you give hunting a bad name, Dick Cheney. Naturally, the Vice President will not be charged with any crime, but if a regular ol’ person like you or me accidentally shot someone in the chest and face, we would certainly face some kind of punishment. Link via LRC bolg.
Archive for November, 2011
Surprise, surprise, Ann Coulter referred to Muslims as ragheads at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). In and of itself, the comment merits no attention, but Julian Sanchez at Hit and Run describes what that fact means for Coulter’s future: In a sane universe, Coutler would be the third-string backup for the guy who warms [...]
I’m drunk and tired, but I’ll proffer a prediction anyway: Ariel Sharon is undergoing emergency surgery, and by the time I wake (e.t. 2 P.M. CT) he will be dead. Personally, I hope he lives because I think it will throw the Israeli-Palestinian peace process into a tailspin if he dies, but I just got [...]
Check out Pandora, a free web program that lets you create personalized radio stations built around the styles of specific artists or songs you like. I’ve been listening to basically nothing but Pandora since yesterday; it’s a damned technological miracle as far as I’m concerned.
This pretty much speaks for itself: Drinking your own urine? Orland Park police have no problem with that. But drink it in a front-page newspaper article while wearing your crossing guard uniform complete with official police insignia, and there will be problems. Ed Danis, the 84-year-old Orland Park “urine therapy” devotee featured in a Jan. [...]
So Samuel L. Jackson is coming out with a new movie called Snakes on a Plane, which from all indications is exactly what it sounds like. Here is a hilarious fake audio trailer for the movie.
Over at the Cato Institute website, Gene Healy has an excellent article on how the evolution of the State of the Union Address reflects the growing power of the presidency. Here is the meat of it, with a few of my own comments interspersed: The Constitution requires that the president “from time to time give [...]
