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It's a weird question, because I think that if I knew the intent behind the question, I would answer it…
Cosco, could you please clarify which female candidate ran "nonstop ads pointing out that the male candidate" is sexist, and…
an absolute inability to string a sentence together in a meaningful way This is not only untrue, it's a deranged…
Yes, it seemed like a personal attack on Jane. It also seemed a little illogical, but that's hardly unusual in…
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Author Archives: Jeff Fecke
The Gentleman Doth Protest Too Much
Poor Prof. Alexander McPherson. A professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of California at Irvine, McPherson was recently denied his academic freedom. How, you ask, did that happen? Was he told what he had to teach in the … Continue reading
Clinton to Foggy Bottom, Says NYT
According to the New York Times, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is going to be Barack Obama’s Secretary of State: Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position of secretary of state, making her … Continue reading
Posted in The Obama Administration
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The Long Tail
The seas were higher in the Cretaceous period. When last the dinosaurs walked the Earth, the Rocky Mountains were a sea dividing western North America from the east, and the inland sea flowed right into Hudson Bay, dividing the northernmost … Continue reading
Defanging Holy Joe
Like most Democrats, I was gleeful after the Dems took a big lead in the Senate. Sure, part of that was about getting our agenda pushed through, but mostly I was happy because it meant that defenestrated Sen. Joe Lieberman, … Continue reading
Better to Remain Silent and be Thought a Fool…
…than to speak out and remove all doubt. This bit of wisdom, oft attributed to former President Abraham Lincoln, is something John Ziegler should take to heart. Ziegler is the producer of a new movie that totally proves that a … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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Nice Guys™ Finish Last
Pity the Nice Guy™. Please. His world is all topsy-turvy. All he wants is to know exactly what all women want, so that he can have sex with them. But it turns out that different women want different things. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals
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Paul Krugman Pwns George Will
That’s gonna leave a mark. Hey, George, here’s a tip for the future: don’t just yammer about economic history when you’re sitting next to a Nobel laureate. Knowing your stuff works a lot better.
Posted in Economics and the like, Media criticism
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The Pause That Refreshes
I’ve been a space geek since I was roughly four, and while we don’t have the moon bases, space habitats, and manned Mars missions I was promised back in 1978, we’ve finally started making some nice incremental improvements in space … Continue reading
Do As I Say
My governor, Tim Pawlenty, has been a regular media gadfly during his first press availability of the 2012 campaign media statements at the Republican Governors’ Association meetings. He’s had the combover line and the less ideology, more doing line, and … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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The State
I haven’t jumped on the Hillary Clinton at Foggy Bottom rumor, mainly because it’s just a rumor. Like all the rumored appointments — Kerry and/or Richardson at State, Gates and/or Hagel and/or Kerry at Defense, Alberto Gonzales back in a … Continue reading
Posted in The Obama Administration
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When you say "nonstop ads," I'm assuming you're claiming that Clinton (thanks for clarifying that it's Clinton you were talking…