Federalist Rolling Papers

Sweet

2006-12-19T17:37:00.000-05:00

Marijuana is the most valuable cash crop in the United States, worth more to its growers than corn and wheat combined, according to a new report by a leading American drug reform lobbyist that cites the US government's own figures.

Decades of government efforts to crack down on both the cultivation and consumption of pot have had a counter-productive effect, since even the most conservative government estimates suggest domestic marijuana production has increased tenfold in the past 25 years. It is the leading cash crop in 12 states, and one of the top five crops in 39 states.

The report's author, Jon Gettman, says it is "larger than cotton in Alabama, larger than grapes, vegetables and hay in California, larger than peanuts in Georgia, and larger than tobacco in South and North Carolina".

Thank god the war in Iraq is so much more successful than the war on drugs.

Scarlett

2006-12-18T14:16:00.000-05:00

Well, we have let this go for a while, but I know just what will jump start posting again:

or perhaps the more classic:

Bestest President Ever!

2006-07-18T10:04:00.000-04:00

Smooth, very smooth:

BUSH: I talked about my desire to promote institutional change in parts of the world, like Iraq, where there’s a free press and free religion. And I told him that a lot of people in our country would hope that Russia will do the same thing. I fully understand, however, that there will be a Russian-style democracy.

PUTIN: We certainly would not want to have same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, quite honestly.

USA wins World Cup!

2006-07-10T20:13:00.000-04:00

Zidane's headbut on Sunday might have been the beginning of the end for European Soccer. I don;'t think any other play, by any other player short of the US winning the World Cup could have stimulated the same interest in soccer in the US then what he did. I mean everyone that watched it was talking about it and every one who didn't was searching for the video on the internet. By 2:00 , everyone was saying, "what the fuck?"

4 year's ago the World got a lot of attention; this year it seems like even more. The next Cup will be insane because of this. Zidane easliy advanced the coming of an American super team closer by about 12 years.

Our President

2006-06-21T10:27:00.000-04:00

The new Lincoln:

The book's opening anecdote tells of an unnamed CIA briefer who flew to Bush's Texas ranch during the scary summer of 2001, amid a flurry of reports of a pending al-Qaeda attack, to call the president's attention personally to the now-famous Aug. 6, 2001, memo titled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US." Bush reportedly heard the briefer out and replied: "All right. You've covered your ass, now."

New Outlook On Some Things

2006-06-20T10:12:00.000-04:00

As you may (or may not) know, I have a habit of reading a lot of cases extraneous to my field of practice (civil litigation). It is not unusual for me to wander around to places with cases in my hands (especially so when I have anywhere to walk). Usually I find myself reading habeas cases. There are a couple reasons for this: (1) I generally find the area of law fascinating because of the interactions between criminal law, the constitution, and (to quote Hugo Black) "Our Federalism" and (2) occasionally you read a really thought provoking fact-pattern or analysis which makes you reconsider things.

The other day I read Campbell v. Wood, 18 F.3d 662 (9th Cir. 1994), where the Ninth Circuit voted 6-5 en banc that hanging was not cruel and unusual punishment. I thought the majority opinion did not make sense (in that it focused almost myopically upon unnecessary pain, rather than any of the other factors one uses). Reinhart's dissent was pretty masterful, concluding ultimately that hanging is "savage and barbaric" and therefore barred by the 8th Amendment.

Reinhart's dissent got me thinking about the myth of the quick and painless execution and the reality that, to the extent we know anything, we know that any of the execution methods we currently utilize may not be as painfree as they once were.

For instance, there is much litigation over the lethal injection "cocktail" which everyone has always assumed was like going to sleep. See Hill v. McDonough. It is possible that the chemicals used only freeze the muscles, thereby making everyone else unaware that the condemnee is actually in searing, burning pain.

Similarly, other methods of execution have been held to be cruel and unusual in the last decade because they impose to great a risk of painful suffering. See Fierro v. Gomez, 865 F.Supp. 1387 (N.D. Cal. 1994) aff'd, 77 F.3d 301 (9th Cir. 1996) (lethal gas); State v. Dawson, 274 Ga. 327 (2001) (electrocution). Others are still in bounds. See Campbell, 18 F.3d 662 (hanging); Wilkerson v. Utah, 99 U.S. 130 (1878) (firing squad). And, certainly, many other forms of execution are unacceptable from almost all perspectives. See Glass v. Louisiana, 471 U.S. 1080, 1084-85 (1985) (Brennan, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari) ("Thus in explaining the obvious unconstitutionality of such ancient practices as disembowelling while alive, drawing and quartering, public dissection, burning alive at the stake, crucifixion, and breaking at the wheel, the Court has emphasized that the Eighth Amendment forbids 'inhuman and barbarous' methods of execution that go at all beyond 'the mere extinguishment of life' and cause 'torture or a lingering death' . . . [as well as] 'mutilation' and 'distortion' of the condemned prisoner's body.")

So, to get to my point (I know, finally), I believe I have come to the conclusion that capital punishment cannot be constitutionally imposed because (1) every time a new "humane" method is arrived at (electrocution, gas, lethal injection), that method is eventually shown to bring with it the substantial risk of pain to the inmate and (2) the only methods which guarantee a [probably) painless death (guillotine, for example) are completely incompatible with anything resembling our modern standards of decency (but maybe not--though I doubt the accuracy of this report). Furthermore, I am also deeply troubled by the inability to measure exactly what these methods of execution do to the condemnee; we can hypothesize all we want, but we just don't know (see the debate about lethal injection, as well as the Fierro court's discussion about the differences in the scientific community about the effects of cyanide gas).

This new outlook differs significantly from my previous position that the death penalty was conceptually ok, but given the uneven and halting application of it, should be banned until it could be "perfected" (truly a cop-out, I admit). I suppose there is some wiggle room in my theory for a new method which guaranteed a painless execution, but frankly, I am not seeing it, given the twin poles I described above (the ultimately inhumane methods of standard execution bounded by a limit on what we can do to a person's body).

Finally, I understand there to be a sentiment out there, expressed succinctly by a Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, that the condemnee's

request to be spared the imposition of his legally imposed punishment because it might cause him to suffer or experience pain unpersuasive (and rather ironic) as his murderous acts have been the cause of the ultimate pain and suffering for the victim and her family.

This is facile analysis--we as society are supposed to hold the moral high ground. There is no moral equivalance between us and murderers. We simply cannot define our standards and acts by what the worst among us do.

Also, I'll have another related post on this later.

