Archive for October, 2010
If the “Heat” Isn’t On, It Should Be.
I have had Heat among my favorite movies ever since I saw it for the first time in the mid 1990s. It is one of the best-written, best-acted movies I’ve ever seen, with at least two action scenes that will take your breath away (almost literally!), and a cast that is as strong from top [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Sunday, Linky Sunday
Ah, Sundays. Church. Football. Fresh links to go with that biscuit and gravy breakfast. Blogging will be light around these parts today. I’m headed out to the local Renaissance Festival where I intend for every meal I eat to be served on a stick. I’m pretty sure I can pull it off. Look out, Revel [...]
Stacy and Pete, the Campaign Reporters of Consequence.
Stacy McCain, who joined me on last week’s episode of The Delivery, is on the road again. When we spoke for the podcast, he was in Massachusetts covering the Sean Bielat campaign. He turned in a number of excellent reports from the field, but now he’s headed off to take the gonzo coverage to several [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Even on the Weekend!
What? You think the browser takes the weekends off? “Now is the time at Ed Driscoll.com when we juxtapose!” Gay activists are only now learning what most of us learned long ago: All of Barack Obama’s campaign promises come with very, very short expiration dates. Big Hollywood’s John Nolte reckons “An American Werewolf in London”, [...]
Ethics Honcho Leaves Post, Doesn’t Cite Boredom as Reason
Who knew that such an office even existed? Leo Wise, the staff director of the House Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), is leaving to join the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. Wise served as the first staff director of the OCE, which was created in 2008 to help burnish the House’s tarnished [...]
The Chamber of Commerce is Not Necessarily Our Friend
Last night, I suggested rather sarcastically on Twitter that Glenn Beck’s “money bomb”, wherein he asked his legion of listeners to donate to the Chamber of Commerce, was not a very wise move. That tweet started a discussion with a couple other Twitter users who felt that Beck sent a “message” to the President that [...]
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