I am utterly overwhelmed with work lately, sick with some sort of neverending low-grade flu, and managing the fallout from an unexpected indoor rain shower in the proximity of an exceedingly expensive microscope (nothing was irretrievably lost, thank god). Someday in the near future I hope to get back blogging, but for now free time …
Archives for February 2007
The Final Word on Amanda Marcotte
And then we will go back to ignoring her, becuase despite the fact that I think she got hosed in this Edwards deal, she is, at the end of the day, batshit crazy and stupid. Doug Feith stupid, if you ask me.
A Contest
Partially inspired by Dahlia Lithwick’s “Turn Me Into A Wingnut” competition, and partially inspired by yesterday’s Frank Gaffney manufactured Lincoln quote, Balloon Juice is proud to present you with our own competition. The rules: Take an actual famous or well-known quote from the past, and modify it slightly so that it either attacks liberals, shows …
No, Ace. You Were Right The First Time
Ace hammers the new half-cour conservative comedy show and then has second thoughts: Second Thoughts: Watching it again, it’s not as bad as I first thought. It’s bad — but John Steward pretty much sucks too, I think, and the average Leno or Letterman monlogue is not exactly bursting with comedic brilliance. SNL’s Weekend Update …
High Comedy on the Right Flank
So Frank Gaffney pens a piece calling for treason charges against those in Congress who disagree with the decider, using a fabricated quote from Abraham Lincoln as the cornerstone of his argument: Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged. …
Torture Justifications From Fantasy Land
Via Sullivan, this Hugh Hewitt interview with retired Army Colonel Stuart Herrington, which featured this tidbit: HH: Now an e-mail. Mr. Hewitt, can you ask the Colonel if we would authorize torture regarding someone who knows of a nuke about to go off in minutes or hours. SH: Yeah, that’s the so-called ticking time bomb …
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Hubris Watch
Blogger #2 from the Edwards campaign resigns: I regret to say that I have also resigned from the Edwards campaign. In spite of what was widely reported, I was not hired as a blogger, but a part-time technical advisor, which is the role I am vacating. I would like to make very clear that the …