Breaking news, from the “Style” section of the Washington Post: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An 83-year-old Catholic nun and two of her fellow peace activists were found guilty Wednesday of intending to injure the national defense for intruding last July onto the Y-12 National Security Complex, a nuclear weapons production facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn. After …
Open Thread: Once More Unto the Breach Uncanny Valley
Matt Viser, at the Boston Globe: WASHINGTON – One of Mitt Romney’s former campaign aides is planning to release a new book next week that is being pitched as an insider’s account that provides “an unblinking look at the tactical and strategic miscalculations” made by the former presidential candidate. The book – “A Bad Day …
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Elizabeth Colbert Busch Can’t Quite Overcome the SC Teahadi
Dave Weigel’s been in South Carolina since last week, covering the election Democrats never really expected to win: UPDATE, 8:23 p.m.: Well, it’s basically over. Beaufort County, the Sanford soft spot, went for him by a 6-point margin—2,152 votes. Charleston County is tied, when Colbert Busch needs to be winning it. So, basically: Mark Sanford …
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RIP, Ray Harryhausen
(h/t Paul Constant) . When they say “The good die young”, they mean that the best people never live long enough. Via LGF, Empire Online: Ray Harryhausen, a master of stop-motion animation and a true movie great, has died. He was 92. Born in Los Angeles in June 1920, Harryhausen’s enthusiasm for the burgeoning form …
Open Thread: Dregs of the NRA Convention
(Jeff Danzger’s website) . For all the noisy triumphalism, the NRA isn’t really coming across as a bunch of winners — just whiners. Elspeth Reeves at the AtlanticWire reports “The NRA Convention Is Packed with Heat, Dip, and Sore Winners“: The National Rifle Association just had an amazing victory in defeating a bill to require …
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The NYTimes is SO OVER Afghanistan
I figured someone in the daylight crew would’ve posted this already, because, well… Karzai Says He Was Assured C.I.A. Would Continue Delivering Bags of Cash KABUL, Afghanistan — The C.I.A.’s station chief here met with President Hamid Karzai on Saturday, and the Afghan leader said he had been assured that the agency would continue dropping …
Monday Evening Open Thread: Ripples
Small bit of cheering news, from NYMag: More than a year after Rush Limbaugh’s assessment of Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke as a “slut” for advocating federally subsidized birth control, the broadcaster that carries his show is experiencing a “residual hangover” in its ad sales thanks to the boycotts Limbaugh’s comments sparked. At least, that’s …