Our own Kay has been saying this for months — good to see the point getting a larger platform. Jon Chait at NYMag discusses “large lies and one big truth“: … Amidst the vast plumes of rhetorical homages to freedom and entrepreneurship and the evils of central planning, there was but one small moment in …
Archives for September 2012
Open Thread
Looks like it’s about time for one of these.
I’ll Take Romney’s Side of that Bet
I saw this in today’s Washington Post, and thought it made a good accompaniment to Matt Taibbi’s latest: By making debt the centerpiece of his campaign, Romney was making a calculated bluff of historic dimensions – placing a massive all-in bet on the rank incompetence of the American press corps. The result has been a …
Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Cordial
__ In celebration of the ABL/CWG2012 DNC Road Trip, from faithful commentor Marvel: May the harvest be upon you! It sure is harvest-y here in the Pacific Northwest! We make a lovely liquor out of these tart, blue plums. I like how the liquid (which starts out looking like sea critters submerged in weak coffee) …
What You All Wanted
Here is ABL blowing kisses at Tunch, but he’ll have none of it because A.) he knows he is being posed and B.) he knows how allergic ABL is to cats. He’s a lover like that: I like how Lily is slutting around with Heather, who is ABl’s friend from Houston who is coming with …
#AngryBlackLadyCrankyWhiteGuy2012: It Begins
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Open Thread: The GOP Time Machine & Their Would-Be First Ladies
Rebecca Traister, at Salon, says “Republicans aren’t just nostalgic for 1950s-style social barriers. They want to rebuild them“: … None of the stories of ye olde American achievement actually jibed with the convention’s “We Built It” theme. The tales were of white men whose class mobility and moon-walks were boosted by G.I. Bills, state-school educations, …
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