Deep in an underground bunker, sometime in July 2004, there was a top secret meeting of the energy industry task force. This is the industry body charged with the task of forcing high gas prices down the collective throat of America.
Someone cleared his throat and said, “Dick!” At top secret meetings of the […]
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and are looking for something interesting to do tonight, I will be dj-ing a three-hour “History of Drum & Bass” set (starting in 1992 and hopefully concluding with present-day material) at Phuturo: 424 Haight Street in San Francisco. Doors open at 10pm, and I’ll be going […]
While I’m not happy about being accused of using my heritage to win arguments, at least I’m not an anti-dentite:
Jerry: And then he asked the assistant for a schtickle of flouride.
Elaine: Why are you so concerned about this?
Jerry: I’ll tell you why. Because I believe Whatley converted to Judaism just for the jokes.
Jerry: Don’t you […]
As if taking their cues from Orwell himself, both the President and Vice President have in recent weeks accused their opponents of revising history. Certainly the irony is not lost on those who have followed the administration’s own shifting rationales for war, but irony doesn’t even begin to cover the policy shift that is […]
For a spell earlier this year, CNN US president Jon Klein couldn’t go three days without making a jackass of himself. Stories popped up everywhere about his plans for revamping schedules and personnel, not to mention his bloviatings on CNN’s own brand of journalism as he saw it. As someone who remembers […]
counterintelligence agent and interrogator Joe Narvarro was on Hardball with Chris Matthews last week:
MATTHEWS: …Torture, does it ever work?
NAVARRO: You know, I suspect that it may, but in reality, you know, the only thing that torture guarantees is pain. It never guarantees the truth. It’s a technique that we in […]
For the last five-plus years, we’ve had to endure the media formulation that the President’s popularity stemmed from the fact that a large portion of the American public “would like to have a beer with him.” I’ve never understood that, especially in light of his claims that he was magically cured of alcoholism by […]
The long march of Dick Cheney
Regular readers will no doubt know that we endorsed General Wesley Clark for the Democratic Presidential nomination in early 2004, and nothing that we have seen in the intervening two years has done anything to change our minds for 2008. That said, there are some promising candidates who have hinted at running, certainly a […]
If you’re in Pittsburgh this holiday weekend, stop by Dean’s show.
If not, check out his portfolio and photoblog. I taught the kid everything he knows.
*Update: Craig’s photos from the show.
