Jun 1, 2010
Duke Sucks
I suppose I should try to be a little more magnanimous about it, but I just really wanted to see Duke fall. They're scrappy and they played smart and they had individuals step up to do great things at the right times and they got lucky - all of which have to happen to win the big one. So, good on you, Duke - you preppy fucks.
The weekend wasn't a total loss - here's a pic that Irene got of Nick (far right) and his crew in front of USS Constellation at The Inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore.
The weekend wasn't a total loss - here's a pic that Irene got of Nick (far right) and his crew in front of USS Constellation at The Inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore.
May 31, 2010
Maria Muldaur
A bit of a chestnut, but I never get tired of hearing Amos Garret's amazing riffs at the break.
May 29, 2010
May 28, 2010
May 27, 2010
Aliens
Close encounters of the fungal kind?
This thing is growing near the tree line behind the house.
This thing is growing near the tree line behind the house.
The Mosque At Ground Zero
There's a meltdown occurring because the community board in lower Manhattan has approved plans to build a good-sized Mosque/Muslim Community Ctr a couple of blocks away from the WTC site.
The Brain Free Zone (aka Fox News and other Wingnut Media) is going ape shit, yelling about "those insensitive bastards...; it's a slap in the face...; blah blah blah.
I only know two things about any of this:
Fear is the opposite of love, and forgiveness is the opposite of hate.
BTW: the proposed mosque is to replace one that's already within spittin' distance anyway. If you're opposed to any mosque "on hallowed ground", then you need to have been a little more aware of what's been goin' on all along.
This non-troversy is typical reactionary bullshit and I'm callin' it for what it is.
The Brain Free Zone (aka Fox News and other Wingnut Media) is going ape shit, yelling about "those insensitive bastards...; it's a slap in the face...; blah blah blah.
I only know two things about any of this:
Fear is the opposite of love, and forgiveness is the opposite of hate.
BTW: the proposed mosque is to replace one that's already within spittin' distance anyway. If you're opposed to any mosque "on hallowed ground", then you need to have been a little more aware of what's been goin' on all along.
This non-troversy is typical reactionary bullshit and I'm callin' it for what it is.
May 25, 2010
The Deficit As Hangover
From a post at The New Rupublic, Chait argues that Obama isn't wrong, he's just not right.
Now, I think it's fine for a story to eschew "balance"when one side is making an unsupportable or hypocritical case. But Obama's case isn't wrong -- it really is true that the economic and budgetary problems we're facing were inherited from the previous administration. What's false is the Republican effort to imply that Obama caused the problems -- an argument that collapses upon the slightest empirical pressure. But somehow the standard here is not what's correct but what's polite, and it's impolite for Obama to blame Bush.
May 21, 2010
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