You really don’t want to miss Matt Taibbi’s take on the McCain campaign in Rolling Stone, which features gems like this: John McCain and Sarah Palin, after all, represented two completely different approaches to Republican conservatism. McCain comes from the school of politicking that goes after as many votes as possible by waving a flag …
Archives for December 2008
Great Moments In Bootlicking
Leave it to Captain Ed to raise Bush sycophancy to unprecedented heights. Following the admission by Bush in an ABC interview that he was “unprepared for war,” Ed says the following: “Unprepared for war”? That admission won’t help him in the final weeks. I think it’s also inaccurate. The Bush administration was prepared for war …
While I Was Sleeping
Somehow, while dozing off the effects of my Thanksgiving raclette, I missed the most important news yet regarding this blog’s favorite chemical. Researchers believe they have identified a fundamental cause of aging, according to a study published this week in the journal Cell. The mechanism was previously found in fungus and has now been discovered …
Blog Searching
For no particular reason, searching on blogs, ranked by me. Feel free to correct and add your own rankings in the comments. The best: Steve Benen’s old blog. Searching at Carpetbagger Report was easy, bug-free and gave results in a useful, intuitive format. The worst: Steve Benen’s new blog. Washington Monthly drives me crazy. I …
The New Look of Union Busting
Over the past few days, it has become pretty clear what the Republican response to the auto-industry bailout will be- no. If the Big Three are bailed out, Democrats are going to have to do it on their own, because the Republicans have some history to re-write and some other motives. In order for the …
Open Thread
Yehudi Menuhin, Bach Sonata #1 Beach Boys, Pet Sounds. This was another album rec so I went with Sloop John B.