It’s beginning to look a lot like pre-school…

I know that the use of language in today’s mass media is geared toward a fifth-grade (or thereabouts) comprehension level. Surely, though, the folks we elect to serve in the highest offices should be at least a little smarter than a fifth grader. Perhaps we should have Jeff Foxworthy come and test the entire lot [...]

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Ding dong?

So the big news of the day is Sarah Palin’s resignation as governor of Alaska.

Supposedly, Palin has grown sufficiently sick of being savaged by the media as to warrant resignation. MSNBC is running a report that says she wants to be out of politics entirely, to take the time to raise her family.
Of course, many [...]

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MinneSO THERE.

The drawn-out saga of Minnesota’s 2008 senatorial election appears at last to be coming to a close. Or is it?

After recounts and lawsuits galore, the Minnesota State Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that Alan Stuart Franken is the winner of the hotly-disputed race.
Regrettably, the court stopped short of directly ordering Governor Tim Pawlenty to issue [...]

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Moonwalked Off This Mortal Coil

I have to admit that I was never a big fan of Michael Jackson. Nevertheless, it’s sad to see the passing of such a cultural icon – especially right on the back of news about Ed McMahon and Farrah Fawcett.

Jackson was a controversial figure at the best of times, often reeling from crisis to crisis [...]

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Thinning the 2012 field

So, as all the world now knows, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has become the latest politician publicly revealed as being unable to keep it in his pants.

It’s no secret, especially in these troubled times, that people in positions of power have stressful jobs and sometimes need to get away from their day-to-day lives. However, [...]

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We have met the terrorists, and they is us.

Today there was a fatal shooting at the Holocaust Museum in DC. The question which immediately comes to mind is “What kind of sick fuck would do that?”
Here, for your edification, is a picture of said sick fuck:

Let’s bear in mind that this guy denies that the Holocaust took place. He wrote a book entitled [...]

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The Internet Is

 It’s getting harder and harder to define the Internet. I mean, it’s still the same old “series of tubes”, in purely physical terms, but as more and more aspects of our lives become integrated with it, it is in a very real way evolving into something far greater than the sum of its parts.

The job [...]

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Libby Sentence Commuted

WASHINGTON – In a controversial but not entirely unexpected decision, President Bush decided today that his good buddy and former vice-presidential chief of staff I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby didn’t need to serve jail time after all. ***
Sources close to the Bush camp say that the president was “extremely concerned” at the idea of Mr. Libby [...]

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Why I love the Drudge Report

Leaving aside the obvious comments when one sees the headline ‘Vaginal Cream Could be Harmful to Face’…
I couldn’t help but be amused when the Drudge Report linked it as: “Vaginal Cream Could be Harmful to Face: As Seen on Oprah”.

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Oil is a four letter word

So I was reading this morning about a new oil find in Utah that could satisfy the nation’s oil needs for – *gasp* – a month and a half. And we’re getting all excited about it.
I think we’ve hit a point where “ending our dependence on oil” isn’t just a political move but a necessity. [...]

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