I guess I was wrong about this one.
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I guess I was wrong about this one.
Mauren Dowd on one of the greatest films ever made.
I know, everyone’s going to carp endlessly about the abortion restriction. But unfortunately, that’s politics. And there’s no guarantee that it’ll be in the final bill. In fact, I’ll bet that it won’t when it comes time to reconcile with the Senate.
But this is a great start.
Matt Maul’s writeup about the latest episode of Mad Men makes some fascinating parallels between the show’s characters, the Kennedy shootings and societal changes of the 1960s. Required reading for any fan of the show, I think.
Personally, I can’t wait for Sunday night’s season finale. Although the lineup of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Bored to Death and Mad Men makes for a strange viewing schedule. From the funniest show in the history of television to the most complicated and layered, with Jason Schwarzman in the middle.
Somebody recently told me that Breaking Bad is great too, but I’m a little reluctant to dive in. Terminal diseases and crystal meth just seems so bleak. Maybe I’ll give it a try, though. I saw the opening of one episode, and it was beautifully shot and very mesmerizing.
How, even though it’s general knowledge that there’s an enormous parade for the Yankees today wherein up to 1 million people might be expected, the MTA apparently didn’t bother to increase the frequency of subway train service.
Having to let two L trains go by at 10:15 a.m. because they were too full to get onto really made my morning a joyous experience. Then again, they do say that three is the magic number, so maybe this was for the best.
22% of new yorkers cant read… so lets confuse them even more…
Maybe they’re trying to pull in the dyslexics, too.
The Look of Love Bill Plummer
Sixties elevator music goodness. And yes, it’s a remake of the classic Burt Bacharach song.
Some really lovely shots taken by people who bought the amazing Zumi Digital Toy Camera we sell.
I want one! Why must you be so expensive for something so tiny!
These are pretty cool. But if you don’t want to spend the money on this digital version, you can get the analogue model, which takes 35mm film, for about $15-$20 at the Lomography Store on 8th Street.
Actually, Chris Christie supported the same civil unions bill the Democrats passed in 2006 and got blasted by the more conservative candidates in the primary for it. While he doesn’t support gay marriage either did Jon Corzine outside of rhetoric. It’s likely Christie will become more socially liberal after the election now that he’s done courting all the old Catholics. As far as the promotion of gay rights go, it’s absolutely zero change from the current state of affairs.
I completely disagree. If Chris Christie has any inkling of a desire to run for re-election without being challenged by a Club for Growth supporter who’s further to the right, he will drop the RINO persona and move to the right on social issues. With things like Hoffman, an anti-Snowe drumbeating, and the McCain of 2000 vs. 2008, a precedent has been set. This is the reality of the new Republican Party. There’s no big tent anymore. If you want to survive, adapt.
That’s very true about the Republican Party. But New Jersey is a very moderate state that tends to trend blue. He mostly won because people didn’t like Corzine. I would think that if he moves too far to the right, he could find himself having trouble getting reelected.
How depressing that this arrogant little man won. I guess the yuppification of New York is finally complete. I can hear the people who voted for him saying, sure, he may have utter contempt for me, but at least now I know how many calories my Dunkin’ Donuts Koolatta has.
I guess we get the politicians we deserve.
On the positive side, he spent $30 million on his reelection campaign and was the incumbent, and yet he won 51% to 46%. That’s hardly a resounding victory, especially when you consider that Thompson was basically a nonentity.
Nationally speaking, a lot of Republicans won tonight, but bear in mind that the victorious ones were the moderates. The ones who didn’t want Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck to campaign for them. And where the right-wing nutjobs did go, their candidate lost, giving Democrats a win in a district they haven’t held since the Civil War.
So if anybody tells you that this was a referendum on Obama, they don’t understand politics. Plain and simple.
Although if the Democrats do put off voting on healthcare reform until next year, as is now rumored, they deserve to lose big in 2010. And 2012.
OK, enough rambling for tonight. Time for bed.