Another sports post

2006-06-19T09:32:00.000-04:00

Jason beat me to the sports post, but a couple of more comments.

1) Going into the NBA Finals, I liked both Dallas and Miami. I still like them both, but at this point I'm firmly rooting for Miami for one reason: Dallas' strategy is based entirely on fouling. Maybe it's a good strategy, maybe it's not (based on Miami being up 3-2 I lean towards not), but regardless it's a shitty way to try to win. It's just pathetic to see Mavs groping Shaq every time he gets close to the basket (even when Shaq doesn't have the ball!). I mean, Shaq is so much better than anyone that could defend him that they'll happily give like 15 fouls a game on him alone? It's just pathetic.

Further, when your strategy is based entirely on fouling, then you can't complain about getting called for fouls. You adopted the plan - if the fact that you're intentionally making a huge number of fouls sort of conditions the refs to call you for other borderline fouls that's your own fault. Play like a scared little wimp, and you'll get treated like a scared little wimp.

2) Dwayne Wade is no Michael Jordan (yet, anyway), but he's playing like him in this series. He's just awesome. And unlike Kobe, he can actually hit the big shot.

3) I think I'm going to start watching soccer more often. I watched Brazil beat
Australia yesterday and it was awesome. The Brazilian players are so good, they can play like shit and still beat you by two goals.

SPORTS!

2006-06-19T08:58:00.000-04:00

I just need to say that after Game 1 of the NBA finals I meant to post about how I thought the Heat were going to win in 6, eventhough they lost Game 1. I'm new to basketball and unlike Hockey, which has a reasonable start time, the NBA finals start at like 8:30 or 9, so it is really hard to blog afterwards. Then the Heat lost game 2 and I thought, well good thing I did not post anything because down 2-0 and playing still playing like shit I would be wrong. Well, the Heat won last night in overtime. Wade got the ball with about 8 seconds left and drove to the net to get the foul. With 1.9 seconds left he hit the first one to tie it and after some confusion over a timeout call (which if you saw the game I thought was a brilliant strategy to try to ice Wade by pretending that you did not want to call the timeout) the hit the second FT like he was in practice. so I'll Say it again, Heat in 6!
NHL I have been saying Carolina in 7. For this one I have witnesses. Game 7 is tonight at Carolina, but they have wasted their 3-1 series lead and if they lose, it will be one of the biggest collapses in NHL history...
Not as bad as Mickelson yesterday. "That poor man" as Amy said. It is hard to feel bad for a guy who is incredible hot right now. He still came in second which mean he has not finished lower then 2 in the last 3 or 4 majors. But Mickelson is a great guy to cheer for.

World Cup, I'm not even going to talk about the US Italy Game beyond this: One the one had I can't help but feel good with how well we played against a team as great as Italy while spotting them a man for half the game. However, we should have been up a man for half the game and those two red cards were some of the crapiest calls in all of sports (that I have seen) My prediction? without the knock-out round set yet it is hard to pick, but I'm going with England. They seem really focused.

Does he Mean JEW-dicial?

2006-06-16T14:12:00.000-04:00

I can't tell if that part was a joke on his part

Might Want to Avoid Walking Into that Next Time.

2006-06-16T10:55:00.000-04:00

Tony "Tar Baby" Snow, having a jousting match with a reporter yesterday:

Q Just one more on this, because you keep coming back to what seems to be kind of a facile explanation about car bombs obscuring real successes in Iraq. If that were the case, you wouldn't have had two governments fail, by the President's own admission. Isn't it a bit of a simplification to say that terrorists' car bombs are obscuring the real picture?

MR. SNOW: No, I don't. And I don't think it's facile, either --

Q You don't think that's a misrepresentation? After three years, Baghdad can't be secured yet?

MR. SNOW: No. The President has said all along -- what you're expecting is facile, which is a snap victory, things easy. It's not easy. This is a country where there have been factional disputes that go back a very long time. And people on the ground know that it's not easy. No, they're not facile at all in their approach to how they fight the war. I would also pose that to the people who are in theater. It's not a facile explanation. It's a true explanation: a car bomb is more vivid than getting an extra hundred kilowatts out of an electrical generation facility.

Q Well, since they haven't done that either --

Sure hundreds of people have been killed by sectarian death squads or terrorist strikes--but why won't you people report about that school we opened?

HT: Carpetbagger

Hudson

2006-06-15T22:12:00.000-04:00

Anyone care to take a swing at this? I think Rick and I have disagreed on most of the major rulings over the past year or two (or maybe he was just being argumentative) but can anyone really defend this?

Riddle Me This, Batman!

2006-06-15T14:34:00.000-04:00

Shouted today by a management guy in serious need of counseling. I have now been called a "fucking pig", a "nazi sympathizer", and Batman.

Submit Your Own Heaadline

2006-06-15T11:48:00.000-04:00

To this Story

Hello, Mr. Leopold:

2006-06-15T08:30:00.000-04:00

Give it up. It's over.

The Libertarian Center?

2006-06-14T12:41:00.000-04:00

Here's a post from Cato, talking about James Webb's primary victory yesterday in Virginia (with an added, and somewhat shocking, side note that Doug Wilder, the lefty former governor of Virginia, scored a 75/100 on Cato's scorecard back in the day). They end by stating that the battle for the "libertarian center" has begun.

I meant to post on this a little while ago when the daily kos had a post on "libertarian democrats." I thought kos' description was a little off, btw. but it's a useful start.

BJ and Jason I think have both heard my rant on this (Marc has been spared so far), but I think the concept of a libertarian center is essentially correct. Most people just want to be left alone by the government. These aren't hardcore people, and they would never describe themselves as libertarians, but they get queezy about excessive government. The differences are where the feel the gov should get involved, and how effective or ineffective it is when it does. It's especially strong out west.

Anyway, just wanted to point out the cato blurb.

And Now I Heart Cock!

2006-06-14T12:16:00.000-04:00

WTF?

I"m driving to work

Spam

2006-06-14T10:55:00.000-04:00

Sometimes I like to browse through my spam inbox and look at the subjects. One particularly odd one that's been popular the last week or so is the automatic shower cleaner. This just seems like a weird spam topic.

Another one that's fairly common is the panda research. I'm always tempted to forward that to Jason, but wouldn't want to be responsible for him going ballistic.

What MtP Needs

2006-06-14T10:36:00.000-04:00

Is a good burger joint, Which Chinatown is not
I almost missed work today because of this place.

