tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123456142012-01-17T16:40:09.564-05:00Est. 22 April 2005 ||| "Id est quod est"Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373590495761864085noreply@blogger.comBlogger1941100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-45748527570991650922007-07-26T01:51:00.000-04:002007-07-26T03:19:29.218-04:00

About the only ink afforded to Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich after his performance at Tuesday's CNN/YouTube debate was in reference to his dubious distinction of having the lowest-testing moment of the night among focus groups.He earned the enmity of these political taste-testers by being the only person on a panel of eight candidates, including one black man, who is openly in

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I'm in the midst of enjoying my morning coffee at 1:00 PM, as is my custom, and browsing Crooks and Liars to catch up on whatever ass-hattery perpetrated by Team Bush I managed to miss thanks to our species' confounded need for sleep. A post titled Dems' big advantage on Iraq by Steve Benen reports the results of a new Washington Post/ABC News poll, which does indicate a shrinking level of public

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As this article begins, San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds stands within two home runs of tying the Major League record of 755, currently held by Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron, and three of breaking it. Bonds is and has been embroiled in a cloud of controversy for several years as allegations of performance-enhancing drug use have been leveled at him from several sources.In last year's book

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Of course everyone is going to write about this filth. It is, to me, the winning stroke for George W. Bush's bid for the worst President in American history. In the words of Armagideon Time: "Congratulations, Mr. President. There is no bar for venality set so low that you can't find a way to slither underneath it."Two blog posts really brought home how truly disgusting and foolish a man the

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As the debate rages on between Capitol Hill and the White House over the military appropriations bill currently being hammered out between the two Houses of Congress, President Bush has stuck to the narrative that he will veto anything but a "clean bill" that comes across his desk. "Clean" means in this case no timeline for withdrawal of United States forces from Iraq, and no "pork" spending on

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Or, WHY ARABS ESPECIALLY HATE AMERICA, PART 2When we last left off, America was spreading freedom in the Middle East by deposing a democratically elected official in Iran so that the authoritarian monarch they had put into power could rule even more absolutely. This set the stage for any old religious nut to rise to power by voicing the dissent of the people and, not so much breaking, but more

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Or, WHY ARABS ESPECIALLY HATE AMERICAThe 1920s and 30s were a very special time for the Middle East. It was a time of very special changes: when the young nations entered adulthood, and—thanks to technological advances—for the first time noticed their blossoming oil reserves. However, the older, more mature nations only noticed the countries with the biggest oil reserves, and those with small

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Or, WHY ARABS HATE EACH OTHERIslam is unique from all other religions in that it is based on the teachings of one charismatic figure who proclaimed himself divine and whose teachings are documented in a “holy” book. Modern Islamic practice is divided between two opposing groups, not unlike the Protestant and Lutheran factions within Christianity, or the Buddhist and Confucist factions within

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White House counsel Dan Bartlett made a really fascinating statement to Bob Schieffer of CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday morning. Asked by Schieffer about the departure of President Bush's political strategist Matthew Dowd, -- more specifically, about his bombshell interview in The New York Times in which he declared, among other things, "Kerry was right" -- Bartlett, in so many words, dismissed

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Or, WHY ARABS HATE THE JEWSThe two biggest fads of the late 1800's were, in no particular order, bowler hats and anti-Semitism. Some people, specifically the Jews, had a slight problem with this. In 1896, journalist Theodor Herzl offered a solution in his book Der Judenstaat. Written in the long-dead language of German, Der Judenstaat gave a name to an idea that had been around for centuries: the

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Or, WHY ARABS HATE WESTERN CIVILIZATION“Arab.” The word sends shivers down your spine and bile up your throat. But how much do you really know about your bearded brothers and veiled sisters to the East? You know that they love hummus, they love Allah, and they love hating America; but do you know the difference between a Sunni and a Shi’ite? Can you locate Lebanon on a map? Do you know if Yemen

Matt Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15382614700327752344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-18385291561243415382007-03-28T14:11:00.000-04:002007-03-28T14:25:14.040-04:00

I've been waiting for a long time now for a particular indictment and finally, here it is.Thinkprogress has video here of General Services Administration chief Lurita Doan testifying at a Congressional Oversight Hearing regarding this Gonzalez controversy and she essentially makes one of the most damaging admissions this country has had in a long time:PowerPoint sucks!That's right, the truth is

