Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2696

What He Did To His Girlfriend, Ctd

A reader writes:

I'm going to go out on a limb and call bullshit on the broken teeth photos.  My theory: Gibson slapped her in the heat of the argument, then she went home, pulled the one veneer off and chipped the other one all on her own.  I've been smashed in the face to the point of having my front teeth chipped.  Along with that kind of trauma comes cut and severely swollen lips, gum damage, and the inability to smile like she is in the photo (which was taken just hours after getting...

63 US Fatalities This Month In Afghanistan

A record. And the Taliban continue to advance in the north, as al Qaeda makes a comeback in Iraq, as the country drifts into sectarian paralysis (which the surge was designed to end).
















Iraq - Al-Qaeda - Middle East - Taliban - War in Afghanistan

Quote For The Day

"[M:]y children don't look Hispanic," - Nevada gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval, explaining why he doesn't fear his kids would get harassed by Arizona's immigration bill, which he supports.
















Nevada - Arizona - Brian Sandoval - United States - Hispanic

Lee Smith Ups The Ante

How's this for a conspiracy? Lee Smith thinks that criticism of Israel's policies on the Daily Dish is a cynical attempt by the Atlantic Media Company to profit from "Jew-baiting" by increasing web traffic through attracting swarms of anti-Semitic commenters! Yes, I am not kidding:

To advertising salesmen and advertisers, of course, the subject of any given blog post is presumably immaterial: What matters are the numbers. But is targeting Jews that much more profitable than going after...

What About The Afghans? Ctd

Greenwald:

As was painfully predictable and predicted, the bulk of politicaldiscussion in the wake of the WikiLeaks disclosures focuses not on ourfailing, sagging, pointless, civilian-massacring, soon-to-be-decade-oldwar, but rather on the Treasonous Evil of WikiLeaks for informing theAmerican people about what their war entails.  While it's true thatWikiLeaks should have been much more careful in redacting the names of Afghan sources,watching Endless War Supporters prance around with...

Waiting On Innovation, Ctd

Manzi responds to Millman. He disagrees that a carbon tax would spur innovation:

Why would increasing [gas:] prices in America work when it hasn't for Europe? There might be some
carbon price that would radically accelerate innovation across the
array of uses of fossil fuels ... but it has never, to my knowledge, been imposed
anywhere at scale, presumably because it would impoverish any country
that tried.

United States - Emissions trading - Environment - Carbon tax - Fossil fuelimg

Fred Barnes Takes Money From The GOP

But Journo-List was too partisan?
















Republican - United States - Politics - Ezra Klein - Parties

Megan On The Possible Death Of The Oceans

Meh. But even she supports a hefty carbon tax.
















Carbon tax - Environment - Carbon cycle - Carbon Management - Tax

One Year To Advance 12 Miles

A gripping - and often distressing - report from the frontlines of the war with record fatalities after a decade:

More here. Money quote from reporter Sean Smith's diary:

20/06/2010I'm in Dand district, near Kandahar city. I'm with the US army and we're supposed to go out at 8am to talk to locals, to do the hearts-and-minds stuff. The problem is that the Afghan national army who are with us don't speak Pashtun; they only speak Dari. So the Americans end up doing all the talking...

How To Swear In English

An English language teacher gives his Korean students a lesson. NSFW.
















English language - Education - Arts - Language Arts - Teacher