by Gwynn Guilford
Today on the Dish, Ryan lied about requesting stimulus money for Wisconsin and a reader contextualized the Ryan pick within Obama's long game. Jared Bernstein explained the $700 billion mystery, Larison debunked Ryan's appeal to younger voters and Patrick busted Avik Roy's fuzzy Medicare math.
Klein recommended sidestepping the media to understand Medicare, Romney proxies went after Obama about Osama, Americans failed basic economics and a reader likened Romneys to Will Farrell's Anchorman character. Meanwhile, the NYPD mishandled the mentally ill, readers pushed back on Wes Clark Jr.'s defense of his dad, and Barney regretted.
In sports news, baseball's mood swung dramatically, circadian rhythms skewed football odds and Ashley Fetters considered the upside of adding karate and wushu as Olympic sports.
And in assorted commentary, liquid lunches made workers more creative, while open-plan offices dragged on productivity. Smog subsumed China's cities, Allison K. Gibson talked tech cameos in fiction and clothes became art. 50 Cent said his late mother was gay, Alexis explored the dog shake and readers both weighed in on "pink boys" and defended the Lonely Planet. America's girth grew, Eve Bowen praised Edward Gorey and the inventor of Game of Thrones' Dothraki explained insults. Cats bared their cunning again and again, VFYW here, MHB here and an excruciating FOTD here.
(Photo: Tony Nicklinson reacts as a statement is read regarding the decision made by High Court judges not to allow him to ask a doctor to end his life on August 16, 2012 in Melksham, England. Nicklinson, who suffers from locked-in syndrome as the result of a stroke, has lost his High Court battle for the legal right to end his life when he chooses. By Matt Cardy/Getty Images.)
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