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  • Moving and Shaking

    Number of comments: 1
    Due to some stupidity on my part, I missed my ride to Chicago this morning. Now I am scrambling to rearrange things and not being particularly successful. The Educated Foot secured tickets to see The Dark Knight in Chicago this afternoon (and pitchfork tomorrow), but I've really made a mess' [...]
    Posted: July 18, 2008, 11:51am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Global GDP Growth

    Number of comments: 1
    Sharing an interesting chart regarding global population, GDP & trade growth from the Economist:

    It's a little stunning to me that while global GDP growth per year during 1974-2007 is higher than during 1870-1913, global GDP growth per capita per year is essentially equivalent. Judging by this evidence, 1950-1973' [...]
    Posted: July 17, 2008, 10:25am EDT
    by Miguel P.
  • Vital Nerd Update

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    I saw Hellboy II last night with the boyfriend and it was pretty good. If you found the monsters from Pan's Labyrinth visually arresting, you'll find a lot to like in it as well. In addition, it's funny, humane, and -- most importantly -- not boring.

    I'm also [...]
    Posted: July 15, 2008, 2:45pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • What I Did on Vacation #1: Tyrion Reviews No BS Ruthless Managment of People and Profits

    Number of comments: 4
    So I want to say something about Dan Kennedy's book, the No B.S. Ruthless Management of People and Profits, but I don't really want to say very much. That's for two reasons: (1) I'm not sure I think it deserves much more of my (or your) attention and (2) It's' [...]
    Posted: July 14, 2008, 2:03pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • BSS Bloggin'

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    Lookie, lookie! The first video off of Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning. BSS is probably my all-time favorite rock act. They're best known to general audiences for their "Lover's Spit" single, which pops up all over the place, and for helping to launch the career of Leslie Feist. [...]
    Posted: July 14, 2008, 1:15pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Airline to Hell

    Number of comments: 8
    After enjoying a 100% delay rate from Delta on both ends of the journey, plus an unprecedented nine hour sojourn in Hartsfield and lost bags, my brief Atlanta vacation has come to a conclusion. Indeed, this morning, the final missing pieces of the expedition were delivered to the Tyrion household [...]
    Posted: July 14, 2008, 12:28pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Another Fannie/Freddie view

    Number of comments: 2
    A wonderful, somewhat dyspeptic, view of the Treasury Fannie/Freddie proposed bailout from investor Jim Rogers, an former business partner of George Soros, of fame for correctly predicting 1. The explosion of Chinese stocks starting in 1999 2. The run-up in commodities prices in general and 3. $100+/barrel oil when [...]
    Posted: July 14, 2008, 11:55am EDT
    by Miguel P.
  • Heads they win, Tails we lose

    Number of comments: 4
    This Fannie/Freddie bailout really pushes the envelope on a question Atrios poses:

    Why aren't the shares liquidated, and Fannie/Freddie turned into Fed. government enterprises?

    Quite honestly, there is no good rational argument why private shareholders should reap the gains when the mortgage market is booming, and taxpayers should' [...]
    Posted: July 14, 2008, 11:04am EDT
    by Miguel P.
  • John McCain: He's Got a lot of History

    Number of comments: 3
    John McCain's new ad:



    It's interesting to see the McCain campaign picking up right where Hillary Clinton stopped. Namely, his new commercial attempts a variety of twists on "hope" and "pretty rhetoric" that are more than a little reminiscent of the Clinton campaign's attempts to paint Obama' [...]
    Posted: July 08, 2008, 1:15pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Now That's A Bad Science Teacher

    Number of comments: 0
    I suppose if you happen to be both a middle school science teacher and a particular brand of evangelical Christian you will feel an intense moral duty to teach creationism -- saving souls and all. But I think there are few interpretations of the bible which would require you to [...]
    Posted: July 08, 2008, 12:44pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Tyrion: Always Right

    Number of comments: 1
    I've been arguing for a long time that Mary's in Atlanta is the greatest gay bar on earth. (note: The cited comment also incorrectly identifies Jacque's Cabaret as being in Atlanta. It is, in fact, in Boston. But I'm still right. Damn it.) Finally, Logo confirms what my [...]
    Posted: July 07, 2008, 3:05pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • When the going gets weird...

