December 2008
20 posts
Israel Continues Attack on Gaza →
Not what you’d call ”Carnegie-approved“…
Extra second in 2008 will fuck with New Year... →
Today
On This Day:
1989 Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu, the last of Eastern Europe’s hard-line Communist rulers, was toppled from power in a popular uprising.
1989 Playwright Samuel Beckett died in Paris at age 83.
2001 Richard C. Reid, a passenger on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami, tried to ignite explosives in his shoes, but was subdued by flight attendants and...
“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but...”
– Norman Vincent Peale
"Are we human / Or are we dancer?" →
The Village Voice has made a bracket a la March Madness for The Worst Lyrics of 2008.
When I first heard the new song by The Killers (lyrics above), I threw up a little bit.
“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the...”
– John F. Kennedy
International Guide to Insult George Bush →
“George Bush was on the receiving end of the worst of all Middle Eastern insults at the weekend when an Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at the outgoing US president at a press conference in Baghdad. […] Bush steps down in January, but this surely won’t be the last offensive gesture he encounters on his travels. Here, then, is our handy guide.”
Senate Report that USA Tortured Prisoners →
“Levin, McCain Release Executive Summary and Conclusions of Report on Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody”
This is depressing, because I love my country…
There are credible reports that torture does NOT provide valid intelligence. We didn’t need to take the low road and break the rules.
Make The Republicans Filibuster! →
I’ve felt this way for the last 2 years, but Josh Marshall brings it up again in the context of the “Big 3 Auto” bailout.
It’s been a bad sign that Democrats have given up so easily when the minority party merely threatens to filibuster. Don’t coddle your buddies on the other side of the aisle!
Let’s hope they find their balls when Obama moves into the...
Who Said It? Tony Soprano or Rod Blagojevich? →
I can’t believe a politician could be SO stupid…
My pick for Car Czar...
He should do it — I like the sound of it, “Car Czar Karzai.”
The Beginning of Something Stupid...
I have another blog that’s rather specific, so I might just throw various stuff — Boston-centric or otherwise — here.
(I guess I like putting crap on the internet…)