Unqualified Offerings

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To no particular surprise, we got a mix of the wondrous and the unfortunate. I choose to celebrate the wondrous: Laura Roslin at every point; Saul and Helen then and now; Bill Adama finally having the option of [...]

By Thoreau
I’m going to a conference in Vancouver in late April. There seem to be few direct flights between the LA area and Vancouver. For travel to Vancouver it isn’t such a big deal to change flights within the US. But for the return trip, if I’m changing flights within the US, [...]

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@TAC’s greatest humanist argues that it might be time to think about freeing John Walker Lindh.

By Thoreau
Obama got caught in traffic on the 110 yesterday.
The 110 can be nasty, but nothing (except perhaps the Beltway) can compare to the 405 for slowness or the 605-10 interchange for sheer impossibility. Getting from the 605 S to the 10 E requires crossing several lanes while cars attempting the 10 W to [...]

By Thoreau
So, at the urging of dhex, I have decided to put together a perfect storm of stupidity:
Katherine Mangu-Ward should write an article about a corporate abortion clinic and how it’s better than non-profit clinics like Planned Parenthood. However, we will then find out that the corporation has been cutting corners to save money by [...]

By Thoreau
Obama has done something unprecedented that gets my genuine respect:  He sent a Nowruz (Persian New Year) greeting to the people of Iran.
I fully expect some wingnuts to freak out that this is proof that Obama is a Muslim, never mind that Nowruz was celebrated by Zoroastrians long before Islam came to Iran.
Of course, [...]