Poker Post

2006-06-14T10:06:00.000-04:00

So, I've played about 4 online tournaments in the last couple weeks. Each time, I play at least well enough to waste a lot of time, and last night I was about 4 spots from finishing in the money (I could taste that 5 bucks!). So, for my own personal reference next time I'm playing, I'm gonna post some of my lessons learned (sorry for taking up space here).

1) Stay Disciplined. When that little voice in your head is saying, "Fuck it," that means I should fold. So for the foreseeable future, when playing poker "fuck" = "fold".
I've found that typically I always have a hand where my brain just shuts off. Sometimes this is preceded by the "fuck it", which we now know means "fold it". Other times, you've just been playing for a while and eventually your brain just isn't working right. Just try to avoid that. If you make a bet and something in your head says, "I shouldn't have done that," don't compound the damage by trying to bet your way out.

2) When you're not getting any good hands (like last night when I was just getting absolute shit), then of course you just have take or steal pots when you can. However, do not get carried away! If 500 is good enough to take the pot, don't bet 1000. Cause if somebody else actually has something, it's better to lose 500 than to lose a 1000. And if somebody re-raises that 500, don't be ashamed to fold. You took your shot, and it didn't work. You just saved 500!

Man I Can't Stand This Crap . . .

2006-06-14T08:59:00.000-04:00

This type of bullshit is what makes lawyers look utterly ridiculous. And these quotes are just bizarre:

[Dr. Arthur Hoyte, a retired physician from Rockville, Maryland]said he is suing to force KFC to change its cooking practices "for my son and others' kids, so they may have a healthier, happier, trans-fat-free future."

"If I had known that KFC uses an unnatural frying oil, and that their food was so high in trans fat, I would have reconsidered my choices," Hoyte said.

ITS FRIED CHICKEN YOU DUMB MOTHERFUCKER. Did you think it was a salad? Hey, here is a tip from a guy who didn't go to medical school and who's only science classes in college were Astronomy 101 and 220: if you don't want your family to eat unhealthy fats and foods, tell them not to eat fried chicken from a fast-food restuarant. Good god.

What a douchebag.

I think there was money put on this...

2006-06-13T22:41:00.000-04:00

I guess this is the end of the road for the Plame issue.

I Need an Explanation . . .

2006-06-13T09:18:00.000-04:00

For this. Will someone please tell me what possible allure Tom Daschle thinks he could have as a national candidate? Was it his skillful guidance of the Senate during his 18 months as majority leader? His sparkling, pop-off-the-page personality? His ability to withstand any campaign challenge back home, no matter how focused, targeted, and vicious? His constant outwitting and outmaneuvering of Karl Rove, especially during the run-up to the war and the debate about DHS?

RANT: Bookstores

2006-06-12T10:39:00.000-04:00

In the sleepy neighborhood that Rick and I live in there is a bit of a debate as to what the future of MtP should be, specifically, what business are most desired for our main street. 2 blocks over construction is under way on a target/huge gym/best buy/staples/ etc etc, super shopping area, but in Mt. Pleasant everyone always says, "we need some independent book stores. I say, "fuck book stores!"

Now these neighbors want small independent book stores, not places like Borders, but essentially they are all the same, and they all suck. I keep a list of books I'm interested in my amazon account, and this weekend I downloaded it to my Palm and went to a book store that a contributor of this very site use to work. All I wanted was one of the 8-10 books on my list. I picked Borders because, unlike Barnes and Noble, you can use the computer search yourself. Try searching for a history book at B&N that does not fit into one of their neat self-created categories of US, European, African, etc. So I go up to the computer at Borders, and title search, "Escape from Hunger and Premature Death": ENTER. The first 5 results are on Premature Ejaculation, the next two are on Premature birth. I search again using the author's name with the title and get the right book... it is out of stock.
My second and third choices are listed as in stock so I go to find them, the first one is "Wisdom of Crowds" and in the Business and management section, which is subdivided into no less the 4 subsections, none of which actually had my book as promised. Lastly, I went over to the Humor section which had my third choice, "Area of my Expertise" a long with Al Frankin's political books, which I thought should be where Ann Coutler's books go (just because he uses humor instead of fiction, doesn't mean he should be cast out of the Current affairs Section). I find the book, which is a full $12 more then the Amazon price.
I'm never going back to one of these places.

Marc Drops the Ball

2006-06-10T10:32:00.000-04:00

Where was the heads up on this?
http://www.bigapplebbq.org/

I miss the Economist

2006-06-09T14:27:00.000-04:00

Baby, I'm sorry

"We Got Zarqawi you Little Shit"

2006-06-08T15:48:00.000-04:00

So I go to the Apple store near work today, and on the way back there are two DNC guys looking to sign people up. As a I walk by one of them, he says "Would you like to help the Democratic Party Today?" to someone walking behind me, to which he responds loudly, "We got Zarqawi you little shit"

blink
blink

BREAKING NEWS: conservatives everywhere are taking the day off work to stay at home and masturbate

2006-06-08T09:57:00.000-04:00

Video at 11:00; Falafel at 11:15
I guess now we can finally win Iraq? Unfortunately, I think the disappointment in the lack of impact this will have in Iraq will outweigh the satisfaction of having a very, very evil person get his due. Zarqawi and his supporters are only one player in Iraq's violence. He will be replaced, likely by someone with diminished "ability", and the violence will continue. In the end it will just be one more bad guy dead.

My Second worst Nightmare

2006-06-07T09:35:00.000-04:00

It happens to all of us, you get in to a discussion/debate with someone at a party or bar or something, maybe a friend of a co-worker or your wife's bosses husband and they start saying stuff that is so outrageous it is almost impossible to retort. Well take a look at these quotes from Kos by way of the Agitator

U.S. soldiers who die in Iraq knew they would. Most of them couldn't get a decent job in the private sector anyway, so what does it matter? Someone has to die in a war, why not the poor?

My number one nightmare? Last Thursday Amy had her wisdom teeth out and when she came out of anesthesia she said that she could not tell if she was on a playground surrounded by pandas or in the dentists office. If this happened to me I would go all Quaid ala "Total Recall" on them panda or not.

