Month: January 2004
-
Scunci Steamer
There is something about infommercials that I find so hypnotic. I admire the ones that fill me with an insatiable urge to buy – they are so carefully calibrated to awaken that consumerist craving of I’m an American and goddammit if there’s one thing that America stands for (besides schizoid foreign policy and funding pseudo-terrorist […]
-
Bush Readies $1.5 Billion Marriage Initiative
President Bush thinks that you don’t know how to run your marriage. He’s even planning to drop at least $1.5 billion for training to help couples develop skills that sustain healthy marriages. This is, of course, aimed at low-income women who obviously have no education or skills in anything – otherwise they wouldn’t be poor […]
-
Wal-Mart Locks Nightshift Inside
“My ankle was crushed,” Mr. Rodriguez said. Another worker made some phone calls to reach a manager, and it took an hour for someone to get there and unlock the door.”
-
Hello Cthulu
Pop-top Hello Kitty meets horror novelist H. P. Lovecraft in Hello Cthulu. (via Sturtle) And remember folks: Hello Kitty has no mouth, yet she speaks the truth.
-
Bush Hijacks MLK Memorial
George W. Bush, champion of civil rights and equality for all (if you’re straight, white, male, American and rich), suddenly decided to land down in Atlanta to lay a wreath on the grave of Dr. Martin Luther King (and then off to an Atlanta fundraiser). He’ll be displacing other celebrations planned, including one just aross […]
-
NJ 5th State to OK Same-Sex Partnership
CNN reports that: New Jersey became the fifth state to recognize same-sex partnerships Monday, but activists said they will not stop the fight until openly gay couples can legally marry. Under the new law, domestic partners will gain access to medical benefits, insurance and other legal rights. New Jersey also will recognize such partnerships granted […]
-
Mick Donalds
Chink’s Steaks is a Philadelphia institution which has operated for over a half century. According the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, there is no way that the word is not offensive to those of Asian extraction. [Original owner Samuel] Sherman got the nickname because of his “slanty eyes” according to his widow.
-
Powell Admits He Lied
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell conceded that despite his assertions to the United Nations last year, he had no “smoking gun” proof of a link between the government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and terrorists of Al Qaeda.
-
Ethics in America
It’s no secret Americans are dishonest lying bastards. But is this any different from any other country or culture or time in history? Are the stakes just higher and mechanics make fraud easier and at the same time more massive? David Callahan, author of The Cheating Culture chimes in with his take. I had a […]
-
Down With Love
It’s pretty standard to call a romantic comedy a confection or describe it as effervescent but Down With Love truly is a fizzy-lifting drink. My mom is going to love this movie. Similar to Far From Heaven in that it is a throwback in style to a previous decade of style and film-making – but […]