Today on the Dish, Andrew used Louis CK to illuminate the right response to Kobe's slur, prized WikiLeaks but not the Pulitzer, and called Obama on revising "I am my brother's keeper." Steve Kornacki splashed cold water on cocksure Democrats, Ryan's plan actually bested Obama's, Andrew Romano reminded us raising taxes is on the table, and Frum begged the GOP to tackle it. Palinites complained that the media was ignoring her, the Trig story reached denouement, Geoffrey Dunn hoped to disprove the Trig birther conspiracies, and HuffPo rejected his article as a conspiracy theory of its own. Michael Scherer mocked the Palin / Trump policy disagreements and Andrew's eyes bulged when critics called Trump unserious.
Readers assessed how to solve Mexico's drug war, Jeremy Cherfas defended the poppy trade, and we checked in on ending marijuana Prohibition in America. Mission creep came to Libya and Joel Wing followed up on blood for oil. Gabby Giffords received better medical treatment than many soldiers, tea partiers in New Hampshire didn't mind gay marriage, and phone porn tricked customers. Josh Green psychoanalyzed Glenn Beck's brain in a wordcloud, readers defended uploading to the Internet's shared brain during conversations, and Josh Green savored silence. We peeked into the medicine cabinet of Dish readers, Kay Steiger considered the dearth of women with disabilities on film, and Americans loved their Medicare. Ben Adler explored the roots of gentrification, short readers were offered steroids, and the web debated whether to pity the white male. Rich people didn't realize they're rich, a royal wedding just isn't what it used to be, penguins giggled, trees came pollen, and Andrew weighed in on Gaga's Judas.
Chart of the day here, quote for the day here, MHB here, VFYW here, and the yesterday's VFYW contest psychoanalysis here.
–Z.P.
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