If Bob Woodward’s goal was to do something so ridiculous it would generate tweets that make me laugh out loud (sometimes at the tweet, sometimes with it), then Mission Accomplished. Lanny Davis in intrvw on WMAL this am claimed threats from WH too re his columns @jtlol. Suspects same staffer too. Pls report! — MomsUnite …
Archives for February 2013
Analytic, Synthetic, Tomato, Tomatoh
Steve King will probably be the Republican candidate for the open Senate seat in Iowa, after Tom Latham decided he didn’t want to spend two years of his life being splattered by the bullshit that would emanate from Michele Bachmann’s male doppelganger. Now that he has the nomination if he wants it, King is playing …
Early Morning Open Thread: I Don’t Know How She Does It
Gail Collins is a much stronger woman than I am, because I’d have strangled David Brooks years ago: Will Journalism Go the Way of Whaling? David: … Now I feel, or maybe it’s hope, that we’ve reached equilibrium. Blogging is real, but not hegemonic. YouTube is interesting for people who enjoy watching 54,000 versions of …
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Lying to Themselves (and Us), for (No) Fun & (Decreasing) Profits
Dave Weigel decides to poke a few snakes over the spectacularly failed neocon attempt to keep Hagel from becoming Secretary of Defense: Conor Friederdorf’s hands undergo a good, hard wringing in the wake of Chuck Hagel’s successful confirmation fight. It’s another example, he writes, that conservatives are at an “information disadvantage,” and that “much of …
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They don’t give a fuck about anybody else
It was Bob Somerby who introduced me to the idea that most big name establishment media types only care about themselves, their vacation homes, how much the White House kisses their ass, how big a boner they get from thinking about torture or bombing or spreading freedom or a president in a flight suit. Has …
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Getting Exactly What They Demanded (Not Enjoying the Results)
. Because it’s an article of Republican faith that there’s nothing the government can do right — or, if pressed, that there’s nothing Tha States can’t do better than Big Gubmint — this happened: … “This was a decision made by career officials at ICE without any input from the White House, as a result …
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A Quick PSA
New Psych tonight on USA. /happydance