Month: May 2008

So Called Liberal Media7 Comments

Your Working-Class Media: Goldberg Edition

Jesus tits: David Bradley had been trying to lure Jeffrey Goldberg to the Atlantic for more than two years. Bradley, the magazine’s owner, wrote flattering letters. He courted Goldberg at a McDonald’s on Wisconsin Avenue. He proffered a hefty signing bonus. And when the New Yorker’s Washington correspondent finally seemed receptive to making the move, Bradley sent in the ponies. “He’s incredibly persistent and makes you feel like you’re God’s gift to journalism,” says Goldberg, who had turned Bradley down once before. But that was before the horses showed up at his home to entertain his children. “The charm is … Continue reading Your Working-Class Media: Goldberg Edition

Geek Cred11 Comments

Guns and Sharp Swords in the Hands of Young Children: Galactica Thread

Jacob:

Cally helped keep them in place, before the song. But now he doesn’t recognize his face in the mirror, so how can he know where or what he is? Tory knows how much Cally means to him, how he is rooted in her. After Boomer died, when he felt the toaster all over him, inside him, sickening, and it grew like a cancer until he nearly died, it was Cally that put him back together, like a mechanic. Whose grace in pain, whose forgiveness was like the memory of something we’ve all forgotten. Imagine the eyes of something infinite and loving, that could forgive you anything. Not like a hound, not like a pet, but something brilliant, that saw all your angles at once, the dark and bright sides, all the facets, and loved you anyway: that is the gaze of love, and it keeps you in place.

Spoilers below the cut.

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Stupid Republican Tricks7 Comments

Today on Athenae’s Obsession with the Freepi: Where’s Whitey’s Iced Tea?

Are they racist or are they assholes? Or are those two great tastes that go great together? We spelunk the Obama-Wright thread, you decide! As long as he doesn’t throw the good Reverend under the BACK of the bus. That would be racist. This is pathetic – this naive young man is totally unprepared to lead a Nation of 300 million people. We “bitter, gun-totin’, bible-belivin’, religion-clingin’, everyone-hatin’” flyover country white folk saw your mask slip and what you really are! Hussein is lying his arse off, he thinks whitey is dumb! I can hear it now: “Obabma has left … Continue reading Today on Athenae’s Obsession with the Freepi: Where’s Whitey’s Iced Tea?

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Doan’s Slings and Arrows

GovExec reports “in the end, it wasn’t an investigation into potential Hatch Act violations” which brought down GSA Chief Lurita Doan. Rather it came “as a result of her ongoing and public feud with her agency’s inspector general, Brian Miller.” Multiple government sources, including Doan herself, indicated toGovernment Executive that her ouster was the result of the dispute with Miller, which deepened during the past several weeks after the IG was cleared in a pair of whistleblower probes. The recent flare-up may have been the final straw after Doan had survived a series of earlier probes of alleged misconduct on … Continue reading Doan’s Slings and Arrows

Holden's Obsession with the Gaggle3 Comments

Today On Holden’s Obsession With The Gaggle

Lurita Sleeps With The Fishes Q Dana, why was Lurita Doan forced to resign now? She’s been a presence around here for a long time. Why was she fired now? MS. PERINO: Well, I’m not going to comment on a — on the resignation. I will confirm, obviously, that she has resigned from GSA. While serving as the administrator she worked very hard to respond effectively during the times of emergency. She also worked to make sure that all of the numerous buildings in the federal government are as energy efficient as possible. And the President is grateful for her … Continue reading Today On Holden’s Obsession With The Gaggle