Blinks

Chris Cillizza, The Fix, WashPo, The Fix: McCain Blinks

Discourse.net: McBush/McSame Bashing Special Edition (Palin-Biden Debate Edition) 2008

"Good morning, Judge!" calls Blinks gaily as he passes,

Further Foolishness Stephen Leacock 1906

Other sites have done similar things: Locus Online has "Blinks," John Scalzi has "Whateverettes," Making Light has Teresa Nielsen Hayden's "Particles" and Patrick Nielsen Hayden's "Sidelights."

what did we do today, brain? jlundberg 2008

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Montana Governor: DHS 'Blinks' on Real ID

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Montana Governor: DHS 'Blinks' on Real ID 2008

More Agenda: Testing Times, But Don't Blame EBA Earlier: Europe Blinks on Bank Test The European Banking Authority said Wednesday that the standards and scenarios to be used in this year's stress tests on 88 of the biggest banks in Europe are sufficient to determine if any banks will be forced to raise more capital.

EU Defends Stress Tests as Standards Draw Doubts Laura Stevens 2011

More Keystone Pipeline's Long Path Congress Blinks on Shutdown The overall package is expected to cost $30 billion to $40 billion.

Deal Takes Shape on Payroll Tax Cut Naftali Bendavid 2011

Lou Antonelli (whom, in full disclosure, I have happily published myself) manned up and tried to take the responsibility for the flap by noting that he'd promoted BMP at Locus through the Blinks mechanism.

GUEST POST: Jennifer Brissett Weighs in on the Writer Pay Rate Flap 2009

Blinks are done at half speed, sticking sometimes, eventually creaking apart, lashes separating like wellies being pulled from a puddle of mud.

Up front: Eva Wiseman Eva Wiseman 2010

Blinks in the sun, a patch of it blinking through the trees.

Rittenhouse Square: excert from work-in-progress 2009

For our story on Max Baucus making sure that Joe Wilson's pet issue (ensuring illegal immigrants can't get access to government-funded insurance) is cemented in the new health care legislation, @huffingtonpost follower Frankie Sturm suggested the following headline: "Wilson Wails, Baucus Blinks."

Arianna Huffington: Headline Help: We Tweeted, You Responded 2009