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So! You've lost yourself a child!Congratulations! By some unfortunate eventuality or another -- the sinister hand of a rapist, a freak tornado, maybe even your kin's own glaring negligence -- you are now the parent of a dead or missing youngster.Unlike more barbaric eras, in which tragic happenstances were handled behind closed doors by families too proud to accept any rubbernecking or even

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Congressional Democrats plan to introduce a bill in the coming days that would strip President Bush of the authority they voted to grant him in 2002 to wage war in Iraq. However, given the structure of the Constitutional system, this cause is more or less lost before it is to begin, as it would require the President to sign off on a cut to his own power.This eventuality seems to have been

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We don't approve of the practice of tarring this or that candidate or faction with the message board postings of their most, er, passionate supporters. That being said, however, we would like to offer, without commentary or prejudice, the sentiments of one Free Republic user posting under the moniker "Prophet in the wildnerness" ...We are getting dangerously near the point where the Democrats

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ABC News has posted a gallery of some highly moving photos of Bob Woodruff, who was anchor of World News Tonight for less than a month before being brained and nearly killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in January, 2006.Woodruff has made a remarkable recovery, considering that surgeons had to remove part of his skull in order to allow his brain to swell following the attack. He is even back on the

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373590495761864085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-42334117888097682802007-02-17T11:19:00.000-05:002007-02-17T12:49:53.636-05:00

Some Conservatives have a new favorite word they like to toss around... A new label they like to pin to any of their enemies. Not in the know? Confused? Well, today's cover of the New York Post will help you out in big, bold, black print:This accusation coming from the right (parroted by pundits and politicians, "justified" by a falsified quote from Abraham Lincoln) is about as responsible and

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I've been horribly MIA lately, but in my defense I've been mind-numbingly busy with my grad work. One thing I couldn't let fly under the radar though was this recent quote from George Bush where, when asked how he would be remembered, he said, "I made a name by being compassionate."That such a statement is delusional and ignorant is readily apparant. We could speak all day about how Bush has

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I'm really sick of Hillary Clinton. Not just her, but also the prevailing thought that her winning in the Democratic nomination for President is a fait accompli. The woman is underqualified, not as brilliant as she's generally credited as being, and has said and done some incredibly stupid things. In the name of putting Sen. Clinton under the microscope and cutting through the phony hype and

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"Everybody in America knew we were going to war ... [Bush] made it pretty clear from day one we were going to war. How come she still pretends that she didn't know he was going to war? It's like she didn't know anything about Bill and his behavior. How many times is she going to be confused by men?"Chris Matthews, on Sen. Hillary Clinton

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I don't want to make a big deal out of this; people are obviously going to read what they will into my commentary and anyone without a skin thick enough to take criticism shouldn't be putting their ideas out on the internet and asking more popular websites to syndicate them.That being said, I personally think one would have to navigate an extremely circuitous path to come to the impression some

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There was a time, not too long ago, when Karl Rove was the golden child of the Republican party, the master calculator, President Bush's disembodied, piggly-looking brain. Some may even remember him telling All Things Considered host Robert Siegel -- in a Jonah Goldberg moment -- that in spite of every poll under the sun predicting a Democrat takeover of Congress in November, he was in

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Some days you wake up and everything just falls into place. Today is one of those days. The train pulled into the station just as I walked through the turnstile, the guy at the deli toasted my bagel just the way I like it, then I pulled up the ol' internets and what do I see?No less than my favorite psychopath, Michael Savage, floating the idea of a run for the Republican nomination for

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As a lowly grad student at NYU, perhaps I shouldn't be accusing a Harvard Ph. D. of crappy scholarship, but Philip Slater's latest blog on Thomas Paine has offended my ever so delicate Historical sensibilities.Ignoring Slater's mistake that it's Paine's 170th birthday (it'd actually be his 270th), the most absurd posit of Slater's is that Paine was non-violent. Slater doesn't use that exact

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Republicans still hold Congress!Today's photo on Fox's Hannity and Colmes hub uses a picture from a previous year's State of the Union address; Dennis Hastert is still in the Speaker's chair.Hat tip to JMP on the C&L comment board.

