Isn’t his clever, elaborate satire of George W. Bush beginning to lack subtlety? See also this instance of him saying the quiet part loudly. Look, most of us understand that birtherism among Republican elites is about 1)demonstrating your asshole bona fides and 2)fleecing rubes, but you’re not supposed to say it.
Month: October 2011
I know nothing about Italian politics, but this doesn’t look good: (This apparently translates as “Guess who’s last for housing, jobs, and health care?”) The Northern League se
Matt Yglesias picks up the story about the ‘Welcome Dayton’ plan that’s been circulating since the AP picked up the story. A few comments: 1. The pictured establishment, Taqueria Mix
I’m not sure whether LaRussa’s explanation for why Motte wasn’t brought in is too implausible to be true or so implausible it has to be true. At any rate, even if the bad matchup against Napoli wasn’t his fault TonyLaRussaSuperGenius(TM) had an astoundingly bad game. Good for Verducci pointing out that the worst move of […]
Most of us have a strong impression of Black Power–dudes in sunglasses and afros holding big guns and talking about violence. That was the impression that a lot of left-leaning white people had
Every time God Bless America is played during the seventh inning stretch the terrorists score a major victory. Also, bases-empty intentional walks — even to hitters as great as Pujols and Cabrer
I post this only because it’s probably illegal not to: But hey, Robert Stacy McCain remains confident.
You’ve heard of racial determinism. But have you ever seen racial determinism combined with pie? I thought not. This 1902 New York Times article about the relationship between pie and national s
The latest in Ethan Persoff’s fantastic series of social issue related comic books is out, this time a piece of propaganda from the Canadian nuclear power industry. I don’t know that it
In 2006, Frank Miller announced a forthcoming publication called Holy Terror, Batman! in which the Dark Knight would go to Afghanistan and get in a fistfight with Osama bin Laden. He claimed it would hark back to an earlier era in comics history when, for example, Superman would marshal his many powers to annoy Hitler: All […]
Alyssa’s post on the sentimental core of Grant Morrison’s All-Star Superman is spot on: I was surprised by how incredibly sweet the comic is. I wasn’t really expecting that. The basic
Shorter Patrick Pexton: “Our perfectly accurate story about the Koch Brothers did not include enough Koch press releases recycled by conservative hacks.” More here.