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Apr 12

fixo commented on Exciting Booze News: A New Bar from the Owner of Liberty!.

Olive House

Jan 2

fixo commented on House Republican Says Nobody Should Donate to House Republicans.

The reason Boehner canceled the vote on Sandy relief was that he wanted to show Cantor who's boss, after Cantor voted against the Fiscal Cliff bill (and against Boehner) because the bill lacked "spending reductions," even though Cantor is an ardent supporter of Sandy relief spending. It is understandable that Boehner would be furious at Cantor and McCarthy and other members of House GOP leadership, and there may be a certain logic to hoisting Cantor on the illogic of his position on spending, but Boehner's stunt managed to enrage many of the GOP members who voted with him on the fiscal cliff. It just seems very stupid and self-defeating.

Dec 10, 2012

fixo commented on The City Hall of Love.

Awww, that's fantastic. Thanks Dan, and congrats to you and Terry. Also, what @5 said.

Nov 28, 2012

fixo commented on Shock Tunnel.

Austerlitz is a great book. I believe it is time for me to read it yet again. Thanks, Charles.

Nov 9, 2012

fixo commented on Our Crying President.

@ all. This, truly, is what Slog is for.

Nov 7, 2012

fixo commented on The Masters of the Universe Lose.

@12. Some lesson--it's time to buy!

Oct 17, 2012

fixo commented on Only Obama Can Be Destroyed.

The impact of that cold "please proceed" was all the greater because of the lingering effects of the stern dressing-down the President gave Romney just before, about the puerile suggestion that Team Obama didn't take the Benghazi attack seriously. That was a transformational moment in the campaign and in his Presidency, in which, possibly for the first time, he found a way to express anger and to do it as the leader of the Nation rather than as an "angry black man."

Sep 6, 2012

fixo commented on "Thank god for bubbles.".

Thanks Jen, great stuff. I've been recommending that TNC piece all over the place. It's illuminating, exhilarating, and depressing all at once. Plus, a nice walk down memory lane--the foot of University Avenue in East PA. I am somewhat amazed to remember that, as callow, underage freshmen and sophomores, my buddies and I went down there (actually, East Palo Alto is neither "down" there, nor "East" of Palo Alto, but due north) for cheap drinks in the dives along Whiskey Gulch. I am surprised we made it back, over and over again. Refreshing my memories with a little research, I find out that East Palo Also was almost re-named Nairobi in 1968. Too bad that didn't happen!

Sep 2, 2012

fixo commented on The Marathon Man.

I think a truth-challenged guy like Ryan would be much more likely to lie about his marathon time by shaving, say, 15 minutes off of it, and boasting a much better 3:45 than a 4+. He could probably get away with that. But who knows?

Sep 2, 2012

fixo commented on The Marathon Man.

I ran a marathon a few years ago, also coming in just over 4 hours. I am no fan of Lying' Ryan, but I give him a pass here. First, i often have to do a little mental calculation to remember that 4 is the number of hours in my marathon time, and 2 is the number of hours in my half marathon time, and 3 is the number of hours in the marathon times of my friends who are amazing runners. If you have run lots of races of different lengths, you can have trouble keeping the numbers all straight in the front of your brain. Second, anyone who ran a marathon in 4+ hours in his 20s will NEVER get to sub-3 hours in his life, and knows that it would be a completely implausible thing to falsely boast about. It's just too good. It's like him saying he's a scratch golfer when in fact he's a 15. I'm already appalled enough by Ryan, and don't feel the need to include this story among the reasons why.