I thought that it’d be nice for the Oscar people to see precisely how the geekvote is liable to see their current slate. Well, at least how one member of the geekvote is liable to see their current slate. You know the drill.
Month: January 2004
Geras hears some thumping noises…
I assume that by now everybody here has read Paul Berman’s Dissent piece. Norm Geras (who is a Marxist himself, and one who agrees with Berman) decided to discuss the article past a simple me-too: after summarizing Berman’s six thumped reasons and adding a seventh, non-thumped one, he asks: “Does any of these reasons have … Read more
Yes, but what is it in miles?
This little Powers of Ten applet seems pretty cool, but I bet that it’d be cooler if I had DSL (and thus could load it faster). Woe is me that I do not… (Via Instapundit)
February 2nd 3rd Primaries
Scarily, I more or less got the last batch correct, so the heat’s on for me to get the next batch horrifically wrong. Good thing I’m so bad at this.
UPDATE: So bad, in fact, that I got the date wrong. Must have thought that January had 32 days, or something.
Spreading the Linky Goodness
Sebastian Holsclaw was apparently feeling masochistic today, because he was inciting people to comment on this statement: My conjecture is: The United States cannot expect to successfully emulate the policies of the more socialistic European countries even if it found the political will to attempt it. This is because the socialistic European countries are free … Read more
New Blogger
Recent poster Opus over at Tacitus has started her own blog. She’s certainly on the Left side of the spectrum, but she likes Dave Barry and I’ve seen worse scansion coming from the Left*, so what the heck. No such thing as bad publicity, right? UPDATE: Sheesh, on review it would seem that I’m either … Read more
Comparisons
I shall be brief:
1. John Edwards is Clinton in ’92 — charismatic Southern, moderate, handsome, populist — but without “bimbo eruptions.” I’ll be the last to say it: Edwards is the Democrat most likely to beat Bush. (But consider: Edwards is so good on his feet, anything less than total victory in a debate with Bush will be considered as “below expectations.”)
2. Richard Cheney is Spiro Agnew. It’s as much an image problem as anything else.* Take another look at his picture with Pope John Paul, for instance. Were this a Hollywood movie, would there be any doubt that Cheney is a “bad man”?
3. George Bush needs to mimic Ronald Reagan even more. For example, look again at how Bush enters a room to speak. Bush has the quick, bent forward stride of someone one step shy of a public-speaking phobia. Reagan, on the other hand, was completely at ease — a natural. C’mon, George: you’re the leader of the free world. Slow down.
The point, here. You, over there.
There’s been an immense amount of hand wringing over whether Bush said that Iraq was an “imminent” threat, or merely a “threat.” (For recent examples, see Trickster‘s entry at Tacitus or Kos over at The Daily Him.) It’s not worth your time. Whether the threat was “imminent” or “not-imminent” — and who said what about … Read more
Moe Lane Went To Bed Early Open Thread #3
And Last, but not least – Facing deadlines, the blogger Calls out for haiku.
Moe Lane Went To Bed Early Open Thread #2
We almost never talk about science here. Starting topic: Scientists make new form of matter. My physicist housemate’s apparently known about this for a few weeks.