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The presentation of an editorial on this site which concurs with the opinion of Frothmeister Sean Hannity is about as rare as the appearance of Kohoutek, so get out your high-powered telescopes.The revival of the issue of the "Fairness Doctrine" -- quotes mine -- by newly-empowered congressional Democrats is a flimsy smokescreen meant to guarantee the two-party stranglehold on political

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How does one describe President Bush's attitude towards Iraq? I'm going to try, but as an aid, I'm going to reach way back to the mid-80s for this gem:Ah yes, Animotion's "Obsession."Give it a good watch/listen.Animotion went a bit wild with the costumes in this one. The video opens with the jester's shoe tapping to the beat. Later we see this character idiotically "drumming" around the

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A mid-winter discussion on America's pastime -- that would be baseball, not cooking and selling methamphetamine -- is sure to elicit a groan from the regular readers of this site, but that's alright. See, this time of year always gets me down anyway, and with Admiral Monkeyface last night delivering what's got to be the most depressing speech I've ever watched, I'm totally unmotivated to blog

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As reported in The Comics Journal no. 280, there is finally a winner for that Iranian Holocaust cartoon contest. Some Americans might have a dim recollection of this contest and how it was initiated in response to Danish cartoons depicting and lampooning Mohammad. In the U.S., the story about the contest was hardly a sidebar feature as it went up against reports of protests, riots and the burning

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Lefty bloggers are pretty impressed with Keith Ellison's cheeky move in not only swearing in on the Koran, but Thomas Jefferson's very own copy of it. They figure that should stick it to complaining conservatives. Though, I don't see how it helps that Ellison is swearing in on a controversial holy book used as justification by enemies of our state worldwide and then chooses a copy once owned by a

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I appreciate my comrade's editorial on the Hussein execution. But there was one comment that really struck me as unwarranted, where he described Hussein as (italics my own):the man who experienced one of the most humiliating and public falls in world historyHyperbole is par for the course in the blogosphere, but I couldn't help being a bit irked by this. I don't entirely mind the linking of

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I feel a sort of melancholy. Not out of any sympathy or even pity for the man who experienced one of the most humiliating and public falls in world history. I am personally opposed to capital punishment in all circumstances, including treason and genocide. Were the decision left to me, I would have spared him, figuring that bestowing upon this beast of a man a measure of mercy he denied his

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When he's not running up astronomical casino debts or making the greater-good argument for racial eugenics, former U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett likes to pundit it up in the pages of National Review, and those who enjoy the spectacle of out-and-out far-right lunacy, yours truly included, certainly appreciate it. Luckily for us, in addition to his scheduled bloviations in print and

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With the new year will come a new Congress. With the new Congress will hopefully come a willingness, if not an enthusiasm, to embrace a new attitude of humaneness and charity for the less fortunate.We can get off on the right foot by kicking our elected representatives in their asses -- metaphorically speaking -- and telling them to support the Jubilee Act when it is re-introduced by Reps. Maxine

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373590495761864085noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-1165528043405876202006-12-07T16:37:00.000-05:002006-12-08T14:22:07.695-05:00

Exactly 65 years ago today, the Japanese Imperial Air Fleet conducted a two-hour bombing raid upon the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor and several other military installations on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, killing over 2,400 Americans, including 2,335 U.S. servicemen and setting the stage for American entry into our last just war.Let's all of us take a moment today to reflect on the horror, the

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When we watch spy films, caper movies, or international espionage thrillers or read novels with complicated intrigue, the most admirable characters and connivers with impressively executed plans are those who plan ahead, see all the elements in play, and manage to have contingency plans and a deep web of deceit to ensnare their opposition. An easy comparison (made sometimes implicitly or

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There's an interesting case developing involving 12 U.S. states suing the Environmental Protection Agency to force it to curb emissions of carbon dioxide, the most common greenhouse gas.The Economist article relating it (linked above) is worth a read to understand the particulars of the case, but what caught my notice especially was the included map of the plaintiffs, their supporters, and states

