The world’s least sexy circle jerk is well underway at Aspen. I’m imagining David Brooks at a cocktail party, droning on to another Thought Leader about innovative innovators fostering dynamic dynamism through creative creation while he eyes up some waitress and sniffs around for money to be made. I’m making my way through Chris Hayes’s …
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Dog Rescue Bleg – Miami Area
From friend-of-a-commentor Liam: Meet Parker – a 1.5 year-old, spayed, small female German Shepherd. She’s healthy, weighs about 35 lbs., house-trained, very quiet, calm, affectionate and plays well with other dogs. I’m fostering her and she’s available for adoption but please keep three things in mind: * The adoption has to be processed through the …
And Then Obama Tried To Burn Them Out
These people crack me up: While Colorado burns, conservatives have looked for ways to blame it on President Obama. Some of the same people who have bashed the president as a big government, big spending liberal now say a wildfire that destroyed hundreds of homes in the conservative stronghold of Colorado Springs can be blamed …
There are other things going on the world! Open Thread
Believe it or not, there were other things that happened today even as the wingnuts continued to cry and cry and we continued to enjoy the sweet, sweet taste of their tears. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are getting divorced. China’s first female astronaut returns to earth with the rest of the crew President-Elect Mohammed …
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Divorce healthcare shock open thread scandal!
Commenter jheartney points to this comment at Washington Monthly: Ed, Watertown MA on June 29, 2012 10:57 AM: To all the handwringing, all I can say is look to Massachusetts. We already have a working model of how this will play out. 1). After initial griping, and a few longer doctor’s waiting room delays as …
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A metaphor or two in the pages of a blue boy magazine
I can’t help myself. I had to go and see, and apparently they’re having a circle jerk of misery over at the Corner. I have found that tears make such ineffective lubricant. Too chafing. However, they all appear to agree that the wingnut pundits from the non-Corner parts of National Review Online, who are claiming …
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Heartland Radio
Here’s a quick dispatch from Real America: I listened to a few minutes of a call-in radio show about the ACA this morning. The CEO of the local Blue Cross/Blue Shield was being interviewed and was taking calls, and it was refreshingly dull. The host was spinning scenarios about an imaginary small business and its …