I’m trying to wean myself from football — as I’ve mentioned here before. Not great success so far, but the goal this year is at least to cut (substantially) the time I spend watching supremely fit young men maul themselves for my entertaintment. Fortunately, college football just doesn’t work for me and hasn’t for decades, …
In Which David Brooks Sets The World Record For Long Jump Over A Shark*
David Brooks is an embarrassment — not news, I know. But while he’s always been glib, his intellectual sloth has only deepened as over and over again, reality has refused to accord his views the respect he believes they deserve. Case in point: today’s column, titled “The Anti-Party Men: Trump, Carson, Sanders and Corbyn”. The entire thing …
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Exclusive! First Photograph of the Lineup for the Next GOP Second Tier Debate
Has to be: Photo courtesy of my brother, somewhere in California’s Central Valley. Meanwhile, I’m with Charles Pierce: the FSM does not love me enough to reinsert Mittens into the 2016 campaign. Have at it: alternate captions in the comments.
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Glad That ‘s Clear
Ben Carson on the real battleground for the Republican War On Something To Do With Women: “They tell you that there’s a war on women,” he said. “There is no war on women. There may be a war on what’s inside of women, but there is no war on women in this country.” [via Raw …
Pick Up The Damn Phone — The Phonening
Yup — that time again, the time when I get to nag y’all about calling your representatives about the Iran deal. Here’s the menu: if they’ve already said they support the deal, thank them. I’m just about to do that for Senator Markey. If they’ve already declared against the deal, tell them, politely, that you …
“These New Assets”
You would think that if anything were beyond the pale, even for today’s GOP and its conservative base, it would be chattel slavery. Seriously. If there were any thought that ought to be simply unthinkable in the twenty first century, America, it would be that it is not simply illegal but actually evil to turn another human being into …
A Couple Of Things To Talk About When You Pick Up The Damn Phone
I promise I won’t post on this every day — but I’m going to come back to this pretty often until we get through the votes on the Iran deal. Anyway — yesterday I asked everyone to call their Congressional representatives — Senators and Congresspeople alike — to thank them if they’ve already declared for …
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