The Onion’s “Clickhole” debuts and finally sinks its teeth into the big fat juicy target called Buzzfeed:
Seriously, just tool around in there. And keep reminding yourself this is a parody. Which, given the original pap, is quite an achievement. And this is just a classic parody of Buzzfeed’s whoring out of content to advertisers, in a section called “CashHole”:
Meanwhile, Marc Lynch has a must-read on the disintegration of Iraq. He’s particularly sharp on our ability to shape anything Maliki does:
Maliki wants U.S. military aid, from helicopters to airstrikes, to fight the ISIS advance. Many in Washington will want to offer assistance to save Iraq from complete collapse. But at the same time, U.S. policymakers understand from painful experience that such military aid will simply enable Maliki’s autocratic sectarianism and allow him to avoid making any serious concessions.
Instead, we’d be likely to become Maliki’s protector, which would make the US much more likely a target for the ISIS Jihadist lunatics. We really want to paint that target on our back? And join Iran in a Shiite-Sunni regional war, alongside … Assad? The mind boggles. But never under-estimate the “something-must-be-done” crowd. This is an acid test, it seems to me, for Obama’s foreign policy coherence and credibility. Will he blink as he did on Libya and return us to that vortex? Or will he have the strength to keep his distance, as he has done on Syria?
Today, I tackled the question of deepening cultural and political polarization in the US and had a somewhat alarming evening watching Fox News hysteria. We pored further over the meaning – or lack of it – in Eric Cantor’s political demise and Dave Brat’s theo-political philosophy. Plus: rapshirts for white people!; Hillary gets defensive (understandably) on marriage equality; and the resilient power of right-wing populism.
The most popular post of the day was Don’t Under-Estimate The Power of Right-Wing Populism. Next up: Our Cold Civil War Intensifies.
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