I know that Make Fun of Jennifer Rubin Day isn’t for several months, but, well, but what the hell. In her latest and greatest, Jennie explains why Republicans can’t, just can’t nominate Donald Trump, Ben Carson, or Ted Cruz for the presidency. Well, I pretty much agree, but I will also point out, as Jennie…
Thank God for Fareed Zakaria!
U da Man, Fareed! Yeah, a couple of months ago I made fun of Fareed, who was then singing those “Why can’t we be more like China?” blues, claiming that “With an absent United States, China marches on”. According Fareed, while Uncle Sam sits on his ass, “China marches forward, except now it is not…
Jurassic Parks: Stevie and the Dinosaurs
(NOTE: Jurassic Park is one of the best franchises on film, particularly if you like dinosaurs. Over the next eight or nine weeks I’ll be running a strikingly unbalanced review of the four films, because I’m a big fan of parts 1 & 3, while distinctly unenthusiastic over parts 2 & 4.) In 1952 Steven…
Tea-leaf reading from a distance! Anyone can do it!
Well, anyone can, including me, so why not? Why not, indeed? The major topic of Inside the Beltway Baseball these days is whether Rep. Paul Ryan will accept the job of Speaker of the House of Representatives. Ryan is under enormous pressure from the Establishment wing of the Republican Party to do so, but one…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here “Thirty seconds from now, they won’t be looking so gorgeous.” “Diablement intelligent, ces Américains!” “Hey, where are they from, the Isle of friggin’ Lesbos?” “Take it from me, nudity is a good starter, but a bad finisher.” “If it isn’t a cloud formation, we’re fucked.” “I’m trying to be blasé. How can…
Adam James Cook & Joey Panucci: “Evidence”
Adam on piano and Joey on guitar. Posted by Adam, who tells us Monk based the tune on “Just You, Just Me”.
Reply to Rauch, Part III
I seem to be making a (small) cottage industry replying here and here to Jonathan Rauch’s arguments in his freebie book Political Realism: How Hacks, Machines, Big Money, and Back-Room Deals Can Strengthen American Democracy, which casts a longing backwards look at the good old days on Capitol Hill, when House Speaker Sam Rayburn’s words…
Chaos in the House? Nothing to see here, folks. Move along, move along
How can you tell when conservatives (or anyone else, really) are really frightened? Whey they pretend that something that is a very big deal is not a very big deal. Ramesh Ponnuru illustrates this point beautifully when he “explains” that there are two things to keep in mind now that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy…
I predicted this!
Well, I did. A year ago I wrote a tongue in cheek piece on blimps, noting that, every ten years or so, we’re told that “they’re coming back.” And then, a year or so later, we’re told “not yet.” The latest “not yet” misadventure has cost the U.S. tax payer $2.7 billion, as anti-missile blimps…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here “That is so gay.” “Hey, big boy! Where’s your suit?” “Definitely a Taurus.” “On the other hand, his French is impeccable.” “They say his wife is a real cow.” “Apparently, his family owns half of Herefordshire.” “All hat and no cattle, as we say back home.” “Well, the fertilizer business isn’t exactly…