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    The Educated Foot prefaces his latest installment with the following:

    Feel free to use this as the soundtrack to your cookout/bbq/etc., but just make sure there are no little ones around. And don't be surprised if things get weird. Like real weird. Like animatronic George Harrison video meets' [...]
    Posted: July 07, 2008, 3:02pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • But How 'Bout Some Daddy Worship Instead?

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    James Kirchick argues in the Washington Blade that the gay community's support for Hillary Clinton is damned pathetic "diva worship":

    All kidding aside, I find my fellow gays’ love for Hillary incredibly shallow. Identifying with her hopelessness has become a manifestation of self-pity.

    The diva worship that' [...]
    Posted: July 07, 2008, 12:11pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Speak of the Devil

    Number of comments: 2
    For an even more artful example of blogospheric irony, read Yglesias on "Obama's Elitism Problem":

    As everyone knows, Democrats have struggled for generations with the perception that they're out of touch elitists. Barack Obama is no exception. He lives in Hyde Park, Chicago and ever since his book [...]
    Posted: July 03, 2008, 2:55pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • So Ended My Presidential Ambitions

    Number of comments: 2
    I enjoyed this game:

    Your instructions are as follows:

    1. Take out your iPod (or Zune, I guess...really, who buys a Zune?)
    2. Press shuffle songs.
    3. Answer the following: a) How many songs before you come to one that would absolutely disqualify you from being President? [...]
    Posted: July 03, 2008, 12:11pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Abdul: Good on Police Brutality; Bad on Comedy?

    Number of comments: 0
    So, apparently Abdul was just joking. Fair enough. I'll take the man at his word.

    In addition, Abdul suggests that people who took him seriously are just stupid.

    Being one of those people who took him seriously, I prefer to believe that the problem has more to' [...]
    Posted: July 03, 2008, 11:41am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • More Deterrence Talk

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    Regarding the discussion of deterrence below, Varangianguard makes a good point that requires some backpedaling clarification on my part. He writes in the comments:

    If I didn't know better, I would assume that you were arguing for terminal actions in the case of (c) type crimes. Kinda sounded like,' [...]
    Posted: July 02, 2008, 10:10pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Worst Crime Prevention Program Ever

    Number of comments: 2
    While I generally think Abdul is a pretty smart guy, I have to admit, this entry is just appalling:

    Frankly, I’m getting a little tired of reading or watching another story about violence in this community. And while I’m all for crime prevention, I’m falling back into my [...]
    Posted: July 02, 2008, 3:33pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Day Still Long; Pacers Still Screwed

    Number of comments: 4
    The Star helpfully reminds us that the Pacer's, their fancy-pants trades aside, are still kind of mostly screwed:

    The Indiana Pacers don't look like a team primed to be a major player in the free agent negotiating period that begins today.

    After deals with Portland and Toronto [...]
    Posted: July 01, 2008, 11:40am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Periodize Deez...

    Number of comments: 1
    Yglesias muses on the historians craft:

    Periodization strikes me as an intrinsically problematic task for a historian. Nobody's better-positioned to recognize that these are semi-arbitrary and yet it's the historial who needs to actually write books and that positively requires you to pick beginning and end points.
    [...]
    Posted: July 01, 2008, 11:13am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • John McCain: Tax Deadbeat

    Number of comments: 1
    Newsweek is running a damaging story about John and Cindy McCain, highlighting the McCains’ failure to pay property taxes on one of their homes in California. The McCains have been in default on taxes for the property in question for the past four years. In what is sure to [...]
    Posted: June 28, 2008, 9:51pm EDT
    by Vox Populi
  • Lending Practices rant

    Number of comments: 0
    Initiated by CalculatedRisk, I have to pile on:

    Nobody has to like any of these business practices. But they have been hiding in plain sight for a long, long time. This ginned-up outraged innocence--all directed at Countrywide, as if everyone else in the industry had never heard of [...]
    Posted: June 26, 2008, 11:46am EDT
    by Miguel P.
  • Exceptional States

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    You should read William Novack's article in the most recent edition of the American Historical Review on the myth of the "weak" American state. Brilliant stuff and timely... for me, at least. I'm already getting ready to talk about it in the introduction. [...]
    Posted: June 25, 2008, 5:51pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • The National Press Club: Whores, not Censors

    Number of comments: 1
    Sylvia Smith, Washington editor for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette and current president of the National Press Club opines on the Larry Sinclair controversy and comes to a rather peculiar conclusion:

    After a week of relentless e-mails and phone calls from people who were outraged at the prospect [...]
    Posted: June 25, 2008, 2:31pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Ralph Nader: Total Asshat

    Number of comments: 3
    Spake the Nadir:

    There's only one thing different about Barack Obama when it comes to being a Democratic presidential candidate. He's half African-American," Nader said. "Whether that will make any difference, I don't know. I haven't heard him have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos. [...]
    Posted: June 25, 2008, 1:20pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Slam! (Plus Mongols!)

