Chris Isaak’s music isn’t even all that good. I have no idea why MTV gave him so much play. This cover is quite a bit better.
Southland
I’m really liking it so far, and I give it a thumbs up. This is where a dozen of you armchair Eberts jam the comments with remarks that I have no taste, that so and so was a much better show and that it was first done in an obscure series that no one but …
Faceless Bureaucrats
Weirdly, you never hear conservatives complain that they will never see the face of the insurance apparatchik who spent two days searching for an excuse to decline chemotherapy payments. I guess that kind of bureaucrat is ok with them.
Hoyay! at the NRO
Lots and lots of silly at the NRO today, but this from Peter Kirsanow stands out: It would be interesting to see the results of a more finely calibrated poll, one that compares how well-respected, competent, and effective the subject is perceived to be relative to similarly situated individuals. As a friend succinctly puts it, …
Darkness Christmas at Noon
Here’s a fun thought: imagine that you run a quasi-legal dictatorship, say, Burma or Uzbekistan. Naturally you’d love to jail and torture* those pesky dissidents, foreign spies, people who might be foreign spies, nose whistlers and hotel clerks who slighted your cousin. Hang ’em from the ceiling for a few days and they’ll confess to …
Penguins v. Hurricanes
First, a video: What better place to post the President meeting the SuperBowl Champions Steelers than a thread for the soon to be Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins!
Going Galt, One Paw At a Time
Some more of your pets going Galt: Claim your pets! *** Update *** By popular request, a freshly furminated Tunch playing with his favorite toy while lying on his favorite blanket, still warm from air drying in the afternoon sun. It is good to be king. More after the fold.