If you click through to the Washington Post link, you’ll learn that Gerald Ford died last night. Interestingly, Ronald Reagan died today too, according to the Post.
My Two Cents
UPDATE: Okay, maybe I should clarify. I’m not a literary snob like this guy. I’m not advocating that people should be reading James Fenimore Cooper or Nathaniel Hawthorne. I, too, enjoy my share of massively popular culture (e.g. "American Idol"). I mean — honestly — I’m the first person to agree that it is okay to have a cheeseburger for … Read More
Faith vs. Reality
"Now this — this is supposed to be what we look like — men and women", quips one of the guys in "The Full Monty", opening up a magazine. Yeah, right. Faith Hill meets Faith Hill. Via Shakesville. Give me the sensual natural curves of an Emily Mark or a Heather Maggs (or, ideally, both of them at the same … Read More
The Dylan Biopic
I’m probably the last one to know this, but here it is anyway. The movie about Bob Dylan called I’m Not There. Now, I’m not a huge Bob Dylan fan musically, but I think a film based on his life is overdue. And the casting is, I think, inspired. Dylan is being played by ….Cate Blanchett??? Here’s a "leaked" sneak … Read More
Tom Lehrer Redux
I’m glad Youtube is bringing a little bit of cultura obscura to the masses:
It’s A Woman’s World
Another dumb Fox reality show: What if it was “a woman’s world”? What if women made ALL the decisions? If men were their obedient subjects? These questions and more will be explored when a group of strong, educated, independent women, tired of living in a man’s world and each with a personal axe to grind, rule over a group of … Read More
Another Day, Another GOP Sex Scandal
What is it — like, thre days in a row now? This one is homegrown though. It involves North Carolina Rep. David Almond, who immediately resigned yesterday. The North Carolina House Republicans are trying to keep his transgression a secret, but they did force him to resign. An insurance agent, Almond was serving his second term in the House. Impeccable … Read More
Hin-Don’t
A milestone in the Congress yesterday: a Hindu invocation in the Senate chamber. But before it began, three protesters, who all belong to the Christian Right anti-abortion group Operation Save America, and who apparently traveled to Washington all the way from North Carolina, interrupted by loudly asking for God’s forgiveness for allowing the false prayer of a Hindu in the … Read More
Wheeee! Let’s All Play!
From a federal government website: Abortions can have complications. There may be emotional consequences, as well: some women say that they feel sad and some use more alcohol or drugs than before. The notable thing about this statement is that it is undeniably true. "Some" women do feel sad, and "some" women use more alcohol or drugs than before. Of … Read More
MacDuff In The Buff
Shakespeare’s MacBeth — completely in the nude? Isn’t that play cursed enough?
More On Vitter
Yesterday, ultra-familyvalues-conservomaton Senator Vitter (R-LA) stressed that God and his wife had forgiven him for his indiscretions when it was revealed that he was on the call list for the "D.C. Madame". Today, the Times-Picayune reveals something more: U.S. Senator David Vitter visited a Canal Street brothel several times beginning in the mid-1990s, paying $300 per hour for services at … Read More
I, For One, Welcome Our New Lesbian Overloards
Seriously, this is loony tunes, even for Bill O’Reilly: A "national underground network" of pink pistol-packing lesbians is terrorizing America. "All across the country," they are raping young girls, attacking heterosexual males at random, and forcibly indoctrinating children as young as 10 into the homosexual lifestyle, according to a shocking June 21 segment on the popular Fox News Channel program, … Read More
Vitter Was For The Sanctity Of Marriage Before He Was Against It
From the campaign website of Senator David Vitter (R-La): Vitter Statement on Protecting the Sanctity of Marriage “This is a real outrage. The Hollywood left is redefining the most basic institution in human history, and our two U.S. Senators won’t do anything about it. We need a U.S. Senator who will stand up for Louisiana values, not Massachusetts’s values. I … Read More
Religious Extremist Terrorists Attack U.S.
Think they only come from the religion of Islam? Try Christianity: Three Burleson men who belong to a “radical Christian activist group” were in the Johnson County Jail on Friday night after a church deacon caught two of them attempting to ignite an explosive device on Independence Day at a church under construction in north Burleson, authorities said Friday. Dayton … Read More
Re-Animation
I wasn’t aware how much Disney steals from itself. Example: Winnie the Pooh: The Jungle Book: