Good to see that Target has finally fired a pharmacist who wishes to interpose her beliefs between drugs she is professionally bound to dispense and the health of her customers. As I have argued before, what’s particularly odious is that fact that these derelitctions of duty are framed as acts of high principle. This, of […]
Category: General
Funky.
My first reaction to reading the Slate article on art-houses that Rob discusses below was to be both amused and contemptuous of this particular manifestation of contraianism-through-not-very-credible-
The Alito filibuster fight is on. Of particular interest to our Washington state readers: according to Jane, “Maria Cantwell is reportedly quite wobbly, and might be susceptible to pressure. If Cantwell falls, Murray will potentially fall too.” Senators from one of the most pro-choice states in the country shouldn’t be even in the “maybe” column. […]
Wow. Twenty years since the Challenger explosion; I recall that we were supposed to watch the liftoff on TV at school, but were delayed for some reason. I guess that saved the teachers the trouble of
Does this sound even vaguely similar to any experience you’ve had in an art house movie theater? Maybe I attend the wrong ones…
I would like to say something about the PA elections. Except that what I would say pretty much boils down to 1)the election of an eliminationist anti-Semitic terrorist organization is very decidedly suboptimal in a variety of respects, and 2)the theory that the Iraq invasion would unleash a wave of pro-American and pro-Israeli democracies throughout […]
This is an interesting (if dated) little article on the difference that a century makes in naval architecture. In spite of the profound changes that have occured, I am nonetheless inclined to think th
Friday Cat Blogging… Panda
I’ve seen more than one blogger compare reactionary Senate hopeful Bob Casey Jr. to Joe “Easiest Lay On The White House Lawn” Lieberman. As it turns out, this is unfair…to Lieberman. As Thad points out in comments, even Holy Joe isn’t rolling over on Alito. For any blue-state “Democrat” to endorse Alito is just a […]
Phoebe Maltz uncovers yet another glaring piece of illogic in Will Saletan’s recent abortion op-ed. Saletan infers from the fact that most women would prefer to avoid a pregnancy than to have an
Dennis the Peasant presents the advertising pitch of Flatulent Bathrobe Media (TM), which is the pure comic gold that you’d expect. It’s hard to isolate the very funniest thing amidst the