Monthly Archives: March 2010

More Church Sponsored Domestic Terrorism?

Ok, I will admit without any available facts I am pretty much just taking a page out of the FOX playbook, but… Update: I guess I should admit this looks like it was probably gang related violence, but I would … Continue reading

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An affordable and practical electric car?

Looks like Nissan is going to build an electric car for the masses.. The Nissan Leaf will have a range of 100 miles on a charge, which seems ample for most commutes. I wonder how many people will try to … Continue reading

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does anyone really believe in the free market?

From Matt Yglesias: This is how the political right operates—there’s a lot of rhetoric about free markets, and a lot of institutions that are staffed by people who very sincerely believe in free markets, but no real organized political movement … Continue reading

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Octamom makes good

Ok, not really but at least she is sort of using her celebrity for something worth while: Can you say “strange bedfellows”? Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman, whose financial troubles have been well-documented, has accepted an offer from People for the … Continue reading

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Church sponsored domestic terrorism

The Hutaree militia was hoping to kill police officers in preparation for the end of days: Conventional militia organizations are racing to distance themselves from the Hutaree — the Christian-based militia whose members were charged yesterday with conspiring to kill … Continue reading

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OMG

Is their anything farmers don’t whine about? And, most Tea partiers are unemployed so at least they have lots of free time to be idiots. Essentially the tea partiers are mad that government isn’t helping them, of course they bitch … Continue reading

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Not everyone likes Healthcare reform

Some smart people are not impressed with the bill passed last night: Both on substance and politics, better to pass it than not. It does not do the important work of sowing the seeds of the insurance industry’s destruction, leaving … Continue reading

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Healthcare reform!!!

So Healthcare reform has passed, a month or two ago it looked dead, but Obama and Co brought it back. I think later people will understand that obama’s best attribute is his persistance and steadyness. The White house lost the … Continue reading

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Anyone watching Caprica?

Anyone out there watching Caprica? When Zoe shot the dog I. Thought I was going to have to stop watching the show, but I guess all is well. Anytime you worship one all knowing being things are bound to go … Continue reading

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Stupak is a moron

One person tries to stop popular legislation and he can’t figure out why people are mad at him. I might have to scrounge up a few bucks to send to Bart Stupak’s primary challenger. I know someone is probably going … Continue reading

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Our sex-obsessed culture

I enjoy watching self righteous pricks get their comeuppance as much as anyone but this did happen twenty-five years ago, maybe he deserves a break. House Majority Leader Kevin Garn announced Saturday he was resigning from the Utah Legislature, two … Continue reading

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More prostate talk

Looks like someone else picked up on the prostate overtreatment issue: A kind of odd piece of conventional wisdom has hardened that it’s dishonest of Barack Obama or Matt Yglesias or anyone else to suggest that there are some free … Continue reading

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Lets talk about our prostate

I would love to talk more about this but this weekend is shaping up to be awfully busy but if you are a guy reading this might save you years of incontinence and impotence. EACH year some 30 million American … Continue reading

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The good enough marriage

From Oprah.com: You don’t need NFL training to hurl a pizza across a New York City apartment. I found this out as I ducked to avoid my husband’s dinner (he didn’t fling it at me, he claims). “They folded the … Continue reading

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Health-care update

Republicans are trying to goad Democrats into making a big mistake and really that has been the Republican strategy from the beginning, keep Democrats from enacting a very popular peice of legislationa and then run on the idea that Democrats … Continue reading

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No solutions just anger

The New York Times profiles one of the tea bag leaders and she seems a little unsure of what needs to be done. Ms. Carender is less certain when it comes to explaining, for instance, how to cut the deficit … Continue reading

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