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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008You know how sometimes a skilled writer will begin an essay by writing about something that’s somewhat interesting but doesn’t seem particularly significant? And then will expand on that idea and connect it to something much larger and more important, so that by the end you see both topics in a whole new light? Well, […]
On behalf of the cynical young people
Monday, July 21st, 2008Hey guys, members of the press. I’m here today to do something that bugs the hell out of me whenever other people do it - I’m going to speak on behalf of a large, diverse group as if it was ideologically homogeneous.
Yep, that’s right. For the purposes of this blog post, I am electing myself […]
Invasion becomes re-invasion
Saturday, July 19th, 2008My ex-boss, unsurprisingly, has what I think is the smartest take on this whole “Maliki endorses Obama’s plan” thing. But since this is less a blog for that sort of policy analysis and more a blog for looking at the crazy shit people will say to the American public with a straight face, I want […]
McCain’s extremely low high point
Friday, July 18th, 2008I feel a little guilty doing the whole “look at what shitty thing a prominent columnist wrote” thing at Netroots Nation when I could be going around doing cool stuff, but then again I also feel the compulsion to have new stuff up here if I bump into, like, Kos or someone and give him […]
The party boat, part II: Party hard (Andrew W.K. edition)
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008In the comments, Steven White points me in the direction of a TNR article about last year’s National Review cruise. Said he couldn’t find it in the TNR archives, but I did a quick Google and fortunately for us, they syndicated that shit! Highlights are below the fold:
The party boat
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Tom, friend of the blog and future roommate, just sent me this. It’s the official National Review cruise. And THE COOLEST EVENT EVER.
Seriously, look at the special events on the itinerary:
-Watch every single passenger on the ship weep uncontrollably over the events of the previous week’s election.
-Every room comes equipped with an animatronic Mitt Romney!
-Fred […]
Bloggers are mean jerks who suck
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Man, is James Kirchick annoying. One would think that after being so thoroughly pimp-slapped by Matthew Yglesias, he would decide to take a short break from the Internet, or at least a short break from being infuriatingly smug, but instead he’s apparently decided to retaliate against the left-wing blogosphere with a Politico article that mixes […]
The New Yorker’s very dry wit
Sunday, July 13th, 2008I guess this is kind of funny? Sort of?
I think the problem here - and why the cover is neither offensive nor hilarious but just sort of baffling - is that whichever editor approved this cover doesn’t quite get satire.
See, if this cover were a work of satire, then the artist would have taken something […]
Fight for those rights / FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE!
Friday, July 11th, 2008Speaking of whether or not Obama is a genuine Amurrican - Ben Craw over at the brand spankin’ new TPMTV blog demonstrates what anyone who’s ever interned over at TPM knows - that he has an almost magical ability to summon up just the right YouTube video for any occasion. To whit:
I think that pretty […]
Mortal Kombat
Thursday, July 10th, 2008I think at some point a couple days ago, McCain assembled all of his various spokespeople in a room and said, “Alright, here’s the deal: the douchiest surrogate gets to be vice president.”
Lieberman came out of the gate swinging - he, after all, is an established master of the douchey arts. “I see nothing wrong […]