Nick Baumann |
I cover national politics and civil liberties issues for the Washington, DC bureau of Mother Jones. I have also written for The Economist, the Washington Monthly, the Atlantic, and Commonweal. Email me at nbaumann [at] motherjones [dot] com. |
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Eugene Polley, Inventor of the TV Wireless Remote, Dies at 96
A true American hero. And I mean that—people whose inventions make everyday life a little bit easier and more comfortable are not celebrated enough. RIP.
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NotesThis is pretty much the best thing that has ever happened on cable television.
Shep Smith reacts to Mitt Romney reacting to Newt Gingrich quitting (by dkostv)
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"This is an excellent idea and would be a good idea even if the money were simply heaped up in a big pile and lit on fire."
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Notes"The West Wing writers room would not have come up with the idea of running a presidential campaign in which an African-American gets elected. Because the realism view would have said that’s not possible. And I say that with no disrespect for the creative process, but rather with a greater respect and awe for the real world." -
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Game of Thrones Valentines.
(Which I put on the MoJo Tumblr instead of on my personal Tumblr by mistake. Sorry. Here’s my review of “A Dance With Dragons,” the latest book in the series, to make it up to you. —Nick Baumann)
(via motherjones)
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I am so bad at this.
Laughed for a good three minutes about this.
EDIT: Yes, I meant to send this to my personal tumblr. Again.
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NotesI can’t be the only one who got a little misty the first time I saw this, right? Right?
In honor of the shuttle lift-off, watch one of the best openings of West Wing. “He said it right.”
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NotesThis is excellent, and features some actual advice at the end: Conan O’Brien’s 2011 Dartmouth College Commencement Address.
(Source: youtube.com)
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This is so awesome I almost don’t know what to do about it.
(via Twitter.)
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Notes"They did a good job with the giant direwolves."The part of my ‘Game of Thrones’ post over at the Atlantic that my colleague Dan Schulman chose to highlight. I suppose I had it coming. Anyway, read: Will Non-Fanboys Care That ‘Winter Is Coming’?
