After the depressing events of last week — inexplicable Democratic jelly-wobbling on healthcare reform after the Massachusetts special election, incomprehensible Supreme Court decision — here’s a story from the BBC that’s worth a little laugh.
The headline listed under “Top Science and Environment Stories” reads: “Movie made by chimps shown on TV“. Could any American [...]
Somehow fitting, isn’t it, that in effect the Heene family auditioned for a reality TV show by putting on an elaborate sham?
(If you click on that link, and look at the URL, you’ll find that ABC News classifies this as a technology story. How bizarre is that?)
I confessed a few years ago how I used to be a big-time baseball fan for many years. I did redeem myself by coming to realize that MLB was essentially just a slicker version of WWE, only with much better PR, and an entirely undeserved amount of national goodwill.
I have for many years [...]
I know it’s hard to believe, but I have some friends who have led somewhat sheltered, suburban lives, free from the corrupting influence of hip hop. And every once in a while I’ll get an email or breathless phone call, one of them having just discovered Gang Starr or Eric B and Rakim. [...]
Man, this is so satisfying:
Next up at No. 1, Alabama. The Crimson Tide became the fifth team this season to sit atop the AP Top 25, moving up a spot Sunday after previously top-ranked Texas was toppled by Texas Tech.
Roll Tide!
“So, you lookin’ for a little grace, Lester? Some charity?”
So Lester is Wall Street, Mike is Congressional Dems/Bush/Paulson, and Gramma is apparently the House GOP. I’m having trouble figuring out who the hookers and the dog are supposed to be.
I desperately need to find a set of red long johns (nullus?) to go [...]
Damn.
Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as “Hud,””Cool Hand Luke” and “The Color of Money” — and as an activist, race car driver and popcorn impresario — has died. He was 83.
Police arrest ‘Wire’ actress – Baltimore Sun (8/22/08):
Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, the actress who played a cold-blooded killer of the same name on the HBO series The Wire, was arrested on minor drug charges yesterday after police picked her up for refusing to cooperate as a witness in a murder trial, records show.
Members of the homicide [...]
This is a couple of weeks old, but since Sarabeth is otherwise occupied and I never have time to write anymore, I thought I’d share this insane story:
Rap performers “Foxy Brown” and “Lil’ Kim” were sued by Simon & Schuster Inc. over claims they accepted tens of thousands of dollars in advances while failing to [...]
On Tuesday I pointed to Color of Change’s 600,000 strong petition to Fox News demanding that they stop their racist smears of Barack Obama. I was a bit dismissive of their choice to have Nas deliver the petition, and it still seems like an odd choice. But rather than push back and point [...]