Taking Credit for Iran

2006-06-07T09:08:00.000-04:00

A little Chicken counting here, but if Iran decides to take the deal currently on the table, I think the Administration can take credit for it, linking it to the war in Iraq. I think they woudl be right on that point, but it would also be missing the large issues at play.

a giggle

2006-06-06T16:42:00.000-04:00

http://www.georgetownheckler.com/collar.html

Picking Scabs: The Swift Boat thing

2006-06-06T11:49:00.000-04:00

I will never be able to fully understand the Swift Boat group's success in the 2004 election. Maybe I'm giving them too much credit, maybe they really did not do that much. I know A's dad has their move and book on the issue, so it at least gave fodder to the Rushians and others. But here on the one hand we have Kerry, where they succeeded in making a national question over weather or not Kerry was shot at in Vietnam. A US Serviceman shot at? In Vietnam? Impossible! Perhaps I'm wrong here but that would be like questioning if someone landing at D-Day (61 years ago today) got his boots wet.
I'm surprised that more servicemen did not stand up for Kerry. He spoke out against a war that is now seen as a mistake, but he did fight. I can somewhat understand the point related to that, eventhough they are wrong. I think my "rules about war" are pretty universal and speak volumes here.
Rule 1: I never want to fight a war, and those people who think they do are wrong
Rule 2: We respect soldiers because rule number 1 is true
Rule 3: War is the worst thing, and people that fight them are really the only ones that will truly know what it is like.
From this Kerry was just saying that Vietnam sucked, right? People say his testimony "got soldiers killed." and that is just stupid bullshit.
In a vacuum this doesn't make sense, but when viewed in the real world of the 2004 election it is flat out form another planet. The "Vietnam Question" broke like this:
Kerry: Did Kerry really deserve the medals he got in Vietnam, a war he volunteered for?
Bush: Did Bush show up to his post in the Alabama National Guard (which can be confused with Vietnam, but is very different), a position he was likely granted by virtue of his father's connections?
Even a unfavorable answer to Kerry's is better then a favorable one to Bush's.

Excuse me, I have to move to Canada now.

Where is Katie?

2006-06-05T15:36:00.000-04:00

So I was running late for work this morning and had the Today show on in the background and noticed that Katie Couric was not on today, does aneone know if she is out sick?

Our Topic for The Week

2006-06-04T23:06:00.000-04:00

this article form Rolling Stone
I would say that I'm extremely skeptical. It is such a complex story that seemingly has passed under the radar despite the presence of 1,000 of lawyers at every level every step of the way. Yet some how the RNC was able to pull it off, the same people that served up Harriet Meirs as a "good idea"? The truth is in the footnotes, a bunch of small town reports that never amounted to much in the public eye along with books that site articles and what not. I'm only done the first part of the story, but it seems like bunk to me, as much as I wish it the outcome was different.

In the absence of Woodward and Bernstein-like work, I see this as nothing more then an extended book report on a number of sources that, rightfully so, have never created a national stir.

To add for future discussion:
1. There are irregularities in every election, on both sides
2. Is it really so hard to believe that Bush won? Think back to the night before the election (rick excluded, PSD risk and bias experience during the election), Bush was the projected to win.

Federalist Rolling Papers

2006-06-03T22:48:00.000-04:00

what up

Beer for Bags

2006-06-03T15:42:00.000-04:00

Crumpler, who makes pretty good stuff, has moved their Beer for Bags pro-mo to the USA... well not the US, just New York.
Basically you go to the web site:
http://www.crumplerbags.com/b4b/
spin the wheel, and see what you have to by to trade for a given bag. Something to hold your ipod is 4 cans of Bddingtons for example. Then at the end of the promotion they use the beer to host a huge party.

The Democratic Platform in 2008.

2006-06-01T10:51:00.000-04:00

As imagined by Ken Melhman.

Harry Reid Again.

2006-06-01T09:18:00.000-04:00

So, apparently "Senate ethics rules specifically permit any senator to accept something of value from a state agency." What say you now Jason?

Not to bring up a touchy subject

2006-05-31T15:41:00.000-04:00

But according to this article from a paper in Nevada, it would have been illegal for the Commission to accept payment for Reid's boxing tickets, the Commission didn't know what to do with McCain's payment because of that (they ended up giving it to charity), during the event they didn't have normal seats that anybody would pay for but had folding chairs near the boxing judges, and that when Reid did get tickets in the past he paid for them.

DC and NY are 40% Safer this Year, I guess

2006-05-31T15:04:00.000-04:00

Cause that's the amount of cuts in terrorism safety funds we got. Cities such as Helena, MT will be well-protected, I'm sure.

In a World Where Too Much Truth is a Lie

2006-05-31T12:27:00.000-04:00

What the hell is this person talking about?

Honestly how do you get "Lies" from "Over-representation of factual information"?
I have not seen Gore's movie (much like the author of the above link) so I'm going to make nothing but assumptions here: If Gore is over-representing facts, then it means he is not giving adequate time to factless theories, which I'm sure is one of the points of his movie... that those who are pro-greenhouse gases have theories that the facts don't support and by structuring the discussion of global warming where you have they half-baked ideas being given the same weight as the fact based ones we are wasting time and energy.
I'm no fan of a lot of the proposals out there on how to address global warming, Kyoto among them but there is no getting around the facts of the situation. Both sides, I feel are guilty of denying the facts of the situation. On the oneside people think we can stop or slow it, on the other they think there is little or no problem.
As I see it we need to start discussing and acting on how we will deal with the millions of people who will be living below sea level in 100 years. Countries like Bangladesh (likely relocate) and cities like New York (sea walls) will have very different answers to these problems.

Brilliant REply to Will's Op-ed

2006-05-31T12:24:00.000-04:00

Here you go

Poker bragging

2006-05-31T09:42:00.000-04:00

Played two tournaments last night, and won them both. The second one, I took out all but one player

Marc, if you ever read this blog again,

2006-05-30T15:43:00.000-04:00

check this out
I have very strong jukebox opinions and have bitched and moaned many times about the internet jukebox and the lack of musical direction it creates in a drinking establishment.

Check it Out

2006-05-30T14:11:00.000-04:00

Made this site while drinking beer at Tonic.

>mac has a blogging interface that is pretty stylish too

50 Most Consertive Songs?

2006-05-30T11:55:00.000-04:00

Here is the list

I have to agree

Cohen tells Will to take a chill pill on English

2006-05-30T10:17:00.000-04:00

Pretty good.

Gotcha!

2006-05-30T10:04:00.000-04:00

They should lock Harry Reid up and throw away the key.

Does Saddam Really Deserve to be on Trial?

2006-05-30T08:17:00.000-04:00

Perhaps the best option for the US would be to see if Saddam would be willing to work out a plea bargain to avoid jail time in exchange for heading out military occupation in Iraq. It seems he alone was capable of something the US has not been able to do -bring peace to Iraq. In the coming weeks we will officially "lose" Iraq based on this news All the hard work, money, lose of values, and lost of life will added up to nothing. And with nothing to show for it, all the "good things" that people, mostly administration apologists, will also be lost. No number of bridges or healthcare facilities built (or contracted to be built) or children saved from burning buildings will matter when the weight of the country is against us.

