September 30, 2005
William Bennett Defends Comment on Abortion and Crime
If it were your sole purpose to reduce crime, Bennett said, “You could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.”
Posted by mowabb at
10:39 AM
September 29, 2005
happy birthday, Nathaniel
Yes, yes, Happy Birthday!
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10:46 AM
September 28, 2005
Delay Indicted
will step down -- at least temporarily -- as the Republicans' House majority leader.
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02:38 PM
Top 50 Science Fiction Television Shows of All Time
The new 'Battlestar Galactica' just barely missed the number 1 spot due to its newbie status in the sci-fi genre.
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12:44 PM
September 26, 2005
How Many More Mike Browns Are Out There?
the Bush Administration is putting connections before experience
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12:46 PM
September 25, 2005
Labels hit back at Apple
now want share of iPod revenues
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08:56 PM
September 24, 2005
September 23, 2005
September 22, 2005
Fantasy Straw Poll: Dean
Given these 2008 choices, I would vote for...
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03:19 PM
A place at Bike Friday for a KATRINA survivor
We're offering the right, qualified individual who has been displaced by Katrina, the opportunity to fill this position.
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12:49 PM
US net entrepreneur sticks ads on bums
This is wrong in so many ways I don't know where to begin.
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11:50 AM
September 21, 2005
September 16, 2005
The Road Less Traveled 9/12/05
Now is the time to declare war on oil.
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11:34 PM
September 14, 2005
Vitter calls for independent commission to oversee reconstruction
He has spent most of the past two weeks on what he called “the battlefields of the other Gulf War.”
Posted by mowabb at
08:23 AM
September 13, 2005
Did They Really Say That?
Here's a list of what the key figures said during the past two weeks, and I'm not making this up.
Posted by mowabb at
11:42 PM
September 12, 2005
Microsoft tries to recruit me
On the day *I* go to work for Microsoft, faint oinking sounds will be
heard from far overhead, the moon will not merely turn blue but
develop polkadots, and hell will freeze over so solid the brimstone
will go superconductive.
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09:31 PM
Bush Hits Another Low in Poll
A majority (58%) favors the partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq to help with the recovery efforts.
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07:53 AM
John Roberts: The Nominee
Is he a court stripper?
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07:31 AM
September 09, 2005
Celebs who cycle
“Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls.”
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07:08 PM
Go F**k Yourself, Mr. Cheney
“Are you getting a lot of that Mr. Vice President?”
Posted by mowabb at
06:10 PM
September 08, 2005
The 'Stuff Happens' Presidency
By which measures, precisely, do we lead the world? Caring for our countrymen? You jest. A first-class physical infrastructure? Tell that to New Orleans. Throwing so much money at the rich that we've got nothing left over to promote the general welfare? Now you're talking.
Posted by mowabb at
09:52 AM
iPod flea:
We now have the nano, but what about the flea? ;-)
Posted by mowabb at
08:05 AM
eBay:
William Rehnquist Signed copy of decision in
George Bush v Gore
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08:02 AM
September 07, 2005
Scaffolding II
Why is there no J St. in D.C.? (See the comments.)
Posted by mowabb at
09:07 AM
September 06, 2005
Bush Sees the Bright Side
... out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house -- the guy lost his entire house -- there's going to be fantastic house. I look forward to sitting on the porch.
Posted by mowabb at
11:23 AM
$7.74
If an average family contributed at the same rate as the Waltons, they’d donate $7.74.
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11:17 AM
Being Poor
Being poor is people wondering why you didn't leave.
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11:07 AM
War On Error
In the War on Error, people will need to take the lead. Governments will need to follow or get out of the way.
Posted by mowabb at
11:00 AM
Victims looking for a home may change Houston
Cynical take: Texas has been so welcoming to the refugees b/c it's gonna be great for the TX economy.
Posted by mowabb at
10:58 AM
New Orleans
Great new lyrics from David Rovics.
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07:42 AM
September 04, 2005
“Katrina: Yes, You CAN Blame Bush”
A polemic that is apparently causing quite a stir in some circles.
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02:41 PM
Halliburton hired for storm cleanup
#1 priority in Bush administration: funnel tax money to Halliburton!
Posted by mowabb at
02:35 PM
Class-Based Evacuation:
At one point Friday, the evacuation was interrupted briefly when school buses pulled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt Hotel could move to the head of the evacuation line... [
via]
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01:59 PM
September 02, 2005
Job Posting
A NYT Op-Ed by Jeremy Blachman! [
via]
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06:39 AM
September 01, 2005
Endless Hurricane Season
“This is perhaps the most compelling evidence yet that global warming is happening right now,”
Posted by mowabb at
10:40 AM
Global Warming, Homeland Security
The hurricane that struck Louisiana yesterday was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming.
Posted by mowabb at
10:38 AM
If You Can't Beat 'Em ...
Police officers begin looting New Orleans.
Really?
Posted by mowabb at
10:31 AM
Hurricane Katrina
is this appropriate?
Posted by mowabb at
10:20 AM
Waiting for a Leader
In what seems to be a ritual in this administration, the president appeared a day later than he was needed.
Posted by mowabb at
09:25 AM
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