This (from Matt Yglesias) is why Republicans would be crazy to do anything other than filibuster everything in sight…and why people (myself included) were stupid to ever consider the possibility that they would do otherwise: Via Jon Chait, an interesting Pew survey reveals that just 26 percent of Americans know that it takes sixty votes …
Archives for January 2010
Open Thread
BBL. *** Update *** Many of you asked so, a quick update. Finally got some good sleep last night after I took a benadryl (percs were also making me itch a little, so the doc suggested killing two birds with one stone). Slept so well that I missed two doses and all my ice melted, …
Early Morning Open Thread: Lexiconning
I have spent some more hours happily OCDing through the Lexicon, adding attributions, cleaning up links, and including such neologisms as PTDB, Green Balloon Juice, Teabuggers, Moderation (Your Comment Is Awaiting) — linked the WP Codex spam list there — and Firebagger: Firebagger – Unfortunate portmanteau of FDL ‘Firepup’ and ‘Teabagger’, possibly coined by Firedoglake …
Chinese walls
This is pretty interesting. A Washington Post reporter wrote a post that criticized DC school chancellor Michelle Rhee’s cozy relationship with the Washington Post editorial board. The post was taken off the site and the reporter was called on the carpet. So much for those Chinese walls between the editorial board and the news staff. …
Ain’t nothing like the real thing
This is going into tomorrow’s Washington Post reporter chat, pretty close to word-for-word: Isn’t it fascinating that the lengthy, amplified, magnified speech of the most powerful man in the world with his big captive audience — in the magnificent room and in smaller rooms all over the country — are outweighed by one man’s headshake …
Open Thread: Thursday Night Menu
Take it away, Bad Horse’s Filly: Really? Another week has come and gone? It’s been a busy one, a productive one, but it went by too quickly. Because my schedule has been a bit crazy, you’ll notice someone has joined the What’s 4 Dinner Solutions’ team to help out – JeffreyW has already added some …
Spirits in the night
I went to a New York State artisanal spirits tasting this afternoon. I know next to nothing about hard liquor, so I learned a lot about distillation. I still don’t understand the difference between the tails, and the head, and the heart, but at least now I understand why vodka gets distilled to 190 proof …