Businessman Don Oehlrich is running for Congress in Florida’s seventh district, currently held by Republican Rep. John Mica. In the above ad, he makes the “clever” analogy between congressmen and diapers: when they’re fresh, they work well, etc. You know where that’s going. Florida’s congressional primary is August 26.
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New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Gail Collins, who in her column today, \”The Panda Angle,\” writes: We all know that we’re not going to be getting a thing out of Congress next year, no...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Thomas Friedman, who in his column today, \”Dear Guests,\” writes regarding the Israeli-Hamas conflict: More and more, this is becoming a religious conflict. Um.
Continue reading...A quick dialogue on immigration
Crito: Meno, why have you come? Meno: I’ve been thinking about immigration. Crito: Oh, yes? What about it? Meno: Well, do you support loosening the immigration system to allow people to come and live in the U.S. and become citizens? Crito: Well, I don’t know. It’s a complicated issue. Meno: Is it, though? Crito: Sure it is. These people are coming from terrible places, and are just pursuing a better life in a more stable and rich country. The U.S. prides itself as a nation of immigrants, but in order to control our border, we have to have...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from David Brooks, who in his column today, \”The Battle of the Regimes,\” closes with: If African nations succumb to the delusion of autocracy, we’ll have Putins to deal with...
Continue reading...Watch: This day-by-day animation of World War I
With about the least amount of fanfare possible, yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War. It wasn’t just about the western front. Check out the above animation, which shows all the movements each day. This is a war that may take a backseat in our history classes to the other big one, but all of geopolitics was formed by this conflict, especially the middle east (remember that the countries all in conflict right now are because of the fake lines drawn on a map after the Ottoman Empire was destroyed in this very same...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Gail Collins, who in her column today, \”None Dare Call it Impeachment,\” writes: I am mentioning this in part because it’s always fun to write “Ted Yoho.” I am...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Thomas Friedman, who in his column today, \”Maybe in America,\” he writes: More important, the combined pressures of the market (globalization and the speed with which investment can flow...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is the opening line from David Brooks\’s column today, \”No War is an Island,\” in which he writes: It’s amazing how much of the discussion of the Gaza war is based...
Continue reading...Watch: Supercut of 80s computer hacking
Man, computer hacking in the 80s was really cool.
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