I'm far too old and broke to go see this much live music in such a short period of time, (and looking at the dates, I might be too depressed to leave the house) but what am I supposed to do here? Nov. 9: McLusky...
Author: djw
What's most amazing about the elements of the right who are fighting rhetorical battles on behalf of the president isn't so much the mendacity, although that can be pretty awe-inspiring..
I don't know why I forget to read them for months at a time. This one renders all past and future David Brooks mockery obsolete. via Pandagon.
I'm satisfied with the blogospheric account of the huge Bush lead in Gallup (signifigant oversampling of GOP, based on some crack-smokingly incomprehensible sample adjustment methodology). Now can someone tell me why the allegedly reliable Survey USA people are coming up with reason-defying numbers like a tie...
I'm sad I missed this, because it appears as though (it's hard to say without actually seeing it) Stewart did about as good of job as anyone I've seen actually remaining.
At some point in my life, I was mildly amused by some scenes in a National Lampoon movie, the one with Chevy Chase. I can't speak for most of their.
This little item from Kos is interesting, and gives me an excuse to relate a dream I recently. In the dream, I was lazing about the house one morning, and turned on CNN. So far, the dream is dogme-95 realism--it went down as it actually...
Circumstantial evidence suggests that The Ethicist(tm) might be listening to my advice (or Paperwight). Still, I'm not in the mood to be terribly magnanimous. The first two "corrections" offered this week deal with.
Kos asks if he has no shame. The answer is clearly no, but the more interesting question is has he ever looked at voting demographics in this country?
I had no idea about this, which I find fascinating. If I'm ever called upon to teach American political development/history and the 1896 election comes up, you can bet this'll be in my lecture. UPDATE: Erik Loomis has some interesting observations on 1896 at Alterdestiny.
The fine people at Fox News were kind enough to broadcast Kerry's Iraq speech at NYU this morning, live and uninterupted. I've been surfing around looking for a transcript, or.
I know, I know, we're not supposed to panic. 6+ weeks to go, debates, etc. But I'm going to panic a little anyway, in response to the SUSA New Jersey, Florida.