http://blog.althippo.com progressive cyberdadaism from our nation's capital Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:23:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Town House is a bar in Washington DC. See here. Around the time of the 2004 presidential election a number of popular progressive bloggers were living in DC including Matt Yglessias, Matt Stoller, Josh Marshall, and Ezra Klein, as well as others. They would meet semi-regularly ... http://blog.althippo.com/2009/07/12/pumas-recycling-the-right-wing-talking-points/ There’s an old adage that conflict sells. And, anyone who disagrees with the adage is just cruising for a bruising. That’s why I think the Post is tweaking this story up. To sell newspapers. Like when I got to this part: “Hoho KO’s Obama”. Okay, that’s not ... http://blog.althippo.com/2009/07/04/i-happen-to-have-howard-dean-right-here/ If Lambert’s point is that the resignation of the Governor of Alaska, much less the former VP nominee is not a legitimate new story, then he’s clearly playing 11th dimensional chess in his own private Idaho with the FKD. (yes, I know that makes no sense. I’m trying ... http://blog.althippo.com/2009/07/03/palin-resigns-not-all-rejoice/ This is how I commute when I take the Metro. Which I will probably avoid for the next week or maybe longer. It’s actually quicker for me to bike. So, that’s what I’m going to do. Update: Since the story broke yesterday it just keeps getting worse. WaPo has ... http://blog.althippo.com/2009/06/22/perfect-ending-to-a-monday/ Subtitle: Somebody went to the Whitehouse and all I got was this lousy blog. Alternative subtitle: The 2008 Democratic primary is almost over, all over this world. Vastleft interviews Eric Boehlert on the blog wars chapters of Bloggers on the Bus. Towards the end of this tedious cross-examination, Vast shoves this ... http://blog.althippo.com/2009/06/22/the-rfk-smear/ Last Thursday the question of what happened at the Washington Post regarding Dan Froomkin came up. I had heard rumors to the effect that Froomkin and Krauthammer had a falling out over the issue of torture. As I recall Krauthammer called Froomkin “stupid” at which point Froomkin called ... http://blog.althippo.com/2009/06/20/froomkin-hiatt-et-al/ I’ve been meaning to ask this for a while. But, first xylpdq. Count with me: not the first link, not the second, but the third. No, thank you. Vastleft wants to re-examine the 2008 primary season. He throws out a number of things that calls to mind ... http://blog.althippo.com/2009/06/15/group-think/ Mrs. Polly: Roastacon, Roastyricon, Rumproastanalia, however you would have it, was a glorious, blazing, whomping huge cavalcade of delight. It was hardly a surprise to find out that Rumproasters are hilarious, brilliant, and full of bonhom- and bonfemie. It was a just a swell confirmation. Kevin K: And for our stalkers’ benefit, the ... http://blog.althippo.com/2009/06/13/i-have-been-immortalized/ Over the last month I’ve doing a crazy little thing called “paying the bills.” This is the first breather I’ve had for a while. I know a number of people who are out of work right now. Thank goodness I still have a job. Around the same time ... http://blog.althippo.com/2009/06/13/pardon-the-dust/ Originally, I wasn’t planning to go to the conference formerly known as Take Back America. Now, I’m thinking of going. I’m interested in studying the question of whether there’s an actual rift among progressives, or whether there’s a microscopic sampling of former Hillary supporters bellowing and squawking that ... http://blog.althippo.com/2009/04/18/question-do-progressive-bloggers-have-an-inside-voice/