Eschaton

Sunday, Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:45:00 +0000

Travel day tomorrow so blogging will likely be suckier than usual.

Journamalism

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:27:00 +0000

It's telling that there hasn't been (that I've seen) pressure from other journalists for Karl to burn his source.

They never, ever do it.

Kenyan Gay Muslim Tentacles Extend Everywhere

noreply@blogger.com (Thers) — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:01:00 +0000

The Texas judiciary proves yet once more that it is merely a puppet doing the bidding of the Obama administration.

I'm So Old I Remember When $86 Billion Was A Lot Of Money

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:09:00 +0000

We could build the California HSR for this, basically. And we spend it every year. It's 4 times the GDP of Afghanistan.

The Reuters news agency quotes an unidentified White House aide as saying the president has decreased his request for funding the war in Afghanistan by 10 percent for the 2014 fiscal year budget. The report says the president reduced his original request from $88.5 billion to $79.4 billion.

Nostalgia

noreply@blogger.com (Jay Ackroyd (@jayackroyd)) — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:08:00 +0000

It may seem hard to believe, but long before the Dancin' Master took over for Working Class Tim, Meet the Press provided an actual service to the public.

Also interesting that the right wing bias was pretty much in place back then.

XVIII

noreply@blogger.com (Jay Ackroyd (@jayackroyd)) — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000

David Waldman's weekly compilation of reported gun accidents. Hashtag: #gunFail

Late Night

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:43:00 +0000

rock on.

Saturday Evening Thread

noreply@blogger.com (echidne) — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:53:00 +0000

Afternoon Thread

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000

enjoy

Move Along

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:52:00 +0000

Nothing to see here.

WINDSOR, Ontario — Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit skyline. Lately they’ve been treated to another sight: a three-story pile of petroleum coke covering an entire city block on the other side of the Detroit River.

Scandal

noreply@blogger.com (Jay Ackroyd (@jayackroyd)) — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:05:00 +0000

Here's one.

More Thread

noreply@blogger.com (echidne) — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:40:00 +0000

Happy Hour Thread

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:58:00 +0000

It's Friday, Friday.

Wanker of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:38:00 +0000

Michael Kinsley.

What Principles?

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:47:00 +0000

The platinum coin option is just as sensible as it was the last time we dealt with this crap. Nothing's changed.

Mint the damn coin.

The Suffering Of Other People

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:37:00 +0000

Pareene has a good piece on Kinsley. While I've been observing this phenomenon forever, I admit I don't understand why people get so jazzed on the idea that other people must suffer. Is it just that rich dudes get pissed off that occasionally they can't get a reservation at their favorite restaurant when they want one?

Poverty sucks. Living paycheck to paycheck, whatever your circumstances, sucks. Why the rich assholes who rule us want to make all that suck worse is a mystery to me.

The Real Story

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:07:00 +0000

Who gave reporters doctored emails is a much more interesting story than the emails themselves, obviously. It's also the story they'll probably never tell us.

Sources Lie

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:22:00 +0000

Though I've been told by journalists that sources can't lie, because if they do they'll get burned. But then that never happens. Funny, that.

More Thread

noreply@blogger.com (echidne) — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:41:00 +0000

Happy Hour Thread

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:11:00 +0000

enjoy

Encouraging Urban Living

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:04:00 +0000

Basically everybody who drives to a location to drink (bar, dinner party, whatever) is at least occasionally a drunk driver, in the sense that they're almost inevitably flirting with crossing the .08 BAC level. Dropping that level to .05 will really make driving to drink, legally, pretty much impossible.

Mini Movie Review

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:36:00 +0000

New Star Trek will probably be liked by people who liked the last one.

Afternoon Thread

noreply@blogger.com (ql) — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:13:00 +0000

Deficit Panic

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:39:00 +0000

The real deficit panic is about the possibility that it might go away, making it slightly more difficult to engage in a program of poors kicking.

Wanker of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:51:00 +0000

Michael Kinsley, another rich man who thinks the 99% need to suffer for the sins of the 1%.