Day: May 17, 2013

Driving Blind: Lego Casino Royal and Remembering GeoCities IFRL-TLC-Scenery-robert-heiser-751576-unsplash

Driving Blind: Lego Casino Royal and Remembering GeoCities

Ethan Gach May 17, 2013

It’s a beautiful day in the nation’s breadbasket which means the commute home will be deadly. Fortunately I’ll be...

The Glories Of Precooked Meat Product IFRL-NaPP-Space-Around-The-Moon

The Glories Of Precooked Meat Product

Sam Wilkinson May 17, 2013

The League of Ordinary Gentlemen tries to be a soothing oasis of intellectual rumination in the internet’s...

…Because Getting Off Is Fun IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-nationalgallery.saint-jerome-178

…Because Getting Off Is Fun

Sam Wilkinson May 17, 2013

The esteemed Kyle Cupp was written a beautifully thoughtful essay in which he puzzles over the Catholic...

Pics or it didn’t happen? IFRL-TLC-War-32138189660_d527a3043d_o

Pics or it didn’t happen?

Tod Kelly May 17, 2013

One of the slow-news-day stories zipping around the blogosphere this morning is the tale of NRO’s Kevin...

No Automatic Harmony: Kenneth Waltz IFRL-Mindiv-alex-iby-434004-unsplash

No Automatic Harmony: Kenneth Waltz

BlaiseP May 17, 2013

“In anarchy, there is no automatic harmony.” Kenneth Waltz wrote unpleasant truths about the world and lived...

The IRS Scandal and How to Fix It. Forever. IFRL-Mindiv-jack-sharp-1219921-unsplash

The IRS Scandal and How to Fix It. Forever.

Jason Kuznicki May 17, 2013

The right says: “This is terrible, someone should pay!” The left says: “This is not really a...

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…
Dark Matter in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025This situation reminds me of the whole "U leaders don't deal with sex offenders" problem. The compli…
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…