Perhaps the Iraqi people are ungovernible except by the most powerful and oppressive kinds of rule? Even though we tried Saddamian tactics, they were half hearted. I guess you can argue that we did not try them hard enough, that had we had one more torture prison or a few more civilian shoot ups, everything would have turned out better. I'm not sure if we should pity the Iraqis or feel that somehow, they will be getting what the deserve.

Kerry finally defends himself

2006-05-27T13:35:00.000-04:00

I still get angry thinking about this.

Jefferson

2006-05-25T15:45:00.000-04:00

Is anyone else concerned about the turn this FBI raid on Jefferson's office has taken? At first, it seemed like a wash for the Dems--Pelosi asked for Jefferson's resignation, and the Dems turned their back on the guy. This counteracts the fact that he is dirty as all hell.

Now though, we are going to hear constant stories about the controversy surrounding the FBI raid--all of which will prominently feature Jefferson and his party affiliation. What BS.

What the heck is George Will talking about?

2006-05-25T11:24:00.000-04:00

I go back and forth on George Will - sometimes I really like his articles, even if I might disagree with him, other times I really do agree with him, and then there's articles like todays where I think he must just be an idiot.

Will, who fancies himself a libertarian, apparently believes that if you can't speak English then you can't "comprehend political discourse", or the "civic conversation" (whatever that is), or "political conversation". I guess the large numbers of Spanish language newspapers, Spanish language television, Spanish speaking politicians, and majority Spanish speaking communities and neighborhoods are all daft in some way, unable or unserious enough to cover and educate themselves about important issues.

This particular op-ed is focused on the concept of bilingual ballots (which today are required), but he had another one last week about how immigrants should all speak English anyway. This would probably be beneficial to them - and judging by the fact that 80 % of 3nd generation immigrants use English as their primary language immigrants apparently see the value also.

In the article he mentions the ridiculousness of statements by Harry Reid that the language bill was in some ways racist. That probably was going too far, but when you read articles such as this - suggesting that non-English speaking residents are somehow unable to comprehend important issues and events - it makes me think otherwise.

More on Food

2006-05-25T09:40:00.000-04:00

I'm one of those people Jason talked about who would never, ever, give up eating. It's too fun. And in that spirit - the great Rochester White Hot has hit the big time, with a front page Food section article in the Post (ok, so that's not the big time, and frankly sounds like an article planted by Wegmans, another Rochester transplant to this area).

Also, not sure what's up with the dollop of guacamole on the white hot - I've never seen that before.

A-S-S-H-O-L-E.

2006-05-24T13:59:00.000-04:00

What a douchebag John McCain is.

President Immablojob.

2006-05-24T13:13:00.000-04:00

I wouldn't want to upset such a great and powerful leader as you, so I offer these:

I hope this avoids bringing your terrible wrath down on my country.

Food Post

2006-05-24T13:02:00.000-04:00

I have often said that if there was a pill that could meet all my nutritional needs and control my hunger, but by taking it I could never eat again, I would be the first to sign up. I'm in the minority here, most people would not give up the taste of their favorite food, or the social aspect of eating for the control and reliability I want. Personally, I think both are over-rated, and I love food. I can be social over other things besides food, and I could still go out for others to eat. Eating takes up time, it has to be planned around, in many ways it is anti social, we just do the best we can with it. Many of my favorite foods are gross. Have you ever de-veined a shrimp... it is not a vein. Furthermore, we don't eat to taste, we eat for nutrition. Taste has, or will soon become, a primitive relic of when we were not smart enough to know which foods were safe and which ones were not.
Anway, for lunch I often opt from frozen foods; Cheap, easy and efficient. Taste, one of most people's main factors in the food they select does not usually play into my lunch selection. I go to the frozen food section, look first at the nutrition guide, then at the instructions. Anything that has more then 3 instructions is passed up. No stirring half way though, no 50% power settings Open, cook, eat is it.

But today I had Health Choice's Baja Chicken and it was one of the worst things ever. Who knew bland could taste so bad? Never go near this stuff it was like Bigfoot's dick.

Mahmoud Imablowjob reads our blog

2006-05-24T11:47:00.000-04:00

check it out!

Immigration

2006-05-24T10:02:00.000-04:00

I understand the basis for the right's furor about immigration: if we accept to many foreigners, white Christians will be outnumbered. However, what is the deal with these truly bizarre charges made by many anti-immigration activists that this is all a plot by those wacky, irredentialist Mexicans who have dreamed for 150 years of reconquering the territory taken by the Treaty of Guadaloupe-Hidalgo? I, for one, thought Mexico was most likely over that after the Zimmermann telegram fiasco in 1917.

One Thing that Could Lower Gas Prices

2006-05-24T08:38:00.000-04:00

Pretty simple - talk to Iran. The market has built in an "Iran going to shit" premium. One way to lower that cost would be for us to engage with Iran (as Iran has repeatedly asked for). Doesn't mean we have to give in on anything, but if we lowered the rhetoric and at least pretended like we could come to an amicable agreement, oil prices would lower and gas prices would lower as well.

In fact, it occured to me the other day that one rationale Iran has for pursuing this nuclear weapon is the increased oil revenue they've been getting. I read an article somewhere (can't remember where) which talked about the consequences of Iran shutting off oil flow. Mostly bad for Iran. In the middle of the article, though, they mentioned that Iran's oil receipts have gone through the roof since the beginning of this nuclear issue. Therefore, they have an interest in prolonging animosity with the US so long as it doesn't escalate into sanctions or an attack.

So when anyone says there's nothing this administration can do about gas prices, they're wrong. One very simple thing they can do is accept Iran's offer to talk and stop acting as though we'll invade. After all, Iran is at least like 3 years from getting the nukes.

Am I missing something? I'm open to being convinced otherwise.

More Fun With Nazis.

2006-05-24T08:21:00.000-04:00

If Al Gore is Joseph Goebbels, who is Hitler? Clinton? The guy that runs Greenpeace?

