So just to be clear: the two takeaways from Snob’s post on this Tiger Woods situation are 1) all women have the capacity for craziness and 2) if you cheat, you deserve to be the victim of violence at the hands of your partner? Update: Snob “explains.” @GD This post was, in large, only about the myth Read More
James Fallows: In the saturation coverage right after the events, the “expert” talking heads are compelled to offer theories about the causes and consequences. In the following days and weeks, newspapers and magazine will have their theories too. Looking back, we can see that all such efforts are futile. The shootings never mean anything. Forty Read More
(cross-posted at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen) With rifle-toting protesters showing up at various rallies and town halls around the country, there’s been a lot of worry – mostly on part of liberals – that these demonstrations could erupt into serious violence. I happen to think that there is real cause for worry, especially considering Read More
Jamelle already tackled this pretty deftly, but it bears repeating how ridiculous this argument by Blackneck at Daily Mathematics is. Last week, this dude, George Sodini, went apeshit in a Pittsburgh LA Fitness health club and shot up the joint, killing 3 women before murking himself. News of his blog rantings about his problems and Read More
“The responsible white separatist community condemns this,” he said. “It makes us look bad.” — John de Nugent, an acquaintance of James von Brunn, the gunman who went on a shooting rampage at the Holocaust Museum in Washington. [via] (H/T Dr. Bitch)
Pam at Pandagon connects the dots: After a presidential campaign filled with this… * The parade of racist images continues: Obama ribs ‘n chicken * California: Sacramento GOP web site calls for the torture of Barack Obama * Mike Signorile listens to The Hate Out There * Here we go again: another Palin groupie shouts Read More
Ever have a song catch you off guard while you’re doing something else? I was doing some reading, and I had my “Indie Soul” playlist going when a song I love came on. I recognized it and smiled when it started, and then went back to reading. But it dragged me out of my book Read More
Completely Misreading the National Mood, AIG Makes It Rain. AIG, the mammoth and mismanaged insurer — which incidentally holds the global financial market by the balls — is giving out $165 million in bonuses after getting $170 billion in taxpayer bailout money. Everyone is pissed. AIG said its legally obligated to pay the bonuses, which Read More
NYPD cops accused of raping an intoxicated woman after helping her home: The owner of the bar, Heather Millstone, 34, said she gave the district attorney’s office footage from a camera near the door of the bar on East 13th Street after two women arrived on Dec. 7 and said their friend had been attacked Read More
NYPD cops accused of raping an intoxicated woman after helping her home: The owner of the bar, Heather Millstone, 34, said she gave the district attorney’s office footage from a camera near the door of the bar on East 13th Street after two women arrived on Dec. 7 and said their friend had been attacked Read More
