Saw an article today by Charles V Pena that made a very tongue-in-cheek comparison between the terms “fundamentalist Islamic government” [ie, Iran], and “radical Islamist regime” [ie, Hamas, or anybody else who isn’t good for us financially speaking]. We’ve all heard both terms, but have we ever seen them side by side this way? It really points ( Read more... )

The Hamas Victory:
I can't say I'm surprised, although apparently the rest of the world is. They'd won over the hearts and minds of the people years ago - it was really just a matter of time before they won control of the government as well ( Read more... )

As though the lying and the cheating weren't bad enough, now we can see that this whole domestic eavesdropping/breaking federal law thing has a domino effect:

This illegal surveillance is a prosecutor's nightmare. As Hayden testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee in October 2002, the National Security Agency turns over legally obtained ( Read more... )

"All art is quite useless".

-Oscar Wilde

Discuss.

From MSNBC.com - shills, all of them.

Poll: Should Bush spend time defending his domestic surveillance program?
__ Yes. He can help clear up what is still confusing to many Americans.
__ No. Why bother, Americans are clearly split along party lines on this issue.Are you fucking kidding me? Out of what cavity are these people pulling this shit? ( Read more... )

Extra! Extra! Men are unsympathetic and delight in other people's suffering!

Well, not quite that. But scientists have discovered real neurological evidence of schadenfreude - and guess what? Men are more likely to feel it. Although I know an awful lot of sopranos who prove the exception to the rule.

So I refuse to participate in the "discussions" anymore, but I can't stop watching - it's like a freak show or a car wreck.

Are these kids serious? Not one person on there who thinks that Pavarotti had a better voice in his time than Domingo? This is a joke, right? Not a single one?

Although many fellow liberals will criticize me for it, I was a Gore girl in 2000. Looking back, Gore the candidate wasn't really anything to jump up and down about, but Gore has since come back swinging as one of the most intelligent and well-spoken people in the Democratic party. His speech yesterday makes me want to go out and do something. ( Read more... )

Yeah, I grew up in LA, so I should be used to seeing celebrities. But I never get over seeing certain obscure ones. For example, I saw Reverend Billy from the Church of Stop Shopping while doing a little birthday shopping on Saturday. That was really cool, especially with his white suit, choir, and confessional booth ( Read more... )

Fucking fascinating, that's what this is:

Extra second added onto 12/31/05

I am totally resolving right now to be doing something really cool during that extra second.