Archive for June 2008

The monthlies.

• The Looming Karaoke Epidemic

  Young people like karaoke. That is the conclusion I have reached following years of study. And I am frightened. From invitations to karaoke nights to video games like Rock Star (and even Guitar Hero), karaoke has infiltrated our society to dangerous levels. And there doesn’t seem to be any means to stem the tide of [...]

• Meth Minute 39

  Dan Meth has posted his last episode in the Meth Minute 39 series (appropriately, the thirty-ninth episode). I let the Syracuse alum know my frustrations by email… What upsets me most about this, is that my future children will never truly appreciate what has happened. Yes, these episodes will be immortalized on YouTube for the [...]

• Former General: Bush A War Criminal

  Will Bush face trial at the Hague after his term ends? “After years of disclosures by government investigations, media accounts and reports from human rights organizations, there is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes,” [Maj. Gen. Antonio] Taguba [the Army general who led the investigation into prisoner [...]

• Same Shirt?

  I know this is a lame excuse, but I have been so busy these past two weeks, I am not sure if I wore this shirt two days ago. I guess I’m relying on whether or not anyone notices, but what would they say if they did? Hey, didn’t you wear that shirt two days [...]

• Juno

  Some over-acting from the lead character, but that should be expected from such a young unknown actor in that role. A great film; a nice story. What killed me once was listening to a right-wing blowhard on the radio a few months ago… “Liberals have demonized this nation. That is why the top movie in [...]

• John McCain’s Gas Prices

  Countdown reported on the gas price scandal… and the connection to Enron and — eep — John McCain…

• White House Muffs Energy Rationale

  “Anyone out there saying that something can be done overnight, or in a matter of months, to deal with high gasoline prices is trying to fool people. There is no tool in the toolbox out there that will lower gas prices overnight, or in weeks, or probably not even in months.” — White House spokesman [...]

• Obama Leads (For Now)

  Jiminy Cricket — I mean, holy fuck’n shit… Obama leads in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida. This still may be a part of Obama’s post-primary bump. Let’s wait and see what happens after the inevitable “Obama is a terrorist and he may be related to Osama” GOP television ads. Speaking of which, can we truly believe [...]

• Legacy Padding

  With only months remaining in his disastrous reign as president, Bush is looking for anything to shore-up his potential legacy… “‘If [Bush] can say he has killed Saddam Hussein and captured Bin Laden, he can claim to have left the world a safer place,’ said a US intelligence source.“

• Backwards Thinking

  John McCain’s energy proposal is an example of an illogical backwards-thinking mentality… One nation today has plans to build almost 50 new [nuclear] reactors by 2020. Another country plans to build 26 major nuclear stations. A third nation plans to build enough nuclear plants to meet one quarter of all the electricity needs of its [...]

• National Treasure: Book of Secrets

  A little disappointed with this one. The original was terrific, and leave it to Disney to kill an idea with sequels. The film does introduce the coolest U.S. president possible, but that is exactly what makes this film even more ridiculous than the original (yet still entertaining). One clear sign that a sequel is not [...]

• The Joe Lieberman Effect

  “This election isn’t about changing the past, it’s about changing the future. It’s telling that half of the 2000 Democratic ticket endorsed John McCain early in the campaign.” — GOP spokesman Alex Conant, suggesting that Barack Obama does not have the full support of democrats.

• Morning Snark

  Hundreds of same-sex couples were married last night in California, expressing their love amid the new-found freedom reinforced by the California courts. Aside from the bliss that comes with a wedding ceremony, the State of California is on pace to erase its record deficits in two years when the number of divorce filings is expected [...]

• An Open Letter To Clinton Women

  Just how many of you women Clinton supporters actually intend on voting for McCain? So women’s reproductive rights was not an issue? The Iraq war? Health care? These three major campaign themes in which Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton ultimately coincide (within a slim margin of error), and which Clinton and John McCain differ substantially [...]

• The Great Debaters

  This would have earned an additional half-star if it weren’t produced by Oprah’s Harpo production company. Other than that, it was a fine film, although it was a bit predictable at times. Potential spoiler alert… For some reason, the writers decided to have the seminal match-up with Harvard, which did not happen in real life, [...]

• Pericles

  I’d like to start this morning and week with some prescient words from the ancient Greek statesman Pericles, on the success of the Greek democracy… We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics minds his business; we say that he has no business here at all. Note: I read this [...]

• Home Depot Waste

  I stopped in the big box Home Depot near my house for some marking paint, and as expected, the receipt was literally larger than my purchase…

• A Lotto Money

  And this week’s sign that the apocalypse may be upon us…* “A household with income under $13,000 spends, on average, $645 a year on lottery tickets, about 9 percent of all income.” (via kottke) * This has been previously addressed; ditto.

• Silence

  Holy shit. UPDATE — I have created a tag for all my posts referring to the Buffalo native, one of the best men in politics, and a hometown hero to many Buffalonians (including me). You did good, Tim.

• Jailbait

  Karl Rove was on Fox News the other night, contesting that Brack Obama should have received an even bigger “primary bounce” than the substantial one the Illinois senator had received. (I will leave a discussion of Rove using Fox News for making politics while also being termed a “contributor” by the “news” organization for another [...]

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