Weekly Standard Humor Byline

The Scrapbook Disembarked

1 article 2011

"The Scrapbook Disembarked" was a playful byline used in The Weekly Standard, likely a variant of the magazine's recurring "Scrapbook" section. This particular piece offered wry commentary on a 2011 political debate.

We’re Shocked, Shocked to Find Gambling Was Going on at the Debate

December 11, 2011 · TWS cruise, Mitt Romney, 2012 Elections

Who knew? Here we were aboard the cruise ship, engaging in a little late night gambling—winning a hundred bucks at craps, losing sixty at blackjack—and reassuring ourselves that what happens on the Nieuw Amsterdam stays on the Nieuw Amsterdam. Who knew that big-time gambling was going on at the GOP…