Schadenfreude

Kevin on May 22nd, 2007

Schadenfreude: enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others Nothing pleases me more than reading stories about bad people who get what’s coming to them. Here’s a story that demonstrates the benefits of a concealed carry law. Detroit Free Press Man with unloaded gun killed by victim A robbery and crime spree aided by an unloaded […]

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Schadenfreude is a German word meaning “pleasure taken from someone else’s misfortune.” So, when 14 more members of the Carter Center resign in protest over his new book, well, I’m delighted. No figure in American public life bothers me more than Jimmy Carter. The Washington Post 14 quit Carter Center panel as fuss over book […]

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What a week for Jimmy Carter. First, a 23-year director at the Carter Center resigns over the myriad of lies, bias and revisionist history in his new book Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid Now this, WASHINGTON �?? Former President Jimmy Carter faced new criticism Friday over his controversial book on Palestinian lands when a former Middle […]

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Kevin on June 13th, 2006

Having read hundreds of breathless “Rove will be indicted” posts on the left wing blogs, I can find nary a word this morning about the news that Karl Rove will NOT be indicted. Where is HuffPosts Lawrence O’Donnell? I hope is ok this morning. Maybe he can’t get out of bed this am, too depressed […]

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