THE SAME, ONLY WITH MORE BUNIONS: What “Girls” Season 38 Would Be Like.
Archive for 2013
June 11, 2013
AT AMAZON, warehouse deals in TV & Video.
JIM TREACHER IS FEELING VINDICATED: “It’s just like we’ve been saying ever since Obama stepped onto the national stage. Hey, my conscience is clear.”
JEFFREY GOLDBERG: “Here’s a question I asked myself yesterday: Would I rather have my phone records collected and readied for possible inspection by the National Security Agency, or have my genitalia scrutinized by the Transportation Security Administration? One answer, of course, is, why choose? In today’s America you can have both.”
Feeling the Hope And Change yet?
JIM TREACHER: The State Department Is As Honest As It Is Honorable. “Do you think that’s a compliment? You must be new here.”
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: 5 Basic Unknowns about the NSA ‘Black Hole.’
AT AMAZON, markdowns on bestselling power drills.
NEW DEAL HISTORY: FDR’s Friend In New York.
DEUTERATED DRUGS: An obvious idea?
ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Are People Born With A Tolerance For Spicy Food?
SOME TROUBLING QUESTIONS for Hillary Clinton.
HANGING A FEW AS AN EXAMPLE TO THE OTHERS MIGHT HELP: IRS Management Culture Must Be Fixed. Show ’em you’re serious: Zero out the conference budget.
READER CHRISTOPHER FOX EMAILS: “Don’t have time to scan your blog and see if you already mentioned it, but the $500 Xbox One is now available for preorder on Amazon. If you’re allowed, I’d throw something up on your page and try and catch some of that sweet lucre.” Thanks! Done. Any lucre that results will be much appreciated. Some worry that the Xbox One is a privacy threat, but of course, nowadays what privacy is left to threaten?
LIKE GOOGLE GLASS WITHOUT THE GLASSES: A Contact-Lens Computer.
POPULAR MECHANICS: Edward Snowden vs. Bradley Manning, By the Numbers.
DAVID BARON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Cougars, Glamorous Killers, Return, Expand Their Range. “As cougars migrate eastward, they are likely to wear out their welcome. People in states unaccustomed to these outsize prowlers will have to answer unpleasant questions: How many livestock and game animals are people willing to lose? How dangerous are cougars to pets and children? How much disruption is a small community willing to endure?”
I think they should be shot when in areas of human habitation. This will help them learn to avoid humans. And here’s yet another chance to plug David Baron’s terrific book, The Beast In The Garden: The True Story Of A Predator’s Deadly Return To Suburban America. It’s nonfiction, but it reads like a thriller novel. Here’s a piece I wrote on his book a while back.
RICHARD EPSTEIN: Obama Gets Innovation Wrong.
IN THE MAIL: From Rod Bennett, The Christus Experiment.
THE COMMON THREAD IN THE OBAMA SCANDALS: Abuse Of Power.
MICKEY KAUS: Don’t Let The Scandals Distract You: The Immigration Bill Is The Biggest Deal. “It’s time to wake up! Conservatives — while you are (rightly) excited about NSA snooping and partisan IRS corruption, the Congress is about to change America in a more profound, permanent way right under your noses. In the process it will hand President Obama the major second term achievement that will help him overcome the very scandals that are distracting you–or, rather, make his survival or re-ascendance unimportant. He will have won. Democrats will have shaped the future electorate to their own liking. They’ll have transformed what America is.”
To be fair, I heard Limbaugh last week saying that the immigration bill was the single most important thing going on. But it’s hard to stay focused in this environment. Hey, maybe there’s something to the dense-pack theory after all . . . .
JIM GERAGHTY: Three Lies to the Public That Must Have Consequences.