The persistence of mummery

Dalií's timepieces simply lack a firm existential basis, and deserve much more scrutiny than chronometer-industry regulators have given them.

Speaking of propaganda/bad writing, does anybody know how someone paid to write for the Washington Post could be so poorly informed (I'm loooking at your headline writers more than at you, George Zornick) as to believe there is anything "stunning" about the fact that the vast majority of people whose health insurance policies were canceled this year were able to find alternative policies?

The Plum Line

Stunning new report undermines central GOP Obamacare claim

“This new report shows that people will get the health insurance coverage they need, contrary to the dire predictions of Republicans,” said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the ranking committee member.... as is sadly too often the case, the arguments made by Republicans simply lack a firm factual basis — and deserve much more scrutiny that they’ve received in many sectors of the mainstream press.

I mean, I'm glad they got the story out there, but gobsmacked by the suggestion that this "central GOP claim" has or ever had any sort of validity or even meaning. How do you undermine a quicksand swamp?