    Well that by-the-end-of-the-summer goal lasted all of less than one month. Yesterday, I ripped out a vicious 19:53 5K. More positively still, it was sort of accidental, meaning I could probably carve a lot of time out of it without too much trouble. I ran the first quarter-mile pretty [...]
    Posted: June 25, 2008, 11:43am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • SUSA Poll: Indiana Tied. Obama 48-McCain 47

    Number of comments: 2
    Wow. No wonder Obama's playing offense in Indiana. Survey USA released a poll today (surprised I didn't see it here) that shows Barack Obama with a statistically insignificant lead over John McCain in the Hoosier state.

    From the release:
    In an election today in Indiana, Barack Obama takes 48% [...]
    Posted: June 24, 2008, 11:33pm EDT
    by Vox Populi
  • RIP George Carlin

    Number of comments: 1
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    Posted: June 23, 2008, 1:55pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • The Sinclair Circus Leaves Town

    Known libertarian journalist leftist smear merchant, Dave Wiegel, over at Reason's Hit and Run, has a pretty hilarious account of Larry Sinclair's abortive "press conference" at the National Press Club. Read the whole thing, but this bit is particularly amusing:

    It got worse when Sinclair's lawyer Montgomery Sibley—whose [...]
    Posted: June 20, 2008, 10:54am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • A Thoughtful Conservative Response to the California Same-Sex Marriages

    Right-wing talk show host Michael Savage on the recent nuptials:

    You've got to explain to the children ... why God told people this was wrong. You have to explain this to them in this time of mental rape that's going on. The children's minds are being raped [...]
    Posted: June 20, 2008, 10:17am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • I Run This

    After many months of ill health and various afflictions, I'm happy to report my running appears to be entirely back on track. This weekend I did my first long-run in a while -- a good 12 miler. My legs felt strong enough at the end that I could have put [...]
    Posted: June 19, 2008, 3:17pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Earmarking Insanity

    And so continues the Indianapolis Star's profoundly stupid obsession with the great not-actually-a-scourge on our Republic, the "earmark." From Yesterday's editorial:

    A key issue that aroused voters' anger that year was Congress' abuse of "earmarks,'' also known as pork-barrel spending. The most notorious example at the time was [...]
    Posted: June 19, 2008, 1:03pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • How Lester Lost His Wife



    In addition to being extremely hilarious, this video does a fine job of discrediting via reductio ad absurdum the anti-marriage argument that links the decline of heterosexual marriage to the legal recognition of same-sex marriages. I'm of the opinion that this sort of cultural production, when combined [...]
    Posted: June 19, 2008, 12:31pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Horrible Stench Emenating from West Lafayette...

    ..surprisingly unrelated to Boilermaker Hoops. Who knew?!

    From the Star under the all-time great headline, "West Lafayette Buys Large Anti-Stench Fan":

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- West Lafayette officials have bought a device they hope will mask the stench from the city's wastewater treatment plant during Saturday's Taste [...]
    Posted: June 19, 2008, 12:15pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • 538 and VP Theories

    In case you haven't already seen it, FiveThirtyEight.com is the most complete and in-depth site for polling analysis. On top of it being generally awesome, this post partially debunks the theory that a VP can swing their home-state. I've always looked at that theory with significant skepticism and, as [...]
    Posted: June 18, 2008, 5:13pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Jon Elrod: A Loser, A Quitter, and A Coward!

    Number of comments: 2
    Bye-bye, Jon boy.



    Shorter Jon Elrod:

    Please don't whup me again, André. I just don't think I could bear it.


    Let me add a few other things:

    (1) The skuzzlebutt, according to Wilson, is that Carl Brizzi is going to step [...]
    Posted: June 18, 2008, 1:55pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Fear Not!

