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Turkey is not Egypt, you lazy fool

Turkey is not Egypt. But seriously, you guys. It’s really not. — katherine maher (@krmaher) June 1, 2013 But seriously guys, it’s not. I can’t believe I even have to say this. But, OH MY GOD CNN WTF: I can’t tweet photos any more over cell phone & our local internet died. If cell networks […]

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Send me to the Friedman Forum!

UPDATE: Thanks to your help, I’ve reached my goal!  For more Friedman fun, please read my Definitive Collection of Thomas Friedman Takedowns. You couldn’t begin to imagine my horror excitement when I received an invite to the Friedman Forum in San Francisco on June 20. My heart sank skipped a few beats and my eyes welled […]

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Guns vs. bombs in the terrorism debate

In his column today, Glenn Greenwald asks: “Can an act of violence be called ‘terrorism’ if its motives are unknown?” Greenwald surmises: “It’s hard not to suspect that the only thing distinguishing the Boston attack from Tucson, Aurora, Sandy Hook and Columbine (to say nothing of the US “shock and awe” attack on Baghdad and […]