Archive | 2008

McCain and his “Soul Mate”

1 Sep

More importantly, though, doesn’t it seem as if the McCain campaign’s talking points on Palin need a complete overhaul? The McCain campaign said Palin opposed the infamous “bridge to nowhere.” That’s false. The campaign said Palin supported the Bush “surge” policy. That’s false. The campaign said Palin is the “commander in chief” of the Alaska [...]

9-10-01

28 Aug

On September 10, 2001, Senator Biden, then (as now) chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, prophetically warned of the new Bush administration’s exclusive focus on missile defenses in a speech at the National Press Club. He said, “We will have diverted all that money to address the least likely threat while the real threats [...]

The Last Police Concert Ever

8 Aug

Until the next one.. . Set List: Sunshine of your love Message in a bottle Walking on the Moon Demolition man When the world is running down Don’t stand so Close Driven to tears Hole in my life Every little thing Wrapped around De doo de Daa Invisibile sun Can’t stand Losing You Intermission shaving [...]

Let’s Play: If I Were a Right Wing Blogger

30 Jul

From The Nation: If I were a right-wing blogger, and I found out that Barack Obama was wearing Ferragamo loafers that cost $520, I would spend about 50% of my waking hours making sure everyone knew this. I would mock him for being an out-of-touch elitist and make jokes like, “If you think that’s a [...]

Truly Generic Pills

29 Jul

Saw this on Kottke.org. Looks like several of these are the Kirkland brand that you get at Costco. Roughly the same price but with out the membership fee. If you’re like most people, you purchase Benadryl. A slightly smaller and savvier subset of you will always reach for the drugstore’s “generic” counterpart, e.g. Waldryl. Stop [...]

BikeSnobNYC on NYPD-on-biker violence

29 Jul

Ha-ha! Yet try as I might, it’s hard for me to feel outrage. The world can often seem vicious and arbitrary, and this video would seem to be a good example of that. However, while you can’t account for everything, there are some immutable truths in this world, and knowing them can give you a [...]

Mayberry Machiavellis

28 Jul

Your Bush administration at work: When it’s politically convenient, the war on terror is vitally important. When it’s not, it’s not. [From Mayberry Machiavellis]

Dobson vs. Obama – washingtonpost.com

29 Jun

While I wouldn’t characterize Obama’s views on abortion & judicial nominees as extreme, I find the parenthetical concern over mass death and genocide particularly day-late-dollar-short. Hey! Guess what! There’s already been mass death! That said, anyone slamming Dobson gets a couple of bonus points in my book. There are certainly reasons for evangelicals to have [...]

Crocs

27 May

Here’s a video I edited recently

16 May