We’re Exhausted

Posted on January 30, 2007
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As if it were in question, Newsweek via MSNBC.com is reporting that “[M]ore than half the country (58 percent) say they wish the Bush presidency were simply over, a sentiment that is almost unanimous among Democrats (86 percent), and is shared by a clear majority (59 percent) of independents and even one in five (21 percent) Republicans.” Um, yeah, no shit. Read more

Idiots vs. Idiot vs. You (Also an Idiot)

Posted on January 27, 2007
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Sure, watching untalented douchebags prove just how douchey they really are is about as fantastic as television entertainment gets these days. But as TVWeek.com reported, “Coverage of the president’s State of the Union Address blanketed the 9 p.m. hour among all the major networks, while “American Idol” at 8 p.m. earned a higher rating than all four network airings of the Address combined.” Read more

Luck Is Probability Taken Personally

Posted on January 26, 2007
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Penn Jillette said “Luck is probability taken personally”.. Well actually it was Chip Denman that said it.. but whatever. That statement is so interesting, particularly because of how accurate it really is.

People rely on this mystical force called “luck” to help them through life and its generally a pretty harmless thing to do, well unless you’re into gambling. But I do find amusing the sorts of lengths people go to in order to improve their luck. Read more

Why?

Posted on January 26, 2007
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According to this report by PrisonPlanet.com, President Bush lied to the American People during Tuesday night’s State of the Union speach, stating that “We stopped an al Qaeda plot to fly a hijacked airplane into the tallest building on the West Coast,” a claim already proven false by pretty much everybody. Read more

We Need More Plumbers

Posted on January 26, 2007
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At first glance, this story by ABCNews.com reports that the greatest possible
danger to the American People is our water pipes. Read more

Cheney Snubs Congress, Has Huge Balls

Posted on January 25, 2007
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The arrogant stubbornness (Is there any other kind?) of the Vice President Continues to amaze me daily. As CBSNews.com reports, Cheney offered up the first White House response to this week’s Senate resolution deriding the Presidents planned escalation ”augmentation” of troop levels in Iraq by more than 21,000. Read more

Choose Your Battles Wisely

Posted on January 25, 2007
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Once again, the fires of the “culture war” between religious watchdogs and “Hollywood” (aka “movies”) are being fanned simply for the sake of getting pissed off. As Playfuls.com reports, The Catholic League has requested an investigation into whether or not the independent film “Houndog,” which recently premiered at the Sundance film festival, has broken any child pornography laws. Read more

The “Fox Nothing Channel”

Posted on January 25, 2007
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Finally, someone (Keith Olberman) has the gumption to call FOX out for what it really is: Illegitimate propaganda. Not that that is going to do anything, since Fox will fire right back with the same discrediting doublespeak they’re famous (and popular) for, but at least he’s said what we’ve all been thinking, you know, on TV.

UPDATE: The Crooks and Liars video link is now down. Learn more about this here.

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Pay Attention to This

Posted on January 24, 2007
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After you recover from the resulting hangover from last night’s SOTU (Do we really need an acronym for this? Jesus, we’re lazy.) drinking game last night, do two things: Read The New York Times‘ State of the Union editorial, it’s the only review you’ll need, and then focus all your attention on this, the rapidly unfolding trial of Vice President Dick Cheney’s former advisor, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

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On to Iran

Posted on January 24, 2007
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Um, nothing much to say about this except, remember how I said (above post), let’s hope “the next few years are merely lackluster rather than hellish?” Well, I have a feeling I know which one it’s going to be.

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