Spitzer Steamrolled: Sex and the sadistic man
“I’m a steamroller, baby. Oh, yeah….you like that…you like that Bruno — You mind if I call you Bruno, honey? — Take THAT Bruno…”
This is ASTOUNDING!
We would like, at this point, to say: I told you so!
And now we will relish watching as Voldemort’s enemies all gather ’round.
Village Voice Bashes Iron Chef
American Madness Bashes Village Voice
Last week the Village Voice had what they called an exposé on Iron Chef: America. Now, I cook a fair bit and also happen to be a big fan of Iron Chef. When this article came out virtually everyone I know who still reads the Village Voice (I think there were 2 people) contacted me [...]
Read a Banned Book
Each year some Nazi-like parents in the middle of the country feel that some fantastic book is offensive and should be banned from libraries. Pretty much it depends on the community to decide whether to follow through on this parents request and ban the book or to allow freedom of speech to prevail and make [...]
OMG!
You can’t make this up!
The NYTimes reports on the large peaceful uprising in Najaf.
The story includes this photo caption:
Col. Steven Boylan, an American military spokesman and aide to the commander of all American forces in Iraq, praised the peaceful nature of the demonstration, saying Iraqis “could not have done this four years ago,†the [...]
God help and forgive us
Guantánamo Detainees Stage Hunger Strike
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/us/09hunger.html?hp
Torture continues. Say what you want about the Khmer Rouge, the Hutu/Tootsie massacres, even the Stalinist purges, at least many of these atrocities were carried out in hot blood. Not so the current U.S. policy for Guantanamo detainees, which reminds me of a line from the movie Payback: “I’ll make this [...]
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As with Anna Karina, we prefer to remember the U.S.A as she was in the 1960s.
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