Nov 10, 2009
Politics
Obama honors the dead at Fort Hood
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Nov 10, 2009
Politics
Time for Olympia to pull an Arlen
I mean, don’t get me wrong, Arlen is completely screwed in 2010, but that shouldn’t make Olympia Snowe think for a second that switching parties is a bad idea. Cuz, let’s face facts: she’s going down in 2012’s Republican Senatorial Primary in Main...
Nov 09, 2009
Rails
Plugins and Gems for Ruby on Rails that I've known and loved
There are a bajillion “best of” lists for Rails gems and plugins out there. I thought I’d contribute one more with some less well-known gems and plugins that I rely upon every day. Haml - A terse, elegant view-level syntax that replaces icky, ol...
Nov 08, 2009
Politics
Historic votes, and Bill Kristol is a (semi-principled) dick
From Josh Marshall: As Bill Kristol noted in his famous 1993 GOP strategy memo on the Clinton health care reform initiative, the key danger Republicans face from health care reform is precisely that the public will like it. And I suspect that the...
Nov 08, 2009
Random Funniness
Me Tarzan, Me No Need Jane
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Nov 08, 2009
Politics
More on Health Care Reform
What are the differences between the now-passed House bill and the Senate version? Dennis Kucinich voted against the HCR bill in the House, of course. You've gotta be pretty snowed by Ann, Glenn, Michelle, Rush, and the rest of your news sourc...
Nov 04, 2009
Miscellaneous
Dogs in Buns!
HOLY CRAP CUTEST DOG EVER!
Sukeban Shachou Rena - That's right, there really is no god
This is a real video game for the Wii. I mean, like really a real game. </param></param></param></embed> Astonishingly, it’s only sold 100 copies in the time it’s been out in Japan. I can’t imagine why…
Good old political theater
I just read that Bush 43 and Clinton are going to square off against each other in a debate this coming February. I assume that regardless of what Clinton ends up saying, Bush’s rebuttal will be roughly in line with this: </param></param></param>...
Oct 23, 2009
Politics
'Pubs n' Schisms
Even odds that this whole NY-23 thing ends up being to the Republican Party what Franz Ferdinand was to World War I.