Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
The Bush administration appears to be ramping up for another all-you-can-eat buffet for it's polluting cronies in the form of subsidies for polluters. Tell your congressman that you won't stand for it. (MoveOn)
French finger shadow-puppets circa WWI. Somebody should pdf these for modern consumption.
It's good to be cronies. Bush administration offers immunity to Blackwater killers.
But you knew this was going to happen
But you knew this was going to happen
Monday, October 29, 2007
Amazing 15-lateral play by Trinity U against Millsap this Saturday. Cal/Stanford has met its match.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Trigger-happy commando contractor Blackwater has modified its logo to reflect a slightly less "We will shoot anything foreign that moves" sentiment. Since when did they start caring about what anyone thinks?
FEMA loves FEMA
Unbelievable. Every time the Bush Administration hits a new low, the bring in more backhoes.
Very smooth, very professional. But something didn't seem right. The reporters were lobbing too many softballs. No one asked about trailers with formaldehyde for those made homeless by the fires. And the media seemed to be giving Johnson all day to wax on and on about FEMA's greatness. Of course, that could be because the questions were asked by FEMA staffers playing reporters.
Unbelievable. Every time the Bush Administration hits a new low, the bring in more backhoes.
Very smooth, very professional. But something didn't seem right. The reporters were lobbing too many softballs. No one asked about trailers with formaldehyde for those made homeless by the fires. And the media seemed to be giving Johnson all day to wax on and on about FEMA's greatness. Of course, that could be because the questions were asked by FEMA staffers playing reporters.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Written and released before the copyright lawsuits that put the damper on ubiquitous sampling for commercial releases, The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique is possibly the most sample-heavy record ever released with 105 samples appearing throughout the album (and 24 on the last track alone). Now they're all indexed and annotated at paulsboutique.info
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Bullshit is most important issue for 2008 voters
The Onion erases the line between parody and reality
The Onion erases the line between parody and reality
Are you right-brain or left-brain? I'm apparently so right brain that I can't force myself to see the left-brain interpretation of this test
Friday, October 19, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
It's the oil (London Book Review)
In the 27 September issue of the New York Review of Books, Thomas Powers, one of the most astute watchers of the intelligence world, admitted to a degree of bafflement. ‘What’s particularly odd,’ he wrote, ‘is that there seems to be no sophisticated, professional, insiders’ version of the thinking that drove events.’ Alan Greenspan, in his just published memoir, is clearer on the matter. ‘I am saddened,’ he writes, ‘that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.’
In the 27 September issue of the New York Review of Books, Thomas Powers, one of the most astute watchers of the intelligence world, admitted to a degree of bafflement. ‘What’s particularly odd,’ he wrote, ‘is that there seems to be no sophisticated, professional, insiders’ version of the thinking that drove events.’ Alan Greenspan, in his just published memoir, is clearer on the matter. ‘I am saddened,’ he writes, ‘that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.’
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
So Radiohead is going up against the majors, and everyone except the majors hopes they win.
Is it any good?
Is it any good?
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Monday, October 01, 2007
[Everybody! Look over there!!!] Shifting Targets (New Yorker)
“They’re moving everybody to the Iran desk,” one recently retired C.I.A. official said. “They’re dragging in a lot of analysts and ramping up everything. It’s just like the fall of 2002”
“They’re moving everybody to the Iran desk,” one recently retired C.I.A. official said. “They’re dragging in a lot of analysts and ramping up everything. It’s just like the fall of 2002”