"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
Moe Lane 1) You will have noticed the new bloglist: Backscratch Blogs. These are blogs that link to us that we don’t already have in one list or another: if you do so blog to us, feel free to let us know and if you’re not evilnastybad we’ll note your extreme good taste. 2) Question to Typepad … Read more
This is our kitten. There are many like it, but this one is ours.
1) Norm Geras from my blogroll has joined Typepad. He wanted people to know. 2) Michael Totten’s back. He wanted people to know. 3) I’ve added a Iraqi blogger Typelist, because, really, we should have had one from the start. 4) First full day without nicotine, and it seems to be going pretty smoothly; and … Read more
… all y’all futzing around with it do know that some of us, like, actually use Google to do our jobs, right? I mean, I don’t begrudge any of you your fun, but don’t break the nice indexing protocols, ‘kay?
… I just felt like rewriting the beginning of the Prologue to Richard III. Hey, at least I didn’t call it “A Canticle For Lieberman”…
Moe
PS: Don’t read too much into this one, guys. The link to the text I used to mutate this found here. Also, rilkefan gets a golf clap for tracking it down so quickly.
1). According to my esteemed coblogger Katherine, we are now #1 for Google searches for Obsidian Wings! Hurrah! And double hurrah that I’m not the only one who egogoogles this site! 2). Apparently, the interestingly odd site known as Fafblog has been taken over by one of its guest posters and is now claiming this … Read more
…for the last nicotine patch has fallen off, its body leeched of the hell’s brew that has kept me sane these last eight weeks. I can feel the last tendrils of it dissipating into fog, then mist, then vapors… and deep, deep below (where the gators of the id reside) sleeps a Thing uneasily. Fair … Read more
Am I the only person out there who will be happy to see: : Anakin Skywalker get tossed into an acid vat, or explosively decompressed, or exposed to plasma fire, or whatever it is that’ll turn him into Vader? : Obi-Wan Kenobi run like a scared little bunny? : The Jedi Order in general be … Read more
… to wit, if Howard Dean was looking for his version of a “Sister Souljah” moment, he could do worse than to condemn the Kuchinich ad. Not a retraction of his antiwar stance, mind you: just a rejection of the conspiracy theories – which he will eventually have to do anyway. Just saying, that’s all.
I really, really hate them. Left, Right, Democratic, Republican, Green, Libertarian, Single-Taxer, right down the list. Which is why I’m going to be mean to them now.
Yup, I’m going to be blatantly unfair and cruel to books based on their titles and authors and nothing else. So?
Yup, upon rereading the comments I was, like, totally ad-hom and stuff So?
Yup, I didn’t include ISBNs. So?
(pause)
OK, OK, I should have done that, but it’s too late now.
Moe
PS: I’ve probably missed a few: this list was originally taken from here, and there’s a definite Left-bias to the list. Believe me, I’m happy too that right-wing political hacks can’t make the NYT bestseller lists.
PPS: My girlfriend’s response to this entire post was to take a martial arts pose and intone “Fear the inexorable power of the three-toed sloth”. I’m not sure, but I think that this was a somewhat subtle critique of the general utility (more accurately, the lack of same) of this post. Either that, or she was mocking my Useless Forearm Tyrannosaurus Rex Kung Fu. Unfortunately, she’s asleep now, so I can’t ask her.
… got home from a nice evening out with friends, no hassles, good times all around. Then I saw this utter, unmitigated piece of garbage. (Via Balloon Juice) Now, I am aware that Dennis Kuchinich has been declared to be a nonserious candidate for President by most of the Democratic Party. I am aware that … Read more
And via another of my fellow guest commenters on Tacitus we see a link to this Nicholas D Kristof article. He’s taking the position that the result of a Dean nomination is going to be roughly equivalent to that of McGovern’s. This reminds me of something that I’ve noticed: nobody seems to be able to … Read more
Via one of my fellow guest posters at Tacitus I see that the “put Reagan on the dime” movement is going on, again. It’s Sunday morning and the commenters on that piece seem a tad grumpy, but Jesurgislac raises an interesting point: to wit, that FDR was on the dime in the first place because … Read more
The bad news: via Taranto we see that a self-described Democrat has written an opinion piece about Bush hatred, and how it won’t win an election. As opinion pieces go, it’s fairly good, especially as it does recognize the fact (often obscured by our own passions and hobbies) that most of the population does not … Read more
…but endearing. At least I think that it is. (pause) Hey, it’s Saturday and the calm before the primary storm. Gimme a break. (Via the blog attached to Fans!: this link will not work forever).
…actually, I have two now, Norm Geras being the other. But any Marxist site with the wit to link favorably to Tim Blair is all right in my book, dammit (why Tim wasn’t also in my blogroll already, the world may never know)*. This is still all part of the Insidious Plan, though. I swear … Read more
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I see that the title got your attention. This post doesn’t actually show any naked women, though. Sorry about that.
Oh, yeah, this is going to be like that Giant Puppets post. Go figure.
