It is tempting (if ghoulish) to joke that the Lord must have lifted His veil of protection and smote the Reverend Jerry Falwell today for his 4,000th stupid remark. News like this stirs up some complicated feelings. There are thoughtful people in this world with whom we disagree; there are people who are genuinely good, […]
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I am absolutely opposed to the death penalty. On its very face, it is appalling and ridiculous: “Killing people is wrong, and any people who kill people will be shown how wrong it is by us killing them”? Absurd! Plus: do they carry out the death penalty by shooting you? By poisoning you? Of course […]
John McCain has launched an “exploratory committee,” meaning his 2008 presidential run is official. I’m not entirely sure who’s on these committees or what they do; ask around? Check the local New Hampshire papers’ Calendar sections for pancake breakfast announcements?
I have to admit this alarms me, because I have publicly declared that if the ‘08 […]
RUMSFELD GONE; Jimski’s Phone Tapped by Genie; Rush Limbaugh Feeling Ill?
In Iraq, there used to be a small, corrupt group of people who had national power in a chokehold for a long time. They had all the money and influence and connections and made life a lot harder than it had to be for the people who didn’t. Then, a few years ago, the balance […]
Say what you want about this election; if you have political aspirations, you can do a lot worse than being named Sheldon Whitehouse.
Yeah, I know. “Sheldon.” But the Whitehouse more than makes up for it. All night long, my wife and I have been doing the shtick.
“President Whitehouse!”
“Yes, Professor Bighead.”
“Mrs. Sippi just came back with […]
Saddam Hussein was found guilty on Sunday, and today he’s right back in court on a whole new set of charges. This time, though, with that death sentence on his head, he’s really got nothing to lose. I wouldn’t be surprised if he acted out a little this time.
What he doesn’t know is, if I […]
Wow, John Kerry is inept at making wisecracks. How long has this been going on?
Kerry really needs to get it together and get a campaign manager who can keep him on message; we’re in November, for crying out loud. At this rate, he’s gonna blow any chance he has of getting elected.
What’s that?
He’s not?
Two years ago, you […]
A high-tech machine used to sniff out explosives has been sitting idle at a Lambert Field checkpoint since June because airport and security officials disagreed on where to put it.
Tonight, it will be disassembled and put in storage.
…Lambert’s unit, which never has been plugged in, is the only one being mothballed.
So, all clear for your […]
If you’re going to make a movie poster out of an image everyone has seen, why doctor it? Isn’t the nudity an essential component of the original image’s point? I didn’t take art appreciation.”We’re a’gonna twangily rage against the machine! Safely. Please love us.”
Speaking of celebrities, image, politics, and offending me: Parkinson’s sufferer Michael J. […]
The good news about Kim Jong Il (KJI to his friends, which is to say no one) is that, despite what the PR in his country might tell you, he is a mortal human man. He’s not an old guy, necessarily, but I don’t know how long you’re going to see him sitting in his royal […]
Boy, everybody is going cuckoo bananas over Bob Woodward’s State of Denial this week. The Watergate Warrior has apparently written a really damning expose of the Bush White House’s mishandling of the Iraq war and its fudging of pre-war intelligence to trump up the charges against our hated, California-sized foe. People in bluer states than […]
Remember a few years back, when President Clinton was embroiled in the Whitewater Lewinsky Cigar Insertion Spectacular? Remember when the government lawyers were deposing him (I still have the whole thing on tape; I vowed I would actually sit down and watch it one day, but 8 years later that is starting to seem downright […]
Snapshots of the world you live in:
1. Apparently, the pilot of an Air Canada Jazz jet got up and went to the bathroom in the middle of a flight a couple weeks ago and returned to find that he was locked out of the cockpit. Not to worry, though; after applying a little elbow grease, […]
Happy Apocalyptic Death Cult Christmas, everybody!
How were your family’s celebrations this year? Did you get a chance to catch any of the parades and decorating ceremonies on TV today, or any of the many specials and movies that they rerun at this time each year? This year, CNN.com started running a 24-hour marathon of themed […]
Bush Warns Americans: U.S. Still At War
Oh?
Poll: Most Americans Angry About “Something”
I feel as though these stories share a connection. But what…?
Love that lead; it sounds* like people are just walking around full of directionless rage. Most Americans are angry! About what? I dunno! Something!
*accurately
I heard this a couple of weeks ago and quickly put it out of my mind to keep from turning into the Hulk, but when I heard it again today I found the feelings were stronger than ever. This is from a press conference on the war the president gave a couple of weeks ago. […]
“Maybe Bush would pass the bill if, instead of research, the stem cells would be used for torture.”