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Friday, December 22nd, 2006That’s the Daily Show’s new word to describe the Iraq War, and I’d say it works pretty nicely. But to understand just how big a catastrofuck it was, you need to look not just at what it did to Iraq and America, but also what’s starting to happen between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Considering this […]
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Paul Krugman and Ezra Klein both late out a pretty good case, to which I would only add that this argument is going to become extremely important just as soon as we begin to understand how expensive undoing all of the damage Bush has done will be. Compared to things like combating poverty, rebuilding New […]
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Dammit, Ezra Klein is right. A good book is a good book regardless of when it comes out, and it’s hard for me to find recommendations for good books that didn’t come out this year outside of my circle of friends.
I really wish I could do a best of 2006 book list, but unfortunately when […]
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
The winner of the eagerly-anticipated Stephen Colbert versus The Decemberists rock-off is … Peter Frampton. Obviously.
The fact that Colbert somehow got Henry Kissinger on the show to moderate a rock-off was pretty surprising, but what really caught me off guard was that apparently the lead guitarist of The Decemberists can apparently bring the metal. Who […]
Best Some Really Good Music From 2006
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006(In alphabetical order, because that’s better than no particular order)
The Black Keys, “Magic Potion”The formula is pretty simple here; there’s nothing really profound about the lyrics, and there’s no real technical wizardry going on in the background. In fact, the only thing even remotely innovative about the Black Keys is how simple they keep it. […]
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
So after some very careful deliberation, the president is starting to formulate some “central proposals.” God only knows whether or not any of those proposals involve actually leaving Iraq at any point. Right now it seems that at the very least, the administration has decided that they can no longer stay the course.
So the proposal […]
Sunday, December 17th, 2006
TIME Magazine: Welcome to the end of your arduous journey, Billy. The 2006 person of the year is right behind that curtain.
(Pause, as Billy pulls the curtain away, revealing a mirror.)
Billy: I … I don’t understand. A mirror?
TIME: That’s right, Billy. The person of the year was you all along.
Billy: Really?
TIME: Really.
Billy: What happened to […]
The Decider Shows Some Indecision
Thursday, December 14th, 2006So let’s see if I’ve got this straight. When the country’s debating whether or not to go to war based on a few scraps of faulty intelligence, we don’t have any time for careful deliberation and it’s time to go act as quickly as possible. In fact, it’s so urgent that we don’t even have […]
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
New committee assignments are in. Here are a few that I particularly want to draw attention to:
Financial Services, Barney Frank (D-MA)
Government Reform, Henry Waxman (D-CA)
Intelligence, Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Judiciary, John Conyers (D-MI)
Ways & Means, Charles Rangel (D-NY)
I can’t say that too familiar with a lot of other names on the list, and so far I’m unimpressed […]
Tofomosexuality
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006Jim Rutz has some really interesting ideas on where gay people come from.
I have nothing against an occasional soy snack. Soy is nutritious and contains lots of good things. Unfortunately, when you eat or drink a lot of soy stuff, you’re also getting substantial quantities of estrogens.
Estrogens are female hormones. If you’re a woman, you’re […]