    Number of comments: 2
    Below Migs worries about the possibility of stagflation and Chris Hedges notes in the comments that he'd be especially unhappy if long lines returned at the pumps. Oh you worry warts! Science will save you. Why wait on queue for your petrol, when you can run your car on [...]
    Posted: June 18, 2008, 9:29am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • It's the Economy...

    Number of comments: 1
    Bloomberg is the first I've seen headline the dreaded word:

    "Stagflation"


    No 1930s style recession is likely coming, nor the intense mind-boggling deprivation of 1931/1932/1933.

    Our economy instead appears set to replicate 1970s stagflation: Absurd spiking of Energy prices, heavily increasing food prices (see Midwest [...]
    Posted: June 17, 2008, 2:30pm EDT
    by Miguel P.
  • Common People

    I just I thought I would take this opportunity to remind you that Pulp's "Common People" remains one of the greatest videos of all time. The song is off of Different Class, Jarvis Cocker's early-90s curative for *shudder* Oasis. One of the main themes of the album is how Jarvis [...]
    Posted: June 17, 2008, 10:27am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • The Subtle Pleasures of the Avocado

    Number of comments: 1
    I am a man who loves the avocado. I love it anywhere I find it: sandwiches, tacos, pastas, salads, you name it, I feel that the avocado improves it. Until very recently, however, I had really only experienced the pleasures of the savory avocado dish. The more worldly among you [...]
    Posted: June 16, 2008, 10:37pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Grade Grubbin'

    Number of comments: 5
    As someone who had done their fair share of undergraduate teachin' and professin', I'm fairly familiar with the "grade-grubber" -- the needy, whiney and unpleasant student for whom anything less than an A is simply unacceptable. Such students are, of course, pains in the ass, but they are a regular [...]
    Posted: June 16, 2008, 2:16pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • André Carson Joins LGBT Caucus

    Number of comments: 1
    André does Indiana proud and becomes our first Congressperson to join the newly organized LGBT Caucus. From the Congressman's office:

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier this week, Congressman André Carson joined the U.S. House of Representatives Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender (LBGT) Equality Caucus. The mission of the LGBT Equality [...]
    Posted: June 13, 2008, 10:02pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • I am an Idiot

    Number of comments: 4
    I locked my keys in my car -- yet again -- and spent most of the afternoon waiting for the AAA guy. Due to a series of mishaps and miscommunications, it took multiple calls and many hours.

    As irritated as I am for having wasted a perfectly productive day [...]
    Posted: June 13, 2008, 8:55pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Elrod Bleg

    Number of comments: 2
    The Hoosier Political Report says that rumors have Jon Elrod thinking about bailing on his rematch with André so he can salvage his State House seat. I agree with Jen Wagner's analysis that such a move doesn't make much sense. Yes, André is going to crush Elrod by big [...]
    Posted: June 12, 2008, 5:19pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Prison Rodeo!

    Number of comments: 3
    It's almost that time of year again! Time, that is, for the world-famous McAlester Prison Rodeo of McAlester, Oklahoma, running August 15 - 16. A pleasurable event for child and adult alike, the 68th annual Prison Rodeo is the world's largest "behind the walls" prison rodeo and one of [...]
    Posted: June 12, 2008, 3:26pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • The Stakes

    The Supreme Court does something good.

    This goes away with a McCain presidency. [...]
    Posted: June 12, 2008, 11:16am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Unbuilding

    Number of comments: 1
    Drudge reports that the Abu Dhabi Investment Council is hoping to purchase the iconic Chrysler Building among other properties in Manhattan. This is, apparently, cause for serious consternation to Drudge, as indicated by the large, red type announcing the story.

    Personally, I can't help but remember the 1987 [...]
    Posted: June 11, 2008, 2:58pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • BREAKING NEWS!

