Beginning of the (Working) Week Links
By - This depressing trial should remind us that the real world is nothing like what goes on on BHL’s head. Or, rather, resembles it all too well.
- Rape v. flat tires: a helpful Venn diagram for Republican legislators.
- I think Shafer has a point here, in that I doubt that Fox News (which largely preaches to the converted) does much damage in itself; it matters only to the extent that the other media sources launder its crap. And note that Whitewater and the War on Gore were largely mainstream “liberal” media productions.
- It is indeed good to see Bridesmaids doing well, not only because it might help fight Hollywood’s horrible gender issues but because (while a couple have been pretty decent) it’s the first film from the Apatow factory to fulfill the promise of Larry Sanders and Freaks and Geeks.
- Manufacturing panic to ram through the Patriot Act.
- The latest Brietbart scam has led to the revelation of not exactly new but still creepy information.