November 04, 2008
November 02, 2008
Soaring Rhetoric! Baseless Charges! Now Half Off!
On this day in history, there were only two days left until
the end of election season so they added an extra hour to the clock just to make it all last a little longer.
Penalty time, I guess.
October 31, 2008
Thanks, Studs, For Everything
Studs Terkel, May 16, 1912-October 31, 2008
In an age of increasing unreality, for what it was worth, he channelled the voice of real America.
October 29, 2008
October 28, 2008
October 27, 2008
History Begins With Statehood And Other Wonders Of The Far North
In a historic decision that leaves one of the Senate’s giants in political limbo, Stevens, 84, was convicted on seven counts of failing to report more than $250,000 in improper gifts and home renovations he received from 1999 to 2006. The verdict is a stunning blow to a political career that has lasted more than 40 years and covered Alaska’s entire history as a part of the United States.
—John Bresnahan and Martin Kady at Politico.com
October 24, 2008
October 21, 2008
Addendum to Interuptus The Second
Following the well-attended lecture, she bought Naomi Klein's book Shock Doctrine and brought it home.
Addendum To Interruptus The First
Yes, it was she who announced her wish to see the movie Charlie Rose's War with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts when it first came out.
Interruptus
"You're goin out?"
She's dressed to go out and passing through the room says to her daughter, "I'm going to see a lecture by Naomi Campbell."
"Eh?" or its equivalent from the daughter, naturally. "Naomi Campbell?"
"Oh, ha! I mean Naomi Wolfe."
"Uh, Naomi …?"
"…?… Oh, ah, Klein, Klein, Naomi Klein," says she. They're both laughing at it now.
She's dressed to go out and passing through the room says to her daughter, "I'm going to see a lecture by Naomi Campbell."
"Eh?" or its equivalent from the daughter, naturally. "Naomi Campbell?"
"Oh, ha! I mean Naomi Wolfe."
"Uh, Naomi …?"
"…?… Oh, ah, Klein, Klein, Naomi Klein," says she. They're both laughing at it now.
Dismal? I'll Show You Dismal. . .
Paul Krugman sits down to talk with Bloomberg News about the current financial crisis. [Part 1 of 5 parts]
October 17, 2008
When the world falls apart some things stay in place/ Levi Stubbs tears run down his face
Levi Stubbs (June 6, 1936 - October 17, 2008)
October 13, 2008
A Bee
The bee found the thick dusting of wind-spewed pollen on the roof of my truck, and began industriously harvesting the stuff, as is the way of the bee.The bee waddled and scooped its way along the flat open surface of the truck's roof, slathering itself with pollen as it went.
Krugman, Recently Cited in the Quotidian, Wins Nobel-ish Prize
Paul Krugman, recently cited here in the Quotidian (formerly the Diurnal Journal), has won the prestigous Sveriges Riksbank Award in Economic Sciences in Honor of Alfred Nobel, or whatever the hell it's called, briskly and commonly and in fact mistakenly referred to by all as the "Nobel Prize in Economics."
Our condolences go out to Professor Krugman for the inevitable
October 12, 2008
October 11, 2008
October 10, 2008
Happy Birthday, Monk
Thelonious Monk (October 10, 1917–February 17, 1982), piano.
With Charlie Rouse, tenor, Larry Gales on bass, and Ben Riley, drums.
Something everyone since Alexander has noticed
Note to the Obama camp:
We won't be able to kill our way to victory in Pakistan or Afghanistan.
&mdash Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff quoted on Democracy Now Oct. 9, 2008.
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