…obvious Photoshopping, sorry. From Cliche Kitty (I hope that’s enough, right? It’s, like, an open forum and stuff and I couldn’t find any kind of use restriction stuff).
… no, not what I’m naming any of my children. Now, I know that it’s become the style amongst many on the Left to not partake of the Instapundit, which is a crying shame, ‘cuz when you do you may end up missing stuff like this article about the role of blogs in the Trent … Read more
1). I personally feel that even by the low standards of crank calling, this is lame and geeky, and not in a good way. Via Balloon Juice. 2). Amazing how quickly Marxists can sound sensible when they’re saying the same things you were, huh? – only with a lot more spleen and righteous indignation. Surprised … Read more
As you may have noticed, the blogroll has been cut up – as near as I can tell and remember – into all of our particular choices. I’ve added another one which will be added to based on various suggestions that either I or one of the other bloggers agree upon.
Well, I was on the cusp of updating le blogroll (one of us requested fafnir’s… whatever it is… and I’m about to put up IMAO* in sheer self-defense), when I actually looked at the blogroll. It’s pretty chaotic; does anybody actually care about how there’s no grouping by theme or anything? Remember, I can’t alphabetize, … Read more
Yes, it’s coming from the VRWC Death Beast. Yes, it’s unsolicited, unwelcome and probably tainted, tainted, tainted. You didn’t ask for my advice on how to run a campaign, you don’t need me to tell you how to run a campaign, a dead baboon could beat Bush next year anyway; I can’t be trusted to tell you the truth, like all Republicans I no doubt lie when it suits me and I should be worrying about my own party anyway.
If I’ve missed anything, let me know.
Got it out of your system yet?
I bring this up because, well, remember those resolutions you made back in January? You know the ones that I’m talking about; yeah, those. Not much time left to get them resolved, after all… and there’s no way that you’ll be able to reassign them for next year, remember? Next year’s 2004, and that’s a … Read more
I give you the opposition to Bush in the 2004 primaries. Take a gander, oh my Leftist brothers and sisters: these people are your only hope for a contested GOP primary run. Inspiring they ain’t; well, that’s unfair. We’re a special country; regular people really can grow up to be President. Just as long as they start early, pay their political dues, do a lot of unglamorous scutwork, learn how to play by the rules, never misstep and don’t try to do end runs around the entire system, of course.
Hey, there’s 270+ million people in this country. The process by which you get to lead them for four to eight years should be arcane and frustrating, buddy.
Which, given that they were lifted from Tac’s Posting Rules (who mined them from the Agonist, shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Here we go: Be reasonably civil. No profanity. For the record, ‘hell’, ‘damn’ and ‘pissed’ are not considered ‘profanity’ for the purposes of this rule; also for the record, the more offensive … Read more
…only, I don’t have any actual cats. This was a bit of a concern, as apparently the ownership of a cat is necessary for both blogging and the writing of obscure roleplaying game material, and my lack of same was a bit problematical. I figured that either von or Katherine would have one, but they’ve … Read more
…I must be a real live blogger and stuff, because I just had a dream where I blogged on the Medicare bill. Said dream came complete with a comments thread, trackbacks and a bit of drama where anonymous people were revealed to be other people; I woke up after people started to link to me … Read more
… or it’s not. It may just be quirky enough to take off, though. Via Balloon Juice (sure, he gets to be on the map. Hey! We’re not blogrolled by him, either. Grumble grumble whine moan grumble grumble whine…*). Moe * 😉 UPDATE: Well, it’s obviously going to be the next big thing, as the … Read more
As you might have noticed, the blogroll’s been updated in the usual across the spectrum fashion. I’ve been told here by fellow TypePad users that an alphabetizing feature is currently being pleaded for, so I know that advice for that isn’t precisely forthcoming… but is there any way that I can dump the spaces between … Read more
… frankly, Right Wing Death Beast that I am, Tacitus’ post on the subject pretty much made mine redundant. So, instead, we’re going to play a fun game of Anecdotal Evidence. I admit right off of the bat that this proves nothing, but hey: it’s my our* blog and I’ll be illogical if I want to. It’s either this or sit down next to Katherine and start swearing about the recto-cranial inversion problem that Holy Mother Church seems to be suffering from these days.
*This is what I get for trying to evoke 50’s song lyrics, you know.
My connection is a bit flakey – visiting parents with an ill computer, so I’ll just be brief and wish all of you a happy and safe Thanksgiving. My family has a tradition of saying what we’re thankful for, so I’ll indulge myself: I am thankful for those I love, and who love me. My … Read more
You know, I don’t know whether this is mere politics, or whether there’s some actual sentiment behind it… and I find that I do not much care. I am not overly fond of the woman, but I also have no real quarrel with her and I respect her political instincts, which are quite good – I approve of gestures of this nature, no matter if Senator Clinton’s* one of the ones making them. So, kudos.
And Happy Thanksgiving, folks, if I don’t get a chance to say that later.
Via Day by Day.