Day: October 8, 2012

The Campaign Is a Performance IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Air_postman

The Campaign Is a Performance

Elias Isquith October 8, 2012

I maintain that Barack Obama was terrible during last week’s debate and that many liberals — goaded on...

The “Long Emergency” Has Been Rescheduled for Obama’s Second Term IFRL-NaPP-Asia-3g10372v

The “Long Emergency” Has Been Rescheduled for Obama’s Second Term

Guest Authors October 8, 2012

by Neil Hébert This week blogger Libby Anne wrote a post about the apocalyptic predictions made by...

Slumming It: the Manhattan Institute edition IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-hermitage.sts-peter-and-paul-113001

Slumming It: the Manhattan Institute edition

Ethan Gach October 8, 2012

The following is adapted from a comment I left at www.city-journal.org. Shooting a large fish in a...

So, Hey, Columbus. That Was A Pretty Big Deal When You Think About It. IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-441123

So, Hey, Columbus. That Was A Pretty Big Deal When You Think About It.

Burt Likko October 8, 2012

Not to get all pro-Western in my biases or anything. And not to indicate ignorance of a half-millenium...

Treme, Season 3, Episode 3, “Me Donkey Want Water” IFRL-TLC-War-specna-arms-1120115-unsplash

Treme, Season 3, Episode 3, “Me Donkey Want Water”

Sam Wilkinson October 8, 2012

In a nutshell, the problem is this: Treme doesn’t have much time left. It’s only getting an...

Burt Likko in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaWhich is a great shame upon the nation of El Salvador.
InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025This has to be unprecedented in modern US history in terms of being totally self inflicted. It's goi…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYep. At some point (hopefully) someone's going to have to say, "You have done enough. Have you no se…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Lovely. Just in time for my UK vacation. I wonder if the people who voted for Trump because they wan…
InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Dollar down 10% since inauguration day as investors abandoning it due to tariff chaos. Yikes. https:…
InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaTo be clear I'm really talking about taking the L and conceding the issue for the near future, with…
bobtuse in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025"We" need only to declare a national emergency. That should speed things up bigly.
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaThat assumes there was a compromise to be had. Hell's bells, Republicans scuttled their own bill las…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The law firm agreements are exactly what you expect: "One reason we know they’re not legally enforce…
Michael Cain in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It's not an either-or situation. Well, I guess it is if you start from the position, "I want REEs mi…