Ethanol is all the rage – President Bush wants us to produce billions of gallons of the stuff by 2050. But ethanol from corn (then most common source of the fuel additive in the U.S.) is already increasing the global price of corn and thus increasing food prices both here at home and in countries […]
Archive | April 19, 2007
Mass Murder: Virginia and Iraq
By Robert Silvey The murders at Virginia Tech are sad beyond words. The hostile outsider, the missed chances to stop him, the readily available weapons, the innocent victims gunned down methodically in cold blood. We all mourn the horrific loss and try to think of ways to keep it from ever happening again. In Iraq, […]
Remember the Rug…
President Bush went to Ohio today – you know, the state where people went to jail to make sure he was re-elected. Being there evidently triggered something in the former cheerleader, because he unlocked his word hoard, as they say in Anglo-Saxon poetry, and shared some of his wisdom with us, his subjects. Here are […]
We Will Yield No Longer
By Martin Bosworth For those who don’t know (and many do not), residents of the District of Columbia have no vote of any kind in Congress. We have a shadow representative, but our basic governance and any sort of voice is only at the whim of Congress. Think about that–a place with 500,000 residents (a […]
The Gonzo Chronicles: Disorder in the (upper) house
Some of this is killing me. Special thanks to the kind gentleman who pulled it all together and sent it along via e-mail. So, let’s start with Dubya, who’s loving him some Gonzo. “President Bush was pleased with the Attorney General’s testimony today. After hours of testimony in which he answered all of the Senators’ […]
The McCain Train has rounded the bend
First John McCain is joking about bombing Iran (watch video here). Now it looks like – maybe this isn’t a one-off? Holy shizzle – is John coming out of the End Times closet right before our eyes? Check this latest reminder from Talk to Action: TIM RUSSERT: So we could have two wars at once? […]
Did NBC do wrong? No, says WPost writer Fisher
From a morning Washington Post chat with columnist Marc Fisher: Washington, D.C.: Posting early … I know you will disagree, but for me NBC’s decision to show the images glorifies and sensationalizes violence and sets the parameters for the next mass killing. (After all, he cited Columbine.) There actually is a way to report on […]
John Derbyshire, A Real Man
By Martin Bosworth Apparently National Review Online’s resident arbiter of masculinity, John Derbyshire, was not only unsatisfied with the unwillingness of British soldiers to be convenient martyrs when captured by Iran, but now he feels that the Virginia Tech students who ran from a deranged gunman are total failures for not knowing how to disarm […]
Arrest due to Interpretation
By Rori Black CU Boulder student, Max Karson, was arrested April 19th after he mentioned that he understood the motivations of school shooters. Other students interpreted that this was a threat of future violence and called the authorities. He was arrested on “on suspicion of interfering with staff, faculty or students of an educational institution.” […]
The Morning Bitch
I hope this doesn’t become a regular thing, being pissed off before 9am. Maybe I should just avoid the news until after lunch. Anyway, here are a few things I’m not terribly happy about this fine morning: Clear Channel is for sale.
S&R Honors
Click here to learn more about past honorees...- I-5 bridge collapse: reflecting on our crumbling infrastructure
- Pope Francis says atheists can go to heaven: Sweet Jesus! The College of Cardinals done elected a hippie
- Magic Hat vs. West Sixth brewhaha: will MH win the battle that costs them the war?
- WordsDay: Postmodernist Xerism at it most discontentedly hopeful…
- How to stop journalists: Say they might be criminals
- Mystery Unraveled: How a white, moderate, married, churchgoing, middle-class, middle-aged woman could vote for Obama
- An open letter to Burt Rutan, regarding his WSJ commentary on human-caused climate disruption
- Meet the men of Match.com: Really, guys, are you serious?
- Climate scientists still besieged
- Pelosi on Bush: “He’s not worth impeaching”
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Samuel Smith: Good questions. Anybody here speak Italian?…
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descriptivegrace: I did find one video where you got to hear his fir…
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Brian Angliss: I don't think you understand the implications of w…
