Vicious Circles

by matt

Yes, I know about the schools, the election, and how women get beaten a little bit less often than when another brutal regime was in power, but then again, they didn’t allow record poppy production.
After paying a terrible price to learn that what happens in Afghanistan doesn’t stay in Afghanistan, the lesson is too quickly […]

Be the First on Your Block…

by matt

…to own what promises to be the worst album of the modern era: Collision Course by Jay-Z and Linkin Park.
If the excerpts that MTV has been showing for the last few weeks are any indication, making someone listen to this whole album would violate that person’s 8th Amendment right to protection from cruel and unusual […]

So Which Is It?

by Jason

Scanning the cable news networks on Friday morning, the big story was obvious: “Black Friday”, the traditional start of the Holiday shopping season. Consumers were shown lining up in front of stores at 4 am, waiting in nervous anticipation for Best Buy or Wal-Mart or Toys ‘R Us to open. The general spin was positive, […]

Jerry Falwell’s Thanksgiving

by Jason

“Warped and distorted” news, indeed. Because, you know, CNN is so distressingly liberal:
Let me talk to you about five good things of late … for which this week I hope you and your family around your Thanksgiving table will praise the Lord. … No. 5: America has alternative news media and is no longer […]

Thanksgiving Break

by 1115

We’re taking a few days off to do a bit of snowboarding and a lot of gambling at Lake Tahoe. Nothing new here until Monday when we will be back with the latest outrages from DC, Sacramento and beyond.
On the occasion of Thanksgiving, we’d like to thank all of our readers and everyone who […]

Paging Max Headroom to the White Courtesy Phone

by Jason

Two stories that provide interesting contrasts in our increasingly media-overloaded society:
One one hand, stores are beginning to phase out VCR sales as DVD and DVR boxes gain more market share. It’s almost quaint to remember that in 1982 MPAA Chairman Jack Valenti famously said that the VCR was to Hollywood what the Boston Strangler was […]

Why I’ll Always Love ODB

by matt

Here’s one of his last tracks, debuted on Tim Westwood’s radio show in the UK. Hopefully this will get a proper release sooner rather than later.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard - “Pop Shots” produced by DJ Premier
Thanks to Bol for the find.

Seriously, Do Your Fucking Job

by matt

Ambition:
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a plan for the future. Friends say the Austrian-born actor is looking for an “entity” to help him push for changing the nativity provision of the U.S. Constitution so he can run for president. Two ideas are under study. One is to work with Congress to change the law barring […]

How Many Of Them Believe In Gravity?

by matt

With the recent assault on science, I’m surprised we’re not all levitating off of the flat Earth. Still, this is appalling:
Only about a third of Americans believe that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is a scientific theory that has been well supported by the evidence, while just as many say that it is just […]

Never Make a Bet…

by matt

…with someone who doesn’t understand point spreads.

Despite my Alabama Crimson Tide covering the spread in their loss to the Auburn Tigers, I lost my bet with Charges. I will now tell you all the good things about the city of Auburn, AL and their beloved Tiger football team.
Auburn Heisman Trophy winners:
1971 Pat Sullivan
1985 Bo […]