dagblog - Comments for "TPM Steakhouse"

If I'm reading this right,

Qnonymous — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:05:39 +0000

If I'm reading this right, you're arguing that "people who have information to pass on usually want to be anonymous."

And yet... you too seem to wish to pass information on. While... not being anonymous.

Which kinda creeps me out. In fact, the only LOGICAL explanation for this inconsistency is that you're hiding something.

And yes, it was important to put the word LOGICAL up in all caps. As well as the word hiding in bold.

Also, if you're disagreeing with ArtAppraiser, let me just say that I'm pretty much gonna agree with you, because she and I have been fighting lately, and that's how I roll - the enemy of my enemy and all that.

Other than that, know any good fish places in Manhattan?

P.S. Maybe wanna tell Axelrod to turn up Barack's downers just a notch. Or maybe, turn the uppers up a bit more? Like maybe to somewhere North of inanimate? Cause ummmmm, otherwise, looks pretty much like dude's asleep at the wheel.

I just want to issue a

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:53:07 +0000

In reply to Josh was helpful to me during

I just want to issue a correction. According to Josh, TPM's audience is way up since 2008.

Google seems to have changed its trend tool since I put up the link, and the new version no longer includes site traffic. Maybe that's because it didn't work very well.

I should probably hold my

Josh Marshall — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:00:01 +0000

In reply to You mean kinda like this

I should probably hold my tongue but I really need to reply to this.

TPM started out with no comments because there was no way to create comments. From 2000 to 2003 it was hand coded each post. In the first years all the easy to set up systems for setting up blogs didn't exist. So I did it by hand. The idea that I didn't have comments because I wanted to "break into the DC power scene" is simply bizarre.

Once comments were easy to set up, I kept it without comments, yes, precisely because I grew to value the interaction via email. And that's, yes, because what's most valuable to me is new information, things I didn't know. New information I can use. I don't want to lose that because I think it makes the site much better at reporting news, facts.

You say I share my email only when it suits me. Actually I've had the same email conspicuously posted at the top of the site for 12 years.

How this is tied to wanting to cater to elites is just dumbfounding. Quite the contrary, it's about finding information from everyone. But it is true that people who have information to pass on usually want to be anonymous. Again, fail to see what is wrong with that.

I know I sound a tad defensive on this. But it's surreal to me how much antipathy and conspiracy thinking people can gin up from things that are really quite mundane. What would the conspiracy be?

You win best of sub-thread,

artappraiser — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:59:25 +0000

In reply to And Kane is still pondering

You win best of sub-thread, mho (sorry, destor, good tries, tho;) I especially like the description of the first photo as "pondering," cracks me up.

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Aunt Sam — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:04:15 +0000

In reply to At some point dagblog has to

I wish Donal had stayed

Ramona — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:30:26 +0000

In reply to Donal Prime Donal blog,

I wish Donal had stayed around, too. I think his non-political pieces added a welcome dimension to dag, and I really like his voice. I've gone to his website, too, and I wish him well there. But I still think he should be here, too.

Yes, that "Stranger in a

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:10:15 +0000

In reply to Like I was sayin', I suspect

Yes, that "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Who was that masked man?" feeling, combined with Friday 13 part 12. Quite the welcoming party.

Still, not even a golf cap? Guys are stingy. Life's unfair.

And Kane is still pondering

Elusive Trope — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:32:10 +0000

In reply to And then that discussion

And Kane is still pondering whether underwater home owners should be bailed out. Check out his latest blog on TPMPrime live tomorrow where he will respond to your questions.

But don't think he won't do a chokeslam on you if act like a troll or ask a really stupid question.

And then that discussion

Michael Maiello — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:15:55 +0000

In reply to just like John Cena's

And then that discussion about haircuts on Greek sovereign debt...

But probably one of the

Elusive Trope — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:08:56 +0000

In reply to And then there is the great

But probably one of the reasons we lock horns is that both of us understand the situation is really like this, which Josh wants to ignore