Over at the National Review, Michael Barone takes a look at Washington, DC’s subway system, or “Metro,” and doesn’t much care for what he sees. “Believers in central planning should take a look at Washington, D.C.’s Metro rail-transit system. While they will find many things to like, they will also see examples of how central…
I did not see this coming
Gary Busey, formerly only intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually bankrupt, is now financially so as well. Eamon Murphy reports the gory details at the tax center,* a previously unknown to me site that seems to get its kicks pissing on the down and out, for it takes Busey’s distress as an excuse to piss on 11…
You can have my booze when you can pry it from my cold, dead, underage fingers
Andrea McCarren, local DC news reporter for WUSA, found out the hard way what happens when you get between a teenager and his alcohol. The Washington Post reports that McCarren took herself off the story when her two kids became the target of sustained harassment at school because mommy was telling the truth. “Way to…
Why work? Why marry?
Over at New York magazine, Jonathan Chait has a nice take on various discussions floating about the blogosphere about 1) why the white working class is so fucked up and 2) why they won’t vote Democratic. The notion that the white working class is fucked up has been pushed earnestly by AEI-style conservatives who seem…
How the Wall Street Journal Can Save Your Ass
Did you know that, “Whether you’re dealing with an overbearing boss or a frustrating colleague, how you handle workplace stress can make or break your career”? Check out “10 Ways to Keep From Flipping Out at Work” at “Fin.com”—whatever the fuck that it—something brought to you by the Wall Street Journal. Actually, I won’t supply…
Wynton Marsalis—“Well, You Needn’t”
1983, Wynton recreates Miles Davis circa 1965, with brother Branford on sax, plus Herbie Hancock, piano, Ron Carter, bass, and Tony Williams, drums. Posted by “leatherlips”
Chris Christie: Fat Ass = Dumb Ass
Over at the American Conservative, Daniel Larison catches New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with his hair, if not his pants down, and the results are seriously horrific. Speaking at an AIPAC get-together, Chris let fly with the following hyperbole: “Both Americans and Israelis believe—we know deep in our bones—that if the Islamic Republic of Iran…
Monday fun
For official, New Yorker-approved humor, go here. “The silent treatment, huh? Fine. I charge double for the silent treatment.” “You feel like a shadow of your former self. You feel you have no depth. You feel that if you turned sideways you’d be invisible. You feel that you’re two-dimensional. Don’t you see, Bob? There’s a…
Vile thoughts, vilely expressed
A few weeks ago New Republic editor Leon Wieseltier discarded his usual pose as a cranky, polysyllabic intellectual demi-god and wrote a shockingly intelligent piece on the rise of fundamentalist fanaticism in Israel. Among other things, Wieseltier said the following: “Like all liberal societies, Israeli society contains anti-liberal elements, and these anti-liberal elements, both religious…
Peace? Sure! Peace with frequent random murders and the occasional contrived crisis
Yesterday’s post, which implied, to quote Henry Kissinger, that peace is at hand, perhaps suggested that I’ve grown optimistic about our future. Well, not so much. Americans, and the American establishment, may be growing tired of our Afghanistan adventure, but we have yet to abandon the joys of remote-controlled murder. The Bureau of Investigatory Journalism…