Yoicks. Last Sunday the NYT reported that TV defense analysts have undisclosed ties to the Pentagon. Despite the major media mostly ignoring the story the Pentagon announced this Friday that they will stop these private briefings effective immediately. Even given the media’s overall pass on the story, someone still seems a bit worried about it. …
Archives for April 2008
I Was Right
Yglesias: In his debut as a CNN commentator, former White House press secretary Tony Snow says it’s unfair for John McCain to criticize Bush’s handling of Katrina, and suggests that Dick Cheney could be a big political asset. This seems like right-wing hackery so egregious as to be counterproductive to the cause. This is even …
Today’s Lipstick On A Pig Award
Via Drum, Admiral Mike Mullen: Mullen said the U.S. government will not take any option off the table in responding to the Iranian threat. But speaking to reporters today, Mullen repeatedly made clear that he preferred dealing with the problem through diplomatic or financial pressure rather than a military strike. Still, Mullen said the military …
Open Thread
There’s something indescribably meta about promoting this game on a blog. Don’t you wish that it came with a multiplayer mode? Oh wait, it does. Discuss.
I Drink Your Milkshake
I drink it up. I am reformatting today (don’t ask and I don’t want your damned advice- no offense, of course), so if I am online, something has gone horribly wrong. This is it till later. Drink it up.
Birdzilla!
When researchers retrieved the thigh bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex from nearly 100 million years under the Montana soil, they probably didn’t have Jurassic Park theme running through their heads. Yet when the bone yielded a small sample of collagen protein, some of the oldest preserved protein ever found, paleontology and biochemistry finally began to …
Wine Blogging
I am drinking a bottle of Pinot Evil right now, and for the first time in a long time when having a new wine, I am underwhelmed. It has a pleasant look and aroma, but it just finishes poorly. Kind of vinegary, and not the kind of fullness I usually expect from a good pinot …