Archive for December, 2003

2003 TAM Weblog Awards

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This is a brand new award. My criteria are simple: the weblogs have to be on my blogroll and I have to consider them insightful, entertaining, or have some good quality to keep me coming back.

Outside the Beltway
James Joyner pounced on this weblogging with in 2003 with plenty of political insight. He goes beyond merely […]

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2003 TAM Book Awards

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And now, the TAM Book Awards:

Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Lewis asks a simple question: How can the Oakland A’s win so many games with such a small payroll? He answers by giving us a portrait of A’s general manager Billy Beane and his technique for picking cheap players other teams don’t want. This is a book […]

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2003 TAM Music Awards

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I know you’ve been waiting for this all year. The TAM Music Awards are here.

Unclassified Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Guitar fans, we have found ourselves a new god. While sitting behind his pedal steel guitar sounds remanisent of Hendrix, Allman, and Satriani spill out on his listeners. But while you can here the past […]

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Letter to Dean, M.D.

Dear Dr. Duck,
Please refrain from wearing a Green Bay Packers hat on the campaign trail. They’re my favorite sports team and I don’t appreciate you jumping on their playoff bandwagon just so you can pad your lead in Wisconsin. Also, they have a winning tradition which you won’t know much about after you’re defeated next […]

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Sore Winner

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It’s not enough for Duck, M.D. to be the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. He also demands to be treated with kid gloves. If not then he threatens to keep his supporters away from the polls if he doesn’t get to face President Bush next year.
Then there’s also the hypocrisy where it’s ok for […]

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Warm Up with Something Bad

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The latest Bonfire of the Vanities is up. Fortunately for me, Kevin didn’t add the post I submitted.
No, I won’t tell you what it was.

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TAM Labels Dean “Twit”

Keeping quacking Dr. Duck. He has to be speaking only to his Net heads because calling the Bush White House “the most dangerous administration in my lifetime” will do nothing to win over conservative and swing voters.
“Dean Labels Bush ‘Reckless’” [via Drudge]

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Overkill

Milwaukee’s own Mark Belling, filling in for Rush Limbaugh talked about a story of a California high shcool being harassed for expressing conservative opinions. Glenn Reynolds wants the Justice Department to get involved. Isn’t that overkill? And how does that tie into his idea of federalism? Or is Reynolds’ federalism a “soft” federalism?
“A Dissenting Student […]

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Michele the Greek

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I hope Michele pulls out some of her voodoo to make sure her Super Bowl prediction comes true.

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I’ll Stop the World and Melt for You

Sen. Joe Lieberman said Howard the Duck would “melt in a minute once the Republicans start going after him.” Was he trying to make a funny? Remember some of the best ice cream is made in Duck, M.D.’s Vermont. (My tastebuds transcend ideology.)
“Lieberman: Dean Will ‘Melt’ Under GOP Attacks” [via Drudge]

I know nothing about the […]

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Pluck Duck

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I’ve got two posts that again demonstrate that Howard the Duck is the perfect name for Gov. Dean, M.D. First, Jim writes about Duck, M.D.’s hypocracy for criticizing Vice President Cheney’s secret talks with energy executives while doing the same thing when he was running Vermont’s government.
Second, at Jonathan Chait’s Diary of a Dean-o-phobe he […]

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Comment Contest

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I’m a few dozen comments away from hitting 1000. Back in September, Jim at Unix, Music, and Politics left the 500th comment and got a CD off his Amazon wish list. That’s what will happen to the lucky 1000th commenter so comment away.

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Those Darn Almanacs

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People posessing almanacs should send up a red flag to police. At least that’s what a FBI memo is saying. Will I and other booksellers be drafted into the Department of Homeland Security to monitor almanac sales? Which book is more dangerous to national security: The World Almanac or The Farmers’ Almanac? This warning is […]

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Duck’s to Lose

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James Joyner links to some polls and other than New Hampshire, Arizona, and Wisconsin, Howard the Duck has no big lead anywhere. What he is doing is holding his own in Iowa (with Gephardt), crushing John Kerry in New Hampshire, and “dominating the money primary.” I’d say my prediction of Duck, M.D. getting the nomination […]

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Person of the Year

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Enter Stage Right seeks nominations for its Person of the Year. If you can think of someone better than President Bush (none of those plural persons Time does although this year’s pick was good) go here, then leave a comment to this post letting us know who you chose and why.

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