I realize things have been a bit slow around here lately. I’ll be live-blogging the Republican debate tonight. Here’s Song of the Week, a day early. Also too, feel free to consider this an open thread. R.E.M., “Radio Free Europe” (1981) I’m going to try being vaguely relevant just for a change of pace. I …
Troy Davis executed
I haven’t been writing about this because I’m not up-to-date on the story at all. Sorry. Troy Davis was executed in Georgia an hour ago.
An under-the-radar defeat
This isn’t the most glamorous story, but I think it’s a big defeat for Boehner: House Republicans tried a fresh strategy Wednesday night: Go it alone on a spending bill. The result was an embarrassing setback. Wednesday night’s rank-and-file rebuke of GOP leadership — with 48 Republicans bolting on a temporary spending bill — underscored …
That sweet smell of patchouli
Not to make this an all E-Dub day, but what struck me most about that clip Dennis and John talked about wasn’t Mike Barnicle’s bloviation (what’s the brother gonna do, he’s Boston Irish) but Halperin’s ridiculous question (and subsequent haranguing) about China’s military threat. I get that it was supposed to sound all serious and …
Move over, big dog
What the fuck? And that’s not the first time I’ve asked this about him over the past few years. Former President Bill Clinton tells Newsmax that Washington should not raise taxes until the slumping economy is turned around — and says President Obama’s plan to increase taxes on the wealthy won’t solve the debt problem. …
I can’t stand it, I know you planned it
I guess I’m the type who likes to ask cui bono sometimes. That’s why I could never be a serious person: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), vice chairman of the Senate Democratic Conference, believes “some” Republicans “want the economy to actually fail.” Paul Krugman recently said in his column, “[I]t’s hard to avoid the suspicion that …
The invisible hand of Jesus
Glibertarianism and Christianism are now as one (via Wonkette): About one in five Americans combine a view of God as actively engaged in daily workings of the world with an economic conservative view that opposes government regulation and champions the free market as a matter of faith. “They say the invisible hand of the free …