May 2012
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“To divine the course of world events, you’d do as well to probe the...”
– Andrew J. Bacevich on Robert Kagan’s “The World America Made”
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Two Quotes
“The new American Dream is to get to be very rich and still be regarded as a victim.” — Charles Simic, The Monster Loves His Labyrinth: Notebooks
(via Wolcott)
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“But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task if in tempestuous seasons...
Worse
Innovation Evangelist > Thought Leader
April 2012
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March 2012
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The Clintonville Booms
The booming and shaking continues in Clintonville. Clintonville police say they received about 65 calls Tuesday night, from people reporting three or four loud booms. Officials say the calls came in from 10:35 until 11:40 p.m. Authorities say the reports came from the same part of the city that has been experiencing the booms for more than a week, but there were also some reports farther west,...
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The Unbearable Media
Two recent and amazing examples of conservative journalism (assuming everyone already caught the Derrick Bell video):
“The Daily Caller”
More Breitbart or whatever:
February 2012
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Phil Gramm, Evil Bastard
I wrote about Phil Gramm’s retirement from UBS at PolicyShop.
“Joining UBS was one of the best decisions I ever made in my life, and I have considered it a great privilege to work with the extraordinary men and women who constitute this firm,” said Senator Gramm.
Gramm added: “I will be working in a few targeted areas for the bank next year and hope to find some noble work yet to be...
December 2011
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Bankers Seek to Debunk Attack on Top 1%
Tom Golisano, billionaire founder of payroll processer Paychex Inc. (PAYX) and a former New York gubernatorial candidate, said in an interview this month that while there are examples of excess, it’s “ridiculous” to blame everyone who is rich.
“If I hear a politician use the term ‘paying your fair share’ one more time, I’m going to vomit,” said Golisano, who turned 70 last month, celebrating the...
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Bard of Barbs: RIP Christopher Hitchens
Rather than wade into the legend, the myth, the Iraq War supporter, I’d like to share what was unimpeachably good about Christopher Hitchens: masterful take downs of worthy targets. In this case — oh my — that target is Norman Podhoretz.
Unsurprisingly, you could apply a lot of this to Norman’s son and current editor of Commentary, John — also known...
November 2011
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October 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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WatchUnder The Bus
Please, stay through the commercial. This is hilarious.
March 2011
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Help!
The Tiger’s Wife
Tiger, Tiger
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
February 2011
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Bathos Alert
Good Friday morning. WEST WING READING - “How Wars End: Why We Always Fight the Last Battle - A History of American Intervention from World War I to Afghanistan,” by Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs magazine - dedicated “To the victims of bad planning”: “[W]ars are difficult to close out even when they are started well, and mistakes at the beginning complicate...
August 2010
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Harper's Index
Percentage of car horn blasts among all New York City motorists that are directed at slow moving pigeons: 13
June 2010
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Dedicated to the beauty of seeds pasted on a board...
From here
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And the worm seeks cooler soil
Pop culture fighting words*:
Marilyn Manson > Lady Gaga
Elton John > David Bowie
Joanna Newsom (at some points) > Bob Dylan (at numerous points)
*unsourced
March 2010
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GET SOME
You know what to do smart, compassionate, hopefully-living-in-one-of-these-districts people.
From the indispensable Balloon Juice. Guide for first timers:
Commenter Moses2317 has a list of undecideds and progressive ‘no’s who really ought to be voting for this bill. I added Jason Altmire to the end because he is clearly gettable. If you live in any of these districts, do your best to get ...
February 2010
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Sometimes I just want to use Jimmy Reed’s...
January 2010
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SOTU Equation
announce support for a relatively liberal policy like creating incentives for “green jobs” + follow it, with emphasis, “I do not accept second place for the USA!” =
The Natural History Museum is great inspiration...
- Halloween costumes
- Band names
- Dad jokes
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Angry interlude
magicmolly:
It kills me when people say things like “I don’t play games” when they are talking about romantic relationships. Of course you play games. If you are self-aware enough to acknowledge the possibility of manipulating someone else, you are as good as admitting that you do it.
Most people do it. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. Manipulation is what creates and stokes romance, often. To...
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to pwn a PUN
1. Fulsome prison blues = James Cameron’s Avatar
2. Oh that, that’s just his hang outfit.
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December 2009
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My cosmetics include
- Eyedrops
- Carmex
- Pack of gum
American History (Somehow)
How does this always happen? In anticipation of tonight’s screening of My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, where Werner Herzog and the lead actor Michael Shannon will speak, I came across the origin of Mohammed Ali’s birth name, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. Bear with me.
Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., was “the fanciest dancer in Louisville” (a fact that may need confirmation...
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December Version
Washington Square Park
sound: A cell phone snaps shut.
woman in her 60’s: It was my sister. She says she has pneumonia.
(pause)
same woman: And she had it last year.
(pause)
same woman: I think she’s faking it.
companion, incredulous: Faking pneumonia?!
overhearing the above while walking by, me to an imaginary companion: Look at the trees in this park! So bare! I swear to god...
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Warmer
Editor-in-Chief for National Sailboat Racing Magazine
Hiring: Editor-in-Chief of the Official World of...
Do you know the difference between a Night Elf and a Blood Elf? (I could guess?) Do you know your favorite class role and spell rotations? (Ah, no…) And, more importantly, can you show us superlative examples of your publishing experience in the games/entertainment markets? (…)
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