Favorite Rejects 2021-08-11
The world's greatest deliberative body
Jake Sherman @JakeSherman
I think a naive person would believe New York politics is unusually scandal-plagued but my strong suspicion is New York State government has an unusually large number of journalists dedicated to covering it.
‘Rise Up, Patriots!’ Rand Paul Calls To Intubated Patients Lying Unconscious In Hospital ICU bit.ly/3yHd7va
After 5 years of “We Asked Racists Why They Still Support Donald Trump,” journalists have finally moved on to “We Asked Intentional Disease Vectors If They’re the Real Victims” https://t.co/IHz4caPNhr
The Wall Street Journal @WSJ
New Cards Against Humanity expansions are out and the ordering process is, well, it's typical @CAH weirdness.
You an also order onions.
I love Billie Eilish but I think she might be gearing up to cough, clear her throat, and tell me all about Count Rugen’s machine.
@EsotericCD @Popehat I bet CNN could have broken some really important news about Andrew Cuomo if only they were able to get close to sources in his inner circle
It's been a while since I've done any shameless self-promotion, but this is spot on--it's not easy to just "go back" on something you said earlier.
Not *exactly* what we looked at, but close enough.
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Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion
Obviously there are many things wrong with this tweet. But if you are upset at Star Trek for becoming too liberal or inclusive, you seriously do not understand Star Trek.
One thing in this debate is that @perrybaconjr the participants can't agree on which side is the conventional wisdom — he seems to think popularism is the generally accepted view among Democrats whereas I think it's just the opposite.
Both sides agree that ceteris paribus it's better to have popular policies and an image of moderation and also that these are not the only things that matter in politics.
But both sides think the other side is overstated and too influential (the difference is I'm right).
