Today on the Dish, Andrew maintained that killing Osama was moral for the same reasons torture still isn't and never will be. Andrew ran some numbers comparing the Beast and the Atlantic and came around to the hippie, while readers blamed the Boomers for our obsession with the 60s and 70s.
We charted progress in Libya, neocons called loudly for doing "something" in Syria, and Andrew pressed on for truth about the Gitmo "suicides." Beinart juggled the contradictions of a Jewish and democratic state of Israel, fake tears weren't entirely faked, and a pastor could lie about being a Navy SEAL. Trees started to bloom at the 9/11 memorial, children absorbed bin Laden's death, and we examined the morality and legality of FOIA requests for the bin Laden photos. Max Rodenbeck wondered if Osama was already irrelevant, we collected reactions to Chomsky on bin Laden, and a crow could have helped SEALS take him down.
Andrew backed Michael Tomasky's argument for ending corporate and lobbyist tax loopholes, and wagged a finger at Boehner's debt ceiling demands. Huckabee's Christianist extremism freaked us out, Mitch Daniels' rationality discouraged the right's talk radio hosts, and Josh Green pegged Palin's greatest accomplishment (spoiler: she raised taxes). Nyhan butted heads with Nate Silver over early polls, Suderman critiqued single-payer healthcare in America, and we pored over an explanation of high healthcare costs. Schock's white jeans gave us pause, Fat Admirers adopted queer nomenclature, and marriage equality in New York would generate some serious economic activity. Americans worked 2 hours a day to pay for their cars, and barbers used to give enemas.
Sean Avery's greatest hits here, poseur alert here, creepy ad watch here, map of the day here, quote for the day here, MHB here, FOTD here, VFYW here, and contest winner #49 here.
–Z.P.
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