Puke Funnel

Zomigod? What if it favors Anita Hill??? Your liberal media (WaPo).



Both Sides must get their due, no matter what the truth is.

Morning Thread

Staying with the sports meme, we have a Single A baseball team, The Blue Rocks. Tickets are less than $10 and it is a very pleasant way to spend a summer afternoon. We even pay some attention to the game.

Sports

I like sports more than I used to. I'm not a huge fan, but I eventually figured out that pretending care about something that doesn't matter at all can be kind of fun. Throw in some nice weather, a beer, a hot dog, and it's not a bad way to spend an afternoon.

This primary lacks the beer and the hot dog.

Monday Evening

Monday is almost over.

Mr. Or Mrs. November

People who care about what happens in Democratic primaries are going to vote for the Democrat. People who care about what happens in Republican primaries will vote for the Republican. Yes there are some exceptions to that, and I'm sure a few of them will write endless narcissistic essays on why they can't vote for candidate X. And, hey, whatever. A candidate has to assemble a coalition and it's their job to do that. But the idea that politically engaged people are the ones who are the problem is silly. It's the people who tend not to vote, the people who don't pay too much attention. Those are the people you need to reach, not the people writing boring essays about why they aren't going to vote.

The State Abuse Of Power Story Cycle

This isn't really in response to anything specific at the moment, but it always follows this pattern:

1) It isn't true.

2) There's some truth but the details are wrong.

3) Everyone knew that anyway, why is this even news?

CoT: Vitriol

Just an exegesis today. 

They Won't Work

I find the focus on safety with respect to driverless cars to be weird. That's the easy part. Don't drive into stuff. Pretty sure technology can handle that. That doesn't mean they'll necessarily enhance safety overall. Robot cars that don't drive like humans do might cause problems. But the easiest thing is programming them to not drive into things.

They're still not going to work any time soon, not as promised anyway. The "take me anywhere I want to go" driverless car isn't going to happen in my lifetime. Enhanced cruise control, sure. I'm just not entirely sure of the benefit of that.

The Weirdest Crushes

I wonder if editors of our liberal media outlets are aware of the fact that they run endless puff pieces on Republicans and almost never do the same for Democrats. I'm not saying Democrats never get good press. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. But they don't get the kind of endless stream of profile-ish pieces that Republicans do. There were 17 candidates in the Republican primary. Every one of them (except maybe Jim Gilmore) got a medal from the New York Times at some point. Paul Ryan isn't even running. They still gave him a medal!

Morning Thread

It's *that* day again.

Sunday Night Thread

Searching for Monday

Sunday Evening

Tomorrow is...?

The Stupidest Argument

That winning some states matters more than winning others in the primary (aside from the rather important issue of delegate counts, of course). And, yes, Both Sides have made this argument implicitly or explicitly.

Busy Day

Was engaging in some birthday celebrations (not mine).

Lunch, For Those That Indulge

Morning Thread

Saturday Night

It's alright.

Gambling Our Way To Prosperity

I don't really have a problem with legalized gambling, but as an economic development strategy it's bonkers. And we should know this by now.