Archive for the 'Babble' Category

There’s only room for one Bill on this podium, partner

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Well, overall, I’d say a very good night. Even Kerry didn’t suck. Of course I was disappointed not to see Richardson (who I still hope to soon call “Secretary of State”), but it looks like they moved him to tomorrow, so it’s all good.
They really hammered home the military thing tonight. I suppose that’s good [...]

Change is always changing

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Well I think the quote of the night goes to Mark Warner —

… this election is not about liberal versus conservative. It’s not about left versus right. It’s about the future versus the past.

…with a close second place (and a win for best snark) being:

Just think about this. In four months, in just four [...]

The Dude a-Bidens

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

So it’s to be Joe after all, eh? Well, this is why I never bet, I’m too fond of twists and surprises to trust conventional wisdom even when it’s right.
Of course he wasn’t my first choice, but we could do a lot worse. And the good part is “Obama / Biden” will be one of [...]

Vice Squad

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

So all the talking heads are saying Biden now. I don’t know, I just don’t feel it. Of course a lot of folks are also still saying Hillary, but I don’t feel that one coming either. Then there are the ones who for some reason think it will be Gore, which just seems retarded — [...]

Hello there, children!

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Just another brain dump…

Dude, how did I make it some 13 years without having seen or heard of Mr. Show??? Funny funny stuff. I can see why Miss Lesley is so enamored with David Cross.
Speaking of things I’ve recently Netflixed (if that’s not a verb yet, it should be), The Lives of Others was phenomenal. [...]

Always Low Morals — Always

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Despicable:

Dear Jonathan,
You have to read this front-page story from today’s Wall Street Journal:
“Wal-Mart Warns of Democratic Win”
According to the article, Wal-Mart is holding mandatory meetings with supervisors and managers to warn them that if Senator Obama wins the presidential election, Democrats will pass the Employee Free Choice Act to unionize their stores.
Why is Wal-Mart [...]

Miranda Rites

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Back when I was just a smart teenage nerd with a budding anti-authoritarian streak, The Manhattan Project, a film a about a teenager who builds an atomic bomb, was a natural and instant favorite. Hell, I eventually even sampled the damn thing:
Chaos Dreary
But of course, whatever real merits the movie may have had, I was [...]

The Dark Right

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I of course completely agree with Aunt B that anyone who thinks Bush is Batman is a moron of well, comic book proportions. A supermoron, if you will.
But beyond that, it occurs to me, isn’t Batman partly a tale about a hopelessly ineffective government ripe with corruption and crony-ism, and particularly plagued by a broken [...]

Tubes

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

I don’t really have much to add on the new Ted Stevens mess, but Rex pointed us to this Gawker post which introduced us to:

which is just awesome in its own right. Of course I think it’s the lolcats that make it ring true. Well, that and His Noodly Appendage, of course.

old school

Monday, July 28th, 2008

No spectacular new ideas or information here, but as a fan of San Francisco, and a fan of Henry George, I do enjoy Fred Folvary using the term San Francisco School as another name for Georgist economics.
That reminds me, I never did finish my travel diary from my trip. I can’t believe it’s been more [...]