random quotes ... to amuse, inspire, enrage:
  Dinner drinks being ordered; discussion of what alcoholic beverages are best in coffee as a warmer; then:

Cognac? cognac ... Hey, that sounds good. You know what, just forget the coffee.

tagged: coffee, alcohol
  —Sara T, Personal conversation.

libertarianism, state action, and private discrimination

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Some great commentary coming out in the wake of Rand Paul’s floundering attempts to dodge explaining his philosophy. For instance, this from No More Mister Nice Blog: Here’s the thing: segregation at lunch counters didn’t exist because individual privately owned businesses were determining for themselves that they would not serve black people. They relied on [...]

Rand Paul, weasel extraordinaire

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Oh man, Rand Paul was on Rachel Maddow weaseling around a straight-up answer on his views of whether the federal government can prohibit discrimination in public accommodations. A, I thought this guy was supposed to be glib and personable? This was one of the least smooth, least adept weaseling’s I’ve ever seen. Maybe that’s all [...]


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