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Monthly Archives: August 2004
Swift Liars Yadda Yadda
August 26, 2004 – 10:50 am
Swift Boat Memories
Robert Lambert, a man who doesn’t plan on voting for John Kerry and was offended by his conduct in 1971 still says they were under fire during the incident during the Bronze Star incident.
wrapped exceptions
August 24, 2004 – 5:42 pm
Who the fuck would catch, log, AND THEN RETHROW an exception? Dear lord. If you’re throwing it, let the top layer deal with it, dumbass. That includes logging it.
Sometimes I really hate java exceptions.
Update: I was referring to this post. And my invocations of dumbassedness includes catching, logging, then wrapping (as [...]
Jonah Goldberg on Gay Marriage
August 23, 2004 – 7:47 am
Interesting column. One of the things that occured to me is that Federalism is actually a weak Hayekian barrier, in that most social change is restricted to a state-by-state change, so there’s no reason to implement a fairness-promoting principle (gay marriage) on the national stage until it’s been implemented locally (Vermont, Massachusetts, Hawaii) and [...]
Brad DeLong Reminds Us
August 20, 2004 – 10:03 am
… of the real reason that dethroning Bush should be a bipartisan affair.
But he leaves out the third reason–the big reason, the Elephant-in-the-Living-Room reason–to run screaming into the night at the thought of a big Bush initiative. Even if it were well-intentioned (and not just cover for another round of right-wing class warfare), even if [...]
Joe Darby
August 17, 2004 – 12:06 pm
I don’t have much to say about this, other than the fact that I think it’s ultimately important to read. It’s kind of presented as a human interest story — more about Mrs. Darby dealing with the press than Joe — but the ugly reaction to a man who can only be called a [...]
Douchebag of Liberty
August 11, 2004 – 11:16 am
Jon Stewart, from last night’s daily show:
Novak ends with the only logical conclusion about the book: “Unfit for Command sends a devastating message, unless it is effectively refuted.” Because in this country, when a scurrilous charge is made against you, by people, you’re guilty! Unless you prove otherwise! That’s how it works! Kudos, Robert Novak, [...]
Media, Heal Thyselves
August 10, 2004 – 4:36 pm
The Salt Lake City Tribune meditates on all the attention given to Lori Hacking. Their conclusion?
“Go Away.”
… via FAIR
likeability
August 6, 2004 – 2:36 am
Here’s something I don’t understand. Supposedly, if you ask people who they’d rather have a beer with, Bush or Kerry, people say Bush. Now, first of all, I’d like to see actual numbers, because this sounds like received wisdom left over from 2000, when Al Gore wasn’t “likeable”. But, more importantly — [...]