    Developing: DJ Educated Foot Releases New Hump; All the Girls Shout. [...]
    Posted: June 11, 2008, 2:49pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • A More Complete History of Facial Hair

    Many folks believe that Robert Bork failed to be confirmed to the United States Supreme Court because of his extreme judicial philosophy and antipathy to abortion rights, but this is all a cover story. The real truth is that Americans were worried a Justice Bork would return our Supreme Court [...]
    Posted: June 11, 2008, 1:56pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • I Wanna Be Adored

    On a lovely Tucson evening a bit more than a year ago, Jason, Nate, and I checked out Monsters Are Waiting, a neo-New Wave rock quintet with a Emolovely lady singer. They sound okay from their studio stuff - wisely and roundly described as what Interpol would sound like if [...]
    Posted: June 11, 2008, 1:35pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Reunion

    Number of comments: 2
    Adam Kushner muses about whether facebook will kill the college reunion. I have two thoughts here:

    (1) In my experience, facebook is good for obtaining raw contact info (on occasion), stalking exes to see if they've gotten fat (more frequently), and receiving the dreaded "superpoke" from Miguel (as [...]
    Posted: June 10, 2008, 2:12pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • If Assholes Could Fly, This Place Would be an Airport

    Ain't folks lovely?

    Meanwhile, the Texas Governor's mansion has burned to the ground. Police suspect arson, but I choose to believe that it was merely a manifestation of God's rage at Rick Perry's continuing opposition to gay marriage. [...]
    Posted: June 09, 2008, 2:18pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Juvenile Readings

    Number of comments: 1
    On an airplane this past weekend, I sat next to a handsome man in his early thirties. I'm not much of a talker on airplanes, but this fellow's nose was buried so deep in a book so it wasn't even an issue. He seemed particularly captivated by the book so [...]
    Posted: June 06, 2008, 2:01pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Heard Them Stirring

    слушать! I told you way back in March that the Fleet Foxes were hot stuff. Now their LP has been released so you have exactly zero excuses for not listening the shit out of them. For your listening pleasure:

    White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes [...]
    Posted: June 06, 2008, 1:44pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • More on Rosen and the Backlash

    Number of comments: 2
    Pardon the pause, but I've been, predictably, up to no good. No good is time consuming, yo.

    In the mean time, I notice that the Reverend Dr. Kendall Harmon, the Canon Theologian of South Carolina -- and by all accounts a smart chap -- has seen fit [...]
    Posted: June 06, 2008, 12:02pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Classy Speeches

    Number of comments: 6
    The graciousness, the class, the uniting spirit Hillary Rodham Clinton showed congratulating Barack Obama and conceding the race for the Democratic Nomination for President...

    Oh wait a minute. She isn't conceding (?!). Barack Obama is the Democratic Nominee for President, and John McCain is the Republican Nominee, but Terry [...]
    Posted: June 04, 2008, 11:15am EDT
    by Miguel P.
  • I never read magazines

    Number of comments: 2
    I took a trip over the weekend to a modest cabin in the Rockies, up in the mountains at 9,000+ feet with a view of snow-peaked cliffs through the window very reminiscent of a Coors commercial (Golden, CO was ~ 25 minutes away). And I can say as a proud [...]
    Posted: May 28, 2008, 12:20pm EDT
    by Miguel P.
  • 20-something investments



    Saw it & couldn't resist sharing! [...]
    Posted: May 21, 2008, 2:57pm EDT
    by Miguel P.
  • My Pro-Skub T-Shirt: A Play in Three Acts

    Number of comments: 1


    Act I

    Dude: [Looking at my shirt] What's a "skub"?

    Me: Skub is a viscous non-descript paste.

    Dude: ...

    Me: ...

    Dude: What's a skub?

    Act II

    Dude: [Looking at my shirt] What's a "skub"?

    Me: [...]
    Posted: May 21, 2008, 11:44am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Excellent California Commentary

    Via Bilerico Indiana, I thought this was hilarious:



    I'm not going to lie, I was particularly amused by the Scott Nevins joke. Attaboy, Scott and fine work Jeffery Self! [...]
    Posted: May 20, 2008, 4:00pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • I Continue to Receive Credit for Looking like Grover

    Sitemeter always yields fascinating information. For example, I am continually surprised by the number of people who come to my blog because they did a google image search for "Grover." Indeed, a rather old post -- the second oldest on this blog -- chronicled the similarities between my own [...]
    Posted: May 20, 2008, 3:45pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Indy to Host Super Bowl

    Add this to the growing list of good things the Peterson administration accomplished that the Ballard administration is going to get the credit for:

    Indianapolis won the hosting rights to the 2012 Super Bowl today.

