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Which ones do you read?
Are they the answer to the evils of Big Media, or just partisan retardedness?

― Sym (shmuel), Thursday, 11 March 2004 09:28 (twenty-two years ago)

dud. They are usually
1) Boring
2) wrong
3) start with an opinion, state the relevant facts and ignore the opposing, and end with the opinion as conclusion
4) wrong
5) did I mention boring?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 11 March 2004 10:45 (twenty-two years ago)

pandagon.net

http://atrios.blogspot.com/

world o' crap

― Kingfish Cowboy (Kingfish), Thursday, 11 March 2004 22:34 (twenty-two years ago)

i like 'em.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 11 March 2004 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

and i'd MUCH rather read the opinions of most bloggers than listen to the vapid blather of the sabbath gasbags that infest american talkshows.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 11 March 2004 22:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Dududududud. 99% partisan hackery without a shred of insight (or talent).

(x-post - haha, and yet still better than the 'real' media)

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 11 March 2004 22:36 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.dailykos.com/

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 11 March 2004 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I read a number of them, but there isn't one I read regularly. However, I've known (online) some of the people who do them, and I'm glad they've got a blog, because no - they're not idiots and have better insights than people I've seen in print.

I often go to talkleft.com and surf from there.

― Kerry (dymaxia), Thursday, 11 March 2004 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I often read this one:

http://cyborgdemocracy.net/blogger.html

"A collaborative blog for democratic transhumanists, nanosocialists, revolutionary singularitarians, non-anthropocentric personhood theorists, radical futurists, leftist extropians, bioutopians and biopunks, socialist-feminist cyborgs, transgenders, body modifiers, basic income advocates, world federalists, agents of the Culture and the Cassini Division, Viridians and technoGaians - transmitting a sexy, high-tech vision of a radically democratic future"

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Saturday, 13 March 2004 03:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Somehow I imagine even Momus gawking slack-jawed at that description and going "fnuh"?

Anyways, I'm a stupid man with stupid pleasures so I second Pandagon and World O' Crap and chip in Sadly, No!

― Nate in ST.P (natedetritus), Saturday, 13 March 2004 03:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I read:
Kaus, for his devil's advocacy and nutty hypotheticals (and his intelligence and a somewhat similar sensibility)
Hesiod Theogeny, for Counterspin par excellence
Josh Marshall, for his reporting and the various benefits of his foreign policy and centrist-Dem knowledge/connections
Alterman, for his chutzpah
Kevin Drum, for his reasonableness and a steady pressure
Atrios, for his links and marshalling of evidence
Mark Kleiman, for an academic perspective that really is fair and balanced
Billmon:Kos::Meth:Wu
Stirling Newberry at BopNews, for the big picture
Tbogg, perhaps, for snark
Free Republic, to see how the enemy thinks
and of course, the fabulous Wonkette

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 13 March 2004 04:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Destroy: Instapundit

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 13 March 2004 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Anyone know about http://www.conceptualguerilla.com/blogger.html ?

Classic for his idea of "Cheap-Labor Conservatives":

"Once you understand the general concept, you will frequently find yourself in debate over specific issues, like healthcare, social security privatization, public school vouchers, the “war on drugs” and of course the war in Iraq. What better way to put your conservative opponent on the defensive than by exposing the true motivation for his position – “cheap labor”. Can you really find the “cheap labor” angle in every conservative policy initiative, and every conservative position on any particular issue?

Yes, you can.(...)"

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Saturday, 13 March 2004 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm often not well up enough on the various topics to follow all the arguements,but atimeforfear.blogspot.com is usually very interesting...
haven't read all that stuff recently since he defended the us occupation of iraq though,(disclaimer-possibly misrepresenting a much more involved and complicated arguement),so i've a bit of catching up to do...
he certainly seems to have a huge wealth of knowledge to draw on..

― robin (robin), Sunday, 14 March 2004 04:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I read:
Kaus - though I really his "I'm a Democrat, but I'm not really sure exactly why" is kind of tedious
Josh Marshall - because he's one of the few who actually do any reporting, and he's generally above the hubris
Wonkette - when you take away MoDo's phony literate posturing, you get a really weak version of Wonkette. Snark like snark should be.

Occasionally read:
Atrios - so dead wrong on so many things, I have to admit I like seeing such a joyful display of venom and hatred.
Calpundit - zero original insight, not as smart as he thinks he is. Gets economic matters wrong on nearly a daily basis.
Mark Kleiman - okay
Kos - like Atrios but not as good, so I usually pass

Never read
Alterman - one of the most petulant, egotistical, assholes on the web, in print, and in person. Loathe him.

