Archive for February, 2008
« Previous Entries Next Entries »Nader decides running preferable to sitting at home alone and sobbing
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Apparently Ralph Nader has decided to throw his weary, hollow, broken shell of a hat into the 2008 general election. I’m pretty torn about this: on the one hand, there’s a lot of understandable bitterness towards the guy coming from the left, since his run tightened the 2000 election enough for the Supreme Court to […]
Callin’ out, y’all
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Happy birthday to Matt Zeitlin, who today has officially made the transition from blogging wünderkind to blogging wünderlegaladult. Since he’s blogging from roughly around the Bay Area, I recommend celebrating with some Lyrics Born:
Music Video Saturday
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Because it looks like this is becoming a regular thing. This week, it’s up and comer Bon Iver (pronounced like Bonne Hiver).
The album has an incredible backstory, which I’ll just quote at length from the AV Club article that turned me onto this music:
Singer-songwriter Vernon holed up in his father’s cabin in northwestern Wisconsin for […]
We’re done with letting the VP do stuff, right?
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008If it’s true that Harry Reid is soon going to be resign (and believe you me, I’m already writing to Santa for that one) then please, for the love of god, give Clinton the VP slot. After a couple years of letting Reid basically surrender on Iraq and then actively campaign against members of his […]
50,000 words
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Yep. The book, tentatively titled Epic Summer, is now past the 50k mark. 50,000 is a good milestone, because now that I’ve passed it, it’s pretty much a sure thing that I’ll now finish at least the first draft. I can’t not finish it. I’ve already written 50,000 words, for Chrissake! Giving up now would […]
Dude. Seriously.
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Via Greg Sargent, the NYT reporters and editors who wrote that whole McCain mess up are taking questions. Cool. I’ve got a few questions for the editors.
1.) “Dude. What the hell?” Pause. “Dude.” And then just a long, disappointed gaze.
2.) So when were you guys planning publishing this story if The New Republic hadn’t lit […]
The 1st Annual Russert Award for Courage in Journalism
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Goes to the editors of the New York Times. When I suggested that they were sitting on the McCain affair story until they were sure it wouldn’t affect the primary, I understated the whole thing. Now it looks like they were basically willing to sit on the story forever.
Radar reports that the Times, which has […]
The Slashdot candidate
Thursday, February 21st, 2008There’s been quite a bit of buzz on the Internet these past few days about this Lessig fellow considering a run for Congress. I knew of him passingly as the mind behind the Creative Commons license, and with his focus on reforming copyright laws and promoting net neutrality and the free exchange of ideas online, […]
The gift that never, ever stops giving
Thursday, February 21st, 2008I feel Robin Wright’s pain. She’s written an important story that’s going to get completely drowned out in the next news cycle because John McCain’s been accused of shtupping a lobbyist.
Once a month, Pakistan’s Defense Ministry delivers 15 to 20 pages of spreadsheets to the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad. They list costs for feeding, clothing, […]
McCain gets Lewinsky’d
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Well, not exactly. But sort of. I mean, Jesus Christ.
WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.
A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying him on a client’s corporate […]