Today on the Dish, Andrew's worst suspicions were basically confirmed, with the news of a new Palin movie to premiere in Iowa. Larison predicted a bump for Romney, and we applauded Obama's "Kenyan Anglophobic Anti-Colonialist" speech at Westminster Hall. Gary Johnson lacked the preacher gene, Palin got cast in iron, and the rest of the field lacked starbursts. We examined Pawlenty's humble roots, and he came clean about ethanol in Iowa. John Sides parsed NY-26, and PPP's polling stood up, and we hoped it would help the debt ceiling talks. Paul Ryan recalled Goldwater, and we took a closer look at cost-sharing in Obamacare. We previewed Arab Summer and puzzled over the squiggly borders between Israel and a possible state of Palestine.
GM turned a profit, Scandinavian-Americans bested Scandinavians, and austerity doesn't work so well when unemployment is high. Crime picked up in the 15 – 30 age bracket while prison populations differed in Canada, and readers proposed other reasons (like videogames) that crime hasn't risen. We debated cancer screenings, and stumbled over the plight of child brides. Susan Orlean dissed mom jeans, the purpose of things reside in the people using them, and awesome people chilled with other awesome people. Andrew found out he's allergic to wheat, and readers played doctor.
Dissents of the day here, Yglesias award here, Moore award here, reality check here, chart of the day here, quotes for the day here and here, FOTD here, MHB here, and VFYW here.
–Z.P.
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