Another day, another automatic response: Ten years, and now they just can’t be sure I am who I am. They only have my address, a copy of my bills, ten years of doing business with me, a copy of my driver’s license, my bank information and numerous transfers to and from said bank with no …
Archives for August 2010
Maybe They Should Dress Up as Pimps?
Tucker Carlson’s vanity project is killing me. In a post titled “New Left Media uses Trojan trick to get interviews,” we learn the following: Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll, the two young journalists behind “New Left Media,” tell attendees at Tea Party and other conservative rallies that they are student journalists working on a school …
The Shift
I know I’m supposed to be reading the Beck rally like tea leaves, but, sadly, I’m cynical, I’ve seen this movie before, so I can’t. A few weeks before organizing a massive rally on the Mall that had the feel of a religious revival, Glenn Beck sought the blessing of some of the country’s most …
Regression to mean
A resident of Murfeesboro, TN talks to TPM about how things have changed. I hope this isn’t typical of what’s going on in the country: Sbenaty expressed shock over the atmosphere in a town he’s lived in for 30 years. For most of that time, he said, the community has been extremely supportive and welcoming. …
I Hear Luke Russert Edited It
I am sure this will be a bestseller: “Dirty Sexy Politics,” written by Meghan McCain, daughter of former Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona, goes behind the scenes on the campaign trail and in the spotlight to discuss why she thinks the Republican Party has veered from its roots. The last few chapters …
Everyday people
When I lived in Athens, Georgia, I had a Persian friend who been educated in Paris. I joked to her once about having been sorry she ever left Paris to end up here and she told me “No, I like it much better here.” I asked why and she said “In Paris, I got a …
WaPo Suspends Wise Ass
I’m kind of shocked that an institution that weekly publishes the climate lies of George Will is doing this: The Washington Post has suspended veteran sports columnist Mike Wise for publishing fabricated information on Twitter. He announced the one-month suspension on his radio show Tuesday. Wise claimed Monday that he wanted to prove a point …