You know your Presidency is screwed when Bill Clinton polls better on honesty than you. Yeah, I know that the actual results fall within the polls margin of error, but it’s a pretty bad sign that they’re ranked equally in this category. Everyone a...
As much of a hater as I was when I first saw it, I’ve subsequently been convinced that the Nintendo DS is hot shit. The only problem that I see with it is that it’s bulky and friggin’ ugly. Thus, Nintendo’s announcement of the imminent availabilit...
How can you not love a scandal with this name? Porter Goss, the unqualified CIA director, resigned unexpectedly today in events that appear linked to the Duke Cunningham bribery and hooker scandal. Party of morals and family values indeed.
How can you not love this? A group of disaffected, Internet-era youngsters have pooled together $4000 to rent a plane that will fly over the site of M:I-3’s Hollywood premiere. A banner reading “Hail Xenu LOL <3 OT” and “The Baby is Xenu’s” will b...
I saw Sigur Ros last night at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. The show was absolutely spectacular. Nothing more really needs to be said, honestly. Set List: intro glossoli ny batteri saeglopur njosnavelin e-bow gong andvari hoppipolla...
I was just chatting with Drunkenbatman on Messenger. What follows is a lightly edited copy of our conversation. drunkenbatman says: was dealing with some wedding stuff aaron says: huh? aaron says: who’s getting married? drunkenbatman ...
Taken from the transcript at Daily Kos: Now, I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, we don’t pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that refle...
I’ve been going (and will be going) to quite a few concerts recently - Coldplay, Ben Lee, Belle and Sebastian/New Pornographers, Sigur Ros, Snow Patrol, etc (not the Arctic Monkeys, though, sadly). The one thing each show has in common is that I p...
Stodgy Seattle corporate law firm, Perkins Coie, is defending Osama Bin Laden’s former bodyguard and chauffeur. The rationale: Yes, they’re helping a suspected terrorist. But it’s not an example of “you’re with us or you’re with them.” It’s what m...
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serv...
