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Mark is a Founding Editor of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, the predecessor of Ordinary Times.
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on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024I am relatively hawkish on Ukraine since they proved their willingness to fight for their independen…
on ICC Follows Through on Arrest Warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu & OthersOn the government, no... I'm more wondering about the citizens.
on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024There are also risks in giving in to Russia's demands. There are well established international norm…
on ICC Follows Through on Arrest Warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu & OthersOnly Israel/Jews have agency while the Palestinians/Muslims have utterly no agency at all. They just…
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on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024
This is what happens when you can’t make the data fit the model.
The problem, of course, is with the data. It’s *ALWAYS* with the data.Report
On one hand, I would say this is a classic because Marcotte says some incredibly stupid things that makes her look like the arrogant tool that she is. On the other hand, because of the fact that she’s an arrogant tool, I feel compelled to wonder why people would waste their time going after such pathetic soft targets. Kind of like Mike Tyson versus Peter McNeeley.
It’s kind of the equivalent of going after certain fools who tilt at the nihilist windmills.Report
In this case, IOZ was having a contest for the “the best and most preposterous Donk rearguard blog action” to the Brown victory in Mass. The Marcotte entry won.Report
I can’t argue with that.Report
I have to confess that I still find her pretty funny. But she shouldn’t write about electoral politics.Report
Maybe she is. I just found her rants on that subject to be particularly obnoxious.Report