February 2012
15 posts
This is what foreign-policy success looks like
The evidence of recent American foreign-policy effectiveness isn’t that we’ve shot a lot of bad guys. It’s that when our UN ambassador calls the Chinese and Russian vetoes of action on Syria “disgusting”, she’s speaking for the overwhelming majority of the world, and they are in the isolated minority.
via The Economist
January 2012
46 posts
Think Progress: Colbert's Super PAC raises over $1... →
think-progress:
Dear Sirs and Sirettes,
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow (ABTT) would like it entered into the record that as of January 30th, 2012, the sum total of our donations was $1,023,121.24.
Stephen Colbert, President of ABTT, has asked that I quote him as saying, ”Yeah! How you like me…
“A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.”
– Martin Luther King Jr (via claytoncubitt)
“I have to say, the last few days, it really does seem that the central claim of...”
– Ryan Lizza on Mitt Romney’s claims of job creation at Bain Capital, in this week’s Political Scene podcast (via newyorker)
