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PJ O’Rourke
Turns out that the conservative humorist has cancer. From his article Give me liberty and give me death: I still cursed God, as we all do when we get bad news and pain. Not even the most faith-impaired among us shouts: "Damn quantum mechanics!" "Damn organic chemistry!" "Damn chaos and coincidence!" Relatively good chance of survival, happily.
House Rejects the Bailout!
Best news of the day. Markets tanking world-wide mean one thing: One of the great buying opportunities of the decade.
Bailout 101
$700 billion and I'm not even sure it will keep the house of cards from collapsing. Here are the basics.
Twisted Sister
Your funny of the day.
The $700 billion boondoggle
For those of us who believe in free markets, this bailout is a disaster in itself. It is in many ways the fitting capstone to the Bush dystopia we've lived the last eight years. At $700 billion (or more--we don't know yet), the bailout, combined with the already sky-high deficits and the money-draining foreign entanglements (to say nothing of the looming...
Absolutely
From Palin takes questions during cheesesteak run: The governor got a more serious interrogation moments later when Temple graduate student Michael Rovito approached her to inquire about Pakistan. "How about the Pakistan situation?," asked Rovito, who said he was not a Palin supporter. "What's your thoughts about that?" "In Pakistan?," she asked, looking...
Prepare to cringe
Palin with Katie Couric. In a word, brutal. Honestly, I almost can't watch it's so bad. If I were McCain I'd suspend my campaign too.
Adventures in Wonderland
George Will sees McCain as the Queen of Hearts: It is arguable that, because of his inexperience, Obama is not ready for the presidency. It is arguable that McCain, because of his boiling moralism and bottomless reservoir of certitudes, is not suited to the presidency. Unreadiness can be corrected, although perhaps at great cost, by experience. Can a...
Only 12?
Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic gives us The Twelve Lies of Sarah Palin. Money quote: So for the record, let it be known that the candidate for vice-president for the GOP is a compulsive, repetitive, demonstrable liar. Ah, but you say that like Cheney isn't.
Ron Paul
Right all along. Why couldn't he have been the GOP candidate?
Essays
Deep Six Courtesy of Deep Blue
The end of humanity as we know it? Or a lot of really nerdy people upset over the head nerd being knocked off (beats "up!") by a machine? From bizarre NBA references to Year 2000 computer meltdown, we've got it all. Daryl Dawkins, a moose of a human being who played center for the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers in late '70s and early '80s, used to name his dunks. He'd break a backboard on a dunk and suddenly it was the "Chocolate Thunder Flying,...
Meathead is a Democrat: The American President
Richard Dreyfuss is boring with a capital "OR," but otherwise this film is all set to move center stage next time the Democrats run out of material at a fundraiser. Power, romance...and no real sex scenes or else it'd be the perfect Bill Clinton date movie. WARNING: This review may include spoilers! Rob Reiner, of yesteryear's Archie Bunker fame, is now one of the top directors in Hollywood. From This is Spinal Tap to A Few Good Men to Stand By Me to When Harry Met Sally,...
Phenomenon: Welcome to Scientology!
Vinnie Barbarino gets hit by a flash of light and becomes the most intelligent auto mechanic ever. Flowers for Algernon II? You bet, Mr. Kotter. From dancer to gangster to Air Force pilot gone bad, actor John Travolta once again stretches himself, this time to become George Malley, a small town auto mechanic with an I.Q. of, oh, say, 2 million. Viewer discretion advised. WARNING: This review may include spoilers! John Travolta, long-time disciple of L. Ron Hubbard's...
Claris Organizer 2.0: Forget Everything You Know
I can't remember when I was so excited about a software product, and from now on I won't have to. Contacts, tasks, appointments—soon I'll be able to forget my own birthday because Organizer will handle all the memory chores. It even integrates well with those of you from the old school of pencil and paper. Automated features up the yang, which is not nearly as bad a thing as it sounds. Beats a stick in the eye. Forget everything you know about Day-Runners, Day-Timers,...