My friend Jason sent me the following e-mail: Space Kat Today Joey revealed to me his space ship which he used to get to this planet. He also telepathically hacked my computer with his mind and made the attached images appear on my Desktop. He then communicated to me that these images are of him …
Monthly Archives: January 2009
MEIN FÜHRER, I CAN WALK
Here‘s a Devo song that should be rewritten for Dick Cheney: he got big and fat and he was ridin’ high makin’ lots of cash trashin’ others’ lives now Cheney’s in a wheelchair and I don’t care Anyway, what did everyone think of Elizabeth Alexander’s inaugural poem? I think mine was better. The news on …
everybody in this room is wearing a uniform
Frank Zappa, style icon? (found here) Trendsetters are rushing to buy the “261 top” – with the latest star to wear it being American Idol judge Randy Jackson. He wore it next to Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul on the hit show at the weekend. The unlikely fashion trend goes back to 1980 and an …
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Bush administration confesses torture
“We tortured Qahtani. His treatment met the legal definition of torture. And that’s why I did not refer the case [for prosecution].” Speaking of torture, if you want to get a sense of the state of human rights in the US, you only need to check out our prison rape statistics. Also, can someone tell …
like rotten cabbages
The greatest actor of all time just died. Words cannot express my utter awe at Patrick McGoohan’s coolness, so I’ll shut up.
what did you expect?
Obama Unlikely To Quickly Close Gitmo Obama Signals His Reluctance to Look Into Bush Policies (but John Conyers has a better idea) EDIT: DEVELOPING… (as Drudge would say) I don’t really feel like writing about the above, because a) I already did, and b) this is like the septillionth post in a row that I’ve …
das übelste der Übel
Probably the only inaugural poem you’ll need to read this year: history is torn and blistery the future’s sutures are a mystery wooed by healing thoughts, we swooned and thus forgot to clean the wound (also, I decided to try putting poems in block quotes)
another one bites the dust
So last week Claiborne Pell died. This Providence Journal article from 1995 is a good summary of the career of the former US Senator from Rhode Island (surprising, given what a shit publication it is). A relevant quote: “It’s very fundamental in politics to be what you are,” says Sen. John H. Chafee. “‘To thine …