More Fun Stuff? From Netscape

2006-05-23T14:06:00.000-04:00

Counting Points

2006-05-23T08:11:00.000-04:00

This has long been one of my main arguments against the government collecting data/information on individuals, and stems from my arguments out large government social programs. Fundamentally, these programs (data collection or social) are run by a bunch of careless schmucks. Currently the Dpt. of Education is thinking about developing a tracking system for all students in the US. This will include race, gender, field of study, transfer information, loan and funding information, etc. Most of which can easily be tied to other data to create some kind of information stalker-esque db.
For those who say, "if you haven't done anything wrong you have nothing to worry about" this is my number one argument. Most of those people are on the right who profess a distrust of the government, it is amazing to me that they do not feel the same as the above.

This is Hilarious.

2006-05-22T15:00:00.000-04:00

I am quite sure everyone is not interested in Pennsylvania politics, but I will burden you with this anyway:

In July of 2005, the Pa. legislature passed a pay raise at 2 in the morning during the closing hours of the session without debate. In addition to raising the pay of future legislatures, they also (in order to get around the state constitution which prohibited a legislature from raising its own salary) granted themselves "unvouchered expenses" to cover the amount of the pay raise. These were unexpenses which a legislator could claim without a receipt, up to a certain total (which, oddly enough, coincided exactly with what the amount of the pay raise would have been). The governer signed it. (A good primer on this can be found here).

The whole thing set off a giant shitstorm which resulted in a hasty repeal of the whole debacle in November 2005. In addition, a state supreme court Justice lost his retention vote for the first time in history (another Justice narrowly was retained). Numerous challengers to state legislators also came out of the woodwork to run for office (the strongest opposition was Western Pa, followed by Central Pa. Philadelphia and the surrounding counties did not care--given the everyday corruption we live with, this seemed like small potatoes).

Well, the primary was last Tuesday and seventeen incumbents lost their primary reelection bids, including the President Pro Tem of the Senate and the Senate Majority Leader. Democracy in action!

Switch to decaf there, Chet.

2006-05-22T13:48:00.000-04:00

Apparently McCain will soon be up for sainthood, according to his chief of staff.

My favorite part:

Like the protestors at the Garden, many in the audience at Liberty University disagreed with various of the Senator's views. Some disagreed with his support for campaign finance reform. Some disagreed with his support for comprehensive immigration reform with a path toward legalization for undocumented workers. Some disagreed with his position of climate change. Some disagreed with his opposition to the Federal Marriage Amendment. Whatever their differences with him they listened to him attentively and respectfully, as one American to another, divided in some respects, united in much more important ones.

And now, to demonstrate how this particular American shows his attentiveness and respectfulness for the thoughts of others:

What, pray tell, have you risked? The only person you have succeeded in making look like an idiot is yourself.

You took exception to the paragraph in which he lightly deprecated the vanity of youth. Well, Ms. Rohe, and your fellow graduate's comical self-importance deserve a rebuke far stronger than the gentle suggestions he offered you.

Sopranos

2006-05-22T12:59:00.000-04:00

Jonny Cakes comes down and kills Phil

One more note on Mary Cheney

2006-05-22T10:23:00.000-04:00

I never understood the outrage about John Kerry bringing up Mary Cheney when asked whether he thought homosexuality was a choice (He said, if you ask Mary Cheney I think she'd tell you it's not, or something to that effect). Obviously, the intent was to say hey, Bush/Cheney are hypocrites playing into weirdo views about homosexuality which they know aren't true, even at the expense of their children. Hardhitting and personal? Yes. But is it really as bad as, say, backing a gay-baiting constitutional amendment to win an election? Not quite.

So you've got this huge outrage. It seems to me, though, that the folks who were outraged about it must have felt that a significant number of the people most likely to vote for Bush/Cheney are so homophobic that learning that Cheney's daughter was a lesbian would cause them not to vote. So it was outrageous because of the bigoted views of many of Bush/Cheney's supporters. Somehow that's Kerry's problem? I don't get it.

Finally, on the actual question of whether homosexuality is a choice. I contend that those who feel homosexuality is a choice, and that feel that homosexuality is wrong and should be stamped out because it's dangerous, must themselves be closeted homosexuals. If you think it's a choice, then why would you be so concerned about it spreading unless you felt there something appealing about it? So everytime I hear some christian nutjob make this kind of argument I think - huh, you must have some deep-seated longing to engage in homosexual behavior that you're trying to legislate out . . . not that there's anything wrong with that.

What the Fuck?

2006-05-22T09:58:00.000-04:00

I get Anthony Lewis, and the 2006 douchebags get John Roberts?

Mary Cheney, Study in Contradiction.

2006-05-22T09:20:00.000-04:00

Mary Cheney on Wednesday, talking about the FMA:

Mary Cheney, the vice president's gay daughter, told CNN Wednesday that "writing discrimination into the Constitution of the United States is fundamentally wrong."

Mary Cheney, in last week's Time Magazine:

You nearly quit the 2004 campaign when the President signaled support for a constitutional amendment barring gay marriage. Why did you stay? I had serious reservations about whether or not I could continue working for a candidate who wanted to write discrimination into the Constitution. A big reason I stayed is my dad: I love my father, and I believe in him so strongly. When push came to shove, this election was about huge issues facing our country. Given that we live in this world where terrorists would love to attack us, I didn't have the luxury of being a single-issue voter on same-sex marriage.

So, let me get this straight. The Bush Administration wants to alter the Constitution in a "fundamentally wrong" way which she (apparently) believes to violate basic human right, yet she still supports them because (1) she loves her dad and (2) John Kerry was a member of al-Queda.

Where does Mary Cheney draw the line? At what point does something which is "fundamentally wrong" become really "fundamentally wrong" such that she would not vote for Bush? Like, say, if they started carting homosexuals off to concentration camps (gratuitous Nazi reference for Rick).

Seriously though--what good is life and security if the society in which you live writes into its fundamental document a punitive, discriminatory provision aimed solely at you and others like you?

English Help

2006-05-22T08:43:00.000-04:00

On the train today the conductor kept saying, "This train will not serve Medical Center." It really got to me, and I'm not sure if that is the right use of "serve" Clearly she should have said "stop" which is clearer and a more pure definition of what she was trying to say, but is serve wrong? It is my understanding that "serve" is related to people, not stations and regardless the train would not be serving anything to the station. "Service" would have been a good option too. This train will not provide service to customers at Medical Center.

It's Like A Bodega!

2006-05-20T11:12:00.000-04:00

The new Apple Store on Fifth Avenue is open 24 hours/day.

BJ, Your Senator Sucks (No, this time I'm talking about the other one)

2006-05-19T13:27:00.000-04:00

Yeah, Specter. Who the f votes for a constitutional amendment they claim they don't want?

Don't Vote for Him, He'll Die.

2006-05-18T16:37:00.000-04:00

Wow. Just Wow.

