Day: June 25, 2013

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Two Stories About Race

Mike Dwyer June 25, 2013

Affirmative Action So the Supreme Court avoided a definitive ruling on affirmative action this week. Several of...

Let’s just all be glad it wasn’t a SCOTUS decision about a rap album… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-philipp-pilz-704745-unsplash

Let’s just all be glad it wasn’t a SCOTUS decision about a rap album…

Tod Kelly June 25, 2013

Yeah, so here’s a quick message to white politicians everywhere: Racial epithets actually sound waaaaay worse when...

The Pick-Up Apologist: Kickstarter, Reddit, The Awl, and The Real Problem With Seduction Culture IFRL-Mindiv-thom-holmes-556802-unsplash

The Pick-Up Apologist: Kickstarter, Reddit, The Awl, and The Real Problem With Seduction Culture

Tod Kelly June 25, 2013

Last night a reader forwarded me The Awl’s interview of Ken Hoinsky by Maria Bustillos. To be...

Circling the Drain in the NSA Surveillance Debate IFRL-Mindiv-rawpixel-id-113763

Circling the Drain in the NSA Surveillance Debate

Ethan Gach June 25, 2013

(The middle section of this post is a thorough re-statement and critique of David Simon’s argument that...

The Best Video Game Ever: “Super Metroid” IFRL-Mindiv-max-bender-685474-unsplash

The Best Video Game Ever: “Super Metroid”

Sam Wilkinson June 25, 2013

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on the Best Video Games Ever. To see...

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Big Tuesday 2013

Burt Likko June 25, 2013

We got the Voting Rights Act case today, but not same-sex marriage. Please join the discussion at...

Stupid Tuesday questions, “White” edition

Russell Saunders June 25, 2013

I am fond of Julie Delpy. I have, of course, never met Julie Delpy. I have never...

Gooses and Ganders IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-16863768881_ea3fbc818a_z

Gooses and Ganders

Kazzy June 25, 2013

New documents show that the IRS’s targeting of 501(c)(4) applicants was more widespread than initially reported: “Democrats...

KenB in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I think definitionally doxxing can only happen to someone once, right? After that there’s nothing ne…
Jaybird in reply to CJColucci on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaSo... you... agree?
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaWhy would this be any different?
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaThe House should introduce some articles of impeachment.
Dark Matter in reply to Philip H on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaI had been willing to assume extreme incompetence because of the shear chaos and incompetence that T…
InMD in reply to Philip H on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaI'm pretty pissed about it. I'm also pissed about the years long shredding of credibility that's mad…
Jaybird in reply to Philip H on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaWhen the law is held in contempt, there will only be a scrambling for order. This will end in divorc…
Dark Matter in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Jan 6th was more than 4 years ago and proved conclusively that Trump was unfit for office. At that p…
Philip H on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYou’d think our many many law and order supporters on OT would be up in arms about this. Sadly …
Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025They doxxed him *AGAIN*. Jeez louise, those guys.