Day: September 21, 2009

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good stuff

Erik Kain September 21, 2009

Igor Volsky has a very good breakdown of the proposed amendments to the Senate health care bill,...

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Few people actually care about partisanship

Jamelle September 21, 2009

Unlike quite a few of my liberal fellow-travelers, I think Megan McArdle is a pretty decent econ-blogger. ...

Soft bigotry, meet low expectations IFRL-TLC-Patterns-43222483330_41c4f73f0a_o

Soft bigotry, meet low expectations

Jamelle September 21, 2009

After I read Ross Douthat’s column this morning, I tweeted that I was nominally on board with...

Car Culture and Families IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-freer.lotus-and-ducks-76

Car Culture and Families

Erik Kain September 21, 2009

Below the fold is a photograph Matt Yglesias took in Freiberg, Germany:

Yeltsin drunk. In his underwear. Hailing a cab. IFRL-Mindiv-33628528631_cc86e1ff83_b

Yeltsin drunk. In his underwear. Hailing a cab.

Will September 21, 2009

Do political memoirs get any better?

Dark Matter in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025RE: Cowing the West Bank Lebanon-style A lot of people in Lebanon want to have a functioning state.…
Fish on Saturday Morning Gaming: Blue PrinceNever been much of a "puzzle game" guy, to the point where I'll even google the solution to most puz…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Well, private organizations can do what they want and freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from co…
Fish on Weekend Plans Post: Caffeine RitualsI fully support your coworker in her act of defiance against this random act of management. Reminds…
Jaybird in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025May we compare to the pro and anti Israeli/Jewish DEI/Intersectional movement?
Jaybird in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025There is no doubt in my mind that the party needs it and I have similar skepticism to yours. That sa…
InMD in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025I don't think the inclination to shake up an aging establishment is wrong. The party needs it. What…
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Huh, he even wrote an op-ed yesterday... Here's the money: Eight years ago, the Democratic Party was…
Jaybird in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025The DNC Chair does, however. I suppose I can see his POV... Hogg doesn't get to do this as a DNC Vic…
LeeEsq in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025TL/DR of my comment: I want to hear the plot and the plan for attacking global anti-Semitism whether…