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Yes. Apparently. “@Galrahn: US killed INNOCENT Americans w/out due process using drones. But inYemen so no big deal!? http://t.co/Vme6SV3KM7 @DrLeoStrauss I have no idea what you’re talking about, buddy.
- @KevinRothrock Kevin, think about the fundamental premise of the metric and example selected as a baseline. It's not even an extrapolation.
- Typical analytical errors but interesting.
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The Paths Ahead (Tweak On 8/4/11)
So are we there yet? Some thoughts as they occur, probably to be consolidated in an omnibus post. Turn Your Head And Cough, Please We begin where we are. Political science and philosophy lead to the same diagnosis: today’s America is a hybrid demotic-oligarchy. The hybrid qualifier? Existing institutions are deployed as both hammer and [...]
Four Corners
Dean Smith at North Carolina used to run a strategy known as “four corners” to burn up the clock and preserve a lead. The essence was to deny an opponent an opportunity by taking a shot or risk a rebound. The opposing side eventually would have to create a foul in order to force a [...]
Red Herring
Obama can’t get no relief from those mainstream leftist fascists like Frank Rich. The one-time theater critic and rugby scrum pal of Imus et al. has stumbled accidentally on a scandalizing truth: Obama is all air. Is it a fair critique? Certainly his pirouette today on Wall Street bolster’s Rich’s case. The speech offered no [...]
Idiopathic Journalism, 2007 (updated)
With Rupert’s imminent entry past the shattered Great Gate and on into Minas Tirith, American journalism prepares to endure yet another phase of debasement and looming irrelevancy. The woes of the dead tree business model generally are well known. This blow, however, has the ring of Doom about it as Russell Baker explains: Rupert Murdoch [...]
TNR’s pro war writer Jon Chait thinks this enterprising businessman’s death is funny:
http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/77964/segway-company-owner-drives-segway-cliff
But hopefully Snowpacolypse 2 will wait until after November to turn DC into the ice planet Hoth once again.
The best part of that O’Donnell witchcraft quote was her clarification following audience reaction : “I said I did NOT join a coven.” As if that were the issue and on on peoples minds. She probably won’t win, but if she does she will end up being Palin’s rival.
In a weird turn of events today, Congressional Dems threw themselves under the feet of the Republican Imperial Walkers, saying “Let us be clear…”
Offered in a post-partisan spirit of Looking Forward, Not Back.
I think Doc got it.
Make no mistake …
I dunno, I kinda like Nazgul35′s…
lol Doc wins the thread.
“But, but, I thought it was just supposed to be an elephant…”
‘Let me be clear . . . ‘
Ripley changes her political affiliation.
Just an aside – we’d be happy if Anne Mulchahy was hired to fill Summer’s spot – She was a great ceo – very much the opposite of Carly F. though lazy journalists often lump them together.
In a weird turn of events today, Congressional Dems threw themselves under the feet of the Republican Imperial Walkers…
Untitled (2010)
“We obviously need to do a better job of explaining our legislative accomplishments, and intend to undertake a speaking tour to detail the provisions of UGHHHHHH SPLAT.”