The Football Of American Discourse

2006-05-18T13:13:00.000-04:00

Hayden is from Pittsburgh and a HUGE Steelers fan.

So the short essay question is if US intelligence is the football of American discourse, what team are we and why?

More Insane Shit on the Telecoms/NSA

2006-05-18T12:03:00.000-04:00

So I think all of the telecoms have now denied that they shared the data with the NSA. This is probably untrue - USA Today stands by their story, and apparently a retired AT&T worker gave documentation to a privacy rights group, who just won a court case allowing them to keep the documents.

I think I talked to Jason about the telecoms lying here - by lying, they open themselves to shareholder suits b/c publicly traded companies can't lie about information that a reasonable shareholder would find useful (I forgot the exact standard, but actions by a company that can open that company to billions of dollars in lawsuits qualifies). So frankly I wondered why the hell they were denying it. Smart thing to do would be remain silent about it.

Well, I guess this issue got taken care of by the Pres - by executive order they can conceal info related to national security without violating securities laws.

Godless Gandolf

2006-05-18T09:13:00.000-04:00

Magneto thinks the bible is fiction

Walk-off home run - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2006-05-17T12:20:00.000-04:00

Does this help?

The Bush Future of the Mexican Border

2006-05-17T11:55:00.000-04:00

"Walkoff" Homer?

2006-05-17T11:14:00.000-04:00

I link to this story not because I want to point out what a great comeback the Yankees made (although holy shit coming back from 9 runs down is pretty good), but to complain about a new category the brains in the sports announcing industry have come up with. I started hearing ESPN use the phrase "walkoff home run" I think last year, and I have no idea why. It looks like they're trying to get the term to be used as the regular description of what we normally would simply call a "home run". Apparently, they feel this is needed to differentiate from regular home runs from "inside-the-park home runs". And so now Sports Illustrated looks to be following their example.

What an idiotic idea. 99% of home runs are of the regular hitting the ball over the fence variety. Typically, you refer to the norm with the normal description, and refer to the bizarre with a modified description. That's exactly what we have here. The norm is hitting the ball over the fence, thus you refer to that event as hitting a home run. The bizarre is getting around all the bases while the ball stays in play, thus you refer to that with the modified "inside the park home run." Therefore, adding "walkoff" before "home run" is unnecessary. And it's not even beneficial in any way. "Home run" is shorter and easier to say than "walkoff home run." I have never, and I suspect nobody else has ever, heard that a home run was hit and thought, "I wonder whether the ball was hit over the fence or whether the guy was able to run around the bases while the ball was still in play." There's simply no reason to add the word.

I think the goal here was ESPN wanted to coin a new phrase, so they chose this.

The Future Mexican Border, As Envisioned by Bush

2006-05-17T10:14:00.000-04:00

Spammer Wins?

2006-05-17T09:39:00.000-04:00

I'd say the spammer won this battle at the cost of prison. Pretty interesting article - anti-spam security group rounded up over 500,000 customers and sent 500,000 emails to a variety of spammers at the same time requesting that they stop spamming. This interfered with a lot of the spammers, so some of them gave in. But one of the spammers counter-attacked, shutting down the spam security firm and creating a lot of internet havoc. That, itself, may or may not be illegal. But the icing on the cake was that spammer threatening to start sending viruses to all 500,000 customers. That's called extortion.

How Great Is

2006-05-16T19:07:00.000-04:00

This?
Now Verizon is shitting themselves because people like Marc are calling up say, "What the Fuck!" They go to the NSA and say, listen help us out, if you deny and we deny everyone is happy. The possible battles here are endless!

Sopranos Prediction

2006-05-16T12:55:00.000-04:00

Only two more shows left in the season. It seems as though the show has been building up to something major every week. Any predictions?

My prediction is that nothing major will happen. They'll leave us hanging for the final 8 shows of the series.

Bar Games

2006-05-16T10:22:00.000-04:00

here is some pretty crazy Foosball moves (video)

That Makes Sense.

2006-05-15T13:01:00.000-04:00

I thought a key tenet of George Bush's faith was to hunt down and eliminate the perpetrators of terrorist acts against American citizens. Of course, the bombing over Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 was a terrorist act perpetrated by the Libyan government. A lot of people, including at least 128 Americans, were killed in this bombing. Of all of Bush's simplistic black/whitism, you would think terrorist=bad would be an easy thing to remember.

So, I guess the lesson of this is that you can order the murder of American citizens and terrorist attacks around the world, but as long as so hang on to power long enough to gradually renounce murder and terrorism (at least internationally), you will be accepted with open arms. If only Saddam had swung back to being America's proxy in the region before the war started, he'd probably have died free and an old man.

Verizon Sued For Giving Records To NSA, N.J. Lawyers Seek $5B Claiming Phone Company Violated Privacy Laws

2006-05-13T16:42:00.000-04:00

I guess so.

More NY Baseball Sexuality

2006-05-12T12:52:00.000-04:00

What the Fuck is going on up there

$.25 songs, 50 free

2006-05-12T11:55:00.000-04:00

itunes competitor

Chipotle = NYC

2006-05-12T11:14:00.000-04:00

This guy's #8 Great Thing about NYC is chipotle. The burrito place. I think NYC got its first chipotle like two years ago, well after DC had 'em.

My #8? Coney Island celebrates the 4th with a hot dog eating contest.

New Superman!

2006-05-12T10:40:00.000-04:00

Monday Rick told me he had yet to see any of the X-men movies. I find this inexcusable, X-men fan or not (which I really am not) comic book fan or not( on the comic book scale I was at the low end) the X-men movies are just awesome, and I can speak for myself and at least one other contributed to this blog that X-men 3 is on 'the list'.

However, I just watched the trailer for the new Superman (what only one super hero? X-men has like 1,000s) and I might be looking forward to that even more. The thing about Superman is the movies were never really about Superman. Superman has no spice, he is a boy scout. He never even really likes to kill the bad guys (contrast this to Wolverine when the commandos show up at the mansion) Superman is always about the bad guys. Hackman as Lex Luther, or Richard Prior in Superman 3 (who got more money then Reeves) And everyone remembers General Zod. So who is the bad guy in Superman returns? It is still Lex Luther, but this time played by Kevin Spacey. I think this is beyond perfect. Remember he played Dr. Evil in Goldmember the bad guy in Se7en and Usual Suspects. He is good as the bad guy, cold and crazy but still human and believable. I'm thinking best-supporting actor perfect.

Can I Sue My Phone Company?