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The title of Arianna's blog today on HuffPo:Tenacious D(emocracy): Let's Have Iraqis Vote on US Troops in Iraq.Where have I heard that before?Oh, right.In my own head, as I wrote it more than a month ago. No sour grapes as I'm sure Arianna has never heard of us; on the contrary, I'm glad this idea is gaining traction:The answer to all of our troubles is a national referendum in Iraq. One question

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I seem to be in a minority of lumpen-liberals who always enjoys Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's brusque courtroom manner and often agrees with his rigid constructionalist approach to the U.S. Constitution. He's an affable, witty guy on top of being a brilliant scholar and jurist, despite his personal politics. In participating in the Court's first foray into U.S. law as it pertains to

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Just how compassionate can a conservative get? Our Dear Leader settled the question in an exchange with Senator-elect and former Navy Secretary Jim Webb (D-Va.), whose son is fighting in Iraq, reported in The Hill:At a private reception held at the White House with newly elected lawmakers shortly after the election, Bush asked Webb how his son, a Marine lance corporal serving in Iraq, was

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It appears our president might have more admirers in the world community than one would surmise based on a casual glance around the globe.Unfortunately, one among them is the chief executive of Sudan, military dictator Omar al-Bashir. Though unilateral military action, haughty derision of the United Nations and denial of the popularly-accepted scale of violence in military conflicts has netted

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Wal-Mart gets it from all ends these days. Now even conservatives are protesting the mega-chain.There are certain elements of this that disturbed me.For one thing, the motivation of the American Family Association here is that by becoming affiliated with organizations that promote gay rights and equality in the workplace, Wal-Mart is betraying "traditions, which have included efforts to weed out

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Some of you out there may have noticed that I have a habit of picking on Rush Limbaugh. I'm used to constantly hearing his arguments from my grandmother and I'm used to constantly shooting them down. After watching this pattern for years, my sister has been beggging me for some time now to start up a regular feature on the blog where I do so.Rather than bog The ol' Snapp down with a constant

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We don't normally link to other blog posts because we think we're smarter than everyone else, but The New Liberator posted an open letter to American Jews, which frankly and bravely poses questions and proffers answers treated as radioactive by nearly all the media, including the 'sphere.... I am appalled with what the State of Israel has become domestically, and with what it does beyond its

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Those of you holding your respective breath waiting for cures for cancer and AIDS may want to exhale. So long as there's money in capturing the imaginations and disposable income of stoned twentysomethings, sick people will have to wait for a more altruistic scientific environment:Australian scientists have created a T-shirt ... [with] motion sensors built into its elbows that pick up movements

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It's been called to my attention, after making a comparison between the state of our country and the state of the New York Knicks that The Onion, a couple months ago, did the same thing.LET THE RECORD SHOW that my ORIGINAL POST comparing the incompetence of our "fearless leader" and the similar incompetence of ol' Zeke was wayyyyy back in February.Good thing i like those Onion guys, or they'd be

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This weekend we'd be remiss if we didn't express what we're sure is a common admiration and awe of our U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and National Guard veterans, who have protected and served we Americans nobly and unflinchingly in the face of overwhelming danger, regardless of the legitimacy or inanity of their appointed mission.We could never repay you for the job you've done and

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Exotic animal and alleged Democratic strategerist James Carville took a few minutes away from buffing his scalp to air the murmurs shared by his disgruntled compatriots in the party."But, but Brendan," you might stammer in my direction, "Democrats are coming off what can only be described as a triumph! They took back the House and Senate, and won and ran competitively in places they've avoided

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So it's been a good week for those opposed to the faulty Republican leadership. We desired change and we got it. If only it were true in all realms where we desire progress..... There is still a blight that spends frivolously and makes boneheaded policy decisions. There is still an establishment figure who will continue to do damage to our beloved institution until it is in a state of almost

Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225223676713366033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-1163025857251112192006-11-08T17:06:00.000-05:002006-11-08T17:45:21.240-05:00

Someone had to be the first to note a dark lining in last night's silver cloud, and Jerome Armstrong at MyDD, a blog I frequent frequently, stepped up to the plate, airing rather legitimate beefs with Spitzer and other top-of-the-ticket New York Democrats' failure to share their respective campaign largesses with progessives running for state offices.Quoth the Voice:It struck some Democrats as

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Happy trails, to you ... until we meet again ... Happy trails, to you ... keep smiling until then ... Who cares about the clouds when we're toge-ther? Just sing a song and bring the sunny wea-ther ... Happy traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaails, to you ...Til we meeeeeeet aaaaaaaaa-gain.

