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The Lofty Goals of Mr. Rahman
2007-08-23 00:00:00 While most of the industrialized and the rapidly-industrializing world races to reach Kyoto Protocol goals, and UNAIDS searches for a way to stymie, if not cure, HIV, many of us set far humbler objectives. Mine typically loop around draconian diets or equally impractical exercise routines and even less sensible goals. I must admit that my shallow aims have been put to shame by one Daad Mohammed Murad Abdul Rahman of the United Arab Emirates. More About: Goals , Loft
Goodbye Heartache, Hello Hugo!
2007-08-17 00:00:00 Dear Messrs. Glover and Penn, and Mrs. Sheehan, I am a huge fan of your television work and the skill with which you use the carnivorous cameras to capture you??Strike pose/ Strike a pose/ Vogue, vogue, vogue...? More About: Goodbye , Hugo
Hillary Clinton to Run Against Bush in 2008
2007-08-17 00:00:00 If your name is Bush , and you?re running in 2008 , you?re going down ? according to Hillary Clinton ?s 2008 campaign ad debut. It seems like Hil? forgot that US Presidents only get a max of two terms in office.
All Work and No Play?
2007-08-17 00:00:00 Well, not exactly. Arafat had never been a ?dull? boy: a terrorist, a thief, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, a? homosexual? (That?s the ?play? part, FYI.) More About: Play , Work
All?s Fair in Love and War
2007-08-17 00:00:00 And also publishing, it seems. If I Did It, OJ Simpson?s shameless recent attempt profit from the murders he allegedly committed, had been scheduled for release by Harper Collins last fall. The public outrage insured that a second travesty was narrowly avoided and the resulting fallout (and then some) cost the book?s editor, Judith Regan her job, and much moolah to the publishing house. More About: Love , Fair
Israel Lobby Conspires Against New Israel Lobby Exposé
2007-08-17 00:00:00 Disclaimer: I haven?t read Mearsheimer and Walt?s The Israel Lobby, but that?s clearly not going to stop me from dishing dirt on the authors. More About: Cons
CINDY SHEEHAN FOR CONGRESS? of Iraq
2007-08-11 00:00:00 Cindy Shee han isn?t coming back to the public as the face of the anti-war movement. According to Time, she?s ?coming back in a different direction.? Pro war? More About: Congress , Iraq , Cindy Sheehan
Christ!
2007-08-11 00:00:00 From The News & Advance: FOREST, Va. (AP) - A smudge of driveway sealant resembling Jesus Christ ?s face has fetched more than $1,500 for the Forest family that found the holy image on its garage floor. The Serio family put the slab of concrete up for auction on eBay more than a week ago. Wednesday, they got a taker at $1,525.69.
An Unfortunate Analysis of Bin Laden?s Rantings
2007-08-10 00:00:00 How unfortunate. A magazine that boasts the columns of Christopher Hitchens and Anne Applebaum has thought it prudent to include in its pages a very silly little piece by Reza Aslan titled ?Why Do They Hate Us??. More About: Analysis , Bin Laden , Nate , Anal , Laden
Executive Orders and the State of Exception
2007-08-10 00:00:00 Are our inalienable rights at risk? Bonnie Goldstein at Slate asks whether Bush?s most recent executive order effectively repeals the Fifth Amendment?s prohibition against depriving a citizen of property without due process. More About: Executive , State , Exception , Orders , The State
Double-Crossing Politicians?Double-Crossing Unions
2007-08-10 00:00:00 We all know that the unions tend to support the more progressive candidates for Presidency. The Dems usually fight hard for unions? raison d?etre: the raising of the minimum wage, socialist healthcare systems, and all sorts of other goodies. More About: Double , Politicians , Unions , Crossing , Ross
John Edwards: The Poor Little Rich Man
2007-08-08 00:00:00 Well, more like publicity-starved, that is, if we are to believe the remonstrations of Elizabeth Edwards . More About: Rich , John Edwards , John , Poor
Detroit Officials Opt Not to Fix Broken Education
2007-08-08 00:00:00 With Detroit public school system?s graduation rate somewhere between 22% and 42%, local politicians claim that Detroit is?get this?on the upswing. More About: Education , Broken , Duca
Taking Lessons from a Murderous Psychopath
2007-08-07 00:00:00 Even Joseph Stalin has fans. Taking tips from one of the world?s most murderous dictators, Iran?s President is employing similar methods to crack down on dissent. More About: Lessons , Esso , Path
Clinton Promises to Make Big Government Even Bigger
2007-08-05 00:00:00 Presidential hopeful Hillary ?slammed" Bush today for not spending enough money on law enforcement. She attacked him for acting like police officers were ?invisible? to him. More About: Government , Promises , Clinton , Make , Big Government
?We don?t have a peace process, we have a surrender process.?