    The National Football League’s 32 owners, meeting in Atlanta, voted [...]
    Posted: May 20, 2008, 3:38pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • California, Homophobia, and the Living Rebuttal

    Number of comments: 4
    As I've written before, I generally place anti-gay marriage arguments into one of two camps. The first camp starts with the assumption that gay sex is sinful. Therefore, this line of reasoning continues, the state is justified in doing whatever it can to discourage and punish gay sex, any [...]
    Posted: May 20, 2008, 2:08pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • VP Buffett Redux

    The pieces are beginning to fall in to place for the Warren Buffett vice presidency, as the populist billionaire makes his support for Obama official. Here's hoping Huginn remembered to buy plenty of "Warren Buffett VP" contracts at intrade.

    [...]
    Posted: May 20, 2008, 12:21pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Spaceman in Your Garden

    Roomie and enviro-fascist Huginn and I sometimes talk about Matthew Yglesias's urban design kick and, while well-intentioned, we seem to concur that it's missing something. Namely, it's all good and fine to talk about Americans walking more, taking mass transit more, and just driving less -- and those are [...]
    Posted: May 19, 2008, 4:20pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Konichiwa Bitches!

    Hump returns.

    And it's Swedish themed! [...]
    Posted: May 19, 2008, 2:21pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Noonan!

    This seems like a bit much:

    The Republicans? Busy dying. The brightest of them see no immediate light. They're frozen, not like a deer in the headlights but a deer in the darkness, his ears stiff at the sound. Crunch. Twig. Hunting party.


    Alright everyone, let's just [...]
    Posted: May 17, 2008, 3:30pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Yum.

    Via, Bilerico, this is just unbelievably hot.

    [...]
    Posted: May 17, 2008, 3:25pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Little Bit

    Number of comments: 1
    I know I promised a IN-07 recap last week, and I've got a little bit. But I'm not sure I have much of anything interesting or insightful to add. The results of the election speak for themselves, and I'm not in much of "I-told-you-so" mood.

    That said, I [...]
    Posted: May 17, 2008, 2:27pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Alien Music

    And I always thought ETs were probably already listening to The Knife. From pitchfork:

    Lidbo is currently working in cahoots with the Swedish Space Corporation on a project to send a variety of new electronic music into space via Sweden's Esrange station-- known for offering some of the [...]
    Posted: May 16, 2008, 12:28pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • I don't usually go for this sort of thing...

    Number of comments: 1
    I usually loathe Chris Matthews, but I have to admit this is pretty hilarious:



    Well done. [...]
    Posted: May 16, 2008, 12:21pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • What is FT pointing out?

    What is this Financial Times article really saying?!

    Like most people in Mingo County, West Virginia, Leonard Simpson is a lifelong Democrat. But given a choice between Barack Obama and John McCain in November, the 67-year-old retired coalminer would vote Republican.

    "I heard that Obama [...]
    Posted: May 12, 2008, 5:08pm EDT
    by Miguel P.
  • When I agree with CATO

    It is extraordinary rare that I agree with something out of the CATO institute:

    Gene Healy's "The Cult of the Presidency" is that rare piece:

    To understand is not to excuse: No president should have the powers President Bush has sought and seized during the last seven [...]
    Posted: May 12, 2008, 3:44pm EDT
    by Miguel P.
  • Webb as VP "Frontrunner?!"

    Number of comments: 2
    I see Jim Webb (D-VA) has already been tentatively labelled the "frontrunner" for Obama's VP choice by Will Thomas over at HuffPost.

    Which leads me to question:

    1. What if, what if: What if Hillary wins 30+ in WV, 30+ in KY, holds Oregon to a 2-point [...]
    Posted: May 09, 2008, 2:43pm EDT
    by Miguel P.
  • Herzog Blogging

    Number of comments: 2
    Last night at the bar, I was surprised but pleased to learn that LA Clippers power-forward Elton Brand produced the recent Werner Herzog film, Rescue Dawn, starring Christian Bale. This considerably deepens my appreciation for all parties involved.

