October, 2011 archive
Herman Cain’t 0
Dick Polman muses on the Republican fascination with ignorance as a plank in their platform:
The downside, however, is that Cain is profoundly uninformed about the fundamentals of civic and political life. He may have a silver tongue, but there’s a Grand Canyon between his ears.
I suppose Cain’s supporters consider that an asset. But I consider it disturbing, for instance, that Cain would go on Meet the Press and declare, “I’m not familiar with the neoconservative movement.”
For his information (assuming that knowledge is still important), the neoconservatives have been driving Republican foreign policy since the late 1970s, arguing that America should aggressively export democracy, even at the point of a gun. The hawkish movement was particularly active early in the last decade, when it helped propel us into Iraq, at a current cost approaching $1 trillion. But it’s immaterial to Cain whether he knows the movement or not, because, in his words, “I don’t believe the war in Iraq was a mistake.”
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Facebook Frolics 0
Wismer posted plans to sell the baby on Facebook, authorities said.
I was never tempted to sell one of my kids, though there were times when I would have been willing to give them away . . .
TSA Security Theatre 0
Honestly, you can’t make this much stupid up.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
No doubt putting more money in Goldman’s Sacks will fix this.
QOTD 0
Carrie Fisher, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don’t.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Facebook Frolics 0
I have reached a point of distrusting Facebook so much that I will only visit it in a private tab in my browser.
If I didn’t use Facebook to pimp promote my blog, I would have deleted all my data (even though Facebook keeps deleted data, so what’s the point) and signed off long ago.
Game Over 0
Oh, my.
Friedhild Miller, 42, won the money on the German version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” on Monday. On Tuesday, a few hours before she was due to show up for work as a secretary in a car transport firm, she was sacked by her employer, named only as Salvador S., with a text message saying “you don’t really need money at the moment and I’ve got none to give away.”
Facebook Frolics 0
Facebook Agonistes: Another appearance in the agony column.
Drinking Liberally Today in Virgina Beach 0
Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us.
When: Wednesday, October 26th, 6 p
Where:
The Jewish Mother
600 Nevan Road (Map)
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QOTD 0
Lewis Grizzard, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
As best as I can tell, God was undefeated in all sports last year. Anybody who won thanked Him, and I never heard a single loser blame Him.
Mitt the Skipped Heath Class that Day 0
Rachel Maddow explains how it works in words even a Republican can understand.
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