Open Thread

open_thread.JPGThe fine and friendly folks in your friendly federal government have determined that the quality of care provided by Georgia’s hospitals is “weak”. Awesome.

Our legislature is back in session today. They took a break from all that break taking last week. HB 307 is still causing problems. As is that little thing, oh what’s it called. That’s right, the budget.

Now I don’t think there is anything wrong with this per se, I mean does it matter if Deal’s campaign or he himself personally pays for his legal fees? No not really, unless you are a donor and you wanted your money to go to say, GOTV efforts or you know, anything at all that would win an election. However, a smart candidate–and a smart governor which is really at issue here–would do everything in his power to avoid even the slightest hint of impropriety. At any rate the Republican candidates for governor are nothing short of an embarrassment of riches as it were.

Some big news from GSU. I have a simpler suggestion for improving the school. Cut the number of students. I was in senior level classes with kids who could barely write. Ugh.

This looks tasty as heck. Going to order two for lunch. Now I just have to find a KFC.

Turns out conservatives just like to say stuff for the sake of saying stuff (can one of the mods give me the policy on profanity in posts? Thanks).

A little brouhaha has erupted in the literary world (or something as close to a brouhaha as you can get in the literary world). In February, Toril Moi wrote a review of the latest translation of Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex for The London Review of Books. A series of back-and-forth letters have been published in recent weeks. The first was critiquing the writer of the critique. A critique of the writer critiquing the critique was published in this week’s Review. I hope it continues!

Sinatra’s I’m a Fool to Want You. Probably my favorite from Ol Blue Eyes.


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6 responses to “Open Thread”

  1. J.M. Prince Avatar
    J.M. Prince

    Best take down of the dolt Megan McArdle of The Atlantic. evah: by the master, Michael Bérubé:

    Via Crooked Timber:

    http://crookedtimber.org/2010/04/13/nobody-knows-the-trouble-theyve-seen/

    JMP

  2. J.M. Prince Avatar
    J.M. Prince

    Still more interesting than any 40 something YO stale argument over SDB/JPS: The LRB Personals: [Scroll down some]:

    http://www.lrb.co.uk/classified

    JMP

  3. J.M. Prince Avatar
    J.M. Prince

    Buildings fall down & the PO slowly disappears :

    Garbage in~ Garbage out takes on a whole new meaning:

    25-Story Apartment Tower Built in 2001 Now a Teardown:

    http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2010/04/12/25-story-apartment-tower-built-in-2001-now-a-teardown/

    GAO: Postal Service business ‘not viable’:

    http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/04/gao_postal_service_business_no.html?hpid=topnews

    JMP

  4. J.M. Prince Avatar
    J.M. Prince

    Yes. And then there’s this too:

    Via TPM:

    “Ga. to skip premium help under new health law

    SHANNON McCAFFREY

    AP Features

    Apr 12, 2010 13:12 EDT

    Georgia’s insurance commissioner says the state won’t participate in the first phase of a new federal health care law that would offer subsidized premiums to people with health problems.

    Republican John Oxendine said Georgia should not take part in the creation of an insurance pool, backed by $5 billion in federal money, that would help high-risk people who have been uninsured for at least six months.”

    http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2010/04/ga_to_skip_premium_help_under_new_health_law.php?ref=fpa

    JMP

  5. Jason Cecil Avatar
    Jason Cecil

    Oh, Ed, will you always have a Multiple Personality Disorder conversations with your own posts? 🙂

  6. indie_rock_elitist Avatar
    indie_rock_elitist

    What the hell is this crap?

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