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Monthly Archives: August 2007

Yet another gay Republican hypocrite

Monday, August 27, 2007

I have now learned more than I really ever wanted to know about Senator Larry Craig’s sexual habits and preferences and the rituals by which sad and sordid people like him pursue their pleasures. As you may have heard today, he recently pled guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct, which conduct consisted of trying […]

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My escape from New York

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Just a little over a week ago I was on the losing end of an encounter with a turtle in the relative wilds of Vermont. I would have faced a thousand turtles to avoid my experiences today, when I voluntarily undertook the task of driving my son and half his worldly possessions to his new […]

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Mini Elvis Concert

Friday, August 24, 2007

From the Seventies [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOuknbvu21Q[/youtube] to the Zeros, or thereabouts [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMnQFxDltgI[/youtube] You didn’t think I meant that other Elvis, did you?

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John Edwards in New Hampshire

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Via Susie: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmz4XX-Q5aw[/youtube] If he means it, he’ll get my vote. If he keeps talking like this, and he starts to catch on, he’ll probably be shot. Is there any wonder, by the way, why “a healthy chunk of the national political press corps doesn’t like John Edwards”.

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Hoist by our own petard

Thursday, August 23, 2007

The tiny country of Antigua, egged on by an American lawyer, has beaten the United States at it’s own game, at least for the moment. It has won a ruling from the U.S. dominated World Trade Organization, which found that the U.S. could not prohibit the on-line gaming industry from soaking up excess American wealth. […]

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First, do maximum harm

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Look for more stories like this as the Bush Administration enters the homestretch. It’s already won the prize for worst in history going away, but it will sprint to the finish to make sure its record is never exceeded: The Bush administration is set to issue a regulation on Friday that would enshrine the coal […]

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Absolutely unbelievable

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Buzzflash’s Media Putz of the Week just has to get maximum publicity, so let me add my mite. Erin Burnett of CNBC actually said this: Ya know, if China were to revalue it’s currency or China is to start making say, toys that don’t have lead in them or food that isn’t poisonous, their costs […]

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The Prison Industry branches out

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

According to the Christian Science Monitor, farmers are turning to prisoners to harvest their fields, at wages ($2.00 per hours) even an illegal immigrant might turn down. The trend is a result of the crackdown on those very illegal immigrants. We already have the highest documented prison population in the world. If we find ourselves […]

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Downey withdraws his nomination

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Sometimes things happen too fast. Here I was, intending to write about Judge Downey’s nomination to the Appellate Court, which was foundering after it was discovered that he had taken the absurd legal position that illegal immigrants can’t have access to the courts (presumably they still have the right to be sued), when I find […]

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You reap what you sow

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Must reading from Juan Cole. A short history of the roots of the “War on Terror”. No excerpt could to it justice. Read the whole thing.

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