Light at the End of the Tunnel

It has been suggested that I add Kevin Powell as a friend; any thoughts?

Hertzberg on left criticism of Obama; executive summary: these people should STFU

After Allen Toussaint (and not contending guys like JB and George Clinton, who were primarily performers), Willie Mitchell was possibly the greatest living soul producer (until today). Alev Ha-sholem!

The numbers don't stand up, even if you have Roger Stone (also an expert in this topic) disrupting the recount

Heard a rumor concerning yet another Dark Horse candidate for US Senate. This one is most notable for their unique position on marriage. They think it is OK for gay people to marry each other, as long as they are of different genders. I won't name names, but I think Roskoff might, and if not him, then maybe Brit Hume.

Peter Beinart brilliantly sums up Ford. What could be more poetic than a DLC Democrat skewering the head of the DLC

Nothing in this obit indicates how soulful this man could be.

Some words, mostly wise, from Bruce Reed, the real DLC Democrat (Ford's just a poseur):

This psycho (Marcy Winograd) ran for congress in 2008 and got 38% in a Democratic Primary, and is now running again with quite a bit of support. She refused to answer a reporter's question on whether Israel has the right to exist, favors a "one-state" solution and opposes Holocaust education

Dybbuk to Dad: "Even though you get on my nerves sometime, I still love you"

Definition of Pariah Status: The only people in Brooklyn politics who still talk to me, don't speak to each other.

Hertzberg is right as usual, and as usual no one will listen

Hertzberg: "sometimes excuses actually excuse"

Harold Ford wins the Mark Twain prize for this year's funniest candidate

The case for passing the G-ddamn Senate bill, part 487. Hertzberg is too kind to say it, but I will: Rahm was right; the left is retarded!

Weisberg proves that Gatemouth isn't the only blogger doing Kinsley imitations–Give him credit though, he does it very well

Gatemouth (the other one) and Carlos Santana play Dybbuk’s favorite blues tune

I'm not saying that differences should always necessarily stop at the our borderlines, but more and more I have to wonder why none call the Republican descent into foreign policy nihilism tantamount to treasonous

OK, I'll admit that, despite being a union member, I'm not reflexively pro-labor; and I'll admit to sometimes being pretty near to reflexively pro-Obama–but this is distressing, and not merely because it's politically tone-deaf (though it is).

Though my whole raison d'etre as a blogger is the inextricable link between politics and culture, and though neo-libs often find libertarians quite comfortable partners in the political sack, I have to admit that the break up of our relationship is a good thing (thought I hope we can still get together now and then for a quickie–and I hope that you don't get too battered from the domestic abuse your new tea party sackmates are sure to inflict on a regular basis. )

A day off, but Room 8 is down–Hiram, Kevin, Eric and the Amigoes probably hacked the blog to prevent me from posting

I won't say Lew ALWAYS does the right thing–just most of the time.

All in all, not too shabby.

A not particularly pro-Israel writer puts the knife to the Walt-Mearsheimer nonsense about Israel and the Iraq War

The left may not be satisfied (when TF are they ever?) and the right pissed, but (as usual) I'm OK with O

Maybe Hiram should make Aliyah

This piece's big insight is that Obama is a Clinton Democrat, which is what I've been saying all along.

A fabulous history of the early Woody, with links, and another reason to love WFMU

A call for amnesty for a suspended employee of Amnesty International–and a return to the group's original principles

All that fuss, and what have we learned? That if the Governor's staff was made of beef, it would more resemble White Castle than Peter Luger. As if we couldn't tell already. Check, please!

I may no longer do my long-promised Ford piece, as someone's already done it, with wit and style as an added bonus

Great article about blindness towards the need for structural change

Some useful advice for the Dems

Conservatives call for "Nullification"; yet none dare call it treason

Dog bites man story: Democrats have no monopoly on using sleazy deals to pass legislation. So sad that we actually need to be reminded of this

Sex and drugs? No more than a subliminal suggestion. Nothing here but total disorganization and disengagement, and, as such, far more damning that anything involving his nostrils or nether regions.

For your amusement: a right wing critique of the filibuster, from back in the days when they were in the majority

Think Cuba Gooding Jr.: Show me the votes!

To sum up this article's thesis: "Compared to What?"

Dick Cheney: Lying sack of excrement (not a value judgment, but a description)

J Kenneth Blackwell, at long last sir, have you no sense of decency?

LMFAO indeed

Spirit Flight Attendant: The flight is overbooked; we will take anyone who gives up their seat, put them up in a hotel, put them on a flight tomorrow and give them three round trip tickets anywhere we fly:

Passenger: Are the tickets on Spirit?

If a Governor's announces a campaign and nobody attends, is he still running?