(Nick Anderson via GoComics.com) In today’s roundup of buyer’s remorse from the Media Village, the LA Times has a nice succinct editorial summing up “The Problem with Perry“: Given the depth of his loathing for the federal government, it’s a little surprising that Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants to preside over it. Indeed, in the …
Archives for August 2011
My Tardis Has Given Me A Back-to-the-Future Glimpse of the GOP Presidential Primary Debates
Derived from an odd chain of web meanderings originating from within DougJs Stevie Wonder homage below, this seems to me to be a pretty fair anticipation of what Rick Perry will do to Mitt Romney in the debates: <div align=”center”><iframe width=”420″ height=”345″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/ErefIfZTlQ0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe></div> You may consider this yet more open thread.
On “Outing” Apple’s New CEO
Last Thursday, Reuters economics blogger Felix Salmon posted “Don’t ignore Tim Cook’s sexuality“: Tim Cook is now the most powerful gay man in the world. This is newsworthy, no? But you won’t find it reported in any legacy/mainstream outlet. And when the FT‘s Tim Bradshaw did no more than broach the subject in a single …
Do you want to see me crawl across the floor?
I’d gladly do it. We got to get ABL back here somehow! Also too, I love begging and hoping-against-hope songs, so I’m making this a regular feature until ABL comes back. Jewish Steel is a big Clapton fan and requested I start with this one. What are your favorite beg-you-to-take-me-back songs?
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Very superstitious, writing’s on the wall
I try to be rational, but the ghosts and weeping effigies get to me sometimes. I can’t shake this feeling that a full-on teahadist will be the Republican nominee in 2012, that it will probably be Rick Perry, and that it may not even be close. While much of this article is stupid (e.g., VPs …
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Monday Evening Open Thread
(Ted Rall’s blog) __ Things are tough all over: 527 group waned after Gingrich campaign imploded in June __ The Newt Gingrich money machine that raised $52 million in just four years to promote his ideas and image, American Solutions for Winning the Future, has quietly gone belly up. _ Gingrich set up the 527 …
Coming Soon To A Bookstore Near You
Analysts predict a run on crayons: It’s official: Michele Bachmann has a book deal. Sentinel, a conservative imprint of Penguin Group (USA), announced Monday that the Republican presidential candidate’s memoir will arrive in November and already has been completed. The book, reports of which first circulated in June, is currently untitled. Sentinel declined comment on …