Day: November 10, 2009

England Embraces the Surveillance State IFRL-Mindiv-lucas-mordzin-1061221-unsplash

England Embraces the Surveillance State

Will November 10, 2009

Two extremely disturbing stories from across the pond.

Larison endorses the McChrystal surge? IFRL-TLC-War-rawpixel-id-328271

Larison endorses the McChrystal surge?

Will November 10, 2009

I’m not sure if Daniel Larison’s latest column should be interpreted as an endorsement of McChrystal’s political...

Football in the Northeast IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Hirosage-SeascapeInSatta

Football in the Northeast

Mark of New Jersey November 10, 2009

…which, for football purposes, includes South Florida. In 2005, the Big East – long a basketball-heavy conference...

Tricky Linguistics IFRL-TLC-Scenery-steve-halama-388088-unsplash

Tricky Linguistics

Erik Kain November 10, 2009

I was an English major, so this really speaks to me. And it’s hilarious, as is everything...

The answer, of course, is to send Bloomberg off to fight the Parthians IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Hirosage-MountUtsu

The answer, of course, is to send Bloomberg off to fight the Parthians

Will November 10, 2009

The New Yorker’s take on Bloomberg’s plutocratic, all-encompassing nannyism is worth a read. Are the parallels to...

Anti-Fascist Super Heroes IFRL-TLC-Patterns-GAPD-reinasofia.carafe-and-book-541

Anti-Fascist Super Heroes

Freddie November 10, 2009

Like James, I find that almost everything that needs to be said about this Ron Rosenbaum hit...

Studying Vietnam Doesn’t Really Help IFRL-Mindiv-pietro-tebaldi-431077-unsplash

Studying Vietnam Doesn’t Really Help

Chris Dierkes November 10, 2009

Evan Thomas and John Barry at Newsweek take a look at (a) revisionist history of Vietnam, now...

A few more thoughts on the death penalty IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-reinasofia.women-at-the-siege-of-the-alcazar-in-toledo-447

A few more thoughts on the death penalty

Will November 10, 2009

I wanted to briefly respond to a few points inspired by Sonny Bunch’s defense of the death...

Eight Steps Towards A Less Dysfunctional Congress IFRL-NaPP-Space-nasa-enceladus

Eight Steps Towards A Less Dysfunctional Congress

Guest Authors November 10, 2009

by Kyle Mathews If there’s one thing that most political commentators and Americans can agree upon, it’s...

Chris in reply to Jaybird on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Attacked, Suspect ArrestedTo be clear, the "Registered socialist" (not an actual thing) post was a clear shitpost, in which he…
Jaybird in reply to Philip H on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaI do not believe that that form of argumentation will work because it assumes moral authority on you…
Philip H in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaThat’s a lie Jay. He presented to immigration authorities, applied for and received a legal status w…
Philip H in reply to Dark Matter on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYou really believe - after J6 - that they will allow themselves to be thrown out? And you are willin…
Jaybird in reply to Burt Likko on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHere is the problem with the whole appeal to the "process of law". You will be arguing against peopl…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaWilliam Miller would like a word.
Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaSay what you will about that insurance CEO, but his wound was not self-inflicted. And, technically,…
Burt Likko on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaOn Bluesky I teased Mike about mincing words here. With sobriety, we have to try impeachment at this…
Slade the Leveller in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaWhen the law ceases to function, lawlessness will take its place. If it were to happen, it'd be a se…
Jaybird in reply to CJColucci on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaOh, okay. Maybe it'll work itself out. Muddling through and whatnot.