Gossip about the 'heads, part 2

[thouartgob]

The tweet from Mona reminded me that Heather Macdonald would reserve judgement on alleged sexual assault. Heather would like to wait for Mona's blog output to suffer before deciding if that was the case.

[miceelf]

This is very minor news indeed, but I particularly enjoyed a recent turn of phrase from Tim Noah. In discussing John Kyl's voting against the senate republicans' payroll tax proposal, he noted "a certain kind of stubborn integrity under the twin pressures of common sense and political expediency."

Agree or disagree with his assessment, but there's a real music there:

http://www.tnr.com/blog/timothy-noah...he-gop-crackup

[thouartgob]

Originally Posted by miceelf

This is very minor news indeed, but I particularly enjoyed a recent turn of phrase from Tim Noah. In discussing John Kyl's voting against the senate republicans' payroll tax proposal, he noted "a certain kind of stubborn integrity under the twin pressures of common sense and political expediency."

Agree or disagree with his assessment, but there's a real music there:

http://www.tnr.com/blog/timothy-noah...he-gop-crackup

The supplicant line is deserved based on reading the article.

[thouartgob]

Here is the Title:

Newt Already Magnanimous in Victory

Enjoy the rest.

[bjkeefe]

(And the mother, too, of course, even though she is not a 'head.)



Video welcome here.

(h/t: The Professional Left Podcast Facebook page)

[bjkeefe]

The Dec 3 episode of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me stars Susan Orlean.

(Happened across due to comments here.)

[bjkeefe]

But who is Robert Farley worse than?

[bjkeefe]

... in an extended e-conversation with Naomi Klein, regarding her recent cover story for The Nation, “Capitalism vs. the Climate.”

Andrew:

Whether you embrace or dispute her conclusions, the article is a worthy and substantive provocation. I disagree with her in pretty profound ways, yet some of her points echo my assertion awhile back that greenhouse-driven climate change is “not the story of our time” but a symptom of much deeper issues.

[bjkeefe]

... for Ben Smith.

(h/t: Pareene)

[bjkeefe]

Originally Posted by bjkeefe

... for Ben Smith.

(h/t: Pareene)

Hmmm. Wonder if this has anything to do with it.

[bjkeefe]

... has an article in the Winter 2012 issue of Democracy, titled "Democracy Promotion: Done Right, A Progressive Cause."

[Wonderment]

Anyone know why Rosa is no longer employed by the Obama administration?

[chiwhisoxx]

if anyone was curious, glenn greenwald is attempting to argue with literally everyone on the internet via his twitter feed today

[Ocean]

John Horgan's book The End of War, will be published next week.

Here's a brief interview, and here's the book.