Here are the picks as I e-mailed them to Kevin, with the asterisk, as usual, depicting the picks I “flip flopped” on in my other pool: Browns over Ravens * Vikings over Bears Giants over Cowboys * Panthers over Lions Washington over Chiefs Falcons over Saints * Jaguars over Steelers Bucs over Dolphins Bengals over [...]
Archive for October 18th, 2005
SF Geekery
Posted in I do too have a life, Writing on October 18, 2005 | Comments Off
Jim Henley has a discussion about what Science Fiction is. Generally, I hate the question, but the discussion is interesting. Orson Card has introduced a new online SF magazine. Yeah, Card’s a right wing nut, but he is a big name in the business, and he might have the clout and backing to make the [...]
Judy Miller Limericks
Posted in Satire on October 18, 2005 | Comments Off
Mad Kane strikes again. Kane should be more famous than she is.
Abramoff to Reed to Sheldon
Posted in Politics on October 18, 2005 | Comments Off
Abramoff greased some very interesting palms: Abramoff had deep roots in the conservative movement and rose to prominence by helping Republicans tap traditionally Democratic K Street lobbyists for campaign dollars. But in the eLottery fight, he employed a win-at-any-cost strategy that went so far as to launch direct-mail attacks on vulnerable House conservatives. Abramoff quietly [...]
Term Limits for Judges?
Posted in Legal Issues, Politics on October 18, 2005 | Comments Off
Kevin Drum endorses this call for term limits for judges: .Ron Brownstein writes today that “an informal band of prominent legal thinkers from left and right” thinks we should do away with the current system of life tenure for Supreme Court justices because it produces long terms and infrequent vacancies: I don’t think this is [...]
The Best Healthcare System in the World?
Posted in Health, Politics on October 18, 2005 | Comments Off
The blogosphere had a handful of post yesterday that, taken together, speak very harshly about the state of the American healthcare system. First, Ezra points us to this epiphanies post that demolishes one of the treasured arguments of the right wing — that Canadians are streaming across the border to get health care in this [...]
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