When You Have Eliminated the Not-Mitts, Whatever Remains, However Mitt, Must Be the Candidate…

Randall Parker, without even bothering to take a look at Rick Santorum, the new favored candidate of RS McCain, throws up his hands to hold his nose for the standard Establishment line: So really, Romney’s the best bet for the Republicans. He’s got very high analytical skills, understands finance, understands business management, and knows how to… Read More When You Have Eliminated the Not-Mitts, Whatever Remains, However Mitt, Must Be the Candidate…

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Selena and Justin Aren’t Engaged!

Because that would be illegal in california, due to Prop 8.

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E.J. Dionne Goes for Broke

Obama, once the transformative President, now desperately tries to keep the flag of Progressive tradition waving. Methinks a fisking is in order.

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Ladd Ehlinger Jr. is Also Funnier Than Me…

Regardless of one’s opinions on Hermann Cain, calling him “Hermie the Love Bug” is just funny.

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Hamilton’s Blues

Walter Russel Mead has an excellent column on the continuing reverberations of the great Hamilton-Jefferson Divide. 200-plus years later, the argument is still not over. In Osawatomie and beyond, President Obama will run for re-election as a Hamiltonian and a custodian of the 20th century progressive state. He will argue that modest and careful reforms,… Read More Hamilton’s Blues

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Fast and Furious: The Stages of Scandal

The thing people forget about Watergate is that it took over two years — from the actual June 1972 break-in until Nixon’s August 1974 resignation — to come to full fruition. So I’ve been keeping my powder dry with regard to the unfolding Fast & Furious/Gunwalker scandal. Now, with Friday’s document dump, (h/t: Ace) I… Read More Fast and Furious: The Stages of Scandal

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Pretenders II…

…sounds really good on headphones. And by headphones, I mean headphones, not lame earbuds that give you all the timpanic damage of heavy bass while not letting you actually hear it, and in any case make you look like the Matrix has you by the middle ear. Anyway, there’s neat rhythmic stuff they do. Give… Read More Pretenders II…

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The Rum Diary Sinks Like a Rummy in a Large Pool of Rum

I was wondering how this film was doing. Over at PopCrush, the inestimable James Lileks lays it out for us: Meanwhile, heads are scratching: why did it tank? Bad week for small films? Depp’s appeal on the wane? People like him only when he’s piratical? Perhaps because word of mouth was like halitosis: The movie… Read More The Rum Diary Sinks Like a Rummy in a Large Pool of Rum

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Is Godspeed You! Black Emperor…

… the worst band name ever? I’m just asking. And yes, I’ve heard of Archers of Loaf.

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Talking Back to Punk Rock… Seventeenth in a Continual Series

“Hey, taking a breath or two is always a good idea. But what’s the plan after that? I mean, according to you they’re still closing in and all. Eventually, ya gotta get that OODA loop goin’, is all I’m saying.” -Joy Division, “Digital” (For more, see here)

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