    Herzog is one of my favorite filmmakers and his body of [...]
    Posted: May 08, 2008, 4:02pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Apology Accepted

    Number of comments: 3
    The Myers Campaign is offering a full apology to Bil Browning, Sheila Seuss Kennedy, and myself:

    On behalf of the Dr. Woody Myers campaign I would like to take this opportunity to extend an apology to the bloggers involved in the threatened legal action at the end of [...]
    Posted: May 08, 2008, 2:03pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Without Politics, This is What My Life is Reduced To

    Number of comments: 5
    Ahhhh... the political hangover. I'll give my full post-primary wrap sometime later, but, for now, I'm just offering the following observation: I've recently been having a really difficult time removing straws from their paper sheaths. I don't remember having this problem before, but lately it's been the source of considerable [...]
    Posted: May 07, 2008, 4:54pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • First Post-Primary Impressions

    Number of comments: 2
    Based on a slightly representative scan of precincts, it looks good for Andr. Very good. David O is carrying his stronghold in Washington Township, but not by incredible numbers. Andr is pitching tough numbers in Center Township and Woody doesn't appear to be making any inroads with African Americans.
    [...]
    Posted: May 06, 2008, 7:28pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Myers Campaign Factually Wrong about the Patients' Bill of Rights

    Since neither the Myers campaign nor their attorneys have been willing to grace me with so much as an email indicating what about my post is problematic or inaccurate, it's a bit difficult to know exactly why they think it's defamatory. They've been similarly tight-lipped with Bil Browning and their [...]
    Posted: May 03, 2008, 11:41am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Dear IP Address 69.246.240.200,

    Number of comments: 2
    As an aspiring writer, I love an audience. I deeply appreciate all my readers -- everyone who, for no matter how fleeting a moment, spends any time taking what I -- an anonymous nobody -- have to say seriously. Sometimes it's even a bit humbling to realize that there are [...]
    Posted: May 03, 2008, 10:55am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • In Non-Multi-Millionaires are Threatening Lawsuits News

    Number of comments: 1
    The boyfriend netted a major grant today, proving -- as if there was any doubt -- that he is both beautiful and brilliant. [...]
    Posted: May 02, 2008, 4:03pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Star Covers Myers and David Orentlicher's Dispute

    Number of comments: 2
    1.) Here's the ink from the Star. No mention of yours truly yet, but the day is young.

    2.) Now Woody wants to sue Sheila Seuss Kennedy too. The bottom-line? Be careful about criticizing Dr. Myers. Everybody must get sued!

    3.) The Orentlicher campaign issued [...]
    Posted: May 02, 2008, 4:00pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Tyrion's FAQ: Now with 100% More Lawsuits

    Number of comments: 1
    Hey, Tyrion, I head someone's trying to sue you again.

    Yep. It's defamation of character they say.

    What'd you do this time?

    Well, there's this fella, Woody Myers, who's running for Congress in Indiana's 7th Congressional District. Back in the late 1990s he testified before Congress [...]
    Posted: May 02, 2008, 1:29pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Why Does This Seem So Familiar?

    Number of comments: 1
    Very funny. [...]
    Posted: May 01, 2008, 11:21pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Elizabeth Shipp, NARAL's Political Director, on Andr Carson

    Number of comments: 4
    NARAL's Political Director, Elizabeth Shipp, penned an entry for the Huffington Post on Andr Carson. Cut to the chase:

    But for voters in IN-07, you have another chance to make history if you vote for Congressman Andre Carson in the primary, too. Why? Because Rep. Carson is the ONLY [...]
    Posted: May 01, 2008, 9:35pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • More Historical Literacy, Please

    Number of comments: 3
    Via wonkette, Fox News remembers the hotly contested Illinois Senate Race of 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass:



    In fairness to Fox News, my worst students also routinely make this mistake in a Civil War class I teach. [...]
    Posted: May 01, 2008, 3:27pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Woody's Bad Medicine

    Number of comments: 4
    Like most voters in IN-07, I'm frustrated by how long politicians have allowed our current health care crisis to fester. I wasn't very old at the time, but I remember how disappointed my parents were when President Clinton's health care proposal foundered in the House in 1993. Given how much [...]
    Posted: May 01, 2008, 12:04am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • How Appropriate

    Number of comments: 6
    From an On-the-cusp on a recent parade in Fountain Square:

    Since Mr. T T T was last in line on the west side crew, in the very back, I thought we'd get a clear view of the east side group as they walked by. But what did I [...]
    Posted: April 30, 2008, 3:49pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Splicing the Howey-Gauge Poll

    Number of comments: 4
    A few comments on yesterdays Howey-Gauge Poll:

    1.) Im a bit confused as to why everyone is so excited about discrediting the poll. No poll ever perfectly reflects the state of a race and wise poll readers look at polls impressionistically, trying to glean broader trends from a given [...]
    Posted: April 30, 2008, 3:06pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Good Polling News for Carson, JLT; Presidential is a Push

    Number of comments: 2
    From the IBJ:

    Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are locked in a virtual dead heat in Indiana, according to the latest Howey-Gauge Poll.

