Erik at Alterdestiny has some good observations about elections in Latin America: Uruguay has just joined a number of nations who have elected left-leaning regimes in the past few years. Venezuela is of course the most famous (notorious depending on your outlook) but also Brazil, and to a lesser extent Argentina and Chile have elected left […]
Month: November 2004
As always, Paul Krugman says it better than anyone: President Bush isn’t a conservative. He’s a radical – the leader of a coalition that deeply dislikes America as it is. Part of th
Jesse Taylor, as you probably know, is under conservative fire for his indisputably correct observation that mobilizing homophobia was a decisive factor in the presidential elections because of the
The more I think about it, the more I think this is my movie of the year so far (although I still haven’t seen Vera Drake), and I’m not sure if I don’t agree with Rob that it may be the best movie I’ve seen about a relationship. Two good posts on the film: Holbo’s Nietzschean […]
This map is making the rounds. I can certainly see the appeal. More seriously, but in a similar spirit, I’ve seen a few people not in comment threads elsewhere, as well as real-life mutterings,
In his press conference today, Bush came out in favor of the line item veto. Leaving aside the fact that giving him further tools to veto pork when he doesn’t use the ones he already has is dubi
Part II 1) Build on the organizational and structural steps forward we’ve made. We’ve made progress in three areas, to varying degrees. Our best progress came in terms of fundraising. We were far closer to parity with the GOP than we have been in ages. Given the economic disparity of our respective bases, this is […]
Yesterday, for the first time that I can remember, they replaced CNN with Fox News at the University of Washington Intramural Activities Center. A week ago, I would have raged; now, I can’t brin
My momma told me as a young boy, “Son, don’t ever become such an arrogant fool that you think the world wants (or even worse, needs) to read your manifesto.” Sorry, Mom. Not really a
Given that I have no influence on the public discourse, I can safely say that as of now it would be reasonable to call the election for Bush. It’s over. This is a dark day for the United States. The most reactionary President since (at least) Coolidge and the most incompetent since Pierce has been […]
Obviously, it looks very, very bad. I may have a postmortem to write before bed. But I want to state forcefully that it is an utter travesty that the networks–almost certainly bullied by Fox, ju
As of 12:14 ET, Fox News hasn’t called CA for Kerry… [12:45] But now, before the polls have fully closed Faux calls Ohio for Bush. Motherfuckers…