2007-08-04 00:00:00 Whether or not you like Newt, I challenge you to argue this logic? More About: Peace , Peace Process , Process , Surrender
Russia Flag Update: US Doesn?t Care If Russia Spray Paints The Flag
2007-08-04 00:00:00 Because it won?t make ?an iota of difference,? said State Department spokesman Tom Casey. At the risk of sounding crude, my dog can pee all over my neighbor?s yard, but I?m under no illusion that this will change US property laws. More About: Care , Update , Russia , Paints , Flag
How American Domestic Policy Fuels Terrorism, PART ONE
2007-08-04 00:00:00 In New York one hears many an accusation that America?s meddlesome foreign policy galvanizes the world?s hatred for us ? how for every marine sent abroad there is a fanatical, though absurdly justified, terrorist reaction. As usual, sentimental obscurantists blind themselves to the economics behind their assertions; to the possibility, for instance, that it is America?s flawed domestic policy that helps fuel the fundamentalist jihad ? beginning with communist communities in our very heartland. More About: Terrorism , Domestic , Policy , American , Part
A Word from the ?Troglodyte Fringe? or, The Loony Ramblings of Cindy Sheeha
2007-08-04 00:00:00 Having announced her retirement from political activism on the Daily Kos, Cindy Shee han now finds herself missing the limelight and all that it entails. Namely, publicized camping trips, sit-ins, loony ranting, silly assertions, stints in jail? More About: Word , Fringe
The Left and Right in Cyberspace: A Love Story
2007-08-04 00:00:00 As is often the case when the left and the right meet in cyberspace, bloggers abandon civility and logical reasoning to fling crap at each other?s personal lives. Also common is the tendency of all conversations to reduce to two loaded topics: abortion and Israel. More About: Love , Story , Left , Love story , A Love Story
Economist?s Well-Reviewed Book Paints the Average American Voter Irrational
2007-08-02 00:00:00 Even The New Yorker book review couldn?t find much wrong with Bryan Caplan?s book, The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies, which I interpret as the highest of praise for a right-leaning book. More About: Economist , Book , American , Paints , Econ
Russia Conquers the North Pole with the Cunning Use of Flags
2007-08-02 00:00:00 I thought that this was straight out of an Eddie Izzard skit, but Russia actually launched two mini-subs to drive flags into the arctic seabed. Canada and Denmark feel shamed for their tardy application of the age-old imperialist flag technology. More About: North , Pole , North Pole
Hillary Update: Dont? Call Me Sexy
2007-08-01 00:00:00 Clinton?s staff via e-mail urged donors to ?take a stand against this kind of coarseness and pettiness in American culture? and, well, donate more money. ?This kind of coarseness? being a July 20th Washington Post?s article that read: ?It was startling to see that small acknowledgment of sexuality and femininity peeking out of the conservative?aesthetically speaking?environment of Congress.? More About: Sexy , Update , Call , Hillary
YouTube Democratic Debate Answers Analyzed, Found Nonsensical
2007-08-01 00:00:00 Trained seals (mentally retarded ones at that) would probably offer more opinionated answers than the Democratic candidates could ever seem to manage. Here are choice quotes and analysis of the candidates? most meaningless responses? More About: Youtube , Debate , Answers , Analyze
China: Free Soap, Shampoo and? Condoms?
2007-08-01 00:00:00 The American hospitality industry provides its guests with Bibles; China ?s hotels stock nightstands with condoms. More About: Free , Condoms , Soap , Shampoo
Democrat Congressmen Warned Against Protectionist Policy
2007-08-01 00:00:00 The Bush administration warned Congress today that passing a bill to punish China for its currency undervaluation policy could pose serious risks to US and global economies. More About: Policy , Democrat , Poli , Prot , Protectionist
Ron Paul Urges Congress to Respect the People?s Money
2007-08-01 00:00:00 When Congress attempted to appropriate $30,000 of tax payer money to award a gold medal to the Reagans for their service to the nation, Ron Paul slapped a buck on the table and urged his peers to do the same. ?It is, of course, very easy,? he said, ?to be generous with the people?s money.? More About: People , Money
Healthcare Update: Cubans Beg to Differ with Michael Moore
2007-08-01 00:00:00 Cubans are converting weed-whackers into propellers and risking death and capture to escape the land of equality and promise. So far this fiscal year, 2,819 Cubans have made it to Florida, compared with 3,076 in all of last year. In 1994, the year Castro relaxed the border, 34,000 people were intercepted by the Coast Guard in the waters between Florida and Cuba, who were, presumably, unable to resist the urge to start paying for healthcare. More About: Healthcare , Michael Moore , Michael , Update , Cubans
America?s (Actual) Pointless, Losing War
2007-07-28 00:00:00 The web pulsates with drug-war stats and joint-stashing tips. Radar magazine, in a rare altruistic moment, has reinvigorated the War on Drugs debate by featuring tips on getting ahead of the law?courtesy of a former Texas narcotics department head. More About: America , Pointless
IRS Loses Federal Income Tax Case, No Jail for Tax Avoider
More articles from this author:2007-07-27 00:00:00 Tommy Cryer won a big case today: He successfully challenged his obligation to pay income taxes. More About: Income , Case , Jail , Avoid , Income Tax 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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