I’m watching the MSNBC coverage of the funeral and a lot of it is quite nauseating — “Teddy was a regular guy, most liberals aren’t”, etc. etc. But Bill Russell, the great former Celtics center, described Kennedy perfectly (quote below approximate): Coming from an Irish-Catholic background, Ted knew what discrimination was. And he decided that …
Archives for August 2009
Post goes pro-torture
Ben Smith has an interesting analysis of the Post’s pro-torture, pro-Cheney piece on KSM today: The Washington Post leads today with an extraordinary story cutting against the conclusions of a series of recent government and media reports to cast as straight news — with a few hedges and qualifications — that waterboarding and sleep deprivation …
Stupid and Proud of It
Stay classy, Mike Huckabee: Conservative media figures are blasting Democrats for trying to draw political gain from the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. But on Thursday, it was one of their own — former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee — who went there. The 2008 Republican presidential candidate suggested during his radio show, “The Huckabee Report,” …
Sully stand-in shark watch
Conor Friedersdorf just devoted twenty-two paragraphs to a discussion of Mark Levin’s “intellectual oeuvre”.
Open Thread
I’m picking out a thermos….
Late Night Open Thread
Just got back from my friend’s house- the food was good, the music was better (we listened to a bunch of Wilco). The last thread is over 300, so I thought I would fire up a new one: I’m rocking Oysterhead right now.
Friday Night Open Thread
I’m off to a friend’s house for cuban sandwiches, so I will be away from the intertrons for a while, so here is an open thread for you. I think I am also making a command decision and no longer subjecting myself to anything from libertarians. I simply can not read Reason or McCardle or …