Category Archives: Friggin’ Politics

Pleading the Second

I’m not sure I understand the issues at work here: “I think you’re going too far here,” said Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday. He was speaking in opposition … Continue reading

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Bigotry: Not so bad

San Francisco Appeal: SF Chronicle Columnist: Bigotry Not So Bad. The Chron startled the Appeal today when their columnist Chip Johnson defended a bigot in Oakland. The situation is this: Lorenzo Hoopes, a Mormon, donated $26,000 in support of Prop … Continue reading

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Raw, unfiltered joy

The defining moment of Campaign 2008, for me: standing in the lobby of the Rio in Las Vegas, having just gotten out from Penn and Teller, watching mobs of people surge through the hallways, some of them crying, some of … Continue reading

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Now it can be told.

With Mike Huckabee’s win in the Iowa caucuses tonight, I thought it might be nice to congratulate the former Arkansas governor with a trip down memory lane… Way to go, Mike! Yeah!

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Some kinda wonderful

Here’s a little flashback for fans of humorous Canadian music from the early 1990s: Often on the weekend I’ll jump in my car I won’t fill up the tank although I’m going far And if somebody asks me if I’m … Continue reading

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Updating the list

I note, in the wake of Monday’s carnage, that there are a number of things the Blogosphere has magically become an expert on: Wound ballistics Weapon performance Urban/close-quarters battle tactics Unarmed self-defense against armed maniacs Will wonders never cease? I … Continue reading

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Cripple fight!

This has been linked more or less all over the place, but it’s friggin’ priceless. I kept getting these weird flashbacks to Scanners. Next time, I want exploding heads.

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The War for Terra

There has got to be something wrong with me. For the past year or so, I’ve been finding that I’ve been paying a lot more attention to stories about climate change — and then trying to act on the ideas … Continue reading

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You people!

From the “Some People Will Complain About Absolutely Everything” file… CBC: BC school yoga classes slammed: A school program to fight childhood obesity that includes yoga is drawing complaints from some Christian parents in the Quesnel area in B.C.’s Cariboo … Continue reading

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Roots

From a comment over at this blagh here: Seriously, I hear Libertarians talk all the time about how they’re socially liberal (so to speak), but it never seems to matter come vote time. In that way, I see no chance … Continue reading

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