So sayeth Lanny Davis: Actually, it really isn’t. People manage to do it all the time. Then again, if your attacks against Obama are race-based, well then maybe you can properly be accused of playing the race card.
RIP William F Buckley
The New York Times is reporting that Buckley has died. Not unlike the brand of conservatism for which he stood. (Buckley was an outspoken critic of the Bush Administration, and the whole neocon movement). Like him or hate him though, he was a giant. Ezra Klein: As a slightly more general point, in the last two or three years, a … Read More
Am I Blowing Your Mind?
This optical illusion is a static image. It is not animated in any way. I’ll post a few more below the fold….
Can You Name The 11 Planets?
Eleven planets? Yup. Makes my head explode, too. For future reference (in case you get on a game show), they are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Eris. "My Very Exciting Magic Carpet Just Sailed Under Nine Palace Elephants". That’s the mnemonic device.
The Last Primary Debate
Last night, and I didn’t watch it. It was probably the most important one for Hillary and Obama, especially Hillary. Man, there were twenty of those things on the Dem side, and I don’t think I saw a single one. I don’t know. I think they are too canned. And the questions that get asked — they tend to be … Read More
15 Years Ago Today
I am republishing a portion from an earlier post (written in September 2006): February 26, 1993 I was a third-year law student at NYU in 1993. As any third-year law student will tell you, a 3L’s focus in the second semester is not so much on completing law school and passing law school exams, but preparing for the impending bar … Read More
Immigrant More Law-Abiding Than The Rest Of Us
One of the right wing’s favorite anti-immigrant claims is that immigrants are dangerous and commit high levels of crime. A new report by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California, however, finds that these claims are baseless: “In California, as in the rest of the nation, immigrants … have extremely low rates of criminal activity,” said Kristin Butcher, a co-author … Read More
That Yeats Could Turn A Phrase
When by my solitary hearth I sit, When no fair dreams before my “mind’s eye” flit, And the bare heath of life presents no bloom; Sweet Hope, ethereal balm upon me shed, And wave thy silver pinions o’er my head. Whene’er I wander, at the fall of night, Where woven boughs shut out the moon’s bright ray, Should sad Despondency … Read More
Kittens Will Sing To You
It’s a promotion for an Australian bank. Enter your name, and these kittens will sing you a song.
What “Pro-Choice” Means (And Courting The Evangelical Vote)
From a Salon interview with author Amy Sullivan ("The Party Faithful"), a Christian evangelical who is a Democrat: You’re pro-choice. Does that interfere with being an evangelical? Well, I don’t like the [pro-choice] label. I guess the reason I wrote about abortion the way I did in the book is because I have serious moral concerns about abortion, but I … Read More
You Have To Wonder….
I understand that many on the right really really really hate Islam — the entire religion — simply because of the extremist element within that religion contain some terribly bad people. But you have to wonder about a winger who is do dedicated to his anti-Islamic beliefs that he says he will commit suicide as a sign of protest against … Read More
Bill Clinton’s Oops Speech: “And If You Elect Me….”
Elect me? ABC News has video
Britney Spears: Future Ain’t Looking Good
As a brunette (age 36): As a blonde (age 46): The above simlulated photos were created by a company of experts specializing in "age art". Typically, they are hired as forensic specialists to create pictures of missing children as they would look like several years later. But for giggles and grins, they applied their skills to Britney.
Elmo Making Death Threats
Ok then: LITHIA – A Lithia family says a cuddly, programmable Elmo doll revealed its dark side yesterday after fresh batteries were installed. Instead of singing songs or reciting the favorite color of its 2-year-old owner, James Bowman, the doll started making death threats, the family says. With a squeeze of its fuzzy belly, the Sesame Street character now says, … Read More