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Sunday, August 19th, 2007Perhaps the best teen sex comedy ever? Admittedly the competition isn’t too fierce in that category, to the extent that there actually any good teen sex comedies. I guess Heathers counts as a teen sex comedy. And while it’s good, Superbad is better.
In a summer with movies like Sicko, The Simpsons Movie and The Bourne […]
Politics is boring
Friday, August 17th, 2007Our national discourse has hit a pretty astonishing high in terms of vapidity, and one of my worst fears is that it hasn’t even peaked yet. But sometimes I’ll read some so vapid, so unbelievably astonishingly stupid about the presidential race that it will catch me completely off guard.
“Can you imagine what debates are going […]
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
ter·ror·ism (t?r’?-r?z’?m) pronunciationn.
The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.
One particularly aggravating rhetorical device that I’ve seen people on both the left and the right use […]
Multiculturalism and the Department of Education vs. Some Lunatics on Podiums
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007Today, TPMtv showcased the first of what I hope will be many home-made videos documenting what’s happening on the ground in election ‘08. This one, from TPM fan Greg Hauenstein, took a look at what the GOP candidates were actually saying to their base at the Ames straw poll when they figured the media wasn’t […]
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
I was actually going to write about this anyway, but Josh Marshall’s post provides an excellent lead-in.
Is it me or is the most remarkable thing about Karl Rove’s resignation that it seems almost like a non-event? I had the feeling as the day wore on that all of us in the news and commentary business […]
Rove is resigning
Monday, August 13th, 2007And thus goes the political strength of the White House. Or not.
Exactly how much influence Rove had inside the White House when not campaigning, and how much damage he alone did will probably never be fully revealed. But that’s not really the question on everyone’s minds right now - there’s plenty of time for that […]
Sunday, August 12th, 2007
Well the results of the Iowa Straw Poll are in. I don’t think anyone’s by Romney’s narrow victory (both the “victory” and the “narrow” parts). Note also that Brownback is in third and Giuliani is all the way down in eighth. I’ve said before that Brownback’s been dangerously underestimated, and this signals that he may […]
Pretty much the scariest baby ever
Friday, August 10th, 2007I’m sure that this post from Amanda Marcotte says something very interesting about marketing fast food to children, but it’s hard for me to address the thesis of the post because the picture right above it is so goddamn terrifying.
Seriously. I try to read this thing and eventually I’m watching this grotesque attack on nature […]
More Clinton weirdness
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Following up on yesterday’s bizarre poll, here’s another one that doesn’t make much sense to me:
Do you seriously believe that Senator Hillary Clinton would be influenced by a lobbyist?
Yes 48No 24
(Among Democrats)
Yes 30No 35
Do you seriously believe that most politicians would be influenced by a lobbyist?
Yes 63No 15
(Among Democrats)
Yes 55No 17
And since yesterday’s poll brings […]
Cognitive Dissonance
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007I’m having a hard time reconciling this:
William Kristol has finally made his endorsement, declaring Clinton to be the “responsible” Democratic candidate.
With this:
The new USA Today/Gallup poll contains an interesting set of numbers that suggest Hillary’s winning the debate with Obama over foreign policy — at least, if you define winning as being seen as […]