PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: We try to get these up by 9 but sometimes we oversleep. what? Josh Marshall never overslept? we’re on important Pinko assignments. A few interesting stories we’re following today. Starting with a real downer, Lakshmi Chaudhuri takes a look at Mumbai and the “it was India’s 9-11″ meme and how dicey it can [...]
PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: Hi everyone! I’m back from vacation in Iceland, where I spent my last afternoon in the Blue Lagoon natural geothermal pools. It’s a sustainable, renewable, architecturally-pleasing tourist attraction, i.e. progressive but not doomed. Can you think of others? In the news: Hillary Clinton is going to be Secretary of State. While Stirling is [...]
PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: Want to see George W. Bush wearing a traditional Peruvian poncho? Of course you do. You’re obsessed with him and how he is going to drink Guayaki Mate. Do you totally heart Christ? Barack Obama doesn’t. Phew! Did you read my whole piece yet about how it’s fine Hillary Clinton is going [...]
PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: Andrew sparked a little firestorm over his what-the-hell-Hillary-hatred. I’ll have more on this later today but my quick take is maybe a little surprising: I think it’s fine. Everything so far … all the appointments and names floated etc. … it’s all fine, Hillary included. I’ll get into that more later. First, [...]
PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: Hi! I’m mad late for something, so a couple quick bites. The Obama girls are going to Sidwell Friends! Yes, they are attending private school and it’s not hypocrisy it’s fine leave them alone. I’ll come back to this later. Barack Obama is getting his government together; this is a good rundown [...]
PINKO DAILY BRIEFS. Tuesday I was angry. People seemed to respond well to that, but today I’m excited. Can I be excited? There are good reasons. Barack Obama’s lead keeps growing! They are counting more votes, it was 52-47 now it’s 53-46! I know he already won but the bigger the lead the better. Other [...]
PINKO DAILY BRIEFS. Grrrr. My therapist wants me work on expressing anger more freely. Accordingly: The Economist wrote this piece about President Bush and his efforts to gain a “green halo” by declaring massive ocean preserves in the Pacific. Fine. I know you’re The Economist, but are you really going to give it up that easy? [...]
PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: By afternoon today we should be back up to regular blogging speed. Hopefully everyone had a really great weekend like we did and you didn’t mind the lax posting. There are a few big themes for this week and stories we’ll be following. In brief, what’s up for the next few days:
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PINKO DAILY BRIEFS. So the guitarist Slash and his wife support gay marriage. How, then, could No on Prop 8 fail! We have been getting some interesting comments and reactions to this. It’s crazy “on the ground” here in California too, where the Chronicle yesterday ran a map of the zip codes in San Francisco [...]
PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: Headed to the airport (so limited blogging today) but quickly … we’re heartened to hear that convicted felon and Republican bad guy Ted Stevens in Alaska is now losing his Senate race, as they continue to count votes. This could be one more Democratic seat, so blue “up there” in Alaska, as [...]
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