2006-05-12T09:21:00.000-04:00

I'm not really up-to-date on the wording of my contract with the phone company, but I'm wondering if I can sue them for turning over my phone records to the NSA. I"m sure there is something about if the government requests such records as part of a criminal investigation then the contract says that it will happen, but what about this? Or what if I use Qwest, the major company that didn't comply with the NSA request, will the data from the other companies include call from there services made to my number? If so the power of information collection and sorting could easily produce a good deal of information about my calls without my carrier complying with the request.

The companies share some of the blame here for turning over the records.

I Like the New Guy in My Office

2006-05-11T16:00:00.000-04:00

Latest conversation:

New Guy (NG): Whatcha doing?

Me: I'm sitting here disturbed about the fact that all my telephone records are being kept by the NSA

NG: Yeah, that's ridiculous. Hey, you know D down the hall?

Me: Yeah

NG: Well I guess he requested my office, so we're going to have to switch offices.

Me: Oh yeah?

NG: Yeah (leans in close and voice drops to a whisper) I'm gonna fuck him.

Me: (awkward silence)

NG: I'm gonna fuck him over. But yeah, that NSA stuff is crazy.

Maybe Living in Boca is not So Bad

2006-05-11T15:57:00.000-04:00

I mean if you are a high school kid you get teachers like this

Mmmmm Cookies . . . Yummy

2006-05-11T11:43:00.000-04:00

Hey, why do they taste funny?

So Who is Coming to Coney Island? Pt2 DC Edition

2006-05-11T10:02:00.000-04:00

In June at the 9:30 here in DC:
Prefuse73
Twilight Singers
Southern Culture on the Skids (SCOTS)
Cat Power

Out of the 4 I have seen SCOTS and they would be worth a second show, but Twilight Singers would have to be the highlight of the month. Greg Dahil was the voice for Lennon in Backbeat and he has been doing shows for almost 20 years now. I would bet on at least a couple Afghan Wigs songs making it into the show, and I know he loves to do covers.

My Million Dollar Idea

2006-05-11T10:00:00.000-04:00

So I just invented a reusable coffee cup that
1) keeps coffee hotter longer then disposable cups
2) reduces spills and sloshes
3) never needs to be cleaned
4) inexpensive to produce

so the NSA is now above the law

2006-05-11T08:52:00.000-04:00

this
along with
this
... ugh!

I for one welcome our NSA overlords

Update to the HUD Secretary Breaking the Law

2006-05-10T21:57:00.000-04:00

Turns out I was wrong, he wasn't being honest. Now he says it wasn't true. What's funny, though, is that first he said it happened. Then his spokewoman described the contract to which he was referring (scroll to bottom of story to see what the spokewoman said on May 3, before changing her story).

It's really weird that you'd tell a story, then later further detail how and to whom it happened, and then later claim that it was all made up. Really weird. So weird, in fact, that whether he was telling the truth at the time or is telling the truth now, he's too much of a shithead to be the HUD Secretary.

Mr. Sectretary Alphonso - you're a fucking retard. Get the fuck out of my city and back to Texas or wherever the fuck Bush found you. And same goes for your retarded spokeswoman.

Maybe There is a God?

2006-05-10T12:08:00.000-04:00

Good to see this on the news stand this morning.

He is just creepy now, and frankly needs to be punished.

Who's Coming to Coney Island?

2006-05-10T11:10:00.000-04:00

Jason's summer dilemma every year is "why do I always have plans on July 4, when all I want to do is see people gorge on hot dogs in Coney Island?"

I know you can't do both but Gothamist says so far these bands will be at this year's Siren.
Stars
Tapes 'N Tapes
The Stills
The Cribs
Celebration
She Wants Revenge

Well, at least he's honest

2006-05-10T09:37:00.000-04:00

HUD Secretary admits to breaking the law in a speech.

To be clear, there are typically two types of government contracts 1) lowest cost, and 2) best value. A contract awarded under best value doesn't have to be the lowest cost, but the deciding government official has to be able to justify the decision (because often the losing contractors will protest the decision). Political affiliation is NOT one of the acceptable factors.

I call this putting out signals

2006-05-09T15:59:00.000-04:00

Ahem

Federalist Rolling Papers

Sweet

Scarlett

Bestest President Ever!

USA wins World Cup!

Our President

New Outlook On Some Things

Another sports post

SPORTS!

Does he Mean JEW-dicial?

Might Want to Avoid Walking Into that Next Time.

Hudson

Riddle Me This, Batman!

Submit Your Own Heaadline

Hello, Mr. Leopold:

The Libertarian Center?

And Now I *Heart* Cock!

Spam

What MtP Needs

Poker Post

Man I Can't Stand This Crap . . .

I think there was money put on this...

I Need an Explanation . . .

RANT: Bookstores

Marc Drops the Ball

I miss the Economist

"We Got Zarqawi you Little Shit"

BREAKING NEWS: conservatives everywhere are taking the day off work to stay at home and masturbate

My Second worst Nightmare

Taking Credit for Iran

a giggle

Picking Scabs: The Swift Boat thing

Where is Katie?

Our Topic for The Week

Federalist Rolling Papers

Beer for Bags

The Democratic Platform in 2008.

Harry Reid Again.

Not to bring up a touchy subject

DC and NY are 40% Safer this Year, I guess

In a World Where Too Much Truth is a Lie

Brilliant REply to Will's Op-ed

Poker bragging

Marc, if you ever read this blog again,

Check it Out

50 Most Consertive Songs?

Cohen tells Will to take a chill pill on English

Gotcha!

Does Saddam Really Deserve to be on Trial?

Kerry finally defends himself

Jefferson

What the heck is George Will talking about?

More on Food

A-S-S-H-O-L-E.

President Immablojob.

Food Post

Mahmoud Imablowjob reads our blog

Immigration

One Thing that Could Lower Gas Prices

More Fun With Nazis.

More Fun Stuff? From Netscape

Counting Points

This is Hilarious.

Switch to decaf there, Chet.

Sopranos

One more note on Mary Cheney

What the Fuck?

Mary Cheney, Study in Contradiction.

English Help

It's Like A Bodega!

BJ, Your Senator Sucks (No, this time I'm talking about the other one)

Don't Vote for Him, He'll Die.

The Football Of American Discourse

More Insane Shit on the Telecoms/NSA

Godless Gandolf

Walk-off home run - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Bush Future of the Mexican Border

"Walkoff" Homer?

The Future Mexican Border, As Envisioned by Bush

Spammer Wins?

And Now I Heart Cock!