I don’t actually like Begala much, though I do find him pleasant enough.Anyhow, this is sort of what I’ve been saying for a while, and points out the flaw in the GOPs stance here.No matter how much money corporations and businesses have, they aren’t going to expand in an economy where no one can afford [...]
Which, from GOP-speak, translates to giving in to every demand. After nearly a decade (or more) of not caring at all about what the Democrats think and/or want, after two terms of GW and just storming through any legislation they want, I hardly think the GOP would know bipartisanship if it came and bit them [...]
My company is taking bids for new health insurance providers. To facilitate this, one of the bidders is requesting detailed information about each employee. Basically, I’m filling out the form I’d be filling out if I were signing up.
This is a whopping great pain in the ass for a number of reasons, but [...]
Every year, at Grammy time, I’m reminded of the whole Fiona Apple acceptance speech thing and how I wanted to introduce her to Ani DiFranco, who had decided that the industry was evil and so she wasn’t going to play. Ms. Apple could learn a lot about not whining from Ani, and about choosing [...]
Boy,l we sure did make things better than under the Taliban…
The pocket-size translation of the Quran has already landed six men in prison in Afghanistan and left two of them begging judges to spare their lives. They’re accused of modifying the Quran and their fate could be decided Sunday in court
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Pope: Stop Believing There Wasn’t A Holocaust…OR ELSE!
The Vatican says it has ordered a controversial bishop who denies the Holocaust to “distance himself” from his views “in an absolutely unequivocal and public manner.”
So, one of two things is happening here.
1. The Pope feels that, so long as the holocaust denier keeps his mouth [...]
Hey, see, religion takes you to such a wonderful place that women hire men to go rape women so that they’ll become terrorists!
Teh crazy does not discriminate based on gender!
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Expelled, and his behavior since, have made me very sad. I loved his gameshow. (H/T P.Z.M.). I could go on the usual rant about how many people have died in the name of god and how few have died due to science (I have NEVER been beaten with a test tube, or even a periodic [...]
From the Examiner
Newt Gingrich quote from the Examiner.
This may be the greatest backhanded compliment ever.
“If Sarah Palin seeks out a group of respectable policy advisors
and spends time staking out a group of policy positions, she will be
very formidable,” the Republican said. But, he cautioned, “then she
wouldn’t be the same Sarah Palin.”
Translation: She’d be a strong [...]
Here’s my weekday:
Wake up around 6am
Leave for work around 7:15
Get home around 7:00
Eat
TV (Daily Show, Colbert, probably one other)
Bed around 10:30
This sucks. My workday isn’t bad, but the wife (who I commute with) has a 9 hour day, and our commute itself is about 75 minutes (mostly on the metro). I don’t actually mind the [...]