Sadly, No! points us to a typically tragi-comic exchange in which our president, once again, demonstrates his inability to remember the various twists and turns in language manipulation, this time vis-a-vis his plans for social security. Here’s Seb’s executive summary. I didn’t see it, but it seems about right: The Post: Will you talk to Senate […]
Year: 2005
I suspected that the NY media would go further than Yglesias’s throwaway comment after the terrific Jets/Steelers game (congrats to frequent commenter gmack!) yesterday in turning Jet kicker Do
Good news here in Washington. The Democrats, with real majorities in both houses, are going after the questionable funding of the Building Industry Association of Washington. Apparently, the BIAW, and
We may not have the cinema options here in Seattle that Scott does in New York, but we do OK out here. Case in point: from February 3rd-March 10th, The Northwest Film Forum on Capitol Hill is having an Ozu retrospective. And they’re not kidding about this–they’re showing, by my count, 27 different films. Here’s the […]
Chris Sullentrop certainly richly deserves the coveted “wanker of the day” award. Even sillier than the criticism of Kos is the “slap on the wrist”–implying an ethical vi
I had no idea what a luddite I’ve become in my music-listening practices until I saw this thread at Matthew Yglesias. All my music is in CD form (about 600 of them), and my computer contains no
Via Tbogg, it seems that Tom Wolfe’s new novel, These Kids Today: Committing Acts of Moral Suicide that Should Only Be Discussed by Reactionary Fops Who Did Their Best Writing During the Johnson Administration, is threatening David Brooks’ latest opus, People in the Exurbs Drive Like This and if You Don’t Believe Me You’re a Rabid Anti-Semite in their competition […]
Good lord. Kevin Drum is feeling guilty for being so audacious as to oppose handing the Arnold a PR coup that would gain his party seats locally and nationally, in exchange for exactly nothing. So as
I suppose I should mention that we have been nominated for Koufaxes in the Most deserving of wider recognition and best group blog categories. Thanks to our nominators and readers. At the minimum, w
In response to a request from graefix, I’ll comment on last night’s Law and Order. Last night, of course, was the final episode of Elizabeth Rohm, who over the past three years has managed to establish herself as the Worst ADA Ever. Her tenure has corresponded with a general decline in the level of writing […]
Lindsay Beyerstein offers a recipe for the “Santorum Shot”: chai tea concentrate, chartreuse, and vodka. Despite me general belief that there should be many fewer vodka-based drinks in the
It’s not news to most of here that our President is a pathological liar. However, it’s important to call him, again and again and again, on this particular lie. ….”If you̵