Mike Taibbi doesn't go the usual route of describing how Palin is an idiot. Instead, he sorta kinda agrees with her supporters, in a way. Yes, the media hates Palin. But not the way you think. Worth a read.
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SNL hasn't done political - er, I mean media - humor this incisive since, well, the 2008 election:
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It never ceases to amaze me how the public hems and haws about what the government might be up to in the health care debate or tax policy, while simply shrugging at most incredible, outrageous practices from the credit card industry. The latest: if you pay off your full balance every month, Bank of America is going to start charging you a fee.
I begin to wonder, how, exactly, do the credit card companies define a "good" customer? One who doesn't get charged fees? But then, maybe I'm measuring it by the wrong yardstick. Maybe a good customer is one who's too stupid or apathetic to object to the fees.
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Oh Captain My Captain! Our fearful trip is done
Our ship has weathered every rack, but girls just want to have fun.
Captain Lou Albano dead at 76(Now don't tell me this isn't respectful. The guy wore rubber bands in his beard, for crissakes.)
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Well I shouldn't have spoken - my dad had to go to the hospital for an infection in the tubes. home now, but this will interrupt the chemo.
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Okay, Stewart obviously is coming from one side of the spectrum, but whether you're on the right, the left, or somewhere off in the independence nebula, we can all agree, CNN sucks:
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So the President won the Nobel Peace Prize today, and of course, the commentariat pounced. Man, Chicago loses the Olympics, and it's cause for criticism. He wins a prize, and it's cause for criticism. Tune in next week when Obama drinks a glass of water, and the right erupts.
Did he deserve the award? No, probably not* . You know who else thinks that? Obama, according to his remarks this morning.
some are saying he should have refused the thing as graciously as possible. Well just for the sake of argument, let's pop over to a nearby parallel universe where he did just that:
President Obama thanked the Nobel Committee, but insisted he could not in good conscience accept the award, citing the many other nominees who he felt were more deserving of the honor. Right wing pundits were quick to pounce on Obama's refusal of the honor:
Rush Limbaugh: You know who else refused a Nobel Peace Prize? Le Ðức Thọ, one of the founders of the Vietnamese Communist Party, one of the leaders of North Vietnam! I mean folks... (table slap, shuffle of papers)... I dunno, maybe he's one of Obama's heroes. John Boehner: Well the press likes to talk about what a great diplomat the President is, if he's such a great diplomat why did he just slap the international community in the face? Sean Hannity: Last week he goes to Europe begging for them to hold the Olympics in Chicago, and they refuse him. So this week, he refuses the Nobel Peace Prize. You know what this is? It's childish, it's sour grapes. Glenn Beck: So now we're supposed to be impressed that Barack Obama refused an award he didn't deserve in the first place. Oh looks, he's so selfless, oh look, he's so wise. But everybody knows he won the award, everybody's going to write that he won the award, but now he refuses it, now he's extra special. This is how you build a cult of personality. I'm telling you, I think this was planned all along. -------------------------- If you think the right wouldn't get just as much play out of him turning down the award, you are painfully naive. * Seriously, I suspect this was more a "You're not George W. Bush!" award more than anything else
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No, I'm not talking about a phone sex line. Rather, that is the name of this really intriguing indie MMO, the development of which I've been following for a while. The game mechanics are innovative (if a little odd to those used to levels, skills, and quests), the art is bizarre but also quite beautiful and original, and best of all, the name is specifically designed to send hardcore gamer types running the other way. Also, it was more or less developed by one guy (all y'all who said that it's impossible to build an MMO without a gazillion dollar budget may commence eating crow.)
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Have you heard about the latest research in epigenetics? I had - and then I forgot what the damn field was called, and couldn't find the research for months. But now the answer will live forever, on the internet.
Seriously, read about it. It's cool.
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Here's a paranoid conspiracy-driving item all Americans can get behind, whether you are on the left or the right!
Mysterious Private Security Firm Moves into Empty Jail in Small Montana Town
My favorite line:
And where is American Police Force getting the money for this venture? Company spokeswoman Becky Shay -- until about a week ago the Billings Gazette reporter covering APF -- says they are no plans to answer that question. She did not respond to a request for comment.
Of course she didn't. She's one of Them now.
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I don't agree with David Brooks much of the time, but I love how the guy can take a some topical nonsense and put a historical spin on it. The quote from Ernie Pyle is particularly fascinating to me. Maybe you need to stare into the abyss before you realize maybe you aren't the Chosen Ones.
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Sword Wielding Med student Kills Burglar
There are a couple of interesting things about this story to me, besides the obvious imagery:
1) The swordsman is a med student (future surgeon?)
2) The three men on the porch don't want to talk about it (future surgeon/yakuza boss?)
3) The cops are wondering whether to press charges on the guy (he ran afoul of the "use a gun like a normal person, psycho" clause.)
Maybe there's more to the story, but as a matter of law, self-defense is self-defense, no?
Gory? Yes. But that doesn't make it illegal.*
* now, if the homeowner had been a cleric, that would have been different. Blunt weapons only, dude.
EDIT: Now with Video!
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It appears Tey-has may have executed an innocent man.
I try not to write off whole states as places I don't want to be, just because of a single ugly incident, or a particularly heinous crime (or pattern of crimes), a few stupid policies, some whacky court decisions, or questionable choices in public officials.
But Texas, you make it really, really difficult.
Yee-fuckin'-hah.
* To clarify: I do not object to the death penalty on moral grounds. I object to it on the grounds that prosecutors like to get their picture in the paper, that labs can screw up, that juries can be biased, that cops can be arrogant, that judges may not be the impartial arbiters they are supposed to be. Show me a perfect mind reading machine, then talk to me about the death penalty.
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If you're a fan of The Guild and it's star/co-creator Felicia Day - well you will find this hilarious. If you don't know it but you're a fan of MMOs, you will probably still find it amusing. If you're neither, you will have the little "wtf?" balloon over your head right now.
(Side Note: Jed Whedon - Joss' brother, who wrote the music for Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog - also wrote this one.)
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Although I tend to agree with their positions more often than not, I actually don't care much for the majority of MSNBC's afternoon/evening political opinion shows. Olbermann rants, Ed Schultz barks, Chris Matthews is okay but I sometimes wonder if he has ADHD.
But then, there is Rachel.
Her brain makes me proud to be an American.
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Well here's the latest from the dad front: he's getting two rounds of chemo over the next couple of weeks, and surgery after that. They still don't have a date though, which is frustrating. I'll be going back to PA over Labor Day, to help out and get things organized (my father is, ah, not such a fantastic organizer, and my mother is overwhelmed.)
I've been mostly successful at keeping myself occupied, thanks to busy work and helpful friends. Par example: went wine tasting around Healdsburg yesterday. Great wine and food, and surprisingly fun. Didn't buy any wine - I still have to drink more of what I've got in the rack now - but I did pick up some badass mustards at the Hop Kiln Winery: spicy mango mustard, and curry mustard. Amazing stuff.
(Other stops, for interested winos: the Armida Winery, Mill Creek Vineyards, and the Mauritson Winery. Señor ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) rchj would have enjoyed it greatly.)
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