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373590495761864085noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-1163010204098191012006-11-08T13:19:00.000-05:002006-11-08T13:23:24.136-05:00

It's a good day. Talent (and the lack thereof) recognized.Here is a video both celebratory and democratic (honestly, I was just dying for an excuse to post something about the Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo, but can you blame me?)

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It's never been a more beautiful rainy Wednesday morning in November.Just want to share this nugget, posted conspicuously -- and, to their credit, not retroactively censored -- from RedState.com: I Concede Nothing: We're Not Losing A Single Seat. Period.WHO DA MAN?YOU DA MAN!WHO DA MAN?YOU DA MAN!WHO DA MAN?YOU DA MAN!

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Unlike everyone else writing his and her last-minute "this is it" posts today, I am going to make a point of not talking about the election on Election Day. No disrespect meant to y'all who are bloggin' it, I'm gonna read them anyway and I'm sure they'll be eloquent and lovely.But today I'm going to shut my mouth, go into the voting booth, do my business and leave in a hope that others will

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First, there's the obvious. Iraq. Katrina. Warrantless Wiretapping. The Patriot Act. "You go to war with the army you have." Public Enemy #1 still at large. Automatic "cost-of-living" salary increases in Congress. Stagnant minimum wages for the rest of us. Enron. The "Sixteen Words" and Valerie Plame. Trillions in debt.But all that is boring. America will dispatch the Grand Ol' Party from their

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My grandmother is the most Conservative person I know, associate with, and talk to on a regular basis. I mean Conservative in that "ardently loyal to the cause, whatever the hell that might be" since she listens to Rush every day, loves FOXNews, and thinks I'm a Communist just by virtue of having gone to NYU (but she still loves me all the same, yay for grandmas). I can't begrudge her for it (

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Something incredible has happened at Whippersnapp this week: The regular addition of content and attention paid by scores of new funny, insightful and friendly readers/fellow bloggers.Thanks so much for your time and linkage, we promise to continue to justify the time you spend dawdling in our little corner of the internets. Anyone who has a recommendation or would like to contribute a guest

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Reported today on Political Wire:Despite it’s [sic] deep-red nature, Democrats are slightly ahead in Idaho’s gubernatorial and 1st congressional district race[.]Of course, at least in the ID-1 congressional race, it doesn't hurt that Republican candidate Bill Sali was once described thusly by fellow GOPer and Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives Bruce Newcombe:"That idiot is just an

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373590495761864085noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-1162501439723657392006-11-02T15:54:00.000-05:002006-11-02T18:41:31.800-05:00

"I can do it in 18 seconds," says Watt. "I can train you to do it in 3 minutes. Just push the yellow button, wait 3 seconds and it chimes. Push the yellow button again, wait 3 seconds and it chimes again. Then it's all on the screen prompts. You're asked 'Do you want to enter manual mode?' and you push 'Yes'...And then you're on your way."HuffPo: Brad FriedmanThe man quoted above, Ron Watt, is

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Serves you right, you fucking bitch."[Horseface Killah] Ann Coulter is being investigated for possibly voting in the wrong precinct last February."from tampabays10.comWe see a career change in your future ... ... as Kathy Griffin's stunt double.

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We Smell A RatPolls will show that at least half of Americans think Congress is corrupt. This could perhaps be chalked up to paranoia towards authority figures, common for people who feel like they're in a crappy situation and getting screwed (just look at the widespread notion from blue collar workers that their Unions are corrupt but a necessary evil).But a simple perusal of headlines shows

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I did not vote for Sen. Kerry (Idiot-MA) for President in 2004, for a number of reasons. The foremost being my fondness for Ralph Nader, secondarily, my residence status in a state he was to win handily anyway, but also for his proneness to gaffes that -- Lord knows how -- made him look even dumber than his opponent. To wit:It sounds awful, indeed, it truly is awful, even if the context is being

