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Talking Points Memo

by John Cole|  May 1, 20059:05 am| 3 Comments

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Matt Yglesias is subbing for Josh Marshall, which means the readability of Talking Points Memo has increased a hundred-fold.

Also, you gotta love the braziness of this- Marshall has a fund-raiser/donation period ofr a number of weeks, and as soon as it ends, he goes on vacation. Of course, 1500 people contributed. The last fundraiser I held, one person sent me 25 cents vial Paypal and someone sent me a book off my wish list. Heh.

But then, I do this for the love.

*** Update **

BTW- that was not a guilt trip or desperate plea for donations, I just thought it was funny. But, if you do feel the need to donate, I would much rather you go here and give to a needy military family.

I hate even writing the words ‘needy military family.’

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  1. 1.

    Chris Lawrence

    May 1, 2005 at 11:19 pm

    Well, he has apparently learned from the master (Sullivan).

  2. 2.

    Kimmitt

    May 2, 2005 at 2:14 am

    Didn’t he just, like, get married? This isn’t precisely a random vacation . . .

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    Retief

    May 2, 2005 at 7:33 pm

    I thought needy military families was Bush plan for cutting the budget defecit in half.

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