Matt Yglesias

21 Responses to “Endgame”

1. 24AheadDotCom Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 6:18 pm

   - Lawsuit of the day: Del Taco v. Weezer.

   - Good news for MattY & CAP: most of SS’s opponents are too pathetic to do this.

   - Why is a Hawaii hospital (literally) covering up a letter BHO sent them?

2. HERPDERP Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 6:18 pm

   Reliable sources tell me the Soto Show will get spicier as the week goes on:

   Racist.

3. LaFollette Progressive Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 6:29 pm

   “El Scorcho” is a fake Spanish expression, yet the song lyrics refer to the aesthetic merits of half-Japanese girls. Discuss.

4. George Jeb Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 6:50 pm

   Really? So when they actually start asking her questions it gets spicier? Who would have known?

5. gladys Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 7:03 pm

   the Soto Show will get spicier

   Grassley’s gonna pepper it up.

6. Everyone Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 7:05 pm

   Shut the fuck up, LoneWacko.

7. larrybob Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 7:19 pm

   jeeze, it’s the Guca Trumpet Festival in august that is THE festival in Serbia…it hit the big time years ago.

8. mikey Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 8:47 pm

   Really? El Scorcho?

   That’s the greatest love song ever written™.

   Women melt before me, in spite of my age and girth, when I let Wheezer do the talking.

   Excellent choice. Be careful, you might have more company than you expected…

   mikey

9. Garuda Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 9:31 pm

   Good review in the NY Times Review of Books about the new book How The Beatles Ruined Rock and Roll.

   Meantime, here’s the link to Gene Pitney’s “Town Without Pity”:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7BRraVMZzc&feature=related

10. Jeffrey Davis Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 9:42 pm

    The Beatles didn’t ruin rock. Bob Dylan beat them to it by a couple of years. All that logorrhea.

11. Hector Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    Re: The Beatles didn’t ruin rock. Bob Dylan beat them to it by a couple of years. All that logorrhea.

    Bob Dylan had the poetic and artistic gifts to not be bound by a single art form, whether it be rock or folk. People will still be singing “Love Minus Zero” decades from now, when most of the hip bands of today are utterly forgotten. Simply put he was, if not the William Blake of his time, then at least the Shelley.

12. Turgidson Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 12:04 am

    You underestimate Jannero Pargo at your own peril.

13. fostert Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 3:34 am

    “Sherman Oaks salon named Pink Cheeks that specializes in a beautifying treatment known as “anal bleaching.”"

    Haven’t seen the movie yet, but that’s just classic. I haven’t been to Sherman Oaks in quite a long time. But back then, if you were looking for the cheesiest lounge singer ever, Sherman Oaks would be a good place to start. I can’t even remember why I even went there. But it’s surely not something I’d admit to if I could.

14. fostert Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 3:39 am

    And damn you Hector! I keep agreeing with you these days. It’s driving me crazy. Dylan is awesome. “Idiot Wind” has to be the best song ever written. Either that, or “Positively Fourth Street.”

15. fostert Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 4:05 am

    And for better or worse, when I lived in the Los Angeles metro area, I lived in Beverly Hills. Next to Kirk Douglas, and across the street from the Prince of Bahrain. And Don Adams was right down the street. Kirk was cool, I’d meet him in the service alley. He’d walk his dog there. If he walked it on the street, he’d be overwhelmed by the fans. Instead, he’d just face me when I’m taking out the trash. Don was kind of a dick. And the Prince of Bahrain was a world class asshole. I had a lot of run-ins with his security detail. I got used to having guns pointed at my head. And I learned not to walk on his side of the street. And when random idiots knocked on my door looking for Kirk Douglas, I sent them across the street. And they’d face two really big ass dudes in nice suits with even nicer Uzis pointing at their head. It was so fun to watch that. Oh, the good old days.

16. DTM Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 7:11 am

    Since Day One was as spicey as oatmeal, I am sure that is correct. But unless they’ve got something I don’t know about, I suspect the basic dynamic is going to be Republican Senators miscontruing something to make it sound like a big deal, and then Sotomayor calmly explaining how the truth is rather more boring.

17. Devo Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 10:35 am

    TIME act link is busted (it also goes to the Rosenfield thesis).

18. Paul Camp Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 11:07 am

    DC doesn’t need to be a state. It needs to be reattached to Maryland.

    And by the way, DC only exists because of the role of instability and riots in London and their influence on Parliamentary policy during the English civil war. I think it is time we let go of that.

19. DTM Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 11:17 am

    After watching Sessions and Sotomayor, I am going to give myself a gold star for my prediction above (not that it was a hard call).

20. Kenneth Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 10:30 pm

    The Pargo signing is clearly just meant as a stopgap for 2009, until 2010 when the Bulls are planning to get someone who WILL get them over the top.

    Also, Pargo is eminently capable of turning late-game 12 point deficits into 2 point losses, which does a lot for your pythagorean.

21. Mike Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    Fact: El Scorcho is the best song ever released by Weezer.