Mark of New Jersey
Mark is a Founding Editor of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, the predecessor of Ordinary Times.
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on What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade WarThis is a place where smart people belong in figuring this out I've met one or two smart people before. They w…
on What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade WarEh, I’m not a fan of tariffs at all. If the other guy is shooting himself in the foot, why join him? Tariffs s…on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025JayBird: the dance where someone asks for evidence and then, when it’s provided, they say “that’s not conclusi…
on Saturday Morning Gaming: MetroidvaniasThat sounds about right from what I've seen of Hollow Knight (I think I beat the first boss and got slightly i…
- on What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade WarAnd, let’s face it, if I wanted to argue for tariffs at all, easy mode would be “reciprocal tariffs against fe…
- on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025You...think he's lying about the people he directly quoted and usually linked to the quotes of int he article?
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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