Day: December 30, 2015

Fantasy Football: Week 16 (and Football Season open thread)

Jaybird December 30, 2015

Coming up on the last week of the regular season, coming up on the Fantasy Football version...

William Voegeli: The Reason I’m Anti-Anti-Trump IFRL-TLC-Patterns-24144422747_ce26189f2e_b

William Voegeli: The Reason I’m Anti-Anti-Trump

CK MacLeod December 30, 2015

"Demagoguery flourishes when democracy falters."

David Frum: Will the Republican Party Survive the 2016 Election? IFRL-NaPP-Space-nasa-venus

David Frum: Will the Republican Party Survive the 2016 Election?

CK MacLeod December 30, 2015

"Maybe the presidency itself should be regarded as one of those things that is good to have...

Broken Elephants, Part I: Donald Trump and the Triumph of the Conservative Media Machine Screen Shot 2015-12-29 at 11.17.25 AM

Broken Elephants, Part I: Donald Trump and the Triumph of the Conservative Media Machine

Tod Kelly December 30, 2015

The Republican Party is broken. Arguments to the contrary are some combinations of smoke, mirrors, and wishful...

LeeEsq in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025It makes sense when you realize that a lot of these people don't care for Palestinians per se but ma…
LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Harvard's report on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in the wake of 10/7 is out: he antisemitism repor…
Philip H in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Let’s hope Texas continues its streak of judicial activist independence and ignores him.
Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Because we as a nation need more reasons to commit political violence: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/0…
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025I still think that a big reason for the current problems is the decline of malls and hangout culture…
Slade the Leveller in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025That was one of the more bizarre electoral positions in 2024. DJT has openly broadcast his position…
Jaybird in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025I've been thinking about this some more and the issue of hanging out with multiple AIs is still opaq…
LeeEsq in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025It occurs to me that the Protestors care about Palestinians in the same way that Evangelicals care a…
Slade the Leveller in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Indeed. It's occurred to me, and it's really no surprise, either, that the glee with which law enfor…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Trump doesn't want one of his crazy right-wing appointees making an abortion related ruling in time…