Category Archives: Media

A sneek peak at the conventional wisdom six weeks from today

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

Things are looking good. (CBS News) With less than six weeks until Election Day, President Obama has opened up significant leads over Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida, according to a new Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times poll of … Continue reading →

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Back from vacation just in time to kill my brain

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

Hello Disagreeables! I’m back from the family vacation in Florida, getting out of there a few days before Isaac was due to hit right where we were. (Since then it moved West, but for a while it was coming right … Continue reading →

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A clarification about Romney’s chances, plus OMGLOLWTF Paul Ryan

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

So I got two immediate responses to my post on Wednesday about Romney’s All-Lying-All-The-Time strategy, and how it is working to give him a chance to win the election. The first reaction was from a friend who sent me an … Continue reading →

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Some Tuesday morning navel gazing

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

I’m sorry for the lack of updates from me lately but I’ve been busy getting ready for a 2-week family vacation. Oh, and by the way, I’m not sure how much posting I’ll be doing starting Saturday because I’ll be … Continue reading →

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Two unrelated stories about Batman

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

Just a quick post this morning before I head off to work, but I saw two stories yesterday that both made me shake my head and wonder when the meteor strike will hurry up and hit the reset button on … Continue reading →

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Before this gets scrubbed

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Just a quick note calling out National Review Online columnist Jay Nordlinger for dropping a racial slur in his piece this morning.  Here is the offending paragraph: Truth is, some conservatives lamented that [Reagan] had indeed “grown” in office. He … Continue reading →

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The 2012 campaign in 2 ads

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Happy Monday morning Disagreeables. So last week wasn’t Mitt Romney’s best week as a presidential candidate. It won’t be his worst week, which will eventually come in November, but it certainly wasn’t his best. The Obama campaign had already been … Continue reading →

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Must-Read: Anderson Cooper Comes Out

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

Here, presented without comment, is a link to Andrew Sullivan’s blog post, which contains an email from Anderson Cooper about the decision to maintain privacy as a public figure (for both personal and professional reasons) and the broader, often unintended … Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney’s Spanish Language Fail and LA Times’ False Balance

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

Just when you were wondering if the Romney campaign could be any whiter and/or awkward around minorities and/or generally failtacular (is that a word?  Do I care?) we get this lovely update from Talking Points Memo What’s more, some of … Continue reading →

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On the Reaction to HBO’s The Newsroom

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

I should begin this post with a confession: when it comes to Aaron Sorkin’s works, I am no neutral observer.  The West Wing is my favorite television show of all time; The Social Network might just be my favorite movie of … Continue reading →

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