    Hoosiers favor Obama over Clinton by the slim margin of 47 percent to 45 percent.

    In the race for governor, [...]
    Posted: April 29, 2008, 2:51pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Winning and Losing Matter: Slating Edition

    Number of comments: 11
    If you want the County Partys support on the day of the primary, you have to win that support through the mechanism that the rules state: a vote of all precinct committee people and ward chairs at the slating convention.

    Dont want to pass out the slate? [...]
    Posted: April 28, 2008, 2:22pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Jonah Goldberg is Not Afraid of You and Will Beat Your Ass

    Number of comments: 1
    This post should be bottled and sold on a shelf as "Greenwald Bait."

    Distasteful eh? Why ever would you think that? Puerile misogyny? It's my fav!



    I'd be very afraid of the guy with the "pussy" sign. I'm sure, despite his [...]
    Posted: April 25, 2008, 1:39pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • That's Just the Way it Is

    I should add to yesterday's post about the planned Arcade Fire/Superchunk shows on behalf of Obama in NC that, regardless of who gets to benefit from this sort of thing, it's a remarkable improvement over what passed for celebrity musical endorsements by major left-leaning anti-institutional candidates in the last [...]
    Posted: April 24, 2008, 2:33pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Obama for Andre Carson!

    Number of comments: 1
    Here's Andre's new radio spot starring none other than Barack Obama. (H/T BlueIndiana and Jim Shella.)



    Crossposted at Indiana Bilerico. [...]
    Posted: April 24, 2008, 2:03pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Towards a Less Monumental History of the Present

    Number of comments: 3
    In the comments section of yesterday's post on the presidential race, Varangianguard half-seriously raised concern with me being "bored" by the potentially historic consequences of the current Democratic primary. This was a fair concern: either Democratic candidate will be historically significant, both intrinsically (first woman or first non-white) and because [...]
    Posted: April 24, 2008, 12:45pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • In other Presidential primary news...

    ...where the hell is Indiana's Arcade Fire/Superchunk show? All we get is Dave-fucking-Matthews?!? Unbelievable. I may just have to vote for Mike Gravel now. [...]
    Posted: April 23, 2008, 2:12pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • Yawn.

    Number of comments: 3
    I have to admit, I've lost all interest in the Democratic presidential nomination race. As Migs wrote yesterday, the only thing it promises is endless bickering. The fundamental dynamics of the race remain unchanged. Barring some sort of cataclysmic event, Obama is still going to be the nominee.

    What's [...]
    Posted: April 23, 2008, 1:30pm EDT
    by Tyrion
  • PA Prediction

    Number of comments: 1
    My Prediction? Endless bickering.

    Clinton 53ish - Obama 45ish. Given the Delegate structure (weighted around Philly), the pledged delegates win will be smaller: Clinton +3 to +10. I fully expect this "race" to continue forever, as per Ohio/TX results, Party 'worst case scenario's will continue to happen.

    Less [...]
    Posted: April 22, 2008, 11:29am EDT
    by Miguel P.
  • A Return to Normalcy

    After a few months of nastiness, it appears that things are returning to a comfortable equilibrium here in Tyrion-world. On Sunday I finished a dissertation chapter and sent it off for review and revision. Yesterday, I did my laundry, got a haircut, and cleaned my room. More importantly, I went [...]
    Posted: April 22, 2008, 11:24am EDT
    by Tyrion
  • The Birth is Complete

    Number of comments: 5
    The baby is out. It was a damn painful birth and the baby is an ugly, ugly beast. But the birth is over. I sent the baby to my advisor a few moments ago. Now I must await her revisions.

    One dissertation chapter down, three to go. [...]
    Posted: April 20, 2008, 7:46pm EDT
    by Tyrion

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