Comments on: As Dorothy Parker once said…

By: Knucklehead

Knucklehead — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:25:53 +0000

Chuck,

Sounds to me as if you are a reflexive LLLophile. I hope, for your sake, that this is transitive and that you have not given yourself over to the forces of antisymmetry. There must be order, even if only partial.

By: chuck

chuck — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:56:39 +0000

Lenstra, Lenstra, and Lovasz algorithm

Sometimes it does. Gosh, one meets up with old friends in the strangest places. This is a number/lattice theory algorithm. Very useful.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:00:33 +0000

For my money, Alterman’s view can be explained with reference to the idea first noted by Lee Harris. This is currently being explored by Marc Cooper http://marccooper.typepad.com/marccooper/2005/01/activism_and_an.html , Michael Totten http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/000703.html , Bravo Romeo Delta http://www.demosophia.com/2005/01/activistism.html and, finally, Joe Katzman http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/006186.php .

Alterman is not opposing democracy in Iraq because he opposes democracy; he’s opposing it because it makes him feel good to oppose George Bush. You see, it’s all about Eric. Pathetic.

By: Silicon valley Jim

Silicon valley Jim — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:57:46 +0000

That’s just all anyone remembers, more’s the pity. [Doroth Parker] wrote hilarious light verse (funnier, if darker, than Ogden Nash), brilliant book reviews with an amazing ear for what she could get away with — but also glowing with real praise if she thought a book deserved it — and some pretty terrific short stories.

We’re just going to have to agree to disagree about that. I’ve read some of her light verse and stories and I don’t think they’re very good.

By: BigFire

BigFire — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:39:47 +0000

Re: Knucklehead

LLL == Loony Liberal Leftist. As with many phrases, I believe this short hand first got populized in Little Green Footballs weblog.

By: PeterUK

PeterUK — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:34:03 +0000

The Devil tells Eric Alterman, “Look, I can make you richer, more famous, and more successful than any journalist alive. In fact, I can make you the greatest journalist that ever lived.”

“Well,” says Alterman, “What do I have to do in return?”

The Devil smiles, “Well, of course you have to give me your soul,” he says, “but you also have to give me the souls of your children, the souls of your children’s children and, as a matter of fact, you have to give me the souls of all your descendants throughout eternity.”

“Wait a minute,” Alterman says cautiously, “What’s the catch?”

By: Knucklehead

Knucklehead — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:29:40 +0000

Oh, and how do LLL folks differ from run-of-the-mill moonbats?

By: Knucklehead

Knucklehead — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:28:30 +0000

I’m very embarrassed to ask this but my ignorance has gone on long enough. I assume that the “LLL” I see so frequently in the blogosphere does not mean any of:

- La Leche League

- Lutheran Layman’s League

- Lubbock Lake Landmark

- Learning Language in Logic

- Libraries for Life for Londoners

- Lenstra, Lenstra, and Lovasz algorithm

- LigaÁıes de LÌnguas e LinguÌstica

So what on earth does “LLL” stand for?

By: scaramouoche

scaramouoche — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:18:29 +0000

Chicks seldom make passes at LLL asses.

By: pk

pk — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:12:17 +0000

roger;you might want to research where eric went to high school. altough you may have something in common at that point in your lives, the years between then and now only confirm to me the difference the “liberal” of then and the “neocons” of today.