From the Times review of A Spy Among Friends:
“St. John Philby, Elliott later wrote, ‘left at teatime, had a nap, made a pass at the wife of a member of the embassy staff in a nightclub, had a heart attack and died.’ His last words were, ‘God, I’m bored.’”
That’s an entire le Carré novel in one graph.
“The senator’s office got phone calls urging him to vote against ‘keister’ and ‘cluster’ rather than cloture, for instance, and to ‘stand with Tom Cruise,’ presumably meaning Senator Ted Cruz.” (via)
As always, Pierce; as always, on the crAziEs:
I can only say that, if you make this comparison, and you fail to use the words “Jews” and “cocksuckers,” you are being completely false to the historical record.
Two immigration trains have left the station in the House, but no one knows which one Speaker John A. Boehner wants to eventually arrive on the floor. (via)
Read the whole thing to see the newest jackass trying to capsize immigration reform for no other reason than obstinance.
As usual from Pierce, as usual about crazies:
I have no hope for Ayotte who, between this fiasco and her performance piece on the Benghazi attacks, is plainly casting herself as Sarah Palin With Verbs.
Four other political figures also were charged in what U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called “an unappetizing smorgasbord of graft and greed involving six officials who together built a corridor of corruption stretching from Queens and the Bronx to Rockland County and all the way up to Albany itself.”
That’s a smorgasbord corridor, for those of you scoring at home. (via)
As usual, from Charles Pierce; as usual, about Paul Ryan:
He is a Leading Intellectual Force in a party full of people who eat oatmeal with their toes.
As usual, the whole post is worth a read.
Krauthammer on White House Budget Proposal: ‘Robert E. Lee Was Offered Easier Terms At Appomattox’
This is like that Tom Waits bit on Big Time when he says, “All right, we’re going to have to go alllllllllll the way back to the Civil War…”
As usual, from Pierce, on the Fix The Debt con:
Listening to these people talk about the national economy is like listening to a burglar tell you that you should really polish the silver more often.
Whole thing is worth a read.
A Flea in the Fur of the Beast 