I used to read AndrewSullivan, but he's basically a more rightward Kevin Drum with better writing skills. The WSJ Opinion thing is pretty good from time to time. InstaPundit hasn't been good in a long time. The Volokh Conspiracy is pretty smart. Drezner's blog is okay. Janegalt.net has moments of pleasure. The left generally has better blogs than the right.

― don weiner, Sunday, 14 March 2004 13:43 (twenty-two years ago)

It's odd to hear you say that. I would think your libertarian pov would be amply represented by many blogs.
Kaus can be really really pointless. Generally I agree with your choices, tho I do have similar beliefs to Atrios or Calpundit.

― Sym (shmuel), Sunday, 14 March 2004 20:46 (twenty-two years ago)

you're right sym that my pov is actually very well represented on the web, but I tend to gravitate and spend the most time reading blogs who do not share my opinion. (Also, I did refer to three blogs that are fairly libertarian in my post, Volokh/JaneGalt/Instapundit.) I also like reading blogs that deal with economics and finance, so it doesn't leave a lot of time in the day to sit and read a bunch of things that I probably already agree with.

― don weiner, Sunday, 14 March 2004 21:14 (twenty-two years ago)

i heart alterman.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 14 March 2004 21:15 (twenty-two years ago)

though i could do w/t his springsteen/heartland rock schtick. in that regard, he's like dave marsh but w/ better politics. though he did have some nice things to say about the bowie box-set.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 14 March 2004 21:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I hate Alterman. He self-promotes far too much, especially for a paid blogger.

― Sym (shmuel), Sunday, 14 March 2004 21:21 (twenty-two years ago)

three weeks pass...

S:
The Agonist - international news and perspective
the Decembrist - thoughtful, irregular

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 8 April 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

ABC News' new Noted Now - The Note goes Drudge

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 8 April 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I used to read alterman somewhat regularly, but I couldnt stand his daily musings on dylan/springsteen/jackson browne/etc.

He also does come off as a punk ass every now and again.

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Thursday, 8 April 2004 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Little Green Footballs. Is that a parody site? The blindedness and double standards of the commenters there completely astound me.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 9 April 2004 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

"LGF"? - Take the quiz

also, Instahack - a student perspective

I used to read alterman somewhat regularly, but I couldnt stand his daily musings on dylan/springsteen/jackson browne/etc.

it got tiresome for me too. I think he was overdoing this stuff during the early primaries because he didn't want to take sides (though many Deaniacs hated him for his criticism). Actually, he was probably busy with his book. But once Kerry started taking off, he started getting good again. And where else am I going to read about, um, the NYC cabaret scene and the gossip pages of Nader's Raiders alumni?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 16 April 2004 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

RealClearPOlitics - a conservative site worth reading for its relatively balanced mainstream media links and poll collections, and even some of the more intellectually honest than usual commentary.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 2 May 2004 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

I just discovered As'ad AbuKhalil's "Angry Arab News Service". Along with useful information and cutting commentary, he includes a lot of art, including political art (or cartoons, though some of this is closer to fine art) by Arab dissidents tackling society.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Friday, 13 August 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I read that site occasionally. Also, the lone (so far as I know) Saudi blogger, at http://muttawa.blogspot.com/. It's called The Religious Policeman and is a fascinating read, though judging from the latest post the religious police might have caught up with him. Check the archives though, he can be pretty brutal re: the ruling family of that country.

One of my other favorites, African Oil Politics, (http://africanoilpolitics.blogspot.com/) also, sadly, seems to be on hiatus.

― daria g (daria g), Saturday, 14 August 2004 04:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I went to the Saudi blogger and--oh great, more cat pictures. Just what I wanted. (It looks like an interesting blog though aside from that. Even the evidence of the universality of cat picture posting is useful, I guess.)

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Saturday, 14 August 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

The guy at ejectejecteject.com writes well but is a bit nuts. But then maybe I just think this because I'm not American.

― syntaxfree (syntaxfree), Sunday, 15 August 2004 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

I just discovered that The Hotline is free online. Originally distributed by fax, it was the Note before the Note, a blog (flog?) before blogs. I don't know how it stacks up today but it sure is big.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 3 September 2004 10:40 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://www.chriscmooney.com/blog.asp covers american science policies.

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Monday, 20 September 2004 23:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Yay! Boris Johnson has just started one...

http://www.boris-johnson.com

― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 20 September 2004 23:54 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

http://www.theregular.org/ doesn't wiggle it's ass: that shit is straight.

one year passes...

not a blog but possibly worth a mention:
People For the American Way have created www.WikiThePresidency.org to establish a single place for the public to both acquire and share information about Executive Branch wrongdoings.

― S. (Sébastien Chikara), Saturday, 6 May 2006 11:54 (nineteen years ago)

eight months pass...

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/011855.php

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

not fooled by the Dems and their cheerleaders (and he posts comedy sketches):

http://redstateson.blogspot.com

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

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