October, 2013 archive
Light Bloggery, Reprise 0
The fever dreams were actually quite entertaining.
Last night, the fever broke. No more fever dreams.
The Pernicious Hand of Jerry Mander 0
Noah Feldman in the Charlotte Observer.
But the outcome is clear: Safe Republican districts gave us the tea party.
Freed from chasing the median national voter, tea party representatives could move far to the right without fear of being voted out of office. The motivated voters who showed up for primaries pushed out more moderate Republicans still playing the old game.
The disastrous consequence for Republicans is a self- perpetuating party-within-a-party that doesn’t care if it makes the wider party unelectable nationally. Tea party supporters think they are fighting for the Republican soul, and they are: If they win, they will drive the party so far from the median voter that a Republican president will become unimaginable.
Read the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
(snip)
The child said he found the gun in his parents’ closet.
How could this be child neglect?
It’s but early exposure to politeness!
Twits on Twitter 0
Well, that sure worked out nicely.
Cooch and the Cuckoos Get Duggared 0
Watch the Duggars from some “reality” show or other try to record a spot for the Cooch.
There is a back story. Cooch is scraping an empty carton for endorsements.
Via the Richmonder.
To a Tea 0
Daniel Ruth doesn’t like the blend. A nugget:
If only Sen. Ted Cruz, R-I Feel Petty, Oh So Petty, had been paying attention.
(snip)
Are there lessons to be learned from Washington’s answer to “Hee-Haw on the Potomac”? Sure, beginning perhaps with the notion that civic illiteracy, especially among many elected officials, is at epidemic proportions.
Read the rest.
Oh, do please read the rest.
The Secesh 0
You realize, of course, that these people are nuts, and dangerous nuts at that.
OTC 0
Since I seem to have the mother of all colds, I took a tablet.
I ordered it last week and it arrived today, just in time to distract me from the miseries (to use the term my grandmother would have used).
It is quite nice. It’s very fast, multitasks superbly, and has a refreshing lack of “branding” crapola.
You can expect (or dread) to hear more about it later. I’m already making notes for the podcast.
The Palin Indicator 0
Lawrence O’Donnell’s opening line is priceless.
Light Bloggery 0
I’m calling in sick. I have a code in de dose.
Stamp Acts 0
For once (and it’s a rarity), the resident curmudgeon at my local rag gets one right.
Watch the Fun(ding) Begin 0
Skirmish ended. Likely more to come.
Let the circular firing squad commence firing.
Afterthought:
While it lasts, savor the confusion of your enemies. Then gird your grid for the next one.
Because “true believers” never give up, for they think they don’t have anything to lose (even when they do).
