Unqualified Offerings

In the comments sections on some conservative sites where the proprietors have denounced Luskin’s attempt to intimidate Atrios, some of the man’s fellow travelers have airily avowed that this story is of no interest “beyond the few thousand people who read blogs.” Well okay, sure. To that I would say, if you’re reading this, or [...]

So the other night, when the news of the Donald Luskin legal threat against Atrios hit the news, I declared that Luskin was “a pussy.” And then I wondered if I was being not just foul-mouthed but over the top.
Turns out, not. The Atrios letter hit Wednesday night. As I mentioned at the time, there [...]

RGB Greg Pearson reminds me that Marriott, they went and built two hotels in Crystal City, about two blocks apart. I have confirmed with Chad Orzel that he’s in the Crystal City Marriott, not the “Crystal Gateway” Marriott, so the Crystal City Marriott is where you go. 7PM. The bar is on the second floor, [...]

I could swear that somewhere between Daredevils 110-114, the Mandrill collapsed the top floors of the World Trade Center, killing many people. (Captions inform us that Daredevil’s super senses can perceive all the deaths.) Am I imagining this? Was it a different skyscraper?

The Fiore post below reminds me of Avengers 113, titled Your Young Men Shall Slay Visions. It was Steve Englehart at his most earnest, and since I was an earnest lad myself, it made a big impression on me. Vision and Scarlet Witch kiss in public. She’s a mutant, sure, but he’s an android, so [...]

The most perfect night for trick-or-treating in years, warm (c. 60F), dry, a bright quarter-moon. Not a lot of trick-or-treaters, alas, but a nice outing with Offering Boy (as Eddie from “Ed, Edd and Eddy”) and the Littlest Offering (fairy princess).
Hot Liberty has a great Halloween treat suggestion, and Dave Fiore reminisces about two great [...]

Chrissy Rockwell is a buddy of mine from the Elvis Costello list who has recently begun actively blogging at A Fine Idea at the Time. She’s now appeased me by changing her template color so that the Unqualified Eyes can actually read the thing. Thanks, Chrissy! The blog is not just all politics all the [...]

Our unassuming little party will begin, for the sake of simplicity, at the bar in the Crystal City Marriott at 7PM tomorrow night, Saturday November 1. Eventually it will probably move over to Restaurant Row. If in doubt, ask at the registration desk “where the blogfest is.” We will keep them informed. Guest of Honor [...]

Ya know, tort reform really isn’t such a bad idea.

From this morning’s Washington Post:

SINJAR, Iraq — Commanders of U.S. military forces responsible for monitoring the border between Iraq and Syria say there is no evidence from human intelligence sources or radar surveillance aircraft indicating that significant numbers of foreign fighters are crossing into Iraq illegally.

1) That’s because they’re all in Mali!
2) Um, commanders? What [...]