Caption Contest Winners
The The Dupes of Hazard Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/Bob Bird) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: brainy435 - Well, it's faster than a handbasket. Second: FormerHostage - Oscar Meyer isn't the ONLY one with a Weiner-Mobile! Third: charles austin - Unsafe at any speed. HONORABLE MENTION Bithead - And in the back, a huge trunk, cleaverly hidden by a beige ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 15, 2008 19:31
West Wing Election Redux
Along with others, I've previously noted the similarities between Election 2008 and the fictional West Wing election between Matt Santos, the brown-skinned Democratic junior legislator and Arnie Vinick, the elderly, moderate Western Republican Senator. Listening in on a blogger conference call with Senator McCain this afternoon, another parallel jumped up: his emphasis on nuclear power as a solution ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 15, 2008 14:47
Caption Contest
Time for the Thursday OTB Caption ContestTM (AFP/William West) Winners will be announced Monday PMPosted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 15, 2008 05:54
Caption Contest Winners
The Star Pupils Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ren Yong) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: floyd - Unfortunately; the third brother got sad one day and drowned! Second: Steven Taylor - Them TSA guys are sharp dressers! Third: Elmo - Mmmm .... carrots. HONORABLE MENTION Cowboy Blob - Ocular Jocularity yetanotherjohn - The Sauron party rally was sparsely attended. FormerHostage - At ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 12, 2008 21:30
Home Court Advantage Quantified
Matthew Yglesias observes, Here in Round 2 of the NBA playoffs we're seeing once again that home court advantage matters a lot -- out of eight total games, seven have been won by the home team. Which makes me wonder -- is anyone aware of any good research on what the home court advantage consists of? Why should it be so ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 12, 2008 13:32
Caption Contest
Time for the Monday OTB Caption ContestTM (AP Photo/Bob Bird) Winners will be announced Thursday PMPosted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 12, 2008 06:12
Girls Sports Injuries More Severe
A long, anecdote-laden New York Times Magazine feature, "The Uneven Playing Field," examines the fact that, excluding football -- which girls generally aren't allowed to play -- female athletes are getting injured far more frequently and seriously than their male counterparts. Girls and boys diverge in their physical abilities as they enter puberty and move through adolescence. Higher levels of ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 10, 2008 09:32
OTB Caption JamTM
Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney is giving CBS some competition. Wizbang has the Tom Sawyer whitewash defense. Wyatt Earp is doing a little scanning. Public Pondering isn't really for school uniforms. Cowboy Blob thinks there is one good head between the two of 'em. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 10, 2008 07:58
Caption Contest Winners
The Boo-Yah! Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ren Yong) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: Hodink - Larry Bird still has it. Second: elliot - Double dribbling? Ref are you nuts? I don't even have any hands. Where'd you park? I'll show you double dribbling on your windshield. Third: Bithead - Polly want a Shoe deal? HONORABLE MENTION Elmo - Dribbling ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 8, 2008 17:05
Caption Contest
Time for the Thursday OTB Caption ContestTM (AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno) Winners will be announced Monday PMPosted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 8, 2008 05:05
Country Music Starter Set
Tyler Cowen and Alex Massie, an economist and a Scotsman, might seem to be odd sources for advice on American country music but they've both written interesting posts on the topic. Neither grew up with the tradition but they found religion and are now offering recommendations for those looking to wade in. Cowen suggests, Hank Sr., The Byrds, Sweetheart of ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 7, 2008 13:42
Chain Restaurant Elitism
Over the last couple of days, Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, Ross Douthat, Daniel Larison, and Megan McArdle have confessed that chain restaurants such as Outback, Cheesecake Factory, and Olive Garden aren't all that bad, generating a surprisingly fierce round of responses in their comment sections. Most of these places serve reliable food in large quantities at reasonable prices which, really, is ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 6, 2008 14:16
Deconstructing the Brady Bunch
Jeffrey Breinholt reflects on a "Deconstructing Islamaphobia" conference at Berkeley, presumably aimed at deconstructing the myths of Islamophobia and wonders if they will actually deconstruct Islamaphobia and thus prove it does not exist. Along the way, he provides this amusing example of textual deconstruction: Remember the Brady Bunch? What did we know about them? It was a story about a man ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 6, 2008 07:55
Caption Contest Winners
The Eight Belles Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: Elmo - The good news is .... it's good Hillary day. The bad news is, we flip the coin again tomorrow. Second: Deathlok - Hillary announces her running mate. Third: charles austin - One is a caricature full of hot air, and the other ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 6, 2008 07:16
Obama, Clinton Appear at Dinner Honoring Racists
Yesterday, both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton spoke at a Jefferson-Jackson Dinner sponsored by the Indiana Democrats. As it turns out, this is merely one of many Jefferson-Jackson dinners attended by the candidates. I am shocked and outraged. As you may not be aware, the Jefferson-Jackson dinners are hosted to honor and celebrate the legacy of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 5, 2008 12:43
