I’m not a man prone to big shows of emotion (excepting, of course, rage) or speaking about things with dramatic flourishes. I don’t tend to run very hot or very cold and therefore lack the emotional reserves to pull that sort of thing off. So please, bear that in mind as you read this. When I go heartfelt, it can… Read more »
In a shocking turn of events, when you keep cutting your revenue, you are unable to pay for services. The right-wing economic theory of cutting taxes to solve all our problems? Yeah, doesn’t really work. [Bumped. -ed.]
We’re gonna slow it down and go a little old school this week. This is the sort of thing Complaint of the Week was when it started. I’d take a piece of current culture, way overvalue it, and weep for the end of civilization. Today you might know it as the Glenn Beck approach. HOOO-AH!!! Ahem…anyway. Stop me if you’ve… Read more »
Apparently 49% of Americans are stupid.
The past 10 years were the hottest decade yet according to NASA with 2005 being the hottest year. Over the past 130 years the temperature has increased 1.5 degrees, with just over 1 degree in the past 3 decades.
Again, you can’t make it up: Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is keeping his options open as he considers possible endorsements for the fall elections — including backing one-time rival Ned Lamont. …Lamont beat Lieberman in a bitter Democratic primary in 2006, but then lost to Lieberman in the general election after Lieberman ran as an independent. Lamont is now considering… Read more »
So when I made the decision to do this, I decided I would sometimes take a break from the news of the day and instead do some pop culture related stuff. Because I love pop culture and, let’s be honest, Brendan only has a passing familiarity with it. Plus, I have a minor in Film and it’s not doing any… Read more »
Can’t make it up: PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a misunderstanding about a Jewish prayer ritual led to the diversion of a US Airways flight to Philadelphia. City police Lt. Frank Vanore says a 17-year-old boy on the plane was using tefillin, a set of small black boxes attached to leather straps and containing biblical passages. One box is strapped… Read more »
Heisman runner-up (despite being the clear better choice) Toby Gerhart of Stanford has decided to forgo his final season and has declared for the NFL Draft. Stanford’s schedule just got that much harder, and the rest of the Pac-10’s got that much easier.
Wishing damnation of others is tricky business. After all, what’s the criteria? Is it enough to retire, come back in a different, but fairly similar role, underperform, and then, seemingly, get your old job back from someone who worked really hard to get it? (Topical!) Or perhaps you must play in a gigantic stadium in America’s South/Southwest for an organization… Read more »