Linky Friday #44
Ed note: Due to time constraints and declining interest, Linky Friday will be taking a hiatus after this week. Neat: [N1] The US Army is trying to build Iron Man. [N2] The AV Club...
Monthly Archive: October 2013
Fantasy Football Week In Review: Week 6
We had a three-way tie for baddest blowout this week. What are the odds of that?
Look Guys, If You Really Care About Debt Reduction….
…please stop fucking around with the debt ceiling. The fluctuations in Treasury yields do horrible things to long-term debt servicing. In addition to whatever else this stunt did, it added well over 100 million...
The Salute Seen Around the World
Military protocol demands that a soldier salutes when being awarded the Purple Heart. Cpl. Josh Hargis was not going to be an exception.
Why did the Occupy Wall Street protests turn violent and not the Tea Party protests?
The police never seemed to have any issues with the Tea Party. Why?
What Year Is It?
A new add by Republican Mayoral candidate Joe Lhota uses some… curious? familiar? racist?… imagery.
Me at the Umlaut
Just a quick note: I’ve got a long thing over at the Umlaut today. Feel free to comment there, rather than here.
Random Thoughts on a Pointless Act
Now that our Tea Party Voyage of the Absurd has ended. Here are some random thoughts.
The Ten Percent Solution?
We have just receive the 2012-2013 test results for our eldest daughter. The two subject areas tests are Mathematics and English Language Arts. In each area she her test results put her among the top 1% of student in New York State.
But very little of the credit for this belongs to her.
We All Feel Like Something is Going to Happen
This piece by Michelle Goldberg is the first I’ve seen to notice the Marxist renaissance among young intellectuals, and does a great job telling the story without an overly skeptical frame. I think the...
Oh, for fish sakes…
Is there some kind of arcane Senate rule where you are allowed to have a large muscular man named Sven whack an especially deserving Senate member repeatedly over the head with a dead mackerel...
A Bloggy Puttanesca: Now with Government Shutdowns, Tea Parties, Trucker Protests and Confederate Flags!
Quick thoughts on the continued government shutdown, this weekend’s Trucker Protest and Veteran’s March, the Washington Redskins, the Confederate flag, and the true meaning of populism.
A Book for Every Type
The Paris Review endorses Maddie Crum’s “One Perfect Book for Every Single Myers-Briggs Type.” Like all Myers-Briggs related lists, it’s at once silly, entertaining, and at least partially true. Mine:
