James Lileks
Looking Back at ‘Tomorrowland’: The Mad Men Season Finale
Fitzgerald be damned, you can have as many acts in your life as you wish; but remember, while it's perfect in Tomorrowland, it's never open today.
The President Said What, Now?
President Obama is probably the last guy you’d think would introduce “ass” into the mainstream political discourse. It’s like Spock barking that he's ready to “knock boots" with the Klingons.
Biden in Brussels: Let the Man Finish His Belgian Waffle!
Brussels as the capital of the free world? That’s quite an assertion, but Joe Biden is just the American to back up such a claim.
Who Knew the ‘MS’ in MSNBC Stood For ‘Morally Superior’?
Some might have a hard time living down a moment such as Contessa Brewer's Kinsley-style gaffe this week. But not in her circle.
‘Question Authority’? Dude, That’s sooo 2008
Then: dissent=patriotic. Now: sedition. Then: opposition to Bush=principled and civilized. Now: opposition to Obama=opposition to the very nature of civilization itself.
No Taxation without Satirization
James Lileks presents some really alternative new tax proposals for Congress to consider, to make the next April 15th even more fun than today. (Update: And don't miss Roger Kimball on Tax Day 2010: "Two Thoughts From Hayek and an Observation from William Hazlitt.")
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| SOMETHING ELSE I HAD MISSED FROM THE BLOOMBERG SCANDAL: Bloomberg Posted Private Terminal Messages By Accident: Report. “Bloomberg says it accidentally posted on the internet more than 10,000 private messages that traders sent each other on their Bloomberg terminals. The new revelation, reported by the Financial Times, will undoubtedly escalate the furor over Bloomberg’s handling of data that its customers consider to be confidential.” ... |
| THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS BECOME THE STUFF OF NEW YORKER SATIRE: Obama Denies Role in Government. ... |