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Mark Halperin gives odds on the GOP nomination. Romney is his prohibitive favorite at 3-1, with Huckabee at 9-1, Daniels at 10-1, Pawlenty at 18-1, Huntsman at 20-1, Gingrich at 40-1, Palin at 60-1, and Crazy Michelle Bachmann at 1000-1. … Continue reading →

Celebration Guns – Stars Regret – New Order Calm Americans – Elliott So: the celebrations about the death of Osama bin Laden. What are we to think of them? There are a couple of strands of thought here. Some people … Continue reading →

Fight Test – The Flaming Lips Where Is My Mind – The Pixies Fighting In A Sack – The Shins Fight Club is a faux-intellectual, faux-authentic valorization of masculinity, hiding behind some sleek packaging. It’s the sort of film designed … Continue reading →

Kinder Words – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones I think I’ve made a variant on this before but I’m too lazy to scour the archives to figure it out. So I’ll just say it again: It strikes me as strange that … Continue reading →

Alabama Pines – Jason Isbell Codeine – Jason Isbell I used to think I liked the Drive-By Truckers. In the last several years I’ve realized that I never really did. It turns out that what I like is Jason Isbell. … Continue reading →

Taegan Goddard asks: “Did Obama’s Speech Backfire?” Short answer: no. Slightly longer answer: it’s a pretty silly question to be asking at all. Here’s the context: First Read notes that recent polls showing a sharp drop in President Obama’s approval … Continue reading →

Crazy Races – The Dirty Diamonds This debt ceiling thing is crazy. Virtually everyone agrees it would be total catastrophe to not increase the debt ceiling. I get that it’s a contentious issue given the broader milieu of spending concern … Continue reading →

Heavier Than Heavy – The Natural Shocks This is some fun music for a sunny Northern California afternoon.  Which unfortunately is not exactly what we’ve got going on here.  Still, listening to this little romp is almost enough to drive … Continue reading →

1. Let the Bush tax cuts expire like they should have done already. 2. Cap and trade for carbon emissions with auctioned permits.  Recycle about 2/3 of the revenue back to help low-income people deal with cost increases, and to … Continue reading →

Shine (feat. Cate Ferris) – Nordic Giants There are certain words that you reach for when trying to write about music. I’m not entirely sure they MEAN anything – but they are suitably evocative. They communicate the feeling of listening, … Continue reading →