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Wright thinking

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:09:20 -0400

[Updated 5:08pm] A few thoughts on the continuing bruhaha over Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's former pastor and ever-popular subject of the mainstream news media echo chamber:

Asking the questions that the news media won't (again)

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:28:22 -0400

The insensitive question of the day:

Hey, isn't that a felony?

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:57:06 -0500

[Updated February 21, 9:55am] So the latest Circle Of Outrage™ today apparently started on Monday, when Michelle Obama -- wife of presidential hopeful Barack Obama -- addressed a rally in Milwaukee and said:

A Farking great book

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:55:48 -0500

If you're anything like me, you've probably given up on the mainstream news nowadays. And who can blame you? Between the demands of a 24-hour news cycle, the blatant bias, the time-wasting celebutard updates, and the death of fact-checking, the only way to stay informed nowadays is to follow the blogs and the comedians for news, and relegate the mainstream media for sports scores and weather reports.

See? They ARE zombies!

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:28:00 -0500

Short and sweet: Dan Bartlett, former advisor to George W. Bush, describes conservative bloggers in the January 2008 edition of Texas Monthly:

Get to the %?#*@! point, Thom!

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:55:39 -0400

While driving in to work today, I happened to catch a bit of Thom Hartmann's radio program. My ears perked up a bit when he started talking about TPM's coverage of the little-noted political scandal around former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman.

Just call me Sledge Hammer

Thu, 10 May 2007 15:15:20 -0400

I normally don't recommend things that I haven't seen, read, attended, or perused myself, but I'll be making an exception today. Trust me, I know what I'm doing.

Separating the pros from the amateurs

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:52:33 -0400

See? The reason why this blog is a third-rate lost-in-the-crowd rambling discourse by one schmuck and not an internet-reknown seven-thousand-hits-per-hour high-profile site is because I'm too slow to jump on the blatantly obvious.

The Captain Falls!

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:55:12 -0500

For those of you long-time visitors who remember our first (and only) encounter with Captain Copyright, it's time to break out your polybags -- Captain Copyright has fallen, never to return!

Time to goose that resume!

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:33:31 -0500

So now that Time magazine has named "You" (or, more accurately, every blogger, podcaster, YouTube-er, and web-content-creator on the internet) as their Man Of The Year, can I go ahead and add that to my list of notable achievements?

Insta-jackpot, O.J.-style

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:21:22 -0500

So, now that Rupert Murdoch, News Corp and Fox News got sufficiently hammered to cancel O.J. Simpson's "hypothetical" "confession" to the Nicole Brown Simpson murders -- and yank the accompanying book -- how long will it be before pilfered copies of If I Did It become instant moneymaking jackpots on eBay?

The secret of Keith's success

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:21:32 -0500

Over at the Firedoglake (Fire Dog Lake? Fired Ogla Ke? Whatever...) blog, they had a Q&A session between the regulars there and MSNBC "Countdown" host (and perrenial favorite firebrand) Keith Olbermann.

Behind the scenes at Nintendo News Network

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:10:25 -0500

Saw this video clip today from GoNintendo and thought it was worth sharing. It's a promotional newsreel for the Nintendo Wii, featuring PR sound bites from Nintendo of America VP Perrin Kaplan and stock footage of Wii units and games being assembled.

I thought this was worth sharing for two reasons:

Inherent liberal bias

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:19:09 -0400

Over at The American Prospect, Ezra Klein notes Time's addition of blogger Real Clear Politics to their roster of conservative bloggers:

Keith gets it in one

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:45:19 -0400

Just a quick shout-out for y'all to bop over to Salon, where they have a nice three-page interview with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann (you need to watch an ad to get the full article).