COMPARING SOTOMAYOR TO JUDGE PICKERING. “It has helped leading liberals and Democrats to discover that being tarred as a racist on flimsy grounds is unfair and deeply unpleasant.”
Archive for 2009
June 2, 2009
IN THE MAIL: From Wendy Chant, Conquer The Fat-Loss Code.
HOW WOMEN IN AND OUT OF RELATIONSHIPS rate male attractiveness.
“HATE TO LOVE”? Uh, that’s not what they said. When Playboy was shamed, and Politico wasn’t.
UPDATE: Politico tries to save face.
ERIC SCHEIE: So who owns “socialism?”
IT’S SLOW FOOD THAT’S MAKING US FAT. Restaurants like T.G.I. Friday’s, Chili’s, Applebee’s and The Cheesecake Factory plop down plates of 2,000+ calories. My advice: Don’t hate them. Just look at that plate as 2 or 3 meals, and don’t even think of eating the whole thing in one sitting.
ADDED: A reader emails:
I would be careful tossing around the term “slow food,” as it has a very specific meaning in the culinary world. To foodies, Slow Food represents the exact opposite of the chains you listed, and encompasses a philosophy of cooking and eatings centered around – in it’s simplest terms – the concept of “eat local/buy local.” Slow food puts and emphasis on fresh, organic produce and naturally raised meats produced within defined “eco-regions.” It puts a premium on healthy eating.
You know, I knew that, but I just lamely passed on the Daily News’s misusage. I will shop at Whole Foods for absolution.
KIM JONG-UN. In North Korea, they’re pledging allegiance to and learning songs about the youngest son of Kim Jong-il. He seems to be about 25 years old.
“PLEASE, DEAR GOD, DON’T LET GOVERNMENT MOTORS SCREW UP the Corvette until I finally get one. A 2009 Corvette ZR-1 in Blade Silver Metallic with the 638 horsepower LS9 engine, Brembo disc brakes and a six speed transmission.” Dream cars. Then and now. In the comments: “[My dream car is t]he apple green Hyundai Accent. It’s green and I can fit lots of stuff in the back.”
ASPERATUS. It’s a new kind of cloud!
THE BBC scores a rare interview with a Hezbollah fighter. “Hezbollah will become a purely political party only when Israel ceases to exist,” he says.
June 1, 2009
TAKING ATTENDANCE WITH iPHONES. In Japan, “students will be required to enter their ID number into an iPhone application at the beginning of class. The phone will pinpoint the students’ location when they do, to ensure they are actually on campus.” Nothing can stay cool forever, including that GPS device you’re carrying around.
KEITH HENNESSEY: Understanding the GM Bankruptcy.
A SEQUEL TO HEATHERS! You bring the popcorn. I’ll bring the corn nuts.
THE TALIBAN abduct up to hundreds of students in Pakistan.
COOKING VAMPIRE. With buckets of blood. “I suppose it doesn’t sound very good to be associated with sucking blood, but I don’t really care. Perhaps it will give me the strength of a vampire.”
“I THINK PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE FREE to enter into any kind of union they wish,” says Dick Cheney, doing his usual thing of currying favor with the lefties.
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas: No, no, and no. Even the New York Times is losing patience with him.
JOSHUA MURAVCHIK: Islamists Lose Ground in the Middle East
ON THE ROAD with the Ford Flex, and our nation’s finest humorist.
YAACOV LOZOWICK: High-quality Political Cynicism Galore.
[N]o matter how childish the politicians-media-NGO activists are, the foreign reporters who eagerly take only part of the story and use it to damn Israel shouldn’t be exonerated. They could tell the same story I’ve just told you, but scrupulously won’t, ever.