Open Thread

I don’t see a lot out there in the internet this morning…

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lotus

March 30, 2009 at 8:25 am

Yep, our pickin’s are about as slim as GM’s. The Guardian does have an interesting story on the northern route into Afghanistan that NATO wants to use for non-lethal supplies. Good news: It avoids the Khyber Pass; bad news: Russia and all those dictators of the Stans have heavy new sway.
Dragoman

March 30, 2009 at 10:13 am

Well, here’s a little something: The New York Times has an article on the Ray Mabus-Julie Hines-Jerry McBride set-to. It mentions her appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court for the reinstatment of her lawsuit against McBride, the church (St. James?), and the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi.

Not sure how to link things up, NMC. Is it the same as at folo?
NMC

March 30, 2009 at 10:34 am

Yes, Dragoman, same drill.
Dragoman

March 30, 2009 at 10:58 am

Thanks, NMC. Let me give it a try.

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There we go.
Ben

March 30, 2009 at 11:05 am

So now there’s going to be some kind of consortium between GM and Fiat.

FIAT?

Fiat is going to help GM? That’s about like having the Orleans and St. Bernard Parish Levee Commissions advising the Fargo ND people on flood control.

But this might be a good way to get Sweetie Pie to agree to buying a new Corvette.
NMC

March 30, 2009 at 11:08 am

Ben you’re analogy while a great try doesn’t capture the weirdness.
lotus

March 30, 2009 at 11:36 am

God almighty. Did y’all see this from the Boston Globe?

Just months before the start of last year’s stock market collapse, the federal agency that insures the retirement funds of 44 million Americans departed from its conservative investment strategy and decided to put much of its $64 billion insurance fund into stocks.Switching from a heavy reliance on bonds, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation decided to pour billions of dollars into speculative investments such as stocks in emerging foreign markets, real estate, and private equity funds. …

TPM here, here, and here: “Bush was able to do for the PBGC what he tried and failed to do for Social Security. … Incompetence doesn’t cut it as an explanation.” No it doesn’t, and these people may eventually get me to rethink my opposition to the death penalty.
dd511dd

March 30, 2009 at 9:26 pm

Did I miss it or have you decided not to follow up on the ‘follow the tobacco money’ article in Sunday’s CL? Thought that would get this crew going for sure.
lotus

March 31, 2009 at 5:05 am

I thought it would too, dd511dd, but it didn’t much. And the weird silence on the story at 11:36AM makes me guess that news of AIG’s heavy-duty tax evasion won’t stir this commentariat either.

I don’t know what to make of that.

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 1:45 pm, May 24, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Good catch, Dragoman! .. Tom (and anyone else interested) - D. Bernstein is criticizing that Ira Katznelson "Fear Itself" book over at the Volokh blog, if you're having a slow Friday .... ..

Dragoman wrote on 11:47 am, May 24, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Grant later expressed regret for the attack on the 22nd. Jumping ahead in the Memoirs to his account of the Battle of Cold Harbor, he writes, "I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Har ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 4:35 pm, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
I was teasing. Grant's candor has its limits. ..

NMC wrote on 4:12 pm, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Anderson, I suppose it would have been more accurate to state: "I note the absence of casualty figures for the assaults of May 19th and 22nd." ..

pamela kay (@kidsroc) wrote on 2:33 pm, May 23, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
Tom, I’ve really enjoyed reading about Vicksburg and it reminded me why it was on my list of battlefields to see. I think you are right about actually going to the battlefield to get the real feel. Ev ..

Tom wrote on 1:29 pm, May 23, 2013 about Charles Durning obit in the New York Times
More mystery. See posting # 7 on the below link from 2008 - speech given by French Consul General from French Consulate in Los Angeles when the medal was awarded. Link to the speech on the French Cons ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 10:44 am, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Ben, I must presume JL meant "Lee" not "Lee and his army." A couple of decent Reb generals could have made things dicey for Grant. Re: the possibly imaginary "exploding musket balls," here is a discus ..

Ben wrote on 10:39 am, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Scrivener's error correction: the jury-rig mortars Grant mentioned are "coehorns" vice "cochorns." "Exploding musket balls." I never knew there was such a device. I wonder how they were fused. Re J. D ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 9:46 am, May 23, 2013 about Charles Durning obit in the New York Times
Bob's suggestion about a headstone sent me a-googlin. Silver Star, Bronze Star, "PH & 2 OLC" (which I infer to mean "Purple Heart & 2 Oak Leaf Clusters," i.e., 3 Purple Hearts?). ... Mr. Zavag ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 8:27 am, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
"I’m kind of wondering: Where are the casualties from the May 19th and May 22nd assaults?" Not really "wondering," are you? ..

RICHARD ZAVAGLIA wrote on 8:01 am, May 23, 2013 about Charles Durning obit in the New York Times
Total bullshit Sir. The man was a hero. my close friends the actors Dan Lauria and Joe Mantegna were at his funeral. They saw his Flag draped coffin with the Silver Star, Purple Hearts, and French Med ..

JL wrote on 6:36 am, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Not to take anything away from Grant's victory here; some points need to be made. Grant had an unbreakable supply line in the Miss. River and the US Navy gave him remarkable support. There was no CS N ..

NMC wrote on 10:13 pm, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
It's a topic where I've had a virtually unlimited capacity, since I was a child. I read a really fine bio about 10-15 years ago, but it was a mass market paperback, and I do not take care of those, mu ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 9:55 pm, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
If you can bear any more Alexander, the Peter Green bio is delightful. ..

NMC wrote on 9:37 pm, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
Yes, it' s very clear on comparing accounts of Alexander versus other accounts, making the Arrian into a "one book" by balancing between the various texts that have come down. I have two, and discover ..

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