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It's so simple. I can't believe I didn't think of it before. I can't believe the United States government, which yearly confiscates from its citizens some figure in the tens of trillions of dollars in taxes, couldn't think of it.We in the U.S. love democracy. We hold it so sacred and dear that we're willing to kill any number of foreigners -- and stand by while still more kill each other -- in

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373590495761864085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-1161954014399334842006-10-27T08:23:00.000-04:002006-10-27T13:54:05.040-04:00

I'm a fairly big fan of Wired magazine. I love to devour tech and science news and Wired provides this and more with particular insights into art, design, culture, and even literature. I was particularly delighted this past week by their 6-Word Short Story compilation. But if they're going to publish mini-rants like the recent one by Tony Long disparaging Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese (

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Insanity, so goes the maxim, is the condition of repeating the same action and expecting a different result.Sen. Joe Lieberman's (CfL-CT) doublespeak and hypocritical posturing on the Iraq War has bordered on intolerable for a couple of years now. But a new ad from the Lamont campaign ingeniously demonstrates the lunatic folly of Joe's latest rhetorical tack, that of reluctant warrior, by

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I have had enough of Senator John McCain.In the past year, he's capitulated to the loons in the Religious Right who, during his 2000 run for President, he correctly identified as hate-filled theocrats; he's taken a strong rhetorical stance against torture of detainees in U.S. custody just before endorsing the Bush-gutted bill that legalizes just the disgusting practice; he's espoused the

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373590495761864085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-1159406127064447762006-09-27T20:16:00.000-04:002006-09-27T21:21:11.470-04:00

We're getting closer to elections so you can bet dollars to donuts that the religious Right will release the hounds of cultural war. Despite the real war (or should I say wars as let's not forget about Afghanistan, where, though Newsweek might try to hide it, we cannot ignore that we are losing), the floundering economy, and political corruption run rampant, the "ever valiant fight against gay

Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225223676713366033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-1159118740553407162006-09-24T12:32:00.000-04:002006-09-24T16:40:08.650-04:00

The political internet is jumping with the recent smack down former President Bill Clinton laid down on Chris Wallace and FoxNews Sunday. Video here. Transcript here.For me, Clinton's smart, strong defense addresses two major points to which anyone looking to free this country from all the bullshit must pay mind.First of these is growing a backbone and speaking truth to power. It's been a common

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Can we roundup all the illegal immigrants and cart them off? An example of what happened in one town is pretty interesting...People say that the battle over whether torture methods and secret prisons should be allowed is coming to a head. So... Even if McCain wins this one, is anyone with me that the White House will probably be "Fuck all y'all" and just maintain more secret messed up crap like

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Ever the red fish in a blue pond, the Boston Herald had some good news for any neocon or arch-capitalist who'd perhaps been feeling twinges of guilt vis-a-vis the quickly-dwindling world oil supply:The world has tapped only 18 percent of the total global supply of crude, a leading Saudi oil executive said Wednesday, challenging the notion that supplies are petering out.Abdallah S. Jum’ah,

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Five years since 9/11/01. I've watched more TV coverage already than I expected I would. A lot of the same questions and ideas keep popping up.Where Were You?Our obsession with memory and the impact of that day have combined to make it a particularly resonant day to describe to others. An amazing catalog of oral history regarding 9/11 has been and continues to be gathered. Where was I? I was in

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All the bloggers are talking today about how they mean not to prattle or preach or otherwise ramble on about the fifth anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Following their caveats, most that I read went on to do just that -- there being notable exceptions, of course. I'd like to take the opportunity to apologize for some things I did and said in the hours and days following

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So I started school yesterday. Here I am, back at my alma mater, a Liberal Arts College. That's right folks, according to those on the Right I'm one of those brainwashed commie leftist students. Even worse, I go to NYU! I believe it was Michael Savage who called "kids" like me "diaper doper babies." Oh Dear! I'd be scared if it weren't all so ridiculous.Maybe they're right, though. Maybe going

Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225223676713366033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-1154973534621592322006-08-07T13:58:00.000-04:002006-08-07T13:59:18.743-04:00

The American government is spending $1 billion a week on protection and creation of infrastructure for the people of Iraq, to the loss and detriment of our roads, our schools, our safety, our health. The White House would rather hand briefcases worth of cash to unaccountable contractors for the construction of a hospital in Kirkuk that will probably be suicide-bombed later anyway, than spend

