(1) A statistic that will appeal to any baseball fan's inner geek: Alex Rodriguez has scored one fewer run than he's batted in in his career, and he's consequently 691 RBI short of Hank Aaron's career record, and 690 runs scored short of Rickey Henderson's...
Month: September 2008
Yglesias makes a couple good points about the failure of the bailout bill. I especially agree that Paulson isn't getting nearly enough blame for having completely botched the process at.
Dear Dr. Farley,In view of the impending financial distress, I'm worried about my cats. Should I stock up on cat food, or will it be available in post-apocalypse America?Thanks,Worried in.
I missed this from Tapper the other day. Commenting on the fact that Obama and Biden appeared in a Virginia rainstorm, he wrote:Astute students of history have noted, weather is not something politicians should take lightly. The presidency of William Henry Harrison, indeed Harrison's life...
Last week, Spencer Ackerman and I diavlogged about Afghanistan. Spencer was in Kabul at the time; I was merely in Cincinnati...Also check out Spencer's Afghanistan coverage at the Washington Independent.
The latest edition of the Palin Follies is a report that a so-far unaired portion of the Couric interview reveals that she is apparently unable to name any Supreme Court.
The United Kingdom is considering pulling out of the F-35 project:BRITAIN is considering pulling out of a £9 billion project with America to produce the new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft, intended to fly off the Royal Navy’s forthcoming aircraft carriers.The move is part of...
It's good to know that Canadian wingnuts are filled with modesty at the prospects of a Tory victory in two weeks. Good thing conservatives aren't, like, prone to sounding like.
As a friend of mine puts it, if McCain doesn't announce another faux campaign suspension, how will we be able to take the first faux suspension seriously?
I have a dream. A troubling, disturbing, "I've turned into a lobster and must somehow still play shortstop for the Detroit Tigers while proofreading financial documents" dream.This is it: On Thursday, Sarah Palin, a.k.a. Bible Spice, will humiliate herself so thoroughly during the vice presidential...
Shorter Bill Kristol: To win, the Drama King needs more drama.
Um:What does Bush have to do? Not much, just be himself, not the wise and inspiring leader of the Western world — he never quite got that one right —.