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Day. Week. Month. Year. Ever. > Barbra Streisand goes bra-less It’s like they’re not even trying anymore.
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Saturday Video Roundup: crank dat Bear Force
And thanks for joining us for yet another edition of Saturday Video Roundup. Let’s start by putting down the popcorn, grabbing a partner, and diving into America’s latest dance craze.
Read morePadilla verdict: a resounding defeat for Bush
Jury finds Padilla guilty on terror charges MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — The jury in the Jose Padilla terror trial has found the American guilty of conspiracy to support Islamic terrorism overseas. art.jose.padilla.ap.jpgJose Padilla was originally accused of planning a “dirty bomb” attack in the U.S. Padilla’s two co-defendants, Adham Hassoun and Kifan Jayyousi, were also found guilty on the three
Read moreThe inaugural Scholars and Rogues Interview (and our newest Scrogue): Graham Parker
The mid-1970s were a wonderful time for music lovers. For starters, exciting and innovative new music was popping up all over the place. And when it did, it actually got played on the radio. The UK was especially fertile ground during this period, as scores of punk and New Wave acts emerged (many from the “pub rock” scene) in the
Read moreSaturday Video Roundup: three videos in search of a theme
Welcome to the Saturday video roundup. We kick things off today with a totally gratuitous bit of … ummm … historical revisionism? … from Electric Six.
Read moreThe futility of unconventional poetry
I’m a poet. Whether I’m a good one or a bad one is, I suppose, open to debate. But the fundamental fact of my life and career is that the business activities that define my professional existence these days are Plan C, at best. If the world worked the way I wish it did, I’d make my living writing, publishing
Read moreVerseDay: The futility of unconventional poetry
I’m a poet. Whether I’m a good one or a bad one is, I suppose, open to debate. But the fundamental fact of my life and career is that the business activities that define my professional existence these days are Plan C, at best. If the world worked the way I wish it did, I’d make my living writing, publishing
Read moreLooting, pillaging, fundraising: Romney fundraiser busted
Say you’re running for President. And say that it’s a couple days before before a major primary season straw poll. In someplace semi-important, like, say, Iowa. Ask yourself, what kinds of headlines would you really, really just not want to see in places like, oh, I don’t know, the AP and Forbes.com? How about something like this: Major Romney Fundraiser
Read morePentagon sanctioned military proselytizing
Jim Booth has a great (and fairly disturbing) piece on sponsored fundie proselytizing at Scholars & Rogues. Worth the read. Link here.
Read moreGreat week in baseball history
We’ve seen some major historical moments in baseball in the last few days. First, Alex Rodriguez became the youngest man to hit the 500-homerun mark, doing so at 32 years and eight days old. There are no guarantees that he’ll break Hank Aaron’s all-time mark of 755 taters, but even if he never plays another game it’s a remarkable accomplishment.
Read moreMigrating into Facebook
I finally set up my Facebook site. Yay. It looks at the moment like Facebook is enjoying a lot of migration from different directions. For starters, it was only recently opened up to non-college students, so there’s a general influx of new users. A lot of business types appear to be abandoning LinkedIn for Facebook. I’m not unplugging my LinkedIn
Read moreIs the perfect real estate storm about to pop the housing bubble?
I’ve been waiting for the housing crash for awhile. I’m not an expert, but it has seemed to me that we have: a lot of empty existing units; a ridiculous excess of new units being built; absolutely insane financing deals being offered; and accelerating foreclosure numbers. In other words, a perfect storm is brewing.
Read moreSaturday Video Roundup: someone’s in the kitchen with Murdoc
Welcome back to another edition of Scholars & Rogues’ Saturday Video Roundup. Today we begin with television cooking shows, which are getting weirder with each passing day. (Thx to Wendie the C in the L to da A.) Next we take you for a ride on the wayback machine to a scene from high school. I mean, this is how
Read moreSatan’s pajama party: Ken Starr in bed with Hillary Clinton, Dubya slays the GOP
They say that politics makes for strange bedfellows. But this is ridiculous. Kenneth Starr’s Law Firm Gives More Money to Clinton By Lindsay Fortado July 31 (Bloomberg) — Lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis, the law firm that’s home to Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr and Bush administration official Jay Lefkowitz, have given more to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign than to all
Read moreThe UNFATHOMABLE cost of fixing ALL THOSE BRIDGES: a moment of perspective…
According to an article in today’s Washington Post: WASHINGTON — More than 70,000 bridges across the country are rated structurally deficient like the span that collapsed in Minneapolis, and engineers estimate repairing them all would take at least a generation and cost more than $188 billion. One prominent blogger is appalled: This is the kind of disaster that just doesn’t
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