Day: March 19, 2010

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Friday Night Jukebox

Will March 19, 2010

Alex Chilton, RIP:

Musical Interlude Brought to You by Gregory House IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-versailles.bonaparte-crossing-the-grand-saint-bernard-pass-20-may-1800

Musical Interlude Brought to You by Gregory House

Chris Dierkes March 19, 2010

As a boy raised in churches, with a profound love of the black church tradition of the...

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Leaving the ‘Sphere

Will March 19, 2010

Friend of the Blog Sonny Bunch hangs up his spurs at Conventional Folly. He’ll be missed.

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Freedom Scam?

Dave March 19, 2010

Debbie Schlussel calls Sean Hannity’s Freedom Alliance charity a scam. If a charity is only spending 12%...

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Brooks on Blond

Will March 19, 2010

If you’re looking for a good introduction to the Red Tories, David Brooks’ column does a much...

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Blond at Georgetown

Will March 19, 2010

Your faithful correspondent donned a collared shirt and ventured into Georgetown last night to listen to Philip...

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Predictions about Healthcare

Jason Kuznicki March 19, 2010

I’m going to make a few predictions about the future of U.S. healthcare, provided that the bill...

David TC in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Um, no. Literally none of what other people do is relevant to if a specific person committed a crime…
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North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointOh I agree; I noted as such in my original comment. But I can't help but notice that all the stories…
Dark Matter in reply to Michael Cain on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Military spending is roughly half of that $1.6T discretionary spending I think Musk didn't review th…
Michael Cain in reply to Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Do those numbers put DOD and military spending done by other parts of the government in discretionar…
Michael Cain in reply to North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointTexas, and to a somewhat lesser extent Florida, build because they can sprawl. Where are the desirab…
Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”All federal discretionary spending combined is $1.6T. This includes what most of us view as primary…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointThat is a fair critique to a very broad blanket statement but Florida and Texas are, iirc, the large…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025If it were still scientifically accurate, then maybe it would be. Or maybe we've become more accepti…
Jaybird in reply to KenB on Saturday Morning Gaming: Hollow KnightI am *EXCEPTIONALLY* irritated. I watched a youtube that said "fight them like *THIS*" and I went an…