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One of my grandmother's heroes is in trouble yet again. With the disarray that the Republican party is in, that could be anyone, so let me clarify... Rush Limbaugh was recently detained for carrying a bottle of Viagra that was not prescribed for him (though he fully admits that they were for his use). Normally I'd read this article, have a bit of a guffaw at the "big, fat idiot's" expense and

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There's been a lot of pissed off talk in my town lately about New York and Washington DC getting their anti-terrorism funding cut to levels below places like Utah, Hawaii, etc. Many have pointed out that what might have been important federal money used to stop terrorism has now become just general pork.To try and excuse themselves from the incoming hate, Homeland Security has let fly with the

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I've done my best to hate Mike Bloomberg. He's a member of the Republican party and welcomed the GOP into our city with open arms, much to the dismay of the overwhelming majority of the city. He's had his hands in fund raising for the GOP and G.W. Bush. But lately... well... he's been making a lot of speeches kicking the GOP & White House's collective asses left and right and I've gotta respect

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--I went to see X-Men 3 with Team Movie Binge. It wasn't so great. Wasn't terrible either. Plenty of nods to geekery to make this one satisfied enough (Kitty Pryde, The Juggernaut (Bitch!), decent action). Just one thing sorta drove me really crazy. There's one scene where Jean Grey (Famke Jannsen) is all over Wolverine. It's pretty hot. But Wolverine turns her down. I don't care if she's crazy

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The history of American politics is a protracted and sordid story of two supposedly opposing factions tripping over one another to stake out attractive and expedient positions in order to get elected. We saw it recently in the last two rounds of Presidential debates, in 2000, with Bush and Gore nodding, bobblehead-style, at each others' vague remarks, and then two years ago when candidate Kerry

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Another week of 52, folks. It's starting to sink in how amazing it will be if DC can actually pull this off. Keeping the schedule and making sure everything is in on time must be pretty insane and it's going to be tough for them to be vigilant about that for an entire year. Even harder, though, is that this title is going to have to put up with fanboy bitching on a weekly basis. I feel like I'd

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Our intrepid little President is pushing ahead with another multi-billion tax cut that will benefit the upper crust which, considering all the money he's spending on ill conceived wars and fences to make better neighbors, just doesn't add up. To make matters worse, he's gone against his previous pledge and decided (being the decider and all) that taxes will triple for teenagers with college funds

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Right around Mother's Day I got into an argument of sorts with my mother (I know, I know... bad son). It was a silly argument though over nothing important... Just Iran. She's probably just worked up because she thinks I might wind up being sent off to war by Uncle Sam. Sometimes I worry the same. The difference between our points of view though is that she doesn't see it as mostly George W's

Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225223676713366033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-1147319642663193132006-05-10T22:47:00.000-04:002006-05-11T10:49:27.820-04:00

I'm gonna assume that most of our readers (which would be 3 out of the 4 people that read this site) aren't comic book nerds, so I'll try to make this as easy on you as possible.....So 52 is this crazy ambitious project DC is putting out. A serialized comic dealing with the entire DC Universe that comes out every week in a world where monthly issues being several weeks (or months!) late is the

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I'm considering making this a regular thing......Dear New York City,Thank you for tirelessly blowing shit in my eye on every windy day you provide. It is thanks to you that I am possibly developing a reputation as a teary eyed sentimental. Just when I think i've got all the specks dislodged from my eye, you come back with more. Someday I'll be blind and truly able to appreciate your faint scent

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This began as a reply to a comment my infinitely esteemed and respected colleague Craig made in response to my most recent article on Iran. However, by the time I came around to addressing all his points, I had an entire new article unto itself.The gentleman begins by quoting from my aforementioned article:"invasion was the right move given the information he and our allies had in front of them."

