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The New iPhone's Crappy Reception

Jason Chen translates Steve Jobs' reply to customers about faulty antennae:

In essence, don't hold it that way. Or, use a case. Both pretty horrible solutions to what is evidently a hardwareproblem. Meaning they probably can't fix this with a software update,or else Apple's statement would have included an item about theirengineers working on the issue, and saying there will be a fix soon.Are they going to give out free cases so users can hold their phone inthe way that feels natural? Like...

Quote For The Day IV

"It is difficult, and perhaps unwise, to suppress this thought: McChrystal's disrespectful flippancies, and the chorus of equally disdainful comments from the unpleasant subordinates he has chosen to have around him, emanate from the toxic conditions that result when the military's can-do culture collides with a cannot-be-done assignment. In this toxicity, Afghanistan is Vietnam redux," - George F. Will, as cited by Greg Djerejian.



Afghanistan - Stanley McChrystal - Asia - Viet...

Hathos Alert

You asked for post-racial:

(Hat tip: TDW)

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Stan McChrystal And Barry Bonds

A reader writes:

The conversation you are having about political reporters and their access to the people the cover, and the protection of that access, reminds me very much of the coverage of Barry Bonds. Bonds spent years cheating but very few sports reporters would report the truth because they feared losing their access to the locker room. Bonds would quite bluntly threaten that access, as I remember. His hitting performance, due to the cheating, was making him a big draw for reporters...

Malkin Award Nominee

Taxes = Slavery/the Holocaust in a US Congressional race.
















Slavery - History - Holocaust - United States - Social History

For The Record

Byrd's courageous and prophetic speech before the catastrophe of the Iraq war - which I relentlessly championed:

A famed 1975 Atlantic profile of the then-junior senator is here.

Iraq - Game seven - National Basketball Association - Lady Gaga - Village Vanguard

Cantor On Spending

I was the recipient of a GOP email today which had a link in it alleging to show Eric Cantor's ideas for balancing the budget. I was thrilled  and eagerly clicked through. Yes, we'll balance the budget by bravely taking on UNESCO. Seriously. If you want to see how conservatives govern, look at Britain's brutal budget cuts. The GOP are left-liberals on this, pretending to be right-conservatives. It really is time to call bullshit on them. Or maybe that time will be after the mid-terms when the...

A Dancing Footballer

TNC asks:

If I root for Ghana does that make me racist?

Ghana - Africa - Government - Embassies and Consulates - United States

Weigel Speaks - And Regrets

Weigel explains himself over at Big Government:

I was cocky, and I got worse. I treated the list like a dive bar,swaggering in and popping off about what was "really" happening outthere, and snarking at conservatives. Why did I want these people tolike me so much? Why did I assume that I needed to crack wise and rantabout people who, usually for no more than five minutes were getting onmy nerves? Because I was stupid and arrogant, and needlessly mean. Yes,I'd trash-talk liberals to...

Will They Ask The Question?

Stephanie Mencimer wonders how gay the Kagan hearings will turn out to be. This is awesome:

Last week,
the president of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays, issued a
statement suggesting that maybe Kagan isn't gay now, but she might have
been before Obama nominated her. The group urged her to
come out publicly as an "ex-gay."

Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays - Ex-gay - Friends of Ex-Gays - Gay Lesbian and Bisexual - Gay