Stepped out this morning to walk the doggie, and stepped into one of those rescue scenes from a movie when hikers are stranded on the summit of a mountain as a blizzard hits. Good day to be inside.
Archives for December 2009
The worst sin in Washington
This is almost comical (from a pretty good column by E. J. Dionne): With Pelosi off the hook, the Washington press corps needed a new goat, and along came Harry Reid. The Senate majority leader, it should be said, sometimes makes it easy for his critics. He can be irascible, and has no qualms about …
Early Morning Open Thread: Don’t Fear the Reaper Undie-Bomber
Nate Silver puts the numbers in perspective for the Pantswetting Brigades: Over the past decade, there have been, by my count, six attempted terrorist incidents on board a commercial airliner than landed in or departed from the United States: the four planes that were hijacked on 9/11, the shoe bomber incident in December 2001, and …
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Villager Alert
Noemi Emery: After Bill Clinton was impeached for lies under oath (and terminal tackiness)… I guess you could say he came into Washington and trashed the place with his tackiness, ehh, Noemi?
The soft bigotry of lowered expectations
Atrios catches a real winner from Mary Matalin today on CNN: We inherited a recession from President Clinton and we inherited the most tragic attack on our own soil in our nation’s history. And President Bush dealt with it. And within a year of his presidency at this comparable time, unemployment was at 5 percent. …
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NEW TSA SECURITY MEASURES TBA
Oh noes: A passenger onboard the same Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day was taken into custody in Detroit on Sunday after becoming verbally disruptive upon landing, officials said. A law enforcement official said the man was Nigerian and had locked himself in the airliner’s bathroom. The official spoke on condition of …
There Will Be Blood
If this is true, there will be serious rioting: Before I begin, let me just state that TSA has yet to confirm any of this on its website, so the details aren’t entirely clear at the moment. That said, there are several indications that orders have been issued to cease the use of electronics during …