Well, Knock Me Over With a Feather
CIA-Treasury program to monitor bank records to “search for terrorist activity” expands Bush’s power. You know, again. A secret CIA-Treasury program to track financial records of millions of Americans is the latest installment in an expansion of executive authority in the name of fighting terrorism. The administration doesn’t apologize for President Bush’s aggressive take on [...]
...read moreWas He Wearing a Fez?
Man on mini-motorcycle leads police on chase. Like a Shriner parade, with Tasers. I always regret not buying the Shriner fez I found in an antique store in Dutchess County.
...read moreTry me.
Scott Eric Kaufman asked this in one of the comments threads: The real issue here, I think, is how to ask such a question in the first place. How does one scale that first wall which prevents the ignorant from acquiring much-needed information easily. What I always tell me students is that it’s a matter [...]
...read moreThe Person My Dog Thinks I Am
Ballastexistenz has a post up about the difference between content and style, as it were: (You should go read the whole thing; I’m quoting chapters in isolation out of a long post.) At any rate, one of the false overlays it’s possible to read into what I am saying, is a false overlay of harshness. [...]
...read moreOne Man, One Woman
Eteraz posted this essay on muslim polygamy in America a while ago: Now, some of you may be thinking: I want to be such a man. If you do, good for you. Frankly speaking, I have no interest in a multiple wivery. My argument is simple. The first woman that a real man marries should [...]
...read moreAwright!
The Supreme Court unanimously upholds a worker’s right to sue for retaliation when the worker complains about bias, even when that retaliation does not take an ultimate form such as firing or denial of promotion. Reassignment to a less attractive job or a temporary suspension without pay can constitute retaliation, the Court said in deciding [...]
...read moreIt’s Friday, And As Long As We’re Peevish
LavendAr. There’s only one A there, people, and it’s not at the end of the word. Stop spelling it that way immediately.
...read moreKilling. Machines.
We had a deal, alligators. You can stay in Florida and Louisiana and Texas, with people who understand you. With people who take it in stride when you attack little old ladies or knock on their doors. But when you cross the Mason-Dixon line? Oh, it’s on.
...read moreForgot one!
I neglected to mention one of my biggest pet peeves. Lack of paragraph breaks in page-long passages of text: reliable indication of megalomania, or simple rudeness? Discuss.
...read morePorn: Good for America, Good for the Ladies
Thanks for the heads up, Glenn. This is pretty interesting: The number of rapes per capita in the United States has plunged by more than 85 percent since the 1970s, and reported rape fell last year even while other violent offenses increased, according to federal crime data. This seemingly stunning reduction in sexual violence has [...]
...read moreCrazy Is as Crazy Does
And crazy knows no religious bounds, as nutjobs of all stripes look up at God and yell, “Bring it on!” For thousands of years, prophets have predicted the end of the world. Today, various religious groups, using the latest technology, are trying to hasten it. Their endgame is to speed the promised arrival of a [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the Happy Pride Week! Edition
First, check out Feministing’s list of pride events, and just a few examples of how far we still have to go. 1. John Coltrane – Blue Train 2. Sufjan Stevens – Out of Egypt 3. Tom Waits – Ol’ 55 4. Biz Markie – Let Me Turn You On 5. Radiohead – The Bends 6. [...]
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