It was, by nearly universal acclamation of liberals and conservatives alike, brilliant. The pep-rally-like crowd reaction was inappropriate and jarring at times, but Obama cut through that with a speech that was simply pitch-perfect. Notably, two of its key lines — announcing that Rep. Giffords opened her eyes today, and the phrase “–it did not–” interjected into a discussion of… Read more »
As you may have heard, former Republican vice-presidential nominee and future presidential candidate Sarah Palin today decided it would be a good idea, on the very day of the memorial service for the victims of a deranged, ideologically incoherent lunatic’s murderous rampage in Arizona, to respond to her critics by accusing them of “manufacturing a blood libel” against her. In… Read more »
My mom sends along this photo of the view from my parents’ front door in Newington, Connecticut, after the latest #snowpocalypse to hit the Northeast: Wow. That’s a lot of snow. We don’t have nearly as much on the ground here in Denver, but it was still enough for Loyette and I to build her first-ever snowman:
It’s that time of year again: time for ridiculously early preseason college football rankings! SI’s Andy Staples, ESPN’s Mark Schlabach, and the Mercury News‘s Jon Wilner have all published their picks. Oklahoma is the consensus #1, with Oregon, LSU and Alabama ranked #2-3-4 in some order. After that, there’s really no consensus: the only other teams that appear in all… Read more »
I may have been rooting for Oregon, and I may mock the SEC and its insufferable fans mercilessly, and I may have been hoping for justice vis a vis Cam Newton, and I may have been slightly less than gracious in some of my tweets when it didn’t happen… but, in spite of all that, I’m genuinely happy for Auburn’s… Read more »
@KennyOcker: #allthetostitos are belong to us
@leoghann: This is your last chance. You take the blue pill – the story ends. You take the red pill, and you get #allthetostitos.
@RoyBurton: What they’re saying at Auburn tonight: Cam Newton is worth every penny and #AllTheTostitos.
@comedyminusone: “Let’s win this game for #allthetostitos that never had a chance to get here.” – Merle Webb
@racheldulitz: If only the Yankees had offered Cliff Lee #allthetostitos