Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Seems I was a bit hasty blaming the Khan leak on the administration. Smallconsolation hat I was right about the Washington Monthly, Atrios. and Josh Marshall. in light of Mickey’s post, special credit should go to Juan Cole, who is now 0-lifetime and whose coverage of the issue has been especially pointed and anti-administration. If only we could blame this on the Jews.
(via the Instapundit)
Teresa and I find common ground:
On Thursday, Kerry told a convention of minority journalists that he would have reacted more decisively to the news than Bush, who continued reading with a group of Florida schoolchildren for seven minutes after an aide whispered the news into his ear. It
Everyone go say congrats to BlackFive. You will see why when you get there.
This Yglesias post reminded me, once again, how little most people know about statistics (and this is not a dig at Matt- his explanation is about as clear as it comes).
Whoever is responsible for teaching the racoons how to get into my garbage cans can stop it right now. They are even these Rubbermaid cans:
The cans are advertised to have “Friction-fit lid with handles that lock down provides security and extra protection against rodents, pets, etc. ”
Whatever.
You have to admit- Sully has balls:
With last week being the most trafficked in the history of this blog, it’s a good time to take my annual month of August off.
Translation- Thanks for all the loot for ‘bandwidth.’ I’m hitting the beach.
I think I am a much better bargain- and I will be honest. Bandwidth is now paid for- I am spending anything in
in the near feature on booze, books, and dvd’s. Or you could just buy me something.
I see that Ken Layne has re-emerged after spending a year going all Buddy Holly on us, and has started blogging again. Before you get confused, Welch is the one with the goofy glasses- Layne looks like a younger Steve Earle. Which reminds me- Welch is blogging up a storm, too.
I suppose I should be all pissy for Layne leaving me in the lurch for a year, especially after his first real return post is this stream of conciousness screed against all bloggers telling us how we have let him and the medium. I am not- welcome back.