Here’s the full transcript, from the Washington Post; I’ll put up a video link if one becomes available. Via John B. Judis at the New Republic, who had his own interpretation: President Barack Obama’s speech Tuesday to the United Nations was his most significant foreign policy statement since becoming president. It showed he had clearly …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: the Right Enemies
(Mike Luckovich via GoComics.com) . So, President Obama and the Clintons have now endorsed Bill de Blasio for New York’s next mayor. I’ll admit I was wary of what the media called de Blasio’s “progressive charm”, because every anecdote gave me a strong whiff of John Vliet Lindsay, whose mayoralty was a key factor in …
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Update on Mother Russia’s (You Have No) Human Rights Front (NSFW)
As Dubya’s approval ratings demonstrated, nothing consolidates the political status of an underperforming Leader like having all the media outfits shriek “OMG look, over there — THE ENEMY!!” Even, or especially, when the propaganda can be aimed at The Enemy Within. Guess Putin’s feeling a little underappreciated recently… Dan Savage embeds a “new Russian anti-gay …
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Writer Bleg: “The Last Campaign”
This bleg originally went to Cole, who kicked it over to me: Two close friends, who are avid readers of yours – Johannes and La Caterina (Mrs. Johannes) – suggested I contact you. I’m a writer and former Congressional staffer writing a book, “The Last Campaign: How Presidents Rewrite History, Run for Posterity and Enshrine …
Open Thread: “American Bile”
Robert Reich has a book to sell movie to promote: … Put simply, most people are on a downward escalator. Although jobs are slowly returning, pay is not. Most jobs created since the start of the recovery, in 2009, pay less than the jobs that were lost during the Great Recession. This means many people …
Monday Morning Open Thread: Salt of the Earth
(Scott Meyer’s website) . I grew up in a small, close-knit parish, which coincidentally (and grudgingly) happened to be located in one of the world’s larger cities. Haven’t been back there, or to my recollection inside a Catholic church, since I left for college. But growing up in a community where everyone knew, and had …
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Late Night Open Thread: Like the Honeybadger, Miley Don’t Care
Bless her heart, and her gleeful expression. I went over to GoFugYourself to see if anyone had committed an especially newsworthy fashion incident at the Emmys, and found this: … CIRCULAR PASTIES — like wee coasters for her nipples… She’s wearing fishnet, stickers, panties, and a polar bear… … but what stood out for me …
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