I was watching Sports Center tonight, and one of ESPN’s reporters asked Tony LaRussa how he thought Mark McGwire would be received tonight by fans at Busch Stadium in his first appearance there since his Congressional testimony regarding steroids. LaRussa said something to the effect of “See ya guys later,” and immediately started to walk [...]
Archive for November, 2011
From CNET News: On Oct. 1, 13 states–with five more scheduled to follow over the next two years–are slated to kick off their participation in the Streamlined Sales Tax Project. As previously reported by News.com, the program is aimed at streamlining widely disparate state rules for sales tax collection–with the intent to encourage companies to [...]
Since the invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan has almost completely faded from the attention of the U.S. media, with the notable exception of Pat Tillman’s death. But a good independent journalist knows that when everyone else is ignoring a story that is the time to take notice. James Bovard is such a journalist, and he has [...]
Though it may seem as if weed will always be illegal in the United States, I believe we are in the midst of a slow but steady progress towards legalization. In fact, I will make a $10 bet with whoever is willing that marijuana will be legalized on the federal level within twenty years. I [...]
Remember back in March, when that guy in Atlanta who was on trial took a cop’s gun, shot the judge, amongst others, and then escaped only to turn himself in a few days later. Yeah, it’s hard for me too; there are so many of these stories that just pop up one day and disappear [...]
At the behest of a friend, I’m going to try to devote a little more content of this blog to popular culture, and in that spirit, I present this statue of two men pissing: I’m not sure if it counts as popular culture or not, but it sure is funny. The sculpture sits in Prague, [...]
First there was this photo of Hurricane Rita’s wind path, and now Typhoon Longwang is threatening the Japanese island of Okinawa. (Link via Catallarchy.)
People of multiple faiths have attributed the fury of Katrina to God’s will. The Dalai Lama said it was Karmic realignment; Muslims typically claim it was for the war in Iraq and our general infidel ways; Jews call it punishment for urging Sharon to withdraw from Gaza; and Christians harp on homosexuality plus the withdrawl [...]
Remember how right after Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan pro-war zealots attempted to use his heroism in an effort to distract people from the growing Abu Ghraib scandal. Then it turned out he was killed by friendly fire, and the same people who were so eager to glorify Tillman’s sacrifice were now noticeably silent [...]
Over at The Nation John Nichols has a good take down of the meme so popular with the pro-war crowd that criticism of the war increases the liklihood of U.S. troops will being injured or killed. This line of thinking should be a major problem for many of the current war’s backers because they criticized [...]
