We need to win the presidency this fall or face the prospect of very serious proconsuls Ryan and Cantor. It’s that simple.
Do what you can.
by DougJ| 39 Comments
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We need to win the presidency this fall or face the prospect of very serious proconsuls Ryan and Cantor. It’s that simple.
Do what you can.
by DougJ| 33 Comments
This post is in: Bleg, C.R.E.A.M., Readership Capture
Let’s get Tunch a night in the Lincoln bedroom.
Update. This is for the Kenyan usurper.
It’s gonna work because I’m pushing it rightPost + Comments (33)
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For those who didn’t have a chance to watch over the weekend, via Paul Constant at the Stranger. I particularly like the ‘Man Show’ joke at the six-minute mark…
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What’s on the agenda for the start of another week?
by $8 blue check mistermix| 71 Comments
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I have a simple question for anyone watching The Killing (on AMC): is it worth it? I’m about 4 episodes into the first season on Netflix and it seems like it could either continue to be pretty good, or just turn into one long tease. I still have scars from when Twin Peaks transitioned from a whodunit to an acid trip, so I’m sensitive about this kind of thing.
by DougJ| 9 Comments
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Am I the only one who thinks that music they play between picks sounds like “Will I See You In September?” Is that a play on the fact that the regular season starts in September, so we’ll see this draftees then, or am I overthinking this?
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Jann Wenner’s new Rolling Stone interview with President Obama is online:
The president was more somber than in our past interviews – and less inclined to depart from the handful of themes he had been concentrating on in recent weeks. He avoided discussing Mitt Romney, even when asked a direct question, and focused primarily on the very real constraints he operates under as president, from the intransigence of Congress to the dilemma of America’s anti-drug laws. He also seemed intent on summing up the arguments he’ll soon be taking out on the campaign trail, making clear that he plans to run on his remarkable record of accomplishments: extending health insurance to 32 million Americans, staving off a major economic collapse, rescuing the auto industry, reforming student loans, ending discrimination against gay soldiers, pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, killing Osama bin Laden, and passing one of the largest middle-class tax cuts in history…
One snippet that’s probably gonna cause some heartburn on the internets:
Do you read Paul Krugman?
I read all of the New York Times columnists. Krugman’s obviously one of the smartest economic reporters out there, but I also read some of the conservative columnists, just to get a sense of where those arguments are going. There are a handful of blogs, Andrew Sullivan’s on the Daily Beast being an example, that combine thoughtful analysis with a sampling of lots of essays that are out there. The New Yorker and The Atlantic still do terrific work. Every once in a while, I sneak in a novel or a nonfiction book.
Early Morning Open Thread: “Ready for the Fight”Post + Comments (78)
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As the expression goes: Readership capture.
(Via Paul Constant, who adds: “I’m pretty sure the crowd applauded more tax breaks for billionaires by accident.”)
Also entertaining, Mr. Pierce channeling Willard Romney:
… God, you people are saps. You didn’t see this coming? I pandered and I pandered, and then, every night, I went back to my hotel room, stuck my fingers down my throat, and then had a good laugh. You think that whole “Etch-a-Sketch” thing was a staff blunder? Honkies, please. Could I have signaled more clearly that your audience with me was over? Smedley? Show these lovely people waving their Bibles and their rubber fetuses the door, will you? Lovely to have met you. Really. We must do this again some time. Say, if we’re all really lucky, and I’ve always been luckier than you poor deluded hayshakers, maybe the summer of 2015? It’s a date. We have a lovely parting gift for you.
Me.
Not entertaining, unless you are Madame DeFarge: Sean Hannity.
So… what’s on the agenda for another Hump Day?