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Friday, March 28th, 2008Ever since the beginning of civilization, mankind has wondered: Does David Brooks actually believe everything he says? Or is he just making shit up as he goes along?
His latest column does absolutely nothing to answer that question. The whole thing purports to be a refutation of the claim that a McCain presidency would be four […]
I just sold the army a Nerf gun for $200,000
Friday, March 28th, 2008The New York Times has an in-depth exposé on what exactly Brocephalesaurus and his friend Masseuse With Slightly Odd Facial Hair were up to when they scammed the Pentagon out of $300 million.
The lesson here? Apparently our DoD is so lax and corrupt with the contracting now that you don’t even need to be particularly […]
Dude, we should, like, totally defraud the Pentagon
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Son of a bitch. Apparently some 22-year old broseph with a fake ID managed to scam the DoD out of $300 mill in contracts.
How does a 22 year-old get a multi-million dollar defense contract? you ask. “AEY’s proposal represented the best value to the government,” the Army tells the Times. (Never mind that AEY was […]
They grow up so fast
Thursday, March 27th, 2008A middle school student government member gets Spitzer’d. But with candy instead of hookers.
For example, in Connecticut last week, an eighth-grade student body vice president was forced to resign after he was caught buying an illicit packet of Skittles from a classmate.
I blame Roger Stone.
Why going to school in New York City kicks ass
Thursday, March 27th, 2008My route to class every morning takes me by Cooper Union. Ten minutes ago, as I was walking by, I saw that the street was being blocked off by a bunch of patrol cars and black SUVs. I went offer to a nearby police officer and asked if a presidential candidate was in town. Yep, […]
Going it alone
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Damn. Ali, my traveling partner, had to drop out of this weekend’s excursion to Eschacon due to a series of increasingly unfortunate extenuating circumstances. You’ll be missed, man.
I don’t suppose anyone else wants to go on a last-minute trip to Philly?
The cost of war
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Rolling Stone has a superb article this month that examines the daily life of one Iraq vet with PTSD. It’s really moving stuff.
Lance Cpl. James Blake Miller spends much of his time sitting on the floor of the run-down trailer he keeps as a residence behind his father’s house in the tiny coal-mining town of […]
You wouldn’t get this from any other guy
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this. It’s just way too awesome.
And that’s Rickrolling: misdirection from an anticipated link, leading you instead to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” It’s been a web phenomonen for a good year now — an update on duckrolling — and is now transcending the internet to […]
All in the game
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008In a New York Times op-ed today, Neal Gabler has an interesting explanation about why the press lusts after McCain so much.
What makes 2008 different — and why I think Mr. McCain can be called the first postmodernist presidential candidate — is his acknowledgment of the symbiosis between himself and the press and, more important, […]
The word of the day is “obtuse”
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Alright, let’s play a little game. It’s called “let’s see who can most obtusely misinterpret Barack Obama’s message.”
ROUND 1: The Washington Post
One … two … three … GO!
Sen. Barack Obama offers himself as a post-partisan uniter who will solve the country’s problems by reaching across the aisle and beyond the framework of liberal and conservative […]