Monthly Archives: October 2007

“We’re sorry, the channel ‘Free Market’ is not available in your area…”

Posted on October 29, 2007 by B Psycho

Re: the upcoming cutoff of analog TV: Now here’s a great Christmas gift idea: a cute-as-a-bug 5-inch TV. As the Circuit City ad says, the TV “makes it easy to take entertainment on the road.” But it will be cute … Continue reading →

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“Do you know how hard it is to find suck-ups on such short notice?!?”

Posted on October 27, 2007 by B Psycho

Keeping with the politics-as-theater theme…: No one had any hard questions for the deputy administrator of FEMA, an agency deeply tarnished by its delayed action after Hurricane Katrina, when he held a news conference Tuesday to talk about the California … Continue reading →

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A loophole you can fit a truck through

Posted on October 23, 2007 by B Psycho

Slate’s Explainer column, pointing out the possibility of Steve Colbert’s run in the South Carolina presidential primaries breaking election law: The Federal Election Commission prohibits corporations from making “any contribution or expenditure in connection with a federal election.” A “contribution” … Continue reading →

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“Easy questions only, please”

Posted on October 20, 2007 by B Psycho

The dead-enders are going to love this excuse: The White House on Friday defended Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey’s refusal to say whether he considers waterboarding a form of torture, saying it is a difficult issue to discuss in public. “These … Continue reading →

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Well they can’t make sense on everything…

Posted on October 20, 2007 by B Psycho

Stick to politics, Tom.

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…but my nose doesn’t even turn up when something stinks!

Posted on October 14, 2007 by B Psycho

According to this quiz, found via Sullivan, I’m a “book snob”: What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Book Snob You like to think you’re one of the literati, but actually you’re just a snob who can read. You … Continue reading →

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The REAL “Clash”

Posted on October 14, 2007 by B Psycho

Cunning Realist, callin’ ‘em straight as they are: A phrase that’s become popular is “a clash of cultures” and variations of it. The description’s appropriate. The first culture is one in which policymakers believe they’ve repealed the natural business cycle. … Continue reading →

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“Random”, indeed…

Posted on October 13, 2007 by B Psycho

While looking for an alternative source for this — a story about Turkey potentially punishing Boeing for the recent U.S. congress approval of calling their WW1 era murders of Armenians “genocide” (for some stupid reason the site won’t load that … Continue reading →

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Choice up, Protectionism down

Posted on October 13, 2007 by B Psycho

Found this amusing in light of the Chinese toy recalls: Deborah Evanoff thought she’d traded her frantic Silicon Valley career for a lazier pace when she took over the low-tech toy company her parents founded in the late 1960s. Instead, … Continue reading →

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A roundabout route to a damn good point

Posted on October 7, 2007 by B Psycho

Mona @ U.O. links approvingly to John Cole’s merciless slamming of David Brooks’ head-up-ass explanation for the state of modern “conservatism”.  One of the comments to that post links to this post quoting an example of right-wing alarmism — conveniently … Continue reading →

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