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In his 2004 State of the Union address, President Bush famously remarked that "America will never seek a permission slip" to defend itself. But the administration's handling of Iran's recent progress toward becoming a nuclear power, not to mention its antagonistic bluster, suggests that the Commander-in-Chief might need a friendly reminder.Though recently translated tapes of pre-war Iraqi cabinet

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It's hard to believe that there are people out there that could still support George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and the entire crooked administration after everything that's happened and continues to happen. Just pulling from the latest headlines we can see various Republicans turning on Bush on everything from Rumsfeld and Iraq to even climate change. And yet, there are still those who cling to

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So i'm gonna try to cover as much of the past two or three weeks of my comics buying as I can being that I've been out of action for a while now. You might wanna wear a hardhat....*Man Is By Nature A Political AnimalYou know what? Let me just get this out of the way right now. Fuck you, Judd Winnick. The latest Green Arrow was friggen terrible. The first several pages were bloated with what was

Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225223676713366033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12345614.post-1145299554303304602006-04-17T14:44:00.000-04:002006-04-17T14:45:54.326-04:00

You'll have to excuse the lack of posts lately. Just moved into a new apartment and still waiting on that internet connection. Del.icio.us posts should still be updating regularly though, so enjoy.

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In case you all haven't noticed, I've set up my Del.icio.us to be able to post to the blog in the sidebar. So to read what I've been reading just take a look and get clicking. Yes, this will be on the test.

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There was stiff competition for my pick of the week this time around. I'd of course go with Vol. 2 of Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby*, but I try to keep with the floppies instead of trades or hardcovers. And Brubeck's latest offering of Captain America had Cap not only giddy, but proving to us all what a real hero is like. But the ever so coveted honor of the book I was most looking forward to

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You AIM suckas best not roll up on Captain America when he's laying up with his woman.He Does NOT like that.And you are liable to get kicked in the face.

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Cunning leads to knavery. - OvidI saw V for Vendetta a couple of nights ago and while I'm sort of loath to entertain Orwellian and Hitlerian -- lord do I wish I had a last name which lent itself to adjectivization -- analogies to W. Bush's Amuhhhhricah, it did get me to thinking about issues of social programming, manufactured consent and whatnot.The problem with the fantasy tyrannies depicted in

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My friend Matthew Jordan sent me a memorandum soliciting my opinion of Chef's return and subsequent demise on South Park. First of all, this was the first funny episode of the show I've seen in two years. The writers had fallen into a rut of making cheap jokes at easy targets, and even the "controversy" generated by the Scientology episode was, I felt, unwarranted and gave too much credit to the

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I just can't seem to understand the comic book industry and it drives me crazy.This shouldn't be something that bothers me too much as I've grown accustomed to having trouble understanding "industry" in general. Like any good History student I've read my Marx and my Wages of Whiteness. I understand the idea of market forces and I've even begun to be a regular reader of The Economist (god, help me

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So it looks like Barry Bonds has finally been outed regarding his steroid use. Plenty of people will talk about implications like the Hall of Fame, past records, and the upcoming season. But to me the most remarkable element of the Bonds saga has been the persistence of the sports media in pursuing this issue and story over the past couple years. Since the home run race really heated up these

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Back in action after a while. There's a lot of crap I guess I could try to catch up on (the new Spider Suit, One Year Later, Civil War, etc) But I think I'll just jot down whatever comes to my head (which will most likely be whatever gave me particular delight).The Thing #4 was just chock-full-o goodness. It had action, humor, a sequence involving taking children to the race track and The

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Isaiah Thomas is a madman. Or at least most Knicks fans seem to think so at this point. Ever since assuming control as the Knicks's General Manager, Isaiah Thomas has made terrible decision after terrible decision resulting in one of the most visible teams in the league becoming the most abysmal as well. Following his recent trade for Stevie Francis, the conspiracy theories just started flying.

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I tried to act all cool. I tried to think I was way too cultured and hip and that I had far far better and important things to do with my time. I even tried to avoid it (not that hard when you don't have television). But I have to admit it... I really like the Winter Olympics.Let me get the most important factor out of the way first. Olympic Hockey. It doesn't get much better than this. It's so

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Holy crap! Where have we (I) been! It's been decades, EONS, since anyone posted on this godforsaken blog.I sort of have an excuse. My computer got busted when a faulty radiator decided to spew steam and water all over my room. Thank you crappy landlords! But I have had the computer back for about 2 weeks now and I'm not even posting this particular post on my own computer. So yknow, so much

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