(I'll try to place spoilers below the cut, but there will be plenty of them about the rebooted Star Trek franchise.)

This has nothing to do with politics save the tendency of marketers to copy what works. I saw Star Trek (XI), and agree with most critics that it's a lively, fast, fun movie with nothing else on its mind but entertainment. (That's its problem, but I'll get to that in a bit.) What its larger marketing phenomenon has reminded me of is a certain space of days in 2008, between the end of the primaries and the DNC, when blog posts flew fast and furious in an attempt to discredit anyone who did not support Obama. This was when the irregularities in seating and counting were still quite fresh, when caucus legitimacy had not yet been overshadowed by disinfo birth certificate disputes.

Greg Sargent

I can't believe I'm writing this, but for the foreseeable future this is my last post at TPM.

I'm heading over to The Washington Post, where I'll be writing the lead blog on a new site that WaPo is launching. This will drive you mad with curiosity, unfortunately, but the details on the new site and blog will only be forthcoming when it launches the week after next.

Let's take trip down memory lane:

Big Tent Democrat at Talk Left points out teh stupid:

Elizabeth Drew writing in Politico confirms what we have been seeing for months - the House Dem leadership is populated by fools. Consider this unforgivable ignorance:

Fauxgressive Randi Rhodes has resigned from Air America radio.

Via Shakesville:

A source at Air America, who asked to remain anonymous, said,

"Randi Rhodes refused to apologize for her obscene comments and has chosen instead to terminate her relationship with Air America."

Now she decides to have principles.

Randi needs to learn that the right to say something doesn't make what you say right.