confessions of a reformed tourist
“Howard Zinn, the historian and author and one of the last remaining leftists from the Leftists Had Balls era, has died at 87.” (The Wonkette)
When my brother was in college he had a talk radio news-but-mostly-fly-the-seat-of-his-pants-political-commentary show. Because it was college radio he basically got to do whatever he wanted.
One of the great moments of [...]
As I wrote previously, my initial reaction to the news that Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was not only positive, it was profoundly visceral. I checked my email, saw an alert from The New York Times and got literal goosebumps. I was thrilled. And I know there were lots of people out [...]
I had three thoughts when I heard this.
The first was: Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. That’s so damn beautiful my nipples are hard.
The second was: And thus the Nobel Comittee has finally redeemed itself for that whole Henry Kissinger travesty.
Then I sent my brother a text message telling him the [...]
That is all.
I’ve never particularly liked The New York Post, but I used to read it for sports news and gossip. Those days are over. Today, they published this despicable piece of trash by Sean Delonas. This “cartoon” is the most offensive, unconscionable and disturbing thing I have ever seen printed in an allegedly legitimate newspaper. The [...]
See if you can pinpoint the offscreen-flying-kitty moment.
The newly-elected Prime Minister of Grenada, Tillman Thomas, wrote this lovely note of congratulations to Barack Obama:
The Government and the people of Grenada are extremely elated over your amazing election as the 44th President of the United States of America, and do offer you our sincere congratulations.
The fact that you are the first African-American [...]
At 11:51 PM on Tuesday I typed the last words of my liveblog and finally stepped away from the computer. The networks had called the election. I had confirmed it on Twitter. I wasn’t celebrating yet. I was cautious.
But then the miracle happened. Mere minutes after the call, John McCain [...]
Wednesday morning. Still bawling like a baby. Post later.
Welcome to my Election Day liveblog. Oy.
8:56 AM (Atlantic Time!): On Twitter, Election Day is already in full swing. People come out of the voting booth choked up. “Are you fired up?” A resounding yes.
8:58 AM: Dear Ann Coulter, please shut up. You make me embarrassed to be [...]