Matt Yglesias

21 Responses to “Endgame”

1. 24AheadDotCom Says:
   July 1st, 2009 at 6:20 pm

   - Today’s alternative SOTD is Countdown to Accuracy by Sleazy Podesta.

   - Almost a week after MattY promoted americanprogress.org/issues/2009/06/2trillion_solution.html and I pointed out that it contains a major lie involving almost 10 million people, the major lie is still on that page. (If you don’t spot the major lie immediatedly see this.)

   - Even Helen Thomas is calling the WH on their BS.

2. water balloon Says:
   July 1st, 2009 at 6:41 pm

   Because it isn’t a good book.

3. bdbd Says:
   July 1st, 2009 at 6:42 pm

   I’m finally understanding this blogging thing — a blogger ends the day by giving the readers a to-do list.

4. jamese Says:
   July 1st, 2009 at 6:47 pm

   Umm…I’m not really sure I’d call that hip hop.

5. Duvall Says:
   July 1st, 2009 at 6:50 pm

   Wait, isn’t there already a Fairfax City? Would this be Fairfax County City? So confusing.

6. Everyone Says:
   July 1st, 2009 at 7:04 pm

   Today’s alternative SOTD is “Shut the fuck up, LoneWacko” by Crazy Racist Birthers Suck.

7. Jeffrey Davis Says:
   July 1st, 2009 at 7:05 pm

   As Krugman knows, Malthus waits.

8. G.D Says:
   July 1st, 2009 at 8:25 pm

   I was going to say that!

9. G.D Says:
   July 1st, 2009 at 8:27 pm

   (#8 was a response to #2)

10. chrsux Says:
    July 1st, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    I’m with jamese… what exactly is it about this song that makes it hip-hop? The fact that the guy in the cartoon is black? Your statement is akin to saying, “I don’t like hip-hop but I like Lenny Kravitz.” Weird.

11. Paul J. Says:
    July 1st, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    I also agree w/ all the people saying Major Lazer is not hip hop. I’m not sure what you call it really, its not dancehall either, but its clearly influenced by dancehall.

12. 24AheadDotCom Says:
    July 1st, 2009 at 10:02 pm

    You know who’s obsessed with “birthers”? Why, none other than Dave Weigel. Click the link to see something he doesn’t want you to see.

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    July 1st, 2009 at 10:09 pm

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14. Everyone Says:
    July 1st, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    You know who’s obsessed with Dave Weigel? Why, none other than LoneWacko the Racist Birther. Click the link to see something he doesn’t want you to see.

15. Everyone Says:
    July 1st, 2009 at 10:18 pm

    Picture in your mind a really sharp trial lawyer who’s familiar with this issue “cross-examining” LoneWacko the Racist Birther over whether he fantasizes about David Weigel. Then, picture how video of that is going to look once it hits Youtube and racks up hundreds of thousands or millions of views.

16. DTM Says:
    July 1st, 2009 at 11:35 pm

    So it seems that the HELP plan with public option included and a fee for employers not providing health insurance got a much more favorable scoring from the CBO than the prior incomplete bill, with coverage ending up higher and public costs ending up lower (down from $1 trillion to about $600 billion over 10 years).

    Which was predictable (and predicted), but I do think it is worth emphasizing that more “progressive” health care plans can in fact also be less costly health care plans.

17. joe from Lowell Says:
    July 2nd, 2009 at 9:14 am

    You know who’s obsessed with “birthers”? Why, none other than Dave Weigel.

    You know who’s obsessed with Dave Weigel? Why, none other than LoneWacko the Racist Birther.

    But, you see, Birfers are funny. Lone Wacko is just sort of sad.

18. Nordy Says:
    July 2nd, 2009 at 9:48 am

    I normally don’t like country music, but I’m really digging that new one from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

19. Yglesiapallooza « Rhymes With Cars & Girls Says:
    July 2nd, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    [...] this link roundup post (which he’s taken to calling “Endgame” for some reason, not that my titles have [...]

20. burritoboy Says:
    July 2nd, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    Why isn’t it fair to call this trip-hop? Ok, Matt might not be up on the distinction between trip-hop and hip-hop, but I think calling this trip-hop is fully defensible. Anyway, I think that track is great – I love Diplo, and Major Lazer might rank with Deltron 3030, MF Doom (Viktor Vaughn), Nathaniel Meriwether, Chest Rockwell and Dr. Octagon as cool hiphop fictional characters.

21. Nordy Says:
    July 6th, 2009 at 9:10 am

    Trip-hop? That’s worse than calling it hip-hop. Does Major Lazer really sound like Morcheeba to you? Does Major Lazer sound like early Portishead to you?

    At least there are some dancehall-influenced hip-hop songs that share certain similarities with “Hold the Line.” But trip-hop?!!??

    This isn’t a mystery. It’s dancehall. Pure and simple.