These really are just hideous people, any way you look at it: At yesterday’s health care summit, Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28) related this story from one of her constituents: I even have one constituent — you will not believe this, and I know you won’t, it’s true. Her sister died, this poor woman had …
Archives for February 2010
Friday Night Early Bird Open Thread
So what is on the agenda for everyone this weekend? It is snowing here, so I think I am going to give ME2 another shot. BTW- I had the weirdest craving today. For some reason, I was just dying for pineapple, so when we went to the store, I picked up a fresh pineapple and …
The Jam Scam
EJ Dionne notices something: Chuck Todd of NBC made a superb point on “Hardball” last night that everyone should pay attention to. He noted that absolutely no one is proposing to pass a health-care bill under the “reconciliation process,” that is, with a majority rather than 60 votes in the Senate. Does that surprise you? …
Better Off As Slaves
Another day, another adventure in GOP minority outreach: Rep. Trent Frank: (R-AZ) In this country, we had slavery for God knows how long. And now we look back on it and we say “How brave were they? What was the matter with them? You know, I can’t believe, you know, four million slaves. This is …
Olympic Hockey
Not sure if you are watching, but the US Hockey team just scored 6 goals in the first period of the match versus Finland. And while the Fins may feel a little shellshocked, at least they don’t have to contend with this: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is well known for his bizarre exploits, from demanding …
What?
Even I’ve grown tired of the Andrew Sullivan/Leon Wieseltier thing, but I’m still following it because every now and then something amusing comes up: One more thing: what universe is Chait living in when he claims that what chunks of Israel have endured lately is anything like the London Blitz? 43,000 Londoners alone were killed …
Our long national nightmare is over
Drudgico (you’ve been warned): White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers will leave her post next month, according to a White House source, months after she drew criticism for a major security breach at a state dinner in November. The tragedy here is that Sally Quinn won’t be able to write about this. If only this …