Month: March 2006

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  • Hillary Clinton, Durbin and Lieberman Want Center for Disease Control to Investigate Video Games

    To further ensure that Hillary has absolutely no hope as a presidential candidate: Democrats Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Hillary Clinton of New York, and Dick Durbin of Illinois persuaded a Senate committee to approve a sweeping study of the “impact of electronic media use” to be organized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, […]

  • The Question of Race in Canada

    Lawrence Hill writes about something that drives Ron nuts: Canadians have a favourite pastime, and they don’t even realize it. They like to ask—they absolutely have to ask—where you are from if you don’t look convincingly white. Here’s a narrative of how it goes: STRANGER: “Do you mind my asking where you are from?” [This […]

  • Man Screaming at His Cat

    At first you’ll think this guy is really yelling at his cat. But after his cat ignores him and continues you’ll start to laugh. Sort of like Mommie, Dearest but with cats.

  • Bush Considered Bombing Iraq in US Jets Painted as UN Planes

    Nice: New evidence has emerged that President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair agreed in January 2003 to attack Iraq regardless of whether diplomatic efforts succeeded… In addition the book reveals President Bush told Blair that the United Stated was considering flying U2 spy planes disguised as United Nations planes over Iraq in an […]

  • Power Bottom Loses Texas House Race

    Tom Malin, a Democratic candidate for the Texas House used to be a male prostitute under the name Tom Sharpe. He gained 45% of the vote but lost to Jack Borden. Malin was outted by the Dallas Morning News and of course the blogosphere has dug up caches of his old escorting profiles. Malin maintained: […]

  • Wibbels Fit in E Minor

    There’s a fascinating behavior in my family called the Wibbels fit. It isn’t about throwing things or being physically aggressive. It’s about having an emotional meltdown in front of those you love. And then usually those you love trying their best not to lash back with a well-placed (and well-deserved) I told you so. Such […]

  • Oscars 2006 – The 78th Academy Awards

    (spent the hour of the Oscars watching 24 on A & E but I did see the montage of homoerotic western quotes including Gregory Peck propositioning (was it?) Charlton Heston) I like all the constant references to how you can only experience the power of cinema in front of a big screen. I think this […]

  • Larry King: Sit Up Straight

    Was Larry King a great interviewer at one time? I’m watching his interview with Jon Stewart and King has all the charm of James Lipton on Inside the Actor’s Studio (does anyone else notice that Lipton seems to put the same foundation makeup on his lips that he does on his face so his lips […]