The look on Harold Ford’s face as he listens to Iggy Pop cracked me up: “You’re telling me that I’m not the only guy who’s had it in the ear before?” (via TAP) Do we do caption contests here, or is that too Wonkette? Anyway, open thread.
There’s a New Heather in Town
Today’s Dana Milbank emission makes fun of Code Red, portrays Pelosi as tough and effective, and poo-poohs the notion that real Americans will care about the procedural deals of HCR passage. Rather than believing that this blind pig suddenly found an ear of corn, my guess is that the Dick Whisperer put his finger to …
Mississippi Goddam
Constance McMillen is an out lesbian high school senior living in Fulton, Mississippi. When the school heard that she wanted to bring her girlfriend to prom, their sensible and measured response was to cancel prom and encourage students to hold a private event (straight and closeted only). Constance’s presence, in a tuxedo, would be a …
Who Ordered the Code Red?
Keeping with their sterling track record on nicknames, the new teabagger protest on Capitol Hill takes its name from a term that either means “fire” in a hospital or “violent extrajudicial punishment” in a popular movie.
The Obvious Rears Its Ugly Head
Since there’s always more than enough time to do things the right way after all other approaches are exhausted: In an about-face, the Mexican government has begun refocusing much of its energy on attacking social issues in Ciudad Juárez, in what officials say privately could be an experiment for other Mexican cities that are consumed …
Crazy
Is it really possible that Rielle Hunter thought that a photo of her in a dress shirt and panties sitting next to Barney and Kermit on her kid’s bed wouldn’t make GQ? Hunter reportedly “cried for two hours” after she saw the pictures she deemed “repulsive” that accompanied the 10,000 word interview she did with …
Larison is Shrill
Douthat has his panties in a bunch about the lack of subtle shades in the movie “Green Zone” : […] the idea that many debacles flow from choices made by decent, well-intentioned human beings is more difficult for us to wrap our minds around. […] The narrative of the Iraq invasion, properly told, resembles a …