Best wishes to him.
From a Palin supporter in the comments section of the CNN article:
".......women are beautiful beings but should be born with zippers on their mouths......especially women of the media........"
I realize it's easy to find dimwitted jackholes in the comments section of political media sites, but wow.
I'm past deadline on my next book, so no rough draft sprint for me.
And for me, 1,700 words a day is still an uncomfortable pace. I waste less work time when I go a little slower. YMMV, naturally.
Via Keith Calder, a flowchart of "Total Eclipse of the Heart."
Using the rel="nofollow" tag for this:
The Talent Killers: How literary agents are destroying literature, and what publishers can do to stop them
Among agents many sins: selling books, not writing query letters for wannabe writers, and having submission guidelines on their web pages.
Sincerely,
A "... particulary brilliant (or particularly sleazy) first-time novelist."
Happy Anniversary! May you enjoy many more.
Hold on... That's *not* photoshopped?!?
NPR just called the election for Barack Obama.
My favorite comment about this was the subject header of James Nicoll's post:
Elderly Randian Forced to Grow Up
I'd like to speak for all the lurkers in wishing good health on Teresa and anyone else who needs it.
One thing I noticed (among all the talk of "liberal supreme court" and big government) was the number of times speakers used the phrase "media elite" and "liberal media."
It's like the growl of a wounded dog, trying to frighten away anyone who frightens it.
As for the "Democrats are afraid of Palin" meme-wannabe, I liked the way Ezra Klein responded to Fred Thompson on that: Note to Thompson: You're an actor, not a Jedi. These were the droids we were looking for...
For myself, I watched her speech tonight (I missed the others because of work and family obligations) and thought it was fine. She read from the teleprompter before the second-friendliest crowd she's ever had (First friendliest: Showing off her ballet-dancing when she was seven to grandma and grandpa). It was an okay speech, but I wonder how she's going to do when reporters come after her without a script.
The real test for her is yet to come.
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I only knew Robert through his LiveJournal but I'm saddened by his death. His posts were interesting and his comments, like this one, always seemed to be just right.
My condolences to everyone who knew and loved him.
Albatross #152:
But absence of evidence for an attack you're not checking for is definitely not evidence of absence, and absence of an attack today does not mean it's a bad idea to defend against the attack occurring tomorrow.
They have been checking for them, as I referenced in my post #119
Oops. In my #119 post, I meant to refer to albatross post at #90, as per the local custom. Sorry about that.
But I keep seeing people (essentially only Democrats) arguing that ID requirements are evil and some kind of plot to disenfranchise minorities, without any acknowledgement that there might be a reason behind wanting ID requirements.
It's not as though no one has ever done a study or six to determine if there's widespread fraud of this type: a person tries to vote using someone else's identity.
You don't hear much about those studies because the Republicans commissioned them to justify voter ID laws. The findings were, simply, that it doesn't happen often enough to cause concern, which is why the release was delayed and the study was labeled "controversial." More here.
And really, if you were planning to fix a vote for county dog catcher, bussing in your brother-in-law's softball team might have some effect, but it would be a useless tactic in most elections.
Of course voter fraud accusations are still made all the time. A voter in my state wrote "return to sender" on some Republican literature (she was a diehard Democrat). On the basis of that, her eligibility to vote was challenged and she nearly lost her vote. She wasn't the only one.
Even more here.
Reagan, a wingnut?
Hmmm. Let's think back to some of the things he's said...
cue harp music:
"It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas."
"I have a feeling that we are doing better in the war [in Vietnam] than the people have been told."
"Because Vietnam was not a declared war, the veterans are not even eligible for the G. I. Bill of Rights with respect to education or anything."
"If there has to be a bloodbath then let's get it over with." (referring to how he would deal with student protesters)
cue harp music:
Nope! Can't see any wingnuttery there!
As for Nader acting as spoiler for the Dems, I would be more upset if the Democrats had spent the last 8 years fighting rather than compromising and capitulating. Pro-war, pro-deficit "centrists" have enabled the Bush administration run this country into the ground.
Maybe if they'd spoken up the way the loyal opposition speaks up in other governments, I'd feel something valuable was being threatened.
I'll still vote Democrat--please, God, put the Permanent Majority farther behind us--but I'd much rather be supporting active, vigorous, effective advocates for progressive policies than the people who stood well back while the right wing destroyed itself like Brittany Spears at an open bar.
Happy Birthday! May you have many, many more.
I guess Mitt had a coupon to Smear one candidate at full price and smear a second free.*
* Second candidate must be of equal or lesser popularity.
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