It’s Banned Book Week. Sound Advice: “I would encourage everybody, think in terms of what your reader wants. These are ultimately consumer businesses and if you piss off enough of them, you will not have any more.” On the decline of the English Department: ” … at the root is the failure of departments of [...]
UPDATED: Drudge the linker can’t be bothered to use teh google:
So, this evening (Monday), I’m going through my daily TweetDeck catch up when Joe Scarborough tweets wondering what the heck Drudge means by this: “Senate Committee scheduled for too-close-to-call vote to block use of insurance vouchers for abortions … Developing.” Well, there happens to be no linkage, so … google to the rescue. I tweeted [...]
Isn’t there an important voting thing today?
In the spirit of the today’s finance committee vote, here’s Al Franken running across the Senate Floor.
Billie’s Quickies … “How very”
I agree with and respect Glenn Greenwald (@glenngreenwald) an awful lot. He’s an uber smarty pants who – even when I do find something with which to disagree (and I do, even in the article where the quote below came from) – I can still see where he’s coming from and respect him for educating [...]
Is President Obama Racist, or Just Blind-ist?
I really had to laugh to myself when I saw this item at Hot Air, in which New York Governor David Paterson’s wife, Michelle, seems to indicate that race and/or disability may be behind the White House’s attempt to get him not to run. Here’s what she said: “You never heard of that before,” Michelle [...]
Billie’s Quickies….Maybe Kanye was RIGHT!
Nothing, I mean NOTHING, made me laugh today like this little toddler dancing to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.” So, maybe Kanye was right … maybe this video IS the “best video of all time!” (Found by buzzfeed.com) Mr. Will, I beg to differ with this statement: “What we’re hearing is the liberals’ McCarthyism, which is, when [...]
Keith Olbermann Brags About Getting Scooped
On last night’s Countdown, Keith Olbermann named two of my colleagues, Colby Hall and Robert Quigley, in his Worst Persons segment. The reason for his bestowal of this honor (which, on the heels of a Bill O’Reilly shout-out, ought to have conservatives clamoring for cool Mediaite gear) was this piece of commentary by Quigley, and [...]
“OH, nooooo” they di’nt … talk about the wrong bill
Guys, guys, guys … (today I’m specifically referring to Politico) please stop referring to A bill as THE bill when writing about health insurance reform. You- and everyone else who is paying attention – know there are several drafts of several different political agendas’ goal for this bill. You’ve mentioned the one most hotly debated [...]
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