Let the gleeful cackling ensue

March 21, 2008

>> The new maps are looking better and better. It’s just so beautiful to watch. Cue the gleeful cackling from the right.

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Three Screw Ups

March 20, 2008

>> The first two are no big deal, but trust me, you want to read number three.

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Gorbachev the Christian

March 19, 2008

>> One more thing that Reagan was right about: Gorbachev outs himself as a believer.

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Well, I guess that makes sense

March 15, 2008

>> The best explanation of Spitzmas that I’ve seen yet.

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John McCain’s Daughter has Good Taste in Music

March 15, 2008

>> John McCain’s daughter Meghan has excellent taste in music. I don’t just say this because she’s tapped excellent selections from The Fratellis, The Moldy Peaches, Phoenix, Band of Horses, The Decemberists, Sleater-Kinney and Alexi Murdoch in her last two playlists – she’s also got Blur, Clarence Carter, Nina Simone, The 88, Seu Jorge, The […]

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Brett Favre Could’ve Been Better if Ted Thompson Wasn’t a Cheapskate

March 9, 2008

>> Some things change, some things change the same: Sal Paolantonio is still a brating fool (we eagerly await your paean to Donovan McNabb, greatest QB evah!), and Aaron Schatz is brilliant and accurate.  What really comes into perspective with Favre’s retirement is the poor choices the Packers made as a franchise over the past […]

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Obama’s First 100 Days

March 7, 2008

>> Mike Gerson has a fascinating piece in the NY Sun on Obama’s First 100 Days. Best thing he’s written since coming to the WaPo Writers Group: “Obama’s Oval Office speech to the nation on Iraq is initially more successful. As promised, he orders a phased, unconditional withdrawal of combat forces, beginning “not in six […]

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Texas and Ohio

March 7, 2008

>> I wonder if anyone from the Clinton campaign has e-mailed anyone from the Obama campaign with the subject line: Hey, remember this? Guess our answer!

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Where to go during a Zombie attack

March 7, 2008

>> Clearly, I am going to need to get this shirt.

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John Hodgman Does Politics

March 7, 2008

>> I knew John Hodgman, known to the unwashed masses as “PC Guy,” known to the slightly washed latte-sipping triumvirate who enjoy The Daily Show/McSweeneys/and archly ironic almanac-like creations (yes, 2/3rds of that is me) as The Expert in everything, has a blog. You can find it here. It is surprisingly political – while the […]

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