An angel gets vivisected.
Wall Street Journal Watch: Civil Rights Warning
The Wall Street Journal once again takes a brave stance on the possibility of a Democratic-party majority in Congress. They warn that the last time we had such a majority, we got horrible disasters like social security, civil rights, freedom of speech, and other liberal threats to the fabric of America as Rupert Murdoch has come to love it.
What ever shall we do?
Culture of Corruption
Hey Virginians: Virgil Goode is a d-bag. Vote him out.
I didn’t watch the game last night
I went to bed early, and M. was in the other room watching, but kept the volume low so I could sleep. Still, I could tell when the Sox mounted a comeback, because I could hear cheering from the entire street.
Everybody Panic
Even Hudson City Bancorp is having trouble.
It can’t possibly be a coincidence that today, on the MBTA, I saw a sign that had been altered from “PASSENGER ASSISTANCE” to say “PASSENGER ASS STANC.”
You stay classy, defaulted borrowers.
Both literally and figuratively
Apparently Dick Cheney does, in fact, have a heart.
It just doesn’t work very well.
The Master Debaters
Harvard Bookstore and the Brattle Theatre are putting on a panel discussion with the NY Review Of Books and the Guardian tonight at seven at the Brattle, followed by a big-screen showing of the debate itself.
If I were to attend, I’m pretty sure I’d end up screaming with rage and fear, and then getting drunk, and missing work on Thursday. So instead I’m staying home and hiding under the bed until November.
No Cabe Duda
Editorial from El País: Los estadounidenses pueden renovar el 4 de noviembre el maltrecho liderazgo simbólico de su paÃs. La opción demócrata es el único camino para recuperar el capital polÃtico y moral que han perdido en estos años.
Not like an op-ed in one of them furriner newspapers would sway anyone, but it’s still good to know what the rest of the world thinks of us.
Gender Audits
Rumor has it that the anti-gay-marriage ballot initiative (Proposition 8) in California is gaining in the polls. To fight back, one pro-marriage group has put together an ad appealing to small-government types, suggesting that Prop 8 means crotch-checks at the altar.
Unions? Relevant? Yes.
The AFL/CIO’s Richard Trumka talks Obama. Worth a listen.
