Today on the Dish, we got a warm welcome at the Daily Beast and heard your take on the changes, with a reader's solution to blocked feeds at work here. Andrew feared the blood, pus and tears from popping the Qaddafi zit, and parsed the implications of Richard Goldstone's op-ed on Israel. We followed the stalemate watch in Libya, and Ryan Calder explained why you can't fist pump in Libya. Gideon Rose counseled against pulling out, and Greenwald and Drum went another round on trusting Obama's judgement. Gregory Djerejian sought out a full Middle East strategy, Yemen descended into more chaos, and Andrew categorized KSM's military trial in the same sad category as Gitmo.
Andrew anticipated Paul Ryan's debt reduction plan, and reax from the blogosphere trickled in. We tallied TARP's profits and Andrew patted Obama on the back for handling Bush's programs effectively. Huck destroyed records from his past, Romney still aimed to please, and Obama entered the race selling his personality more than his politics like Reagan. Mark Blumenthal didn't discount Palin, and Conor Friedersdorf catalogued Limbaugh's Libyan misinformation. Walter Russell Mead and Yglesias debated black flight to the south, and Keith Humphreys reminded us of the danger of taking half steps in ending the war on drugs.
Andrew remembered being gay in high school, Catholic acceptance of gays tracked with the rest of society, and some opponents still wanted gays just to be friends. Google determined how we find our recipes online, and McSweeney's couldn't crack the Brian Wilson beard code. Readers rationalized the popularity contest between Mickey and Bugs, Andrew surfed virtual museum collections, and Matthew Wollin buttressed himself against awkwardness. We measured the safety of cycling, the era of 99 cents ended, and Gavin McInnes taught us how to pee in public.
Real life Angry Bird here, short history of sissy bounce here, cool ad watch here, dissent of the day here, quotes for the day here and here, VFYW here, MHB here, and FOTD here.
–Z.P.
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