interesting things
In the DC suburbs, a grounded teenager who snuck out of his house to go drinking with friends came home later in the night to the wrong house, two doors down, and snuck back in, where he was shot and killed by the homeowner.
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via Talking Points Memo http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/03/just_sad_1.php
A fun, little vignette about the photo shoot for Obama’s first official portrait.
via Talking Points Memo http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/01/the_photo_behind_the_photo.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Talking-Points-Memo+%28Talking+Points+Memo%3A+by+Joshua+Micah+Marshall%29
Remember back in the GOP primaries when, to hear the contenders tell it, Obama was a callow, unvetted pretender who wouldn’t last one punch to his glass jaw during a debate?
Yeah, back then it was all about proving to the GOP base that you were the guy to deliver that punch. Romney had to talk the talk, too, if for no other reason than to fend off Newt Gingrich, whose whole candidacy was premised on throwing the haymaker that would expose Obama for the whole world to see.
All of which makes Romney’s recent effort to lower expectations for the debates more than a little amusing. Check out the big-talking Romney of the winter and spring here.
via Talking Points Memo http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/10/the_big_reveal.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Talking-Points-Memo+%28Talking+Points+Memo%3A+by+Joshua+Micah+Marshall%29
We’ve got proof right here that the hip, sleek, edgy Apple product you adore will one day be laughably clunky and obsolete.
Even though his campaign website promises that Mitt Romney “will nominate judges in the mold of Chief Justice Roberts,” Romney says he wouldn’t have nominated Roberts knowing what he knows now.
via Talking Points Memo http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/07/romney_sours_on_john_roberts.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Talking-Points-Memo+%28Talking+Points+Memo%3A+by+Joshua+Micah+Marshall%29