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Suicide bomber game
Oh, somebody is going to hell for this one. [THX: fikshun]
Read moreWang Dang Sweet GOPoontang
wakinguptous has a nice take on the National Review‘s hysterical “Top 50 Conservative Rock Songs” over at this morning, and you might want to start there. As you’d expect, the top three songs on the list are from The Who, The Beatles, and The Stones, who are sort of like the Ronald Reagan, William F. Buckley, and Bill O’Reilly of
Read moreWhat’s wrong with me?
You may know that I have a dog. Ronan the Scottish Terror. And if you’re a dog person, you may understand me when I say that I love the dog more than I do a vast majority of people in the world. No, I mean it – if a house was on fire and Ronan was inside with people I
Read moreLordi wins Eurovision!
Well, this just rocks Satan’s fuzzy little booties, don’t it? In case you missed the backstory, I posted an item on the controversy about a month ago, and am glad to see that Finland’s president didn’t use her veto power to get involved in the nation’s entertainment industry. That kind of heavy-handed paternalism is something that should only be practiced
Read moreToday’s “Insert Your Own Joke Here” contest
Good morning. Chimp-human breakup may have been long, messy affair, says new study – Mounds of new data suggest drama involved time apart and even a couple of final rendezvous Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle NEW YORK – One of the most detailed comparisons yet of human and chimp DNA shows that the split between the two species was a long,
Read moreCU committee decrees on Ward Churchill
The U of Colorado has been in the process of finding a way of getting rid of the troublesome Prof. Ward Churchill. Mainly, they need a process that will get him 86ed and that will result in a lawsuit they can win. There will be a lawsuit, of course. If you don’t recall, Churchill is the guy wrote an article
Read moreUpdate on Leopold/Rove
As noted Sunday, Jason Leopold of TruthOut reported that Karl Rove was going to be indicted in the Plamegate case this week. As I said then: It should be noted that while this story is being reported by several agencies, Leopold is the source for each. So far, then, we don’t have much in the way of confirmation. If the
Read moreBush is sweating
You know how you can tell that the NSA story (and the potential impending indictment of Karl Rove) has the White House worried? Official: Thousands of troops will head to border Bush to outline plan in Monday night Oval Office address Monday, May 15, 2006; Posted: 12:15 p.m. EDT (16:15 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush will order fewer than
Read morePolitical notes on a Sunday morning: McCain, Hillary, faux conservatives, Rove…
1: Welcome to the Bob Dolization of John McCain. For years, Dole was a respected, effective, centrist dealmaker, a source of grease for the wheels of Congress. But that wasn’t getting him any closer to the White House in a GOP where “Moderate” was functionally the same as “Satanic.” So he sold his soul to the Freak Right in hopes
Read moreExploding whales
Well, there’s no way I could have made THIS up.
Read moreExpanding my vocabulary
I just learned two new words listening to a radio interview with Florida hoops coach Billy Donovan: camaderie characeriscits Write ’em down – they will be on the test.
Read moreAll your bass are belong to us
Looks like Torque needs a bass player. Things to note if you’re thinking of applying: WE ARE TORQUE! MAKE NO MISTAKE, YOU WILL KNOW THAT! YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE BIG EARS WHEN YOU LISTEN!! WE TUNE ALL INSTRUMENTS DOWN TO KEY OF B !! BEST SOLID (BIG 2&4) DRUMMER WITH LARGEST DRUM KIT YOU HAVE EVER SEEN! 2 FRONT TOMS
Read moreMI3 chokejob
There’s about a brazilian stories today on Mission Impossible 3‘s underwhelming performance at the box office. The studio says funny things like it’s not disappointed, and in general they’re slathering this limp roadkill biscuit with all the spin jelly it will hold. But seriously, are you surprised? It’s not that Tom Cruise has spent the last year acting up –
Read moreAmerican mobility: all the places I’ve lived
We’ve become a very mobile culture. Education, jobs, adventure, marriage – there are a lot of things that call us away from home in ways that were unprecedented even a generation ago. I’m like a lot of people in that I’ve moved around a lot, especially in the past few years. For instance, I’ve moved 11 times since fall of
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