Main Stream Media

The problem with the media is not just that they suck, not just that they pander to the lowest common denominator, and not just they prize a pretty face above all other attributes.
The real problem is that they are proudly and aggressively stupid.  Witness this exchange with Dennis Kucinich:

Now, Kucinich is not exactly my cup […]

Election Day Today

I find myself unable to vote.
Choices:

Liberal (incompetent promise-breakers)
Conservative (hijacked by evangelicals)
NDP (socialist weinies)
Green (also socialist weinies, but with added evangelical fervour)

Bleh.

Happy Birthday, Sputnik

You crazy, shiny, beeping ball, you.  Fifty years young today.
It was supposed to herald the dawn of the new Space Age.  But, it didn’t.  That one is still a few generations down the road, if it’s ever coming at all.  What it heralded was the Communications Age, when information became instantaneously available around the globe.  […]

Damn! Creationists are Everywhere

And I was going to vote for this guy, too.  Yet another politician gets caught trying to make everybody happy and winds up upsetting everybody.
Why, John Tory, why?
Actually, I know why.  If you’re a complete ignoramus on the subject, then “teach the controversy” sounds quite sensible.  Both sides of the story and all that.
Except, in […]

There’s Only One Valid Response

To this.  Tell Pakistan to fuck off.  Salman Rushdie has never killed anybody.  Nor has he advocated killing anybody.
His unforgivable crime was to write a book critical of Islam.
Tough shit.
Time for Muslims* to grow up.
* Yes, I know not all.

How Do You Spell Relief?

For Jimmy Carter, it’s B-U-S-H. He probably never thought that he’d live to see someone who had a worse track record in international relations than himself.
Jimmy Carter - good man - bad President.

JESUS LOVWES THE UNBORN BABIES

At least, Tony Blair does. Surely, this is nanny statism taken to its logical conclusion.
Really, there is only so much that the government can do for you, or should. This is already about three steps beyond that.
One can only imagine what bureaucratic nightmares will derive from this well-meaning intervention in people’s lives.

Iran is a Strange Place

Schizophrenic in its politics and culture. Going to war with Iran would be a completely unnecessary tragedy. This is not the Taliban, and this is not Ba’ath.
There is a significant chance that Iran will evolve into a responsible member of the international community and a relatively free society if left to its own […]

Weather Report: Hell Freezes Over

Ian Paisley and the IRA forming a coalition government to govern Northern Ireland. Yet another day I never thought I’d live to see.
As many long suspected, Ian Paisley was always all about Ian Paisley. Ah well, there’s no whore like an old whore, and this old whore finally got his payoff.

College Republicans For Wal-Mart?

They seem a little confused.
In any event, this chart is interesting:

It looks like states where people pay higher taxes seem quite content to vote for a candidate who has the reputation of wanting higher taxes (we can talk about why that’s a specious argument, too). So, might those people be saying that they don’t […]