week
Etta James, “Tell Mama” (1968) Etta James (name at birth: Jamesetta Hawkins) and Muscle Shoals was a natural combination that maybe took a little longer than you might think to happen, but when it did, well, wowóeasily one of her best albums. She’s in complete control of this blistering number, playing off the horns and …
Bobo decoded
You know that I know that you I know that I have a serious David Brooks problem. So I’m going to try to a new thing: I read all of his columns and summarize each one in 80 words or less. I shut up about him the rest of the tie. I will warn you …
Suffer the children
This puts me in mind of the Chappelle show classic “Kneehigh Park”: When he left Fox News last April, Beck explained it was in part because he wanted “to target the youth.” And, starting on Monday, he will take direct aim with a children’s show on his new GBTV Internet network with the tea party-friendly …
If you’re down on your luck
Maybe it’s because I saw “My Fair Lady” last weekend and have been listening to a lot of show tunes all week, but I got not one but two fundraising emails from Marcus Bachmann today. It looks like the Bachmann campaign may be going bankrupt. This proves that the grown-ups are still in charge of …