Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2719
July 23, 2010
"A Channel That Did Have Some Respect"
A reader writes:
Thought the Dish might get a kick out of the insight into the mind of Charlie Rangel in this clip. "Deference, Please" isn't a partisan issue; both parties seem to feel they are entitled to kid glove treatment from the portion of the media that is "theirs".
Charles B. Rangel - Charlie Rangel - Web Design and Development - Democratic - New York City
The Slow Death Of Cap-And-Trade
Dave Roberts watched Reid pull the plug yesterday. His prediction:
Big Coal will be back begging for cap-and-trade: No, really. Right now there are EPA rules in the pipeline that are going to shut down a third or more of the existing coal fleet. No new coal plants are going to get built -- they're not cost-competitive with natural gas or wind, and every one runs into a buzzsaw of grassroots opposition. In other words, carbon caps or no carbon caps, Big Coal is in trouble. Sooner or later, the...
Top Secret America, Ctd
Fred Kaplan reflects on the series and defends the WaPo against all criticism:
One thing to say on behalf of the Post series is that nobody
in the government could have produced the data its reporters put
together. No office has such data on hand. That says it all.
Washington Post - Government - United States - Secret America - Business
Ptown Faves
Every year, some readers ask me what I recommend if you're coming to the end of Cape Cod. I'm conservative so stick with what I know, and there may be new joints worth exploring that I haven't found yet. But here goes.
Entertainment: Dina Martina is in a class of her own, in my opinion: total, dark, hilarious performance art. I'm going for the third time tonight. Slap And Tickle is a new play at the Provincetown Theater (tix here). Aaron is in it so discount this as bias if you want. But it's ...
A Racist Propaganda Channel
Let's call it what it is, shall we? And God bless Shep Smith and the honest, decent people who work at Fox who resist this and try to do a decent job:
Shepard Smith - Fox Broadcasting Company - Shep Smith - Arts - Television
Why I Wear The Hijab (Or Not)
Chart Of The Day II
Catherine Rampell compares people unemployed for more than six months to people unemployed for under six months:
Perhaps those who were unemployed longer were less desirable jobcandidates to begin with, which would explain both why it took them solong to find work, and why, when they did found new work, the job wasrelatively crummy. Or perhaps people who have been job-hunting for along time are more desperate to take any job that becomes available, sothey end up in less attractive positions...
Is Compromise Possible?
Jay Cost looks to November:
The best case scenario for Democrats at this point is a nominalmajority where the median member is not a terribly reliable ally of theparty's liberal leadership. Something similar is set to occur in theSenate, where a Republican gain of at least five seats will push thefilibuster to more conservative ground, from Brown/Collins/Snowe toAlexander/Cochran/Murkowski. Barack Obama ran for and won thePresidency in 2008 based upon a pledge to pursue bipartisanship, andthe...
Mental Health Break
Physics never looked so cool:
Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 - Teaser from Thiago Costa on Vimeo.
Physics - Vimeo - Multimedia - Development Frameworks - Education
Rape By Deception, Ctd
An Israeli reader writes:
A point which is rarely mentioned in the coverage of the "rape by deception" case - either by Israeli or foreign media - is that the case started out as a regular rape case. The woman claimed she was forcibly raped by Kashour. Once on the stand, however, the defense demolished her story and she admitted she lied and that they had consensual sex. She admitted that after learning Kashour lied to her, she felt humiliated and went to the police. It was at that point the...
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