On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Scott H. Payne <
scott.h.payne@gmail.com> wrote:
> But that was Erik's post.
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Scott H. Payne <
scott.h.payne@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> And let's be clear, I've always thought of Helen Rittlemeyer as a, "hot
>> search term". I'm just ahead of the curve, yo.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Mark Thompson <
mwthompson88@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> It also helped quite a bit that "Helen Rittlemeyer" became a hot search
>>> term yesterday, and Scott's playful response to her post well over a year
>>> ago appears on the first page.
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Rufus F. <
rufus138@gmail.com>
>>> To: Erik Kain <
erik.kain@gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Scott H. Payne <
scott.h.payne@gmail.com>; Mark Thompson
>>> <
mwthompson88@yahoo.com>; Ned Resnikoff <
nedresnikoff@gmail.com>;
>>>
matthewschmitz@gmail.com; Will Collins <
williamf.collins@gmail.com>;
>>>
lisakramer1979@aol.com;
Davidaruggiero1973@gmail.com;
>>>
david.schaengold@gmail.com;
JKuznicki@cato.org;
awhaleyb@gmail.com;
>>>
williamrandolphbrafford@gmail.com;
barriticus@gmail.com
>>> Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 1:09:45 PM
>>> Subject: Re: The Gentlemen in question....
>>>
>>> Oh, okay. I only discovered Balloon Juice when you started blogging there
>>> and remain a bit bewildered by it.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Erik Kain <
erik.kain@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A blogroll link like that only gets us a few visitors. It was my link
>>>> from Balloon Juice that drew the crowd.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Scott H. Payne
>>>> <
scott.h.payne@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> No, it's been there for a while now.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Rufus F. <
rufus138@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey, anyone know why the visits quadrupled yesterday? A guess: Did
>>>>>> Douthat add that link from his Times site to the League just recently or was
>>>>>> it always there?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Mark Thompson
>>>>>> <
mwthompson88@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Welcome to you both!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>>> From: Ned Resnikoff <
nedresnikoff@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> To: Scott H. Payne <
scott.h.payne@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> Cc:
matthewschmitz@gmail.com; Will Collins
>>>>>>> <
williamf.collins@gmail.com>;
lisakramer1979@aol.com;
erik.kain@gmail.com;
>>>>>>>
Davidaruggiero1973@gmail.com;
david.schaengold@gmail.com;
>>>>>>>
rufus138@gmail.com;
JKuznicki@cato.org;
awhaleyb@gmail.com;
>>>>>>>
williamrandolphbrafford@gmail.com;
mwthompson88@yahoo.com;
>>>>>>>
barriticus@gmail.com
>>>>>>> Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 9:55:47 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: The Gentlemen in question....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey all! Thanks for the welcome, and I'm excited to be blogging
>>>>>>> alongside all of you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Scott H. Payne
>>>>>>> <
scott.h.payne@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Er, at the table, that is.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Scott H. Payne
>>>>>>>> <
scott.h.payne@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hola Ned and Barrett,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Glad to have your respective impressive talents at the, even if I'm
>>>>>>>>> off foraging for scraps at the Canadian "kids section".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Barrett, out of curiosity, is it true what they say that you're now
>>>>>>>>> intermittently channeling the spirit of Hunter S. Thompson after a botched
>>>>>>>>> exorcism by a Peruvian witchdoctor dressed up like Queen Amidala of Naboo?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:59 AM, <
matthewschmitz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Howdy to the newcomers.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Will Collins
>>>>>>>>>> <
williamf.collins@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Excited to have you guys writing for us.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> - Will
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> PS - David, I think Damon Linker showed up in our comment section
>>>>>>>>>>> to call you out for that latest potshot. I'm eagerly anticipating a
>>>>>>>>>>> follow-up post.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:39 PM, <
lisakramer1979@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Welcome Barrett! Welcome Ned! Glad to have you on board.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Lisa
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Erik Kain <
erik.kain@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> To:
davidaruggiero1973@gmail.com <
Davidaruggiero1973@gmail.com>;
>>>>>>>>>>>> David Schaengold <
david.schaengold@gmail.com>; Matt Schmitz
>>>>>>>>>>>> <
matthewschmitz@gmail.com>; Rufus F. <
rufus138@gmail.com>; Jason Kuznicki
>>>>>>>>>>>> <
JKuznicki@cato.org>; Austin Bramwell <
awhaleyb@gmail.com>; Will Collins
>>>>>>>>>>>> <
williamf.collins@gmail.com>; William Brafford
>>>>>>>>>>>> <
williamrandolphbrafford@gmail.com>; Mark Thompson <
mwthompson88@yahoo.com>;
>>>>>>>>>>>> Scott Payne <
scott.h.payne@gmail.com>; <
lisakramer1979@aol.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> <
lisakramer1979@aol.com>; Barrett Brown <
barriticus@gmail.com>; Ned
>>>>>>>>>>>> Resnikoff <
nedresnikoff@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tue, Oct 19, 2010 10:59 am
>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: The Gentlemen in question....
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>>>>>>>> As some of you may have noticed, Barrett Brown has joined The
>>>>>>>>>>>> League. I apologize for my late introduction and announcement. Also joining
>>>>>>>>>>>> the site is Ned Resnikoff. Please welcome them both to The League.
>>>>>>>>>>>> There may be more additions to the site in the near-ish future.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I hope to significantly expand the stable of writers here while maintaining
>>>>>>>>>>>> the extremely high quality we've maintained so far.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll also be starting the yearly fund-raising drive in early
>>>>>>>>>>>> November. There will be a paypal donation link on the site and I'll post
>>>>>>>>>>>> an announcement. If we can raise enough money we may even be able to move
>>>>>>>>>>>> the site to higher quality web hosting which would be nice (though I think
>>>>>>>>>>>> it's been running fairly well...) I'm pretty sure we'll be able to keep the
>>>>>>>>>>>> site ad-free.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Other than that, you may have also noticed the return of the
>>>>>>>>>>>> Gravatars. If any authors don't have a Gravatar yet they can set one up at
>>>>>>>>>>>>
www.gravatar.com. Any questions don't hesitate to shoot me an email.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Erik
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Rufus F.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rufus F.
>>>
>>
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