11.22.11 | 10:06 am
Mocking the Sprayers

Reviewers at Amazon descend in mockery on the brand of pepper spray used on those students at UC Davis: “Accept no substitutes when casually repressing students … Whenever I need to breezily inflict discipline on unruly citizens.”

11.22.11 | 10:00 am
Misinformation Mort

I mentioned earlier that it’s sort of amazing how misinformed Mort Zuckerman seems to be about what’s going on in the Washington fight over taxes and spending. On MSNBC Zuckerman insisted in high dudgeon that congressional Republicans had proposed $250 billion in tax hikes, most of which would be paid for by the wealthiest Americans. Here’s the clip and the facts.