I was checking out Red State to enjoy some more GOP backstabbing, and came across this gem: Mid-term elections tend to draw out more-closely engaged voters. This is why 2006 was so bad for us: the news was bad in general and in particular, and Republicans were shooting their own party for the evening news. …
Archives for January 2013
Sully Goes Paywall
Andrew Sullivan is taking the Daily Dish independent, and he’s doing it with a “freemium” model that restricts the number of “read more” clicks that non-subscribers can view in a month. Other stuff will be free, and links from other blogs will always work even if the content is behind a paywall. This is a …
Hell Hath No Fury
Like a wingnut scorned: New York Republican Rep. Peter King went to war with his Republican colleagues on Wednesday after leaders spiked a Hurricane Sandy relief bill, calling on New Yorkers to stop all donations to GOP House members. “These Republicans have no problem finding New York when they’re out raising millions of dollars,” King …
Just Because I Can (Open Thread)
I’m doing what I shouldn’t here: troll baiting. I love astronomy. I’ve made a couple of films about telescopes, observatories, and the exploration of deep space made possible by the extraordinary instrumentation created over the last couple of decades. Observational astronomy has undergone a true revolution in my lifetime, and we know more about our …
Open Thread
Teen Mom – I Wanna Go Out from Merlin on Vimeo. Here’s some video from my New Year’s Eve party. I’m the tall guy with the glasses and pie.
Public Records are Secret
The West Nyack Journal-News, which published a map of gun permit holders in their area, have hired armed guards to protect their building after receiving threats, as reported by a competing paper, the Rockland County Times. Competing newspapers sure know how to hate, so from the Times’ perspective, the whole thing boils down to hypocrisy …
It’s a One-Time Thing, It Just Happens A Lot
Last night’s vote was strange. Boehner has a split caucus of 151 who voted no, and 85 who joined the Democrats for a majority. That should mean that he’s in line to be replaced, but even though his majority leader (Eric the White) and majority whip (Kevin McCarthy) voted “No”, who else wants to be …
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