June 2008
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A joke too bad to print? →
“Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”
-John McCain
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This day in blatently ridiculous ... →
For the third time in less than three weeks, Fox News Channel has had to acknowledge using poor judgment through inappropriate references to Senator Barack Obama.
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Fox News analyst Liz Trotta said she regretted making a joke about a possible assassination of Mr. Obama. Her mea culpa followed that of former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas a week earlier after he made a similar crack at a...
The best mass-culture takedown since Anthony Lane
re hellofriend on my post on his post on a post about Coldplay:
I’ll stick up for Coldplay so long as I enjoy their music. But there’s no defending James Blunt. None.
The best mass-culture takedown since Anthony Lane
On Andy Gill’s “Why I Hate Coldplay” via hellofriend:
There are more than a few holes in Andy Gill theory of Coldplay.
First, he uses the word “mawkish” twice, and it’s featured in the secondary headline. Apparently “emotional,” “syrupy” and “sappy” – all worthy stand-in words for someone without a doctorate in English from Oxford or a veritable masters in vapid hipster-ism earned by spending a...
Unlike Others, U.S. Defends Freedom to Offend in... →
“The problem with so-called hate speech laws is that they’re not about facts,” he said in a telephone interview. “They’re about feelings.”
“What we’re learning here is really the bedrock difference between the United States and the countries that are in a broad sense its legal cousins,” Mr. Steyn added. “Western governments are becoming increasingly comfortable with the regulation of opinion....
Build a Frontier, You Get Cowboys →
It’s impossible to tell where the government ends and Lockheed begins. And the most unbelievable thing about it besides the carnage and the hubris and the insanity of it all is how blatantly they lie about their dedication to strict economic Darwinist rules. It’s the mother of all con jobs — free market rhetoric is being used as the cover story for crony capitalism… They...
Biblical theme park planned in Germany →
WatchI’m a sucker for girl rock, what can I say?
“Appearing on ESPN’s SportsCenter Wednesday, former Lakers point guard...”
– Magic Johnson Shares ‘Thoughts’ On Lakers-Celtics Finals
(link here)
“Guess what? There is this really neat literary device I just learned about, and...”
– Now That I’ve Learned About Foreshadowing, I’m Going To Use It In All Of My Stories
By John Grisham
(link here)
Catching up with last year... →
OK, so I just joined Twitter — this messaging/networking service that allows one to update your status among friends. I resisted because, to quote myself, “Facebook updates are about the most emo thing ever.” I still mean that. Call me elitist. Wait for me to care.
But finally as more friends joined I was prodded into it. Yet, I find I need more friends to join up to maximize...
'I love you, Brain.' →
Sorry for the depressing subject matter.
“Jim Davis, the cartoonist who created “Garfield,” calls himself an occasional...”
– Yes yes yes. I love this cartoon.NY Times: Is the Main Character Missing? Maybe Not. (via david) (via hellofriend)