This was pretty much me the last three days. So, um, did I miss anything? Read more
This was pretty much me the last three days. So, um, did I miss anything? Read more
Left Behind, pp. 268-274 Wherein Buck and Steve watch TV, a couple of comic bits fall flat, and Nicolae tells the Beave, in detail, about his plans to bring the U.N. into accord with premillennial dispensationalist numerology. Buck finally finishes his shower (this time he only spent five pages in the bathroom) and learns from Steve that NYPD detectives have just been by the office, looking for Buck. Apparently, his reputation as a workaholic has saved him this time —... Read more
Things I've bookmarked this month but probably won't get around to writing about. * * * * * * * * * Dear South Asia, Human beings hug and kiss. This is not obscene. This is not wrong. The rest of us are kind of worried about those of you who seem to think it is. XXX OOO — slacktivist * * * * * * * * * The Poor Man catches a host of self-described conservatives proudly... Read more
Pam Spaulding shares the latest from the Traditional Values Coalition — a pro-hate crime flier made up to look like a "wanted" poster of Jesus Christ. The TVC doesn't explicitly call itself "pro-hate crime," but the flier expresses their opposition to anti-hate-crime legislation, and to avoid the unwieldy "anti-anti-" prefix, the English language supplies us with the logically apt and more convenient prefix "pro." The flier says penalizing hate crimes based on sexual orientation "begins to lay the legal foundation... Read more
Naomi Wolf's "Fascist America in 10 easy steps" has gotten quite a bit of attention. It's a worrisome list. Wolf's use of the "F-word" has prompted a lot of NABA-NABA, all of which might be true but is, as always with NABA-ism, an irrelevant response. "NABA," again, stands for "Not As Bad As." As in, "Yes, the executive now has the power to declare anyone an enemy combatant, to detain them without charge, subject them to torture, and use the... Read more
Here's an issue on which The American Prospect, The National Review, Mother Jones, The American Spectator and The Nation all agree: a 20-percent postal rate increase for small magazines would be a devastating blow to freedom of the press and to the diversity of our national conversation. Avedon Carol provides several links of importance to anyone concerned about this issue and the future of small magazines: Here is the letter to the Postal Board of Governors signed by the... Read more
With Congress and the White House in tense negotiations over the next $100 billion for the next six months in Iraq, we take time out today to celebrate the fourth anniversary of Andrew Natsios' appearance on ABC's Nightline. On April 23, 2003, host Ted Koppel invited Natsios, then the director of the U.S. Agency for International Development, on the program to talk about the Bush administration's estimate of the cost of rebuilding Iraq. Younger readers may not remember Koppel, who's... Read more
Left Behind, pp. 265-268 Have you seen that bit with the offering plate? They pass this thing around in church and people fill it up with money. Clearly, that's what this whole "church" thing is really about. Money. All those priests, pastors, ministers, chaplains, friars, missionaries, etc. — they're all just in it for the money. That's one theory, anyway, albeit a ridiculous one I've never heard anyone seriously advocating. But I've heard theories like it. Such theories always tell... Read more
As always, play along at home: 1. "Faith has been broken, tears must be cried / Let's do some living after we die" 2. "I didn't know nobody / And then I saw you coming my way" 3. "That suit you're stuck in fits you to a tee / But you're waltzin' 'round a landmine if you think you're bluffin' me " 4. "Pack and get dressed / Before your father hears us" 5. "It's one of those days /... Read more
Continuing on the subject of why some things aren't funny. … This cartoon ran on Sunday's editorial page. That's Sunday, April 15, 2007. We'll get to the content in a bit, but first let's talk about the joke itself. Chicken Little … get it? Al Gore and the IPCC and, you know, all those folks in lab coats and low-lying areas, they're like Chicken Little. They think the sky is falling but it was just an acorn. Get it? It's... Read more
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