The teevee show that I actually really liked this year that I didn't expect to was Fargo. I gather critics liked it, but it didn't get all that much attention so it sat on my DVR for several months before I watched it.
It is basically a remake of the movie in an expanded TV series format. Not precisely, of course, but close. It works really well, and it's always fun to see Billy Bob Thornton doing the full Billy Bob.
Saturday, January 03, 2015
Looks Like Gay People Did Manage To Ruin Marriage
In Florida, at least, where apparently lots of people who work in local government are the worst people in the world.
The Good Old Days Of That Taliban Spiritual Movement
I really can't keep up with changing narratives about the Taliban.
Other Countries Are So Wacky
First we learned that some Muslims think it's a bit of an insult to their "honor" when soldiers beat in their doors and point guns at their families, and now we find out that some of them are into fortune telling!!!
Other cultures are so crazy and weird.
Other cultures are so crazy and weird.
Friday, January 02, 2015
Unfortunately
I have no idea how this happened.
...adding, if the existing tunnels go then say goodbye to the economy of northern NJ.
Now, Chris Christie thinks the region needs to do more about cross-Hudson rail capacity.
“Unfortunately, options for crossing the Hudson River have not kept pace with this population growth," reads a report endorsed by Christie and Governor Andrew Cuomo.
...adding, if the existing tunnels go then say goodbye to the economy of northern NJ.
Horrible Forever
Lord Weisberg was always horrible.
...adding, it's a good reminder of just how much contempt "eventheliberals" had for anything resembling liberalism in the 90s.
heckuva job, all.
...adding, it's a good reminder of just how much contempt "eventheliberals" had for anything resembling liberalism in the 90s.
heckuva job, all.
Still Capable Of Learning
It's nice to realize that you are, though it also highlights that you used to be an idiot. So it's a mixed blessing.
Anyway, my hope is that the tide continues to turn (it has, I think, if slowly) against the mass incarceration project this country has been engaged in for decades. It isn't that I wasn't aware of it as a problem before, it's that I now have a much greater sense of how it's the nexus of a whole system of racist horror. Let's fix it.
Anyway, my hope is that the tide continues to turn (it has, I think, if slowly) against the mass incarceration project this country has been engaged in for decades. It isn't that I wasn't aware of it as a problem before, it's that I now have a much greater sense of how it's the nexus of a whole system of racist horror. Let's fix it.
The Bill Is Due
Older cities face massive repair bills for things like sidewalks. They last a long time, but not forever...
If only there were some shovel ready projects.
If only there were some shovel ready projects.
John Hinderaker Is an Ass
Powerline Puppy John Hinderaker assures us:
A “weapon intended only to kill en masse” might be, say, an atomic bomb, certainly not a semiautomatic rifle.He says this, presumably, because he either doesn't believe semi-automatic rifles are capable of dispatching double digit numbers of schoolchildren, or else he believes that semi-automatic rifles are some class of household necessity, like pencil sharpeners, shivs, or hand grenades. Fuck him sideways anyhow.
Thursday, January 01, 2015
Mummered
String bands are really the only thing worth watching in the parade, and they were 90 minutes+ late so I gave up. Too cold. Fortunately only 2 blocks away.
So Much For All That Overtime
Brooklyn really would be a horrible place for a political convention, so consider yourselves lucky if it doesn't happen..
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