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After reading Dowd, suddenly <a href="http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/09\/25\/blue-meth-gop_n_3989595.html" target="_blank">Howard Fineman</a> doesn't seem quite so weird.

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You've gotta forgive Ross the awful word salad. Apparently he was writing this when he got a late-night booty call from <a href="http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/in-the-credentials-caucus-gops-2016-hopefuls-study-policy-and-seek-advisers\/2014\/04\/06\/cc97315e-bb48-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html" target="_blank">Rubio</a>.

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I'm not into sports but does baseball or football have something like brackets?

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But the spectators don't sit down and write out a diagram of which teams beat which, right? Semi-competitive blog posting is the only thing I'm into.

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Dear Gov. Brown,

Dude, what the hell are YOU smoking?

Sincerely, Thousands of normal, productive constituents

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Columbia English prof John McWhorter has a nice op-ed about how it's like totally acceptable to say "totally" and "like" all the time, because it's more polite than <i>not </i>saying them. Thus:

"The NCAA is a criminal enterprise devoted to enriching gym teachers at the expense of kids with good sportsball skills."

Compare:

"The NCAA is, like, a criminal enterprise devoted to enriching gym teachers at the expense of kids with good sportsball skills."

See the difference? Of course, that's, like, just his <a href="http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/04\/06\/opinion\/sunday\/like-degrading-the-language-no-way.html\?ref=opinion" target="_blank">opinion</a>, man.

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I believe that Titstare allows you and the hooters to exchange selfies of each other, so there's that.

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just don't be a glasshole

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<blockquote>The four-story structure, built in 1911 [...] has 19,000 square feet of usable interior space distributed among four above-grade floors and a basement level. [...]

Both versions emphasize luxury on an unapologetically grand scale: a glass elevator serving all levels; a sweeping staircase to the parlor gallery, reception rooms and his-and-hers powder rooms [<i>yadda yadda yadda...</i>] a Jacuzzi, a dog run and, yes, a canine spa.</blockquote> What about quarters for the butler, the governess, the between maid, the cook, the knave, the lackey, the horse trainer and the stable boy?

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Douthat, The Neckbeard: The Desolation of Smug. A Real Lee? joint. Coming to a fish wrapper near you.

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Sheesh, christianmuslin, you say all that like it's a bad thing...

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But watch out for those foul balls.

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