I particularly like Keith Olbermann’s take on this issue as he goes to lengths to de-personalize his response, which makes his argument that this is a basic human rights issue all the more compelling. (Not that something cannot be both personal and a human rights issue, but, you know, rhetoric and all that.) To say […]
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For better or worse, I have to say that the media surrounding the current presidential election has been some of the sharpest comedy I’ve seen in a few years. In the above, Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, and Andy Griffith reprise some famous roles to keep your attention […]
The Republican Party has been using “Barracuda,” by Heart to help pimp out Sarah Palin. Unfortunately, the letter making the rounds is a joke from the Stranger.
That said, Heart and Van Halen have both sent cease-and-desist letters to the McCain campaign, stating explicitly that they would not have granted permission for their songs to […]
I don’t have anything incisive to say about the above video, other than that I love George Carlin. The more I listen to him, the more I think he’s on my side most of the time. I wish I’d been a bit older when his short-lived sitcom was on TV. As it is, all I […]
I realize the “I’m Fucking Matt Damon” bit has become the joke that wouldn’t die, but the particular episode in this ongoing gag has some relevance to a post I just made at one of the other blogs I contribute to, about a New York Times article discussing the way that online word of mouth […]