Posts Tagged ‘politics’

Today is the primary election in California. As usual I procrastinated and am going to have to vote this evening after I’ve done a rush job researching candidates. However, I’ve encountered an interesting filter: website quality. This may not work for the bigger offices, as people like Meg Whitman can afford massive marketing teams. But [...]

< cynicism > First off — it’s great that Laura Ling and Euna Lee got home safe. Lucky them. It’s not an exaggeration to say that they escaped a fate just as horrible as those faced by the victims of Hitler’s concentration camps. It pretty much looks like a win-win situation. Two big dummies got [...]

Aw, I’ll have to mobilize the maintenance team. They’re on to me: Wonkette: Obama Really Is Just a Talking Robot And I take issue with the notion that Robama was constructed out of Hope and basketballs. I also gave him laser vision! Come on! What’s a political infiltrator without a little PEW PEW power??

I didn’t watch the Oscars last night, except for what I heard drifting into the kitchen. Usually I’m not much bothered by awards, because it’s just a way for an exclusive group to pat itself on the back. On top of that, the selection is often political. But there were two awards that were well-deserved. [...]

South Park’s latest episode killed me. When this show goes off the air, I’m just going to cry. It has stayed so fresh, so relevant, and so funny . . . I didn’t think anything related to the aftermath of the election could make me smile, let alone laugh out loud. Thank you, Trey. I [...]